3 songs, recorded at different times, all with the same theme, Glasgow.  They have now been brought together for this ep. 

1.  Glamorous to the End
2.  Late Night Sauchiehall Street
3.  For Alice (remixed and remastered)

Thanks to: G and The Vinyl Villain for their incredible patience.

Vocals:
Glamorous to the End - G
Late Night Sauchiehall Street – The Vinyl Villain
For Alice - TAP

The original art work of G, by Alasdair Gray, is copyrighted to G. It has been meddled with for this sleeve.

This ep is available from bandcamp as a free download only.

Somebody Sometimes

For Alice

3 songs, recorded at different times, all with the same theme, Glasgow (lyrics below).  They have now been brought together for this ep. 

1.  Glamorous to the End
2.  Late Night Sauchiehall Street
3.  For Alice (remixed and remastered)

Thanks to: G and The Vinyl Villain for their incredible patience.

Vocals:
Glamorous to the End - G
Late Night Sauchiehall Street – The Vinyl Villain
For Alice - TAP

The original art work of G, by Alasdair Gray, is copyrighted to G. It has been meddled with for this sleeve.

This ep is available from Bandcamp as a free download only.

LYRICS

Just another Friday night
Or so it seemed
We met at the Variety as usual
We were all suitably preened
Each of us with absent partners
But then again what did that matter
We can all look but we can’t touch
We’re always blurring real and imagined worlds

Too many drinks far too fast
But that’s the machismo we honour
I have to be home by eleven
Because I’ve commitments tomorrow

And like clockwork we stumble
Into the familiar Sleazy’s
Where we watch impudent pups with ageless guitars
Laughing and throwing their youth right in our faces

It’s doubles now
And they’re followed by doubles for chasers
Hours fly by, as they always do
It’s amid zombie-phone distractions
And nostalgic conversations

I remember someone being sick
Was that me? I’m not sure?
The again, what’s a Friday night
Without sick on your shoes?

I call it a night
And I make my excuses
Hey guys, I’ve got a train to catch
Remember guys, I promised …
What happened?
I don’t understand?
How did I get here?

My face pressed against the concrete
My view is a sea of shoes
In close-up, there’s a cigarette butt, alight and poisoning
It’s bright glow stamped out amid a rabble of voices

It’s Sauchiehall Street,
Saturday the 15th June,
4.16am
I was pronounced dead

Late Night Sauchiehall Street

3 songs, recorded at different times, all with the same theme, Glasgow (lyrics below).  They have now been brought together for this ep. 

1.  Glamorous to the End
2.  Late Night Sauchiehall Street
3.  For Alice (remixed and remastered)

Thanks to: G and The Vinyl Villain for their incredible patience.

Vocals:
Glamorous to the End - G
Late Night Sauchiehall Street – The Vinyl Villain
For Alice - TAP

The original art work of G, by Alasdair Gray, is copyrighted to G. It has been meddled with for this sleeve.

This ep is available from Bandcamp as a free download only.

LYRICS

She was truly glamorous
At least that’s how I’ll always remember her
She’d tease and spray her bouffant with care
Before leaving for the afternoon
Pubs closed at three back then
Officially re-opening at five
But often as not there was a lock-in
Morphing afternoon, into evening, into night …

A stagger to the bus stop
My shame for all to see
Her bouffant flat and listless
Her trousers now holed in one knee

This could be perceived as a sad story
Of a woman losing herself to drink
But this woman was nobody’s victim
She would not be belittled or diminished
Nor browbeaten by duplicitous do-gooders
None of whom would ever do any good
No priest, no neighbour, no family or friends
Alone she survived her husband’s death

Goodbye 1970s
You really could be cruel
You Sectioned those bereaved
You treated grief with ECT
But I knew someone trapped in your game
She escaped
She won 
She remained glamorous to the end

Glamorous to the End

Diacritic appears on Words Fail Me a collection of 4 instrumentals recorded in 2021.  

The ep is available as a free download via Bandcamp.  

