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January 2014 Roundup – A Mixtape

Jon Doyle — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:46:00 +0000

Lately we’ve been trying to do roughly a post a day here at Wake the Deaf, which is a huge increase in output compared to our usual lazy standards. Because of this, we thought it might be a nice idea to gather up all of the artists we feature in a month into a handy little mixtape for your listening pleasure. Perfect if you haven’t managed to keep up on what we’ve been writing day-to-day.

Our January 2014 mix is a little light on numbers as during the first fortnight or so we were busy with our year-end lists and whatnot. But there are still thirteen great tracks for you to check out. As always, there’s a variety of genres so you should find something you like.

January Mix from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

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Francis Lung – A Selfish Man

Liam Doyle — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:04:00 +0000

Francis Lung is the solo project of Tom McClung (former bassist with mysterious and now defunct Manchester outfit WU LYF). McClung has been working on a debut collection of songs for the last three years, the first of which (’Age Limits’) was released last summer.

‘A Selfish Man’ is the the project’s brand new single, a slick and refined guitar pop track which could be seen as a clinical refinement of the WU LYF sound.

B-side ‘Tsunami Blues (Cause of Me)’ is equally impressive, a hushed and sleepy lullaby which blooms into something altogether more dreamy in the final section.

‘A Selfish Man’ was released on the 16th of January and you can order it right now via Atelier Ciseaux.

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