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If a track you submitted does not appear in this list, it’s probably because another of your tracks appeared in our Fresh Faves or on the BBC Music Introducing Mixtape during the last three months — we ask that artists featured on either wait three months before resubmitting to give others a chance. We also don’t accept short previews or SoundCloud GO tracks that can only be heard as 30 second previews, and tracks made private after submission, which cannot be included in playlists. You will be able to resubmit the track in future. Tracks that have been previously submitted and tracks from banned artists will also be removed.

ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 384

#TheFinds on SC (Dec. 2020)

@KOJI67953423
influenced by Indian classical music.  I played Tabla badly and played guitar like a sitar.

Japanese die hard depressive KOJI form the band named  KOJI The Planet Stoned Plus. 

I make all the tracks and sing and Play Guitar. YUMIKO on Bass Guitar.

We don’t use PC or Mac to make tracks but Multi Track Recorder.

MIDNIGHT ROSES

The Herron Brothers

Michael Palin

Santa is a punk

'It’s A Lovely Day Tomorrow’ is the new single by Tribes of Europe & Barbara Stretch, released by Integrity Records across all major digital platforms (29th November 2019) and on limited edition CD (6th December 2019).

Penned by Irving Berlin in 1938, it was in fact written as a war song in response to the so-called Munich Betrayal when conflict with Hitler was avoided by allowing Germany to annex the Sudetenland region of western Czechoslovakia.

The second collaboration between Fenland-based Tribes of Europe and former feminist punk iconoclast Barbara Stretch features additional vocals by Max Taylor (MIKA, Lily Allen, Clor) and drums by Andy Gangadeen (Massive Attack, Chase & Status, Jeff Beck).

Loosely based on the version released by Vera Lynn to lift spirits during the Blitz, multi-instrumentalist Martin Elsey has put his own Tribes of Europe twist on this classic track which he feels is just as relevant today:

“What happened to the ‘lovely tomorrow’ Vera Lynn was singing about? For a while things got better – decent affordable housing, the NHS, effective vaccination campaigns, building stronger ties with Europe to help keep some peace. Then, after years of austerity, and now the Brexit fiasco, the lyric just seemed to become more and more poignant.”

Previous singles by Tribes of Europe, including recent Barbara Stretch collaboration ‘You Don’t Speak For Me’, have enjoyed support on BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio 3's Late Junction. 

Check out the video on Youtube https://youtu.be/ykw634H80kk .

https://tribesofeurope.bandcamp.com/
https://twitter.com/EuropeTribes
https://www.facebook.com/TribesOfEurope/
http://integrityrecords.co.uk/

It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow

So It Begins

A Prayer In Time

On all platforms, November 13th!
Presave links available October 15th.



Lyrics

Calling all friends!
Calling all lovers!
You know this world is fake
Everything carefully designed 
To make you think 
Your life was a mistake.

They want to sell you pills
They want to sell you whores
They tell you not to take them
Just to make you want them more

Stand up!
Put it down!
Simp no more!
Turn from the crowd!

They want to sell you pills
They want to make you whores
They tell you to turn away
Then throw them in your face

No more!
No more!
No more!
Nevermore! 

Calling all friends!
Calling all lovers!
You know this world's deranged
Everything is designed
To make you fall
To make you collapse

To make you collapse!

Rise up
Rise up 
Rise Up
Evermore!

No More

"Live In The Fire" by Fossway, released 27 Oct 2020.
Spotify link: http://bit.ly/LITF-Fossway

Live In The Fire

Fossway - Live In The Fire

Never Let You Go

A song that was written during lockdown, from the inside looking out.

The lyrics were inspired by a baby blackbird that was found sick, with a crossed beak, by our vocalist in her garden. She nursed it back to health by feeding it every day for 6 weeks. Our vocalist used to wait by the window during lockdown - the looking glass - and wait for the bird to arrive each morning. 

The song also explores the concept of identity: if you can just believe, you will see your true self in the mirror.

Looking Glass

White Door "Resurrection"

Independent music label based in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 
Active in gig promotion, artist management, booking agency work, as well as PR services, Pillar Artists has been steadily growing since being launched in 2017.

Label Roster: Cat Ryan, Fossway, Palma Louca, and Sarah Connolly.
Live Roster: Abnorm

Previous live show bookings:
Spinn, Red Rum Club, Dancing On Tables, Judas (now known as Lona), Scarlet, Mint, Bugeye, Mouses, Avalanche Party, False Advertising, and many more.

Fossway - Live In The Fire

Pillar Artists: Music Label