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THE REAL GONE SINGLES BAR #102

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Welcome back to the Real Gone Singles Bar, the place where we explore some of the individual tracks that’ve landed in our inbox over the past few weeks. For our rock loving regulars, this selection offers a great track from Fen man Doug Harrison and some alternative leanings from an up and coming Scottish band. Exploring other genres, there’s a perfect slice of folk, some twisted pop, and even a slab of synth pop from a familiar figure. As always, this is just a small selection of the recent submissions and there will be many more singles shared in the near future. In the meantime, we hope you find something new to enjoy…

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THE DANIEL JAMES GANG – Darkness Over This Town EP

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On one of his social media channels, near the beginning of 2025, musician Daniel James mused how he was always busy. So busy, in fact, that he barely had time to sleep. At that time, he was a member of at least four bands – including Indonesian Junk (who’d just embarked on a hiatus) and reformed punkers Chinese Telephones.

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THE REAL GONE SINGLES BAR #89

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Welcome back to the Real Gone Singles Bar, the place where we explore some of the individual tracks that have landed in our inbox over the last few weeks. Although this selection digs deeply to showcase recent tunes from up and coming talents, there’s one name here that should be familiar to most. We’ve also got a couple of superb singer songwriters, some classic sounding dream rock, and even a superb sounding single from a cool pop act. As always, we hope you find something new to enjoy!

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THE JOHN SALLY RIDE – Melomaniacs

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Throughout their fifth album, power pop band The John Sally Ride explore various different topics that’ll be familiar to the obsessive music fan. You’ll find songs here that recall a big “leap forward” in terms of available formats (‘The First Time On CD’), tread the fine line between apprehension and excitement when a much-loved band returns after time in the wilderness (‘Their New Album’), and celebrate the importance of lyric sheets in a pre-internet age.

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