Written and recorded by Darren Reynolds and Michael Stevenson in London, UK, January 2021.

Under The Bus

Nostalgia = Distance ÷ Time

Citizen Of Nowhere

Mathematical (edit)by Statement Haircut. Written by Darren Reynolds and Michael Stevenson 2014.

Mathematical (Edit)

Gudrun by Statement Haircut. Written by Darren Reynolds and Michael Stevenson, 2015.

Gudrun

You smile but not inside
You dream but never try
In moments when you’re left alone
Your fear is tough to hide

And were you there for me?
I doubt you’d even try

You smile, but not inside
Cry but don’t know why
Apply but don’t acquire
Dream but don’t desire

I doubt you’d even try

Shine, somehow
The sun, just a memory

Written and recorded by Darren Reynolds and Michael Stevenson, London, 2016

Sun, Memory

By Darren Reynolds and Michael Stevenson

Recorded at Linienstraße, Colebrooke and The Vestry 2012

Second Look

Borsig by Statement Haircut. By Darren Reynolds and Michael Stevenson 2013. Uploaded for Tom Robinson's Fresh on the Net.

Written in Berlin and Liverpool, 2012

Don't think, Want me, To be, The one, Always, Always, Always, With you, I will, Always, Be there, For you, The one, With you, With you, Always

In the cold in the cold in the cold in the cold
In the cold in the cold in the cold

I don't want this sea change anymore
I don't want your violence anymore
The limit now
The deluge stalled
I don't want this sea change anymore

Big plans to close your eyes
To streets and streets of clear disquiet
And inconvenient scenes you'll hide
A fierce campaign to brush aside

Always want me to be
The one for you always
I can make you happy
You are the one for me

Borsig

Written and recorded by Darren Reynolds and Michael Stevenson in London, UK, January 2020.

The first track from double A-side "Different Time, Different Face / Oxide Red".

Different Time, Different Face

Cracked Mirror

Cars crashed again, as the daily evacuation takes you 
Away from SL1, to where the money sits
Jump off the bus, down the road to the station,
Push to the front of the train to Paddington
Stand at Royal Oak, first of the coach,
You’ve got standards, £4 Pino Grigio

The trick, if you want to survive
Is for the dreams you hold, to fade and die
This town looks like THEY LIVE, when he puts the glasses on
They pulled down Bath Road and the subway to the station
For Crossrail, and the love of the nation
Berkshire’s finest conception of hell
Marx would’ve preferred Eton as well

You’ll fall so far from seeing how blessed you are
You’ll fall so far, Pablo Escobar

Written and recorded by Darren Reynolds and Michael Stevenson, London, 2016
Category
Music

SL1 (Pablo Escobar)

Sycophants and luvvies
Courting danger, in smoking areas, full of it.
Sycophants and luvvies
Courting danger, in smoking areas, full of it.
If you’re running a night
Then I’m running away
I got very little room
For this warehouse space
I heard you took some time out
You’re in a good place, whatever that means

Creative Suburbanites
The social climbers
Playing at grownups, full of it.
Creative Suburbanites
The social climbers
Playing at grownups, full of it.

If you’re running a night
Then I’m running away
I got very little room
For this warehouse space
I heard you took some time out
You’re in a good place, whatever that means
Your nursery rhyme is the journey time
Pressures on markets in decline
Time to leave now, be cruel to be kind
Whatever that means

Written and recorded by Darren Reynolds and Michael Stevenson, London, 2016

Whatever That Means

I should’ve said it with flowers
Will have to find out what that means
We sit in silence for hours
Inside I scream

Is that such a bad thing, if I could talk
You’d rather sing and dance than give it thought
You decide what’s happening

You only think with your head
I never felt from your heart
Sick of lying in bed
It always ends before it starts

I could write a tune, if I could talk
You would rather sing and dance than give it thought
You decide what’s happening

Is that such a bad thing?

You found the end
I found the start
You wrote the play 
Stole my part
I was young and didn’t think
You were old enough and never blinked
It was all too sad and you seemed to care
But not that much when I wasn’t there
I could write the tune from the every start
You wrote the play and stole my part

You decide what’s happening

Written and recorded by Darren Reynolds and Michael Stevenson, London, 2016

Happening

Visions blurry
It’s 4am and I’m still learning
Post on the table
Stomachs turning
Save it for next time, don’t mind me I’m fine

You could stay the weekend
Never get the time
I might go away then
Staying out past closing time
Saving up all summer
To barely last the week
I might go away
Don’t save it up, talk is cheap 

Written and recorded by Darren Reynolds and Michael Stevenson, London, 2016

Closing Time

Ayn Don't Care

Plattenbau

Statement Haircut are influenced by electronics, post-punk, funk, dub & pop, and interested in guitars vs. synths and harmonies vs. beatboxes

Press:

Statement Haircut win the Half Man Half Biscuit memorial prize for having my favourite band name in this list. That aside, this London trio are unlikely to be compared to the lads who shook the Wirral. Their bio highlights their eclecticism, noting that they’re influenced by dance, post-punk, funk, dub, and pop.

This disparate mess of genres comes together nicely, because Statement Haircut are essentially a pop band, albeit one that sounds like it might have been left for too long in the tumble dryer. Fans of music that avoids the easy hook and reaches for something interesting will enjoy their recent singles – try Rügen as a starting point.
http://blog.clowdy.com/clowdys-z-new-artists-s/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=A-Z_of_new_music-N

Satirical hand drawn projections provided the backdrop to their performance, as Darren Reynolds and Michael Stevenson engage in dynamic electro-pop creating a cavalcade of sound of industrial techno, and soaring synths. 
http://www.peterguy.merseyblogs.co.uk/2013/03/threshold-festival-2013-review.html

Overcoming the not ideal sound, the duo, whose sound is a pleasing, extremely catchy electro-indie, have a congruence and maturity about them that suggests they’re ready to step up a couple of echelons.
http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2013/03/threshold-2013-%E2%80%93-reviewed/

Statement Haircut showcased a unique blend of visual art, catchy synths and clever programming. Coupled with the setting of Camp and Furnace - the ideal venue for such an outfit - they kept the audience gripped by fine musicianship.
http://www.peterguy.merseyblogs.co.uk/2013/03/triphazard-ep-launch-statement.html

... play catchy tunes with sing-along choruses ... as the synths cascade around the room and the house beats ping off the walls amidst sugar-pop melodies
www.bidolito.co.uk/

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