Collaborations

An orchestral instrumental interpretation derived from our song 'The Crowd'.
A collaborative project with Izmeiah Brown, check out his music.
@izmeiah-brown

Crowded (Introduction) - with Izmeiah Brown

Jez Slowe - Vocals & Guitars
Stu Head - Vocals, Guitars & Banjo

Hear more of Stu's work from The Welton Shipwreck at
https://soundcloud.com/stoojmusic

He's the baby at every christening

The bride at every white wedding

And the corpse at every

Funeral

He's the lost child on the fairground ride

The misfit toy you left behind

The crying kid at the bus stop

That you know

His eyes are red his blood does clot

He's in the gutter it's time to stop

He knows that he has seen much better days

And his better days have seen much better days

You're the darkness on a sunny day

A little boy that lost his way

And no he can't come out to play

Anymore

He's Jonah and he's Joan of Arc

A broken swing in the local park

And it throws it into stark

Relief for me

He's a shadow on a foggy day

A good intention gone astray

And a kite that's stuck

Up in a tree

He's a broken promise, a broken heart

He bought the horse, forgot the cart

He wrote the end before the start

Of it all

His eyes are red his blood does clot

He's in the gutter it's time to stop

He knows that he has seen much better days

And his better days have seen much better days
"Second Person Singular" by These Guitars Say Sorry appears on the new album "The Lunatic's Gift". 

Listen to more at https://soundcloud.com/these-guitars-say-sorry/sets/these-guitars-say-sorry-the

Second Person Singular by These Guitars Say Sorry

"Tripping Over Gold" is like a sonic joyride where These Guitars Say Sorry teams up with Stu Head from The Welton Shipwreck. These guys bring the feels with gritty vocals, dreamy guitars, and a mix of keys. It's shoegaze heaven, loaded with distortion, harmonies, and dream pop vibes. "Tripping Over Gold" isn't just a tune; it's a wild journey that shows when These Guitars Say Sorry and Stu Head join forces, they cook up some seriously cool shoegaze magic. Lace up your sonic boots and take a stroll through "Tripping Over Gold."

Tripping Over Gold

We're painting in blues and reds
I wrote to you and I told you
All the things that I forget

The agony of small difference
Six degrees of desperation
Belt iron broken
The multiplying villains of nature

We're tripping over gold
Feeling so much better
Now I've sold my soul

The signal in the noise
Running in the dust
Of course boys they must be boys
But correct me if you must

I know that you'll forgive me
For stealing all your lines
But the truth is if I'm honest
They're much better than mine

There are no flowers any more
I still remember the morning
And you walking out of the door

Only once I saw the killer of hope
Turning back with a smile
And you're never coming home
You're never coming home

We're tripping over gold
Feeling so much better
Now I've sold my soul

Tripping Over Gold by These Guitars Say Sorry. Britpop. UK Alternative rock.

Banjo and backup vocals: Stu Head of https://soundcloud.com/stoojmusic

Lyrics: 

Are you still here? 
I can’t feel you
Living out of 
That train wreck

Are you still sitting
On that couch
On the pavement 

Where you told me
Nothing really matters
Except what matters and
I hoped that you meant me

But Autumn came 
And it turned into December
And you were just
A memory 

Of you and I 
Laying outside
On my lawn  
Talking until the dawn

Smiling at each other
Touching subtly 
A thousand things I’d 
Never seen 

Are you still here? 
I can’t see you 
Can barely see 
the stars from here

Are you still trying 
to live your life without notice 
I think you made 
The message crystal clear 

When you told me 
That everything dies
What could live 
Between you and I?

And summer came
But I wept until November
It was just 
Another year 

Tower of Babel 
raising up in a parking lot
and we gathered 
waiting for the year to drown

Tower of Babel
raising up in a parking lot
I was nervous
when I showed you what I got

American Mythology

Another Year - with Stu Head of The Welton Shipwreck

Banjo and backup vocals: Stu Head of https://soundcloud.com/stoojmusic

Lyrics:

I never should have held the door for you
Sometimes you see disasters walk into a room
I never thought that we would ever see this through
No matter how much I spit I can still taste you

 You were a lightning strike that thundered in our bed
You were the warmth in all the cold that lie ahead
If I ever taught myself anything from a song
It’s that you can’t leave if you’re already gone

 I only wanted to ask you for your name
You saw something inside of me that I cannot explain
Sometimes in the aftermath, I’m not sorry that you came
You took all my love and I took all the blame

 You were a whirling dervish, a goddamn hurricane
You were a lone wolf that kept my darkness at bay
So many nights I have wondered where you are   
Somewhere out there underneath those distant stars

 I hope in the future that you can’t speak well of me
And you talk about my madness and my poetry
I hope the house burns down and I drown in the lake
You were a lesson on how much someone can take

Distant Stars - Mythology Mix - with Stu Head of the Welton Shipwreck

Thank you to my Dudes
https://soundcloud.com/stoojmusic
https://soundcloud.com/robert-grigg

Sometimes - The Welton Shipwreck / Robert Grigg & Combstead

Back up vocals, guitar, and drums: @stoojmusic

Lyrics:

Bohemian Coffee House
Just another place 
for all of us poets
on the verge of falling down
just on the verge 
of bringing you with me

Bohemian Coffee House
Just down the street from
The Charles Motel
Where Friday nights are half off
And everyone knows that
You pay by the hour 

Bohemian Coffee House 
Just about to close
A little after midnight 
And all these streets are worn down 
but it’s easy to find them 
If you’re both forgotten

