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2012

Dandelion Radio Session EP

Barely Out (Audio Antihero) (UK)

 

01 HAND-ME-DOWNS. 02 LIGHT THIS LOVE AND WATCH IT BURN.

03 WHERE'S MY LOVE (CAROLINE COVER). 04 FIREWORKS IN THIS SMALL TOWN TONIGHT.

- Free download EP of my exclusive 4 song acoustic session for the Mark Whitby show on Dandelion Radio which streamed throughout the month of March 2012.

Download free here.

 

click here for lyrics MP3 samples and drawings

 

 

2012

The Birds Sing Goodnight To You And Me

We Were Never Being Boring (Italy)

 

01. Kisses On A Plate. 02. Black Swans On The Water. 03. Hand-Me-Downs. 04. Such A Pretty Sight. 05. Lady Grey. 06. Somewhere Quiet We Could Go. 07. Up On The Downs. 08. When The Robin Spreads His Wings And Sings. 09. Fireworks In This Small Town Tonight. 10. Oh What A Day (Oh What A Night).

- My third album featuring ten new songs each mentioning a bird or birds in some way, recorded in the spring of 2011 at home in Järfälla Sweden and finished with Darren Hayman in Walthamstow London England. Mixed by Darren. Featuring special guest appearances by Darren Hayman, John Morrison & Jack Hayter (Hefner), Suzanne Rhatigan, James Milne (Cornershop) and Dave Watkins.

Buy it here.

 

 

2012

Mark Whitby show

Dandelion Radio (UK)

01 Hand-Me-Downs. 02 Light This Love And Watch It Burn. 03 Where's My Love. 04 Fireworks In This Small Town Tonight.

- An exclusive 4 song acoustic session for the Mark Whitby show on Dandelion Radio streaming throughout the month of March 2012.

 

 

Audio Antihero compilation 2012

2012

Me

on Some Alternate Universe Audio Antihero Records (England)

A bumper charity compilation album featuring 36 tracks to raise money for FSID.

My track is a home recorded cover of a song by Rhatigan.

Buy the album here.

 

 

To Unwrap Loudly WWNBB compilation 2012

2012

Somewhere Quiet We Could Go (demo)

on To Unwrap Loudly

We Were Never Being Boring (Italy)

A free compilation album available exclusively as a thank you to those who shopped at the WWNBB webshop during 2011.

 

A Polaroid For Christmas 2011

2011

Waiting For Midnight

on A Polaroid For Christmas 2011

Polaroid Blog (Italy)

An exclusive free home recorded christmas MP3.

You can download the whole album for free here.

 

 

lyrics on a plate here

2011

Kisses On A Plate/Up On The Downs (demo)

We Were Never Being Boring (Italy)

 

- A free MP3 single from the forthcoming album The Birds Sing Goodnight To You And Me. Recorded by ANT & Darren Hayman, mixed by Darren Hayman, featuring Darren on electric guitar, James Milne (Cornershop) on bass & ANT on vocals, acoustic guitars & drums.

Download free here.

 

 

 

 

click here for lyrics and MP3 samples

 

 

 

2011

Footprints Through The Snow

Pocket Records/Sounds Good (China)

 

01. WHEN YOUR HEART BREAKS (INTO MANY LITTLE PIECES). 02. IN YOUR DREAMS. 03. SLIPPED AWAY. 04. SHE'LL BE HOME SOON. 05. SPENT TOO LONG WALKING WITH NO HEART TO FOLLOW. 06.THIS GOODBYE KISS. 07. LOOK HOW TIME FLIES. 08. THOSE MEMORIES. 09. CHANGE WITH THE SEASON. 10. UP STICKS AND GO. 11. HAVEN'T YOU GOT ANYWHERE LEFT YOU CAN RUN TO? 12. WE DIDN'T MOVE A MUSCLE. 13. HEADING HOME. + 14. SHE'LL BE HOME SOON (DEMO).

