Just when you least expect it, The Band Of Bastards cover a Shineback song. Those bastards.

No Mr Bond, I Expect You To Die! (The Band Of Bastards)

A few excerpts of music that will feature on the first Shineback album. Guest artist include Matt Stevens and Simon Nixon on guitar with Hen Rogers on Drums and Robert Ramsay on point duty as lyricist, 

Shineback Album Audio Teaser

A work in progress track for the second Shineback album 'Dial'.

Me Vs Me

A track from the Motherland album which dates back many years. Lots of personal history built into this song, none of it fit for young ears. :-)

Motherland

The Inaccurate Man

The opening riff of this song had been hanging around at the tips of my fingers for years (it was my soundcheck riff), until finally I got off my arse and completed it. This is a song about getting off your arse and completing things.

Dust And Wires

A cover of Kate Bush's 'And Dream Of Sheep' from The Hounds Of Love album.

And Dream Of Sheep

This is what happens when you end up in bed with a head cold and an iPad for an afternoon.

Go As The Bird

Recorded live in Richmond Park one summer afternoon. Very hi-tech stuff this one. Straight to minidisk with my brother Jem holding a microphone just above the sound-hole of my guitar. You can even hear the wind blowing in the background.

Crystal, Where Have You Been?

Had an hour to spare at the end of the day, so I made quiet noises.

Middle Child

Theme for the Celebr8 festival of Progressive Rock @ The Hippodrome, Kingston Upon Thames, Sat 7th Jul - Sun 8th Jul from 2:00pm, until 10:00pm

The Envoy (Celebr8 Theme)

A song written in tribute to the late Talk Talk vocalist and songwriter, Mark Hollis.

You found a ragged star
And looked beyond the light
Stepped between the doubt and dare

When it took all of you
And everything you knew
To find the home inside despair 

Feigned like love
All ghost and hand
They walk away in fear

Lost again
But lingering
A bright rain at Tangier

A moment half undone
You walked a rare divide
It's not a road that you forget

And when we all succumb
We'll find another name
For the treasure and the debt

Rain At Tangier

Sometimes deadlines are tight. I was asked to write a song for a christening with less than 48 hours notice. The whole thing took nine hours to write and record (from nothing to final mix) and this is what I came up with.

Matilde

Another rough mix of a track from the forthcoming Shineback album - Rise Up Forgotten, Return Destroyed. This track features the marvellous talents of dance songwriter and vocalist Danny Claire.

I Called Him In Vain - Shineback (feat. Danny Claire)

A salute to the greatest detective of the modern age.

Mindhorn

I've been listening to entirely too much Jeff Beck.

Every Light Everywhere

Simon Godfrey is a British born writer and musician who is now based in Philadelphia, USA, where he lives a contented life with his wife and incredibly strange greyhound, Dora. 

He likes weird chords, epic top-lines and beats that break ankles.

Simon Godfrey

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