Chariot

Sun-kissed river drips a beacon of light 
I’ll bathe in its heat
Walk into the bright
From the cold
It’s just like I was told 
Look down at my hands 
Feel the heat
Know they’re mine 
Thoughts visit for a while
But they leave in due time 
Now I know
Life out the undertow

But if I knew myself better then it could’ve been love 
And if I worked a little harder then I wouldn’t need luck 
But is it ever worth the if?
The if...

Who knew feeling like a person could be this easy? 
22 with a gift for making it all seem wrong
Where did I ever go wrong?
I met myself for the first time here
Not much in common but I came with landing gear 
Oh, lock my body up here...

But if I knew myself better then it could’ve been love 
And if I worked a little harder then I wouldn’t need luck 
But is it ever worth the if?
The if...
The if!

I know I fall much harder than the others
It’ll feel like dirt when you chase a golden taste 
But you can make a mistake
I know I fall much harder than the others
It’ll feel like dirt when you chase a golden taste 
But you can make a mistake
I know I fall much harder than the others
It’ll feel like dirt when you chase a golden taste 
But I can make a mistake
I know I fall much harder than the others
It’ll feel like dirt when you chase a golden taste 
But I can make a mistake
I know I fall much harder than the others
It’ll feel like dirt when you chase a golden taste 
But I can make a mistake

What If?

before you let go

We Can't Stand

Talk to Me of Mendocino

Work In TV - Spiral

Release 11th November 2022

Spiral

Obey Robots is a collaboration project between producer/arranger/solo artist Laura Kidd (Penfriend / She Makes War) and guitarist Rat (Ned's Atomic Dustbin). Their album "One In A Thousand" is out on 24th February 2023.

"Super Connected" is a song about the cognitive dissonance of feeling “super connected”: supposedly informed and part of a community via social media, yet deluded if we think typing words into a little box is enough to show empathy to people in very different situations to our own comfort.

“If we’re super connected, why aren’t we
all floating in the sea?”

VIDEO https://youtu.be/PCHSlFB8VN4

SONG CREDITS
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Produced by Laura Kidd in The Launchpad, Bristol.
Mixed by Chris Sheldon at Red Cedar, London, mastered by Katie Tavini at Weird Jungle, Brighton.

All music by Laura Kidd and Rat. Guitars by Rat. All lyrics, arrangements, vocals, bass, synths, drum programming and lead guitar by Laura.

One In A Thousand

Obey Robots - Super Connected

Butch Reilly

Derde Verde 'Don't Look Away' out April 20th: https://found.ee/j2Cc4

Derde Verde are a Los Angeles-based indie rock band known for their melodic soundscapes, driving rhythms, and heartfelt songwriting. They are set to release a new album, Tug of War in June 2023, with 'Don’t Look Away' as the first single. Their 2019 album 'Slow Light was praised by KCRW as Best New Music. Their upcoming album, captured mostly live on 2-inch tape, explores the conflict between past and present selves in the post-pandemic world.

Written, Performed, Produced by Derde Verde
Recorded and Mixed by Rob Shelton at Altamira Sound
Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova

Lyrics

Maybe you’re just getting older,
feels like the world’s growing colder, oh oh. 
You stay in your own echo chamber, 
whatever makes you feel safer, oh oh oh.

But when the walls start closing around you 
there’s no more quiet corners to run to.
Twisted words and pointed fingers surround you 
threatening to tear up everything in two.

But don’t look away, 
don’t look away, 
don’t look away.

Nothing looks like it used to,
all the disguises were cut loose, oh oh. 
Everything that you understood
has been pulled out from under you, oh oh oh.

But when the walls start closing around you 
there’s no more quiet corners to run to.
Twisted words and pointed fingers surround you 
threatening to tear up everything in two.

Don’t look away, 
don’t look away, 
don’t look away, 
don’t look away.

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