dark folk / lo-fi / gauzy 
James Bracken cut his teeth as a sideman lending his soulful vibrato and rhythm playing to Ian Hilmer’s Stagefright, an alternative string band from southern MN. The band performed extensively regionally, steadily gaining grassroots momentum circulating live bootlegs but never releasing an album, which ultimately ended the band and each of the members went on to front their own project.  

Several hundred bar gigs later a fortuitous connection with Rochester producer Fires of Denmark led to a productive series of recording sessions documenting Bracken’s expansive catalog and tracking a brand new batch of songs set to be released as Echo Messenger.

From the Mountaintop (acoustic)

From the album "Cairn" (2024)

Watch the music video (Shot in VR):  https://vimeo.com/945409975

Dragonflies

When your feet are off the ground
You feel the weightlessness of sound
And soon you will be homeward bound


Dragonflies by day. Fireflies at night
And soon you will be homeward bound


Vivid dreams of us. 
I don't know what to so with this energy.


When your feet are off the ground
You feel the weightlessness of sound
And soon you will be homeward bound
And soon you will be homeward bound

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Dragonflies

A song about a long-distance relationship.

MAYBE SOMEDAY (c) JunkHeap Jan 26 2024

She loves him, he loves her.
Living far away from one another due to circumstance.
Occasions where they meet and their love blossoms.
The hardest time is being apart when you so want to see them.

She doesn't have the money, he's flat broke.
Travel seldom happens, but they won't flow apart.
So they speak through their phones;
work hard for the next time when they can hold each other, 
so, so close,
lost in the moment.

Their love it makes them work so much harder,
to live together and share their worlds.
Maybe someday, but not today.
 
The crescendo building 
near Iguazu Falls in Argentina,
that's where he wants to say the words to her.

She dreams of the quiet of an old growth forest in BC, 
let the trees share their wisdom, 
while they stare in each others eyes.
She's not going to lie, she melts when he looks deep.

Br.

Maybe someday.
Sippin’ hot chocolate on a train going to nowhere, 
holding hands...
Sleeping in on a rainy day, making sure not to plan anything, 
so difficult these days.
Their hearts feel, and they can dream.  
It'll happen where they can both meet, and be together,
be together, forever.
Maybe someday.

Their love it makes them work so much harder,
to live together and share their worlds.
Maybe someday, but not today.

uh, uh, uh ohh...

outro.

Maybe Someday

The Scorpio

comin’ over
to my place tonight
dressed in clover
whets my appetite

i want to know
the afterglow

slide on over
i’ll take it at the light
black bulldozer
tailin’ us tonight

i feel the flow
the undertow

cold turkey
no way
i’ll get there
someday

now it’s over
turnin’ out the light
bruised all over
exiting stage right

i feel the flow
the vertigo
and now you know
the scorpio

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Thanks to Janine Levinson, Cheesemont Paisley-Paisley, and Wheelwright for consultations various.

Image by Hassan Sherif via Unsplash

The Scorpio

Music:  PJ Project & Janne Hennie
Vocal & Lyrics:  Janne Hennie
Instruments & Mix:  PJ Project

Lyrics:

Time is crawling slowly
Days are mostly grey
You set your wheels in motion
And just rolled away

You are no longer here with me
But my wheels of love keep spinning for you

My head is full and messy
You take up to much space
I try and try to clean up
My own wheels need more place

You are no longer here with me
But my wheels of love keep spinning for you

When I try to replace
Some of my spinning wheels
I will always end up
With a lot of empty deals

You are no longer here with me
But my wheels of love keep spinning for you

So i am just spinning around
Looking for a clue
That can get me started
And take me right to you

You are no longer here with me
But my wheels of love keep spinning for you

My spinning wheels are tired
The brake does not work..
Can't move back or forward
Just spinning around for you

You are no longer here with me
But my wheels of love keep spinning for you

Could you please lend me
One of you spinning wheels?
So I can roll forward
And find some spinning peace..

You are no longer here with me
But my wheels of love keep spinning for you....

Spinning Wheels   W/PJ Project

6361 Fairytale Bvd

Vocals & lyrics: Neons Gone Mad
Video (fun!): https://youtu.be/u-CmX9FYLVI


Rabbits in the sunset

We are rabbits 
in the sunset

Points expanding
into circles

Only sublime
light on our fur

Hare abright, the
wideness of night

Hymns are humming 
along our ears

Carried upon
the wind's double

Our eyes can see
ways of wisdom

The return of
the magician

Leap, imagination
Immortality

Playful strategies
Alchemical transmutation

Sunset splend'rous
lilac scented

Allegories
labyrinthine

Former exploits
taken as clues

Old guardians
moving aside

Rabbit snares are
due to rabbits

Words exist be-
cause of meaning

Rabbits gotten,
snares forgotten

Tying tongues with
elective mutes

Alchemical rabbits
Their meaning's unclear

Vapor of the earth
Signifying channels open

We are rabbits 
in the sunset

Our meaning need
not be expressed

Promontory
allegories

Trials end in
levitation

In purple we 
are ascending

Our ears hear the
hymns forthcoming

Our eyes can see
ways of wisdom

The return of
the magician

Rabbits in the sunset - ft. Neons Gone Mad

R-Three Arrows

Merci à lllos et sanzen  pour ce partage.

Déclin Chant: baie des anges / Compositeur: lllos / Auteur: Sanzen

Words and Music Dave Rose
Vocals, Piano, Bass, Drums and Clavinet

A song for compulsive liars who happily spiral downward in a web of deceit. It usually catches up eventually.
Lyrics
You’ll need a glimpse of brilliance to lie your way out of this 
Cos by your own high standards 
You’ve created quite a mess 

So why don’t you try the truth 
You might even find it suits you 
Or is that whole idea just lost on you 

So a glimpse of brilliance is what your gonna need
To convince yourself and everyone else 
Of this web of deceit

So why don’t you try the truth 
You might even find it suits you 
Or is that whole idea just lost on you 

What goes round you it comes around 
And what goes up must come down…..

Glimpse Of Brilliance

Who Wears My Skin

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R-Three Arrows

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