Thanks to those who have supported The Affectionate Punch's DIY endeavours. You know who you are. 

Particular thanks to CZ and G for their generous assistance with this release.

Words Fail Me

Diacritic

Determiner appears on Words Fail Me a collection of 4 instrumentals recorded in 2021.  

The ep is available as a free download via Bandcamp.  

Thanks to those who have supported The Affectionate Punch's DIY endeavours. You know who you are. 

Particular thanks to CZ and G for their generous assistance with this release.

Determiner

Marbles appears on the 10 track LP States of Undress.  As ever it is our intention to make the ep available for free on Bandcamp. We hope you enjoy our world of DIY, home recordings.

Dedicated to Cathal Coughlan and Andrew Fletcher. who's untimely deaths inspired me to get off my arse and create music. I'm ever indebted to both. Over the years they have brought so much light into my life.

States of Undress

Marbles

Fascist As Victim appears on the 3-track single Entangled. The single can be downloaded free at Bandcamp.

Fascist As Victim

Music:  Holocuast Nancy
Words and Vocals:  Marshamallow Fortresses

All the world’s a stage
for the rageful
and their victims
To be or not
to be one of them
That is the question

We asked for you
at our class reunion,
an encore for the theater geeks
Some gleeful gossip butted in,
saying you’d been
on the streets,
a hopeless speed freak

A leading man in the drug scene
You went from playing
class speaker
to burned-out tweaker
A teary-eyed skeleton
holding a glass pipe as if it were
as precious as a Tony
or an Oscar

There’s a world of drama
in a cast
of shady characters
The kind of villains
who don’t look past
their shit being stolen

This is how you won a role in
a modern tragedy,
delivering a plea,
your finest soliloquy
But there is n’er mercy

Alas, alack
They drove up
and ordered you
to hop in back.
Perchance to dream
that it was just a warning

Alas, alack
They dragged you to the train tracks,
marched to the spot
where you were shot
A switchman found your body
the next morning

All the world’s a stage
for the rageful
and their victims
But soft
people sleep
in comfort
to the sound
of trains in the distance

Alas, Alack

Jesus by The Affectionate Punch.  Original by The Velvet Underground - released March 1969.

Music and backing vocals: Holocaust Nancy
Vocals:  Amanda Sanderson

Video:  https://youtu.be/zid-96txwAQ

Jesus

OMG! TVV is last completed song that will appear on the LP So Long Ago, Goodbye. The LP is available to download from Bandcamp.

https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/so-long-ago-goodbye

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/5nHnVeUoFzA

My sincere thanks to C and J - the catalysts for the LP project.

So Long Ago, Goodbye

OMG! TVV

Lullaby was originally released by The Cure, April 1989.

Music:   Holocaust Nancy
Vocals: Sandy Black, The Poison Sisters.  https://soundcloud.com/poisonsisters


On candy stripe legs the Spiderman comes
Softly through the shadow of the evening sun
Stealing past the windows of the blissfully dead
Looking for the victim shivering in bed
Searching out fear in the gathering gloom and
Suddenly
A movement in the corner of the room
And there is nothing I can do
When I realize with fright
That the Spiderman is having me for dinner tonight

Quietly he laughs and shaking his head
Creeps closer now
Closer to the foot of the bed
And softer than shadow and quicker than flies
His arms are all around me and his tongue in my eyes
Be still be calm be quiet now my precious boy
Don't struggle like that or I will only love you more
For it's much too late to get away or turn on the light
The Spiderman is having you for dinner tonight

And I feel like I'm being eaten
By a thousand million shivering furry holes
And I know that in the morning I will wake up
In the shivering cold

And the Spiderman is always hungry

Lullaby

Ricky’s Hand was originally released by Fad Gadget, March 1980.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI7AODErCCE

Music:  Holocaust Nancy
Vocals: Sandy Black, The Poison Sisters.  https://soundcloud.com/poisonsisters


Scratched his head, then pulled his ear
Reached out for a glass of beer
Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand
From the pocket it pulled five pound
Ricky bought another round
Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand
In the dark it found his zip
Wiped his mouth when he was sick
Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand

Six pints later he waved goodbye
Picked his nose and squashed a fly
Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand
Slamming the door it grasped the wheel
Now Ricky's full of man appeal
Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand
Ricky contravened the highway code
The hand lies severed at the side of the road
Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand

Ricky's Hand

Lo-fi Dreamers is paean to some of those wonderful bands / artists that helped shape my own musical journey and is available via Bandcamp.

