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Discover the best new indie music in our August 2018 playlist! Thank you for listening and for supporting independent artists :)

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Song finds week 2018/31

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indie folk

indie

Morning Sound

Coyote

All songs written by Bart van Dalen
Produced by Bart van Dalen and Brian Esselbrugge
Mixed by Brian Esselbrugge at Studio Brainwash, Utrecht
Mastered by Wim Bult
Artwork by Studio Supernova

Recorded variously at:
Pine Tree Studio, Lage Vuursche / De Bosuil, Ede / Bart’s house, Hilversum / My Temporary Mountain Studio in Hochkrimml, Austria / Studio Brainwash, Utrecht / Studio Bonte Koe, Utrecht / Phyllis’ house / Brian’s house / Pieter’s house / Additional samples were recorded with an iPhone at Adam and Emily’s house in Portland, OR and on 1st Ave in Seattle, WA.

Growth

Into The Unknown

Every step, every way
The voices will follow you in your steps
Every place, everyday
The demons will pressure you in your place

The path that you take 
The air that you breathe 
The tears that you weep
The fears that creep

Every step, every way 
The feelings will bury you every way
Every place, everyday
Temptations will haunt you everyday

The path that you take 
The air that you breathe 
The tears that you weep
The fears that creep. x2

Trapped

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-

cos i had the best of the worst sides
and i had these lungs
and i had too many flash fires
that i just let them burn

till my chest is on fire
and my head just wont die
i guess im lying cos i wanna
i guess im lying cos i dont
cos i just feel so tired
like its move or slowly die
you aint you when youre like this
this aint you and you know it
but aint that just the point

you dont know
how to let go
who said this must be all or nothing
but im
still caught below
and ill never let you know
no i cant tell you nothing

cos im a fucking mess sometimes
but still i could always be
whatever you wanted
but not what you needed
especially when you been needing me
cos im a fucking mess sometimes
and ill say what i dont mean
just cos i wanted
or maybe i need it
swear lyings the only rush i need

cos all i needed was some words to say
that all these feelings dont mean shit to me
cos its all just chemicals anyway
anyway
and i got way to many routes to take
to make this all just go away
and find another heart to break
so heartless with the words i say
just saying what im supposed to say
cos i had nothing for you
i cant love when i cant even love myself
things i would rather be thoughts at the back of my head but im addicted to hurting
and i got these lungs
and I spent too many late nights
thinking a hole in the earth

till the sky is on fire
and my head still wont die
i guess im lying cos i want to
i guess im lying cos i dont
cos i just feel so tired
like i need something to come alive
she said you aint you when youre like this
this aint you what you done?
and i said thats the point

you dont know how to let go
who said this must be all or nothing
but im still caught bellow
and ill never let you know
no i cant tell you nothing

cos im a fucking mess sometimes
but still i could always be
whatever you wanted
but not what you needed
especially when you been needing me
cos im a fucking mess inside
and ill say what i dont mean
just cos i wanted
or maybe i need it
swear lyings the only rush i need

/numb

i think you think too much of me

drugs

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Home

On My Own

Autumn

From the album A World That's Bigger, released October 3, 2016
Lyrics are added below.

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~ Lyrics

Take your finger, point it in the air 
Do you feel a presence, was your final judgment fair? 
Did you hide your secrets, like a scripture untold? 
See that fire burning we left out in the cold 
When we're not here anymore 

Take your fingers, dig deep in the ground 
Did you leave a marble, or take each stone that you found? 
Did you replace those bones with a current and a wave? 
Did someone paint your shadow with no future left to save 

When we're not here anymore 
When we're not here anymore 

We fear a mystery waiting, a knock that's at the door 
By fingertips of rose, the man and the moon were given a chore 
When we're not here anymore 

Take your fingers, count minutes one by one 
No, you won't go blind if you stare into the sun 
There's a ghost on the sidewalk, a devil in the street 
One you'll never welcome, one you're meant to meet 

When we're not here anymore 
When we're not here anymore 
When we're not here anymore 
When we're not here

