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Written by Catgod 
Produced by Robin Christensen-Marriott 
Mastered by Tim Turan 
Artwork by Iman Mahdy

Someone Love

From the upcoming 'Centella' EP

Photo by Simon Holliday

the blue just clings to the earth, it's embedded within some atmospheres. 
you could tell that the bitter cold you'd just been in was the same way that i am feeling. 
you told me that numbing it doesnt work, but i just had to force a change of scenery.
you showed me photos of the torched earth of lava fields, i know that barren misery.

you described being underneath the ice sheets
i know that numb translucency 
you showed me photos of the snow peaked mountain tops
ive just crawled out of my creased bed sheets. 

there is more for me
it takes a friend like you to remind me
there is more for me
thank you for reminding me

iceland

water can be rain licking your face awake, but when its ice it can carve through rocks
everything ebbs and flows it passes through different states of change. 
your sadness is never locked.

my pathetic fallacies are so vain. they remind me that cycles slow but they dont stop.
i read in the news that they've resurrected the woolly mammoth. the madness just goes on and on and on and on 


you described being underneath the ice sheets
i know that numb translucency 
you showed me photos of the snow peaked mountain tops
ive just crawled out of my creased bed sheets. 

there is more for me
it takes a friend like you to remind me
there is more for me
thank you for reminding me

iceland

Iceland

Written by Holly Redford Jones

Vocals and Guitar - Holly Redford Jones
Bass Guitar - Hunter Mulkey
Drums - Simon Knudtson
BGVs - Hollie Hammel
Organ - Athena Kulb
Lead Guitar - Adam McPhail
Grand Piano - Wil Houchens
Pedal Steel - Tyler Sutphen

Mixing Engineer - Ben O'Neill
Tracking Engineer - Chris Hickman

Cover Art by Athena Kulb

Big Blue Sky

Lead vocals, violin, percussion - Zander Sharp
Keys/vocals - Hannah 'Jakes' Jacobs
Drums - Niko O'Brian

Written by Zander Sharp
Mixing, recording and editing by Upcycled Sounds

Artwork: William Blake, Caroline Sharp

Long forgotten languages
 have all found the advantages
of saying 'I miss you'.
Funny phrase you say alone 
when somebody you love is gone
you they miss you too.

And I'd be strong
if I never needed someone,
if I never needed someone,
if I didn't belong to 
those creatures that move in groups.

Living in confusion 
with bad conflict resolution
all because we're not brave.
Do they know the core of you 
or just this poor performance that you use
to save face?


And I'd be strong
if I never needed someone,
if I never needed someone,
if I didn't belong to 
those creatures that move in groups.

Settlements

Vocals by Rosie. Keys by Hannah Jacobs.
Bass, percussion, woodwind, guitar by Nicholas O’Brien. Cello by Harriet Faulkner.

Recorded and mixed by Nicholas O'Brien (Upcycled Sounds). Produced and arranged by Hannah Jacobs and Nicholas O'Brien (Upcycled Sounds).

Lyrics:
Will you lock yourself indoors, 
On the days when the wind is high,
 For fear of not knowing where you will land, 
Or the route you are to take?

The spring is here it seems, and the colour’s bursting everywhere 
It’ll take you by surprise, that unscheduled daffodil 
But if we'd made an effort in the fall, 
We could have a meadow by now.

I know that you’re afraid and that doubts 
They play upon your mind, 
But I have never been inside that room so still, 
The storm out here is all I know.

The spring is here it seems, and the colour’s bursting everywhere 
It’ll take you by surprise, that unscheduled daffodil 
But if we'd made an effort in the fall, 
We could have a meadow by now.

Rosie Caldecott - We Could Have A Meadow

Music Video: http://tiny.cc/thesamejob
Download/Stream: http://smarturl.it/thesamejob

"In the single “The Same Job” by TS Bright, the band only needed 2 verses and a chorus, consisted of 4 lyrical lines each, in order to create probably the greatest poetry in the music of this century and answer any gnawing question that’s blowing in the wind." - Grotesqualizer.

"The song “The Same Job” is distinguished by gentle and unconventional vocal melodies, unusual not only for the folk genre, but in general." - Grotesqualizer.