I Can’t Understand A Word You Say
Be Still My Beating Heart
Lo-fi Dreamers
Look Who’s Here To See You

Thanks are due:

GA for continued patience and understanding.
CZ and JC for their outstanding kindness and support.
AS, MF, SB and PMcK for their magnificent contributions to The Affectionate Punch project.

Be Still My Beating Heart by The Affectionate Punch.

Photo: Chris Frank

Be Still My Beating Heart

Lo-fi Dreamers is paean to some of those wonderful bands / artists that helped shape my own musical journey and is available via Bandcamp.

I Can’t Understand A Word You Say
Be Still My Beating Heart
Lo-fi Dreamers
Look Who’s Here To See You

Thanks are due:

GA for continued patience and understanding.
CZ and JC for their outstanding kindness and support.
AS, MF, SB and PMcK for their magnificent contributions to The Affectionate Punch project.

Look Who's Here To See You by The Affectionate Punch.

Video:  https://youtu.be/-M4kjDxYAtE

Look Who's Here To See You

Lo-fi Dreamers is paean to some of those wonderful bands / artists that helped shape my own musical journey and is available via Bandcamp.

I Can’t Understand A Word You Say
Be Still My Beating Heart
Lo-fi Dreamers
Look Who’s Here To See You

Thanks are due:

GA for continued patience and understanding.
CZ and JC for their outstanding kindness and support.
AS, MF, SB and PMcK for their magnificent contributions to The Affectionate Punch project.

I Can't Understand A Word You Say by The Affectionate Punch.

I can’t understand a word you say
You seem to go out of your way 
To contradict and obfuscate
You almost seem ashamed?

I’m not in love / I’ll never give up
I’m not in love / I’ll never give up
I’m not in love / I’ll never give up
I’m not in love / I’ll never give up

You can’t understand a word I say
I always go out of my way 
To reconcile or elucidate
I’ve never been ashamed

I’m not in love / I’ll never give up
I’m not in love / I’ll never give up
I’m not in love / I’ll never give up
I’m not in love / I’ll never give up

I Can't Understand A Word You Say

Lo-fi Dreamers is paean to some of those wonderful bands / artists that helped shape my own musical journey and is available via Bandcamp.

I Can’t Understand A Word You Say
Be Still My Beating Heart
Lo-fi Dreamers
Look Who’s Here To See You

Thanks are due:

GA for continued patience and understanding.
CZ and JC for their outstanding kindness and support.
AS, MF, SB and PMcK for their magnificent contributions to The Affectionate Punch project.

He can’t explain
Week after week, 
Month after month,
Year after year,
He’s still standing here …

She looks so cute in her stripy t-shirt
He looks at her, but she never sees him
Same time, same place now and forever
She’ll always be his lo-fi dreamer

She can’t explain
Week after week, 
Month after month,
Year after year,
She’s still standing here …

He looks so cute in his stripy t-shirt
She looks at him, but he never sees her
Same time, same place now and forever
He’ll always be her lo-fi dreamer

He can’t explain
She can’t explain
He’s still standing there …
She’s still standing there …

She looks so cute in her stripy t-shirt
He looks at her, but she never sees him
Same time, same place now and forever
She’ll always be his lo-fi dreamer

He looks so cute in his stripy t-shirt
She looks at him, but he never sees her
Same time, same place now and forever
He’ll always be her lo-fi dreamer

Lo-fi Dreamers e.p.

Lo-fi Dreamers

In Spite Of It All features on the e.p. Bittersweet Me. It available as a free download on Bandcamp.

