My weekly 5 picks from the @freshnet Listening Post for 2020.

Tobi's Fresh Net Favs 2020

Debut album from Scottish band, Galileo's Fan. 

Tracks written by Fi Vass (1,3,6,7,9) and Martin Vass (2,4,5,8,10) (PRS, MCPS)

Recorded by Iain Hutchison at Glowormrecording 
Produced by Iain Hutchison, Fi Vass and Martin Vass
Mastered by Peter Beckmann at TechnologyWorks Mastering
Artwork and Design by Kim Richards

Fi Vass: vocals, piano/keys 
Martin Vass: vocals, guitars
Iain Hutchison: piano (tracks 3,6,10), guitars, programming, synths 
Graeme Smillie: Bass (1,2,4,5,6,8,9,10)
Louis Abbott: Drums (1,2,3,4,5,6,9)
Scott Mackay: Drums, percussion (1,4,8)
Mike Vass: fiddle, vocals (3,6)
Euan Burton: Bass (7)
John Lowrie: Drums (7)

Lyrics

Call it now, call it now
This is a waltz for all things lost
Where it ends, not where it starts
We sing it loud, what's that about?

And my head hangs low

They played this well and called my bluff
Sometimes your best's not good enough
But I'll play again before too long
But play it safe, I'm not that strong

And my head hangs low

Now watch them sink and watch them swim
Then think about how deep you're in
Cloud your mind with other things
Yes, lots of clouds come rolling in

When my head hangs low

So what's the harm in playing the game?
The price you pay is mostly shame
Rise again, get on your feet
Shouldn't dwell on a small defeat

Still my head hangs low

I Won't Be Found

The Lost Waltz

Wildflowers

Mayday

Did You Love Me?

I don’t want your beating heart
pressing up against me
Let me sweat it out.

I don’t want to feel your love
Trembling against my closed door.

I don’t want to yield myself up to
Anything or
Anyone
Anyhow
I don’t want to feel your love
Interferes with my itinerary

But ohhwhwww
You see something changing in me don’t you...

And every time you see my face flush
My body’s warm
but in my head I’m peaceful.
And every time you see this haze
I am ignorant
And unaware
And blissful.

And every time I’m at your place
We are friend to friend
And all in all
We’re equal

But I don’t want your beating heart
That’s a higher cliff from which we both could fall

But osjeneienfnglwkw
You see something changing in me don’t you...

Beating Heart (an ode to oxytocin)

alexa

They told me to dream big
So I dreamt of the sun
And its gravitational pull
its gravitational pull
And all the life it breathes into everything
And its gravitational pull

How can I ensure when I am fully grown
That the Milky Way will make room 
So that I can ever-glow?

How can I be centre of this universe 
(I know I know)
How can I be anything but disappointed?

(I can't match up, I can't match up, to any of my own...)

And now it's reached the stage
Where I am jealous of birds
and their levitational art
and their levitational art
And how their lightest hearts
Can help them reach the stars
and their levitational artistry

How can I ensure when I am dead and gone
That my legacy endures
My reputation twinkles on?
How, when I explode, can I shoot eight million eons?
Then how can I get further still?

(and yeah, I think I was about 16 when I learnt about the greeks and mythology and how they could talk mostly deeply about what it means to be a human being... and I learnt about Icarus and all of those events before his fall.... and I wondered... and I kept wondering.... and I kept wondering... how he must've felt in those few minutes just before he melted... to be the highest one... to be the highest one... to be the closest one...)

Icarus

From the new album 'Seven for A Secret' out 01/01/20 in all digital stores. The first track on the album, it sets the scene for what's to come. The album tells the tale of two murders from the perspectives of the people involved. Produced by Gavin Monaghan (The Blinders, The C33's, Pagans SOH)and recorded at Magic Garden Studio, Wolverhampton. The album started life as a rough screen play which spawned a song and grew into a full album. Next stop is a graphic novel and/or video clip if funds allow.

Seven For A Secret

THE BALLAD OF BROKEN BONES

The Ballad Of Broken Bones

Burden

My hands are dry
I haven't touched you for a long time
My lips are dry
I haven't loved you for a long time

I don't want to let you go
But it's cruel to keep you
I don't want to let you go
But I still need to leave
I don't want to let you go
But it's cruel to keep you for myself

And my light 
Lived in the shadow for a long time
Pretend I was already sleeping 
When you'd come home at night

I don't want to let you go
But I don't want to keep you
I don't want to let you go
But I still need to leave you
I don't want to let you know
That I feel like I need you
I've been trying for so long
To be here without you

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Written by Annie Rew Shaw and Adam Stark
Produced by Adam Stark
Mastered by Tom Waterman
Artwork by Emily Lindsay Brown

Dry - Single

Neon sign, neon light,
Side by side to the station, step in time.
Tell a joke, pinch a smoke,
Light it from one to another, noses bump.

