Sunday Post

Tomorrow's release, 'The Road', is a bit of a relic for me. The guitar part to which the rest of the track is built could easily be 10 years old. And although it has been recorded and rerecorded more than I can recall, it took a minimal approach and the soothing vocal talents of Cam-O the Chameleon and Blue Room Green to make it feel like a finished and enjoyable song. I seriously cannot thank them enough for pumping life back into it, and for helping me create something a little different from my usual beat-driven stuff. 

And so, 'The Road (feat. Cam-O the Chameleon & Blue Room Green)' will be available to stream in all of its mellow glory from SoundCloud, tomorrow evening (GMT). 

And before I go, I'd like to share the latest in a short stream of music that I've worked on with Wizardshoes. It's was a longtime in the works, so I'm pleased that it's finally out there. Enjoy! 

Happy thoughts, 

- The Wormling

Sunday Post

If messy and clichéd guitar solos are your thing, you'll probably enjoy tomorrow's 'Wou-Wou Open Collab' track, 'The Bum Note Blues'. A short instrumental mess around that was never meant to be anything more... it was certainly never intended to be released.

The whole track was built up from a MidiPunk beat that I looped and effected. All the other elements are me in half-cocked bluely mode, with each track being a one-take improv, warts-and-all affair. So needless to say, there's bum notes galore.

Nevertheless, the track and it's stems will be made available from SoundCloud from tomorrow... do with it as you will.

Happy thoughts,


- The Wormling

Sunday Post

I'm overwhelmed with the generosity that I've received towards my side-project, 'The Audio Bin'. I have to admit, I had my reservations when I first proposed it last February. I knew that there'd be a goldmine of unused audio and unfinished songs out there, but finding anyone who'd be willing to donate any of it to me I imagined to be highly unlikely. I mean, who really likes to share their shortcomings? 

But thanks to SoundCloud's supportive and open-minded community, my fellow music makers offered up their out-takes in spades, and so, made 'The Audio Bin' possible.

In honour of those artists, tomorrow I release the self-titled 'The Audio Bin' album. Complete with new tracks, guest remixes and a booklet containing full credits, and of course the fine artwork of Eleanor Adair, Emma Parker and Lizzie Badger, who dressed this years tracks so well. 

All of the above will be freely available on Bandcamp, with all existing 'Audio Bin' tracks on SoundCloud being made fully downloadable too. 

Lastly, it was a goal of mine to create and upload a zine every month, but as you can see, there isn't one here. The current balance between my music and art isn't, well, balanced. So I'm moving to a seasonal zine release until things level out a bit.

The same goes for the Esty shop and postcards, there's just not enough time in the day lately. But things move in cycles, and eventually things will settle in favour of doodling and painting again.

Happy thoughts, 

- The Wormling 

Sunday Post

Tomorrow's upload, 'War', will be the last lone 'Audio Bin' release before the album drops in a week's time. Funnily enough, it was the first track that I did for this side-project, but it never felt quite ready to share, and it wasn't until more donations came through that I felt I had the material to truly call it "done". 

Collectively those donations came from Couch King, joerxworx, Language of Shapes, pretzels malone, Robot Richard, Russell Sinfield, Storm the Palace, The Weighty Tree, wizardshoes and zeroplusplacebo, and once again, the talented Eleanor Adair is on track art duties.

And so, 'War', will be fully streamable from 'The Audio Bin' SoundCloud, and freely downloadable from next Monday (29/02/2016) when the self-titled album hits Bandcamp and SoundCloud.

More doodles to come throughout the week, and I might even get round to sorting that damn Etsy shop out! 

Don't get me started on this month's zine either... all in good time my friends, all in good time. 

Happy thoughts, 

- The Wormling

Sunday Post

Like most my recent 'Wou-Wou' releases, my take on Unhealthy Attachment's, 'The Forest', has been in the works for quite a while now. And I know that could be taken as if it was a hardship to work on, like it was tricky to mold into something different... but it couldn't be further from the truth. 

The main body of the track come very easily; the chords just fell to my fingers. The sounds that I tend to fall back on fit together well with the quality and tenderness of the vocals. I guess it just needed to sit for a while for me to appreciate it properly, because I was going to record and fit-in-the-mix, I left. Blemishes and all. 

Anyway, I'm pleased to say that 'The Forest (Wou-Wou Remix)', will be out on SoundCloud from tomorrow...

... but while you wait, here's the original song: 

Lastly, the long promised 'Wou-Wou' Esty shop will make an appearance later on in the week alongside the usual arty stuff. More details to come.

Happy thoughts, 

- The Wormling

Sunday Post

As I mentioned in previous posts, at the end of the month I will be releasing 'The Audio Bin [LP]'. It will mark the one year anniversary of my ongoing side-project, and will feature a number of guest remixes alongside old and new original tracks. 

In the meantime the, 'Estranged', single will bridge the gap between now and the LP. This double release will include the title track 'Estranged' and b-side, 'Diggin'', and will also be available to stream/download from tomorrow.  

The list of audio donators between both tracks is huge, with Ang Kerfoot, But I prefer Romina Power, Butch Tandy, Couch King, Greg Savin, Jonathan Beckenstein, Man On A Grill, pretzels malone, Robot Richard, Russell Sinfield, Storm the Palace, The Weighty Tree, wizardshoes and zeroplusplacebo, all contributing. 

Also, I'm exited to say that figurative artist, Eleanor Adair, has donated her inspiring and unique artwork to the project! Do check out her work, and everyone mentioned above (links in orange). 

Art-wise, the usual mixed bag of paintings, doodles and graphic novel developments to come throughout next week.

Happy thoughts, 

- The Wormling

Sunday Post

For February's 'Wou-Wou Open Collab' release I will be offering up, 'Maroon', an odd little demo made from hip-hop style drum patterns and a wayward mellotron progression. Much like 'Out///In', I had huge plans for it when I first started the project, but I soon ran out of ideas and enthusiasm. Meaning, it's ripe for someone else to rejig. 

If you feel up to it, 'Maroon', and all of its stems will be available to download from the 'Wou-Wou Open Collab' SoundCloud page from tomorrow. 

Now then, after months and months of teasing a zine, I've finally pulled my finger out and made one! And the best thing is, it's totally free for you to download and make up yourself. Course, if you're feeling a little lazy to that idea, I will be posting it page by page throughout next week on social media, so you can enjoy it that way too.

Anyway, what with Valentine's Day around the corner and it being my first official 'Wou-Wou' zine, I thought it'd be apt to have it revolve around the theme of first dates, especially blind dates. A concept that seems utterly terrifying to me - a shy, hermit-like creature... never-the-less, I hope you find it amusing.

To get your downloadable PDF copy of 'Blind Date', click here. Details on how to assemble it can be found all over the web, but feel free to get in touch if you're unsure. 

Happy thoughts, 

- The Wormling