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Playlist

Roswell Roster

Too Slow, Produced by Max Taylor. Mixed and Mastered by Daniel James Elliott of Roswell Recordings.

Artwork by Poppy Fitzjohn.

TIN FOIL ASTRONAUT- Too Slow

Forever Out Of Time

Things Are Changing

Released on December 20th 2019. A smooth and sultry new vibe from the new jazz-funk generation is out on all digital stores and streamers now!

Being With You

Mad Yella - Being With You

Lyrics:

Is this what you want?
I don't know what I want, 
I don't know what I need
Is this what you need?
I don't know what I need,
I don't see what you mean

There's blood in the snow and blood on my hands
What if you're right and they're all wrong?
The washing machine is broken again
You make your own wins, commit your own sins
And it all comes down to this: 
You've spent your whole life thinking there are rules

Is this what you want?
I don't know what I want, 
I don't know what I need
Is this what you need?
I don't know what I need,
I don't see what you mean

I don't see what you mean
What you mean

What if you're right and they're all wrong?
The washing machine is broken again
You make your own wins, commit your own sins
And it all comes down to this: 
You've spent your whole life thinking there are rules
A kick in the head, where's your sense?
And you call yourself a man
You take what you get, it's a red tide
And this life will pass you by
Oh this life will wash you away

Is this what you want?
I don't know what I want, 
I don't know what I need
Is this what you need?
I don't know what I need,
I don't see what you mean

Is This What You Want?

Tom Shawcroft performing "figure out" - available everywhere now: http://smarturl.it/figure-out
 
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lyrics:
i know that i'm the one to make you feel complete
amongst some other things you fully comfort me
sometimes, i fantasise how you feel bout me
when i come alive
cause i failed to figure out 
that kind of love to fall for 
i somehow fell for a coldhearted kind of love
it was the kind to mess me up but i’ll be singing
sun's out but it's still so cold clear skies but it's been so long
since i remembered how to love myself again
so i called my friend to tell her now "it's been so long"
and i worry how we'll drift off away
my love, you're so hard to love
in years to come you'll learn to trust
so woe is me, i hope you're coming back to me in time
and i'll start feel alright
all you know, you're the one to make me feel complete
amongst some other things you finally found my feelings
buried deep inside a cage, you finally found the key
now i'm so alive
so when you're coming back, oh, i'll be all alone
waiting for you to show me how to feel at home
and i’ll leave my pride out by the door so you can see my heart, 
my all and my flaws, but i’ll be singing
sun's out but it's still so cold clear skies but it's been so long
since i remembered how to love myself again
so i called my friend to tell her now "it's been so long"
and i worry how we'll drift off away
my love, you're so hard to love
in years to come you'll learn to trust
so woe is me, i hope you're coming back to me in time
and i'll start feel alright

#TomShawcroft #figureout

© 2020 Tom Shawcroft.

figure out

Written by David Hoade -
Performed by David Hoade and Nina Johnson -
Produced by Ivan Anchant -
With much love and gratitude -
Dedicated to my dear Mum

Never Be The Same

From Anglo-Irish married songwriting duo The Portraits (“Irresistible and Irrepressible!” Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music) comes an uplifting and timely new single, featuring an astonishing cast of musicians and friends singing and playing their hearts out from Coronavirus confinement in their bedrooms, living rooms and gardens with a simple and beautiful musical message of reassurance: ‘Don’t Worry’.

The powerful orchestral and choral ensemble joined forces through the power of the internet: a full score and guide track was transmitted to all the players via Dropbox, and thirty individual performances in twenty-five different self-isolated locations including bedrooms, living rooms and gardens from the South West of England to North America via France, were returned digitally within three days. It was then left to The Portraits’ arranger and producer Jeremy Millington to unite all the recordings in his home studio to form the final epic work.

The Portraits’ songwriters Lorraine and Jeremy Millington say “the song is only as good as it is because everyone threw themselves at it so wholeheartedly. Not one performance is lacking in spirit, style or belief: maybe that shows just how keen we all are to send the world a giant and heartfelt hug right now. We dedicate it to all who are toiling tirelessly each and every day to fight this terrible disease around the world, and to all those loved ones it has taken from us.”

The song will be released on May 1st 2020 on iTunes, Spotify and all popular digital platforms. The Portraits are married Somerset-based songwriters Lorraine and Jeremy Millington who have performed at six Glastonbury Festivals and been championed on BBC Radio 2. They were due to perform at Glastonbury Festival again in 2020, now postponed to 2021.

Don't Worry

Produced by JB Pilon at Buffalo Studios, London.
Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering, Los Angeles.

Available 23rd April 2020.

Is This What You Want?

PYX