Your voice sounds great. I like the double tracking.

Wow, this is great! You'll go far :) love from a new fan in Australia :)

Found a new taste after for a long time. Thanks Terry

dude... i can say...you got that in you..your doing superb.. !!

NEW SKIN is the debut single taken from Scott's seventh studio album. NEW SKIN the album is released on 14th May 2021 on Shedio Records. Pre-order now on vinyl and CD exclusively at www.scottmatthews.uk

NEW SKIN - Scott Matthews

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‘Wish You Were Here’ is now available from all good digital outlets: https://orcd.co/terryemmwishyouwerehere 

Read Terry's interview with Wonderland Magazine here: https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2022/04/21/terry-emm-wish-you-were-here-new-noise-2/

‘Wish You Were Here’, the new single from Hertfordshire singer-songwriter Terry Emm is both a trip down memory lane and the start of a new era for the artist.

His first release since 2018’s ‘Ornate’ EP, the poignant single sees Emm revisit a song from his second album from over ten years ago, with new collaborator Lukas Drinkwater (Emily Barker, Jacob & Drinkwater, Annie Howie) on production duties and adding new instruments. The track is now taken in a stunning new direction with a carefully crafted velveteen 70s vintage sound that tugs on the heart strings with its wide-eyed sentiments of love and loss.

“The song is a reworking of a track called ‘Here’ from my 2012 ‘Petals Fallen Off The Sun’ album”, says Emm. “That album was my ‘difficult second album’ in many ways and I always felt like ‘Here’ was one of my best songs that hadn’t quite been realized yet and one day I’d revisit it. The idea stuck with me for some time, niggling away, so I felt like it must be done. So now, in a way to introduce myself back into the world of music, I thought why not touch on the past but also bring things up to date at the same time.”

Like all of his previous works, the single draws lyrically on Emm’s unique take on the world and again exhibits his non-routine way of structuring and composing songs. Now wrapped in a classic Americana singer-songwriter coat, with Lukas Drinkwater’s superb Fender Rhodes & double bass flourishes, ‘Wish You Were Here’ has been enriched.

“Every recording is subjective and captures a creative moment in time as it is and that’s what can make re-visiting songs years later in a new production setting really fun. When demoing material, I always end up with so many versions of songs and you almost want to release all of them with all their variations.” Emm explains. “Lately, I have also been relating to this particular song’s themes again and it has been cathartic to open up to it again. It felt like the song maybe had more to say or do somehow in the world at this time”, he adds.

Emm’s three album releases to date have received praise from the likes of BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris, BBC 6 Music’s Chris Hawkins, Gideon Coe & Tom Robinson, MOJO Magazine, Uncut Magazine, The Guardian and many more, but despite the critical acclaim, somehow Emm’s music has still remained very much under the radar.

However, in 2021, Emm’s song ‘Gently’ was featured at a key moment in the narrative of award-winning Toronto based author Jacquelyn Middleton’s Amazon #1 best-selling novel ‘The Certainty Of Chance’, proving the ability of his music to travel around the globe and perhaps hinting at a change in the tide for his career.

Wish You Were Here

London’s Lydian Collective will release their second single Legend Of Lumbar on December 1st - hot on the heels of their debut release ‘Thirty One’, which Clash described as “making genre-crashing, boundary-smashing music seem effortless”. It will be available globally on all streaming and download services. 

The band have already attracted a huge online following – with 1.4 million views for their YouTube channel and a host of solo credits between them (from Roots Manuva to popular iOS game Monument Valley). Their unique combination of accessible melodies, accomplished musicianship, hypnotic rhythms and uplifting music has won fans around the world – before they have even released their highly anticipated debut album.

Thirty-One has had a huge reception on Spotify, attracting playlist additions in its first week putting it in front of over 250,000 users. As we speak, the track has been streamed nearly 70,000 times.

