This is great, loving the vocals, the Keith Moon drums and the John Entwhistle bass. Bravo! :)

an absolutely kaleidoscopic & psychedelic storm of an anthem; & with THOSE vocals... wonderful!!!

brilliant intro.  fascinating.  edgy.  glorious vocals. 

Great tune! Spun on this week's show https://soundcloud.com/thepressuredrop/pressure-drop-show-7th-june-2021 #radiogold

Very airy open sound. Refreshing! Love that drum tone. Hey I’ll follow u, will u follow me!?

this is awesome - love this duo what a find - you guys rock

Wonderful song and performances! I love it!

Lyrics:
And I know that we're still young and we ain't got a clue
We can talk about it later but that's up to you
You're like the creases on my white airforces
I know it's bound to happen
There's no need to force it

Look I don't wanna force things
I'd rather let it all come naturally
Remember when we'd talk
And all the convos flowed so casually
Like I'd give it all for just one little conversation
Back when I would drive
And you would fiddle with the stations
I used to write you lines
Like we were stuck up in detention
But now I'm scrolling past our chats
Like is there stuff we never mentioned?
Like is there stuff we ain't addressed?
Remember date nights in the evening
When you wore my favourite dress
Remember when we used chat all night
We'd never get no rest
When I would ping over one liners
In the hope you'd get impressed
What a mess
Now I don't what to do
Yeah we can talk about it later but I'll leave that up to you

And I know that we're still young and we ain't got a clue
We can talk about it later but that's up to you
You're like the creases on my white airforces
I know it's bound to happen
There's no need to force it

We were together every morning when we wake up
I say put your trackies on
Forget about the makeup
Used to trip over my words
Like my shoes when they weren't laced up
Guess I should really do my lace up
I don't wanna grow apart
And I knew that from the start
And I know that we might argue
But I say this from the heart
Imma be there by your side
Even when the going's tough
And I still will think you're beautiful
On days you're feeling rough
You're enough
And you know you always will be
Like the creases on my forces
I still wear them when they're filthy

And I know that we're still young and we ain't got a clue
We can talk about it later but that's up to you
You're like the creases on my white airforces
I know it's bound to happen
There's no need to force it

Keep going we'll keep going
Even in the dark you know the light is showing
Keep going we'll keep going
Walking in theses forces with the creases showing

And I know that we're still young and we ain't got a clue
We can talk about it later but that's up to you
You're like the creases on my white airforces
I know it's bound to happen
There's no need to force it

And I know that we're still young and we ain't got a clue
We can talk about it later but that's up to you
You're like the creases on my white airforces
I know it's bound to happen
There's no need to force it

White Air Forces

https://youtu.be/2LDscdfKDPU 

May 13th see the release of 'Bluebird, Hollywood... Domino' the lead track from the anticipated mini LP '... from Prince's Park to Farsley - Volume I' to be released in on July 9th 2021

'Bluebird...' is a psychedelic upbeat 6/8 stomp. As one reviewer has stated reminiscent of '22 Dreams' period Weller and British psychedelic rock group Traffic. The overdriven bass and the chiming guitars have a hint of Macca's 'Rain' and Townsend's 'Seeker'

We have had some very kind people say some extremely nice things about us in recent time and about the track. Here are a selection:

"Psychedelic delight that will bring you to a state of bliss or trigger flashbacks to brilliant musical offerings of yesteryear... Superb musical mastery, fascinating dynamics and professionalism in production" ~ Big Takeover Magazine

"Pleading, swirling Powerpop that clearly references the heroic Pop of the 80’s with a contemporary bent' ~ Fresh On The Net

"A ridiculously talented duo... sublime" ~ Egg Box Essentials

"create an out of world shimmering sound that encompasses folk and indie pop influences with an expansive, dramatic horizon. It is a sound that is filled with grace, energy and a touch of psychedelia. This track is magnificent: a statuesque, heart pounding anthem that draws in a bucolic, almost medieval thrum with a stadium-filling melody." ~ Back Seat Mafia

"This group is fantastic, creating a landscape of sonic adrenaline-powered dream-rock bliss." ~ The Record Stache

'... from Prince's Park to Farsley - Volume I'

Bluebird, Hollywood... Domino

UPDATE! Huge thanks to Elizabeth Alker and her production team on BBC Radio 3 - was a complete thrill to hear this track on her Breakfast show (17th July 2021). Thanks to everyone who has visited this page since and posted messages too! means SO much. So motivating!
(this is what she said if you didn't hear it live....https://soundcloud.com/helefonix-midlifemix/elizabeth-alker-radio-3-plays-how-to-fly?in=helefonix-midlifemix/sets/radio-introductions)

This track also made the coveted Fresh Faves from the Tom Robinson (and team's) Fresh Faves on 26th May 2021! A real honour and I'm positively buzzing!
 
