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Listening Post: Batch 568

The first year at the University of Glamorgan, probably late 2002. I only attended 3 lectures or so my entire career, preferring instead to plumb the depths of my soul and examine my mind from both micro and macro viewpoints, like a man standing between 2 parallel mirrors. After doing something that tends to keep you awake for too long, then doing it again, again, & then again. A marathon. 3 days later and still no sleep, a spider absailed down the curtains in my Halls cell-like box room. For some reason this produced an intense few hours of nightmarish arachnids lurking on ceiliings, chasing me down corridors, webs thick across the common room. God knows what I looked like, tearing wild-eyed past the silent doored & slumbering student rooms. Eventually managing to wake Matt, Apprentice Green's drummer, multi-instrumentalist & all round good egg. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the spider invasion had not occurred & I had not, in fact, been whisked off as the Devil's plaything to the caverns of Hell. Even the original rappelling spider was actually a bit of fluff suspended on a thread of curtain material. Ah well. Stay in school kids. 

The song was written a year or so later, morphing through a few forms. Special mention goes to Brummy's loping bassline & Matt's guitar overdubs. All recreated here. I have no idea how I wrote the piano riff. Probably just mashed the keys until it sounded good. Much like I do now.

Apprentice Green

Nightspiders

There's a rare magic here - the kind that makes you close your eyes and smile, knowing something beautiful is about to unfold. Like that perfect moment when the club's energy shifts and everything aligns, it captures that tingling anticipation when the night could go anywhere, and everywhere feels right.

Moonlight Slide

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Tired

I'm in space
I'm floating through the stars
I'm in space
I think that one is Mars
I'm in space
I feel a little sick
I'm in space
Space travel is shit

Why did I think it was a good idea to give all of my money to those venture capitalists?
Who sent us up in this capsule. it looked so good in the brochure
Why did I think it was a good idea to give all of my life savings to that dodgy travel agency?

I'm in space
I'm floating through the vacuum
I'm in space
There's no echo in a vacuum
I'm in space
Oooo ah oo

Why did I think it was a good idea to give all of my money to that new space travel start up?
Who sent us up in this rocket, it looked so good in the advert
I thought space would be a wonderful place where we could escape from all the hecticness of Earth life and
I thought a room on Hotel Moon would make everybody say what a cool holiday you had
We should have just gone to Cornwall

Are we there yet, Daddy?
Are we there yet, Daddy?

Are we there yet, Daddy?
Are we there yet, Daddy?
We want to go to the park,
We want to go on the waterslide, Daddy

Are we there yet, Daddy?
Are we there yet, Daddy?
They ask me where we’re going but I don’t know where we are
I look outside the window and all I see are stars

Are we there yet, Daddy?
Are we there yet, Daddy?
Are we there yet, Daddy?
We want to go to the beach!
Do they have beaches on the moon?
I don’t know we’ll find out when we get there
It says in the brochure they have beaches
Or at least they have virtual beaches or photos of beaches
Are we there yet, Daddy?
Are we there yet, Daddy?
We want to go on the slide, we want an Ice-cream, Daddy
“Here, take this colouring in book, you can colour in the stars and the aliens as we’re floating around”
“But daddy, whenever I touch it with my crayon, the page floats to the other side of the capsule, Daddy”
Why did I think it was a good idea to take my family on the first ever lunar package holiday for families, this was a terrible idea, we should have just gone to Bermo,
Why did I think it was a good idea to take my family on the first ever commercial lunar holiday for families, this was a terrible idea, we should have just gone to Orkney!

Are we there yet, Daddy?
Are we there yet, Daddy?
Are we there yet, Daddy?
Are we there yet, Daddy?
Are we there yet, Daddy?
Are we there yet, Daddy?
Are we there yet, are we there yet?
Are we there yet, Daddy?
Are we there yet, Daddy?
We’re in space!

I'm in Space

This song vividly yet tenderly captures the difficulty of taking steps into a loving relationship after brutal behaviour from others has destroyed your sense of self. In a powerful blow to the heart, To Be Known offers the hope that everyone can learn to be valued and seen even if life has taught them otherwise until now.

Producer: Phil Saatchi

Bite Me!

To Be Known

Deflating doll
Bouncing around
In every direction
I'm fine
Gasping for air
I'm running out
I am slowly running out
I'm fine

Sometimes I want to explode
Into a million pieces
Sometimes I want to explode
Into a million pieces

Will you glue me
Will you glue me back
Together
Together
Will you glue me
Will you glue me back
Together
Together
Together
Will you glue me
Will you glue me back
Together

I'm fine

Riot Act

Sad yet inspirational, this anti-bullying anthem combines acoustic guitar with orchestral strings in an epic singersongwriter style. Born from Amelie's experience of being bullied at school, she hopes to raise awareness of the issue, and inspire others who have been or are going through tough times.

