Gaacher Blitz

Released 9th July on Learn Fear Records.
www.learnfear.com

Listen on Spotify, Apple Music and more:
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Written, performed and co-produced by LELO.
Produced, co-written and mixed by Mickey Dale at Cellar of Dreams studio.
Mastered by James Grover.

Super 8 footage filmed by Mickey Dale and Adrian Cousins.
Post production, editing and grading by Adrian Cousins.

Copyright 2019 the boy who left home to learn fear. 

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I feel brave when I look outside
When it’s late and nobody can hear me 
I’m a waste always compromise
A red face when there’s too many listening
I feel safe when I’m stuck inside 
When it’s late and nobody can hear me
I’m a waste always compromised
A brave face when there’s nobody listening 

Went away to try and change and now I’m not safe socially 
I replay everything I say that lets me down 
It makes my face ache 

It’s so hard not to hide away from all new faces 
We can’t make time so I value mine 
I feel safer in my thoughts 
My thoughts race as you say your name 
I make chase but there’s no way to catch them 
A bad start and the start is vital 
I’ll watch this back for days 

Went away to try and change now I’m not safe socially 
I replay everything I say that lets me down 
It makes my face ache 
Went away to try and change now I’m not safe socially 
I replay everything I say that lets me down 
It makes my face ache 

Always looking back on yourself 
When it gets hard. 
Always looking back on yourself 
When it gets hard. 

Went away to try and change now I’m not safe socially 
I replay everything I say that lets me down 
It makes my face ache 
Went away to try and change now I’m not safe socially 
I replay everything I say that lets me down 
It makes my face ache

Faceache

The closing track from the debut EP by Loris and the Lion.

Thank you to Eloise for this and so many years of friendship.

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Hush my darling, 
don't you say a word.  
The Devil isn't listening.  
For in has flown his 
Sunday silver bird,  
and I can't stop him singing.  

I was a candle dove.  
Sent to save,  
from fires above.   
Sing in your forbidden tongues,  
But stop before the woodsmen comes.  
He'll cut your laurel and your stolen Gods away.  
He'll say pot, kettle, are you black?  
and turn the feathers on your back, 
and make you sing for sixpence you have yet to pay.  

Hush my darling, 
pray you pay no heed.  
The magpie's only whistling.  
For she did steal 
that diamond for a star,  
and I can't stop it glistening.  

 I was a sun so bright.  
Sent to count the stars at night.   

One for sorrow,  
two for mirth.  
Stop before you count the earth.  
Why else do you think was Jacob's fiery angel slain?  

She swept to save his burning heart,  
but scattered when the ash bled dark,  
and cast a ring of roses round  the lover's flame.  

Hush my darling,
rest your head strong hands.  
The ring won't stop them shaking. 
 For it has shattered to a looking glass,  
and I can't stop it breaking.  

 ---------- credits 

Vocal: Georgia Harris  
Piano: Georgia Harris  
Textures: Rich Bond   
Words: Georgia Harris  
Music: Georgia Harris & Rich Bond  
Produced by Rich Bond at Wise Tree Studios
Recorded by Rich Bond at Wise Tree Studios
Mixed by Rich Bond at Wise Tree Studios
Mastered by Jim Spencer at Eve Mastering

Jorinde and Joringel

Mockingbird

Don't Wanna Be Alone

The second track to be released (on 30th July) from The Gaslight Troubadours' third album 'Curse Of The Gaslights' due for release in October. This track features singer Dandelion from BBC Radio 6 Music favourites The Hempolics and legendary producer (The Verve's 'Urban Hymns', co-founder of The Fireman with Paul McCartney, The Orb, Grammy award winner for Toots & The Maytals final studio album, Lee Scratch Perry, and many more) and Killing Joke bassist Youth. 

Here Dandelion ruminates on the current state of the world that we've all been living through, whilst longing to live on an island away from "the trouble and violence," whilst also celebrating the birth of his baby daughter. Youth's skilfully moving bass line drives the tune in the sub frequencies.

A New Place (feat. Dandelion & Youth) (Radio Edit)

Float (Radio Edit)

Wow! thrilled to have made Tom Robinson's BBC 6 Music show and Fresh Faves 14.2.22!! This is from my 2nd album The Awakening. Made using loops/samples with love, by Helen Meissner.
How often do we ask ourselves ‘who do we want to be?’ It’s something that gets asked a lot of us when we’re younger isn’t it? But with a twist, everyone wants to know WHAT we want to be.
As an adult, after years of conditioning, we might need to go back to that question, and look behind the masks. It’s difficult because for many we have become the persona we felt society demanded of us. So in a way it’s clean slate time, time to ‘play’ in a way. To really fantasise. And it’s not easy. We’re conditioned to conform and fit into society, seamlessly and obediently.

