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"Let The Sun Shine" is the first solo track released by Dan Hughes.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/DanHughesUK
Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/DanHughesUK
Twitter: www.twitter.com/DanHughesUK

Let The Sun Shine

Written and recorded only a week before release, Lion House is the new single from Si Connelly. His first new music to be released since the release of his debut album Youth // War // Joy on West One Music in 2016. Lion House marks the exciting beginning of a completely new artistic and prolific phase.
credits
Released: February 10, 2017 
Track Credits: 

Written by Si Connelly. 
Produced & Mixed by Si Connelly. 
Recorded at Lion House, Brighton, England. 
Mastering: Si Connelly. 
All instruments performed by Si Connelly. 

Cover Art by Emily Hunter (aged 3). 

In loving memory of John Connelly Snr. 

All rights owned by Dead Rabbit Recordings Co.

Lyrics:

Lion House
(Si Connelly)

Sitting on my own again
Talking to the animals 
Catdog and the Dinosaurs 
Twitching and a scratching
Avoiding eye contact

Built myself a lion house
So I can be king
Got myself stuck in a mousetrap
If you all drown I can sail out in a boat made of paper
And I can count on my fingers and when i run out I can count on yours

I wanna fly so high
Under the black sky
In a beautiful lion house

The captain and the king
They fell off the earth
They’d been living in a matchstick town
Ever since it burned 
Bodies turned to ivory 
Pure white attack
And the silence brought it all back    

I wanna fly so high
Under the black sky
In a beautiful lion house
In a beautiful lion house

Buy on Bandcamp: https://siconnellymusic.bandcamp.com/releases

Lion House

Have you ever made a New Year's resolution? Bill Cutbill's resolution was to quickly record and release a demo once a month throughout 2018. January's demo entitled, Treat Yourself, offers life advice and features the rhyming of the words "tea" and "nudity" for dramatic effect.

Like the majority of you, Bill Cutbill has never been able to keep a New Year's resolution before, so the real question is, will he make it?

https://soundcloud.com/bill-cutbill
https://www.facebook.com/safesoundslabel

Recorded in January 2018 at Safe Sounds in Toronto, Canada. Safe Sounds is a real-life bank vault which has been converted into a studio; the video was also filmed in the Safe Sounds complex.

(c) & (p) 2018 Safe Sounds / Bill Cutbill

Resoltuion

Resolution

Treat Yourself

Have you ever made a New Year's resolution? Bill Cutbill's resolution was to quickly record and release a demo once a month throughout 2018. February's demo entitled, Happy Fuckin' Birthday, is a gut wrenching twist of one of the world's most commonly and consistently sung songs.

Like the majority of you, Bill Cutbill has never been able to keep a New Year's resolution before, so the real question is, will he make it?

www.soundcloud.com/bill-cutbill
www.facebook.com/safesoundslabel

Recorded in February 2018 at Safe Sounds in Toronto, Canada. Safe Sounds is a real-life bank vault which has been converted into a studio; the video was also filmed in the Safe Sounds complex.

(c) & (p) 2018 Safe Sounds / Bill Cutbill

Happy Fuckin' Birthday

Have you ever made a New Year's resolution? Bill Cutbill's resolution was to quickly record and release a demo once a month throughout 2018. March's demo entitled, The Queen, is a fun one. Press play and get your dance on.

Like the majority of you, Bill Cutbill has never been able to keep a New Year's resolution before, so the real question is, will he make it?

www.soundcloud.com/bill-cutbill
www.facebook.com/safesoundslabel

Recorded in March 2018 at Safe Sounds in Toronto, Canada. Safe Sounds is a real-life bank vault which has been converted into a studio; the video was also filmed in the Safe Sounds complex. Big shout out to OLD MAN T for his beautiful work with the Tempest and Prophet 8, following a night of drunken debauchery that was too much fun.

(c) & (p) 2018 Safe Sounds / Bill Cutbill

The Queen

Bill Cutbill's New Year's resolution was to quickly record and release a demo once a month throughout 2018. It's getting serious in April's demo entitled, 'Paying Someone, to Pay Someone Else, to Save Me Money and Time'. 

Bill has been working at the same law firm now for 45 years. Whilst it's incredible to think about what he has achieved at the age of just 25, the bureaucracy of modern-day business appears to be messing with his mind.

Like the majority of you, Bill Cutbill has never been able to keep a New Year's resolution before, so the real question is, will he make it?

@bill-cutbill
www.facebook.com/safesoundslabel

Recorded in April 2018 at Safe Sounds in Toronto, Canada. Safe Sounds is a real-life bank vault which has been converted into a studio; the video was also filmed in the Safe Sounds complex.

