Best of October 2023

Just Let it In

Don't Take It Personally

‘The Wailers’ (released 1st October 2023) is the first single from UK-based singer-songwriter, Man With A Corduroy Heart. 

‘The Wailers’ is a lofi-folk song, layered with jazz guitar and recorded using cassette tapes. It’s a song about becoming a dad and trying to get the baby to sleep through the music of Bob Marley. 

It’s peppered with Marley references, as the opening verse tells:  ‘Your little baby face brings out the sun / Your hand holds my finger and I think Is This Love? / But then something turns and clouds start to rain / And if I think that you’re gonna stop crying I’ll be Waiting In Vain’.

While Man With A Corduroy Heart is a new artist to 2023, the man behind it, Ryan Davies, isn’t new to the scene. By day Ryan is an audio engineer: “Unlike my day-to-day work where artists want perfect and pristine mixes, here I wanted to do one-takes and embrace unwanted noise like hissing and pops, go back to using cassettes and let the song do the work rather than the mix!”

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The Wailers

Official Video: https://youtu.be/jzc95jP6BdM
Art by Dylan Michilsen 
Written, composed & produced by Yael Brener 
Guitar: Ben Kurt
Drums: Itay Manber
Mix: Etienne Meunier
Mastering: Aran Lavi, Tan Tan Studio

Screens 4 Eyes - Trip to the North

Fucking Up A Good Thing

A haunting/etheral introduction to both album and track alike, "The Izoku" does well to encompass a vast array of shifts in structure and the technical ability of all 3 members. All the while, maintaining the listeners attention with a subtle underlying motif that is revisited through the track as a conceptual piece and a hint of what can be expected upon further listening to the album in full. The song itself expands on soundscapes and effects derived from 3 main instruments (guitar, bass and drums) but also debuts extra percussion that all 3 members experimented with during the recording/writing process. This lends itself towards a shift in the band's maturity and evolution of the overall sound. "The Izoku" perfectly sets the stage for what is to follow and at the same time questions the listener's ability to predict where the music will go next.

The Izoku

At night (ooblaahhh)

At Night

+ Live Versions from The Bird, and a couple demos from my bedroom +

Death To The Folkstar (Live)

All In My Head is the 2nd single to be released off The Psychotic Reactions debut album.

Guitar & Vox- Hannah Smillie
Keys & Vox- Nick Ireland
Bass- Jacob McAneny 
Drums- Rory Lowe-McLoughlin

Recorded & mixed by Nick Ireland 
Mastered by Rob Grant at Poons Head Studio

The Izoku

Yomi Ship

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