A brooding concoction of pounding, The Birthday Party-esque gothic rock horrors and the larger than life theatrics of Tom Waits – amplified by expansive orchestral overloads and booming spoken word – ‘Loving & Still’ is the band’s most grimly thrilling recording to date.

Produced by Ben Hampson (Lambrini Girls, Ditz) at Agricultural studios, the track delivers a lyrical maelstrom of anger and confusion, directed both inwards and outwards, as frontman
(and band founder) Billy Marsh explains:

“The opposite of a love letter, ‘Loving & Still’ attacks the general idea that you need to achieve a lot by the time you’re 30. It’s a mixture of anger towards myself, for not being where I perhaps should be in life, and towards the vapidness of modern social settings in general, and the feeling that ideas of success anyway are veiled in emptiness and fakery.”

Credits:
Produced by Ben Hampson

Engineered by Ben Hampson and Robert Smyth

Mastered by Stephen Kerrison

Recorded at Agricultural Audio

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Paying artist fairly and supporting charity since 2019

Website – https://craftingroomrecordings.co.uk/
Bandcamp – https://craftingroomrecordings.bandcamp.com/
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Independent record label based in Brighton -Dream Pop – Indie Rock – Ambient Music – Founded 2019 by Archie Sagers

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“‘Roam’ came about at the tailend of Covid, when I’d fallen out with my previous project and was going on lots of walks; my feelings at that time were mingling with my observations of the countryside around Brighton, how it’s being eaten away at, and how these beautiful landscapes are changing.” – Billy Marsh

Ideal Living are a seven-piece Brighton based ‘Art-Rock’ group formed in Brighton in 2022 by frontman Billy Marsh.

Ideal Living notably features musicians from across the city’s current wave of emergent alternative acts (Flip Top Head and SoftTop among them) in its ever-shifting orchestra.

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Paying artist fairly and supporting charity since 2019

Website – https://craftingroomrecordings.co.uk/
Bandcamp – https://craftingroomrecordings.bandcamp.com/
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crafting_room/
Twitter – https://twitter.com/crafting_room
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/crafting_room_recordings-113021313573343/

Independent record label based in Brighton -Dream Pop – Indie Rock – Ambient Music – Founded 2019 by Archie Sagers

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“‘OFD’ or ‘Old Forgotten Days’ reflects on relationships with once close friends ending on bitter terms, channeling all the anger, the annoyance, and the regret” – Billy Marsh

Formed in Brighton in 2022 by frontman Billy Marsh, Ideal Living notably features musicians from across the city’s current wave of emergent alternative acts (Flip Top Head and SoftTop among them) in its ever-shifting orchestra.
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Paying artist fairly and supporting charity since 2019

Website – https://craftingroomrecordings.co.uk/
Bandcamp – https://craftingroomrecordings.bandcamp.com/
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crafting_room/
Twitter – https://twitter.com/crafting_room
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/crafting_room_recordings-113021313573343/

Independent record label based in Brighton -Dream Pop – Indie Rock – Ambient Music – Founded 2019 by Archie Sagers

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