#uk singer-songwriter

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REX ORANGE COUNTY RELEASES NEW SINGLE "2008" ; NEW ALBUM THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE OUT THIS FRIDAY VIA RCA RECORDS

Rex Orange County shares new single "2008" ahead of this Friday's release of his new album The Alexander Technique. The song marks the 4th taste of Rex's forthcoming album and will be performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this coming Friday.

"2008" is representative of The Alexander Technique as a whole -- Rex's most unencumbered body of work to date, produced entirely by Rex himself alongside Teo Halm (Rosalía, SZA, Beyoncé) and Jim Reed, the latter a member of the Rex Orange County touring band since its inception. The Alexander Technique is named for a therapeutic practice in which back pain is treated to address deeper health problems, and it’s an apt name for Rex's most raw album to date: what may have begun as a simple exercise in changing the purview of his writing ended up becoming his most confessional, open-hearted album. Stripping back his sound to a skeletal mixture of stream-of-consciousness R&B and indie-folk, while retaining the orchestral lushness that’s become his trademark, The Alexander Technique marks the beginning of Act Two of Rex Orange County's career: a new chapter on which he lays everything bare, no matter how painful that might be.

“The Alexander Technique is very much a look into my own brain and experiences over the last few years – it’s almost a diary,” he says. Longer than any project he’s ever made and more musically varied, The Alexander Technique was made over a matter of years, started before and finished after 2022’s WHO CARES?; listening to it feels like watching an artist grow in real-time, and face all the attending growing pains that come alongside. “I’ve made a lot of love songs over the years, and I feel as though this is the first time I’m trying to make a project about everything in life. In my mind, it’s exactly what I’ve always wanted to make.”

The album will be followed by tours across North America and the UK in which Rex has crafted a theatrical stage show that will allow him to bring The Alexander Technique to life across multiple performances in iconic venues in nearly every market on the tour.

Listen to "2008" above now and see below for all The Alexander Technique and touring information.

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David Bowie – Modern Love

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insta: @thefrimann

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Tracklist:

Plastic 100°C • Blood On Me • Kora Sings • (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano • Take Me Inside • Reverse Faults • Under • Timmy's Prayer • Incomplete Kisses • What Shouldn't I Be?

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1976 - American fashion model Bebe Buell pictured by Clive Arrowsmith for British Vogue. Makeup by Barbara Daly. Unknown further details (if you know them, please post).

Photos 1 to 3) Scans by Leith from (Diet) Coke & Sympathy.

Photos 4 to 6) From Clive's website (I think, saved long ago).

Photo 7) From Bebe's website.

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Jake Bugg - A Modern Day Distraction

This New 12 Track Album by British Singer Songwriter Jake Bugg was released on October 4th 2024 ...

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“The outsider artist’s outsider artist”

Check out Bandcamp’s Best Electronic Music of 2024.

Thank you Joe for highlighting my music again.

Listen to Butterflies 🦋 by ZOiD 🇮🇪 & Seo 🇳🇬

Our EP has 3 originals and 2 covers.

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sleeping satellite is actually such a well written and deep song

SLEEPING SATELLITE BY TASMIN ARCHER

I blame you for the moonlit sky And the dream that died With the eagles flight I blame you for the moonlit nights When I wonder why Are the seas still dry? Don't blame this sleeping satellite

Did we fly to the moon too soon? Did we squander the chance? In the rush of the race The reason we chase is lost in romance

And still we try To justify the waste For a taste of man's greatest adventure

I blame you for the moonlit sky And the dream that died With the eagles flight I blame you for the moonlit nights When I wonder why Are the seas still dry? Don't blame this sleeping satellite

Have we lost what it takes to advance? Have we peaked too soon? If the world is so green Then why does it scream under a blue moon? We wonder why If the earth's sacrificed For the price of it's greatest treasure

I blame you for the moonlit sky And the dream that died With the eagles flight I blame you for the moonlit nights When I wonder why Are the seas still dry? Don't blame this sleeping satellite

And when we shoot for stars What a giant step Have we got what it takes To carry the weight of this concept? Or pass it by like a shot in the dark Miss the mark with a sense of adventure

I blame you for the moonlit sky And the dream that died With the eagles flight I blame you for the moonlit nights When I wonder why Are the seas still dry? Don't blame this sleeping satellite

this is basically the uk version of whitey on the moon holy shit

ok so i've been obsessed with this song for a few weeks now and have been listening to it on repeat, and like at first listen you'd think it's a catchy little ditty but nothing special... but nooooo tasmin archer is a genius singer songwriter like... idk her vocals alone are so masterful, so intentional and so well controlled!

anyway read the lyrics! they are not just about the moon landing and like blindly going along with the glorious american nationalist narrative that's spun around it, or like a lot of cold war propaganda... nah she's questioning the worth of the whole expedition by asking 'and still we try to justify the waste for a taste of man's greatest adventure' and 'Have we lost what it takes to advance?, Have we peaked too soon? if the world is so green, then why does it scream under a blue moon,,, we wonder why, if the earth's sacrificed for the price of it's greatest treasure'

so clearly she's saying the moon landings were NOT WORTH THE COST, implying that humanity (read: america) could have spent taxpayer dollars on actually improving the majority of human lives, like gil scot heron's poem:

A rat done bit my sister Nell. (with Whitey on the Moon) Her face and arms began to swell. (and Whitey's on the Moon) I can't pay no doctor bill. (but Whitey's on the Moon) Ten years from now I'll be paying still. (while Whitey's on the Moon)

tasmin archer may not be as explicit with her politics but i reckon the message is subtly there, i was so genuinely impressed with relistening to this after like not hearing it since i was a kid

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Chloe Slater - Death Trap

On the 23rd May UK singer-songwriter Chloe Slater released her debut 5 track EP, You Can't Put A Price On Fun. 20 year old Chloe is orginally from Bournemouth but has now relocated to Manchester. She has been releasing music for 4 years via her soundcloud page.

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Nilüfer Yanya, My Method Actor

New music Wednesday

Nilüfer Yanya’s third album is a brilliant showcase of her introspective style, where her creative approach thrives and evolves. She seamlessly blends genres like alternative rock, jazz, soul, and electronic, weaving a captivating tapestry of acoustic and electronic sounds that both intrigues and provokes immersive thought.

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George Harrison - My Sweet Lord

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Promo shoot for my 2024 Valentine's Day release 'Happier When'.