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FULL INBOX: BATCH 548

Main Character

Turning the Plough

Janna's Tree

After You

"butterfly party" is a breathtaking indie-pop ode to new love's thrill and vulnerability. Intimate piano and guitar provide a delicate foundation for layered, emotive vocals conveying giddy excitement and nerve-wracking uncertainty.
The evocative lyrics paint vivid snapshots of everyday moments - shared coffees, late-night talks - that deepen a blossoming connection, alongside the all-consuming feelings of romance. As the production swells, hushed verses build to a cathartic, vulnerability-laced chorus.
"butterfly party" expertly straddles folk-tinged intimacy and pop accessibility, with lush harmonies and earworm melodies. This sincere exploration of falling in love marks the artist as a compelling new voice in introspective indie-pop.

butterfly party

소유에 대한 허망감, 그리고 소유하는 것만으로 마음의 상처가 치유된다고 느끼는 얄팍한 우리들에 대한 이야기입니다.
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우리 앞에/ 놓인 것들이
우리의 것이/ 아니란 느낌

마음이 답답해요

우리 앞에/ 놓인 것들만 가져도
내 맘/
쉴 곳이/ 전보다 많아요

하늘을 날고 싶/어서
그대만한 날개를 사도
왜 가슴이 아파 또
오 오

이래도 날 사랑할 수 있나요?
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all by me

우리 앞에

I can see an old church from my window, 
And sometimes I wish I could go,
Walk around in someone elses clothes, 
Hope and sing like the good Christians do.
But the path I chose, it is different. 
No I won't bend my knee for you.
Rather wander around a cold universe, 
I will not be accountable to.

But am I worse in my own congregation, with money my only true god?
40 hours a week to what justified end? To be the more cohesive cog.
It's so easy to right the worlds problems, in barroom or other-such talk,
Then continue to prey at my desk through the day, too loyal to the system to stop.

The Amalgamation of Capital (and other bedtime tales)

Fresh On The Net is a music blog hosted by Tom Robinson and Team Freshnet, offering independent artists an open door and a level playing field for their music. Our inbox is open at http://freshonthenet.co.uk every Monday to Thursday morning - if you share a track with us there it will be heard by every member of our moderation team.

IMPORTANT: 
Only send ONE track, and make sure the dropbox says "OPEN".  Sorry, but tracks sent while the dropbox is closed - or shared drectly with this Soundcloud account - will not get heard.

Sheffield based musicians Sally Doherty and Frank Birtwistle were both looking for another creative to share their sounds and ideas with. The resulting collection of songs, mostly originals, some folk songs, explore the fragility and vulnerability of nature and of human existence and the parallels between the two. Stories of childhood, love and loss, motherhood and the inevitable passing of time.

Janna's Tree

Summerisle

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