Songs to rearrange your head…
These are some of the songs about, or triggered by, mental health issues. One day, perhaps, we could hope to produce an album…
1: I admit I am biased – they are my sons…
2: Disregard 1 – these songs will make you feel, understand and empathise.
3: They’re amazing songs by any standards….
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About the Music
A couple of these songs (Don’t Fade and Blame Marijuana) are from Ross’ – debut album “Yet to be Named” – the last thing he achieved before he crashed. Apart from the drums and a couple of bass lines, the rest of the album is all Ross.
The album has been re-released as “Consumed in Self” by the new band, imaginatively called “Wilson” (Ross and Owen Wilson and Graham Henderson). You wouldn’t believe how long it took to agree on a band name…
The remainder of the songs were written during and after Ross’ psychotic episode and all revolve around the associated experiences. At some stage, we are hoping to record a full-on concept album based on these plus additional material.
Recording Quality – most of these recordings are live off video soundtracks or rough first draft recordings. We will be trying to update with better quality as time (and money) permit. Meanwhile, please bear with us…
If anyone out there has any contacts or suggestions… Enjoy listening, and contact us if you’d like to discuss live or recorded sets for events or conferences.
Pre-psychosis
One of my major displacement activities was to spend hours creating this first attempt at a music video as a way to try to hold onto the real him in my heart and head as he became more and more psychotic…
Possibly the best song ever written (bias alert)! I was feeling disgustingly sorry for myself (early 2006) as the long term effects of polio meant I could no longer exercise and was in a lot of pain. Ross took it to heart and wrote “Don’t Fade”, playing it for me for the first time at an open mic. evening. I cried – and I could feel the whole room thinking I had a horrible wasting disease (cancer or – even worse according to TV adverts, premature wrinkling or flyaway hair)… A few months later and I was crying again on hearing the first rough cut in the studio with Ross holding my hand. Though I’ve heard it scores of times, it still gives me an overwhelming emotional hit that reminds me of the real meaning of life…
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During psychosis
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Post psychosis
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* from the album “Consumed in self” – later changed to “Yet to be Named”.