"[Mechanical Owl] expertly merges everything that has ever come before; folk, electro and jingly-jangly guitars included"

- Artrocker Magazine


"Every single sound has a purpose… Leaving you sonically drunk"

- Link2Wales

Winter Songs

Snowdonia

Remote Listening Post

Forgiven

Recorded in North Wales by Mike Payne.

Inspired by the poem "Poppies in July" by Sylvia Plath.

Little Hell Flames

Recorded in a bedroom in 2009 on guitar, accordion, glockenspiel, drums, drums machine, percussion, synths, bass and vocals.

The Mice

Mud River

Half Avian

She found love but it's too late for you.

Little Heart (A Debt)

Recorded in my garage (as is everything on this SC).

Turtleshell

Never Be Free

Off Center (Downbeat Demo)

ForgiveForget

Christmas Died

Like an Army it Appears Unannounced

Always Love Down

Lay Back

No, Never

Robin Hood's Bay

Disguises

Mechanical Owl - Our Ways

Frost Beach (Winter Song)

LITTLE HEART

Unbaked (Hold Tight)

Ballooning to the Moon

Life is the Interlude

YLIMAF

A Bird Shook it's Feathers at Me

Recorded in an afternoon on Logic with stock plugins, built in laptop mic.

Art is original acrylic on canvas.

Lyrics:
What makes you strong?
What makes you strong?
Don't go leaving here so soon.
Because when the light is fading,
Life escaping,
Come on, come on,
We'll be there for you.

TERMS (Coming to)

hello! I live in a North Wales village. I make odd indie music in my garage. I've started and ended lots of projects. Been in bands. Started a family. 

This profile is various parts of that story and new things I'm working on and little oddities and sketches. Some of it might end up with other projects, on albums, who knows.
 
I am also in a band called Mechanical Owl and do a project called Sightseers and do other things. This is a place for some of that too.

Leave a comment if you enjoy anything here, it's always cool to read.

We still believe in the future x

MJ PAYNE (Mechanical Owl)

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