Dave Bradley

My song about coastal graves being lost to the sea because of post-glacial isostatic rebound is available to download or stream on Bandcamp. This is the hidden coda to the song in which Morse Code repeatedly proclaims "We suffer a great deal" as guitar builds the sounds of those shipwrecked souls being drawn out to sea and into the depths way beyond whale song to Davy Jones' Locker. Finally, the t...

I recorded an overdubbed choral section for the end of my recent song Post-glacial Isostatic Rebound, which is available on Bandcamp via the link

Been producing Clive-upon-Sea's latest music and recorded some vocals for him in choral style. You wouldn't guess from this ending how the previous 8 minutes had been even with that heavy rock finish before the choir...

Dustbowl Kicking up the railroad dirt, I ride these metal wheels There's plenty of times those dozy bulls come snapping at my heels They've got to let it go when I hop that old freight train Never going to mess with me in this old town again Some unholy angel going to fix me up alright Heading for the county line making good time tonight I'm riding high in the lowdown, you know I'm on a roll? 'cau...

Ebb and flow I can't quite put my finger on it I was wilder in my dreams Open hearted, full of promise But, nothing's what it seems The tide it turned against me As it turns for everyone A surge of loaded questions Whose answers never come Though carefree on the outside I feel we've lost our sight That harbour light once guiding us Won't brightly burn tonight The tide will turn against you too It...

Nomadic Soul The amber shades of fen and stone Spare world and time as toil tends bone Those bells that herd the faithful home Set free lost souls in Heaven's dome What answers lie beyond the wind? The reedbed trail goes on and on Stone cast against the age of sin To shed this mortal coil again “I can't wait forever!” Tideless echoes of a plaintive cry It can't be forever Soulless in this world I'...

Lost in Action You stake your claim on my time, and I succumb to a rhyme I won't cry at this one, been toughened by friendly fire This is all I've got, so I'm not wasting time; no time Can I be lost in action? No reaction's what I've seen Just a silent distraction, out of the picture, it seems, completely You gave no time to my claim, and I ride out the blame I just can't cry with this one; collat...

No Footprints in the sand The days are colder and the nights drawn in No barricades of comfort, now the aching will begin I'm running down an unlit corridor The pain can chase me, but I head out through an open door And you won't find a clearer path today If you turn your back on the future, try to run away And, there are times when you can plan your day But the tide will turn and wash your wishes...

There’s a tension in the air Always someone being so unkind Never found the right time to make that repair To my confounded state of mind Didn't see you out and about You couldn’t bear to breathe the air You’re clued up there is no doubt But missed your cue ‘cause you just don’t care And, I feel That something is missing The lonely aren’t kissing any one Just before the dawn I will know If it's ea...

You remember how we flew home at night? Head full of memories, I could tell You shone when we caught sight of Paris and smiled at the lights of the Tour Eiffel It was so small, a golden dagger In a playground of streetlights and bars Full of the memories that make me stagger A flashlight on streetlife and cars Oh, how I wish I could find a way To take us back to those nights, we'd see The secret t...

A rather noisy and raw, one-take-wonder on my phone, done with minimal preparation and the words and melody written on-the-fly, ad lib, as I played the guitar part. Count yourself a lucky one You're waking with the rising sun And though you're aching inside You know you're on the right side of the day Count your blessings every one Even ones that seem one way I don't know what it is I've become Bu...

Catch your breath The simple things in life aren't free no matter what you believe You gotta work to get to Heaven There's no other way to receive The things you need that aren't so simple You'll find it's hard in every way You can tear it all down, for example But it's only yourself you deceive Find a way to catch your breath, before they drag you under You know the wonder that you express? Well,...

A soothing instrumental inspired by a peaceful trip on a narrowboat along the Old West River on a midsummer's dawn. Synth strings, French horns, oboe, clarinet, and glockenspiel played on AKAI keyboard by dB/ Taylor six-string for the pseudoclassical guitar also by dB/

This was originally Part 2 of my song "No Symphony for Lovers", but it's perfect for a little video I recorded of one of my bro-in-law's duck running round and round my feet...don't ask.

No Symphony for Lovers Part 1 - No Symphony for Lovers Let me hear the colours Let my senses interfere Entangled under the covers Of my own cavalcade of fears Let me talk around the corner My emotions bring the rains Embittered by the righteous No one left to take the blame Let me feel that sense of wonder Might I walk among the sane? This is no symphony for lovers I'm just crying out in pain Let...

I had an ad hoc meeting with Clive-upon-Sea this weekend where he referred to someone being able to "make friends in an empty room". I joked that I'd get a song out of that phrase...lyrics and chord progression were pretty much done before lunchtime and I've spend the rest of the weekend experimenting with genre, going from a folky singer-songwriter style to a funkier C5 style then to a full-on re...

Last Dance There is no mystery to the grander scheme of things Just simple truth revealed and the love that it will bring We take the warmth from wherever it may spring Don't let the cold in. To the memories, you must cling It's not the time and place for absolving those who sin There is no season in which we cannot begin To found the rhyme and reason to take it on the chin Just let me know and I'...

Starts off a bit like a very early Bowie but with trumpet and then morphs into a footstompin' splash of Geordie Soul with quasi Dexy's horns, before soloing with Steely Dan and Stealer's Wheel ahead of a finale with some Steeleye Span male-voice harmonies TIDELINE As daylight settles like a distant retreat You pull on emotional chains The shingle rolls under your aching feet The hopes you had are...

Tideline As daylight settles like a distant retreat You pull on emotional chains The shingle rolls under your aching feet The hopes you had are dashed against those distant rocky shores Stagger to see the pain The tide turns with barely a pause If the water looks cold It's only a tale that's told The waves imagine a world beyond the brine If your dreams aren't so bold It's not because you're old T...

The Absence of Normal The lines are cut, not a single word can get through The dust builds up, covering the world with a desert hue If flag as rags are burned, don't blame the formal Stay on the watch, be on your guard for the absence of normal The streets are still, only a few old souls around The guards are smoking. Nobody make a sound If notes and coins are exchanged, it's nothing formal The he...

Helium Heart She's a long time falling down, I wonder why she still hangs around Though she can't bear the pain she's found inside In the foundry of his mind, he'd tempered anger tough as steel Beating up his love on fatal flaws, no stretch of time would heal She's a lightweight mother with a helium heart Did no one ever tell her to float away The thing that she oughta be really sure of Is that sh...

There were sympathy and warning signs Trouble brewing at high tea time There was danger flying and left behinds But still the world keeps turning There were times you knew when the rest was gone There were lines you drew and the best undone There was anger driving the clearest minds But still the world keeps turning I was wading through my darkest thoughts Lessons learned but never taught How coul...

Give my love to the waves Give my love to the waves Send me home, on a wind that saves If I ride the sea, or sail away Will you carry me back, home again? Give my time, to the pain If I miss you, would you sail with me again? Give my love, to the water Then I can find my way back to where I ought to be You will know me Call me by name Know how much I fear It's always the same I'm floating in the w...

Loop mixing and electric guitar dB/

Trance Mission - An instrumental in five parts (i) Chainless Links (ii) Airhead (iii) 'Eau da Joy' (iv) On the Rocks (v) Breathless Bass guitar, electric guitar, progressive trance loop mixing, and production by dB/