interesting song!   love that storm of strings and snappy bvs.   fantastic build.   great track.  

Cool feel and style, I hear bit of an attitude and I love it, great voice too

Rising singer-songwriter Roxanne de Bastion announces the release of her cathartic second album ‘You and Me, We are the Same’. The ten songs were written by Roxanne, then recorded and produced with Bernard Butler, during the two year period Roxanne was losing her father. However, ‘You and Me, We are the Same’ is not a sad album. It has moments of euphoria, of fun, of falling in love, as well as falling apart, because as Roxanne explains “all those things still happen, even in our darkest chapters.”

New single ‘Molecules’ is a slice of hypnotic, invigorating and intelligent dark-pop fusing elements of psych, folk, and a love of late 60s production, with Roxanne’s sound taking inspiration from artists like
The Beatles through to Regina Spektor. Roxanne’s pure vocal is both contrasted and complemented by the screaming violins and vigorous guitar riffs, the latter, alongside the video’s stylised black and
red silhouetted imagery, a nod to The White Stripes’ influence. The track’s drum sound is actually clapping and Roxanne hitting things like tambourines and floor toms in Bernard’s living room.

Lyrically, ‘Molecules’ raises some divine questions in its refrain “You can shout at molecules and see them react…that might be God, they might have mislabelled that.” As Roxanne explains “What if we got it wrong? If there is such a thing as divinity, maybe it’s more on a modular level.”

Roxanne currently resides in London but was brought up between Berlin and the West Midlands by her musician father. She has previously self-released one album ‘Heirlooms &amp; Hearsay’ (2017) and
played a staggering 600+ gigs to date, including festivals performances at Glastonbury and Cambridge Folk Festival, Lambchop and the Wainwright Sisters support slots, a packed-out album
launch show at Sackler Space, Roundhouse, London supporting the PRSF Women Make Music fund, a sold-out gig at The Lexington, London to launch her tour diary book ‘Tales from the Rails’, plus
several Europe and UK-wide tours, and in 2017-2018 two extensive USA tours. Roxanne’s incredible achievements as a pioneering independent artist have been recognised by FAC(Featured Artists Coalition) who invited her to join the Board Of Directors, advising and representing
artists alongside Imogen Heap, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien and Blur’s Dave Rowntree. Roxanne also heads FM2U, a music conference specifically from and for musicians, which aims to empower &amp;
educate as well as create a strong community of artist.
More recently, 2020 saw Roxanne play one of the UK’s first virtual tours during the very early stages of lockdown, in support of #saveourvenues campaign, garnering coverage on Metro, Huffington Post and BBC News. This was followed by a special one-off live stream at London’s Moth Club broadcast to fans around the world and recorded for her 10” vinyl ‘Live at Moth Club’ EP. The same year Roxanne released the singles ‘Erase’ and ‘Heavy Lifting’ from the forthcoming ‘You and Me, We are the Same’ album, which collectively received huge radio support including plays on
BBC 6 Music, BBC Introducing, Wales and BBC Radio London and Absolute Radio, with press coverage from the likes of Clash ‘Track of the Day’ and Independent’s Now Hear This playlist.

TRACKLIST:
Molecules
I Remember Everything
Delete Forget Repeat
Erase
Heavy Lifting
Ordinary Love
Smoke
I Know You
London, I Miss You
The Weight

Molecules (Radio Edit)

An uplifting indie anthem to help you get back up again when life knocks you down. Fierce is alight with soaring vocals and gritty guitars, a fiery mood booster for the highs and lows of chasing a dream. The accompanying video is filmed in various locations that Lissy has performed, including New York, Manchester and Lissy’s hometown of Stoke. Bringing an uplifting and empowering performance edged with grit, determination and Lissy’s unique style.

Fierce

Inspired by the personal stories of migration in both Roxana & Pete's own families, their new track explores that feeling of being mixed culturally, of being rootless & of making home in many places. 
War was a backdrop to both their childhoods.
Roxana grew up in Iran & her family fled when the Iran/Iraq war started.
Pete's parents grew up in the old Czechoslovakia and fled to 
London when the Russian tanks rolled into Prague. 
These feelings are also something that many of us are experiencing in the world right now, as many people flee their homes due to conflicts.

releases July 15, 2022 
Roxana Vilk (Vocals)
Yann Seznec (Keys)
Allan Ferguson (Bass)
Algy Behrens (Oud & Guitars)
Simon Heath (Trumpet)
Peter Vilk (Drums)

Written & arranged by Vilk Collective
Produced by Roxana Vilk & Peter Vilk

Mixed by Peter Vilk
Mastered by Andy "Hippy" Baldwin at Metropolis Mastering London

Trees Have Roots

JERRY BUNDLER, the second single from Finn Collinson's new album THE THRESHOLD, released 7th October 2022.