"The simple and eccentric deviation to what music should be is entertaining." - comeherefloyd.

"‘The Same Job’ is a track that revels in it’s hooks but comes with it a solid level of depth too, making it one of the more enjoyable listens of the year." - Sounds Good.

You can choose any kind of Roman torture
Nobody leaves the line of suiciders
Please, pass me the ball,
I’ll just puncture it

In the beginning was the Sport
The fresh blood flows out of your throat
When you’ve caught a dirty shot
But now humor does the same job

You can try driving nails into hands
No one awakes from an infernal coma
All the naked bodies
Can not turn the tide

In the beginning was the Sport
The fresh blood flows out of your throat
When you’ve caught a dirty shot
But now humor does the same job

The Same Job

This song has been declared Hallowe'en Compliant. For full certification, please visit www.helphelpmonkeyfighters.com

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In deep, concealing doorways
'Neath dark, forbidding skies     
Get your sins reduced to lapses
Get your blessings in disguise

But don't look in those eyes

For a hundred awkward questions 
Got a thousand alibis
Got a quick effective answer
For anyone who tries

So don't look in those eyes 

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Website: www.helphelpmonkeyfighters.com
Youtube: youtube.com/monkeyfighters
Twitter: twitter.com/monkeyfighters
Facebook: facebook.com/monkeyfightersmusic
Instagram: instagram.com/monkeyfightersmusic

Monk Fright Eyes

My original song 'Ego', is for everybody out there who feels all they hear in their relationship is:  
“That’s enough of ME talking about MYSELF; let’s hear you talk about ME”

Natalie Banna: Singer/Songwriter
Iago Guimarães: Producer/Mix/Mastering

Ego (official song)

LOOK AT ME

A song compiled from the eye-witness accounts of those present that fateful evening. Some scars never heal. True story...

A Bear In The Gypsy Rover

intro: Am Em B Em
verse: Em Am B Em
chorus: C G B Em

It was a Wednesday night
and the Open Mic
had just begun.
Mark was up
and he hadn't quite finished
his very first song.

And the bar was buzzing
'cos the night
had so much fun in store.
When the relative peace
was shattered
by what came through the door.

It was six feet long
and three feet wide
with a gaping maw
and blood-shot eyes.
Legs as stout
as an English oak
and fur the colour
of dirty smoke.

It booled along to the
end of the bar and
caused a stir,
then bounded back to
the startled front
and gave a grrrrr!

And the panic
only started
when it became clear
we were sharing the
Gypsy Rover
with a pretty mad bear.

It was six feet long
and three feet wide
with a gaping maw
and blood-shot eyes.
Legs as stout
as an English oak
and fur the colour
of dirty smoke.

There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
We thought our lives were over
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover

Well Jackie Pink
she didn't think
she dived right in;
and we ended up
with the landlady
bear wrestling.

Then it spied
a spaniel underneath
a table, hunched.
And it dragged
poor Jackie with it
as it went for lunch.

It was six feet long
and three feet wide
with a gaping maw
and blood-shot eyes.
Legs as stout
as an English oak
and fur the colour
of dirty smoke.

There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
We thought our lives were over
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover

There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
We thought our lives were over
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover

As the spaniel
gave a series of
blood curdling howls,
it was lifted up to
safety but
relaxed it's bowels.

The cast iron table
got flipped like
it wasn't there,
as beer and wine
and something else
flew through the air.

It was six feet long
and one inch wide
and sprayed us all
from side to side
it covered us
both up and down
and left us the colour
of chocolate brown.

There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
We thought our lives were over
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover

There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
We thought our lives were over
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover

To end all this commotion
and this monologue,
a man from Westbourne Grove
arrived to claim his

...dog?

(woof)

Now maybe on reflection
I should change
the song,
but thirty people
saw it and can't
all be wrong.

It was six feet long
and three feet wide
with a gaping maw
and blood-shot eyes.
Legs as stout
as an English oak
and fur the colour
of dirty smoke.

There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
We thought our lives were over
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover

There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
We thought our lives were over
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover

There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
We thought our lives were over
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover

NIC HOY - A Bear In The Gypsy Rover

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