The Ashes just came out everywhere, here is all the info and links you need!
*It’s Bandcamp Friday again meaning that today 100% of sales go directly to the artists you support, a perfect time to download the highest quality versions of our songs*
‘The Ashes’ was born while watching a close friend go through the dramatic breakdown of a long term relationship. I was one of the people they turned to in that moment and I ended up being right there in the trenches throughout, witnessing all of the collateral damage and far reaching effects first hand. Right in the midst of it I sat at my piano in a writing session with Jessica Sharman and we created a song which encapsulates it all. The love, the heartbreak, confusion, pain, and conflicted state of mind. Stay or leave? Love or hate? That's where ‘The Ashes’ came to life. It's a song about the mess of feelings in love and heartbreak – that spot where you realise that all you once had has gone up in flames and all that is left are The Ashes.
Of all the songs on the album the production of this one stayed most true to the blueprint set out in the original demo which was created at that time. The vocal performance you hear in the final mix is the original demo vocal I recorded, we stuck with it rather than replacing with new takes, as it was impossible to beat the raw emotion.
So, that's the story. ‘The Ashes’ isn't just another one of the 120,000 songs now released every day. It's a real-life slice, with all of its ups and downs. We love the final production we made with Charlie Andrew & Matt Glasbey at Unwound Studios and we hope it resonates with you just as much as it does with us!
***Our fans are our Marketing and PR right now and we appreciate you so much for it! Some ways that you can help with this release…
Listen (Dont skip)
Add to your own playlists
Share with friends
Use the audio In your reels/tiktoks
all of that helps us reach a larger audience and helps this song get heard! 🔥
So much love,
- Matt (& Ben & Chris)
“Maybe in the ashes we will find the meaning
maybe as they scatter they’ll lead us to the healing
Waking in a fever the daylight is deceiving
darling though you woke me hard we’d been oversleeping
Everything that’s burning, was everything to us…”
#Wrapped23
We just received our end of year streaming breakdown and it’s always inspiring to see you sharing when we end up in your most listened to songs and artists of the year. We’re not loyal to any one streaming platform but we’re loyal to our fans and any way you can enjoy the music we make is good with us, we wish every listener that loves what we do could find their way to connecting with us in some deeper way like this newsletter or our fan community!
These are the 2 pages of our wrapped that give us most motivation for next year…
…We’re on a mission to find the people behind those numbers.
Belle Mt. Patreon fan community; It’s been a lot of fun to get to know our fans more closely this year and to share way more of our process. Social media gets in-between us all and we’d love your help to keep on making music ✨ Our Patrons have helped us take shows and tours we’d otherwise have had to turn down, record live sessions and market our music. We love them for it!
Click below to find out more about our Patreon community👇 if you join now, not only can you jump right in the discord chat and attend next weekends live stream hang but you get the benefit of all the previous posts we’ve shared, including exclusive full live show videos, free cover art wallpapers, and previously unheard song demos.
Belle Mt. Patreon membership comes with access to our community discord chat group, a monthly zoom hang concert with our community and other unique tier dependent perks. Most of all it helps us to stay independent and to keep making music🤘
Er...I just ran my Spotify Wrapped and was pleasantly surprised by No1....Belle Mt!!! A road trip across the US (and back...) where the whole Fam fell in love with your music helped! ❤️🤘