- My studio album from 2006 now licensed & re-released in China, June 2011. It now comes with a bonus track: She'll Be Home Soon (demo) and a colour lyric booklet.

Originally released by Homesleep Records in Italy in January 2006, it was recorded in the Alpha Airbase studios in Bologna Italy in August & September 2004. Giacomo Fiorenza recorded and mixed it, with additional help from Francesco Donadello. Matteo Agostinelli (Yuppie Flu) mastered it in May 2005.

 

 

 Click here for lyrics and samples

2011

Black Swans On The Water EP

Antsongs (Sweden)

 

01. BLACK SWANS ON THE WATER (ORIGINAL VERSION). 02. IN YOUR COMPANY. 03. BLAME ON ME. 04. ISN'T IT A PITY WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE CITY. 05. DON'T LEAVE IT TOO LONG.

- Another exclusive MP3 EP available only on Bandcamp featuring 5 home recorded out-takes from The Birds Sing Goodnight To You And Me album sessions.

Buy it here.

 

   Click here for lyrics & samples     

2011

I Long To Quicken The Beat Of Your Heart EP

Antsongs (Sweden)

 

01. I LONG TO QUICKEN THE BEAT OF YOUR HEART. 02. MAGPIES (ACOUSTIC VERSION). 03. A SOFT PLACE (ACOUSTIC MIX). 04. HEADING HOME (DEMO).

- An exclusive 4 song MP3 EP available only from Bandcamp featuring 4 rare home recordings & alternative mixes.

Buy it here.

 

 

       Click here to listen to RIDE ON

2010

Ride On

on Fight Night 2010, La Compilation

i400calci (Italy)

 

- A free download only compilation from the cool Italian movie blog.

My version of the AC/DC song taken from the soundtrack of the movie Maximum Overdrive.

Download it free here.

 

 

Click here to hear CRYING NO TEARS

  

2010

Crying No Tears

(Loud Off featuring ANT)

on Between Two Waves Vol. B by Eardrums Pop (Norway)

 

- A  free triple download only compilation album. This song is an exclusive collaboration recorded with Italian instrumental band Loud Off.

Music written and recorded by Loud Off, words written by Antony Harding, vocal and xylophone recorded by ANT. Mixed by Loud Off.

You can download the track for free here.

 

 

Click here to listen to KISSES ON A PLATE DEMO

 

2010

Kisses On A Plate (demo)

on Ondadrops Vol.1: Do you know the way to blue?

Ondarock.it (Italy)

 

- A free download only double compilation album.This is an exclusive demo of a track from my next album.

You can download the song free here.

 

Click here to hear MAGPIES DEMO

 

2010

Magpies (demo)

on Music & Migration

Second Language (Denmark/UK)

 

- A very limited and beautifully handmade compilation CD featuring 21 exclusive tracks. All for the birds.

Click here to hear a sample of Time I Was Gone

2009

Time I Was Gone

on 09/09CD

with XMUSICMAG (China)

 

- A free compilation CD given away with the September issue of XMusicmag (China) 2009. This is the same version of Time I Was Gone that appears on the Acuarela CD.

 

clicl here for lyric and MP3 sample

 

2009

A Soft Place

Black Kitten Records (Italy)

 

- A limited edition split 7" single with my friend Darren Hayman (Hefner).

This single is a little bit different to a normal split 7" as both Darren and I sing and play on each other's songs. Both songs mixed by Darren.

 

click here for lyrics

 

2009

When The Morning Arrives

Antsongs (Sweden)

When The Morning Arrives (unreleased song)/The Cure For Broken Hearts (4 track demo)/She’ll Be Home Soon (demo)/The Trick (acoustic version)/Up Sticks And Go (demo)/What A Wonderful View (unreleased song)/You’ve Lost Your Appeal (4 track demo)/The Queue To Your Heart (ukulele version)/This Goodbye Kiss (demo)/Never Let Me Down * (unreleased cover version)/Not Sleeping The Same Way (Wurlitzer version)/I Hope You’ll Always Be There (acoustic version)/The Trick (4 track demo)/The Only Girl (unreleased song)/You’ve Lost Your Appeal (slow version)/Change With The Season (demo)/Where Happiness Begins (4 track demo)/Look How Time Flies (demo)/Grace (unreleased song)/Tongues (4 track demo)/Slipped Away (demo)/Cold Feet (unreleased song)/The Queue To Your Heart (4 track demo)/Spent Too Long Walking With No Heart To Follow (demo)/We Didn’t Move A Muscle (demo).