New roles emerge and old roles change throughout our life. Masks are worn. Pretty much all the time. What’s appropriate in one setting most certainly is not in another. We often learn the hard way. And it’s sometimes toe curlingly embarrassing. And we struggle to forgive ourselves. It’s a real problem. It stops us getting out of the boxes we’ve allowed ourselves to be put in. And gradually saps our energy and joy til we might feel like a 2D version of ourselves.
Am I being too dramatic here? Sorry if this does not resonate. I know it will for a number of people reading. Our fear of doing something which is ‘wrong’ or which makes people think we are a loser, or which makes people talk about us in a way we feel to be disrespectful or unkind is palpable. Which is a million times worse if we find we actually agree with some of it at some level (or would if we’re being honest with ourselves). Being ‘found out’, being called a fraud, a fake... does that strike fear into the heart of you? Make you feel sick? If so we have to go there.  It’s also sometimes called Imposter Syndrome. What if someone realises that I am actually winging it and making it up as I go along? Join the club!
Perhaps we’ve striven to be the child our parents always wanted? The pupil the teachers were proud of? The friend that never let anyone down? The lover who always excited? The star at work? The parent who loved unconditionally and didn’t ‘fuck their children up’? (thanks for that ironic cross to bear, Philip Larkin). And perhaps we’ve not been 100% successful in those quests?
The reality is we cannot please all the people all of the time. And anyway, how people react really does say more about them than about us. We might have inadvertently touched upon one of their red flags, one of their insecurities about themselves and they then overreact to something that really, is NOT a big deal to other people. Ever noticed this?

Well we all have a choice about how we react to someone else’s behaviour towards us. And I have learnt to, in the most part, notice it, assess it and then move on. 
As we can’t guarantee to please others, we might as well please the most important person in your life. You. And as a bonus, if you are comfortable and accepting of yourself, kind and perhaps loving and tolerant(like you would be to a friend?), you will draw people into your life who recognise those qualities. And do yourself a favour. Others, manipulators or narcissists, will be attracted too as they will see that they can have a very nice life with you, thinking you are a pushover. Please always notice your interchanges and exchanges with them. And as soon as something happens which presents a red flag for you, investigate it, discuss it and act on your instinct if you realise this person is not as good for you as they might have appeared early on. People CAN change and you might be the first person to have pointed this unacceptable behaviour out to them. So give them a chance to redeem if that’s what you both want. But just keep an eye out for your own red flags and don’t ignore them. It’s better to be in a good relationship with yourself than a bad relationship with someone else.

So WHO do you wanna be – NOW?

Who Do You Wanna Be

Released 8th October 2021 through Doing It To Death Records

The People That You Know

Static in Verona's new album "Maybe Mayhem" will be out November 18, 2022. In the meantime, the most recent album "Let Us Be Reckless" is out everywhere.

Static in Verona is the work of Chicago musician Rob Merz, creating dreamy power pop weaved in an eclectic mixture of experimental, electronic and rock. A towering mass of sound built around uplifting, emotionally powerful choruses and epic arrangements.

All Static in Verona's music is available as a name-your-price (even free) downloads on Bandcamp (staticinverona.bandcamp.com) and on all streaming and download platforms.

Unfinished

Etcetera Ra Ra

Love Made

Scottish Fiction Records are proud to present 'made out of maps'; the lead single from Glasgow indie four piece wojtek the bear's forthcoming album 'a talent for being unreasonable'.

Following on from the success of their maiden EP, wojtek the bear tucked themselves away to work with in-demand producer Chris McCrory (Catholic Action) to record 'a talent for being unreasonable' at Shady Lane Studios in late 2017.

'made out of maps' is the first glimpse at an album full of slacker-pop and American Football tinged indie sounds. The track floats in with a bright, cheery disposition building into a full blown catchy pop song. This plays against the lyrical nature of the track which sees lead singer Tam Killean musing about the repetition and isolation of being in a dysfunctional relationship where you’re both saying to each other “this’ll get better” when you both know it won’t .

'made out of maps' is released digitally on 16th March 2018 via Scottish Fiction Records.

made out of maps

smart casual indie pop from glasgow //

Pre-order our new album - "shaking hands with the NME" on vinyl from:
https://tinyurl.com/wojtekshaking

// management // wojtekthebeargla@gmail.com