Just another place
On the verge of losing count 
and You’re still standing
But you’re not what you used to be

And I’ve got to get out
I’ve got to get out of here

Tower of babel 
Sprung up in a parking lot
We gathered 
waiting for the year to drown
it was after midnight
there was a fire bubbling 
under my skin

Ashes to ashes 
orphans to orphans
  
It was after midnight
ohh

and I gotta get out of here
and I got to get out of here

ashes to ashes
orphans to orphans 
time, time, time 
makes both of us all

It was after midnight

iTunes

Bohemian Coffee House - with Stu Head of the Welton Shipwreck

Brian Butts - Guitar, Drums, Bass, Keyboards
Stu Head - Vocals, Lyrics https://soundcloud.com/stoojmusic?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Kristopher Bolin - Vocals, Lyrics, Master Mix https://soundcloud.com/bawl-slant?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Fluxional

Bandcamp

Horologe (feat. Stu Head of The Welton Shipwreck and Kristopher Bolin)

A remixed version of this track from our 'Another Bridage' album.
Mixed by Kris Bolin of The Bawl Slant @bawl-slant

LYRICS:

We got well-earned break because we're working hard
We got a well-done steak on the Boulevard
We tried learning to skate but we're failing hard
We got a birthday cake but no fucking card
Come on

We want exotic pets that we can't afford
We got appendicitis on the elderly ward
We wanna butter our toast with a samurai sword
We had to tell the truth on the waterboard
Come on

Pretend that we made it
We faked it
We're naked
They're calling the boys in blue

Naked [The Bawl Slant mix]

A remixed version of this song Stu originally wrote before TWS, then we later re-wrote as a duo
Mixed by Kris Bolin of The Bawl Slant @bawl-slant

LYRICS:

Travel overground, it’s safer
It’s easy to get there, on paper
Keep to well-trod routes
Ignore the diversions
Focus on your feet
Enjoy the submersion

You’re in trouble
Stop, you’re in the tunnel

The Tunnel [The Bawl Slant mix]

New mix by Kris Bolin of The Bawl Slant @bawl-slant
check out his work here: https://on.soundcloud.com/B4n1U


LYRICS:

The skin you're wound in
won't keep the sound in
so stop pretending

You hiss and you are steaming
Your eyes are streaming
and I can't say here, no

Slip-on shoes and dripping blues
You're waiting for the shipping news
Birds dive beneath the waves
They're showing you an early grave
The sea is where we go to die
The moon is hidden by the night

Waterfalls run backwards
and continents will drift apart
The universe must shrink again
so you can have your heart restart

I can't stay here
No

Slip-on shoes and dripping blues
You're waiting for the shipping news
Birds dive beneath the waves
They're showing you an early grave
The sea is where we go to die
The moon is hidden by the night

Waterfalls run backwards
and continents will drift apart
The universe must shrink again
so you can have your heart restart

The universe must shrink again
so you can have your heart restart

Dripping Blues [The Bawl Slant mix]

New mix and additional vocals by Kris Bolin of The Bawl Slant @bawl-slant
check out his work here: https://on.soundcloud.com/B4n1U

A Holiday For The Underpaid - feat. Kris Bolin - Bawl Slant Mix

Thank you to my friends Stu and John of The Welton Shipwreck. Great fun mates more of their music https://soundcloud.com/stoojmusic
Available on all platforms

The rage you felt for Ages - The Welton Shipwreck

Sink Or Swim [The Bawl Slant mix]

A collaboration with Reedy - quite a different style from the norm - for us and him! Had a blast working on this one. Check out Reedy's other work here: https://soundcloud.com/user-716607695

LYRICS:

Running on fumes from the empty promises
You leave a trail of wounded from your bullshit policies
We're all subject to a strip-search warrant, identity probe
we got our blood type, colour, indemnity sold
into a government profile in a public upload to the cloud
We're gonna take it down
We're gonna take it down

Super sized French fries
Two-for-one mind control,
You're on a leash
Fear drenched gummy bears
offer up conspiracy and disbelief

Call in the team for a good-old dressing down
Blowing off steam with the peasants in the town
We're all meeting for a witch hunt shaming
and a throwing of stones
Behind the lynch mob clamour you'll be rolling the bones
You picked a hitchhike lover who can pay off your loans with her blood
We're gonna take it down
No, ain't gonna take it now

Take It Down - feat. Reedy

The Welton Shipwreck: https://soundcloud.com/stoojmusic

Lyrics:

Are you still here? 
I can’t feel you
Living out of 
That train wreck

Are you still sitting
On that couch
On the pavement 

Where you told me
Nothing really matters
Except what matters and
I hoped that it was me 

But Autumn came 
And it turned into December
And you were just
A memory 

Of you and I 
Laying outside
On my lawn  
Talking until the dawn

Smiling at each other
Touching subtly 
A thousand things I’d 
Never seen 

Are you still here? 
I can’t see you 
Can barely see 
the stars from here

Are you still trying 
to live your life without notice 
I think you made 
The message crystal clear 

When you told me 
That everything dies
What could live 
Between you and I?

And summer came
But I wept until November
It was just 
Another year 

I don’t know
You said so
Please, don’t go
Please, don’t go

Another Year - Feat. Stu Head of the Welton Shipwreck

A re-worked version of this song by Kirk Reedy
Many thanks, Kirk for your awesome work on this.
Check out Reedy's other work here: https://soundcloud.com/user-716607695

7 (Appalling) - [Reedy Remix]

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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