 

- A limited edition 25 track MP3 album of previously unreleased recordings released by ANTsongs in June 2009. The album features demos, out-takes, rejected songs and a cover version. Originally available as a limited edition (of 100) data disc with lyrics, photos, art and MP3s, it's now out of print and available only as a cheap download from Bandcamp.

 

Click here to hear MAGPIES (acoustic)

2009

Magpies (acoustic version)

on Volume D of BIRDSONGS BEESONGS

Eardrums Pop (Norway)

 

- A lovely free download only compilation album.

 

 

click here for lyrics and MP3 samples

2009

These Long Dark Country Roads

Acuarela Discos (Spain)

 

01. TIME I WAS GONE. 02. THESE LONG DARK COUNTRY ROADS. 03. COME TO THE PHONE. 04. SMILE YOUR BEST SMILE. 05. MAGPIES. 06. WHEREVER YOU GO.

- A six song mini album CD on Acuarela Discos of Madrid, Spain, released in February 2009. The CD features  mixes and appearances from Darren Hayman and Jack Hayter (Hefner) and Tjinder Singh and James Milne (Cornershop) as well as 3 tracks performed and mixed by me. Jack's son James Hayter also performs on the CD.

 

click here to hear Ant doing PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT

 

2008

Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

on Volume 2 of SUMMER'S HERE

Eardrums (Norway)

 

- A free download only compilation album. My version of The Smiths classic.

 

click here to hear THE SILENCE HAS BROKEN

2008

The Silence Has Broken

on THERMOS 10 (Italy)

 

- A compilation CD by the Thermos in Ancona. A compilation of different bands who have all played at the venue. This version was originally released on the Floating On The Breeze mini album.

 

USA version 2008

 

2008

Lonely Boy

... And Other Tragedies

Series Two Records (USA)

 

01. DECONSTRUCTION (OF POETRY). 02. GIRLS AND LOVE. 03. BETWEEN THE LINES. 04. LONELY BOY. 05. FJODELIG FRIHET. 06. SEASIDE SORROW. 07. WORLD'S RESUME. 08. DECONSTRUCTION (REPRISE).

- The 8 song mini album was licensed and re-released (in its original form but with

slightly different artwork) in the USA in June 2008.

 

UK version 2007

 

 

2007

Lonely Boy

... And Other Tragedies

Filthy Little Angels (UK/USA)

(Angel 11)

 

01. DECONSTRUCTION (OF POETRY). 02. GIRLS AND LOVE. 03. BETWEEN THE LINES. 04. LONELY BOY. 05. FJODELIG FRIHET. 06. SEASIDE SORROW. 07. WORLD'S RESUME. 08. DECONSTRUCTION (REPRISE).

- An 8 song mini album CD released in February 2007. A low key collaboration where I wrote music for some poems written by Norwegian poet Eivind Kirkeby and recorded the pieces at home.

 

 

Click here to hear LET IT SNOW

 

2007

Let It Snow

on THE FILTH OF CHRISTMAS PAST (Little 021)

Filthy Little Angels (UK/USA)

 

- A free download only christmas compilation album. Featuring the same version that appears on Little 007. Recorded lo-fi on my mp3 player.

 

 

click here to hear Ant's version of Clifford T Ward's HOME

 

2007

Home

on CD2 of TIS THE SEASON TO BE FILTHY (Little 020)

Filthy Little Angels (UK/USA)

 

- A free download only compilation album. A cover of a song by the late great English singer songwriter Clifford T Ward.

