‘Hardcore From The Heart’ starts with loss and ends with acceptance of the impossibility of achieving an ideal life, examining the imbalance that exists between the life lived and the ideal sought. It’s title is borrowed from the book by sexologist and essayist Annie Sprinkles to reflect the nuanced, emotional and introspective journey that Serrat pursues in her lyrics and music.

Lead single ‘Pictures’ illustrates the album’s rich textures and immersive atmospherics. “Pictures talks about disillusion and the failure of communication,” comments Serrat. “It's also a reminder of the amount of time we stupidly waste on trivial details. That idea of 'perfection never comes' is that you are better off just living your life because things can always go wrong. Tables turn in the blink of an eye. So putting off things while waiting for the right time to do them kills me. 

“The song takes place in Montréal and it's about a broken promise. It was inspired by the fact I didn't let myself be angry with that disappointment. I built a wall and let my frustration and sadness grow in this space but never expressed it. That took a toll on me and by the time I realized it, it was too late.”

Hardcore From The Heart

Pictures

Joana Serrat - Pictures

Part of Cornwall’s blistering garage-rock scene, and now a focal point of London’s underground guitar scene, The Velvet Hands (Toby Mitchell, Dan Able, Louis Mitchell and Sam Hilder) have an unashamed love of guitar based songwriting.

The band have supported the likes of Liam Gallagher, Fontaines DC, VANT, YAK + Wallows to name a few. They've toured nationally selling out dates in London, Truro, Cardiff and Glasgow. The band have also received airplay from the likes of Steve Lamacq at 6 Music, John Kennedy at Radio X and Sarah Gosling at BBC Introducing South West.

Of new single Holiday In My Head, guitarist Dan said: “It’s based on our own experience of the doldrums of being skint, working your arse off to be able to afford a postage stamp sized flat, only to have to shave in the kitchen sink because the landlord won’t fix the one in the bathroom. Take that and then put it in lockdown, it felt like the walls were closing in - very claustrophobic. You can’t escape to anywhere apart from your own daydreams. The song is an anthem of escapism in the modern era”.

Still DIY, still fiercely independent!

More info: https://linktr.ee/thevelvethands

Holiday In My Head

Pebble

The Future is a Cage

Stay And Run

again sometime

'Polyester' rel. February 22, 2023
Music & lyrics by David Zbirka 
Produced by Patrick James Fitzroy and David Zbirka
Mastered by Christian Wright

Polyester

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05. See You Again

Remix by dealership
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Written by Nick Carver

Artwork by DNS
www.instagram.com/dnsmith.studio/

Running In Circles (dealership dub mix)

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Running In Circles [dealership's Dub Mix]

I followed you slowly into shallows
Absorbed by you and trapped within your shadow

I followed you slowly into the shallows
Absorbed by you and trapped within your shadow

Your words flood in 
I’m drowning in my skin 
You broke me from within
You never felt a thing
You left me hurt 
Dug deep down in the dirt 
I know now what I’m worth

He held me down and waited for tomorrow
There’s no way out I’m trapped within your shadow

Your words flood in 
I’m drowning in my skin 
You broke me from within
You never felt a thing
You left me hurt 
Dug deep down in the dirt 
I know now what I’m worth

I’m in his words
I’m in his mouth
I’m his mind

I'm in his words
I'm in his mouth
I'm in his mind

(Your words flood in 
I’m drowning in my skin 
You broke me from within
You never felt a thing
You left me hurt 
Dug deep down in the dirt 
I know now what I’m worth)

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