The title track from Dead Arm's forthcoming ep.

Full EP - https://soundcloud.com/deadarm

Clare & Jon ep

Dead Arm - Clare & Jon

GRACE GILLESPIE - HUH

I am a child
I do not know
Swing in the sunshine
Which way I don’t know

What is this life
from which we creep?
Into the darkness
Our love seeps

It’s so unlikely 
That you would find me
Outside the wind blows
No I will not go

HUH!

In your heart 
In your soul 
There’s a place 
You can go
Out of luck 
Out of line 
And I will still be swinging in the sunshine

What does your smile
mean to the world?
What can your lies 
do to this small girl?

I have a place 
You’ll never find
Hide in the confines of my own mind

It’s so unlikely 
That you cannot see
Outside the wind blows 
No I will not go

HUH!

In your heart 
In your soul 
In your mind 
Don’t you know
Out of luck 
Out of fear 
Well now you’ve done the damage you can disappear

In your heart 
In your soul 
Are you sure 
you are sold
on this life 
on this lie? 
You can watch it growing as the time goes by

© 2020 Kaleidoscope

HUH (Single)

Magick Mountain's 1st official release (leading up to the debut album, Weird Feelings) brings a slice of sun-soaked Californian style fuzz to West Yorkshire. King Cobra lyrically encapsulates a story of a mythical snake, but plays on double meanings referring to emotions around fear, anxiety and our own inner demons.

LYRICS:
I wish I was a snake so I could taste the air
And everywhere you go you know I will chase you there
I'm feeding off your thoughts, I'm feeding on you fear
And when you close your eyes you know I will take you
I will take you
There

Life flickers in the eyes and then it's gone again
The shock of the surprise could leave somebody dead
You'll hear me in your thoughts, you'll feel me when I'm near
And when you close your eyes you know I will take you
I will take you
There

I wish I was a snake so I could taste the air
And everywhere you go you know I will chase you there
I'm feeding off your thoughts, I'm feeding on you fear
And when you close your eyes you know I will take you
I will take you
There

CREDITS:
Written and performed by Magick Mountain.
Magick Mountain are:
Lins Wilson (Guitar/vocals)
Tom Hudson (Bass/vocals)
Nestor Matthews (Drums)

Produced by Margo Broom, James Kenosha and Magick Mountain
Mixed by James Kenosha
Mastered by Katie Tavini

Artwork by Tom Hudson

King Cobra

salts

Private stream of Topographies' debut LP, Ideal Form. For promotional use only.

02 False Desire

'Bullpen' from 'Scrundle', the new EP from Parker Lee. Released independently Sept 4th 2020.

Lyrics:
Watching the bullpen shake its way crosstown
A one inch punch brings in the crowd
Some good intentions could miss their mark again,
If we made up like dying friends

But all my tides could never be
The longest break of a wave at sea
The best damn friends we would ever be

Hearing the corners my friends left out to me
I jig-and-saw the finished piece
Flatline of letters spelling out a need:
"I should go - or you should leave."

But both my eyes could hardly see
The darkest crack of a trench at sea
The best damn friends we would ever be

Keep those hands in front of me
A simple plan and a master key
A knife-like wound and it looks like me
The best damn friends we would ever be

Jowan Mead - songs, words, vocals, guitar
Annie Prior - guitar, bass, synth, percussion
Adrian Maidman - drums

Recorded by Annie Prior and Jowan Mead at The Fungalow.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Annie Prior at Red Chilli Recordings. Art by James Baily, @jamesmbaily on Instagram.

Scrundle

Bullpen

Young sad Lovers / Happy old Friends

Young sad lovers / happy old friends
Why are others better than them?
Honest promise / never forget
Why are others better than them?

Fragile egos, jealousy, hate
Are for others, not ready yet
Cut the flowers, before they can bend
Passionate lovers / households for rent

Chorus
Where are you, I missed you my other
Where were you, I missed you my friend
Where are you, I missed you my other
Where were you, I missed you so much
—————————————
Troubled marriage / troubled romance
We were different, we could withstand
Like young bold partners ready to dance
Facing each other with love for the past
…the future, the present, love that can last

Bridge:
Young sad lovers / happy old friends
We were waiting for Fridays, our evenings to spend
Honest promise / never forget
Why are others better than them?
(Why are lovers better than friends?)

Young sad lovers / happy old friends
We were waiting for Fridays, our evenings to spend
Honest promise / never forget
We were better than them, we were better than them

Chorus
Where are you, I missed you my other
Where were you, I missed you my friend
Where are you, I missed you my other
Where were you, I missed you so much
—————————————
Where are you, I missed you, my darling
Where were you, I missed you, my love
Where are you, I missed you my other
Where are you, I missed you my friend.
I missed you so much.

