ECLECTIC PICKS - 2024

SoundCloud SoundsSweet

Any artist is welcome to send us a track via freshonthenet.co.uk anytime between Monday lunchtime and Wednesday evening (or when we receive 200 submissions, whichever is sooner) - and all our moderators, including Tom Robinson, will listen to every track. This is our full inbox from the week beginning Mon 23/10/2024: from Friday afternoon you'll be able to hear our shortlist and pick your favourites on this week's Listening Post which will appear at freshonthenet.co.uk/batch546

If a track you submitted does not appear in this list, it’s probably because another of your tracks appeared in our Fresh Faves or on the BBC Music Introducing Mixtape during the last three months — we ask that artists featured on either wait three months before resubmitting to give others a chance. 

We also don’t accept short previews or SoundCloud Go tracks that can only be heard as 30 second previews, and tracks made private after submission, which cannot be included in playlists. You will be able to resubmit the track in future. Tracks (and remixes of tracks) that have been previously submitted, and tracks from banned artists will also be removed.

Christmas songs and the like are also not eligible for the Listening Post, although we will collect these into a playlist that will be published on 24 December.

ENTIRE INBOX: BATCH 546

Here we have almost thirty eight minutes of excellent music chosen by me from this week's Fresh on the Net inbox. I have lots of exciting things to talk about, but limited time with which to do so. I shall leave you wanting more, for now. Fortunately, I wrote all of the following as soon as the inbox closed on Wednesday. If you like what you hear, then share the playlist around, and say nice things to the artists. If you enjoy being supported, then please be supportive to those around you.

Fresh on the Net - Eclectic Picks Batch 546

High Kingdom Pt. 1

Lyrics:

Crazy, you send me nutty all the time
Baby, you're driving me out of my mind

There's too much sorrow to live in this world
And there's too much pleasure to die
What other choice have you given me, girl?
You're driving me out of my mind

It's too distressing to start in this life
And it's too depressing to stop,
But you can do just whatever you like
When you're a cog short of a clock

Crazy, demented and deranged
Baby, you're driving me insane

It's too distressing to start in this life
And it's too depressing to stop,
But you can do just whatever you like
When you're a cog short of a clock

Written by Grungy Bill

The Difficult Children

Crazy (Or A Cog Short Of A Clock)

Metamorphosis

UAMELON

Exist

Nina

Portamento

Disorder is taken from Keening's second album - James Francis Diaries.
Preorder available here - https://darkliberationrecords.bandcamp.com/album/james-francis-diaries-2
James Francis was the lead singer of the cult band Strange Ones. He disappeared in 1993 from the island of Losse in Scotland where he was recording his debut album.

In 2022, James’ tapes and diaries were given by James’ parents to the band Keening. Keening had discovered and fallen in love with the Strange Ones' records and learned about James’ disappearance. The original demos themselves, even with digital restoration are unlistenable as James distorted the recordings and overdubbed them with found sounds from the island. Instead of replicating the songs, Keening decided to write their own music inspired by James’ diary, the mystery surrounding his disappearance, his lyrics, and the island of Losse. James’ edited diary is included here for interest and with the permission of his family.

releases January 20, 2024

James Francis Diaries

Disorder

DOPAMINE by Bjørn Felle, out now on AnalogueTrash

Dopamine

Produced by Leg Puppy 2.0
Remixed and mixed by DP34
Mastered by Paris Alexander

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRGM2CuG21w&t=4s

Bobby Clickbait (DP34 Remix)

A track from Turn Left At The Jedi's debut album Trinovantes which is available on turnleftatthejedi.bandcamp.com for the princely sum of £5

All other shenanigans can be found at tlatj.co.uk

Better Than A Kick In The Head

VORACIOUS (having a huge appetite)

You want me
Come and get it
Bloodsucker go fuck
I hear that all the time
u gotta be out of ur mind
Hey have u said ur goodbyes 
‘Cause well tonight 
ur not gonna survive

Of The Earth

Voracious

The Future Is Leisure

https://catbearmusic.com
https://catbearmusic.com/links

~~LYRICS~~
(Music and lyrics by Zoe Konez)

This has all happened already 
This has all been before
And so we find a justification
So we can believe in ‘this time’ once more

Another touch 
Another hurt
Another enemy
Another dust myself off

Another cross
Another wound
Another memory
Is enough, is enough

Another house 
Another haunt 
Another elegy
Another deep breath out

Another roll
Another cut
Another remedy
Another could’ve done more

For all we’ve done and what we’ve lost before
We will carry on
For all we’ve done and what we’ve lost before
We must carry on

Another rift
Another war
Another destiny
Another direction

Another break
Another block
Another penalty
That’s not all, that’s not all we’ve got

For all we’ve done and what we’ve lost before
We will carry on
For all we’ve done and what we’ve lost before
We must carry on

For all we’ve done and what we’ve lost before
We will carry on
For all we’ve done and what we’ve lost before
We must carry on


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https://catbearmusic.com
https://catbearmusic.com/links

Written, recorded and produced by Zoe Konez
Performed by CATBEAR
Mixed and mastered by Oz Craggs at Hidden Track Studios
For licensing enquiries please email hello @ thisistreehouse . com

Carry On

Tonight

From the album 'the midnight thicket' released October 2024.

The Midnight Thicket

.........when it gets to that moment.........

Let's Split

Pseudo Football Anthem

listen to I'll wait for you out now!
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/judeforsey1/ill-wait-for-you

i'll wait for you

Electropop single featuring the vocal talents of the "Elevator Icons". Available on Bandcamp now and shortly coming to Spotify/Amazon/Apple

"A path I know, leads to a bridge...."

The Bridge

The Bridge (feat. Elevator Icons)

Water water

J.O.B.S.

Electronic Punk & such of some like & more.

A new arrangement conjured from an enigmatic gloaming by a nomadic cast of less than ascetic curios.

Voracious

TARYN BITES