Name: Bluebird - Andy Skellam by Pear O'Legs Records in Brighten Up The Place - Andy Skellam
Duration: 4 min 9 s
Description: Released on the 27th October 2023 with POLR

Brighten Up The Place - Andy Skellam

Disquiet Junto Project 0599 was to record a piece of music with between four and seven self-contained parts that get combined in various ways as the piece progresses

This project is the final of three that are being done in collaboration with the 2023 Musikfestival Bern, which will be held in Switzerland from September 6 through 10. The topic this year is « √ » — as the organization explains: “the radical, or square root symbol and the power of its symbolism are central to the festival and these will be translated into music in multifarious ways.” All three projects will engage with the work of Éliane Radigue, who is the Composer-in-Residence for the 2023 festival.

More on this 599th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Minimal(ist) Blend at https://disquiet.com/2023/06/22/disquiet-junto-project-0599-minimalist-blend/

Minimal(ist) Blend [Disquiet0599]

An Indie funk groove about the monotonous routine of the working world, feeling trapped by the societal pressure to consume, provide, and turn away from the things we’re passionate about.

IDIO

Break The Cycle

Originally made for disquiet0611, but discarded in favour of https://soundcloud.com/winterer/the-cosmos-listens-to-itself-disquiet0611

The idea was to use a lot of recycling echos and granulars on a PD piano sample, in this case Sampler, Silo, Fragments, SpaceCraft, Small Winters, Valhalla Delay.

Infinity Piano Mirror

See Saw

Released on the 27th October 2023 with POLR

Bluebird - Andy Skellam

NEW FROG! (Radio Edit / Clean Version)

Featured on Pitchfork (https://pitchfork.com/news/hotline-tnt-megan-thee-stallion-tokischa-this-week-pitchfork-selects-playlist) and Stereogum (https://www.stereogum.com/2241782/frog-maybelline/music). 

Stream & share the unedited version directly from the @heyitsfrog profile: https://on.soundcloud.com/JMbn2

Previous airplay for Frog includes: BBC Radio 1 (Huw Stephens), BBC 6 Music (Steve Lamacq / Gideon Coe / Tom Ravenscroft), BBC Scotland (Roddy Hart), David Gilyeat (BBC Oxfordshire & Berkshire) and KCRW (Jason Kramer).

"Maybelline" is the second single from Frog's "Grog" LP (out November 17th) - heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/grog / open.spotify.com/artist/3ME5MgDqwM6G3UDLmwjftA

FFO: Jonathan Richman / Bruce Springsteen / Modest Mouse / Townes Van Zandt / Silver Jews / "The Secret of Monkey Island"

"Grog" LP Out Nov 17th: bit.ly/FrogGrogInfoPage

Brothers Danny & Steve Bateman return with their fifth album “Grog.” This collection of gorgeous Indie Americana is full of the nostalgia, hope, defeat and lust that earned previous singles “Judy Garland” and “You Know I’m Down” several million streams on Spotify.

Eclectic and wildly creative, this fully realized LP veers from the gorgeous grooving funk of “Black on Black on Black” to the classic pop of “Maybelline” before “New Ro” exemplifies the “gothic and cartoonish” characteristics that songwriter Daniel Bateman describes his latest work with.

Artist Quote:

“There are really exciting places we were able to get to on this record, places that I didn’t know existed before I found them. It feels both gothic and cartoonish to me, big gargoyles, dark skies, storms, but the statues are of ‘Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.’ Every song is a step deeper into the abyss.” - Daniel Bateman (Frog)

Previous Support: NPR / BBC Radio 1 / BBC 6 Music / TLOBF / CLASH / Gold Flake Paint / London In Stereo / DIY Mag / Various Small Flames / IMPOSE / Cereal & Sounds / For the Rabbits

Spotify Stats: 9.5 million streams / 78k monthly listeners (Oct 16th 2023)

Press Quotes:

“I was taken aback by its apparent simplicity; a simplicity that at first masked a wealth of subtle nuances, wry homages, and nostalgic narratives that were enough to make listeners lament growing up anywhere other than suburban America.” – The Line of Best Fit

“Locked between the unstoppable force of self-deprecation and the immovable object of the American Dream.” – Various Small Flames

“A subtle, stunning triumph.” – For the Rabbits

“Utterly brilliant...they make you nostalgic for memories you never had and take you back to places you’ve never before been.” - London in Stereo

"Grog" is out November 17th via Audio Antihero & Tapewormies: linktr.ee/heyitsfrog

Grog

Maybelline

Frog - Maybelline

From Dean's new album, Pictures.
Featuring Neilson Hubbard and Will Kimbrough.
Recorded long distance between East Lothian (Scotland) and East Nashville (ISA)

Pictures

Dean Owens (ft Nelson Hubbard, Will Kimbrough): Dalry Cemetery

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Here's another 'early mix' from next year's (2024) album, You're Out Of This World (& Into The Next)! When you think you know somebody, & then you realise you don't, noticing that something is different. Something you can't really fathom out. This song asks the question, 'What planet are you on?'

Bluebird - Andy Skellam

Pear O'Legs Records

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