© ℗ 2020 Youth Valley. All rights reserved.

Young Sad Lovers

Early raw punk energy, w drum freakouts, and a bass with a thumping tone. I mean, we can barely hear the guitar here, but I appreciate the suggestion. 

Could this be the equivalent of the Lomax recordings, but instead of blues, it's punks at some dive making their own version of no-wave?

This reminds me of Foams from Texas, if you know that also obscure record.  Collecting these one-offs from underground bands is its own artform.

12" VINYL LP

Stream LP

Randy and The Randies - "Solar Myth" (1980)

calm down > http://showstar.bandcamp.com
video > https://youtu.be/scYY4TeBx0o

calm down

Following their acclaimed debut Gweler Ein Gofid last year, Sheffield's Sister Wives return into the light with new Crags AA single on 10" vinyl, featuring two new songs - "Crags" and "I Fyny Af / Rise".

The single's title track is a nod to local prehistoric gorge, Creswell Crags, where witches marks were discovered in 2019. The marks, also known as protective marks, were found around dark holes and crevices in the caves and are thought to have been used as part of rituals to warn off evil forces.

The notions of protection and ancient ritual tie in with the songs the band were working on at the time. They explain, "Both “I Fyny Af / Rise” and "Crags" are about summoning the consciousness of the land in times of despair; calling upon the ancient gods that live in the rocks, woods, lakes, seas and trees, and exploring spiritual suspicions and witchcraft. We wanted to explore both sides: the fear of witches, and also defend these long vilified women."
 

Analogue evocations to Cymru’s sentient landscapes, from before the fall and after The Fall. Deep time and shallow graves. A coven dances around a burning holiday home to the strains of Hawkwind, Eno and Siouxsie. Astral projecting over the Green Desert. You are as far away as you will ever be from the world's madness.

Sister Wives have previously been invited to support The International Teachers of Pop, Crack Cloud, The Eccentronic Research Council, Current Affairs, Kaputt, Flasher, Porridge Radio, as well as featuring on Warp Records’ new music picks and regular play on BBC Wales and BBC Cymru. 

Out on the 26th of February on Delicious Clam

https://deliciousclamrecords.bandcamp.com/album/crags

Yn dilyn eu ymddangosiad cyntaf ‘Gweler Ein Gofid’ y llynedd, a sengl hollt gyda Tacsidermi ar Libertino Records (5ed Chwefror), mae Sister Wives o Sheffield yn dychwelyd i'r goleuni gyda dwy gân newydd - "Crags" ac "I Fyny Af / Rise ". 

  Mae teitl yr EP yn nod i geunant cynhanesyddol lleol i Sheffield, Creswell Crags, lle darganfuwyd marciau gwrachod yn 2019. Darganfuwyd y marciau, a elwir hefyd yn farciau amddiffynnol, o amgylch tyllau tywyll ac agennau yn yr ogofâu a chredir eu bod wedi'u defnyddio fel rhan o ddefodau i rybuddio grymoedd drwg.   

Mae'r syniadau amddiffyn a defod hynafol yn cyd-fynd â'r caneuon yr oedd y band yn gweithio arnynt ar y pryd. Maent yn egluro, mae ‘I Fyny Af / Rise’ a ‘Crags’ yn ymwneud â galw ymwybyddiaeth y tir ar adegau o anobaith; galw ar y duwiau hynafol sy'n byw yn y creigiau, y coed, y llynnoedd, y moroedd a'r coed, ac archwilio amheuon ysbrydol a dewiniaeth. Mae’n rhaid archwilio'r ddwy ochr: ofn gwrachod, ond hefyd amddiffyn y menywod a fy’n cael eu can-drin am fod yn ‘wrachod’.   

Adluniadau analog i dirweddau ymdeimladol Cymru. Mae cildraeth yn dawnsio o amgylch cartref gwyliau sy'n llosgi i straen Hawkwind, Eno a Siouxsie. Taflunio astral dros yr Anialwch Gwyrdd. Rydych chi mor bell i ffwrdd ag y byddwch chi byth o wallgofrwydd y byd. 

  Gwahoddwyd Sister Wives o'r blaen i gefnogi The International Teachers of Pop, Crack Cloud, The Eccentronic Research Council, Current Affairs, Kaputt, Flasher, Porridge Radio, yn ogystal â rhoi sylw i bigiadau cerddoriaeth newydd Warp Records a chwarae rheolaidd ar BBC Radio Cymru.

I Fyny Af / Rise by Sister Wives

Slap you round the face with 80/90s new wave!

The Reality TV - Beats - Master

Amateur Record Label & General Music Enthusiast.
Full Releases on bandcamp.

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