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Second song on my "Six Songs" EP. Lyrics: Late night fire Takes a hold of me Violent murder Ends silently Comes to me As a nightmare Made from deepest fears Speaks to me In a tremolo Forced through desperate tears Late night fire Takes a hold of me Violent murder Ends silently Holds me down Breathless In my memory Shows to me My true heart Without sympathy Late night fire Takes a hold of me
Third song on my "Six Songs" EP. Lyrics: Wading through The memories Of that time You were beautiful Fixated on The tragedies Of my life I was difficult And baby was Your only name I didn't know you at all And baby is Your only name I don't know you at all Wasting all My precious time Trying to put things right Wishing you'd still want me Fading into The starry night I knew then What it meant to be lonely And baby was Your only name I didn't know you at all And baby is Your only name I don't know you at all
Demo of a brand new song that I recorded at home on my ipad.
A demo of a new song. This is the most dissonant, repetitive and generally abrasive song I have written so far. Enjoy!
I’m playing support for Oldseed at Badstraße 8 in Fürth on 18/4/2015. I also had the pleasure of making the poster for the gig. If you happen to be in the area come check it out!
Here’s a little live video of me performing at Badstraße 8 last week.
This is a song that was written at a time when my life was so boring that I had to fantasise about a fantasy for even a snifter of excitement. Please note that I have never actually courted another man’s wife.
Second in what I plan to be a series of “map videos.” This is a tectonic map of the earth produced for the German school system in the 70′s. I see a strong correlation between maps and songs ... both take the infinite chaos of the world and shape it into something comfortingly comprehensible. Thousands of kilometres of rugged coastline represented with a simple line; an extended period of intense emotion reflected in a few minutes of organised sound. A map or a song can only ever be a shadow of the complex beauty that inspired their creation, but under the right circumstances they can shape a new reality with its own intrinsic beauty. A beauty that speaks authentically about the nature of human experience while being happily one step removed from the sometimes remorseless brutality of its crude state.
Here is a new video! The song is called “Vulnerable.”
A couple of weeks ago I played a live session on Radio-Z Nürnberg. It was a heap of fun. Straight-up, raw and authentic, no bull-honky. This is a video of the entire set.
There is a hootenanny happening on Tuesday 13/12/2016 in Nürnberg. I will be there singing all of my absolute saddest songs to get everybody into the Christmas spirit!
I’m playing support for Sarah Ferri on 24/02/2017 at Milla Live Club in Munich. I drew a poster. Should be a really nice evening. Come along and say hi!
Official video clip for “To the black horizon,” from the new album “Organic Discontent.” The video is taken from footage that I filmed while travelling around Iceland in October 2015. Expect volcanos, fjords, glacial icebergs, and a few black horizons.
Song number 9 on "Organic Discontent." I've always liked the idea of murder ballads, but I'd never really found one that was as crushingly bleak as I might have liked. This song is an attempt to fill something of that hole for myself. I tried to imagine what it might feel like to have done something utterly horrid that cannot be undone. I wanted to try to capture something of what I imagine must be a moment of piercing realisation, when instinct, aggression and adrenaline instantly recede and a heavy tidal wave of acute, oppressive awareness comes rolling in, leaving your entire being flooded with sickening regret. We should always remember that killing another human being is actually incredibly easy and something, I believe, we are all capable of ... to be human and to live in any way that even comes close to what we might define as "good" requires eternal vigilance.
A photo from a living room style concert that I played at the Muz Studio on Friday night! Thanks to everyone who made it happen, it was a beautiful evening!
I had this idea to try to make the darkest sounding version of a christmas song known to humankind. Here it is! Happy Xmas time!
Here’s a demo of a new song I’ve been working on!
I’ve just released a new EP called “Unjustified Narcissism.” It’s a collection of four subversive pop songs played on electric guitar. Free to stream/download on bandcamp right now: https://marktimmins.bandcamp.com