Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
Purchasable with gift card
name your price
about
New single Helen is a Reptile screams through a dark tale of night time paranoia, creeping fears and obsessive thoughts. Racing in at just over two minutes long, scuzzed up guitars, impassioned vocals and off kilter solos grab your attention and draw you in before squealing to a halt.
Released on limited edition individually hand-made lathe cut 7” vinyl by South London’s Teabar records with an accompanying horror-pop video made by Black Triangle films and starring Jemma’s drag alter ego, Jeff. Also featuring performance artist Martina Ziewe and musician and dancer Wendy Rae Fowler. The video explores a rockstar daydream that quickly descends into a psychedelic nightmare.
lyrics
Helen is just a reptile,
She represents my fears,
She creeps about at bedtime,
And slithers in my ears,
Helen is a, helen is a, helen is a, helen is,
Helen is a, helen is a...
I know you're in the basement,
Sifting through all my thoughts,
You're crawling up my trousers,
And bite me in the throat,
Helen is just a reptile,
She represents my fears,
She creeps about at bedtime,
And slithers in my ears,
Helen is a, helen is a, helen is a, helen is,
Helen is a, helen is a...
credits
released April 26, 2019
Guitar, Vocals, Bass - Jemma Freeman
Bass - Mark Estall
Drums - Hamilton Lee
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Mark Estall at Marketstall Studios
Known previously for their song writiing
with dreamy psych band Landshapes (Bella Union) Jemma has tinged this with
energetic glam
rock. Lush guitar tones and introspective psychedelic lyrics bound together with
unbounded energy. Colliding themes of secret worlds, hidden
agendas, apathy and anxiety, Jemma’s sonorous voice tells a story of unravelling
completely and tying yourself back up again....more
The NYC trio push their blown-out garage-blues sound into new territory, on both reinterpreted classics and originals. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 5, 2019
Guitar-wielding duo from Queens, New York, drop atmospheric debut LP, recorded in an ex-bowling alley under a cafe. Bandcamp New & Notable May 25, 2015