there is a lot going on in this song, just wow

Beautiful guitars, liking the changes. :)

May 2020 Discoveries.

Many people simply want to hear and enjoy some great new music without having to waste time searching for hours. These Musical Discoveries collections aim to fulfil those needs. At least, we hope so! :)

This playlist is a compilation of the favourite musical discoveries of the Wud Records team from everything they heard at SoundCloud during May 2020.

Tracks have been arranged according to the number of plays at the time of publishing, starting with the fewest. Tracks that are early in playlists tend to receive more plays than later tracks, and we feel that the ones with fewer plays need the best chance of exposure.

This playlist is extremely eclectic, so if the track you are playing isn't quite doing it for you, try the next one. It will probably be completely different.

If you enjoyed listening to something here, please give it a like and a repost. Follow the artist. Give them a shoutout on social media. Check out some of their other tracks. Buy something from them and your support will help them to keep going. Doing any of this will help raise their profile. At the very least you might make their day. :)

If you happen to be on this playlist, please share, and give us a shoutout on your social media feeds - because if we spot it, it gives us another opportunity to repost you and big you up. Please listen to as many tracks by the other great bands as you can, and... enjoy!

See also:
* this playlist at Wud Records: http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/musical-discoveries/may-2020-musical-discoveries
* all Musical Discoveries compilations: http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/musical-discoveries/
* news about this playlist: http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/wud-records-may-2020-musical-discoveries

Downloads help us! :)

May 2020 Discoveries

lyrics, vocals: Shark Teeth @shark_teeth93 
music, mix/master: Echo Garage

artwork by Shark Teeth

lyrics

I believe something a little crazy, a little out there
Inconceivable, inconceivable
I believe something, now hear me out man
I have seen saucers flying in the sky, flying in the sky
Cruising at warp speed, changing direction, then disappearing
Can't change my mind
I want to believe
I want to believe
I want to believe

The truth is out there for those who seek it
I know they're out there, seen 'em with my own eyes
The truth is out there, I want to find it
I know they're out there watching from the skies

I believe something a little spooky, a little kooky
Implausible, but not impossible
I believe something, open your mind man, truth is worth finding
If you've got the nerve, if you've got the nerve
We will go down the rabbit hole and discover worlds
Beyond your wildest dreams
Do you believe?
Do you believe?
Do you believe?

The truth is out there for those who seek it
I know they're out there, seen 'em with my own eyes
The truth is out there, I want to find it
I know they're out there watching from the skies

Don't call me crazy, you're the one that's crazy
You could never believe the things that I've seen
A stable form of element 115
Intelligence far greater than our own
They come and beam you up from your home
One way or another I've got to know
Even at the expense of getting probed
I want to look them right in the eye
I want an encounter before I die

Shark Teeth and Echo Garage - I Want To Believe

I was trying to write a short and catchy pop song... I think I nailed it ;)

cover photo by 12019

Welcome Down The Rabbit Hole

"Winter in the City of Vancouver": On All Streaming Platforms. Here's a landing page: https://linktr.ee/michaelfirthsellers

This is a song about mature resignation in the face of human indifference and natural elements you can do nothing about.

My thanks to Chris Curtis for his harmonies, and to Sergio Aguilar of 423 Studios, for the supremely judged production and instrumental ability he brings to every song we have recorded!

"I would say just the weather in Vancouver in the winter can be kind of unforgiving."
- Brandon Jay McLaren

"I eat out three times a day most days of the year. This is no big deal to most (city dwellers), and it is not something I am necessarily proud of - it's simply the nature of my itinerant life."
- Ben Elliot

Lyrics
Winter in the city of Vancouver
It’s brutal if you don’t have some steady pay
And any working hours you’ve gained
Don’t help to ease the pain
Of living on the edge day after day

Winter in the city of Vancouver
Hail and sleet are flaying me alive
Cos the ragged clothes I wear
Let in more than I can bear
It’s an endless daily struggle to survive

Going south from Lions Gate to Granville Island
Going east from English Bay to Coquitlam
I’m seeking work to get me through to summer
If the job’s well done, press some dollars in my hand

Coyotes snapping at my heels as I walk through Stanley Park
I sure don’t care to find out if their bite is worse than their bark!
My coffee’s cold in my two-year-old disposable Starbucks cup
I fear my hopes are so far down there’s no way to pull them up!

