I think somebody already said something similar, but I'm getting modern Simon and Garfunkel vibes here lol. I usually wouldn't be down with vocoder stuff but I'll make an exception here ;) , especially since you managed to bring in new ideas while still being easily recognizable as your sound. I've found that's not always easy to do so hats off m8s :D

Always so inventive, always a great sonic journey with you...

Lovely melody and pretty unique arrangement <3 LIKE IT!!

I like the voice effects you put in your track that enhance the whole

Sounds like a great music performance with great lyrics but the production is muddied.

nice melody structure and really interesting arrangement, has a slight Clannad irish feel, awesome stuff

a nice folky track with an electronic touch. nice

Très cool ce mélange de couleurs! (pop, rock, élec)

Very different sound for you guys. Interesting clash of saturation and melodic vocal sounds. Really love the melody/ harmonies.

'The Vocoder Sessions'
A 4 track E.P. of electro pop and rock songs using vocoder techniques to achieve some interesting and unusual vocal effects

tws_tvs

Special Thanks to Chicago Bob for his beautiful piano.

On this Road

What if we could leave, leave everyday life,
pack our things, take a chance and leave it all behind.

Oh, what if we could create a new path,
straight ahead into the wide open.

On this road, open road
I feel alive, alive again somehow.
On this road, open road
I feel my love, my love for you, for you.
Even if we get lost on the way.
I just know we will find back on track again.

What if we could built a ferry for the flow.
Follow where the water falls,
wherever it may go.

Oh, what if we could create a new path.
No, there is no turning back, just moving straight ahead to the wide open.

New Country

On This Road (Piano Version)

Summer

Original composition.... Alejandro Gonzalez M.

Quetzal Una Danza

J3 is 3 men for Jesus Christ.
Timothy Pepper, Mark Combs and Robert Grigg have joined forces to celebrate our savior in song!
https://soundcloud.com/tim-pepper-442859450
https://soundcloud.com/markcombs-928282858
https://soundcloud.com/robert-grigg

Never been the same

LYRICS:

OOH WHY (4x)

White wooden doors red house
Loud white noise, no sound
Crawl back to me
Ill crawl back to you

OOOH WHY (2x)

Old picture frames on the wall
But this house aint the same without you here

OOH WHY (4x)

WHITE NOISE

The first of our songs post-'Broken Hearts' album, using vocoder techniques for a different sound

LYRICS:

Into a polystyrene container on a bench
You threw up all the bile you were trying not to vent
Held onto iron railings and the history they wrought
They drew up from the vial and they stuck it in your heart

They put you on a table in a basement cold and bare
They confiscate your contraband and cut off all your hair
The crack across the ceiling, failing plaster black with mould
No prospect you'll be leaving 'til your body's grey and cold

Polystyrene

New Age

Lander is a dark ambient track.
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Lander

Our second vocoder-heavy song
More of an electronic indie angle this time

LYRICS:

You're obscene
You're obscene, will you stop chasing me?
It's time you realised these words you're saying come with a fat price that you're not paying
It's not my scene
It's not my scene, this isn't consequence-free
I can't breathe
I can't breathe my memory's stopping me

You don't care
You don't care and that's plain to see
It's time you realised these words you're saying come with a fat price that you're not paying
Fear surrounds
Fear surrounds and we stop feeling free
Love abounds
Love abounds when you stop feeling free

You're obscene
You're obscene, will you stop chasing me?
It's time you realised these words you're saying come with a fat price that you're not paying
It's not my scene
No, it's not my scene, this isn't consequence-free
I can't breathe
I can't breathe my memory's stopping me
I can't breathe
I can't breathe my memory's stopping me

Memory Stopping Me

The third of our vocoder project tracks, certainly the most like pop music yet.

LYRICS:

We are gonna fly in the fallen sky
We're circling the light in a dreamless high
We are gonna glide when our wings grow tired
We're floating through the night on a dreamless tide

We're gonna fly on down
When circumstance allows
We're gonna circle round
In a search for higher ground

Dreamless

The last of our vocoder project tracks. A summer dream-pop vibe..

LYRICS:

Sunset glowing on the mountain
Hour is late but no one's counting
Eat our tea out of a round tin
Look out baby, we've gone campin'

Wake up waiting for the sunrise
Tartan blanket on our cold thighs
Canvas creaking on some loose guys
Campfire smoke will sting in both eyes

Darling, where's the lighter?
I can't find the matches
Cooking on a gas stove
Washing in the river

We're home here in the wild
We lay our heads on stone
And share our sunburn smiles

Gone Campin' (Sunburn Smiles)

Written post Brexit referendum



BLAMELESS LYRICS:

seems we’re always on the run
even though we’ve no idea what it is we’re running from
sometimes its hard to see what’s right from what’s so wrong
and everyone seems innocent
till everyone has turned and gone
well
who could blame you
when there’s nothing in your hands
who could blame you
when all you want to do is…

we’re filling up this empty space
and losing count of all the things we’ve left to waste
losing sight of all those plans that we once drew
and living on the sidelines
has a way of blocking out the view…
who could blame you
when there’s nothing in your hands
and you’re blameless
when all you wanna do is…

dance away into the night 
its the only way
dance the day into the night
cos its the only way
dance away into the night
cos its the only way you can make it feel…
alright…


just when you think the race is done
you finally find yourself, back where you’d begun
it may not be life as you know it till you think it’s in your hands
and the evidence is circumstantial
when the evidence is left to chance

but who could blame you
when there’s nothing in your hands
who could tame you
when all you want to do is…

dance away into the night 
cos its the only way
dance away into the night
cos its the only way
dance away into the night
cos its the only way you can make if feel..
alright…

Blameless

Always liked Bob Dylan's early songs that took jabs at people...

PAINT THE TOWN BLUE

if you could turn back time
would I be yours?
would you be mine?

if you could change your mind
would it be cold
would it be kind?

if you had a change of heart
would it beat hard or soft this time?
If you made a brand new start
would i be here or 
left behind
I’d be out of your mind

you don’t have to say
cos you always take the long way round
you always take the higher ground
you’ve always got to paint the town blue
you’ve always got me running round
you always turn me upside down
and I've always got to paint the skies blue…
and I do…

If you could have your say
Would it take all
All of my lines

If you could have your day
Would it take all
All of my time

if you could see yourself 
would you be pleased with what you find

If you forget yourself
Would it be always on your mind
All of the time

you won’t have to say...

if you could turn the tide
would we be all left high and dry

if you could make up your mind
would you be ever so dissatisfied?
DEEP DOWN INSIDE?

You don't have to say...

I paint the town blue…
I paint the town blue…

Paint The Town Blue

Nylon Six

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The Welton Shipwreck is a UK-based rock duo made up of Stu Head and John Culkin. Formed at the start of the 2020 pandemic lockdown period, their songs are written and recorded by means of long-distance collaboration from their homes in Scotland and Yorkshire. The music they make combines elements of shoegaze, post rock, folk and psychedelic.

Stu and John are old friends of over 20 years. Both originally from the Greater Manchester area, they met at university in Leeds in 2000. The band name refers to a street they lived on as students.

Both Stu and John sing, play guitar, bass, keyboards and drums across their various tracks (along with a few less conventional instruments.) They mix and produce all of their own music.

New tracks always in the works and posted right here!

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The Welton Shipwreck

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