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If I Were

Youth - Track by Track 

The stories behind writing and recording. 

Warning- Another long one - only for the brave. 

1/ Hurt You (AKA 1982) 

(Connelly) 

Writing: 

It’s a funny thing. You never know what’s going to be that song…

To celebrate 10 years since its recording, I wanted to share a version of my debut album, as I originally intended it to be. It was an album that took me a lifetime of sacrifices, ups, and downs to make…

Okay, some nice music news. My next single 'If I Were' will be released 2 weeks today. I can't wait for you to hear it.

I wanted this video to illustrate a break down in society and values, and to go hand in hand with the message of the single. I also wanted to spend no money, so this one worked out okay. I would…

My approach for this video was to simply shoot the whole video on my iPhone whilst walking 270 miles across the UK mid-2019 for the Rockinghorse charity.

It felt perfect and charming and fitted perfectly with the lyrics and message…

With this video, I was looking for some old footage that would bring the lyrics alive. This cartoon from the '50s works perfectly and delivers a powerful message and a very difficult time for us all.

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Every track I've released, in one playlist! 

I, like you, like everyone is sitting Spider plant-like inside. Bored. My life is self-isolation most of the time anyway, but still, there's something in having nowhere to go that makes it duller. It's helping me study which is a…

Take Me Back To Graceland  

Photographs and picture frames  

They all the same to me  

Hollowed out of broken glass in cemetery skins  

A call out to lovers, Is a call out to ghosts  

She chokes, just like she smiled  

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