Any artist is welcome to send us ONE track via soundcloud.com/groups/dropbox anytime between Monday lunchtime and Thursday morning - and all our moderators, including Tom Robinson, will listen to every track*. This is our full inbox from the week beginning 29 February 2016: from mid-day on Friday you'll be able to hear our shortlist and pick your favourites on this week's Listening Post which will appear at freshonthenet.co.uk/batch188

*Note: we don't listen again to tunes we've already heard, and automatically block artists who send more than one track a week (our moderators can manage to work their way through 150 tunes overnight, but 300+ would be impossible!)


ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 188

Marc

You hate my face Yerunda
Can't stand this place Yerunda
It's just things we say
I'll send you back Yerunda
You will attack Yerunda
It's just things we say
We'll never die Yerunda
Yet never cry Yerunda
It's just things we say
Everything transforms 
All minds will rise
We'll stand forever 
And love never dies
Can't tell a lie
I am not wise Yerunda
We're hypnotised Yerunda
It's just things we say

Yerunda

Teach me how to live 
'Coz I haven't got a clue
How on earth do you do it?
New age self-help guru
Coz everyones screwing me over
But other institutions are not like you
Just when I thought my life was over 
New age self-help guru
You showed me what to do-
Give all my money to you 
Yes one day I will be a millionaire 
All my dreams will come true
Soon I will have not one care
Thanks to a book or two
I'd like to thank you again 
For making me feel so Zen
I owe it all to you
New age self-help
You need my self-help
New age self-help guru
Teach me how to live 
'Coz I haven't got a clue 
How on earth do you do it?

New age self-help guru

This is one of my first songs from around 2006, silly but I liked the tune

Please Don't Play (Your games with me)

Steppin' out my house just brings me down
Don't wanna don't wanna go out now 
The more I see the more I frown
Don't wanna don't wanna go out now 
Thickos, sickos, grin in disguise
Don't wanna don't wanna go out now
I see you coming I have to hide 
Don't wanna don't wanna go outside
Though the sublime sun is out
Though everyone seems to be out
Though everywhere is full of life 
All I need is in my mind 
I'm quite happy inside
Go out have fun, I don't mind 
Don't wanna don't wanna go outside
All I need I have to find
Modern architecture makes me sick
Don't wanna don't wanna go outside
My pub now flats taking the mick
Don't wanna don't wanna go outside 
Going into town just brings me down
Don't wanna don't wanna go out now 
The more I see the more I frown
Don't wanna don't wanna go outside

Happy inside

Vlad was born he'll soon be dead
All the in between is just a freezing head
So he might as well get soused instead 
He can barely afford to keep his poor wife fed
Got just enough to drink bootleg
Warm your head go bootleg
Life's a struggle so get drunk instead
Eyes burn red bathtub bed
He can't afford Vodka so he drinks bootleg
The poison running through his veins
Makes him sick and batters out his brains 
He knows a cure that'll save the day 
Another bottle not much to pay
Not in money anyway
It's ok just one more day
It's disinfectant but it's sweet to taste 
Who said you need your organs anyway
He's got no job so he will obey
Oh winters come- He's no one 
Winters here - Freeze his tears
The bastards in authority
Know the extent of the inpurity 
They sit and watch the young men die 
'' It's their choice so they've no right to cry''
They sit and watch them die
It's alright dry your eyes 
Go and see the bootleg guy
He makes it better and you no longer mind 
If you live or die
Warm your head go bootleg 
Life's a struggle so get drunk instead 
Eyes burn red bathtub bed
He's got no life so he drinks-
He's got no life because he drinks bootleg. 



Go Bootleg

Released on Monday 13th April 2015.
Written by Alex Moran
Engineered and mixed by Geoff Allan at Ca Va Studios

QUIET AS A MOUSE - Snowflake

http://robertnashmusic.com/index.php/music-2/

From the album 'The Ghost of Your Old Love' - released January 22, 2016



Leaves Are Falling

NEW TOWN POP GROUP TACKLES DISAPPOINTING HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE

Speedvark, the Hemel Hempstead based duo, took a holiday recently and were underwhelmed.

Promises of spacious accommodation and luxury facilities made in the glossy brochure were not kept; levels of hygiene on site were below par and the service was disappointing.

At best, Speedvark asserted (to each other) that the travel agent through which the holiday was booked was economic with the truth; at worst it was downright misleading.

One upside (possibly) is ‘Holiday Song’, the band’s new single, which was inspired by the experience.

Lead bugle player, backing vocalist and front man Ben Raudnitz was held at gun point and asked for his thoughts on this latest track: “Holiday Song is a rallying cry for a nation of disappointed holiday makers too weak to do anything about it. It’s an anthem for those of us who are too mild and too terrified to do anything about anything.” He stammered before being shot.

Like many law abiding commuters, the members of Speedvark spent much of their vacation noting the various faults and minor disappointments rather than making the most of their time abroad.  And, like most of their middle income compatriots, the band spent much of its time pontificating about legal recourse, official complaint channels, compensation and possibly even an email to Radio 4’s Money Box with Paul Lewis

Holiday Song

All impressions sensations and perceptions
Of the world outside our brains
Indeed all energy transfers in the Universe
Are enabled via Photons
Which remain a mystery
To mainstream modern science and me
They remain a mystery
Science is replacing religion
As a method of perception control
Status quo research is funded by Governments
And companies with agendas
Which remain a mystery
To mainstream modern science and me
They remain a mystery
One thing that I’m sure of
Is that I love love
But if my hearts a liar
There’s still nothing above
All impressions sensations and perceptions
Of the world outside our brains
Indeed all energy transfers in the Universe
Are enabled via Photons
Which remain a mystery
To mainstream modern science and me
They remain a mystery
Life remains a mystery
Life remains a mystery.

Mainstream Modern Science And Me

Yours & Mine

Modala is the project of British musician & songwriter, and Castellers band mate - Russell Robertson.   His eclectic musical influences, ranging from The Velvet Underground to Claude Debussy, shape a distinctively cinematic sound. Featuring various guest vocalist and collaborations, it is a truly unique and unpredictable must hear musical feast of a project!
Its’ intense, yet laid back, psychedelic spirit weaves perfectly with the beautiful vocals of guest artist Dakota.

Modala - Sealed Fate

Latest uploads on: The Cobbled Moth 2 -  "Cobbled Moth Regenerated" Soundcloud.com/thecobbledmoth2

Outsider songwriter cobbling lo-fi demos (because I don't know how not to). Achieved solo with a Tascam pocket studio, acoustic guitar, Telecaster, tambourine and bloody bongos...not all used on every track. Some Instrumentals. 

"Compliance is a deadly vice 
That makes you think you're safe
But the truths from which we hide
Become the horrors we face"  - The Cobbled Moth, from the song 'On the Outside' 2016.

Double translated as:
"Compliance is a deadly defect
This makes you think that you are safe
But the truths from which we hide
Become the horrors that we come across" Bulyznik Prays, or Cobbled Midge. 

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