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My Picks: Batch 583

YOU SAY WHATEVER

Favours

written by kahlla & hot dennis
produced by hot dennis
mixed by jules konieczny
mastered by nic nell
additional drums by joe haeger, engineered by tom hill 

lyrics:
same old tired game
seems i can never change
still blush at your name

let go of my pride
think of you each time
everything i tried

i know you wanna erase me
all of 2016

but you still got your nose ring
the one we got together
and even if you take it out
the scar will stay forever

smaller victories
piece by piece
retrain my memory
you're just a habit now
and you found love somehow
a wife, a kid, a house 

and now you don't wanna know me
all of 2016

but you still got your nose ring
the one we got together
and even if you take it out
the scar will stay forever

i will stay forever
i will stay forever 

but you still got your nose ring
the one we got together
and even if you take it out
the scar will stay forever

nose ring

7. Bleed Together

'Terrorist With a Gentle Heart' is the fourth single from my third album 'No Cages'.

The track will be released on Friday 5th September 2025 and will be available to download and stream from all major sites, as well as from my Bandcamp store.

'Terrorist With a Gentle Heart' is a song about what it's like to be a vegan in a non-vegan world. It was inspired by a friend who once declared to me that vegans are just a bunch of terrorists. 

The album 'No Cages' is available on limited edition CD, and to download and stream.

'No Cages' is my third album, and my first in seven years.

It features the singles 'Simple Life', 'Incomplete' and 'I Would Have Left This Party By Now (If It Wasn't For You)'.

It is my first collection of predominantly animal rights songs and covers topics such as intensive chicken farming, toxic masculinity, humane-washing / greenwashing, and the perception of vegans by a non-vegan world. The project also covers other themes such as loss and loneliness, how technology is disconnecting us from the real world, escaping from the human race, and the beauty of the ground beneath our feet.

It has been a labour of love, taking over two years to complete, delayed by various set-backs, most noticeably damage to my vocal chords.

The album features over 40 contributors from across the world, including Vegan Queen V, Liz Mitchell (Terrorvision), Ian Haywood, Giles Bryant, and Chaos Collective (Blur). It was recorded at Half-ton Studios in Milton by Neil Rogers, mastered by Pete Maher (U2, Pixies), and features artwork by Tom Jones.

Credits

Gavin Chappell-Bates - vocals & guitars
Tim Gifford - bass
Paul Richards - drums
Ian Haywood - piano
Fallon Howe - trumpet
Liz Mitchell - saxophones

Recorded & mixed by Neil Rogers at Half-ton Studios.
Additional recording by Gavin Chappell-Bates at The Drift

Mastered by Pete Maher

Artwork by Tom Jones

No Cages

Terrorist With a Gentle Heart

‘Sacred’ has been my comfort song for a while now, if I’m at a piano or guitar I will inevitably play it. It feels like the end credits to my own little indie romcom but also a celebration of finding the hard times a little easier by sharing in it with a person who really gets you. Feeling lost and being lost together feels very different!
May the reverb be hugging and the heartbeat drums comforting.

Sacred

'everything is ended' is a song about how change is the only constant. You can't step into the same river twice. But every ending is the start of something else.

everything is ended

Rivers

Silhouette

SILHOUETTE

British-Portuguese artist Bernardo, announces her debut album 'Secrets of Six-Figure Women'. Written and produced by Sonia Bernardo and co-produced by Dave Maclean (Django Django), the record weaves British and Portuguese influences into a sophisticated commentary on modern ambition and identity.

Bobby's Song

A balllad on Edgar Allan Poe famous poem 'Annabel Lee' inspired by sea shantie songs.

Annabel Lee

Tidal Wave is about that flood of emotion when you let yourself feel fully, even if it crashes in all at once. The temporary drowning that can lead to clarity.
This project came together as I let go, as I let the wave take me where it needed to. I was trying to be honest, learning not to hide from what hurts.
Written, produced & mixed entirely by me. 

Carry Me Away

"Icons Never Die'' Out Now on all platforms !

This is a song from my new project 
"ICONIC INTRODUCTION"
Coming Soon...

Credits:
Backing Vocals by the amazing Zarah
Produced by Ibz 
Written, Mixed & Mastered By Ibz

More of my Music: 
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4SONM...


SUPPORT THE JOURNEY:

Ibz:
Instagram & Tiktok: @Iconic_Ibz

Zarah:
Instagram: @Iamzarah__ 
Tiktok: @_Iamzarah_

Icons Never Die. - ICONIC

SHE'S A FOOL

MAGIC SEAS the Essex based indie/alternative duo are set to release their new single,  ‘Can You Hear My Dreams?’ via their own Lemonpop Recs with digital distribution by Shellshock on 17th October.  

‘Can You Hear My Dreams?’ follows the singles, ‘From This View’ and ‘The Sun Chair’ all lifted from the duo’s 3rd LP FROM THIS VIEW which was released in April.  

MAGIC SEAS hail from Chelmsford, Essex and are brothers James and John Prudence.  They make lush, resplendent indie tinged dream pop that draws on the likes of Galaxie 500, Beach House, The War On Drugs, Felt, Cocteau Twins, The Byrds, Echo And The Bunnymen and Slowdive.  On their third album, FROM THIS VIEW they explore the sense of space and wonder within their sound mixing west-coast Americana influenced acoustic guitar and harmonies with reverb drenched C86-esque 12 string guitars and driving drum machine.  Influential blog Even Butterflies Make A Sound commented, ‘From This View’s chiming guitars and washes of shimmering keyboards offer nine cuts of soaring soundscapes for the Magic Seas’ tales of solitude and sorrow.Among the highlights are the title track with its driving drumbeats. ‘Different Ways’ adds harmonica to the mix giving the song a twist of Bob Dylan’s wild mercury sound. ‘Strings And Time’ offers a more acoustic sound to the proceedings to give it a more grounded folky flavour. ‘The Happiness Key’ sails this album off into the sunset with a hypnotic motif. It brings to mind Spacemen 3 during their Perfect Prescription era or Slowdive’s first phase.’ 
FROM THIS VIEW was again recorded with RIDE frontman Mark Gardener who upon hearing the band’s first demo has since been producing them at his OX4 Sound studio in Oxford.  In autumn ‘23 James and John were invited to Nashville to play as session players at WELCOME TO 1979 AGAIN, an all analogue recording studio in an old pressing plant. 

Of the new single John says, “The imagery of the song reflects quite a few aspects of what we do musically, whilst also trying to embrace the listener. It’s exploring a realisation that you are suddenly in an incredible moment that you have been anticipating and you can share its glow with others. Meet us tonight under golden light.”  Of their evocative band name, singer James says, “The idea behind the name MAGIC SEAS was to take people to places within our music.” 
MAGIC SEAS have played tour support with the likes of REVEREND AND THE MAKERS, THE WARLOCKS, REPUBLICA, THE ASTERIOD No.4 and LEVITATION ROOM, and following on from a National Album Day endorsed Ltd 12” release they have also performed live at in store performances for HMV, Flashback Records and for the last two years played live on Record Store Day at Intense Records, Chelmsford. 

MAGIC SEAS are James Prudence: Vocals, Electric 12 String Guitar, John Prudence: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar.  ‘Can You Hear My Dreams?’ was produced by Mark Gardener and James Prudence.  It was recorded, mixed and engineered by Mark Gardener at OX4 Sound Oxford and Mastered by Karl Skivington, Nottingham

MAGIC SEAS - 'Can You Hear My Dreams?'

Rise and Shine

Wise Man

Stackin' Up

Big Life

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