A World That's Bigger

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Mike Vial - We're Not Here Anymore

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recorded December 2015 in Brooklyn, NY

Written by Greg Gonzalez
Greg Gonzalez - vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Phillp Tubbs - keyboards
Randy Miller - bass
Jacob Tomsky - drums

Recorded by Greg Gonzalez
Mixed by Rocky Gallo
Mastered by Heba Kadry

Cover photo by Resa Rot
Cover design by Randy Miller

Released on Partisan Records

New album, "White Peak" available now on iTunes.

itunes.apple.com/gb/album/white-peak/id1134486388

Lyrics:
There are many things that I am yet to see // Some I’ve witnessed I just can’t believe // It the way it all works out // And when it sometimes doesn’t go to plan // You’re thrown off right course and you get stuck in the sand // But there’s always a way somehow // We’ll find our way somehow // I know at first instance it might seem hard my friend // That’s what we’re always told // That’s what we’re always told // It all works out for the better in the end // That’s what we’re always told // So I guess this means we’ll have to live and learn // Find out from our tactics that just didn’t work // The way we’d always planned // It’s not always clear as you thought to be // But just look in the mirror and then you will see // The way it’ll all work out // Because you’ll find a way somehow //Giving it all, giving it all, give it everything that you have.

White Peak

What We're Told

From the EP 'alae', released November 24, 2016
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alae - All Gived Up

Produced by Harry Burr
Engineered by Pedro Calloni

Listen on Spotify

King Of Spain

it's a fixed race, hey, I'll save my breath for the next

Listen on Spotify at: https://open.spotify.com/track/6023CVd4DiJf3x29rjmNcW
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Free download at: https://sandtimermusic.bandcamp.com/track/get-on-your-skates

This is 'Get On Your Skates', from our second EP, Mackerel, released December 1st, 2016

Robert Sword - Vocals, Guitar, Percussion
Simon Thomas - Vocals, Guitar, Bass 

Written by Robert Sword 
Produced and arranged by Robert Sword and Simon Thomas 
Mixed by Giles Thomas 
Mastered by Terry Waker at Tonalex Mastering

Mackerel

Get On Your Skates

Website: talkiemusic.com
Instagram: @talkiemusic
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"Fuzzy Disco" LYRICS

Take your time, and take it from me.
'Cause it ain’t yours, and nothing comes free.
I’ll keep your time ‘til someone can see
When the beat hits your feet, 
Aren't you lost and lonely?

Don’t you know, just cause you can see it, 
Doesn’t mean you gotta believe it.
Takin’ time ‘til someone remembers 
To keep with the beat, 
Instead of looking back.

Well take a walk in the sky, then come back down, 
Come on, you tired eyes, it’ll come around.
The days and the nights, the wasted time,
I've never been the kind to give up, but for once

If I could turn the clock to yesterday, 
Well I might find a better way,
Enough to make me feel like I was born to survive.

Take your time, but don’t go easy.
I never learn, cause no one can teach me. 
I kept time, but I couldn’t be left 
To think, swim or sink,
In the changing tide.

Well take a walk in the sky, then come back down, 
Come on, you tired eyes, it’ll come around
The days and the nights, the wasted time,
I've never been the kind to give up, but this once

If I could turn the clock to yesterday, 
Well I might find a better way,
Enough to make me feel like I’d do more than survive.

Fuzzy Disco

'Down By The Water' was released on September 22, 2017
Buy here: https://goo.gl/ppXSPV

⇩⇩⇩ Lyrics ⇩⇩⇩

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~ Lyrics:

Waking in odd spaces, knowing now 
That I'm not alone and you are around 
And I have 49 places all lined up 
While I'm stumbling around with a spilling cup singing

Facing another way where I am knowing
That the love can stay and we're out
Down by the water singing our songs
My darling the loving suns going down

Cuffed up in my ways and I know you
But I know myself like I know you too
And I see a lot of faces just like ours
And they're going fast in their speeding cars rolling 

Facing another way where I am knowing 
That the love can stay and we're out
Down by the water singing our songs
My darling the loving suns going down

Oh, on we go
Fast and slow 

Facing another way where I am knowing 
That the love can stay and we're out
Down by the water, singing our songs my darling the loving sun's coming
Take my hand, I don't need any fear 
All I need's this love and to have you here and tonight
Down by the water emptying cups 
My darling the loving sun's coming up

Down By The Water

Ocie Elliott - Down By The Water

GET THERE SOMEDAY

Without Letting Go

Casual Labour

Otherside

Bears In Mind

Coddle Eyed

Check out St. Pete Holland's debut album Seven Deadly Hymns.

