bummertown - van darien

haunted house - van darien

Carved in Static - The Static Between

💿 A powerful, emotional closer that ties the album together—about fading memories, fractured realities, and what we leave behind.
📖 "We’re carved in static, etched in sound, lost in the noise but never found."

Carved in Static - The Static Between

Static Heart - The Static Between

🔥 "Static Heart" is an anthem for anyone who’s ever felt the slow fade of something once electric—a song that lingers like an afterimage, melancholic yet powerful, broken yet beautiful.

📖  "We’re stuck between the spark and the dark."

Static Heart - The Static Between

Shine

foxbow demo 1.3 - listen early, listen often.

Original song idea by Hasan Nabulsi, song written by Hasan Nabulsi, Rob Lytle,  Danny Laake, and Matt Corrente. Lyrics by Rob Lytle. Recorded & mixed in the foxden by Matt & Rob (future wiz engineers). Mastered and remastered by the absolute greatest: Evan Juneau at Versperal Audio (contact him for engineer work - evan@vesperalaudio.com)

~~~lyrics~~~
Like a house on the coast
Up on stilts, I saw a ghost
And it felt right at home there
Yeah it felt right at home there

Like the back of a book
from which you took a little look
You should have pretended, you shouldn’t have read it
Now you’re on the hook, you’re on the hook (now you're on the hook)

Like the eye of a newt in a witch’s black soup
I think that I’ve been missing
Just a little taste of you-ou-ou-ou-ou… (ooo-ooo-oh)
Just a taste of you-ou-ou

Like the underhand knot that ties the boat to the dock
I think I’m coming, I’m coming, Oh baby I’m coming
Undooooooone
Oh yeah, I gotta run

So I’ll take my time
Let the rope unwind
Throw a little slack
back on the li-i-i-i-i-neeeee

Tidal Constants (Demo)

Exit Wounds - The Static Between

💿 An explosive track about the scars that never fade and the memories that won’t let go.
📖 "You were the knife, you were the twist. I still feel every cut from your lips."

Exit Wounds - The Static Between

Ghost Notes - The Static Between

💿 A slow-burning, melancholic song about the echoes of what’s been lost and the songs we never got to finish.
📖 "These ghost notes play on repeat, every word you left still sings to me."

Ghost Notes - The Static Between

This is a song about losing somebody you care about and about how different people grieve in different ways. Some want to talk about the person, to keep them alive through words and stories. Others can't, and maybe they know something about grieving that the rest of us don't. It's a track about loss and love and not knowing what to say.

Lyrics:

An open book. Bad handwriting.
A map half-drawn in biro.
Why don't we speak about these things?
I loved him too, you know.
A summer's evening in the Downs.
All bathed in fiery lights.
The smell of smoke. The drunken bees.
I dreamt of him last night.
I dreamt of him last night.

If I try to explain.
You look at me like I'm talking.
In another language.
Made of words you don't believe in.
Think about it, you remember.
How you cried, stood on the driveway, in the sunshine.
I remember.
Can we try to do this my way?
Can we try to do this my way?
Can we...

Just speak. It only takes a word.
Or three. Or hell, whatever works.
Do you know. Do you know. 
Do you know something we don't.
Do you know something we don't know.

Let's take a walk, through the snow.
I can't find the words to ask you what I want to know.
So we say other things.
You tell me all about your week.
About the people you have seen.
I know it's hard. I know.
But there are doors we shouldn't close.
Doors we shouldn't close. Oh...

Just speak. It only takes a word.
Or three. Or hell, whatever works.
Do you know. Do you know. 
Do you know something we don't.
Do you know something we don't know.

Let's take a walk, through the snow.
I can't find the words to ask you what I want to know.
So we say other things.

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Lyrics copyright Ian Knapp 2024


1982

Just Speak

This track is about allowing the same difficult patterns to play out over and over in friendships - and how on some level those choices and interactions must benefit you, even though they make you feel rubbish, because otherwise, why do you keep playing the same role? Nods to several characters from the hit US TV drama Homeland.

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Lyrics:

I called Saul, he had things to do.
He made a bunch of promises but we both knew.
They were there for breaking if he needed to.
So I thanked him and I went right back to what I knew.

I called Saul, he said "you're my man"
"I need you on this right away" and so I ran.
I swear he only does it just because he can.
Every time's the final time, next time I'll make a stand.
Every time's the final time and I'm nobody's man.

Aaaah it was all that I could do
(I had no choice in any of it)
And aaaah - it was all because of you.
(you took my voice, you buried me with it)
You are the smartest and the dumbest person I ever knew.
You are the smartest and the dumbest person I ever knew.