Bittersweet Me

In Spite Of It All

Scars IV features Amanda Sanderson on vocals.  https://soundcloud.com/phoebeelena

It appears on the Scars e.p.: available as a free download via Bandcamp.
https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/scars-e-p

Video Scars III:  https://youtu.be/9dPMcaBgde4

I’m battle worn, for now

Through gritted teeth you say nothing
A sideways glance tells me everything
I look away, I don’t want to say
The wrong thing

You say you want to believe
So, do I
We’ve been here a thousand times
No matter how we try  

We wear our scars, with pride

With a gentle touch, we heal the hurt
Cautious at first, cautious as always
Deep in a cuddle, an afterglow of subtle
Always hoping …

You say you want to believe
So, do I
We’ve been here a thousand times
No matter how we try

Scars

Scars IV

Scars III features vocals by The Vinyl Villain and The Additions. 
https://thenewvinylvillain.com

It appears on the Scars e.p.: available as a free download via Bandcamp.
https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/scars-e-p

Video Scars III:  https://youtu.be/9dPMcaBgde4

I’m battle worn, for now

Through gritted teeth you say nothing
A sideways glance tells me everything
I look away, I don’t want to say
The wrong thing

You say you want to believe
So, do I
We’ve been here a thousand times
No matter how we try  

We wear our scars, with pride

With a gentle touch, we heal the hurt
Cautious at first, cautious as always
Deep in a cuddle, an afterglow of subtle
Always hoping …

You say you want to believe
So, do I
We’ve been here a thousand times
No matter how we try

Scars III

Scars II features vocals by Paul McKeever and Amanda Sanderson.
https://soundcloud.com/paulmck
https://soundcloud.com/phoebeelena

It appears on the Scars e.p.: available as a free download via Bandcamp.
https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/scars-e-p

Video Scars III:  https://youtu.be/9dPMcaBgde4

I’m battle worn, for now

Through gritted teeth you say nothing
A sideways glance tells me everything
I look away, I don’t want to say
The wrong thing

You say you want to believe
So, do I
We’ve been here a thousand times
No matter how we try  

We wear our scars, with pride

With a gentle touch, we heal the hurt
Cautious at first, cautious as always
Deep in a cuddle, an afterglow of subtle
Always hoping …

You say you want to believe
So, do I
We’ve been here a thousand times
No matter how we try

Scars II

Scars I features vocals by Holocaust Nancy.  

It appears as a bonus track on the Scars e.p.: available as a free download via Bandcamp. https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/scars-e-p

Video Scars III:  https://youtu.be/9dPMcaBgde4

I’m battle worn, for now

Through gritted teeth you say nothing
A sideways glance tells me everything
I look away, I don’t want to say
The wrong thing

You say you want to believe
So, do I
We’ve been here a thousand times
No matter how we try  

We wear our scars, with pride

With a gentle touch, we heal the hurt
Cautious at first, cautious as always
Deep in a cuddle, an afterglow of subtle
Always hoping …

You say you want to believe
So, do I
We’ve been here a thousand times
No matter how we try

Scars I

You Know How People Sound When They Say They're 'In Love appears on the e.p. Daydream Nostalgia which can be downloaded free from Bandcamp.

https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/daydream-nostalgia-e-p

Video:  https://youtu.be/i_K1m_yL3WU

Daydream Nostalgia

You Know How People Sound When They Say They're 'In Love'

Age Proof (1982) appears on the e.p. Daydream Nostalgia which can be downloaded free from Bandcamp.

https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/daydream-nostalgia-e-p

Video:  https://youtu.be/v9Tq-qhbHPU

Age Proof (1982)

In Gloaming appears on the e.p. Daydream Nostalgia which can be downloaded free from Bandcamp.

https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/daydream-nostalgia-e-p

Video: https://youtu.be/6TZBhKaqglc

In Gloaming

Foolscap Heart appears on the e.p. Daydream Nostalgia which can be downloaded free from Bandcamp.

https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/daydream-nostalgia-e-p

Video: https://youtu.be/NiN1XJHV2NQ

Foolscap Heart

A double a-side single featuring:

a. Color in the 70s
aa. Brittle Inside
credits
released April 4, 2020

Words and music: Marshmallow Fortresses
Music*: Holocaust Nancy

*Color in the 70s is a remix of an original Marshmallow Fortresses song.

