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

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Let The Sun Shine

Intergalactic Number 5

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

Timeless

Rocks

Blind

A song written about a dream about a dystopian future (and partly past): compulsory army drafts, the final breaths of capitalism and me running through the streets, escaping, to the sea, I’ll take my chances, the sea that don't give a fuck about you or your money, you can keep it, it’s worthless, like the diamonds on the surface from the blinding sun, we’ll always have those but not for keeps...and all I want is you.

Lyrics, Guitars, Bass and Vox- Wayne Scurrah
Piano and Vox- Lauren Davey

Written, recorded and mixed On the Corner by Wayne Scurrah and Lauren Davey.

Copyright Wayne Scurrah and Foragers 2019

Sea of Diamonds

Will You Love Me Too?

This song is about Suicide.

I wrote and recorded it in under 2 hours so it's a little rough but I wanted to share it anyway.  

I've known so many people who have decided to take a different path than this life. Some very close to my heart, others not as much. It still has a profound effect upon me to see or hear the manner in which they passed.
I've known many who have come close to the heavy decision and managed to steer themselves clear to continue living. 
Everything needs it's balance and it can be devastating when mental health falls out of kilter.  

After hearing another good person choosing to leave, I found myself approaching the subject through song. Previously, I couldn't have faced it without breaking down myself.
No one is immune from travelling to a darkness they feel they can't escape in this body. Many of you will know exactly what I mean, the luckier ones won't understand yet and may never understand.  

Everyone has the tools to survive if they want but, sometimes it's hard to find them. If you see someone is struggling and you can offer a hand, then you might just save someones life.

There are a few people who made sure I stayed and began to enjoy the world again after a difficult period of existence. I hope they know who they are and that I'm enterally grateful. 

I also found myself turn to God. Even though I'm not religious I felt myself taken under his wing. It was a massive relief and I hope this song might remind whoever listens that you don't have to be alone with whatever it is you're going through.

If I Wanted To

a song I wrote about getting older and the realisations that come with it.

I Remain

I don't know much about this song but I really like it.  I found a great version of it on youtube by Samantha and Zeb Snyder. So I quickly learnt it yesterday and recorded it today.

Hope Y'all like it

The Wings Of A Song by Hartford, Rice and Clements

Lyrics:

I, I thought you were ill.
So I gave all the blood I could spare, all the blood I could spill.
And I, I thought you were sad.
So I gave to you all of the hope in the world that I had.

You scream missed opportunity, messed up by lunacy.
Starting as soon as you stop's no way to begin.

Still you summon the sands with a wave of your hands,
For the simple demands of a man, but it never sinks in.

But if you wanted, I could fall for you again
Just Howl.

I, I thought I was wrong.
But I soon gave you all of my dreams and my rights before long.
Oh I, I dreamt I was wrong.

But if you wanted, I could fall for you again
Just Howl.

Howl

mylittlebrother - Howl

Known to our fans as "the angry one", Chicago, a song in 3 parts,  is the song we finish our live sets with (or at least we did, back when gigs were a thing)

A recent French review described it as "a mini rock opera" which is not in the slightest what we were going for, but is actually quite a fun description and I can see what they mean.

Chicago is simply a song about being sick of the state of the world

Chicago

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