Mother - new single with Novelley

 Continuing my track-record of being terrible at promotion, I write today that last Thursday (see!) my friend Novelley released a new single called 'Mother'.

It's available on all platforms and you can find some useful links here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/novelley/mother-2

Novelley is a German singer-songwriter whom I met on Threads, and the reason I'm writing about it here is that she asked me if I'd like to get involved with this song. We'd talked previously about her joining me on a track for the next album but stuff got in the way. So when she suggested this track I leapt at the opportunity.

As soon as the first draft came over I felt a low vocal part would sit nicely, and as she worked up the structure of the song we agreed that I could find space for a cello part in there as well. I was allowed to take over the rest of the mix duties, which was fun, and Novelley was back in the driving seat for the mastering.

Needless to say, I'm very happy with how it turned out; I hope you will be too.

P.S. Work is cracking on with the next album, just waiting to hear back from a couple of contributors for a couple of tracks, the rest are in the finishing straight.

New single - The Cables

 Hi folks,

I've got a new single coming out on the 23rd of April. 

Here's the smart link for pre-saving and all that bollox: https://ditto.fm/the-cables

It'll be on all the usual streaming and download platforms as you'd expect. Plus a few that none knew existed.

But if you're one of those wonderful people who populates the Bandcamp world, then you get a sneak preview because it's out today on that platform.

https://drewstephenson.bandcamp.com/track/the-cables

It's a song about deep sea data cables, possibly quite topical given certain Russian sub activity at the moment. This track started as a sketch for Jamuary but I felt it had legs so it's been worked up into something worthwhile. Hopefully.

It's a stand-alone track and won't be on the coming album.

The Last Damn Time - new single out today

New single out today. If you like early Billy Bragg or Max Garcia Conover's solo stuff, this might be up your street.

Jailbreak! Revenge! Angry guitar!

Bandcamp: https://drewstephenson.bandcamp.com/track/the-last-damn-time

Streaming: https://ditto.fm/the-last-damn-time

Also rude word warning.

This is a standalone release and won't be part of the next album.

New Single - The Vessel

 Well, after the distributor shenanigans mentioned in the last update I can now confirm that The Vessel is on track to be released to all streaming services on 27 November.

Superhero will probably follow in the new year, but for now, here's a little bit about how The Vessel came to be...

I was at a songwriting retreat a few years ago and one of the exercises we were given was to write a song about our identity.
As a middle-class, educated, heterosexual, able-bodied, neurotypical, white male who grew up all over the place I realised that I didn't identify as anything.
Basically I'm so vanilla I'm beige. Average height, average weight, average male-pattern hair loss...
I am the default and the western world is designed for and around me.
This is the song I wrote about that...
My good friends Martin Walker and Eddy Deegan join me on this one to add some actual talent, and Martin took on the mixing duties.

EDIT: And here's the smart-link thingy for the streaming platform of your choice: https://ditto.fm/the-vessel

Superhero - now on streaming and download sites

It's another State of the Nation piece from me and G. Stoner Hilcot.

Superhero is now on all your favourite streaming services. 

And the ones you hate. 

Smart link updated to be much more useful with more services: artists.landr.com/057829500310

Superhero - new single with G. Stoner Hilcot

This one won't be on the next album, it's a standalone track that feels pretty appropriate right now.

This might be the quickest I've gone from idea to release (about two weeks from idea to release) so I expect there's some rawness in there that's accidental - but it'll fit with the deliberate stuff as well.

G. Stoner Hilcot returns...

And he's still pissed off.

https://drewstephenson.bandcamp.com/track/superhero-feat-g-stoner-hilcot

Currently on Bandcamp advance release but will be hitting all the streaming sites in due course.

Colm Cannon's Call - new single out now!

 The second single from the next album has just dropped on all the usual streaming and download platforms on Wednesday.

It's a bit of weird mix of Americana and spoken word that tells the tale of a couple of lads playing truant from school.

It may, or may not, have some autobiographical properties...

https://ditto.fm/colm-cannons-call