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ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 441

6luz

Originally written and composed in 2010, recorded in 2021 with all new tracks!  Mastered by Steve Turnidge in Seattle, WA.

Stranger In The Mirror

Hey Mr. DJ

Fate

Barbarian

Loose Articles - Chaos

MIF Dream Space podcast theme music

Section of the underscore from YESYESNONOs production NATION. First performed by Sam Ward at Plains Plough Roundabout. (Aug 2024)

Nation - town sketch

Excerpt from the show NATION made by YESYESNONO. First performed by Sam Ward at Plains Plough Roundabout. (Aug 2024)

Nation Chapter 3-4

Initial sketch from SHED: Exploded view. Royal Exchange theatre Jan 2024. 
director: Atri Banerjee 
writer: Phoebe Eclair-Powell

SHED cacophony

Dance scene from SHED: Exploded View. Royal Exchange Theatre Jan 2024. 
director: Atri Banerjee
writer: Phone Eclair-Powell

SHED dance

Excerpt from Eurydice. Jermyn Street Theatre Oct 2024. Director Stella Powell-Jones, writer Sarah Ruhl.

Orpheus 12 part symphony

Eurydice - Apple Tree dance

Written and performed by Sharon Lazibyrd, recorded live in my kitchen with a violin overdub. A song with non English words, a task I set for Sunday Songwriting. Commentary on where we are today. When I see the world, I think, what is this? 

In our world what's going on
Tear gas on the streets
Leaders who are lying to us
Intimidation feats

Quand je vue le monde
Quand je vue le monde
Je pense
Qu'est-ce que c'est?

What will be the new normal
Is this pride before a fall
Are we driven to test our sight
To find out what's wrong from right

In our world what's going wrong
Fake news and trite tweets
Crisis and mismanagement
Nationalism heats

What will be our rally call
Are our eyes right off the ball
Can we unite what us divides
Stem the fears we keep inside

Quand je vue le monde
Quand je vue le monde
Je pense
Qu'est-ce que c'est?

Quand Je Vue Le Monde

Fresh On The Net is a music blog hosted by Tom Robinson and Team Freshnet, offering independent artists an open door and a level playing field for their music. Our inbox is open at http://freshonthenet.co.uk every Monday to Thursday morning - if you share a track with us there it will be heard by every member of our moderation team.

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"An intricate and galvanising alternative triumph"- THE UNSIGNED GUIDE

Their “wavy mix of indie rock and psychedelic vibes is so unique”- BBC INTRODUCING

‘Valetta are the hastily assembled barricade standing between the listener and a
tsunami of unrestrained cerebral energy and beatlesque harmonies, relentlessly accelerated by the tectonic shifting of time signatures. The band frantically assemble these raw ingredients into indelible psychedelic shanties that cascade towards the beleaguered fishing village that is Manchester’s psychedelic rock scene.’

It was during the dark days of 2020 lockdown when Manchester based art-rock
quartet Valetta discovered the psychedelic, cinematic sound exhibited on debut single Irregular Low. The following releases that would form the backbone of debut EP Your Future in an Email received frequent airplay on BBC Introducing and saw the band named The Unsigned Guide’s Spotlight artist for October 2021.

Valetta have now announced their second EP God Lives Underground which sees the band explore new sonic territory and grander lyrical themes, drawing influence from Everything Everything, Radiohead and even Aussie psych-rock favourites King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.

Valetta will launch God Lives Underground at Off The Cuff, London, on the 17th August, and Gullivers, Manchester on 31st August.

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Valetta

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