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)

Maureen Dreams No More

What If Now, We All Change?

It was hard to choose a first single, but releasing ‘cute as hell’ on Valentine’s Day felt right. It’s an anti-commercial ode to fancying somebody and having no idea what’s going on in their head. It’s also about how scary love is, because you have to give up control and surrender yourself to this tidal wave of impulsive emotion. When we were working on the album, ‘cute as hell’ was literally the last song we wrote; the lyrics are playfully ironic and also have a constant kind of manic energy that definitely stems from the deep, restless depths of the pandemic

cheerbleederz - cute as hell (clean edit)

From the 'Once Upon A Bombshell' single on Matinée Recordings.

Once Upon A Bombshell

Northern Portrait - Once Upon A Bombshell

SKIES - 'Deconstruction'
Stream/shop/tour & more: www.linktr.ee/skiesbanduk

Written & performed by SKIES (Alie Albury & Jericho Tozer). Produced, mixed & mastered by Oz Craggs at Hidden Track Studios. Copyright SKIES 2022. Artwork by indigoabbieart.

Lyrics:
So mutually
The fight with me
Was a deconstruction 
Of everything
Is it hard enough
To know you’re wrong
When I’m still waiting
I’m still waiting in 

I cut you up
You cut me off
It’s the hardest wait
When you’re out this late
This cold shoulder
Coloured bolder
So we fall down lower
We fall down lower again

Is this who we are?
Is this who we are?

We went too far
Is this who we are?
Let it free fall
Let it free fall away

Is this who we are?
Is this who we are?

I’m running out of everything
I wanna stay but I can’t see
A level up
A mile away
Am I enough
Is it too late?

I’m running out of everything
I wanna stay but I can’t see
A level up
A mile away
Am I enough, is it too late?

Am I enough, is it too late?
Am I enough, is it too late?
Am I enough, is it too late?
Am I enough, is it too late?

Is this who we are?
Is this who we are?
You have just got in
And I’m out to find you
Is this who we are?

Deconstruction

Did I play up last night be honest
No gospel tongue when the Bathams hops in
I spoke for an age with a naked sharpness
Though I harp on about who I share my heart with

I'll offer you the world now my hands are tarnished
And part with pride to make peace upon us
But one more jar is the usual promise
Please pardon the demands of a piss artist

You've studied me for years
So why does it take one day for you to understand
And rid my fears
For nothing's worth your tears

Baby we're alone, we're alone and I'm here for it
Baby we're alone, we're alone and I'm here for it
Don't say you're done, don't say you're done
Cause I'm here for it
Baby we're alone, we're alone and I'm here for it

You wanna give me the fruit that she gave to Adam
To grasp the place where I pick my passion
I can't bring myself to trade the pattern
To the hands of the man who steers the wagon

And I'll often foresee it happen
The excitement sparks and it blows the cannon
I'll prove to you who you think I am
As I slur to The Broad Majestic Shannon

Baby we're alone, we're alone and I'm here for it
Baby we're alone, we're alone and I'm here for it
Don't say you're done, don't say you're done
Cause I'm here for it
Baby we're alone, we're alone and I'm here for it

My dear today
Don't turn your face away
My dear today
Don't turn your face away
My dear today
Don't turn your face away
My dear today
Don't turn your face away

Cause you've studied me for years it takes one day for you
To understand and rid my fears
Studied me for years it takes one day for you to understand and rid my fears
Studied me for years it takes one day for you to understand and rid my fears
Studied me for years it takes one day for you to understand my dear

Baby we're alone, we're alone and I'm here for it
Baby we're alone, we're alone and I'm here for it
Don't say you're done, don't say you're done
Cause I'm here for it
Baby we're alone, we're alone and I'm here for it

My dear
My dear
My dear
My dear
My dear
My dear
My dear
My dear
My dear
My dear
My dear
I'm here
I'm here
I'm here
I'm here
My dear

Headshrinkers - My Dear

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

Obey Robots is a collaboration project between producer/arranger/solo artist Laura Kidd (Penfriend / She Makes War) and guitarist Rat (Ned's Atomic Dustbin). Their album "One In A Thousand" is out on 24th February 2023.

"Super Connected" is a song about the cognitive dissonance of feeling “super connected”: supposedly informed and part of a community via social media, yet deluded if we think typing words into a little box is enough to show empathy to people in very different situations to our own comfort.

“If we’re super connected, why aren’t we
all floating in the sea?”

VIDEO https://youtu.be/PCHSlFB8VN4

SONG CREDITS
============
Produced by Laura Kidd in The Launchpad, Bristol.
Mixed by Chris Sheldon at Red Cedar, London, mastered by Katie Tavini at Weird Jungle, Brighton.

All music by Laura Kidd and Rat. Guitars by Rat. All lyrics, arrangements, vocals, bass, synths, drum programming and lead guitar by Laura.

One In A Thousand

Obey Robots - Super Connected

DeVito

London Plane

‘Is It All In Our Heads?' 🤯❤️ The debut album | Latest single linktr.ee/skiesbanduk

Deconstruction

SKIES

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