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Obstructed View: Victory Is For Lovers
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These are demos of my current work.

My main reason for making these is to assess musical ideas, and what I have to work on. I might also have a friend or two who enjoys following their progress.

The song titles are links that will bring up the lyrics in a new tab or window, so clicking them does not stop the music that is playing.

The first date is when the lyrics were conceived, and the date in parentheses is when I recorded what you hear here.

Side One

01: Tank Treads - 11/1/21 (8/16/23)

02: Calling Home - 1/1/22 (3/4/22)

03: Erasure - 11/8/21 (11/15/21)

04: Magpies - 12/10/21 (3/11/22)

05: Postcard From Blue - 1/15/22 (2/11/22)

06: Subway Blues - 1/25/22 (2/14/22)
(A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Urban Mass Transit Systems)

07: All the Time - 11/5/21 (11/14/21)

Side Two

08: normal people - 1/13/22 (3/7/22)

09: So Well - 1/24/22 (1/24/22)

10: Come Closer - 12/7/21 (12/10/21)

11: I Can't Come Anywhere Near You - 10/15/21 (11/19/21)

12: Dirty Tools - 1/5/22 (1/8/22)

13: Burning Rocks - 12/15/21 (2/12/22)

14: Romance Is For Others - 1/14/22 (2/21/22)

15: Invention in D Sharp (instrumental improvisation) - 1/27/22 (1/27/22)

Bonus Tracks and B-Sides

21: C Sure Is Sharp (instrumental improvisation) - 2/11/22 (2/11/22))

22: Two Pieces of Music Subsequently Set to Art - 11/20/21 (11/20/21)

All songs written, arranged, and performed by Huw Powell
Copyright 2021 & 2022, all rights reserved

Technically, a "demo" is either a rough idea for a song brought to band practice, or a home-made or low-budget recording submitted to a record company. These lie somewhere in between, since I have neither a band nor a record company.