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Connecting Flights

Lost Goals

"Lost Goals" - Jacques Labouchere

Lyrics

I fall back into my teens
Whenever I get close but

You don’t feel like home
To me anymore
You don’t feel like home
But you did once and if time stood still

I’d wait for hours for a glimpse of those child like chills
But all the things i’ve said move further from my mouth

You don’t feel like home
To me anymore
You don’t feel like home
When I fall backwards

You’re no more than births and funerals
You’re no more than all I’ve been
Where there once was grudge there’s now peace and a sense of end
I’ll mourn your gradual death but cherish every breath

You don’t feel like home
To me anymore
You don’t feel like home
When I fall backwards
You don’t feel like home
To me any more
You don’t feel like home
But you did once

You Don't Feel Like Home

Suad's new single Sleep the Nights is taken from her debut album Waves, which will be released 22nd of January 2021 on Svart Records.

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Suad: Sleep The Nights

'Leap' is the opening track and first single taken from The Actions' new album 'Flourish', out now via Niteo Records
Stream I Buy 'Flourish' here:
https://theactions.fanlink.to/flourish

Watch the video for Leap here:
https://youtu.be/gG7KwlEtzQ0

Song by Marta Argenio | Maurizio Stellato
Produced by The Actions
Recorded at Crash Site Studios, Bristol
Engineered by Stu Matthews at Invada Studios, Bristol
Mastered by Shawn Joseph at Optimum Mastering, Bristol 
Artwork Photography by Maddrat
Graphics by M-Star Design

℗&© Argenio | Stellato/Niteo Records 2020 
theactions.uk

Flourish

Leap

Strangers

KIMO - HOME ALONE

Old Ways (Radio Edit)

North West based singer Jessica Luise returns with her third single release ‘Nice Try’ on 22nd January 2021. Recorded at Matchbox Productions in Warrington, ‘Nice Try’ is set to kick off an incredible year for Jess.

The uplifting melody of ‘Nice Try’ pairs with the melancholic nature of the lyrics to create a bittersweet but blissful song, which was written as a form of closure after a personal experience. The battle between head and heart is an experience so familiar to most, and ‘Nice Try’ explores the back and forth of falling for someone you know you shouldn’t. “You make me weak at the knees, you do”, Jess sings, before questioning why she feels so intensely about someone that she knows could hurt her. Jess’ impressive vocal range only adds to this ordeal of emotions, switching from a passionate intensity to a delicate, vulnerable whisper at a moment’s notice. 

Jess says of the single: “This song is the one that helped me blossom as an artist. The simplicity yet rawness of the lyrics made this song quite cathartic to write and record.”

‘Nice Try’ follows up Jessica Luise’s second single ‘Television Mister’, and places itself as the perfect transition between her previous release and something much, much bigger. The breezy warmth of the single creates a memorable listening experience for fans of The Sundays, beabadoobie, Wolf Alice and Fleetwood Mac. Her previous releases have seen support from BBC Introducing Merseyside as well as nationwide airplay on Co-op Radio.

Jessica Luise // Nice Try

Reuben

calm down > http://showstar.bandcamp.com
video > https://youtu.be/scYY4TeBx0o

calm down

"Fast One" by Renée Reed
 From her self-titled record coming March 26, 2021 via Keeled Scales. 

Renée Reed grew up on the accordion-bending knee of her band-leading grandfather Harry Trahan; in the middle of countless jam sessions at the one-stop Cajun shop owned by her parents Lisa Trahan and Mitch Reed; soaked in the storytelling of her great uncle, folklorist Revon Reed and his infamous brothers from Mamou; and surrounded by a litany of Cajun and Creole music legends, both backstage at the many festivals of Southwest Louisiana and on the porch of her family home. 

And while Renée's music is certainly informed by these deep roots, her dark dreamlike folk has more in common with contemporaries like Cate Le Bon and Jessica Pratt. It's also not unlike the intangible magic contained in Mazzy Star's songs. 

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© 2020 Keeled Scales 

RENÉE REED
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Bandcamp: https://reneereed.bandcamp.com/

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Renée Reed "Fast One"

Recorded at WaveLab Studio, Tucson.
Musicians
Dean Owens - vocal, nylon string guitar
Joey Burns - upright bass, electric guitar, accordion, BVs
John Convertino - drums, percussion
Jacob Valenzuela - trumpet
Sergio Mendoza - percussion

A reinterpretation of an old song... now in technicolour! Sweeping desert noir, and an old, sad story. A bittersweet love song. From upcoming album, Sinner's Shrine, and also on The Desert Trilogy EPs (5 Mar, 7 May, 9 Jul)

Pre-order all 3 Desert Trilogy EPs here: 
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/the-desert-trilogy
Dean on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/dean-owens
www.deanowens.com

The Desert Trilogy EPs Vol 1/Sinner's Shrine

New Mexico

Bandcamp

Dean Owens - New Mexico (ft Joey Burns and John Convertino) - WAV

I am the garden
that backs on to your train;
graffiti on a hoarding
sordid reading at close range.
Tights in the gutter.
Another shutter down forever.
I am bouquets at the side of the road.

Look for me in the tailback
as you drive the flyover.
I’m the wall of the underpass
Everyone’s eyes slide off me like egg. At last.

I’m the dark sockets
of a house with no power.
Trip switch lips.

Look for me in the now.

Have I broken into your heart yet?
Have I broken into your heart yet?
I’m talking in tongues again, I know. I know.
But have I?
Broken into your heart yet?

Look for me in the trees
at every roundabout you approach,
in hot black rubber tracks.

I am nettles in the hedgerow
a balloon, a blister pack.
I’m teething again
but this time it’s words, it’s words.

Stand firm Kate:
I make a sweep of my face,
and fake my forehead terror proof.
This is not the time to step out into your headlights.
Look for me in the now.
This is not the time to step out into your headlights.
Look for me in the now.

It’s in the words, the words, the words.
The words, the words, the words.
Look for me in the now.

The Now

Ruth wrote Way the Wind Blows when she was 12 years old. The lyrics reflect on missing her dad whilst growing up as he worked as a touring musician. Now 23, she has reimagined the song with her band, featuring guitars from James Cooke, recorded by Mark Lewis at Germanium Studios in Manchester.

Way the Wind Blows

Angel Follows Me Out

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Originally hailing from Buckinghamshire, South London based indie quartet Bleach Lab are establishing themselves as a force to be reckoned with, conjuring spaced-out melodies alongside jangly guitars. Taking the heart-on-sleeve vocals of Julia Jacklin and mixing it with the opalescent soundscapes of Mazzy Star and Cocteau Twins, Bleach Lab have fused their own introspective yet emotionally frenetic soundscape.

Old Ways (Radio Edit)

Bleach Lab

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