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I wrote this song as an ode to sleep. A request for sleep. A need for sleep. In the darkness of the early days of young babies, sleep was the only thing I could think about. It was everything. And still it remains the answer to most of life's problems.

I recorded all the parts at home. Rosanna Schura joins me with some haunting vocals. I particularly like the freeform section at the end, where the song drifts aimlessly around like a middle aged musician in a sleepy village.

Produced by DG Solaris (Danny Green)
DG - vocals, guitars, piano, bass, drums
Rosanna Schura - vocals
Mixed and mastered by Hugh Wilkin
Artwork by DG, an image of Billy Bob and Nico

Lyrics:

It would be lovely to sleep
But I doubt that sleep
Has that plan for me
Her arms wrapped around another tree
I’m here still lifeless
Twisted branches

I am breathing like a hungry minotaur
Which direction will I go
I am breathing like a dusty rusty nail
Your words echo just let go
Just let
O just let it go

It would be lovely to sleep
O it would be lovely to sleep
O it would be lovely to sleep

I am breathing like a hungry minotaur
Which direction will I go
I am breathing like a dusty rusty nail
Your words echo just let go
Just let
O just let it go

Lovely To Sleep

Nonbeliever Freak of this cog machine. Mortimer's first track of the New Year off her upcoming album. 

LYRICS
Ooo ooo ooo I want to be a somebody yeah yeah  
Ooo ooo ooo but I’m a fuckin’  nobody yeah yeah 

I can’t help myself this is who I am 
A weirdo behind the scenes
This is who I am 
A nonbeliever freak of this cog machine 
 
Ooo ooo ooo I want to be a somebody yeah yeah 
Ooo ooo ooo but I’m a fuckin’  nobody yeah yeah 
I’m a fucking nobody yeah

This who I am
A loser forgetting her rightful place (oops)
This is who I am
A sinner falling hard from all sorts of grace

Ooo ooo ooo I want to be a somebody yeah yeah 
Ooo ooo ooo but I’m a fuckin’  nobody yeah yeah 
Ooo ooo ooo I want to be a somebody yeah
Ooo ooo ooo but I’m a fuckin’ nobody yeah 

Nonbeliever Freak

olive trees

olive trees (feat. Talha Wise Wolf)

Eyes Closed

This piece of music was written firstly with a simple vocal melody. It evolved into something more meaningful and ethereal as time progressed. Symbolising love and loss and all the confusing parts in between.

Released on 7’’ vinyl and digital via Waxing Crescent 
June 2025

Luke x

Iona

'Here's Your Life, Enjoy' is Jewelia’s first single after the release of her album Little Wins last year (which received accolades from Clash Magazine, The Daily Star, FAULT, Notion, Wonderland and many others). 

The new song marks a shift from pop to an alt-rock sound with 00s pop-punk influences. Jewelia is reminiscing about the past while channeling her inner rebel to break through childhood conditioning and live life on her own terms.

This is the first of several tracks recorded with her band, and part of a future EP called 'If not now, then when?'. 

In April 2025, Jewelia is set to embark on her first UK tour with her band (London, Manchester, Birmingham, Southampton and Brighton).

Jewelia - Here's Your Life, Enjoy!

LYRICS 
When you think you know the world breaks in your hands
Slipping through the gaps in your fingers
Filtered through the mess of a million grains of sand
The moments we spent still linger

Quiet my darling
Let’s stay just this way
Filled with nothing but our sad embrace
Shh my lover
Let’s just hover
In the depths of our resounding disgrace

When I think of you
And my head’s a mess
Makes me feel so blue
And my head’s a mess

When I think of you
And my head’s a mess
Makes me feel so blue
And my head’s a mess

And my head’s a mess
And my head’s a mess
And my head’s a mess oh yeah

Drink in the morning
Drink in the evening
Drink for the giggles and the shit that comes our way
Sink to the bottom of the empty bottles
Slink to the warmth of one another displaced

When I think of you
And my head’s a mess
Makes me feel so blue
And my head’s a mess

When I think of you
And my head’s a mess
Makes me feel so blue
And my head’s a mess

And my head’s a mess
And my head’s a mess
And my head’s a mess
ooo ooo

My head’s a mess, oh



Shh My Lover

Miss Boogieman

Bang Bang Bangarang

LYRICS
Drinking from the serpent’s mind
A dying ouroboros out of line
Enemy of the pendulum swings
Pensive passing of all good things   
Well mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers too
Don’t forget the serpent well he’s mighty shrewd
 
Oh my my my I just woke up
Feeling fine cause I don’t give a fuck
Oh my my my I just woke up
Feeling fine cause I don’t give a fuck
  
Destiny is a fickle fiend
Making fun of our catastrophes
Bending to the parasites
The serpent’s tail wags for money’s might
So mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers too
Drink from the serpent’s mind it’s all you can do

Oh my my my I just woke up
Feeling fine cause I don’t give a fuck
Oh my my my I just woke up
Feeling fine cause I don’t give a fuck

Oh my my my I just woke up
Feeling fine cause I don’t give a fuck
Oh my my my I just woke up
Feeling fine cause I don’t give a fuck

Oh my my my I just woke up (oh my oh my oh ma-ma-my)
Feeling fine cause I don’t give a fuck (oh my oh my oh ma-ma-my)
Oh my my my I just woke up (oh my oh my oh ma-ma-my)
Feeling fine cause I don’t give a fuck

Drink from the Serpent's Mind

Tender Bird

Mystic Hunt

Devil on your Lips

Off the album Porcelain Zombie, out now on all streaming platforms!!!

Porcelain Zombie

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Creator of worlds. Rebellious revolutionary of sound. Breathing fresh life into rock for modern tastes. Mortimer Nyx's whole discography linked below. Music videos on youtube. New album, Porcelain Zombie, out now!!

Nonbeliever Freak

Mortimer Nyx

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