 

click here to hear Ant singing about his son HE'S THE BEE'S KNEES

2007

He's The Bee's Knees

on LET IT BEE (Italy)

My Honey Records (Italy)

 

- A compilation with the theme of bees and honey. My song was especially written for the compilation.

 

 

2007

Jean Luc

Radio Onda D'urto (Brescia Italy)

01. Slipped Away. 02. Up Sticks And Go.

- A live radio session & interview in March 2007 for Jean Luc's show on Radio Onda D'urto in Brescia.

 

click here for lyrics and MP3 samples

 

 

2006

Footprints Through The Snow

Avant Garden Records (Taiwan)

WHEN YOUR HEART BREAKS (INTO MANY LITTLE PIECES)/IN YOUR DREAMS/SLIPPED AWAY/SHE'LL BE HOME SOON/SPENT TOO LONG WALKING WITH NO HEART TO FOLLOW/THIS GOODBYE KISS/LOOK HOW TIME FLIES/THOSE MEMORIES/CHANGE WITH THE SEASON/UP STICKS AND GO/HAVEN'T YOU GOT ANYWHERE LEFT YOU CAN RUN TO?/WE DIDN'T MOVE A MUSCLE/HEADING HOME.

- My second studio album licensed and re-released by Avant Garden Records in Taiwan in December 2006.

Originally released by Homesleep Records in Italy in January 2006. Recorded in the Alpha Airbase studios in Bologna Italy in August/September 2004. Giacomo Fiorenza recorded and mixed it, with additional help from Francesco Donadello, and Matteo Agostinelli (Yuppie Flu) mastered it in May 2005.

 

 

click here to hear Ant get christmassy with LET IT SNOW

 

2006

Let It Snow

on CD3 of HARK! THE FILTHY ANGELS SING (Little 007)

Filthy Little Angels (UK/USA)

 

- A free download only compilation album . Featuring my second ever cover version.

Recorded lo-fi on my mp3 player.

 

 

click here to hear a greasey THOSE MAGIC CHANGES

2006

Those Magic Changes

on DOWN TO GREASE ON HOLIDAY (Little 006)

Filthy Little Angels (UK/USA)

 

- A free download only album. My first ever cover version, originally done by Sha Na Na. The track was recorded on my mp3 player at home and is NO-FI. Voice & acoustic guitar.

 

 

click here for lyric and MP3 sample

 

2006

I Couldn't Remember The Dream

Black Candy Records (Italy)

 

- A limited edition split 7" single with Italian band Pecksniff.

Released late summer 2006 featuring an exclusive new song.

 

2006

Giovanni Gandolfi

Radio Citta Del Capo (Bologna Italy) 

1. Change With The Season. 2. Those Memories. 3. Haven't You Got Anywhere Left You Can Run To?

4. I Couldn't Remember The Dream. 5. Your Heart Got Bored

- A live radio session & interview in April 2006 with Giovanni Gandolfi on Bologna's radio Citta Del Capo.

 

 

click here for lyric and MP3 sample

2006

When Your Heart Breaks (into many little pieces) (acoustic demo version)

Let's Expect Art Records (Sweden)

 

- A limited edition split 7" vinyl with Swede The Odd Fiddler on the flipside. Limited to just 100 copies. Featuring the acoustic demo of the leading song from the Footprints Through The Snow album.

 

2006

Tom Robinson Show

BBC6 Music

01. HAVEN'T YOU GOT ANYWHERE LEFT YOU CAN RUN TO? 02. THOSE MEMORIES. 03. CHANGE WITH THE SEASON. 04. WE DIDN'T MOVE A MUSCLE.

- A 4 song radio session recorded in March 2006.

 

2006

The Glass Shrimp Show

Resonance FM

01. WHEN YOUR HEART BREAKS (INTO MANY LITTLE PIECES). 02. IN YOUR DREAMS. 03. HAVEN'T YOU GOT ANYWHERE LEFT YOU CAN RUN TO? 04. UP STICKS AND GO.

