Sever

Written by Briyan Frederick Baker
Published by Blind Mime Music, ASAP
© Brian F Baker. All rights reserved.
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Briyan Frederick: instrumental and vocal arrangements, sunoai

Because I Said So

Oh
It's not what's on the outside
It's what's inside the website (in hindsight)
Oh, no

Oh
Nothing to see here
Move on you shouldn't be here (that much is clear, my dear)
Oh, no

Oh (no)
Oh no
Because I said so (because I said so)
Oh (no)
Oh no
Because I said so

Oh
Show me yours and  I'llllllll
Shhhhhhhh show you mine too (yoohoo)
Oh, no

Oh (no)
Oh no
Because I said so (because I said so)
Oh (no)
Oh no
Because I said so

[bridge]
When all the kids are quiet
That's when you worry (don't try it)
There's a storm before the riot
What-a what-a pity (what a pity)
All the itty bitty polka dots are 
Swirling (and swirling)
And swirling (and swirling)

Oh
It's never as hard as you expect
When your expectations aren't met (just yet)
Oh, no

Oh
Fair weather friends (and friends of friends of friendses)
Are often met with suspicious endses (again)
Oh, no

Oh (no)
Oh no
Because I said so (because I said so)
Oh (no)
Oh no
Because I said so

Oh (no)
Oh no
Because I said so (because I said so)
Oh (no)
Oh no
Because I said so

Because I said so… (oh no)
Because I said so… (oh no)
Because I said so… (oh no)
Oh, no
Because I said so



Because I Said So

Go To Hell, Dude (demo)

I recorded this in 2017 and 2018 using only a Teenage Engineering OP-1 and its internal tape recorder and never shared it. I recorded mainly during travel and channeled a rough year into it. Looking back it isn't very good but considering the workflow of the OP-1... well here it is, for posterity. 

fizzle

frenger

dreamstate

over

contact

This is the title recording from my upcoming album, due to be released on 14th November 2025.

Much more info coming later this week. But this is a special preview for those of you following on Soundcloud.

Thank you for listening / diolch am wrando x

Burmo (instrumental version)

Recorded live through an old broken tape machine. I just needed to put it out there so it may get to you. I am kinda weary of all that digital crap, in need of something physical, something I can hold, lose, and then find it again. 

Own this song forever!

Analogic Love

𝑔.𝓂.𝓉.𝓈.𝓉.𝒷.𝓁.𝒷.𝓎.
𝒻.𝒾.𝒽.𝓁.𝒾.𝓌.𝒾.𝓉.𝒷.
𝒾.𝒽.𝓅.𝓌.𝓌.𝓅.𝒽.𝓉.𝓂.𝒻.

..,

[For enquiries about my BBC Radio Wales music show, please email my BBC email address... you can easily guess it. Music submissions for the show should be sent via the BBC Introducing Uploader (please). I can't guarantee that I'll see messages sent via Soundcloud - thank you.]

The Immediate are a three-piece indie, power pop band from Mold in north Wales.

We release our Mold EP on Friday 3rd March 2017. The EP will be available to buy on limited edition CD and digitally via bandcamp / iTunes etc.

Mold features 4 brand new recordings, 3 of which are exclusive to the EP.

Lead track, What’s The Matter Kevin Jones?, is a song about some of the kids we went to the Alun School with, who weren’t as fortunate as us and didn’t make it into their 30’s. 

Light Dimensions is the first song we wrote when we reconvened after a long hiatus.

Manbuoy is the title track of our forthcoming debut album, however it does not feature on the album itself. It’s a mostly spoken-word piece that exaggerates all of its writer’s worst qualities.

Mold was recorded at Orange Sound Studios in Penmaenmawr, North Wales by Russ Hayes, who has worked on recordings by Peaness, Campfire Social, Kidsmoke, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Billy Bibby and the Wry Smiles.

The sleeve design was done by Paul Maurice from Wrexham. It’s a detail of Shire Hall, the brutalist former seat of Flintshire County Council that sits on a hill, above Mold town centre.

The Mold EP will be launched at a hometown gig at Theatr Clwyd, Mold on Friday, 3rd. March. We’ll be joined by our friends Campfire Social and Skellums. Tickets are £7 and available here:

https://www.theatrclwyd.com/en/whats-on/headliner-rock-night/

Mold EP tracklisting (r/d 3rd March 2017):

1.	What’s The Matter Kevin Jones?
2.	Light Dimensions
3.	Tremble
4.	Manbuoy

If you have any further enquiries, please contact:

theimmediateband@gmail.com

http://facebook.com/theimmediate
http://twitter.com/the_immediate

There is a YouTube video telling the story of the band so far, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtERsE3ihDg

We originally split in 1997 due to frustration, an argument over a mouth organ and the success of Stereophonics.

We released one single (unaccountably popular in Sweden), made every conceivable mistake in the How To Be A Successful Indie Band handbook, toured with some excellent bands (Mansun, 60ft Dolls, Dodgy) and flickered out, leaving behind the memory of some great gigs, a few fine songs, and little else.

In March 2016, we reconvened to repair friendships and renew tinnitus. New songs came much more easily than the old ones, probably because we are playing to please only ourselves - with no thoughts of success or acclaim - for the first time in our existence.

There is more truth and resonance in our songs now than ever before. And power. And invention. We write songs about hope and love in the face of the moribund, daily grind. 

You will possibly hear fragments and echoes of the following artists in our sound (The Jam, Wire, XTC, Pixies, Badfinger, REM, Dr Feelgood, Small Faces, Husker Du, The Who, Ride, Big Star, The Cure, Joy Formidable, The Go-Betweens, Teenage Fanclub), but nothing has been plagiarised or misappropriated to mask a deficiency of our own ideas.

Blind Mime Music (ASCAP) is a Soundcloud for recordings of songs and music written by Briyan Frederick Baker (GAJOOB and Tapegerm Collective) and collaborators. Eventually songs will make their way onto Bandcamp albums and stream on all the usual outlets. Briyan has been making songs since junior and high school and these recordings contain 50+ years of material old and new. The music ranges from glitch pop to experimental.

audity2000 makes ambient music and field recordings. And ambient music out of field recordings. audity2000 is a project with changing members. Open for collaborations!

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