(c) & (p) 2018 Safe Sounds / Bill Cutbill

Paying Someone, To Pay Someone Else, To Save Me Money And Time

It's May and Bill Cutbill has stayed strong to his New Year's resolution thus far. This month's demo could be Bill's first love song - 'You God Damn Beautiful Thing.'

After quitting his job in law, Bill is embarking on an epic journey in search of self-discovery. Travelling up the Californian coast, it sounds as though something, or someone, may have already stolen Bill's heart.

Like the majority of you, Bill Cutbill has never been able to keep a New Year's resolution before, so the real question is, will he make it?

@bill-cutbill
www.safesounds.ca
www.facebook.com/safesoundslabel

Recorded in May 2018 at Safe Sounds in Toronto, Canada. Safe Sounds is a real-life bank vault which has been converted into a studio; the video was also filmed in the Safe Sounds complex.

(c) & (p) 2018 Safe Sounds / Bill Cutbill

You God Damn Beautiful Thing

Is all music that can be danced to, dance music? Welcome to Bill Cutbill's June's demo, entitled 'Kiss Me'.

Bill heard about a magical place called Ibiza and jumped on the first ship from California destined for the small Spanish party island. Underestimating the size of the world, Bill didn't realise that the trip would take a grueling two weeks, lead to scurvy, or that he would be sharing a cabin with a swarm of rats.

Undeterred he reached the magical place where New Order was so famously banished many years before. Inspired by 80s and 90s dance and electronic music, Bill has taken a swift turn, creating an instant dance classic that ravers and revelers will be bouncing to for the next million years, no doubt. As we all know, to write a dance hit you have to have a recurring line that party goers can associate with (or better, just make out to)... so hurry up and "Kiss Me."

Like the majority of you, Bill Cutbill has never been able to keep a New Year's resolution before, so the real question is, will he make it?

https://www.safesounds.ca
https://www.soundcloud.com/bill-cutbill
https://www.facebook.com/safesoundslabel

A special thank you to Desiree Das Gupta for arrangement advice.

Recorded in June 2018 at Safe Sounds in Toronto, Canada. Safe Sounds is a real-life bank vault which has been converted into a studio; the video was also filmed in the Safe Sounds complex.

(c) & (p) 2018 Safe Sounds / Bill Cutbill

Kiss Me

Bill Cutbill's July demo, 'Drunk and Dropped on Brighton Beach', is a synth ballad about drunkenness and injury, describing real-life events that occurred on England's South Coast.

When your best friend throws you over their shoulder, smashing your chin onto solid concrete without warning, you know you’re in trouble. But when your entire group of friends decide the best thing to do is to wash the gushing wound in a local water fountain, you know you’re in serious, deep, god damn trouble. 

This is the most truth that Bill Cutbill has ever spoken, let it be known.

Like the majority of you, Bill Cutbill has never been able to keep a New Year's resolution before, so the real question is, will he make it?

www.safesounds.ca
@bill-cutbill
www.facebook.com/safesoundslabel

Recorded in July 2018 at Safe Sounds in Toronto, Canada. Safe Sounds is a real-life bank vault which has been converted into a studio; the video was also filmed in the Safe Sounds complex.

(c) & (p) 2018 Safe Sounds / Bill Cutbill

Drunk And Dropped On Brighton Beach

BEHAVIOUR

Bill Cutbill's August demo, ∞ (Infinity Loop), is about everything and nothing. It's inconsequential, yet filled with consequence.

Ever hit a nail on the head, or a bullseye in darts? Or maybe it's all just part of the endless trauma, looping on repeat to infinity as some might say? We will find a brighter day, and Bill has admitted to me in strictest confidence, that his patience for this resolution is really starting to wear alarmingly thin. If it weren't for his sheer grit and determination, I'd be worrying about the poor chap not keeping this pointless promise to himself. Keep that trauma at bay people.

Like the majority of you, Bill Cutbill has never been able to keep a New Year's resolution before, so the real question is, will he make it?

www.safesounds.ca
@bill-cutbill
www.facebook.com/safesoundslabel

Recorded in August 2018 at Safe Sounds in Toronto, Canada. Safe Sounds is a real-life bank vault which has been converted into a studio; the video was also filmed in the Safe Sounds complex.

(c) & (p) 2018 Safe Sounds / Bill Cutbill

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RUM DO is experimental electronic pop duo Harry Perry and William Bembridge. The two musicians met in London, England before both moving abroad. Working remotely, RUM DO constantly subvert norms of collaboration and build dense soundscapes around solid post-pop hooks.

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