Hook an arm, little charm,
Walk the long way round the houses, no alarms.

From the mist, flash of pink,
Someone invented colour just for him.
Pencil thin, stumbling,
falling into queuing taxis, goosebumping.

Painted face, lemonade,
Hiding behind a smile, simple grace.

Rhythm step, rhythm kept,
All this exists around us,
Step, next step.

Given time, we align,
Saying something, saying nothing, nevermind.

Winter

Neon Sign

It's Just You

Fire On At Me - T.E.G


“I’m on my way home, I want to get back,
I know it feels good, and I don’t wanna leave”

Fire on at me if you don’t have more to say
Come and get it cos you’ve got nothing to stay
You and I both know that it don’t work this way
Put your gun down, I put mine down, put them away
We both got reasons but these reasons aren’t enough
It’s my vendetta and yours, you just had it rough
But things are changing and though I know it’s tough
Put your gun down, I put mine down, put them away

Here we are -  away from home
I close my eyes I visualise 
I wanna go home
Not on your own - but fighting solo
The end is near, I feel the fear
I wanna go home

We take our prisoners who just want their release
They say they’re sorry but we’re not easy to please
Their freedom’s ours and we’ll sort ‘em out with ease
Put your gun down, I put mine down, put them away
Any action will so make you pay the price
So no decision is without sacrifice
Just ‘cos I pity doesn’t mean I am nice
Put your gun down, I put mine down, put them away

Feel these tears, they’re filled with rage
Fell off my horse I’ve got back up
I wanna go home
Don’t pretend, that your not scared
This war right here’s been on years
I wanna go home

Don’t think you can stop me
I am trying and succeeding 
You cannot see me I’m invincible
And I stop stop wanna come home

Fire On At Me

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Lyrics

V1
paint me in colours that you want to see
I'll be the person that you wanted to know before you met me
and I'll hold your hand until my blood runs blue
I'll be the person that you wanted to know, the girl you once knew

Pre Chorus
oooooh what am I to do
call me crazy but I'm just a little stuck on you

Chorus 
oh I'd mould my brain to fit with yours
and I'd sing this song until my lungs are sore
oh I'm sorry if you're bored of questions 
and second guessing
oh I'm hopelessly asking for more
cause I'm not sure I love you really means that much at all

V2
tell, tell me something is on your mind 
cause I can't talk for the two of us and I know something isn't quite right
and is this how I'm meant to spend my time
oh staring into dead eyes wondering if I cross your mind

Pre Chorus
oooh what am I to do
call me crazy but I guess I gave it all for you

Chorus

Outro
oooooh what am I to do
call me crazy but I just can't give it all for you

ALEX CARROLL- Paint Me In Colours

On The Way

'Stay' is OUT NOW as part of 'Sticks EP': https://smarturl.it/SticksEP

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Lyrics:
You'd sleep
You'd sleep better in a warm bed
You'd be better staying with the pack
It's a fact

'Cos out there
It might look like it's a life of ease
It might look like there's a world to seize
But it's a lie

Stay
If it makes you feel better then stay
And I'll be whatever you need
'Cos you give more than I've ever seen
Stay
Stay just the same
'Cos I'd never recover from shame
If you walked out of something so beautiful

I miss you
I miss you better in a cold bed
I'd ring you louder than a chapel bell
If it'd bring you back

And I'll be
I will never ever be the same
You should stay a while and feel the change
Feel the flame

Oh stay
If it makes you feel better then stay
And I'll be whatever you need
'Cos you give more than I've ever seen
Stay
Stay just the same
'Cos I'd never recover from shame
If you walked out of something so beautiful

Sticks EP

Stay

Out now on Lucky Listen
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Recorded/Produced by Michael Hemmings
Mixed/Mastered by George Perks

Down at Your Feet (Single)

Down at Your Feet

Animal Noise - Down at Your Feet

Brapurple has set out to spread love and positivity. The single elaborates on positivity and national issues centering its story in Ghana's present state, while looking to the future of music with fresh and irresistible original songwriting

Love & Light

Me, You And A Dog

Crying All The Time

Powerfully uncool electronic pop grooves for sarcastic introverts.
Working the Recovery Chronic Depression/Anxiety
Trekkie 🖖

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