"The beauty of How To Fly is instant...the most remarkable thing is just how organic and natural the track is... Helefonix is better known in the music scene as Helen Meissner, promoter and champion of independent singer-songwriters for the past decade or so. She discovered her creative muse in the form of an iPhone App during lockdown, and a few months of perseverance has resulted in an extraordinary output of creative variety and uniqueness” Andy Page, FOTN moderator.

"Hot on the heels of my 6 Music spin of Song Thrush Serenade, (thanks to Cerys Matthews), How To Fly sets BBC Radio 3's @IMcMillan's prose & dulcet tones to music, accompanied by a pastoral plethora of fauna & church bells. A bit of rustic charm & bucolic bliss. Out 28 May!"
This track is on my next EP Nature's Grace, which can be pre ordered here.
If you pre order, you will receive this track immediately as a download.
https://helefonix.bandcamp.com/track/how-to-fly-ft-ian-mcmillan

It's on Spotify too! (if you partake!) https://open.spotify.com/track/7vmAmQGOUlqaeo5xXMlSgG?si=1c78f908fef6423c

How To Fly combines poetry, pastoral vibes and eclectic beats. It features the specially written prose and dulcet tones of poet/broadcaster/presenter of Ian McMillan, presenter of BBC Radio 3's The Verb. (lyrics below)
Ian's distinctive, warm, Yorkshire burr provides the perfect vehicle for his evocative prose. A mellow tone pervades, set off by evocative strings and keys plus a plethora of found sounds. I've spent many a frosty morning recording local found sounds to bring the message in the track to life, the church bells from my village, blackbirds, robins, chaffinches, geese and lambs.
Release date 28th May 2021.

This track will be on the EP Nature's Grace which you can pre order here https://helefonix.bandcamp.com/album/natures-grace

TEACHING DARKNESS HOW TO FLY BY Ian McMillan

This light
Met that light
At last night’s 
Leading edge.

All light
Is found light
Between the back road
And the hedge

That light
And this light
Mix their colours
In the sky

All light
Is new light
Teaching darkness
How to fly

(Teaching Darkness) How To Fly ft Ian McMillan

Clapped Out Anglia

Barefoot

Halloween excursion into the depths of the dark forest...
A reimagined version of a track specifically created exclusively for one single broadcast for The Dark Outside & Sanctuary Lab 24 hour radio broadcast in the Galloway Forest Dark Skies Park September 2021; includes (in homage to Gong) space whispers & glissando guitar played using antique surgical instrument

Included in Johnny Hedley's Amazing Radio Show: Base Frequencies - the murky underworld of Psych, Doom, Punk, Noise, Ambience, Experimental, Shoegaze, Abstract Hiphop, Beats, and beyond - produced & presented by the legendary Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs bassist, it is a dark and joyous realm of twisted wonders!!!

Selected as Fresh On The Net Eclectic Pick; occasional landings on Gong Planet's social media moons, satellites and flying teapots...; spins on Neil March's Trust The Doc Radio & 365 Radio shows: & on Richard Pierce's Radio Stradbroke  show; etc.....

music composed and performed by Junkyard of Silenced Poets copyright & all rights reserved

image – pv66

image contains modified elements of internal illustration from Heather Fowler’s short story collection Elegantly Naked (Queen’s Ferry Press, May 2014)

Gargoyle Trees

The Shun

Video for Please Write Responsibly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0k39FFV9xw

Subscribe to Granfalloon at https://granfalloonmusic.bandcamp.com... to gain access to the entire back catalogue including a tonne of exclusive music and video.

Credits:
This video was a collaboration between Really Really Final Final Productions and Look Woolly Films.

