Nice mindful moody melancholic rock piece, very Floyd / R. Waters, NIN, Post-rock, cold wave and Indus; with good, on-message, minimalist lyrics. Nice production too, liking the edgy choppiness of these stereo effects.

Xof / @christophe-apelian ,  , Turing Horse (@benylund) , Keys by JerryW / Cobalt Crest (@user-168129126)
Among returning valued collaborators also : @mall-dad, @x-ro-official, @awmgtc, Philip M. Howard / @gentlepassionsmusic, Gizz Van Buskirk (@user-888406871) and Doug Jaffray - StMoP (@user-237201536).

Grassroots Underground Collaborative

Improvised music for electric setar trio and synthesized drums

Tehran Blues

Floating

Why Would Anyone Live In Los Angeles?

V1940a

We're dropping the B Side early! Sleaze Gone Blues comes out at midnight, save your spot in line for the premier now!!

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License To Kill (The Vibe) - B SIDE 3

For Luke White: August 1979 – April 2025

Try Again - Big Star

Destruction Lane

I'm Dumb And Dying And Can Not Conjure The Energy To Care

Along the rainbow we go into the snow
Beautiful, it is, to watch a cabbage grow
Cryptic usernames, they keep me on my toes
Sparkly little fluffs I pump at the show
Brace for impact as we make this roux
Messy in the dark is fudge on pantyhose
Laymen's terms and pleasantries and vital prose
Exotic crumpet dancers hold crossbows
Fast or slow I don't mind the tempos
Alienation from the Scarecrows.

Written, recorded, performed and mixed by Naïve Composer.

Alienation from the Scarecrows

I’ve been writing a lot of heavy, emotional songs lately, so I felt like doing something a little fun (and slightly unhinged). Sometimes you just need to scream into the void about laundry.

A sock. A loss. A breakdown in the spin cycle of life.

This whimsical folk-pop meltdown tells the tragic tale of a missing left sock and the emotional spiral that follows. Part musical theatre, part goblin-core ballad, it’s a soft-shoe soliloquy for the barefoot and emotionally unstable.

🎭 Genre: Theatrical Folk-Pop / Comedy Cabaret
🧺 Themes: Sock grief, dramatic overreaction, unresolved laundry trauma

Left Behind

Cosmic Threads

The kings of violence


She’s rhyming reasons why
No clouds up in the sky
Feels better when it rains
Washes her tears away 

The starlings dance and sing
But she can’t feel a thing
Dreams without wings can’t fly
Hearts without dreams,
Hearts without dreams can die

She fogs the windowpane
Then draws a smiling face
Puts herself in its place
Then she DRAWS the window shade
I’d rather take your fall
Then watch you walk away from it all 
If the rain is where you hide
I’ll be waiting outside

Eden seems so far away

Reached out to touch the sun
On fire, burning wings are gone
Fall burning just to be
Between the sky and sea

Some cast in molds cracked and broke
While others tempered and gold
Some lost in a gaze
While others burn and fade

She fogs the windowpane
Then draws a smiling face
Puts herself in its place
Then she draws the window shade
I’d rather take your fall
Than watch you walk away from it all
If the rain is where you hide
I’ll be waiting outside


When it Rains

Usually, my idea of a song is that it should be based on melody. Well, this time, instead, there's not much melody here and a bit more rhythm than usual. I don't know... I hope you like it. And if not, I'll probably feel completely misunderstood.

Mr. Misunderstood

Waiting for better days

How Can You Sleep?
words and music by Mike Damrath

How can you sleep?
When you know you’re the reason they can’t 
Leave their door 
Wondering what they’ll will be mistaken for

How can you sleep?
Safe secure inside your simple world
Aware of the storm
So scared to risk your sure and shady platform

Creating and instilling fear
Blue lights in the rear view mirror
Bright knuckles on a steering wheel 
A sister’s sight of a mother’s tear

How can you sleep?
Wise your hide has eased you on your way
Can't you see
A higher tide takes all her ships to sea

Creating and instilling fear
Blue lights in the rear view mirror
Bright knuckles on a steering wheel 
A sister’s sight of a mother’s tear

How can you sleep?
When you know you’re the reason they can’t 
Leave their door 
Wondering what they’ll will be mistaken for

How can you sleep?
How can you sleep?
How can you sleep?
I’m wondering how you can sleep?

How Can You Sleep?

How Can You Sleep? (Original Mix)

Emergent, hardcore lofi, naive art rock, Midwest/folk emo field jams and glitch art. Underground collaborative eclectic playlists and artist showcase /spotlights (from awesome original artists / bands) 
Grassroots amateur events and creative, human-centered, guerilla promo projects.

Gizz Van Buskirk (pronounced ˈgiz væn bʌskɜːʳk) is the electronic music recording project of  Mike Damrath, from Richmond, Virginia, USA. Originally raised northern New Jersey and then in the mountains of upstate New York. He was influenced by a steady diet of British first and new wave rock, with heaping helpings of The Beatles, Queen, Gary Numan, John Foxx, Jean-Michel Jarre, Roland Orzabal, and Thomas Dolby. Mike played drums and sax for a number of bands over the years including Fail East, Fevered Train, and the Screaming Attack Shrimp before striking out on his own under the name Gizz Van Buskirk.

How Can You Sleep? (Original Mix)

Gizz Van Buskirk

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