You are my great regret.

"Don't go home, don't go home", she said.
"I need you at the bar by 10.15am"
I swear I saw the cross of Jesus floating in my cup.
I shut my eyes, I fantasised, I drank right up.
I shut my eyes, I fantasised, I drank right up.

Peter said it was all that I could do.
(I had no choice in any of it)
Peter said it was all because of you.
(You took my voice, f*cking buried me with it)

You are the smartest and the dumbest person I ever knew. ( x 4 )
You are my great regret.
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.

I Called Saul

The Fiery Lights write songs that tell stories.

Some are long, winding and strange. Some are full of hope. Others are steeped in chaos and disaster. All laid bare over music that veers from edgy alt-rock guitars and pounding drums, to folky acoustic guitars, sometimes via a healthy slice of synthy electronic magic.

The band are a collaboration between lyricist / singer Ian Knapp and DJ / drummer Chris Ibbott, who met via an ad in their local coffee shop, where they played their first live show a few months later.

Their 10 track debut album "1982" was released in 2024, with new single "Run" following early in 2025.

They're based just outside London, UK.

Sometimes it takes stepping away from what you know to gain a new perspective and appreciation for where you came from. That's the journey that Van Darien found herself upon after making the move from her home state of Texas to Nashville. After forging her path as an artist and enduring a slew of life challenges along the way, she became nostalgic for the people and places that she left behind. This deeply personal journey of growth, reflection, and discovery is the driving force behind her introspective debut record Levee. 

Since first cutting her teeth in the Texas music scene as a teenager, her influences have been plucked from an array of genres, from country-folk icons like Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark to edgy rock and indie acts like The War on Drugs and Metric. Each of these acts share a common thread of expert storytelling and lyricism that is audibly woven through Van Darien's own output.

Produced by Steven Cooper and JD Tiner at East Nashville's Glass Onion Studio, Levee mixes earnest folk songwriting with experimental pop elements to create a dreamy, engaging sound that's all her own. Darien’s full-length debut features contributions from Brandy Zdan, Owen Beverly (Indianola), Thayer Serrano (MGMT, Drive-by Truckers), Mando Saenz, Joey Green, and Maren Morris, with Morris co-writing the tracks "Low Road" and “Twisted Metal.”

A native of Weatherford, Texas, Van Darien grew up with both the ethereal beauty and seemingly inescapable isolation that are the age-old duality of rural country living. Her father ran a machine shop on her family's land, which was scattered with rusted out cars and pieces of scrap metal -- an industrial landscape where she first picked up a guitar, began writing poems, and started to develop her own sound. From there, she forged relationships with other like-minded artists in the Lone Star State and evolved her songwriting processes. She released her first EP Silent Sparrow in 2014, showcasing her earthy vocals and a gritty, organic, and soulful blend of Americana, alt-country, folk, and rock that were grown from the ground up.

In 2015, Van Darien made the trek from her home state to Nashville to help a friend move, not yet knowing that would be where a new chapter of her career would begin. After seeing an inspiring show from Margo Price, Brendan Benson, and several others, she decided to go all-in and permanently relocate to the Music City. That move would become a creative catalyst for her, creating a chain of events and experiences that would culminate in the tracks featured on Levee. 

Listeners are taken through a journey driven by dreamy electric guitars, galloping percussion and Van Darien's singular, hypnotizing vocals. The thoughtful production efforts of Cooper and Tiner result in waves of incredible intensity perfectly placed alongside moments of quiet introspection. Each track tackles a different moment of the human experience, poetically presented through gut-punching lyrics.

"Twisted Metal", co-penned with Maren Morris during a visit to Nashville, uses clever imagery of mangled steel to convey the beautiful chaos of two people becoming intertwined. It’s a traditional love song at its core, filtered through Van Darien's own looking glass. “I feel like everyone can relate to wanting something, even though it seems crazy — especially in a relationship," she notes.

This deeply moving collection of songs represents an artist unafraid to take chances while keeping a grip on the pieces of the past that led her forward. With Levee, Van Darien speaks from the heart, emitting an aura of grit and grace that will connect with anyone who have found themselves venturing down one of life's uncertain and unpredictable paths.

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