ORDER THE THRESHOLD: http://finncollinson.bandcamp.com

This song is inspired by a short story of the same name by W W Jacobs (1863-1943).

Filmed & edited by Rowan Collinson

Finn Collinson • vocals, guitar, tenor recorder
Emma Beach • oboe, vocals
Archie Churchill-Moss • diatonic button accordion
Evan Carson • bodhran, drums, percussion

Composed & produced by Finn Collinson
Mixed by Josh Clark
Mastered by Nick Cooke
Additional production by Simon Chorley

The Threshold

Jerry Bundler

Written and performed by by The Trusted (Tom Cunningham, Dale Holt Mead, Finlay Cunningham, David Batchelor)

Produced by Rees Broomfield
Mixed by Andy Bradfield
Mastered by Doug van Sloun

Terrible Fight

Ezechiele

Refreshing as a tall, ice-cold glass of lemonade and just as bitter, “Sour Grapes” is a characterful take on the frustrations and disappointments of adulthood; full of nostalgic warmth, video game bleeps and bloops and R&B-tinged beats, it's the perfect cocktail of freshly-squeezed pop for when adulthood just isn’t sweet enough.

Song credits:
Written by and co-produced by Maya Yenn
Co-produced and mixed by Michelangelo Dousis
Mastered by Alex Gordon, Abbey Road Studios
Trumpets and flugelhorn performed by Gary Alesbrook

mayayenn.com

Sour Grapes

This track is celebrating those beautiful stolen moments first thing in the morning, when you exist purely in your body. The sun’s not quite risen, eyes blurred, and feeling is all that matters. Before the jolt of the nervous system kicking in with all the stresses and weight of the day ahead - before you’ve gotta ‘be’ in the world and carry yourself through the day, especially in hard times. These are my favourite moments, and I feel so blessed to be so held.

Body - Rona Mac

This tune is a reminder and a plea. Our current economic climate doesn't make it easy for all to step outside and breathe, take notice of the small things and reliece the pressures that exist in our individual worlds. How wild swimming and standing by trees can regulate our vagus nerve, grounding us in our nervous system allowing us to connect with each other, relax. So it's a reminder, that even if accesss is hard, and housing is hard, and everything is hard, get a bit of fresh air, fresh water, when you can, find a plant, even in the most concrete of landscapes there is always a bit of life.

Opening with a variation on the Georgian folk song 'ბინდისფერია სოფელი' Bindisperia Sopeli taught to me by @nino.naneishvili
Part of the lyrics translates as -
The color of the world is twilight, and is getting darker. In an age where it is easier to imagine dystopia than a hopeful future this song really touched on some of what I was feeling whilst writing 'staring at the grain'.


Lyrics -
Slate and grass and water running fast and o’er over hill,
Over hill and to the lake here there will find the freshest fill,

Undulating mountains pasture slowly beginning to fade,
Hoping that the life clings on here even in the summer’s shade,

Our trees are arteries and our trees are arteries

Twigs and leaf and bark are witness
To the drowning of the hill
Over copse and to the vale here
We won’t find the waters still, mmm...

Beckoning the forest shelters
Axed and planed and sawn in shape
Sweep away last cherry stones
Burn humble hope in fire place

Our trees are arteries and our trees are arteries

Cos nothing cures delirium like staring at the grain the tiny knotted faces help the trees to explain about their life before the plank, the twisted beech and straightened ash

staring at the grain

Glue is a lively and energetic song that's sure to get your toes tapping, but beyond the catchy beat and upbeat tempo lies a deep exploration of vulnerability, connection, and the power of interpretation.

Overall, the lyrics of Glue are poignant and evocative, capturing the feeling of finding safety and comfort in someone else's care.

Glue

Rock, Plant & Animal

There lives a humble sound
That renders love and peace
It ripples on the water
And rustles in the trees

We’ll make that sound a yes
We’ll make that sound a yes, yes, yes

Of our beloved earth
As puzzle poem beings
Rock, Plant and Animal
All dream
We’ll bravely open doors
Our shadows softy cooing
My darling, you’ve done the wait, now sing
Your true song

And make that sound a yes
And make that sound a yes, yes, yes
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Written & Arranged by Bloom de Wilde de Ligny
Produced by Bloom de Wilde & Nick Trepka
Mixed by Nick Trepka
Recorded at the Cowshed by Joe Leech, assisted by Grace Banks
Additional recording at Cross Lane Studio 2 by Nick Trepka
Mastered by Nick Watson at Fluid Mastering

Bloom de Wilde - Vocals, Guitar, Fender Rhodes, System1000, programming
Yuval Juba Wetzler - Drums, SPDs
Nick Trepka - Bass Guitar, Programming
Sam Ritchie - Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Jally Kebba Susso  - Kora
Gazel Algan - Viola, Violin
Mao Yamada - Double Bass

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Copyright 2019 Dream Society Records/ BdWdL

Molecules (Radio Edit)

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