Music:
Richard Lomax - vocals/guitar
Molly Becker - violin
Andy Lyth - banjo
Daz Woodcock - bass/vocals
Dom Major - guitar

Calendar

Please Write Responsibly by Granfalloon

Track 6 from the album, "If This Is the End" (2021)

SHAKE THESE TREES (Music: Roberts/Read - Lyrics: Nagel)

if there is aught that can release a better dawn / then let it shake these trees and sing / “action is eloquence” // sister, mother / father, brother / friend or stranger / we need each other /hands above your head where i can see / hands up, get down on your knees / hands above your head where i can see / hands up, get down on your knees // (shake these trees) / hey don’t touch me / i’m minding my own business  / (shake these trees) / hey don’t touch me / hey don’t touch me / 'cause i’m down on my knees / got no weapon / just trying to get home / got no weapon on me // got my hands up and i’m on my knees / got
my hands up, i can’t breathe / got my hands up and i’m underneath / got them up but i can’t breathe // (shake these trees) / hey don't touch me / stop resisting / (shake these trees) / we can end this / stop resisting // muscle, blood, spit, bone - ambition, guilt, breath, brain / imagination, vulnerability, hope – weakness, rage, trust, pain / hustle, hatred, love - silence – so much fear / what makes us human? / and what makes us unspeakable?

MING NAGEL – vocals / JON READ – keyboards, trumpet, percussion, backing vocals / ALAN ROBERTS – guitars / JAMIE VARLEY – bass guitar, backing vocals / DAVE TIDMARSH – drums, string arrangements / LYNVAL GOLDING – guest vocals / TIM SMART - trombone

If This Is the End

Shake these trees

Shake These Trees

Rita

So here's a story that you may need to grab a cup of tea and the biscuit barrel for, are you sitting comfortably? Then, let us begin...

The ‘GLSC’ formed one cold winters night in 2016. Two friends on a life long journey. 
Michael first met Russ in 1985, Michael was 15, Russ was 19. Russ played in 'the' up and coming local band ‘Soul Exit’. Michael admired his musical craft and ended up following the band around the country. A gig in Manchester was planned. Michael needed to go and went to Russ’s house (on Gorstey Lea) with a gift, a tape in hand. On one side The Pale Fountains ‘… From Across the Kitchen Table’ on the other Dexys Midnight Runners ‘Don’t Stand Me Down’. Russ welcomed Michael in and he attended the gig travelling in the bands van. 

The future was cast... the following year Michael formed his first band ‘The Great Divide’ inspired by what he had seen and the world of endless possibilities and free expression.

Fast forward some 31 years to August 2016 and a big birthday bash for Russ. Michael attends Russ's party. Talk turns to days gone by and Russ pops the question... “It’s about time we got together and did some music Michael, what do you reckon? No pressure. I have converted my garage into a recording studio, you should come round and we’ll have a play”. 

Michael was not sure, for 15 plus years he has not played an instrument, not sung a song, not written down his thoughts. The conversation was left. A mutual friend then messages Michael 4 months later to tell him that Russ is doing a gig and he thinks it would be good if they did a couple of their favourite cover versions together. 

Messages are exchanged and the meeting is arranged at Russ's new house in Gorstey Lea, 4 houses up the road and 31 years since that first knock on the door. Without any rehearsal the two friends agree to play together for the first time on that Friday evening… 

The reaction from the crowd and the landlord is overwhelming 2 songs turn to 2 hours and at the end of the evening the landlord books the duo to play the following month. ‘What’s your band name boys? ‘The Gorstey Lea Street Choir’ is quickly retorted an amalgam of that first meeting point and Van Morrison’s LP ‘His Band And The Street Choir’ … a door is unlocked, a journey is born.

So, to the ‘here and now’. The duo release their first track in October 2019 'The British Isles' which picks up national radio play from 6 Music, BBC Introducing and great digital stations such as Brum Radio, with the wind in their sails a double A side limited vinyl 'Lions' and 'Somedays' follows in January 2020 and in December 2020 their debut EP snazzily titled 'extended play one' hits the digital shops... 

Summer 2021 - the boys release an 8 track mini LP ''...from Prince's Park to Farsley (Volume I)' a tale of new found collaborations and two towns... aided and abetted by Gavin Monaghan, George Shilling, Choque (Black Star Liner) and Mark Gardener... Volume II will be a long before you know it!!!!

Stay safe, be well

The Flat White Kid

Bluebird, Hollywood... Domino

The Gorstey Lea Street Choir

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