- A 4 song live radio session plus interview  in March 2006.

 

click here for lyrics and MP3 samples

 

2006

Footprnts Through The Snow

Homesleep Records (Italy)

WHEN YOUR HEART BREAKS (INTO MANY LITTLE PIECES)/IN YOUR DREAMS/SLIPPED AWAY/SHE'LL BE HOME SOON/SPENT TOO LONG WALKING WITH NO HEART TO FOLLOW/THIS GOODBYE KISS/LOOK HOW TIME FLIES/THOSE MEMORIES/CHANGE WITH THE SEASON/UP STICKS AND GO/HAVEN'T YOU GOT ANYWHERE LEFT YOU CAN RUN TO?/WE DIDN'T MOVE A MUSCLE/HEADING HOME.

 

- A 13 song full length album and first proper studio album. Recorded in the hot & sweaty Alpha Airbase studios in Bologna Italy (with no air conditioning) in the late summer of 2004. Giacomo Fiorenza recorded and mixed it, with additional help from Francesco Donadello, and Matteo Agostinelli (Yuppie Flu) mastered it in May 2005.

 

 

click here to hear the acoustic demo of THOSE MEMORIES

2005

Those Memories (acoustic demo)

on HAVE YOURSELF A FILTHY LITTLE CHRISTMAS (Little 004p) Filthy Little Angels (UK/USA)

 

- A free download only compilation album. My song is the home recorded demo of the song on the Footprints  Through The Snow album.

 

click here to hear ALL THESE IMPOSSIBLE PICTURES I PAINT IN MY HEAD

2004

All These Impossible Pictures I Paint In My Head

on Acuarela Songs 3 (Nois 1042)

Acuarela Discos (Spain)

 

- A compilation CD. The song was originally written back in 1995 and is one of the songs featured on the ANTHOLOGY four track tapes.

This version was rewritten especially for Acuarela and was recorded at home.

 

2004

Krister Bladh

Tandem Pop Radio (Lund Sweden)

01 Haven't You Got Anywhere Left You Can Run To?

An interview plus a live song for Krister Bladh and Tandem Pop on student radio in Lund.

 

2004

Giovani Gandolfi

Citta Del Capo Radio (Bologna Italy)

01 When Your Heart Breaks (into many little pieces). 02 Blame It On The Language. 03 A Long Way To Blow A Kiss.

An interview and 3 live songs for Giovanni in Bologna in May 2004.

 

click here to hear THE TRICK one more time

2004

The Trick

on This Is Popkonst And We 

Love You (Sweden) (POPK02)

 

- A compilation CD. Released by Niklas and Marie. This is the version on the A Long Way To Blow A Kiss and Sad To See It's Morning albums.

 

 

Compilation album 2004 F&G UK

 

 

2004

Sad To See It's Morning

Fortune And Glory Records (UK)

WHERE HAPPINESS BEGINS/YOUR HEART GOT BORED/I HOPE YOU'LL ALWAYS BE THERE/THE QUEUE TO YOUR HEART/I ALWAYS HURT THE ONE THAT I LOVE (THE MACHINES REMIX)/BREATHE MY NAME/THE TRICK, EASY/NOT SLEEPING THE SAME WAY/THAT SHININGSMILE/MOUNTAINS/PATHWAY (previously unreleased)/YOU'VE LOST YOUR APPEAL (LIVE).

 

- A 13 song compilation CD released in October 2004 (FORCD114).

A collection of the three singles to date with all the b-sides and all the compilation tracks released to date, plus an exclusive remix, a previously unreleased song and an exclusive live track.

 

click here for lyrics and MP3 samples

 

2003

Imprints Of Emotion EP

Mountains/Breathe My Name

Zenith Recordings/ Smudgey Records (Sweden)

(ZEN 04/SMUDGE 01)

A limited edition split 7" vinyl EP released by small two Swedish labels. Featuring two old songs. This EP was split with Swedish singer Airliner. It was later licensed in England by Hendricks' Fortune and Glory Records as a very limited autographed edition.

