Best of October 2023

Are you afraid of death? With “Lions” Todd Binder helps you find the courage to face life. Recorded at legendary Tiny Telephone Studio, this single bursts forth with an epic level of energy, backed by an experimental drum beat, and synth sections that, at times, seem to make the track soar. Todd shows us that our shared experiences and natural ability to create can be the source of new adventures. Ultimately, he urges the listener to seek out and savour these connections before it’s too late.

Lions

Just Let it In

Don't Take It Personally

‘The Wailers’ (released 1st October 2023) is the first single from UK-based singer-songwriter, Man With A Corduroy Heart. 

‘The Wailers’ is a lofi-folk song, layered with jazz guitar and recorded using cassette tapes. It’s a song about becoming a dad and trying to get the baby to sleep through the music of Bob Marley. 

It’s peppered with Marley references, as the opening verse tells:  ‘Your little baby face brings out the sun / Your hand holds my finger and I think Is This Love? / But then something turns and clouds start to rain / And if I think that you’re gonna stop crying I’ll be Waiting In Vain’.

While Man With A Corduroy Heart is a new artist to 2023, the man behind it, Ryan Davies, isn’t new to the scene. By day Ryan is an audio engineer: “Unlike my day-to-day work where artists want perfect and pristine mixes, here I wanted to do one-takes and embrace unwanted noise like hissing and pops, go back to using cassettes and let the song do the work rather than the mix!”

Follow Man With A Corduroy Heart on:  Instagram  /  YouTube

The Wailers

Official Video: https://youtu.be/jzc95jP6BdM
Art by Dylan Michilsen 
Written, composed & produced by Yael Brener 
Guitar: Ben Kurt
Drums: Itay Manber
Mix: Etienne Meunier
Mastering: Aran Lavi, Tan Tan Studio

Screens 4 Eyes - Trip to the North

Fucking Up A Good Thing

6	EVERNIGHT

Go on believing what you heard. But I’d drown in your pain, I’d drown in your pain every night. I’d drink your crying, I’d drink your crying every night. Every night. Go on believing what you said. Go on believing  what you hear yourself say. I drown in your pain, I drown in your pain every night. I drink your crying, I drink your crying every night. Every night.

Every Night

Fresh pressed indie music. 
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Todd Binder is a pioneer of alt-indie music — music with a timeless quality that won’t be cornered by any one type of genre. Creating art-pieces which seamlessly weave together elements of multiple genres of music, he began performing on the local bar scenes for the Charlottesville, VA and surrounding cities, where he quickly gained a reputation for his high-energy shows and songwriting talent. His work garnered the attention of industry notables such as Paul Evans, co-author of The Rolling Stone Album Guide, who offered "Great songs. Insinuating vocals. Extremely promising!" as well as late Dave Matthews Band saxophonist Leroi Moore, who invited Todd to record at the band's private Haunted Hollow recording studio in Virginia. 

Now based in Marin County, California, Todd Binder began officially releasing singles in 2023. His first 3 releases were selected as semi-finalist winners in 5 categories of the 2023 International Songwriting Competition: best Adult Album Alternative, best Unsigned, Sunray; best Americana, Real Love; best Folk/Singer-songwriter, best Unpublished, Alameda.

Lions

Todd Binder

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