An underwater microphone, under Chantry Bridge in Wakefield. Model D/140 (https://www.neptune-sonar.co.uk/products/hydrophones/modeld140) kindly supplied by my daytime employer Neptune Sonar Ltd of Yorkshire.

The audio is postprocessed through a Watkins Copycat and the stock Logic Pro X compressor.

Splosh

Spectrum EP

Spectrum (Haçienda Mix)

Wallflower (Classical Reprise)

Unmastered album 3 demo of "One Girl Girl" - a song I've been touring quite a bit over the past couple of years, currently slated for the upcoming LP "Dirty Blonde".

Personnel:
Jessica Rowbottom (vocals, keys, melodica, autoharp, Hammond organ)
The Advantages: Charly Milton-Doyle, Cilla Wright, Nicki Wakefield (BVs, cheers, whoops)
Osmary Rivera (mandolin)
Sproose Moose (acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar)
Ivan Krnic (bass)
Rob Taylor (drums)

Recorded at The Fishbowl (Wakefield), Talking Cat (Ripponden), a back room in Bridlington and a front room in Dulwich.

Music/Lyrics: Jessica Rowbottom
BVs arrangement: The Advantages
Vocal engineering: Jon Loomes & Fru Rakoczy

© 2023 The Bleeding Obvious

Dirty Blonde Demos

One Girl Girl

A new demo about refusing to grow old gracefully.

Vocals, melodica, piano, vibraphone, Hammond, autoharp, bodhrán, percussion, tambourine - Jessica Rowbottom

Demo - 28 Mar 2023

© 2023 The Bleeding Obvious

Down With The Kids (Demo)

A demo of a song which was recorded the Rainbow Heart sessions in 2017, featuring the vocal talents of Colleen Taylor.

Words/Music by Jessica Rowbottom.

Personnel:
Colleen Taylor - Vocals
Jessica Rowbottom - Keys, glockenspiel, Hammond, flute, electric guitar, bass
Jennifer Crowe, Philip Aster - Brass
Rob Taylor - Percussion

Dirty Blonde

As You Fall (Demo)

"The Last Thought" by The Bleeding Obvious - the Christmas single for 2017. Released 24th November 2017 on digital download.

Buy it at iTunes, Amazon, etc. but also from my own shop as MP3/FLAC at: http://shop.bleedingobvious.uk/track/the-last-thought

Vocals: Jessica Rowbottom
Violins: William Stewart
Flute: Tess Lowe
Piano, percussion, glockenspiel, harp, digital strings: Jessica Rowbottom

Music: Jessica Rowbottom
Lyrics: Jessica Rowbottom (with additional lyrics by Marie Keen)
Mastered by Dez Ford
Artwork: Mark Quire

The Last Thought

Clara (Original Soundtrack)

You Don't Have To Do It Alone

“A rabbit-hole of genres” is just one of the phrases used to describe the music of The Bleeding Obvious: the monicker of Yorkshire lass Jessica Rowbottom, whose music encompasses everything from pounding electronic club beats to orchestral soundscapes and soulful funk-pop. Collaborating with singers and musicians she’s met along the way the music is emotional, reflective, joyful, frequently dark, almost autobiographical in places.

For fans of Swing Out Sister, Pet Shop Boys, Chumbawamba and kd lang.

The Bleeding Obvious

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