Photography: Marshmallow Fortresses

Color in the 70s / Brittle Inside

Color in the 70s

Brittle Inside

A double a-side single featuring:

a.   Such is Life 
aa. Across All Frequencies

Available to download free from Bandcamp: https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/such-is-life-across-all-frequencies.

Videos:

Such is Life
youtu.be/NU2aHaW98mA


Across All Frequencies
youtu.be/DDbtbQkOHk8

Such is Life / Across All Frequencies

Across All Frequencies

A double a-side single featuring:

a.   Such is Life 
aa. Across All Frequencies

Available to download free from Bandcamp: https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/such-is-life-across-all-frequencies.

Videos:
Such is Life
youtu.be/NU2aHaW98mA

Across All Frequencies
youtu.be/DDbtbQkOHk8

Never ending
Conversations
Like wheels in motion
We can’t control them
I, I feel like I could cry
I only want to speak my mind
It seems my views are worthless
Such is life

Take a moment
A mindful moment
You’re mistaken
I’ve not misspoken
Why, why would I lie?
I have nothing to hide
I can’t explain what you think I said
Such is life

Hopeless moments
All but define us
Our past entwines us
No provocation
Can you see a way out?
I feel lost and sad
The door is closing fast
Such is life

Harmful union
It never was convenient
Now’s not the time for recrimination
It’s time for us to say goodbye
It never was a happy time
We shrug our shoulders and sigh
Such is life

Such is Life

A double a-side single featuring:

a.  This Fragile Shell
aa. In Your Line of Fire

Available as a free download from Bandcamp:  https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/this-fragile-shell-in-your-line-of-fire

You say what you want
And then you deny it
Words like bullets you always fire them
You never think
You don't pick a target
I'm in your line of fire, again

You say you love me
As you load your bullets
Where's the evidence?
I can't find it?
Just stop talking 
Why won't you listen?
I'm in your line of fire, again

You think you're clever
You think me stupid
You say you don't
But I've always known it
It's only now I have to courage to show it
I'm in your line of fire, again

This Fragile Shell / In Your Line of Fire

In Your Line of Fire

A double a-side single featuring:

a. This Fragile Shell
aa. In Your Line of Fire

Available as a free download from Bandcamp:  https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/this-fragile-shell-in-your-line-of-fire

I can’t break this mould you’ve made for me
This fragile shell is now home to me
I can’t explain, I wouldn’t if I could
I’m broken now, I’m of no further use

Like a fool I try to please you, but I vex
I don’t know what you’ll do now or do next?
I can’t escape, I wouldn’t if I could
There is no life to live, without you

Hopelessly, my bed is laid out bare
Blame is such an ugly word, can we share?
I can’t explain, I wouldn’t if I could
I know what I’m running from but what am I running to?

This Fragile Shell

A 4 track e.p. available for free download:
https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/splintered-e-p

Confusion reigns
I’m at pains
to say “I told you so”
We twist, we turn
So taciturn, are we
To hear the truth
We twist, we turn
So taciturn, are we
To hear our truth

Splintered

Deadbeat Apologist

The double a-side single is avilable to download for free via Bandcamp:
https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/bloodied-and-bruised-subtle

Vocals
a-side     Holocaust  Nancy
soundcloud.com/holocaust-nancy
aa-side:  Amanda Sanderson and Holocaust Nancy
soundcloud.com/phoebeelena

Bloodied and Bruised / Subtle

Subtle

Those Fanzine Days is collection of 6 songs and 1 bonus track collated as a mini LP.  3 songs* had a limited release, as part of another project, and have since been remixed and remastered.  Lyrics below.
Bandcamp download:  https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/those-fanzine-days

1.  Papercuts
2.  Now You’re Not Here
3.  Always Standing in the Same Place*
4.  Not Everything Is About You*
5.  Leaving Bohemia Behind*
6.  Will We Ever Know?

