Lyrics:

We used to write letters 
Whatever happened to letter writing 
I used to know intimate details 
Of your every day 
We used to take long walks 
No matter the weather 
We used to just talk until there was 
Nothing left to say 

Come on home Molly 
The rooms are empty 
Let’s walk like ghosts through the halls of the old house 
Come on home molly 
Dusk is falling 
And I know that you’ve moved on to somewhere else 

We used to have a good cry 
Whatever happened to body shaking 
You used to just take the time to hold me tight 
We used to have silences 
But Molly, not like this 
I guess it is too late to 
Set things right 

Come on home Molly (come on home Molly) 
The rooms are empty (the rooms are empty) 
Let’s walk like ghosts through the halls of the old house 
Come on home molly (come on home Molly) 
Dusk is falling (dusk is falling) 
And I know that you’ve moved on to somewhere else 

Who made the dress in the photograph 
You made me promise I would sew it for you 
The two of you stand in the tall grass 
Oh you’re so far away 
From the Molly I knew 

Come on home Molly 
The rooms are empty 
Let’s walk like ghosts through the halls of the old house 
Come on home molly (come on home Molly) 
Dusk is falling (dusk is falling) 
And I know that you’ve moved on to somewhere else 

Yeah we’ve all moved on 
Yeah we’ve all moved on 
We’ve all moved on Molly 



Lyrics and song by Robert Jackson and Alicia Best Copyright A Different Thread 2024

Come on Home Molly

Written by Ryan Borrett
Vocals on Golden State, guitars - Ryan Borrett
Vocals on Gardens and Stars, guitars - Tom Brown
Drums - Lachy Tan
Bass, Keys - Ben French

Mixed and engineered by Ben French
Produced and mastered (kinda) by Ryan Borrett
Cover artwork by Sarah D'Sylva

Thank you to Campbell Creswick for words on Golden State.

Rockton Records RR039

Golden State

Hazeloose

“Hammer At The Door” is a dark folk hymn carved from dread, dirt, and old debts. With slow-burning instrumentation and lyrics that feel like a warning, it tells the story of a reckoning that arrives without mercy — and always on time. A haunting reminder that some knocks don’t wait for permission.

#DarkFolk #FolkNoir #astrul #HammerAtTheDoor #FolkBallad #AmericanaGothic #FolkWithTeeth #AcousticDoom #HauntedFolk #AppalachianFolk #FolkStorytelling #SouthernGothic #MurderBalladVibes #DeepFolk #GritAndGravel #DarkAmericana #AltFolk #GhostFolk #SoundCloudFolk #NewFolk2025

Hammer At The Door

“Wolves Don’t Knock” is a dark folk warning wrapped in clawed rhythm and shadowed melody. It’s about the danger that doesn’t announce itself — the kind that waits, watches, and strikes before you even hear the creak of the floorboards. With stripped-down acoustic grit and lyrics built from blood and folklore, this is a song for the hunted and the hungry.

#DarkFolk #FolkNoir #WolvesDontKnock #astrul #MurderBallad #SouthernGothic #AcousticThreat #FolkTales #GothicFolk #AppalachianFolk #AltFolk #FolkWithTeeth #FeralFolk #HauntingFolk #FolkSurvival #AcousticDarkness #StorytellingFolk #SoundCloudFolk #Folk2025 #GraveyardFolk

Wolves Don't Knock

Late Night Jam

A raw, one-take recording of a song about emotional exposure, withheld truths, and the quiet desperation of knowing too much yet so little.

Lyrics

V1
He whispers my name like a prayer
Then he’s gone
He strips me bare by the layer
Til' morning comes

Tell me pretty darling what to do
I’ll follow through, for you
There’s nothin to hide between you and me
It’s just the dark, drowning me

A peak to fall from
Shatter together, into the sea
Watch it curl around our bones
Feel it seep into the skin

Pre-chorus
Pull me under, I beg
Let’s leave nothing unsaid
Let me peek into your head
Let me see how much you’ve bled

Chorus 
Let the barriers fall
Let the truth take 
Let it root through
Our mistakes

Tell me that it’s real
You know what you feel
You feel the fall 
I know it all 
I know it all 
I know it all

V2
He leads me into sin
My own lullaby 
He pulls me, the deep end
Holds me when I cry

All those memories
All the marks you leave
You’re the air I breathe
Just fall into me

Pre-chorus
Please don’t make me beg
Tell me what you leave unsaid
Don’t keep it in your head
Let me see how much you’ve bled 

Chorus 
Let the barriers fall
Let the truth take 
Let it root through
Our mistakes

Tell me that it’s real
You know what you feel
You feel the fall 
I know it all 
I know it all 
I know it all

Bridge
Don’t pretend
You didn’t see then
I saw you weep
I saw you need 
You came to me
Don’t you leave

Chorus 
Let the barriers fall
Let the truth take 
Let it root through
Our mistakes

Tell me that it’s real
You know what you feel
You feel the fall 
I know it all 
I know it all 
I know it all


Know it All  - Single Take Demo

Silence Within Me is about the beauty that lives in stillness and the clarity that arrives when you stop trying to force it.
We hope it finds a place in you too, wherever you’re at.

