Bubbling Under! (Wk. Ending June 11, 2021)

Fatigue

Love Her

Following up on the success of his two recently released singles 'Al Bundy' and 'Thoughts' which were both added to huge Spotify editorial playlists such as New Music Friday, Our Generation and Peach - Local Boy returns with his sophomore EP Local Boy Helps Himself. 

The EP is the culmination of lessons learned along Local Boy's career thus far with tracks touching on bedroom pop, hip-hop and indie rock all filtered through the Irish producer's singular sonic sensibility. 

Delivering a message through his danceable and uplifting sound, several tracks on the EP center around a critique of the toxic positivity culture that can taint online self-help communities and make us feel guilty for our negative emotions. 

"I really wanted to get a cohesive message across with this body of work while still retaining the playful energy of my earlier releases," says Local Boy 

"Since the pandemic has began so many of us have turned to online self help outlets to try weather the storm we've found ourselves in, and so much of that content serves no purpose other than to uphold the neoliberal orthodoxy that our pain is a personal failing and not indicative of wider problems in society." 

"I'm a huge fan of the writing of the late Mark Fisher who tackled a lot of these issues in his literature and I wanted to wrap these ideas up in a danceable, bedroom-pop package."

Horizon

Lost In Love

LANE

SMOOTH GROOVES - 90s R&B Relaxing Playlist

Broken Trust - RnB 90s Smooth

i finally got to record the hardware stuff i've been doing live for one or two years now, that's raw and the compression is bad. Unlike the other tracks, there is stains and discords.
but i guess that's just the sound of it. 
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BOSS DR5

CF/003

Red Sand

SATURN

It's the moon I love more than anyone
No, it's this dream I have of being someone
Shame, it trembles inside
As I drive into the night
Is there something wrong with me
That I can't see the love in my life?
All the love in my life?

Saturn, I catch your likeness in the mirror
I see myself in rearview, stuck in patterns
And I seek release
Saturn, I wrap myself up in your orbit
Got me feeling so frightened, but I'm done with fighting
This change that I know I need

When your back is turned, there's a way out
It's your willingness to turn around
If you meet me on the street,
I might smile and kiss your feet
But if you meet me in my room,
I can outrun all your gloom
On the road to happiness,
I got lost, I failed the test
And now I see
I owe myself a reckoning

Saturn, I catch your likeness in the mirror
I see myself in rearview, stuck in patterns
And I seek release
Saturn, I wrap myself up in your orbit
Got me feeling so frightened, but I'm done with fighting
This change that I know I need

Return to me
Something is beginning
My joy, my joy is the joy of thee
My joy, my joy is the joy of thee

To that child I was, we are not enemies
The only dream I have is just to be
As the planets rule the sky,
So I am ruled by my delight
And as a blaze consumes a fortress,
I let go what's outgrown its usefulness
I'm on a long, long drive,
But I am on the way to paradise

There is so much love in my life
In my life
There is love in my life
Such love in my life

In my life
There is love in my life
Such love in my life

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Release date: December 30, 2020

Music, lyrics, vocals, and production by Ben Freeman
Mix/master by Brady Waibel
Cover art designed by BF and edited by Andreas Nicholas, from a photo by AM. at Meow Wolf
Developed in the context of Andrew Huang's music production course for Learnmonthly.com
Released on The Haus of Glitter Performance Labs record label

SATURN

Elle Vibre

Nobody

Nobody (Kate NV Remix)

Lilac

'Trust' out June 25 on Solitaire Recordings

Pre-save: https://armlock.ffm.to/trust
Pre-order: https://www.solitairerecordings.com/armlock

Coward

Power Of A Waterfall

Music and Lyrics - Francesca Brierley a.k.a heka
Vocals, Guitar, Beats, Mix - Francesca Brierley a.k.a heka
Bass, Guitar, Piano - Ed Tullett
Trumpet - Jemima Coulter
Production - Ed Tullett & Francesca Brierley a.k.a. heka
Master - Dan Duszynski at Dandysounds. Austin, TX.

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Lyrics:

well i see you walking on the edge of it all
i see a wall, you walking on the edge of it all
and if hate is better than numb, but you bite your tongue
i see a wall

tongue hits the door --
no, nobody gets what they want anymore
and if hate is better than numb, hate is better then
hate is better than numb, cos i know sooner of later it’s gone.

Elle Vibre

Moutarde & Miel

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