Bonus track
7.  Papercuts (A5 edit)

Videos:
Papercuts:  https://youtu.be/xbklqZouSRI
Now You're Not Here:  https://youtu.be/a0cevyCVTSI
Not Everything Is About You:  https://youtu.be/9MU91N3TC0s
Will We Ever Know?:  https://youtu.be/D8ptoTcmVic

Thanks are due:
CZ for the inspiration, support and song titles.
G for patience and support.

Living in the past in a fanzine daze
Losing all the time with our ‘winning’ ways
Everyone will buy one just wait and see
Our fingers on the pulse, just 50p!

Pen, Paper, Scissors and Glue
Pen, Paper, Scissors and Glue

Sighs of disinterest from our social scene
They really want to buy one but can’t - you see …
There’s a hundred million things that they have to do
Before spending 50p on unlucky you

Pen, Paper, Scissors and Glue
Pen, Paper, Scissors and Glue

If I had a Kross it’d be pink, I think?
If I had a Spacehopper I’d hop, I think?
If I were a Stanley I’d die happy.
If I were a Sister, I’d be cool, probably?

Pen, Paper, Scissors and Glue
Pen, Paper, Scissors and Glue

Those Fanzine Days

Papercuts

Both songs on the double a-side single were recorded on a laptop, while on holiday, some 10 years ago.  They were then subject to a limited release with another project.  These versions were remastered in December 2020 when I stumbled upon the files.

Available as a free download via bandcamp:  https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/please-dont-make-me-kill-you-honeysuckle-kiss

Please Don't Make Me Kill You  Honeysuckle Kiss

Please Don't Make Me Kill You

Vocals by Amanda Sanderson.

From the e.p. Just a Phase. Available as a free download: https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/just-a-phase.

I said, “quiet, please …”
I then fell to my knees – my heart wide open
Then, I said, “marry me”
Silently, his eyes said you must be joking

I said, “what have I done?”
He said, “you’re not the one … and you never will be.”
I said, “pretty please.”
The pity in his eyes, it almost broke me 

Pretty, pretty please
I’ve lost my dignity
Pretty, pretty please
Have you seen my dignity?
Pretty, pretty please
Have you seen my dignity?

Just a Phase

Pretty Please

From the e.p. Just a Phase. Available as a free download: https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/just-a-phase.

How did it come to this sorry end?
It started out so well, as friends
We both chose that step too far
Now, with awkward glances, here we are
I never thought it would come to this
You, staring at your shoes, what did we miss?
Me, staring through you, the cruelest of tricks
In the cold, harsh light, the signs were there
In the cold, harsh light, we didn’t care
In the cold, harsh light, we didn’t care

Open your eyes, come and find me
It’s no surprise where you’ll find me
There’s love and there’s pain inside me
Open your eyes, come and find me

In the cold, harsh light, the signs were there
In the cold, harsh light, we didn’t care

Open your eyes, come and find me
It’s no surprise where you’ll find me
There’s love and there’s pain inside me
Open your eyes, come and find me

Open your eyes, come and find me
It’s no surprise where you’ll find me
There’s love and there’s pain inside me
Open your eyes, come and find me

Fake Smiles

From the e.p. Just a Phase. Available as a free download: https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/just-a-phase.

Shadows dance into the light
Voices shriek earthly delights

Help me before I stumble
It seems I’m falling over you
Shallow, I’m fading
Insubstantial, just like you

It’s just a silhouette in the dark
I hear the pulsing beat of my heart

Help me before I stumble
It seems I’m falling over you
Shallow, I’m fading
Insubstantial, just like you

My breath hangs like clouds in the air
I thought I almost saw you, just there

Help me before I stumble
It seems I’m falling over you
Shallow, I’m fading
Insubstantial, just like you

Insubstantial, just like you

Insubstantial

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Free downloads via Bandcamp:  https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/

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