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Treasure in a Field

Ahead of the release of their debut album, ‘Spring Tide’, The Shipbuilders release their latest single, ‘Forest Floor’ via Mai 68 Records on Friday 29th April.
An eerie, psychedelic shuffle that brings to mind the freakier sides of Love and The Coral, ‘Forest Floor’ features a bass-led groove that descends into chaos with an extended outro made up of ghostly, wordless vocals, wailing harmonica and tumbling piano, all blown about by a storm of reverb-heavy guitars and relentless motorik drums.
Speaking of the track, lead singer Matty Loughlin-Day explains “the song sings of an impending storm, prophesised by an old sage and queries whether there is hope left in the town or whether it’s best to return to the land and find safety. Ultimately, the hero of the song is trying to find his best to way to survive on the line between the smug and the damned”

FOREST FLOOR

„Nigel The Gannet“ by The Burning Hell 
off forthcoming album Garbage Island (June 24) https://bbislandmusic.com/shop/the-burning-hell-garbage-island-vinyl-cd


The Burning Hell preview the upcoming and highly anticipated opus/epic Garbage Island with a sweet-hearted examination of the life of an individual in society, a world filled with good intentions but inevitable misunderstandings. 

It just so happens that it’s the story of a bird: Nigel The Gannet. 

(Nigel the Gannet is the true story of a gannet in New Zealand, who briefly became an international media star when he died of old age next to the concrete decoy gannet he had chosen as his mate. Though the press spun his story as a lonely one, the band takes a different perspective:)

Gently referencing XTC’s own Making Plans for Nigel, but trading the capitalist alienation and dread for a warmer new wave of synth hooks and programmed swing, The Burning Hell celebrate the loner, the non-conformist, and a life on the edge, aware of the difference between being lonely and being alone.

The animated video for the song was done by Ariel Sharratt, who says: "Ultimately, as a smallish band if there's something we want to do, we usually have to do it ourselves. That was the case for this video, where I learned some basics of animation and then taught myself on the job. This was my first animation project, and I absolutely loved the process of creating a world for Nigel to navigate -- a world that's like ours: full of incredible beauty, colossal waste and destruction, and hopefully some sort of happy ending."

Video: https://youtu.be/ST4BCEu88po

The Burning Hell - 2. Nigel The Gannet

Epilogue

The first single from The Blackheart Orchestra's forthcoming album. Set for release 26.08.22.

Under The Headlights (Radio edit)

The Best I Could Do at the Time

Maybe When It's Over

Ultraverse

Neck-Deep in the Blyth

Denied

CherrySevenUp (Radio Edit).mp3

Wake Up and Find

https://music.apple.com/gb/album/leave-love-behind/1639370064?i=1639370071
https://open.spotify.com/track/0PtUiWJ2g6wCHrijXKtc4X?si=c863963024db43fa
https://paulcookchronicles.bandcamp.com/track/leave-love-behind

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Are you better off alone?
Or do you need a ride?
You walk along the pavement
And hide from the pain, wait for the night

And you only need a centred mind
To pray through the rain, wait for the light
If you only leave love behind
You’ll stay through the rain, wake in the light
So how can I, how can I, how can I explain?

You’re better than you think
And stronger than you know
Just need a little patience
There’s room in your heart for feelings to grow

And you only need a centred mind
To pray through the rain, wait for the light
If you only leave love behind
You’ll stay through the rain, wake in the light
So how can I, how can I, how can I explain?

Don’t let no one bring you down, down
Let life come and take you where it takes you, where it takes you

You only need a centred mind
To pray through the rain, wait for the light
If you only leave love behind
You‘ll stay through the rain, wake in the light

Cos you only need a centred mind
To pray through the rain, wait for the light
If you only leave love behind
You’ll stay through the rain, wake in the light
So how can I, how can I, how can I explain?

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Produced & mixed by Julian Simmons
Written and performed by Paul Cook & Julian Simmons
Drums by Martyn Kaine

Leave Love Behind

Edinburgh indie-folk artist Hailey Beavis has announced her debut album, 'i'll put you where the trombone slides', will be released on November 4th via OK Pal Records. The album, which has been seven years in the making, is a celebration of resilience, determination and evidence of an artist who has overcome many obstacles to reach where they are today. The first single, ‘Crow’, is a wonderfully warped track about the journey to self acceptance.

Hailey Beavis - Crow

Hurts to See You Go

Twisted Attraction

It's a musical version of the Rex Questionairre

Our second professional studio album done at Empire Sound Studios in Dallas, TX, with our favorite engineer Matt Kennedy! If you like what you hear, come see us on Facebook!

01 Together Alone

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"Spaghetti Western with a Liverpool jangle... great surf-noir-shanty" - Chris Hawkins, BBC 6Music

 

Defining a band's sound is always a tricky business, requiring one to walk the tightrope between cliche and bombast. So when a band is described as "expertly fusing the genius of Morricone and Moroder to create upbeat Western-inspired indie with just a hint of disco..." (Bido Lito!), where do you go from there?

 

The Shipbuilders exist as a melting pot where the surreal meets the sublime. Since releasing their first EP, 'Something in the Water' in 2016, the band have continuously expanded their sound and scope of influences to create a world where sparkling pop wonders are nestled between Spanish Civil War laments, gypsy arias, and chaotic, shambolic odes to drinking, death and everything in between. All of this is done with added lashings of melody and the writings of Garcia Lorca and James Joyce, dictating that the wonder of the beauty of the world - and beyond - is never overlooked.


Naturally, all rivers have led to the ocean that is debut album, 'Spring Tide', which is due for release in 2022 via Mai 68 Records. A definitive lassoing of the band's journey to date, the ten tracks recorded with Danny Whitewood (BC Camplight, Ladytron) are a perfect distillation of the Shipbuilders' sound and vision and will be available on 12" vinyl, CD and digital download. A bonus CD, 'Neap Tide', featuring remixes, demos, extra tracks and versions sang in other languages will also be available for purchase on CD.

"Liverpool's finest gypsy-surf-rock band since, well... nobody!" - Getintothis.co.uk

The Shipbuilders' universe is one all are welcome to explore, as the band have also established their own 'Shipwrecked' clubnights which over the past four years have played host to some of Merseyside's finest bands and spoken word artists, while raising funds and food for local foodbanks and charities. Such is the success of Shipwrecked, Summer 2021 saw the inaugral Shipwrecked Festival, a sold out all-day multi-stage event in Birkenhead's Future Yard, before the band took the even to Newport and Bristol in the autumn.

Live, The Shipbuilders have toured across the UK and have featured regularly at festivals including Liverpool Sound City, Liverpool Music Week and played Kendal Calling.

As the Spring Tide starts to rise, a UK wide tour is in the works and well aware time and tide wait for no man, work is well underway on album two.

Come on in, the water's lovely...

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