 

2003

Giovanni Gandolfi

Radio Citta Del Capo (Bologna Italy)

1. YOU'VE LOST YOUR APPEAL. 2. CRY YOUR LITTLE EYES OUT. 3.THE QUEUE TO YOUR HEART. 4. THE SILENCE HAS BROKEN. 5. I ALWAYS HURT THE ONE THAT I LOVE. 6. NOT SLEEPING THE SAME WAY. 7. THE CURE FOR BROKEN HEARTS. 8. ANY GIRL CAN MAKE ME SMILE.

- A whopping 8 song live radio session & interview with DJ Giovanni G in May 2003.

 

click here to hear THE TRICK

2003

The Trick

on GO JONNY GO GO GO GO 3 (UK)

 

- A compilation CD by GoJonnygogogogo in Leeds (England) 2003.

Featuring bands that played at the Gojonnygogogogo3 Festival.

This is the version on the A Long Way To Blow A Kiss and Sad To See It's Morning albums.

 

 

click here for lyrics and MP3 samples

 

 

 

2003   

Floating On The Breeze

Homesleep Records (Italy)

(HOMESLEEP REC 2015)

01. The Silence Has Broken. 02. Floating On The Breeze. 03. Cry Your Little Eyes Out. 04. There Are Grey Clouds In This Sky Too. 05. White Swans On The Water. 06. Blame It On The Language.

A 6 song mini album CD recorded at home on digital eight track. This time I made good use of the Hefner drum kit (which stood in the corner of my front room) and I tried my hand at playing the violin (poorly)for the first (and last) time.

2002

Anna P3Live

P3 Radio Sweden

01 Every Drop Of Rain

-Interview and a live song for Swedish radio at the Emmaboda Festival in August 2002.

 

2002

Dan

Tandem Pop Radio (Lund Sweden)

A radio interview with Dan on student radio in Lund Sweden in May 2002.

 

click here to hear THAT SHINING SMILE

2002

That Shining Smile

on HIT MUSIC ONLY

Heavenly Pop Hits (Sweden)

 

A compilation CD on Tommy and Marie's label.

This track now appears on the Sad To See It's Morning compilation album.

 

F&G album 2002 UK

 

 

2002

A Long Way To Blow A Kiss

Fortune and Glory Records (UK) (FOR107)

The Trick Maybe Love Will Return Any Girl Can Make Me Smile History When I Need You To Waste The Days Away A Long Way To Blow A Kiss I Always Hurt The One That I Love Every Drop Of Rain Today As Yesterday April Rain

 

-2001 must have been a very busy Hefner time as it wasn’t until April 2002 that myfirst full length album was finally released featuring 11 new songs, including new versions of the four used in the John Peel session. This time I recorded the songs at home, alone, on my new digital eight track, during 1999 and 2001, whenever I had a few days off from all things Hefner and mixed it late 2001. Once again John Morrison played perfect bass across the album (he came over and did all his parts in one afternoon) and I took my studio around to Suzanne Rhatigans, where she transformed the title track with her old, hissy Wurlitzer piano and her beautiful clear voice.

 

2000

Ika Johannesson

P3 Pop P3 Radio (Sweden)

-Interview with Ika Johannesson for P3Pop in August 2000 at the Emmaboda Festival in Rasslebygd Sweden. My live set was recorded and the highlights were broadcast a couple of times over the next few months on national Swedish radio.

 

2000

JOHN PEEL SHOW

BBC RADIO 1 JUNE 2000

01 History 02 Any Girl Can Make Me Smile 03 Maybe Love Will Return 04 The Trick

- I was lucky enough to record my first solo session for the John Peel show in 2000. Having spent many teenage hours listening to his show and being inspired by the music he played, it was a huge thrill to be a very small part of it myself. The session was recorded in Maida Vale 4 by Simon Askew (in about four hours) on the 26th June 2000 and broadcast on the 12th October 2000.