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Seven Deadly Hymns

Capulets

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St. Pete Holland - Capulets [LHM]

Fun upbeat summer track with nods to Paul Simon's "Graceland" and Bleachers

It's Our Time

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Here We Go - Single

WILD - Here We Go

From the upcoming album The Waves, The Wake
http://smarturl.it/TheWavesTheWake

Lyrics
The wire is mended, awaiting the deep
Out on the water we will be set free
Ready to receive
There could be a great glow if the conditions are right
Shot through with light
Moving fast through the swell of the night

I am alone but not alone
I am here but hardly at all
I am alone but not alone
I am here waiting for your call

I contemplate the measure of the sea
I think about the work ahead of me
And figure it must be its own reward
And you would be right to call me wide-eyed
Heart open wide

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The Waves, The Wake

Alone but Not Alone

aw damn, another sad track  
lyrics:
Today I feel like I woke up in a bad dream
I feel so alone, standing on this crowded street
The sun burns my eyes  and I can’t see clear
The bright future for you and me
Do you want me around, cause I can disappear
Fly with the wind or melt in the sea 
Nothing no more feels so unique 
I have no one to hold, no one to speak

And maybe if I know how this is going 
I won’t be stupid, I won’t be showing
My trust for you, my trust for you 
And maybe if I stopped hiding from it 
there will be chance for me to keep going
without you, without you 

i give up, there's no one, around here, to hear my call,
and maybe I’m the one that should be blamed,
maybe I'm the one that should be scared,
of loneliness,
I never tried too hard to be the one,
that you would cry for every time he's gone,
and now I'm here,
I'm rotting here

good day feat. motorboats

"Hello to the Now"
We made this for those who ask themselves who they are and what their purpose is in this life. We made this for those who need an ounce of hope to grab onto. We made this for those who struggle with self-worth, self-image, and self-doubt. This album is our souls recorded in audio-form. I hope you feel incredible joy and inspiration from this album, and I hope these songs cause you to ask the question we ask ourselves every day: "am I who I want to be?"

W/O U

Taken from our debut album 'Heavy Eyes' (out 24 August) - http://smarturl.it/heavyeyes

Dancing

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Tour dates: http://www.shemakeswar.com/gigs

Produced by Laura Kidd at Joe’s Garage and J&J Studios, Bristol.
Engineered and mixed by Dan Austin, mastered by Dick Beetham.
Guitar, bass and vocals by Laura Kidd, drums by Dan Whitfield.

SHE MAKES WAR - Devastate Me

you may feel caught in the headlights but they're asleep at the wheel

'Time? Why? Explain' by Sandtimer

Find on most streaming platforms and stores at: https://song.link/gb/i/1417337738
and on Bandcamp at: https://sandtimermusic.bandcamp.com/album/time-why-explain

Title quoted from This American Life 617: Fermi's Paradox (https://www.thisamericanlife.org/617/transcript) with permission from Matt Salyer.

Robert Sword - Vocals, Ukulele, Bass, Percussion 
Simon Thomas - Vocals, Guitar 
Rachel Thomas - Vocals

Written by Robert Sword 
Produced and arranged by Robert Sword and Simon Thomas 
Mixed by Giles Thomas 
Mastered by Terry Waker at Tonalex Mastering
Cover artwork by Simon Thomas
Cover design by William Thomas

Lyrics:

It's that sudden moment when you're swimming out from the beach.
You feel the current turning- it's pulling you out of reach.
You've been splashing around, looking at all the life,
but now you're flailing, borne out on the tide.