Winter in the city of Vancouver
Christmas snow, the first in many years
As I tramp through dirty slush
My face a cold, red flush
I brush away my bitter icy tears

Going south from Lions Gate to Granville Island
Going east from English Bay to Coquitlam
If I knock upon your door, give me whatever chore
And if the job’s well done, press some dollars in my hand

Going south from Lions Gate to Granville Island
Going east from English Bay to Coquitlam
Boss man says "Just a day, then on your way, son"
But at least I get some dollars in my hand

Winter in the city of Vancouver
A city that I love and love to hate
I’m looking for some heat,
And something good to eat
Nothing more, for now at any rate

Credits from Urban Tales, track released February 28, 2022
Music and lyrics: Michael Sellers
Vocals: Michael Sellers; Chris Curtis
Guitars, keyboard, musical arrangement, & production: Sergio Aguilar
Drums: Rodrigo Uribe
Album Cover photo: Image by Aditya Chinchure on Unsplash
Cover designs: Loretta Sellers Fortuny

Urban Tales

Winter in the City of Vancouver

Buy now at Bandcamp

Winter In The City Of Vancouver (ft. Chris Curtis) 5 Stars Commended rating, UKSC, 2022

For song and album art visit Wou-Wou & the Wormling at:
wouwouandthewormling.com
https://www.instagram.com/wouwouandthewormling

Wow, this is the 5th song posted from the album I started using demo tracks given to me by Wou-Wou & the Wormling during the start of the pandemic! This song was inspired by the conservative agenda, which at the time was more noticeably gaining momentum, to systematically whittle away and block the rights of those groups that did’t align with their values. The conservative agenda continues to gain strength, and it is up to the people to support each other in maintaining and advancing rights (including those of groups one is not a part of).    

It has been a great pleasure working with Stricknice, Bitzone, and Wou-Wou on these tracks. We are blessed by all the support the SoundCloud community has given to our releases. We can’t wait to share more music with you all. 

I haven't done a more straight up hip hop song in ages! 

Track Credits:

Stricknice: Intro Guitar, Samples, Ending Solo Guitar and Keys
https://soundcloud.com/j-nice-6
Bitzone: Mix and Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Bass, Guitar, Drums, Original Demo Track, Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://wouwouandthewormling.bandcamp.com
the Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Production
musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:

Hit the streets likes it’s a brand new day
Pound the pavement for the payment 
Of knowing I slay
Say hey to all my homies around my way
Say hey to all the folks just trying to get paid
What up party people dying to get laid
Let you freak flag fly high up and away
Pray to allah Pray to Jesus 
Get all Polytheistic if it pleases
Go to college and write a thesis 
Couch surf around the globe and sleep on beaches 
Who needs meat when we got peaches
Who needs warfarin when we got leeches
Use yo magic to cure diseases 
Go help somebody with yo expertises 
Take a stand against injusticeses 
And don’t give a damn if no one agrees with

You 
won’t see eye to eye with
You
Isn’t able to fully accept 
You
doesn’t want to believe in
You
Be real to your-self and stay true

Word
You know we still fighting 
To open minds to new perspectives
And hearts to other ways of being  And that’s for real
Yo

Who you got a problem with 
What you try to solve it with
Why you got that solid fist
When now’s the time to 
Listen go out and try something
Different see what chu mighta been 
Missin’ dismissin’ 
Omittin’ what wasn’t Fittin’
Your world view 
Let go of what you knew so
You can become a new you
Discover what’s now true 
To hold onto your values
And speak your truth and stay for real
While holdin’ space for others to feel
What they gonna feel and what they says their truth
But if it falls to pieces and their beliefs lead to more injusticeses 
Then don’t give a damn if no one agrees with

