These Skeletons – out now

My new single, These Skeletons, is out now. Here it is on bandcamp:
I’ve written so many songs about murder over the years it seems inevitable that someone might start questioning some of my characters. So this song is about a murderer dealing with unwanted questions – he isn’t telling you anything. And maybe you should stop asking.

lyrics

If you keep digging around
You won’t like what you find
Is this a clue to the man that you are
A key to a door that should stay locked?
We’ve all done things that are better burned and dead
If you keep digging around
You won’t like what you findMemories fade and our consciences clear
If you dredge up still waters you might drown

These skeletons
These skeletons
Ain’t coming out for no-one

These skeletons
These skeletons
Ain’t coming out for no-body
Ain’t coming out for no-body

Everyone’s wearing a mask
Everyone’s got a past
Are you as blameless as you pretend
As pure as driven snow?
Cos we’ve all done things that are better burned and dead
Everyone’s wearing a mask
And you wouldn’t like what you see

Memories fade and our consciences clear
If you dredge up still waters you might drown

These skeletons
These skeletons
Ain’t coming out for no-one

These skeletons
These skeletons
Ain’t coming out for no-body
Ain’t coming out for no-body

Memories fade and our consciences clear
If you dredge up still waters you might drown

These skeletons
These skeletons
Ain’t coming out for no-one

These skeletons
These skeletons
Ain’t coming out for no-body
Ain’t coming out for no-body

credits

released June 30, 2020
Tom Slatter – Rhythm guitar and vocals
Gareth Cole – Lead Guitar
Keith Buckman – Bass guitar
Michael Cairns – Drums

These Skeletons (Live. Sort of)

These Skeletons is my new single, out on 30th June.

Here’s a ‘live’ in the 4 different studios version of it.

I’ve written so many songs about murder over the years it seems inevitable that someone might start questioning some of my characters. So this song is about a murderer dealing with unwanted questions – he isn’t telling you anything. And maybe you should stop asking.

Murder songs – another live bootleg.

The most recent thing I tormented my bandcamp subscribers with was this set of murder songs – a set of acoustic live-for-the-internet songs about murder.

It’s one of several live bootlegs subscribers get their grubby mitts on.

There’s also a set of songs from the Raising Steam festival 2019 – that’s a full band one and lots of fun.

There’s the Fit the Fourth album launch bootleg, which is one of only two times I had a go at a one man version of the entire Seven Bells John song cycle/concept meta-album thing. It shouldn’t have worked, it was almost derailed by a well meaning but drunk heckler, it includes half a version of Demon with the whole chapel singing along out of tune. Oh yeah, and it was recorded in an actual consecrated Chapel (they had to burn it down soon after).

And there’s a set from The Surrey Steampunk Convivial which was one of the most glorious acoustic gigs I ever played – and one of the first times I found myself thinking I had really figured out how to perform.

The poor fool subscribers get all of these, and more. I assume they force themselves to listen to it all on a loop until every moment is etched into their brains like a record player needle cutting through the grey matter.

Erm, I mean I am grateful to my subscribers and I hope they enjoy the music.

More info about the subscribers thing is here.