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Soak You In Sunshine – Out Now

Soak You In Sunshine, our brand new, 6-track EP is now out on CD and available on all streaming channels. Click to order your free CD now The EP includes See You On Fire, which was played on BBC Introducing by Fern Buckley in December 2023, as well as Ghost Story, where grunge meets shoegaze […]
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Posted on April 3, 2024
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And your bird can sing

The sun’s shining for a change. And these birds have congregated on the large tree that backs on to the garden.......
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Posted on March 22, 2024
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See You On Fire to be played on BBC Introducing Solent

Thursday 7th December 2023. 8pm. We’re buzzing to let you all know that our new single, See You On Fire, will be played on Fern Buckley’s BBC Introducing Solent show tonight at 8pm (UK time). Big shout out to Fern and her team for choosing SYOF – we’re made up!  You can listen to the […]
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Posted on December 7, 2023
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So much for heaven

Palmers Green, North London. A room above the Whole Hog pub. Me and Tom sat there at one end of the room......
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Posted on November 28, 2023
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Play it so slowly, it hurts

Tom had been talking to me for months about how he wanted to change up Mother Said. Then one day in practice, he delivered those......
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Posted on November 17, 2023
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2-Pull-Pass

We laughed. Rav took an age to find the key and then put the key in the hole and then turned the key to unlock the door of his red, so red.......
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Posted on September 24, 2023
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Lemon Tree….. ‘2,2,3,4’

Zaki, looks at me intently. A stifled smile battles with a cool steely demeanour. His head tilts back slightly, but dramatically. His eyes are locked on me, the smile threatens to win… ‘2,2,3,4’. The trigger is pulled and a bullet is released signaling the commencement of battle. I’m conscious that the first chord of Lemon […]
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Posted on September 16, 2023
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Eating with their fingers

Suppose a lad from Jersey gets off a train at Southall station. His grip on the strap from his guitar bag tightens as he gets his head down to complete his journey. It’ll be years before he admits that he was scared. It’s busy. So, so busy. With colours. The clothes. The different cultures. The […]
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Posted on August 20, 2023
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Divorce

When you’re married, divorce is always on the table. Ok, it’s probably not. Cos your relationship is different… until all the stories you hear from those around you, at all those parties you got to, every weekend, start to sound like yours. How do I bring this back to the band? We’ve broken up a […]
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Posted on August 19, 2023
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Outtathaway

I sat at the till for my first day in my first job. My long Richard Ashcroft-inspired locks covering my face, deliberately in front of my ears and semi-covering my eyes, enough to see what was in front of me and enough to hide me away from what was in front of me. In front […]
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Posted on August 18, 2023