Best of March 2020

CREDITS

WRITTEN / RECORDED / PRODUCED:
MICHAEL ANTHONY ESPINACH

FEATURED ARTIST:
TYLER LINDGREN: DRUMS

MIXED / MASTERED:
PAUL “BDR” RHODA:
MONOLITH RECORDINGS

RECORDED 2017

PHOTOGRAPHY:
WILLIAM BATER
BEN MABRY

MAKEUP:
CELESTE KAMPPILA

COPYWRITE / PUBLISHING:
2019 ODD FAUNA (ASCAP)

Fear Flora (Master)

JACUZZI

Licensed by [Pias] Belgium
MGMT : max@odessamusic.be
Taken from 'ROOM' / April 24

Low Days

Moonlight Feel

Music by The Great Dictators.
Celebration Records / 2020.

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Creep For Life

Port Lucian, fronted by Philadelphia-to-Cleveland multi-instrumentalist Portia Maidment, 19,  is making her return to music with her new single, “(Give It Up)”.  With a shift to synth-driven indie pop, Maidment is more fixated on her dreams and notions of love more than ever.  “(Give It Up)" shows that since her last release, Maidment has continued to embrace and explore the imperfections of lo-fi production.

(Give It Up)

Music and lyrics: Sophie Coran
Strings by: Sophie Coran
Arranged by: Sophie Coran and band 
Produced by: Michael Cumming and Logan Roth
Recorded/Mixed: Michael Cumming at Rittenhouse Soundworks and at TreacleMine
Mastered by: Barry Grint  at Alchemy Mastering
Artwork: Emily Mineo

Vocals: Sophie Coran
Keys: Sophie Coran
Synth/organ extraordinaire: Logan Roth
Bass: Mike Morrongiello
Drums: Arjun Dube
Violin I: Shelby Yamin
Violin II: Lionel Thomas 
Viola: Sarah Douglass
Cello: Nicole Boguslaw

Lyrics:

kept it in for so long                     
I forgot how to breathe			
After all that went down
And how I wish I’d come clean

Lost in a little slice of hell
Stuck inside your spell
Going round and round and round
And I always miss the mark 
I’m lost without your spark
Going round and round and round

Now we’re swimming in circles with no place to go
Always clawing at the surface to the great unknown
Like we always try to do this silly dance to give ourselves a chance
To catch our breath,
I’m just trying not to drown 

Scared to speak the wrong word
I just wish you would say 
you remember how to love me,
that everything is ok

Lost in a little slice of hell
Stuck inside your spell
Going round and round and round
And I always miss the mark 
I’m lost without your spark
Going round and round and round

Now we’re swimming in circles with no place to go
Always clawing at the surface to the great unknown
Like we always try to do this silly dance to give ourselves a chance
To catch our breath,
I’m just trying not to drown

Circles

The Fifteenth Curse

More Than Fine

Lush vocals, rich harmonies, and warm vintage textures reminiscent of CSNY, Fiona Apple, and Sharon Van Etten

Votive Crown Prize Possesion

Written and performed by Ultra_eko
Produced by Jurrivh and Duvel 
Mixed and Mastered by Adam Lewis
Six Numbers

Used to have so many plans
And dreams
Now I got prayer
Six number on a lottery ticket
Reading Facebook meme
On what it mean 
to be a good person 
Good parent
Trying hard
It ain’t easy 
Used to have so many plan
So many dream 
Now I got prayer
Six number on a lottery ticket
Reading Facebook meme
On what it mean 
to be a good person 
Good parent
Trying hard
It ain’t easy 
We live hand to mouth 
And cash in hand 
One day to the next 
Balance on this tightrope
Above the  jaws of debt 

No Tax Code
No NI 
No Passport number (is) 
Here in the shadows ain’t no one exist
Hope one day gonna get papers fixed
Until then empty these bins
Scrub these dish in busy kitchen
Picking litter from the streets
Wipe the backsides 
Of these helpless OAP’s
With fading memories 
Forgotten by their  families
All suffering from failing memories 
Leftalone In care home
Like a pile of clothes and photos 
Kept in a big yellow storage 
I’m out 
Quarter past 4 in the morning 
Work on a market stall 

