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0:00 Foreign Affairs - Rosanna
🗓️ April 9, 2021
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3:15 Brian Howell, Jon Zane - Great Expectations
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7:13 A. Vos - Fire on the Back Porch
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10:22 Julian Muldoon - More Than That
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13:30 Ed Prosek - The Other Side
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New Indie Folk Update - April 9, 2021

Neon Gods

Ed Straker Future

Twenty Four

Perfect Once

Recorded at St Luke's Church London 2018/2019
additional recording at Kluster Rooms, Cable St
Mixed by Rotem Haguel
Mastered by Noel Summerville 

Genevieve Dawson - keys, vocals, guitar
Rick Leigh - bv's, flugel horn
Huw Bennett - double bass
Danny Trouton - drums 
Chelsea Carmicheal - sax
Meg Ella - cello
Flora Curzon - violin
Recording Engineer - Rotem Haguel
Production - Genevieve Dawson, Rick Leigh, Rotem Haguel
All songs written by Genevieve Dawson
String arrangements - Rick Leigh
Painting by Trevor Kiernander, (La Fenetre I)

Mountain

Prison Beach Club - Only One Love

From the Harold Nono album, "We're Almost Home" (BS046)

Available on Bearsuit Records, i-Tunes, Amazon, etc.

https://bearsuitrecords.bandcamp.com/album/were-almost-home

Copyright © 2020 Bearsuit Records, ℗ 2020 Bearsuit Records

Menton Train Jump

This is a song about facing your ego and coming home to your deepest spiritual self. It is a reflection on my early 20's when I was searching for answers and trying to heal from my own anxiety and depression. It became apparent that we all need to focus on our own healing and not blame others for the pain in our lives. You have to stay true to your path, keep your heart from growing numb, and always remember that you’re never alone.

Bridges

Come Home Now

Intoxicated

Written & Produced by Natalie Holmes

Lyrics: 

Was it when you were taking deep breaths on the step outside the school?
Feeling ornamental like you’d crack right down the middle
Your raincoat is yellow and all of the water got through
Hard to feel normal when you’re wet but the sky is blue

The sky is so blue
But something’s blowing all the seeds out of your head
Dandelion in a hurricane and nobody gets it 
Stretch your trembling fingers out from side to side,
And glide
Ooh 

Taking up space yeah you’re out of control like a garden of weeds
Feeling inconvenient might as well make yourself little 
Soak up the soil its always been loyal to you
Hard to feel normal when normal just tears you in two


The sky is so blue
But something’s blowing all the seeds out of your hand
Dandelion in a hurricane does anybody understand?
Stretch your trembling fingers out from side to side
And glide 
Ooh

Down low you see every detail 
Up close see the scars on blades of grass
Magnified

Dandelion

Winter Hill

[RELEASE SEPTEMBER 11TH]

Treaded in the waters as the sun was setting down behind the coastline
I was only seventeen and didn’t know what I was gonna find
Waited for an answer while we burned like fires in the night

Gloria, you knew I had to leave
'cause all I need is somewhere I'll be free

Embedded in the smalltown folk there’s lessons never learned by leaving home
(For a lifetime on the road)
Aching in my bitter bones the faults I seek out even though I’ve won
(Throwing all first stones)

But miracles won’t happen here again, the tide is rushing in

Gloria, you knew I had to leave
'cause all I need is somewhere I'll be free

Don’t you know what’s on my mind
Can’t you see it in my eyes
Soon we’ll be down by the wayside
Why don’t we seek it out

Gloria, you knew I had to leave
'cause all I need is somewhere I'll be free

© Rehn Music Group

Gloria

Written and Performed by: Henry Nozuka
Recorded and Mixed by: Henry Nozuka
Mastered by: João Carvalho

Trumpet: Mac Rogers
Trombone: Mikael Johansson

Artwork by: Vinyl Cry

As Quiet As It Seemed

Open Mouth, Open Lake is an expansive, acoustic guitar driven indie folk track.

Open Mouth, Open Lake

The song is an apology letter to a friend, reminiscing upon some of the moments and words that were once shared between us. It opens up a conversation about what I could have done differently now that I'm looking back. I guess it's a song about growth, and taking stock of where I've been and where I'm going.
Otto.

To be release 23rd Of October on all streaming platforms.

Tell Me Something

I Won’t Know (Until The End)

Known for her haunting yet uplifting alt-pop, Natalie Holmes is a songwriter whose music will resonate deeply with all identifying as a cerebral wanderer. Over the past decade, she’s carved a path as an independent artist who consistently pushes the boundaries of songwriting and self-production, forever balancing on the edge of the box to establish a sound that’s evocative yet remains comforting; and questioning everything along the way.
Natalie’s journey began in 2010, when she uploaded grainy YouTube videos of her songs, quickly gaining a following for her raw, poetic lyricism and honey-toned vocals. She has since released numerous EPs, singles, and her debut album, Vitamin Be (2022), all of which reflect her unwavering commitment to honesty and vulnerability. Vitamin Be explored themes of mental health, self-reflection, and the profound effects of nature, with the album’s self-produced soundscape capturing the complex and contradictory nature of modern life. It received glowing praise from BBC Radio 2, BBC 6, Clash, and EARMILK, with Tom Robinson calling it “fresh, adventurous, really assured."
With her second full length record, Opposite Day, due for release later in 2025, Natalie expands on the experimental approach she began in Vitamin Be. The new album shifts between alt-pop dreamy soundscapes and analog wormholes, to convey the dizzying emotional highs and lows of today's world. Inspired by artists like Caroline Polachek, Bon Iver, The Japanese House and Aurora, Opposite Day is a kaleidoscopic journey that delves into the spaces between love and loss, focusing less on what’s good or bad and more on the search for silver linings in an ever-shifting, chaotic landscape. “I want Opposite Day to be both grounding and uprooting for people,” she says. “It’s about sometimes falling victim to the uncertainty, picking yourself back up again, and finding beauty in the madness of it all.”
Natalie’s creative trajectory is marked by her ability to innovate both as a producer and performer. After years of honing her production skills through self-released demos and her Patreon community, she produced Vitamin Be entirely on her own, blending live instruments with edgy synths, glitchy marimbas, and nature samples to create a dreamlike, immersive atmosphere. Her music has made its way onto platforms like Calm, where she composed sleep songs for children, and had her instrumental album ‘Piano Places’ licensed for sleep and meditation.
As a live performer, Natalie has toured extensively, headlining shows, playing festivals like Isle of Wight, Live at Leeds, Barn on the Farm and Between the Trees, and supporting artists such as Gabrielle Aplin, Ásgeir, and Sam Brookes. In 2016, she joined Above & Beyond on their Acoustic World Tour as one of their lead vocalists, performing at iconic venues like the Hollywood Bowl and Royal Albert Hall. Her voice has also graced the world of electronic music, with collaborations like “Zero” with Oliver Smith on Anjunabeats, which reached #1 on the iTunes Dance charts in over 15 countries, and “Doubt You,” a melodic future bass anthem that has garnered nearly 5 million streams.
Natalie’s path is one of constant growth and discovery, both personally and artistically. As an independent artist, she’s proven that the DIY route is more than just possible—it’s a thriving, dynamic journey. With Opposite Day on the horizon and a relentless drive to evolve, Natalie Holmes continues to inspire listeners to reflect, question, and embrace the challenges of life with grace, humour, and curiosity.

Dandelion

Natalie Holmes

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