2010s Alternative Rock & Indie: Hits & Deep Cuts - part 4

Numbered

I've been writing music most of my life. Songs have always been the place where I've sorted out the events of day. If you trace these songs back far enough they tell a story of where I've been and what I've seen along the way. That said, most people don't have the time to sort through the hundreds of songs that have collected in the wake of my 20 plus years behind a piano, and that's why I love "Cecilia and the Satellite". As a song it encapsulate so much living against the back drop of a new life. Cecilia was written with the knowledge that my wife and I would soon meet our first child. With the hope of avoiding territory this type of song often treads, I tried to create a road map of the life I had lived leading up to that moment. One my daughter might look back on some day. A strange life of constant motion, spent traveling in the pursuit of music. A life I’ve nearly lost on more than one occasion and one which I am thankful for, now more than ever. Deep down this song is about more than me and where I’ve been, it’s about more than my daughter and what I want for her. It’s about being proud of where you come from and wanting the most for the people you share your world with.

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LYRICS
I’ve locked myself in a hotel room
Then waited all night for the walls to move
I've loved some girls that I barely knew
I’ve made some friends, and I’ve lost some too
 
Crashed my car, I was seventeen
My mother in the seat riding next to me
The things I’ve learned from a broken mirror
How a face can change when a heart knows fear
 
For all the things my eyes have seen, the best by far is you
 
If I could fly, then I would know
What life looks like from up above and down below
I’d keep you safe, I’d keep you dry
Don’t be afraid, Cecilia, I’m the satellite
And you’re the sky
 
Oh, Oh
 
I've café crawled through Amsterdam
Been around the world with a punk rock band
And I’ve seen London, and I’ve played Japan
I’ve been knocked down, I got up again
 
For all the places I have been, I’m no place without you
 
If I could fly, then I would know
What life looks like from up above and down below
I’d keep you safe, I’d keep you dry
Don’t be afraid, Cecilia, I’m the satellite
And you’re the sky
 
Oh, Oh
I’m the satellite
And you’re the sky
 
For all the things my hands have held, the best by far is you
 
If I could fly, then I would know
What life looks like from up above and down below
I’d keep you safe, I’d keep you dry
Don’t be afraid, Cecilia, I’m the satellite
And you’re the sky
And you’re the sky
I’m the satellite
And you’re the sky
And you’re the sky


Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness

Cecilia And The Satellite

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Melbourne fuzz-rockers Pretty City (@pretty-city) have already garnered critical acclaim for recordings they made with an iPhone. Now they venture to the other end of the spectrum by recording an acoustic version of their popular single “Flying” straight to analogue tape – live in lead guitarist Johnny’s bedroom!

Pretty City - Flying

Bigfoot

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Produced by Frederik Thaae
Mixed by Justin Hergett
Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge

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Broken Bones by The Strange

Courtney, Pete, Phil, Mitch & Quang are nice enough kids just trying to make their way through this sick, savage world. For some reason they decided that forming a band was a good way do this. The results have been psychedelic, unexpected and very, very Strange indeed.

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The Strange - Broken Bones

Melt

Fuzz-rock-shoegaze from Melbourne, Australia. 
“Nu-gaze smashed on the rocks textures. Textures you might find in the crater of an active supervolcano" 
- Record, Rewind, Play UK

Hugh Matthews - Vocals & Guitar
John-Luis Moretti - Guitar & Vocals
Drew Schapper - Drums 

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Melt

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