Grading like crazy

From Chris Staples' Barsuk Records debut 'American Soft', available August 12, 2014.

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Chris Staples "Dark Side Of The Moon" (from American Soft)

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From the May 3, 2011 album, Helplessness Blues  

Helplessness Blues

Grown Ocean

Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean

i dont know
give me an apology
still i  dont
dont know what they see in me
whatd i do
turn around on the other end
(will you forget)  
was is it something i best saw
or was it best of mine
or it wasnt mine
damn your dead inside my mind
dont know its alright
whatever they wanna be now
no one can grasp
lookout youre always stupid
so what else would it be
(whatever)
yea id lose myself 
trying the best
i wont get carried away
with something i dont know
if i keep wasting time
ill colapse
always trying to find 
a new reason to apologize
sorry for my suddon phase
always someone getting in my way again
you already lost me once
aint it fun someone to erase i guess
and through takes
we will never again
be one again
so keep your words and keep your pitty god
i saw all the truth
no its bad luck
(what do i feel now)
(what do you think about)
told you i wont see over them
i have hope
to go
to show what addiction is
you somehow pushed me away
i wont be worried for that part of me
dont think i forgot you wont hold onto
the memory of you and me

memory

Mountain Man - Animal Tracks

Half a Native

Pride

Wolves

The Magic Lantern, the musical moniker of Jamie Doe, is set to release his latest single Holding Hands on 30th October 2017 via Hectic Eclectic Records. 

The single opens with a defiant cry of hope, the lyrics “I’m searching…”, ringing out alone before two saxophones enter, freely weaving around the vocal, at once harmonising and echoing it. This texture builds as a third saxophone joins creating a rich brass warmth through which Doe’s voice glides, effortlessly leaping between the declamatory and the intimate. The  band enter with an infectious groove, and we are introduced to the songs’ key metaphor of a flood and the need for creative destruction - “One day, when all this is washed away, some will remain, full of hope in the pouring rain”. The track resolves with the triumph of hope over doubt.

Holding Hands was written during a moment of desperation, Jamie having travelled half way across the world only to run out of road.  Strung out and alone, he found himself writing this song for the true love he hoped to meet, as much an act of faith in their existence as a beacon to guide himself home.  Originally written for voice and guitar, it was after hearing Bjork’s ‘Anchor Song’ late one night that Jamie decided to arrange the song for saxophone trio. The timbre of the brass, the groove of the band, The Bad Plus style piano solo – it is an arrangement that brings together some of Jamie’s key influences which he describes as “the lyrical directness of folk, the harmonic openness and improvisational freedom of jazz and the craft of great songwriting. It’s a good example of how much more confident I have become as an arranger”. 

Born in Australia, before moving to the UK at 12, Jamie began performing as The Magic Lantern while studying philosophy in Bristol where he met and performed alongside friends This Is The Kit, Rozi Plain and Rachael Dadd. Moving to London in 2007, Jamie expanded The Magic Lantern into a quintet of friends and together they evolved a transporting sound, inspired by the immediacy of Jamie’s lyrics and lilting melodies and a shared love of improvised music. A debut album with the quintet was released in 2011 before Jamie returned to his solo roots with an intimate second album in 2014. The Magic Lantern has received praise from numerous publications including The Guardian, Acoustic Magazine and Folk Radio UK as well as BBC 6Music’s Lauren Laverne, Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction and BBC Radio 2’s Mark Radcliffe and Bob Harris among others. His third album, To The Islands from which Holding Hands is taken, sees The Magic Lantern return with a new ensemble drawn from London’s thriving jazz scene, exploring memory and hope in a world of near constant uncertainty. 

With Holding Hands, The Magic Lantern is ready to introduce further listeners to his bittersweet, beautiful sound. 

Holding Hands is out on 30th October 2017 via Hectic Eclectic Records.

Holding Hands

From the album Celebration Rock. Purchase CD / LP / MP3 here: http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/celebrationrock

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Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built

Chinese Translation

"The Songwriter" is off of Father John Misty's new album, God's Favorite Customer, out now on Sub Pop and Bella Union. 

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LYRICS: 
What would it sound like if you were the songwriter
And you made your living off of me?
Would you detail your near constant consternation
With the way my very presence makes your muses up and flee?

Goodbye little songbird, I can leave
Goodbye my love
Is there anything else you need?

What would it sound like if you were the songwriter
And you did your living around me?
Would you undress me repeatedly in public
To show how very noble and naked you can be? 

Goodbye little songbird, now you’re free
Don’t forget I’m the only fan of yours who has the sense to ever leave you be
How could you do this to me? 

What would it sound like if you were the songwriter
And loving me was your unsung masterpiece?

God's Favorite Customer

The Songwriter

Angus Stone's new solo album 'Broken Brights' available July 17th, 2012. PRE-ORDER the new album NOW at: www.itunes.com/angusstone

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Angus Stone - Monsters

Bonny Light Horseman

Deep In Love (feat. Eric D. Johnson, Josh Kaufman & Anaïs Mitchell)

We're not the best, but we're pretty good.

Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean

Sub Pop

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