A playlist full of tracks created by the writers, musicians and producers of our music community, "The MusiCollective" - this is the January 2022 edition, which means we've concluded a full year of monthly playlists already! Go us!

A huge congratulations to everyone involved in this. We have a mix of complete recording newbies, seasoned pros and everything in between. All as incredible as each other. 

The MusiCollective is a community of people that get behind each others' projects, for example by helping with songwriting, arrangements, recording and production. It is a continuation of TGS Records (@tgs-records) which started as a lockdown project and has been snowballing new members in ever since. If you'd like to join us, get in touch by emailing themusicollective21@gmail.com or filling in this short form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgUPAkshXrqaB3yjG3Npa5lZVMs2uqxgzYX77DeZb8HHCYpA/viewform?usp=sf_link

TMC Records - January 2022 playlist

Lyrics

I’m watching the days roll by
And I'm comparing them side by side
Nothing ever seems to change at all
Just trapped in a loop of dull.

Will someone ease my brain?
‘Cos I just want to feel the rain again
On my skin, glistening, as the thunderstorm begins.
I just want to feel, alive again.

I wanna live my life, but it’s on pause
When I talk to my friends it’s on calls
My eyes can’t take much more of this blue light
But there’s no escape in sight.

Will someone ease my brain?
‘Cos I just want to feel the rain again
On my skin, glistening, as the thunderstorm begins.
I just to feel, alive again.

And I know there’ll come a day
When I hold your hand again
And though it may seem far away right now
I’ll see you soon, I’ll wait for you!

Alive Again

Thank you so much to Jenni for providing the gorgeous violin section for this song, it really brought the whole thing to life!

Lyrics:
That day we went wild, purple clouds painted the sky.
Some memories will stay with you forever
Wish we could spend some more time together.

If there was anywhere that I could be
I'd be with you...

In Joshua Tree, Joshua Tree
There's no place i'd rather be
Than to be with you, in Joshua Tree.

We climbed so high, reaching our hands to the sky
All our problems just seemed so far away, wish we were there to stay.
And though we had to go, we still stuck around for the sun to set.
And the world became golden, a sight to behold and we took all the joy with us in the car.

If there was anywhere that I could be
I'd be with you...

In Joshua Tree, Joshua Tree
There's no place i'd rather be
Than to be with you, in Joshua Tree.

Where we sung those songs, at the top of our lungs
And we knew all the words so well.
And though the day is done, like the end of those songs
I still remember when we went to Joshua Tree.

Joshua Tree

Game Over

It's Later Than You Think

I had this guitar lick kicking around for ages and ages. I didn't really know what to do with it until my friend Lucoline (https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/GAJYT) had a go at it and we came up with this.

Lyrics:
The moon looks sharp tonight
cutting through the atmosphere
dark shadows pierce the light
so lonely and austere

my breath fogs up like ice
but all my thoughts are crystal clear
I won't let you break my stride
I am getting out of here

Sharp footsteps pound behind
stirring up my hopes and fears
your voice rings clear and bright
it echoes in my ears

Such force and eloquence
that every word is insincere
I won't let you break my stride
I am getting out of here

What do you take me for?
You don't love me anymore
and I'm not the girl to stick around 
just to numb your pain
Your broken and wounded soul
it only keeps you in control
but I realized and it's hit me like
a bullet to my brain

People Are Taller In Real Life

Getting Out (Feat. Lucoline)

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Getting Out (feat. Lucoline)

My first full-length LP, but certainly not the last. 

Thanks so much to James Norris for producing this and contributing some beautiful lead guitar, bass, and string parts. And thanks to Kerry Norris for contributing some very cool bass lines!

Spinning

This song was inspired by someone I used to be close friends with as a teenager. Its about growing up, feeling like an outsider, wondering if that person still thinks about you. 

Massive loves to @jenni-grossmann for her beautiful violin and harmonies, once again she has managed to lift my song to the next level!

