Hardball from my debut EP 'An Exorcise in Anger' 

Written by Alexandra Leaving
Produced by Michael Smith at RYP Recording Studios
Mastered by Andy Baldwin at Metropolis Studios


Lyrics:

I guess you always had the vision
While I was cursed by indecision
I play guitar and you play hardball

Then you called me crazy
Well that rhetoric’s just lazy
I’m unhinged at my best
And the rest floats in fragments.

And no more going down to the movies now.

As a matter of fact you can have it back,
All the good, the bad - it’s for you.
And as a matter of fact I don’t even feel bad.
It’s just that sometimes I’m a little blue.

We decorate the silence with some light chaotic violence
You’re out on the field, I still wanted to be your home run.
But then I saw your colours and I don’t wanna be another,
Just another thing you step on.

As a matter of fact you can have it back,
All the good, the bad - it’s for you.
And as a matter of fact I don’t even feel bad.
It’s just that sometimes I’m a little blue.

I don’t want anything but the way I know,
And I know now this is the end.

As a matter of fact you can have it back,
All the good, all the bad - It was for you
And as a matter of fact I don’t even feel bad.
It’s just that sometimes I’m a little blue.
It’s just that sometimes I’m a little blue.

Hardball

Penumbra, Antumbra, Umbra

Tangled is a guitar-driven love song about the all-consuming passion of a romantic relationship, laced with the underlying question, ‘Is this too good to be true?’

Tangled

Cast of characters:
Surfers Like Us– @user-411502040 –Artur–composition and foundational rhythm guitar
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen–guitar solos choruses, mix, and production
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell –electric piano, synth, and intro composition
K2 and the Three [and the Four]-- @k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums
Llanpsych– @llanpsych –Tez–Guitar solo in the verses
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –four string fretless bass guitar
 
This song began with Artur composing the entire skeleton, and recording it against a mechanical beat. He presented it to Josh, who immediately shared it with The Eclectic Collective. Ken first replaced the metronomic beat with a real, rocking drum sound. Josh promptly added his fretless bass to it, to complete the rhythm section. Soon after, JJ added his electric piano magic, including a short solo, to the stew. Once the rhythmic framework was laid down, Stephen got to work on the choruses, coming up with solid, melodic lines for them. Then, it was Tez's turn to light up the verses with his monster guitar. When we had it mostly completed, Artur asked JJ if he'd do an intro to it. JJ came up with the whole psychedelic intro in response. 
  When it was finished, we asked Stephen if he would mix it for us, which he did with his typical mastery and attention to detail. We all really enjoy making music with Artur, and have been fans of and collaborators with him for almost a year now. If you like the sound of this song, you would do well to go check out his page, too, as he has a bunch of gems on there. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it. 
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   This composition is dedicated to J.J., Josh, Ken, Stephen and Tez 😎 Thank you guys for your friendship, outstanding playing and creativity! 🌞🎸
     Artur

Tell me the Truth (w/ The Eclectic Collective)

Learn To Surf

This is another fun toon which I hope will get you boppin a bit. It's some tongue in cheek rock n roll / cowpunk relationship counselling from legendary Aussie band the Beasts of Bourbon. Written by guitarist Kim Salmon.

I used my new parlour guitar to play this one. I was quite happy with the jangly chords which I think really suit the tune.

Something To Lean On (by the Beasts of Bourbon)

lyrics “take-off” by steff and doc
(when your person loves you for being you)

oh i heard… i can…see real tornados
oh i heard… i can…see driving rain

maybe we can…. jump a lil bit
maybe we can be….higher ground
maybe we can…. hope a lil bit
maybe we can be…. hope and sound

with you i am so ready to take off
with you i am so fucking down
with you i am so ready to take off
with you i am so fucking down

oh i heard… i can…be president
oh i heard… i can…be blinding pain
oh i heard… i can…see rainbow skies
oh i heard… i can…see bloody stains

maybe we can…. jump a lil bit
maybe we can be….higher ground
maybe we can…. hope a lil bit
maybe we can be…. loved and found

with you i am so ready to take off
with you i am so fucking down
with you i am so ready to take off
with you i am so fucking down

oh i heard… i can…be forever
oh i heard… i can…be hope and dreams
oh i heard… i can…be whatever
oh i heard… i can…be lust and screams

maybe we can…. jump a lil bit
maybe we can be….higher ground
maybe we can…. hope a lil bit
baby we can’t be…. falling down

with you i am so ready to take off
with you i am so fucking down

oh i heard
oh i heard
oh i heard 
oh i heard

maybe we can…. jump a lil bit
maybe we can be….higher ground
maybe we can…. hope a lil bit
maybe we can be…. lost and found

"take-off"

cigaregret burns

New Single "Curse" b/w "Living in Song" out now!

Living in Song

away | untitled project 001 sessions | ambient atmospheric psyche drone jungle horror WIP | skating 7 70 bpm take 1 82525

Pink Cliffs is the alt rock/psych pop band of London-based Si Miller. 
https://linktr.ee/pinkcliffs
https://www.instagram.com/pinkcliffs
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3t6Vqb1272CMc0pvKZi55z

The atmosphere created by this  psychedelic crooner is inky-black and cinematic: spaghetti western bass plucks and guitar twangs hang from loping off-kilter drums. All drenched in swirling reverb.

Stuck in a dark corner of your mind. Trapped in a nightmare. The interminable sensation of… bureaucracy. A song about helplessness in a diabolical scenario: Homework… Forever.

Homework Forever

Pink Cliffs is the new project of Si Miller, a London-based musician originally from Bristol.

Inspired by grand geographical forces, and the pursuit of pure joy through natural psychedelia, the music of Pink Cliffs captures a voice wrestling with expectation and desperation amid the patina and patterns of the physical world.

Homework Forever

Pink Cliffs

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