© David Skellenger March 2014
HERE WE GO...

Harpin' With Mr. Fender Rhodes

I Get Into Trouble

You At The Top Of The Driveway

Going Away Now

This song was written by Jonathan Runcie, 22/11/23. Artwork by Sarah Vittle.

North Song

“Trudge” alludes to the weird disconnected-yet-superconnected reality that envelopes us all day, every day. We wade through a mire of strangely polished ‘normal’ on every social medium we consume, and then can’t work out why we feel so substandard all the time. We voraciously seek the positive feedback that is designed to suck us in and keep us coming back for more. We scroll, and scroll, and scroll, and scroll. What will it take for us to stop and look up? Or will we all slowly fall into the void?

Lyrics

This is the future baby
Trudge along ahead
Lead in my footsteps baby
Follow in my stead

Oh I’m a child of my time
I live out loud
And you call my name but I can’t hear you
I’m standing alone in the crowd

Friends on my left babe
Friends on my right
They like what I’m doing
But they can’t help me tonight

Oh I’m a child of my time
I live out loud
And you call my name but I can’t hear you
Standing alone

I feel like nobody today
Faceless, insignificant, in the way
In the way
In the way

Yeah I’m a child of my time
I live out loud
And you call my name but I can’t hear you
I’m standing alone in the crowd

We’re so together
But inside we’re so alone
Got all the answers babe
But still just don’t really know
We don’t really know, no

Yeah I’m a child of my time
I live out loud
And you call my name but I can’t hear you
Standing alone
I’m a child of my time
I live out loud
And you call my name but I can’t hear you
I’m standing alone in the crowd

Credits

Ben Singer (@bensingermusic) and Sarah Golding (@voiceofgolding)
Drums: Sam Carter

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Trudge

#ambient #cinematic #liminal #quiet #experimental #darkambient #synthesizer

I’ve seen a while dove eating a pizza.

The Free Spirit is Eating a Pizza - finfilm

As your light appeared across the frozen universe
On our coloured sphere, I turn my gaze to the darkened sky

In our part of space, I can see your name in the stars
On a virtual stage, as the curtains meet, you light the dark

You warm my world, I can feel your rays, it’s like heaven
Then you cool my world, the wind of change forever surrounds you

To the heart it sails, the gold or poison arrow
When you fear the word, you’re left with nothing

In the dark of space, I see your face in the stars
Like a fairy tale, and we turn the page then play the part

You warm my world, if you feel the same, it’s forever
Then you cool my world, like a breeze that came from heaven

Event Horizon

Warm My World

"SUITCASE" is the debut single of the wandering songwriter Meri Lu Jacket, released on all digital platforms on Friday, February 23, 2024. It's more than just a song; it's a journey through soulful indie pop that tells the story of a seemingly trivial argument between two lovers. But beneath the surface, there's a profound sense of loneliness and the unease of feeling incomplete without each other's love. 

The song was produced by Alex Marton for Firstline Production with guitars by Filippo Scandroglio. 

With her captivating voice and enveloping melodies, Meri Lu Jacket captures the essence of this universal human experience, turning it into a track that strikes straight to the heart. It's a fusion of emotions and sounds that leaves an indelible impression.

Suitcase - Meri Lu Jacket

Word of Love

“This song is about being entirely dependent on the person who knew you the most, and having to lose that part of you at the end of a relationship. It’s both the releasing of the past, and the acceptance that so much of them will always be within you.
Learning to live differently alongside that person is the crushing reality provoked by the lyric ‘Same goodbye a million times, and I…”.’

Heartbeat Wipers

Lightning meeting bone
Sensations unknown
Fighting a ghost, something in me
Looking to start a mutiny
I’m scared to be alone

I don’t know how to be in this body
This house that’s falling apart as I’m watching
I don’t want to let it cave
I just want another way
I don’t know how to be home, home, home
In this body

String of waiting rooms
Endless deja vu
White on the walls
Am I awake
Tell me exactly which pill to take
How to heal a chameleon wound

I don’t feel like myself
I know pain, clean, contained
This is something else

I don’t know how to be in this body
This house that’s falling apart as I’m watching
I don’t want to let it cave
I just want another way
I don’t know how to be home, home, home
In this body

I can’t bear all this waiting
Don’t know what’s real, hazy instincts
Say I’m fine, I feel crazy
Don’t call me crazy

In This Body

Born in Boston and based in New York, Paola Bennet is a singer-songwriter balancing at the intersection of rock, pop, and folk. Her work hinges on gut-punch lyricism, with subjects ranging from chronic pain to long-distance friendships and queer desire. Her releases include two original EPs, Maybe The Light (2021) and The Shoebox EP (2016). She has been highlighted by music tastemakers including Obscure Sound, Glasse Factory, Wolf in a Suit, and ParaPOP.

http://paolabennet.com

In This Body

Paola Bennet

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