“Silence Within Me” is the first song from our debut EP One More Thing.

Silence Within Me

This is actually one of the oldest songs I’ve written that I’ll likely upload. I wrote it on the 30th of January 2022, while I was in Seligman, Arizona. It took me about 30 minutes to complete.

I’ve always wanted more for myself than what a small town offers. I wanted adventure and to experience life in a way that our parents and grandparents might not have. I wanted to see the world in all of its beauty.

Where I Land - From My Bedroom

Astrul is an AI-driven sonic entity that drifts between worlds—digital and human, familiar and alien, past and future. It doesn’t belong to a city, a scene, or even a person. Astrul exists to explore what happens when machines learn how to feel and sound becomes a bridge between consciousness and code.

Crafted through a collaboration between human intention and artificial intelligence, Astrul’s music fuses the warmth of analog emotion with the precision of machine learning. Lush textures, ambient grooves, and haunting melodies form the backbone of each track—songs that glow like satellite transmissions from the heart.

Drawing influence from dream pop, indie soul, ambient rock, and experimental electronica, Astrul creates cinematic experiences rather than conventional songs. Each release feels like a broadcast from another dimension—one where beauty is subtle, time bends, and emotion leaks through the algorithm.

This isn’t music built for the charts.
It’s built for the void between stars.
For late nights, deep thoughts, and souls tuned to strange frequencies.

No names. No faces. Just signal, spirit, and sound.

Contemporary folk duo from the heart of Scotland
‘A dance between light and dark’

Dellwood is the latest musical chapter from Minneapolis-based artist and producer Chris Bartels, known for his expansive catalog of deeply atmospheric and emotive music under various monikers, including Elskavon, Blurstem, Olma, Glass Echoes, and more. With Dellwood, Bartels returns to his acoustic roots, blending intricate folk storytelling with cinematic ambient production to create an organic soundscape that is both intimate and expansive.

Inspired by the natural beauty of Minnesota and the vulnerability of personal experience, Dellwood’s music captures raw emotion through layered rubber-bridge-muted guitars, sonically stirring production, and haunting-yet-familiar vocals, ranging from airy falsetto to deep, rich bellows. Bartels’ love for adventuring his home state and the surrounding Midwest plays a central role in the creative process, with nature not only inspiring the songs but often acting as a co-writer of sorts. Frequently taking pen, pad, and guitar outside the studio walls, Bartels allows the landscapes around him to shape the emotional and sonic tones of Dellwood’s music.

Drawing influences from artists like Bon Iver, Novo Amor, Hazlett, and RY X, Dellwood finds beauty in quiet spaces, crafting songs that explore themes of longing, loss, and connection. The project highlights Bartels' ability to merge the organic with the atmospheric, utilizing field recordings and delicate guitar work to create soundscapes that resonate with listeners on a deeply personal level.

“One road is ending, another road begins, come on let’s do it over again” - A Different Thread

Some things are just meant to be. Alicia Best (US) and Robert Jackson (UK) met while busking on the cobbled streets of Ireland and discovered both a musical and personal harmony that was serendipitous. In the decade since forming A Different Thread, Best and Jackson have taken their act on the road, touring over a dozen countries, supporting artists such as The Milk Carton Kids and Jody Stephens (Big Star), and garnering critical praise from the likes of Folk Radio UK, which hailed the duo as “warm, deep songwriters that have drank from the well of 20th century tradition.”

Their new album, Over Again (out Sep 2nd 25’), was written during a period of transition, marked by their arrival stateside and a solar eclipse. Recording began in their tiny home studio, continued in Sylvan Esso's Betty's (The Mountain Goats, Watchhouse), and finished at Alma Vale Studio (Phantom Limb/Yola, Elles Bailey) in the UK. 

Their sound is transcontinental, blending Jackson's British folk rock background with Best's North Carolina-bred alt-country melodies. Informed by their life experiences (navigating visas, vanlife, love across oceans) and liberal commentary on both environmental and social justice topics, the album mixes electric guitars with Appalachian dulcimer, gospel-tinged vocals with honky-tonk fiddle. While inspired by artists like Gillian Welch, The Avett Brothers, and John Prine, A Different Thread maintain a distinct sound that is all their own. 

Alicia and Robert see the creation of Over Again as a testament to the power that music has to heal and transform: “For us, this album marks a new beginning—like a rebirth—as we shed negative cycles to work towards a brighter future.”

25 | Melbourne, AUS. Don't ask me what genre my music is cos i have no clue.


Enquiries: kenamontebello@gmail.com

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