Chasin' the Sun by Keri Johnson

Those summer nights when, hope was dancing in the wind

We were wonder reaching, remember how it felt?

Those first tender moments, do you remember when we met?

We were just children, on the edge of innocence

Waiting for the morning to come- all that's left undone

And while we were chasing the sun, we didn't have to rush

If only we knew then what we know now- tell our younger selves

While we were chasing the sun, we didn't have to rush

Back then we were running, when the minutes felt like years

We were freedom searching, climbing higher than our fears

Seeds fast sewing, some like letters never sent

Time recaptured, when we made the longest wish

And while we were chasing the sun, we didn't have to rush

If only we knew then what we know now- tell our younger selves

While we were chasing the sun, we didn't have to rush

Keri Johnson's Album

Chasing the Sun

Rodeo Mary

Live Session recorded at Arch 73 in Brixton, London

Recorded by Laid Bare Music
Mixed and mastered by Colin Lanz

Eleanor Rigby (Cover)

Death As A Lover

Bodies On The Floor

Seven Lonely Nights

Seven Lonely Nights (feat. Géonne Hartman)

Chasing The Night

deep, deep, down

from the fire

FFO: Beck, Daniel Johnston, Courtney Barnett, Darwin Deez, Jeffrey Lewis, The Velvet Underground, Magnetic Fields

Album preorder: https://maxblansjaar.bandcamp.com/album/false-comforts

Anna Madonna is the first single from Max’s début album “False Comforts” (21 June 2024).

“It’s not easy out there. It hurts! Sometimes you want to lash out, renounce all ties, retreat into yourself. Trust nobody; pull the plug on them all. ‘Anna Madonna’ is a manifesto to say that we stay standing by holding each other through the storm. There is no cosmic conspiracy, no grand plan — frightening, tiresome, but above all a reminder to hold on to what we have. I wrote the words on a Post-It note which I stuck to my bedside table and left there until a melody appeared. It is best sung in front of mirrors and on school playgrounds.”

Max Blansjaar was born in Amsterdam, raised in Oxford and recorded this début album in Brooklyn. He appeared on the Oxford scene in 2018, aged 15, promoting shows in all-ages venues and performing his playfully sincere lo-fi indie pop songs. Since then he has released two EPs of laptop recordings on Beanie Tapes and become a fixture of the local scene, packing out pub back rooms and festival tents.

For his first full-length album, Max wanted to work with a producer to expand his sonic horizons. The shortlist of dream collaborators was quickly narrowed down to one: Katie Von Schleicher, whose self-produced 2020 album Consummation was on repeat on Max’s iPod. KVS had started producing other bands alongside Market’s Nate Mendelsohn, and they felt like the perfect combination to help make magic from Max’s elaborate and musically intricate demos.

Max spent two weeks in KVS’ home studio in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, working with Katie, Nate and friends who dropped in to lay down bass and drums. In ten intense days they captured ten songs that feel somehow grounded in Brooklyn, Oxford, Amsterdam or somewhere in between.


Max Blansjaar - Anna Madonna

Coastal Fires

Defector

Hey! My debut EP "a handful of ballads" is OUT now! You can hear it here: https://push.fm/fl/ptgztfkd

After a successful era as a lead singer for Swiss band Quintessenz (co-produced by Pete Smith, known as the producer of The Police, Van Morrison, Joe Cocker etc) Kieran Fence unveils an astonishing solo career with many more promising releases ahead.
His piano-driven arrangements are enriched with lush sing-along melodies, sometimes ranging from alternative indie to powerful pop ballads.
Fence feels called to encourage men to admit their weaknesses, show vulnerability and be kind to themselves. With his poignant voice and a large vocal range, the half German renders pieces of heartache, self-reflection, and trauma.

Kieran Fence’s 7-track oeuvre „a handful of ballads“ was produced by Colin Lanz (Marius Bear, SPIDER, RAHH) and features pieces with chamber brass arrangements and heavy drum grooves. Ranging from epic hymnal pop tunes to cinematic piano ballads rich in melancholy all seven pieces speak of Fence’s first experience with heartbreak, trauma, and other personal reflections. „a handful of ballads“ is a touching collection of intimate processes that the songwriter has arranged into relatable and warm-hearted pop songs.

Eleanor Rigby (Cover)

Kieran Fence

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