You 
won’t see eye to eye with
You
Isn’t able to fully accept 
You
doesn’t want to believe in
You
Be real to your-self and stay true

Yea
That right
This one goes out to all those leading the fight 
In the struggle on the day to day
Word

Stricknice, Bitzone, Wou-Wou & The Wormling, and the Couch King - You

This is probably the quickest song I've written and composed (2 days -- wow)! I was feeling stressed due to midterms, so instead of working and studying, I decided to write a song. I was just thinking about this funny TikTok I watched long ago where this girl was asking if I (the audience) truly liked my crush or if I just liked the way I was with them or the facade I had envisioned for them. I felt called out(lol)but also inspired. The mind truly is a beautiful thing. Anyways, I hope you guys like it as much as I do! Like always, there is more music to come!

<3 hemlocke springs!

Lyrics:
I fell
Deep in the art
I fell
Where did it start

(ohh) 

I fell
Deep in the art
I fell
When did it start

I don’t get it
The feeling’s a fire
I regret it
The mind is a liar

Yet I fell
Straight to the top
A weak high
Will it ever stop?

All in all it was a typical Tuesday
And he just happened to be coming my way
Surely I’m not insane

I just want love
I’ll take anyone!

I need your attention
In this frail dimension of a brain

I just want love
(Didn’t know my sturdy heart can be so brittle)
I’ll take anyone
(Gimme all your love and I’ll back off a little)

(Vroom vroom)
Then a table for two
Tell me everything you want to do to me

I just want love

gimme all ur luv

Cover of Heathrow by Catfish and the Bottlemen.

Heathrow

Dont be afraid to go die
Together we can fly

Put your hand into mine
And hold it down real tight

Please dont turn out the lights
I just get scared at night

Notice that i call you my wife
I say it all the time

And sometimes it gets so real
i know just how it feels

Together we can go steal
our love just so real

Dont be afraid to go die
Together we can fly

Put your hand into mine
And hold it down real tight

Please dont turn out the lights
I just get scared at night

Notice that i call you my wife
I say it all the time

Don't Be Afraid To Die (Prod. Waves)

Habibi is Tamino’s debut single. It’s one of the five tracks on his self titled debut EP on Unday Records. 

https://www.undayrecords.be
https://www.taminomusic.com

Buy / Stream

Tamino - Habibi

Rock Band
Pls visit our website: https://www.killthebeastband.com/

You Can't Call My Name

Written and Produced by Neal Sawyer.
Mixed and Mastered by Gareth Rogers.

Taken from the debut solo album 'BALLADS OF THE MORTAL'.
AVAILABLE DIGITALLY NOW:
http://bit.ly/NealSawyerOfficial
http://smarturl.it/NSBalladsoftheMortal

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Follow Neal Sawyer on:
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Lyrics:
These tears can't fall
All of the time
See I feel the earth move
So I've got to get out of here
To stay alive

I see lovers eyes
Fall to the floor
In a city that weeps
Our generation
Searching for more

And you hold my fears
Now I'm tending to tears
And my fears
They got me tending to tears

And you hold my fears
Now I'm tending to tears
And my fears
They got me tending to tears
Tending to tears
Tending to tears

Ballads of the Mortal

Tending to Tears

Any Day Now

California

A Summer Field (Demo)

Tamino - Indigo Night [Instrumental Cover]

Copywrite

This is the song written in response to thieves who stole £8,000 worth of music gear from our practise room. We responded in the only way we could. Spread the word to make sure they hear it!

Where The Fuck Is My Guitar

It's going to take a lot to forgive you,
After all these years,
I don't know if I gotta keep trying,
But I'm dying to know,
Are you still there and do you think of us here?
And I'm anxious to know, oh do you think of us here?
Falling down,
Its so dark, dark
Trying to find my way home,
Trying to find my way home,
I know you don't know,
I know you don't know,
Where I hide, 
Where I lie,
Where I wait.
Hey old man, are you living or are you dust?
Hey old man, are you living or are you dust?
Hey old man, are you living or are you dust?
Hey old man, are you living or are you dust?
It hardly matters anymore when there is such distrust.

