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First track from Louis Barabbas musical

Honeyfeet, Louis Barabbas

The first song (post overture) from Louis Barabbas‘ musical Jocasta is sung by Honeyfeet‘s Ríoghnach Connolly.
The track was recorded at WR Audio in Salford.

The full soundtrack album is out 5th May 2017.
Read more about Jocasta here.

LYRICS

Ignore the clocks ticking and chiming
I warn you don’t ever take their bait
Round here it don’t matter what the time is
Because round here it’s always too late
Some towns chew you up
This one digests you slow
You might as well just give up
It’ll never let go
I’ve been searching all evening
For a game that ain’t rigged
There’s only one way of leaving
Get a shovel and dig

Welcome to the upside down
Welcome to the inside out
You won’t find many new ideas in this town
No one ever thought to try one out

They built things to last
They didn’t build them to work
The funny thing about the past
It has a tendency to lurk
Around every corner
And down every drain
Rising up to warn you
Again and again

Welcome to the upside down
Welcome to the last sliver of soap
There ain’t a lot of optimism floating around
Even the circling vultures have given up hope
We’ve got low expectations
And high rates of tax
Blood is spilt on occasion
But soon dries in the cracks
It’s one long wrong foregone conclusion

This is no longer about fathers and sons
More of worlds that are starting to shrink
Weeping mothers giving suck to their young
Tender as scabs picked down to the pink

This tale is tired of the telling
It don’t want to unfold
It’s sobbing and yelling
To never ever be retold
While the promises pile up
But nobody’s counting
The rivers turn to slop
That ain’t fit to drown in

Welcome to the upside down
Welcome to the shadow of the doubt
The house lights have faded now
But that don’t mean you can just sit this one out

Everyone here is so proud
Everyone here is so prone
No matter how big the crowd
We still feel alone
How did it ever come to this?
How did it ever come to this?

VIDEO: Honeyfeet at The Lowry

Honeyfeet

As part of Manchester After Hours we converted the Lowry gallery into an open recording studio that anyone could come along to. Amongst the famous Lowry paintings and artifacts we recorded the wonderful Honeyfeet (and everyone joined in).

Here’s an idea of how the evening went:

Debt at the Lowry

Honeyfeet, Open Recording Sessions

Debt Records will be at The Lowry as part of Manchester After Hours on 12th May, once again providing an immersive insight into the record-making process. We will have a studio set up in the exhibition space to record new material by Honeyfeet and special guests. Drop in and out at your leisure or stay for the entire duration; watch and listen to amazing artists in beautiful surroundings and witness how a track is put together from set-up to execution, with a commentary from the label’s directors (who will also be on hand to answer any questions about the process and other music industry matters).

The event will take place between 5pm – 10pm on Thursday 12th May and is free entry.

For the full After Hours listings click here.


Manchester After Hours is a one night only, city wide social. A mix of odd couplings and unexpected partnerships. A chance for you to get into places and spaces not normally open after hours. It’s Museums at Night, It’s Manchester After Hours.
Events across the city, Thursday 12 May. For more information visit manchesterafterhours.com

The Sessions Of March

Honeyfeet, Louis Barabbas, Walk

In March of this year a team of archivists made up of event promoters, camera men and sound engineers set themselves a challenge to take a snapshot of the Manchester underground music scene. The collection of live sessions (aptly named The Sessions Of March) is being compiled at www.thesessionsofmarch.com. The recording crew were none other than the Debt Records technical team Biff Roxby and Dan Watkins (in the guise of their company WR Audio). It’s a lovely collection that is growing all the time.

Here are a few tracks by participants on the Debt roster…

View more at www.thesessionsofmarch.com.