Cold, drizzly, dark 
Kids asleep when I leave 
And Back in bed 
When I’m home late evening  
Wanna go play in the park on The weekend
But By then I’m so burnt out,
And torn up  
by these thoughts 
Of how I’m a make ends meet 
To keep this roof 
above our heads
That going to the  park with the kids
Dont seem to be important 
Cups of coffee
They keep me going
through the days 
without much sleep 
But this cold 
It cut to the bone 
And make it so 
I cannot fully  close 
my hand anymore 
I used to have so many plans
So many dreams 

Used to have so many plan
So many dreams 
Now I got prayer
Six number on a lottery ticket
Reading Facebook meme
On what it mean 
to be a good person 
Good parent
I’m tying hard
It ain’t easy 

(Repeat)

Especially on days like these
When the van breaks down 
Two miles out of town 
Ain’t one that nobody to turn to 
Ain’t Nobody to call 
And every saving 
That was Saved for a rainy day 
Has already been washed away 
It’s  rainy season 
many storms along the way  

This High street once was thriving
Now it’s bookies, charity shops and 
Costa coffees 
Everyone at home
Doing their shopping online 
And all your friends are on a phone 
As long as you just like and follow


But here in the shadows
ain’t no pension plan
there ain’t no savings 
Ain’t no safety net 
So don’t you  dare go break things 
Don’t you dare go lose your grip
Or slip from the rope
Got a family at home
to provide for 
Kid turned ten
Wanna go Nike store
 dad too poor 
Cant afford 
been a bad month 
would if he could 

But the kid don’t care 
just wanna stand beneath  
Those bright bright lights 
Stare at the pretty pretty Nikes
Touch that 
 swoosh swoosh swoosh 

Used to have so many plan
So many dream 
Now I got prayer
Six number on a lottery ticket
Reading Facebook meme
On what it mean 
to be a good person 
Good parent
Trying hard
It ain’t easy 

Used to live 
just for that moment 
Now I’m getting older 
Feel these pains 
see these lines
cutting crease 
Across my face
Many years passed away 
Many more may 
come to pass 
Worry on my mind 
Future looking vague 
I used to have so many plans, 
Dreams 
Now I got prayer, 
6 number
On a lottery ticket 
I hope that one day 
things are change,
I won’t ever forget  
Those down here 
in the darkness
On this sinking ship
The downtrodden 
And the voiceless 
Those without the printed pay slip 
And if I got out and 
no one else 
Then all that struggle
Would have been worthless
Helping others, 
Being selfless
That’s the only place 
where anyone 
ever finds any meaning 
that thing you think is you
That self 
That person 
just an illusion 
There is no I; 
we’re all in this together
And the strength we need 
To change this world
Will only come when 
we all start to treat each other
as we would like to be treated ourselves; 

(Chorus)

Six Numbers

Second single of Gradam's debut album. Releases everywhere Feb. 28, 2020.

Faces

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Soft Lock

Vocals and guitar: Natalie Bouloudis
Drums and keys: Hannah Stacey
Violin: Luke Waterfield
Bass guitar: Luke Novak

Recorded by Forbes Coleman at AudioBeach Studios
Mixed by Ed Deegan at Gizzard Recording Studios
Mastering by Nik Kozub
Music and lyrics by Natalie Bouloudis ©

Lyrics
I’ve been scared of bad choices
Like the ones I’ve already made
And I’ve been afraid of chasing tumbleweed
And time running away

But you can climb any mountain
Or keep treading the same flatland
Watch the world shrinking
Or open your eyes
And let it expand

I’ve got this little shiver
A flame that’s quivering
But I won’t let it catch me
Shattered illusions lead to more confusions

I’m not damned, I still stand
I’m not damned, I still stand
I’m not damned, I still stand
I still stand

Just let it expand, expand, expand, expand.

Devil Is Doubt

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Tornado was written in between Paris and Brooklyn, blends electronic textures with lush voices.

Rio Tigre_Tornado

Where We Are Now

Thoughts and Prayers

Oops

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Come 2 California

The new single Smokescreen by Tourists.

Release date: Friday 6th March 2020

Recorded by Tourists and James Bragg.
Mixed by Daniel Schlett at Strange Weather studios in Brooklyn, NY.
Mastered by Simon Heyworth and Bill Sellar of Super Audio Mastering.

Smokescreen

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Best of March 2020

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