Our moderators listened to every track we were sent this week and have picked their favourites for your listening pleasure this weekend:

Listening Post: Batch 551

Fish in a Birdcage

Rule #4 - Fish in a Birdcage

I Dream Of You In Black And White

Rule #34

Breakdown

Figure It Out

Inspired by Floyd Patterson and Karl Jaspers

Motivation

Unbreakable

When the worst of things has happened, 
And the rain goes on and on, 
Still the kids play cricket in the rubble all summer long… 

Fella with his bowler hat on, 
Says we’re bold and brave and strong, 
And the kids play cricket in the rubble all summer long… 

It’s the 1940s Britain, 
I don’t mind admitting that they went through hell and back, 
I guess that I’m proud of that… 

I guess we just remember what we choose,
And paper over things with glue… 

The world is something like a baby bird just hatched in spring, 
How I love to hear that little bird sing, 
Love to hear that little bird sing

Now the best of things has happened, 
And the war we fought is won, 
And still the kids play cricket, they play cricket, the kids play cricket… 

It’s the 1940s Britain, 
I don’t mind admitting that there’s a lot to feel good about, 
To never forget and to sing about

If only we were brave enough to tell, 
The stories of our gory deeds as well

The world is something like a baby bird just hatched in spring, 
How I love to hear that little bird sing, 
Love to hear that little bird sing

Ooh la la la, 
Ooh la la la, 
Ooh la la la ooh

And when we muddy the waters, 
We sell out our sons and our daughters, it’s true 

The world is something like a baby bird just hatched in spring, 
How I love to hear that little bird sing, 
Love to hear that little bird sing 
And the world is something like a baby bird just hatched in spring, 
How I love to hear that little bird sing

Little Bird Sing

A couple of new songs. First one was written in September there, the other one in October. All parts written, recorded, performed and mixed by Josh Healy.

Both tracks home recorded to 4 track cassette tape using a tascam portastudio 7, with some digital overdubs added later to both tracks.

Are You Listening

Andrew Lincoln

Roomful Of People

Roomful Of People (feat. Jake Scott)

Made a Friend in Nashville

Made a Friend in Nashville (Acoustic)

Delve into the world of the 'Perfect Recluse'

Perfect Recluse

Recorded during Chinese New Year at my in-laws in Ningbo, all I had available to me was a 14 year old laptop with an old version of Sony Acid, an acoustic guitar and not much else. I grabbed a recorder and a harmonica before leaving Hangzhou so I could add a little something extra to arrangements and then just used whatever was lying around for percussion, including a cardboard box and a container of toothpicks. Taking out all the treble on the very basic 3 band DAW EQ and pushing the mids a little thankfully means an acoustic guitar can magically become a bass. I finished mixing the EP in a B&B in the Zhejiang countryside. No plugins on the laptop so no delay, reverb, compression or any of that gubbins. 

Free to download right here 👇

https://blokeacola.bandcamp.com/album/shoulda

Perfect Silence

Smoke & Mirrors

Side A of debut single "To Fly From An Open Cage / Lighthouse"

To Fly From An Open Cage

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Unbreakable

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