Holy Now - Places

Work In TV - Spiral

Release 11th November 2022

Spiral

Written and performed by CIEL
Produced and mixed by Steven Ansell
Mastered by Katie Tavini

Shut In My Body

I Can't

From the album "Lemon Lights" released September 29, 2023 on Mt.St.Mtn.

Lemon Lights

Seablite - Melancholy Molly

'Monopoly' is the first single off my upcoming debut album, which will be out on Spirit Goth Records 2nd of August 2024 :) 

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Lyrics: 
I thought I had a monopoly 
the only one who got to feel 
sad, to say, I almost can’t 
decide if I want to stay around

I thought I had a monopoly 
at acting out, being hard to read
the only one to feel unease
the only one hard to please

I know I act like I don't care about you
but I would love for you to stay around
I hope you haven’t changed your mind

I thought I had a monopoly 
the only one to ever breathe
in with such difficulty
the only one who got to leave

I know I act like I don't care about you
but I would love for you to stay around
I hope you haven’t changed your mind
I know I act like I don't care about you
but I would have loved for you to stay around
I hope I haven’t changed your mind

I know I act like I don't care about you
but I would love for you to stay around
I hope you haven’t changed your mind
I know I act like I don't care about you
but I would have loved for you to stay around
I hope I haven’t changed your mind

Monopoly

Matte Black (Theme Song)
Performed at Pine Ridge Fall Festival (September 17, 2023)
Written by: Madison Gerish
Electric Guitar: Daniel Skinner
Acoustic Guitar / Vocal: Madison Gerish
Drums: Miles Huffman
Bass: Pete Lister

If you follow me down every black hole,
I promise we'll end up with nothing to show,
But there'll be dancing and strings,
And an engine that sings,
Runs on self reliance and burning hot coals
I need an existential, influential , free thinking mind,
Who can fly me round the universe for hours at a time,
Who's unsure, but sensitive and knows where he stands,
Accepts that everything dies,
Before you do the dance
A dark matter band
A dark matter band
A dark

A Yankee Schooley mountain man from the hills of the northern sky,
Wondered how he should live his life, and what it means to die
That clergy man said don't you worry your mortal head,
Just like Jesus Christ we'll all rise from the dead

Hallelujah praise the lord! Wouldn't that be nice?  
But the absurd and the darkness never close their eyes. 
And that young mountain man saw through those fearful lies,
And wrote songs about the cosmos and the injustices of life

With a fire in his belly and a hat upon his head,
He called on his intrepid traveling friends
They picked on songs of freedom, wailed on songs of change,
And they sand about the glory of the end

Ashes to ashes, cash to cash,
Bring out the man in black
For the forgotten and the old, 
And all them stories never told
Bring out the man in black 

As bold as a Red Wing Black Bird that haunts the meadow land marsh,
Wandered this wild wide country on every cat tail in every bar
Plays for everyone and no one,
With tears rolling down his face
The Garden is starting to look more and more life space
Sometimes he fought like and won,
The oldest of 3 sons,
He lived for the exception and the exception's what he was
But you can't stop time,
And everything dies

Ashes to ashes, cash to cash,
Bring out the man in black
For that ever hovering death,
And so much doesn't make sense so,
Bring out the man in black 

Everyone's a hypocrite,
And god don't give a shit
I'm at my best,
When I'm at my saddest

The dance is uncertain and it's fast,
And nothing's so much more than that,
So bring out...

If you follow me down every black hole,
I promise we'll end up with nothing to show,
But there'll be dancing and strings,
And an engine that sings,
Runs on self reliance and burning hot coals
I need an existential, influential , free thinking mind,
Who can fly me round the universe for hours at a time,
Who's unsure, but sensitive and knows where he stands,
Accepts that everything dies,
Before you do the dance
A dark matter band
A dark matter band
A dark matter band

Matte Black (Theme Song)

The Adventures of Matte Black performing original song "Patsy Cline" at Circa in High Bridge, NJ on January 14th 2024
Sound Production: Dave Malone and Flipp Wiggins
Music & Lyrics: Madison Gerish
Electric Guitar: Daniel Skinner
Bass Guitar: Ian Finch
Drums Miles: Huffman
Acoustic Guitar & Vocals: Madison Gerish

All your free loving friends are ignorant and blessed, 
So I guess I'll just grind my teeth
Subcultures can be just like Babylon,
If you're not learning anything 
All these tie dye lies behind my back, 
I'm the iconoclast with the hat dressed in black
I was accepting I was nothing and realized no ones flying this ship,
But it's a long hard fall from the 18th floor in midtown on this side of the bridge
And I'd be lying to myself if I said I wasn't a little afraid to die,
But it's torturous living, it's torture not knowing why

Life is fast and delicate, 
And a person can be strong and feminine,
It's a crime to prescribe the right medicine
And no one knows what happens when we die

But ya said you'd meet me on a north bound train,
So I'm riding the rails again,
With my high tolerance for pain
It's a shame we can't all fake and pretend
We're all just breathing alone staying busy
You'll always see me how I was in the city

Shoulder to shoulder an empathetic voyager leads us in the sacred rites
A fire is blazing and the world is changing, and humans still ain't doing it right
Jam cults the psychedelic demise,
Reason deserves a reprise

Cause life is fast and delicate,
And it's wise to be human and sensitive,
Paid education doesn't measure intelligence,
And no one knows what happens when we die

A band is just a band,
And music can ease life's pain
It's a human-being that's playing and singing,
With a heart-beat, voice and a brain
Everybody's blood is red,
And everybody's blues are blue
We're already lost,
Why be more confused?

Life is absurd and suffering,
And ignorance is sure of anything
Let me know when you stop breathing,
Cause no one, I said no one knows what happens when we die

Peoplehoodedness LIVE at Circa 1.14.24

I am little Jonny

The Luxembourg Signal - Mourning Moon

From the many musical lives of artist Glenn Donaldson emerges The Reds, Pinks and Purples, a project that sifts out the purest elements of pop music and in the process chronicles the point of view of an assiduous songwriter. His new album "Uncommon Weather" is both an elusive portrait of San Francisco -- during one of its fluctuations as an untenable place for musicians and artists -- and also a self-portrait of a songwriter who has dispatched another treasured collection of timeless sounding DIY-pop songs. Self-recorded and mostly self-performed, the music on "Uncommon Weather" continuously reckons with the influence of The Television Personalities' Dan Treacy, as well as The Cleaners From Venus, Blueboy, East River Pipe, and the Cherry Red and Flying Nun labels. Beautiful, mysterious and rather perfect pop.

Uncommon Weather

The Reds, Pinks & Purples - The Biggest Fan

The Adventures of Matte Black is a Gothic Americana band led by Madison Gerish & Daniel Skinner, featuring a rotating line-up of their intrepid traveling friends. Madison's philosophical, vulnerable and disarming lyrics dance with Daniel's subtle yet moving melodies, all while leaving space for their talented caravan of musical comrades. The music is rooted in deep improvisation and an emphasis on being courageous when facing the absurdities of life.

Peoplehoodedness LIVE at Circa 1.14.24

The Adventures of Matte Black

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