Music & lyrics: Stephen James Howard 
Vocals, guitars, & drum programming: Stephen James Howard 
Producer: Stephen James Howard 
Photo credits: Benny van der Plank

Dust

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LEGACY ARTISTS:
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* For DIY musicians:

Looking to grow your fanbase? Here's a proven strategy for success. It's a bit time-consuming at first because you need to work at it often. However, the awesome results will make it worth your while:

http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/be-discovered-on-social-media

That article was published in March 2017. While some of the links may no longer work, the theory absolutely will. Try it for yourself!

* Unfortunately...

Due to brexshit, broken britain, rip-off britain, corruption, lies and bias in the media, bigotry, racism, intolerance, polarisation, the fact that some of our family members would not be allowed to remain post-brexit, state-sponsored child trafficking (yes, that's right, we said it - it's pretty shocking, start reading from here if you don't believe it: https://forced-adoption.com/), an increasing sense of frustration and exasperation, and general total weariness of being treated with nothing but derision, ignorance and contempt by the entire shebang since the early 80s, we decided enough was enough and moved our entire operation from brexeter in the uk to begin our grand brexodus in 2017. We are now brefugees, living in brexile very near the border of the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany. If you live in (the crumbling remains of) the uk, do yourself a favour and leave. The upgrade in life quality will blow your mind.

* What do we stand for as a label?

We support all independent musicians who are doing something we find interesting. Our team members all have formal music education qualifications.

We are against corporate brainwash muzak, their puppet friends in the mass media, and many other corporate activities. We will fight their desecration of music until either it stops or we die. 

We believe in helping others in the face of corrupt laws and a broken system. We are pro democracy, green energy and free speech.

We're politically liberal. We cannot support the republicans, maga or gun violence in the usa. We don't see there's any real difference, other than in name, between the christian far right in the USA and the taliban in Afghanistan.

In the uk we are broadly pro LibDem/Green/Labour/SNP. We are VERY anti-tory, bnp, ukip, and any of their friends and associates. We have no trust at all in the uk right wing press monopoly and the bbc. Beware the bbc and its claims of neutrality. It is the propaganda mouthpiece of the tory party. It even charges a propaganda tax called the licence fee. But we like Test Match Special and Radio 6, so does that make us hypocrites...? Hmm.

We support independence for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Cornwall. We support the individual and the underdog. We are anti-putin and his war, and pro-Ukraine.

Please notice the careful use of capitals. Capital letters imply respect!

We're only interested in the colour of your soul. Not your skin, hair or socks.

We like cricket! Most of us support Somerset County Cricket Club.

Amsterdam & Geneva-based Brit, Stephen J. Howard, "slides buffed-up Morrissey vocal inflections through a late 80’s guitar-pop/slight post-punk juxtaposition, that is as unusual as it is beautiful." Janglepophub review of "Come Back When It's Over" 10/11/2020
"Excellent music.." Norman B (https://lifeelsewhere.co/2019/12/12/a-conversation-with-ten-katestraat/)
"An abundance of headphone moments on the one track & an absolute fine piece of music" Alice Peter-Burns (NOVUMfm.de);
"Fantastic!" Christian John (RadioWigwam.co.uk);
"This is absolutely gorgeous. Has let some light into our world today" (EverythingIndieOver40.com)

A Brexit refugee and former street busker, Stephen rebooted his music career after playing his defiant political songs at the Amsterdam Songwriters' Guild Cafe de Koe openmic in 2017. After single releases in 2019 & 2020 that gained international radio play, the band turned to recording at their tiny home studio in Amsterdam, releasing lockdown songs "Follow Where The Swallows Go", "Come Back When It's Over" and "We Live In A Beautiful City". "Puerto Sol", recorded in Geneva, will be released on 3rd June 2022.

Influences include Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Jeff Buckley, Jacques Brel, Sonic Youth, Johnny Marr and Radiohead.

Profile photo thanks to Nicola Evans. Image gallery photo thanks to Benny Van Der Plank.

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