And it's a cold, cold day when it happens
but there is one long life leading on from this moment.

There in the photograph the people are all smiling-
were they really such good times or was it just good timing?
Sometimes I wonder where the photos are of me,
a summer's day in the cool shade of a forest full of conifer trees

And it's a cold, cold day when it happens
but there is one long life leading on from this moment.

Stand tall in the moonlight, stagger through the day.
There's no glamour in summertime- the fields are just too far away.
You may feel like you're on borrowed time but all they do is steal.
You may feel caught in the headlights but they're asleep at the wheel.

And it's a cold, cold day when it happens
but there is one long life leading on from this moment.

Time? Why? Explain

Talk Time - Desperate Weather - Out 08.24.18
Co-produced by Math Bishop (U2, The Killers, Silversun Pickups)
Mastered by Ian Sefchick at Capitol Studios
Dream-pop made from scratch in East LA

Desperate Weather

a day of the most peculiar kind

'209' by Sandtimer

Simon Thomas - Vocals, Guitar, Bass 
Robert Sword - Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Piano 
Rachel Thomas - Vocals 
Sophie Sword - Additional vocals 

Written by Simon Thomas 
Produced and arranged by Robert Sword and Simon Thomas 
Mixed by Giles Thomas 
Mastered by Terry Waker at Tonalex Mastering 
Cover artwork by Alex Jackson 
Cover design by William Thomas

_____________________________
Lyrics

A day of the most peculiar kind, 
I never did mind- I'm too far down the line. 
All my sorrow on the gate 
powering out this bad state. 

Gone back to the county line 
caught in a Peugeot 209 
His motivation is not yet called upon, 
he's a victim of his own crime. 

I came to the turning down the drive 
but never arrived, turned straight around. 
Cold feet, cold on the ground, 
footprints could never be found. 

Gone back to the county line 
caught in a Peugeot 209 
His motivation is not yet called upon, 
he's a victim of his own crime.

Peugeot 209

to lie on the waves and float on the ocean: the simplest of motions

'Dormant' by Sandtimer

Simon Thomas - Vocals, Guitar, Euphonium 
Robert Sword - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Percussion 
Rachel Thomas - Vocals 

Written by Simon Thomas 
Produced and arranged by Robert Sword and Simon Thomas 
Mixed by Giles Thomas 
Mastered by Terry Waker at Tonalex Mastering 
Cover artwork by Simon Thomas 
Cover design by William Thomas

Dormant

even through the dark, dark, dark days

'What's On Your Mind' by Sandtimer

Robert Sword: Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Ukulele, Bass, Percussion 
Simon Thomas: Vocals, Guitar
Rachel Thomas: Vocals

Written by Robert Sword 
Produced & arranged by Robert Sword & Simon Thomas 
Mixed by Giles Thomas & Robert Sword
Mastered by Terry Waker at Tonalex Mastering
Cover artwork by Simon Thomas
Cover design by William Thomas
_____________________________
Lyrics

Even through the dark, dark, dark days
there was never a doubt how this would end,
there was never an 'if', just a 'when'.
But now I've moved on some way
look back over all that time again-
is it a waste that time I've spent?
But it's already over, it's already gone.

Are we just slaves to a system we create?
Are we just slaves to a system?
'I guess I thought that my whole, whole, whole life
Look back and I wonder if it's just me-
am I the one who isn't free?'
But it's already over, it's already gone.

Are we just slaves to a system we create?
Are we just slaves to a system?
I guess we just move back, back, back and forth
between the extremities of thought:
are we the captors or the caught?
But it's already over, it's already gone.
It's already over, it's already gone.

What's On Your Mind

Stay

did he sell his soul so he could buy it back, somewhere down the track

'Three Cars' by Sandtimer
Stream/purchase: https://song.link/gb/i/1522202368
Bandcamp: https://sandtimermusic.bandcamp.com/album/three-cars-single

Mastered by Terry Waker at Tonalex Mastering

Cover artwork by Simon Thomas, Photini Knoyle and William Thomas

Three Cars

have more faith in humanity

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