Made It Through (Unplugged Remix)

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Set List: 

1. Roly Poly  by Stergin
2. The Lion's Share by Lee Pierre
3. Away Sometimes by Camille Baziadoly and The Filthy Honey
4. zed zero by Flyswatter Maestro
5. ZAUBER FRAU by Mimi and That Guy
6. Found another year by Sidebanks
7. thisisDJSHAYA4 by Jeff Adams ft DJ Shaya
8. Azure by Raised by Puritans
9. You're So Good by Retro Kid
10. Oh Smile by The Equatoreal Group
11. 8 by Paine Paul
12. Tomorrow by The Shops
13. Bobo by Escape Hatch
14. MadHouse (Jiggy with it) by Honkey Bitch
15. Levi by Leva for King
16. Sideways by Camille Baziadoly and The Filthy Honey
17. The Catch by Girobabies
18. Find Your Tribe  by Lewis Daniel
19. Anuran Magic (Extended Mix) by St3v3L33
20. Return of the Masked Marauder by Junkyard of Silenced Poets
21. Walk a Mile In My Shoes by Alexys
22. HMS Albion by KID SCARAMOUCHE
23. I'm too goth by Pet Twin
24. The Hand That Did the Deed by Erotic Secrets of Pompeii
25. Time Stands Still  by Gitika Partington
26. john simpson by dead things
27. The Future Is Leisure by Thomas Truax
28. He by Rochelle Rochelle
29. I'm Glad Its Not Sunny by Novelty Island
30.  Morro Bay by Combover Beethoven
31. Roboto by Shugorei
32. Fake Teenage Romance (Single Version) by Grungy Bill
33. The Truths You Collect by Prodbear
34. Yaya by Anichi
35. Be There by Arpraxis
36. Cobra by Lamia 
37. KINGOFHEARTS by Blaise MC
38. Brave New World by The Ethal Skinners
39. Why Mi Gwaan Suh by Tha M3
40. WHITE WEDDING by Bloody Tourist
41. The Drought Is Coming by Andy Smythe
42. Birds aren't real by Baffo d'Oro
43. Ataxia mp3 by Secret Rivals 
44. Cherry tree by Katarina Kitka
45. This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things Ozone mix by Pulses 
46. I Wake Up Slowly by Oslo Twins
47.  honey locusts w plant thief (prod. n0vals) by n0vals
48. The Standing Stones of Stenness by Ant Smith
49. Scatterbag by Peter McDonnell
50. Moonbeam by Robert Maitland
51. Hai-Am-Koo by Marble Stars
52. Bossa Doll by Nylon Nyeshi
53. Girl in the Bar by The New Music Sculptors
54. FREE by Andonie
55. rooks by lost signal 
56. Say it like you mean it by Stephen Folkes
57. Hisayasu Satō Voyeurism Blues by Spectre Horsemen, Pale With Dust
58. Made In Heaven by Lex Vervain
59. On Love by Battery Point
60. Pedestrian Sex by Machine Music
61. National Hero by Televised Mind
62. Stella by All Mad Here

Will Farr's Eclectic Mix Volume 4

'Tabula Rasa' explores the the itch to shake off the past and start again with a blank slate. It's the third single from Bethany's upcoming EP The Story I Breathe.

Tabula Rasa

Afrotrip

All around the world
People are ringing their hands,
Why oh why oh why oh why,
Can’t we learn to love each other?
Is what they say,
As if that’s the only way

Maybe it’s not,
Maybe that kinda jumped up sentiment’s part of the mess we got ourselves into

Maybe it’s best to let people get on with it, 
Maybe they’ll let you get on too…

Seems to me, 
That toleration holds the key,
Yeah it’s the very foundation of a dream situation,
Can’t you see? 
It’s such a wonderful thing,

I want to raise your expectations,
I want to say what I’ve been dying to say, 
Want to achieve my aspiration, 
I want to be part of a tolerant nation

Maybe it’s true, 
Maybe just putting up with each other’s a remarkable thing to do, 
For me and you 

Maybe it’s best to say live and let live each day,
Maybe they’ll say the same thing too…

Seems to me, 
That toleration holds the key,
Yeah it’s the very foundation of a dream situation,
Can’t you see? 
It’s such a wonderful thing

I want to raise your expectations,
I want to say what I’ve been dying to say, 
Want to achieve my aspiration, 
I want to be part of a tolerant nation

I wanna go, I wanna see,
I wanna know, I wanna be

I want to raise your expectations,
I want to say what I’ve been dying to say, 
Want to achieve my aspiration, 
I want to be part of a tolerant nation


Tolerant Nation

I like the 9 to 5
Putting it all on the hard drive
I like the 6 to 10
I watch a movie and then
I goto bed at 11
Pray to the folks who art in heaven
From midnight till 3
I pray for those in purgatory
From 4 o'clock to 8
I pray for those for whom prayers came too late

24 Hour Clock

Egg, Chips and Politics! Electro, spoken word

Mine’s Egg & Chips

FFO: Tame Impala, The xx, Sylvan Esso

Brighton-based electronic pop duo Sock Drawer return with “Bored” a woozy, slow-burning dream-pop track set in a parallel universe where they’re rich, famous, and finally on tour. In reality? They’re just... bored.

One of the earliest tracks written for their upcoming debut album, “Bored” began as a stripped-back acoustic tune—a half-baked escape plan rooted in a fantasy trip to Amsterdam. That trip never happened, but the daydream stuck. Over time, the song grew into a layered, sample-heavy voyage through inertia and imagination. Guitars pulse with restless energy, drum loops stutter and swirl, and the final section bursts into a euphoric 4-to-the-floor outro—a pop-fuelled hallucination of a tour that never was.

Vocalist Ebony Grace reflects on being a tourist in your own life adrift, daydreaming, and disconnected. “‘Bored’ is set in a kind of parallel universe—by the end of the track, we’re on tour and rich and famous. But really, we’re just daydreaming on the sofa,” she says.

It’s escapism disguised as a pop song—or maybe the other way around.

BORED (

My Phrases Songs Do Not Make Sense

The Moon Forgets Where It Parked

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