Drawing inspiration from Jazz, Electronica, World Music and Film, the band have had early support from key UK tastemakers like Nick Luscombe at Flomotion/BBC Radio 3 – and have played at major Central London venues such as the Festival Hall Clore Ballroom. 

Legend Of Lumbar is the second single from the debut album ‘Adventure’ (set for release in early 2018), and it shows off the band’s manifesto. The band take more of a groove-based approach than they did on Thirty-One, with inspiration from Aaron Wheeler’s electronica alter-ego Laszlo. The killer rhythm team of Ida Hollis and Sophie Alloway lead the way, with another killer melody from Aaron Wheeler and Todd Baker (keys & guitar). Todd was the brains behind the soundtrack for the recent iOS game Monument Valley – and you can hear hints of this in the new single.

Look out for another single which will drop early January, before the flawless debut LP ‘Adventure’ is set free.

To find out more about Lydian Collective, visit www.facebook.com/LydianCollective/

Legend Of Lumbar

First song from the EP "Farvel", to be released in May 18

Lyrics: Mette Moestrup

Insomnia

I wrote Hideout when I had a sudden realisation that a relationship I was in finally felt totally right, after consciously ‘trying’ for a long time. It’s about leaving behind all the things you thought you needed, and discovering a new level of contentment with only them and the endless space around you.

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Lyrics:


I've been young, i've been innocent, 
I’ve been brave, I've been different, 
I've had ties and I've had severence. 

You've got a face that softens every muscle in my body, 
I've got a cupboard full of clothes I don't need,
Building a place so I can shut the world outside.

(And now) I’ve got an empty hideout cause I don't need to hide now,
The wind can blow out the candle, cause I'm certain I can't fall.
You've got a face that softens
All of the glass I’ve trodden, 
Now I’ve got an empty hideout.

Under the stars, out in the elements, 
If there's no room, there are no elephants,
When you speak the waves are radiant.

You've got a face that softens every muscle in my body, 
I’ve never needed all these things to feel whole,
Something familiar in the love that you provide.

(And now) I’ve got an empty hideout cause I don't need to hide now,
The wind can blow out the candle, cause I'm certain I can't fall.
You've got a face that softens
All of the glass I’ve trodden, 
Now I’ve got an empty hideout.

I don’t need to hide now I don’t need to,
Something in your love makes everything light up.
We don’t say a word although we want to,
Your heart was on the line now suddenly it’s mine.
There’s something in your love,
Something in your love,
Something in your love, in you love.
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Produced by Matt Cotterill - http://matthewcotterill.co.uk/ 
Artwork by Reuben Gaines & Natalie Holmes - http://www.reubengaines.com/
Mastered by Jp Braddock - http://mastering.ninja/

Hideout & Vessels

Hideout

Smoke

Ornate

The Leaving

Sophia

Terry Emm - Loved And Never Lost

Out 3rd June 2013 (Azez Records)

Terry Emm is increasingly gaining recognition and high plaudits for creating slow burning understated alt-folk with beautiful arrangements, English sensibilities and endearing poetic lyrics. 

'Loved And Never Lost' is the first single to be taken from Emm's forthcoming third album, the track details Emm's sentimental reflections on his changing life and perspectives on the world around him and perhaps signals a coming of age and maturing from the earlier teenage efforts of his critically acclaimed 'White Butterflies' debut and the recent angst ridden 'Petals Fallen Off The Sun' album. Calina De La Mare's (Sophia, Tindersticks) majestic string arrangements soar above stumbling and building epic drums by Stuart Wilkinson and producer Michael Clarke's (Clarkesville, Dan Whitehouse) subtle accompaniments in what makes for a moving and beautiful track with a certain timeless quality to it. 

The release of ‘Loved And Never Lost’ follows the success of the pretty Christmas single 'Gently' which received much airplay including from the likes of Gideon Coe and Chris Hawkins on BBC 6 Music and the animated video for which was picked up by over 50 music blogs around the world, including The Guardian Music Blog.

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