 

click here to hear NOT SLEEPING THE SAME WAY

 

2000

Not Sleeping The Same Way

on BRUMARIO (Nois 1013)Acuarela Discos (Spain)

 

- A compilation CD. Recorded at Cushy Productions by Suzanne Rhatigan. This is the track on the Evil World 7" which now appears on the Sad To See It's Morning compilation album.

 

click here to hear EASY

2000

Easy

on C188

PAPERCUTS (UK)

- A compilation CD with issue 4 of the Papercuts fanzine.

Recorded at Cushy Productions by Suzanne Rhatigan. Featuring the tiny Mary Richards on cello alongside the big Johnny Viola on violin and viola and Suzanne Rhatigan singing and playing Wurlitzer piano. This track now appears on the Sad To See It's Morning compilation album.

 

 

click here for lyrics and Mp3 samples

2000

Cures For Broken Hearts

Fortune & Glory Records (UK) (FORCD104).

1. You've Lost Your Appeal. 2. Tongues. 3. The Cure For Broken Hearts. 4. Fly On Your Wall. 5. Spoil.

 

- After a very busy time Hefnering, I got to release my first mini album in the summer of 2000, on my new friend Hendricks’ label. The 5 songs were all taken from the first few sessions I did with Suzanne Rhatigan and are still some of my favourite recordings. They too featured Johnny Viola on violin and viola, John Morrison on bass guitar and Suzanne Rhatigan on Wurlitzer piano and backing vocals. If you listen very carefully during Tongues, you can hear Suzannes' cat Bobby making a subtle entrance through the catflap!  

 

click here for lyrics and Mp3 samples

1999

Where Happiness Begins

Fabulous Friends Records (Sweden)

1. Where Happiness Begins. 2. The Queue To Your Heart. 3. Your Heart Got Bored.

A 3 song CD single limited to 100 copies each with a numbered sleeve. Released in November 1999 on the Swedish label of Roger and Anna (Nixon). I had met Roger when Hefner played the Emmaboda Festival in Sweden. The single featured three slices of gentle acoustic pop, also taken from the Cushy sessions. This time with Menlo Parks Johnny Viola Greswell ( violin and viola) joining Suzanne Rhatigan (drums, Wurlitzer piano, keyboards and singing) and John Morrison (bass guitar).

 

click here for lyrics and Mp3 samples

1999

I Hope You'll Always Be There/ Not Sleeping The Same Way

Evil World Records (SIN 1) UK

 

Double A sided 7” single.

I was lucky enough to have my own record released in 1999 on the label of Jen Denito (Linus) and Darren Hayman (Hefner). A catchy little disco number twinned with a more melancholic track. Both songs were from the Cushy sessions with Suzanne Rhatigan singing and playing Wurlitzer and John Morrison playing bass.

 

 

ANThology 5 volume cassettes

1988

ANTHOLOGY (volumes 1 to 5)

ANT TAPES (unreleased)

I began writing my own songs way back in the summer of 1988 in my bedroom on the Isle of Wight. Nine years later with over one hundred songs recorded on a small four track, the best of which fill a five volume cassette , I eventually played my first solo shows in London at the very intimate 12 Bar Club, supporting the wonderful Rhatigan. Shortly afterwards I began the first of many fruitful recording sessions with Suzanne Rhatigan and her cat, in her living room, with John Morrison and his Fender bass on the sofa. The recordings were done on an old reel to reel, quarter inch, eight track, for Cushy Productions. Also around this time, Hefner, the band I played drums in, signed a record deal with Too Pure, life would never be quite the same...

 

Extraordinarily fragile songs - THE FLY. Sweet charming piquant pop gems - RECORD COLLECTOR.

For winter evenings by the fire- SCENE ONE. Sensitive rather than saccharine tiny symphonies - PLAYLOUDER.