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You had me believing we were broken
So we painted our faces and grew our hair
Adolescence spelled out in eyeliner
There's no shortcuts through there

Would you still sing my name
If no-one ever listened?
Still write down how it felt
If no-one ever reads?

All the same kind of nothing
But our nothings don't function the same
Soft and lost and lonely
Long, dark and sustained 

Would you still sing my name
If no-one ever listened?
Still write down how it felt
If no-one ever reads?

But to make yourself feel nothing
To not feel anything
Oh what a waste
What a waste

Would you still sing my name
If no-one ever listened?
Still write down how it felt
If no-one ever reads?

Broken (feat. Jenni Grossmann)

Words, music, performance and production ℗ Ell Freeman 2022.

That's how it starts 
Just a tender patch  
That you dare not scratch 
Though it stings and smarts 

But as the days go past 
Even the softest touch  
Still hurts so much   
That's when it starts  

A fleeting feeling 
That whispers in your head 
No healing  
Just fearing 
The day you wake up dead 

Give me just one more chance
Give me just one more chance

With the gathering moss
Your thoughts turn sad
With the pain of loss
For what you never had

While your daily chore 
Helps to numb the sore 
Slow but sure 
You begin to withdraw 

But there’s that nagging feeling
That screams inside your head
If you don’t start living 
One day you’ll wake up dead

Give me just one more chance
Give me just one more chance

One more chance 
One more chance 

That’s how it starts
That’s how it starts
That’s how it starts, I know 
That’s how it starts, I know because
This is how it ends.

Tender Patch

Walk In Your Shoes (prod. Ell Freeman)

Broadly Speaking

Spit

Will they, or won’t they? What did you take from it?
Do say, or don’t say, but get it out the way. 
Maybe, just maybe, you keep me hanging on, 
Don’t take this the wrong way, but even we can see it, clear as day…

But it’s the same thing that happens every day, 
All the time they’re edging closer, then they back away,
Just a little step from going all the way,
Will they or won’t they? 

Will they or won’t they? You aren’t the only one
My way or the highway, the same as anyone
More luck than yesterday? Nothing to come undone
Who labelled us this way? Our time has just begun…

They’re drawn closer together, then they pull away, 
They’re thinking the same things, but feeling scared to say,
But they’re both afraid to take a step away, 
Will they or won’t they? 

Will they or won’t they, at the same time,
Walk through the doorway, I’m getting sick and tired
Will they or won’t they, no there’s nothing else
Prices we won’t pay, [or will we?]

But it’s the same thing that happens every day, 
All the time they’re edging closer, then they back away,
Just a little step from going all the way,
Will they or won’t they?

Will They Or Won't They

Words, music, performance and production by Ell Freeman

Cold Shoulder

I’ve been waiting for a sign
But now I think your time’s up
Oh for pity’s sake
why don’t you make your mind up

I seen you look away
Do you think I’m blind?
When I’m out of sight 
Am I out of your mind? 

Don’t you gimme cold shoulder 
Stiff upper lip like a soldier 
No don’t you gimme cold shoulder 
You’ll be colder when I’m gone 

You’re so hot in the night
But so cold in the morning
You wouldn’t look me in the eye
And I should have seen the warning

Are we DOA, do we have a chance 
To reanimate our zombie romance? 

Don’t you gimme cold shoulder 
I ain’t waiting getting older 
No don’t you gimme cold shoulder 
You’ll be colder when I’m gone 

Are we DOA, Are we DOA
Are we DOA, Are we DOA

Don’t you gimme cold shoulder 
Don’t you gimme cold shoulder 
No don’t you gimme cold shoulder 
You’ll be even colder when I’m gone

Cold Shoulder

The MusiCollective is a community of musicians that get behind each others' projects, for example by helping with songwriting, arrangements, recording and production. It is a continuation of TGS Records (https://soundcloud.com/tgs-records) which started as a lockdown project and has been snowballing new members in ever since. If you'd like to join us, get in touch by emailing themusicollective21@gmail.com or filling in this short form: https://forms.gle/yhyjNKzWGidVCZgN9

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