Fresh Faves Debut

Hey, so I’ve submitted loads of tracks to the Fresh on Net site, set up by Tom Robinson, as it’s a route to get on his BBC 6 Music introducing playlist…. Tom’s been kind enough to pick my songs quite a few times now, but I’ve never been that successful in the popular vote that leads to the separate Fresh Faves playlist…. until now! Mine and Neocia’s Ultra Deep is on the list this week, with a lovely write up from Tony Hardy here https://freshonthenet.co.uk/2024/03/faves523/ – “It is set to a leisurely beat supported by keyboards and embroidered by a sweet and gentle melody. The words are something else as the artiste effortlessly blends cosmic references with everyday observations. They really transport you to his child’s vision of the universe and how it all changed after NASA’s release of the Ultra Deep Field image, a tiny speck in the sky containing 10,000 galaxies. Simply magical.”

Ultra Deep on BBC 6 Music Mixtape

Hey. So. Tom Robinson picked mine and Neocia’s collaboration Ultra Deep for this week’s BBC 6 Music Mixtape. You can listen to the whole mix here – https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001xdy2 we are on at about 40 mins. Tom gets sent 200 songs a week, so we’re very grateful to have made it into the 60 minutes – “the unmistakable tones of Durham City’s poet laureate Faithful Johannes”.

Ultra Deep – New Single with Neocia

Ultra Deep – standalone single and the first Faithful Johannes and Neocia collaborative release is out on 1st March 2024.

A child’s obsession with the cosmos is later shattered by NASA’s 2008 release of an Ultra Deep Field image, a tiny speck in the sky containing 10,000 galaxies. It’s all hugely overwhelming.

Digital pre-save link is here https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/faithfuljohannes/ultra-deep and it’ll be up on my bandcamp here https://faithfuljohannes.bandcamp.com/music , probably a little before official release.

If you’re in the North East of England, we have the following shows coming up – it’d be great to see you:

March 8th at The Cumby in Newcastle
April 5th at Pop Recs in Sunderland
May 16th at Cobalt in Newcastle

Annual Gift Man – 7th Annual Xmas Single

My seventh annual xmas song, Annual Gift Man is out everywhere now. Including bandcamp here https://faithfuljohannes.bandcamp.com/track/annual-gift-man and the video is doing surprisingly well over here https://youtu.be/OmK4yp3P6Nc?si=cf8lxx0f2jbWOG4n …. I made all the noises I accidently got with a £20 keyboard stand on FB marketplace (it’s a Yamaha PS-55 if you’re interested). Hope you enjoy it, thanks

Summer, Can’t Sleep

My new single – Summer, Can’t Sleep – is out on Thursday July 27th in all the usual places. It’s partly about being unable to get a good night sleep between May and August because of that annoying sun so early, so bright, that the curtains can’t hold back… it’s also about some other stuff. Hopefully you’ll find it fun.

It’ll be over here on the bandcamp https://faithfuljohannes.bandcamp.com/ or you can pre-save on Spotify now at https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/faithfuljohannes/summer-cant-sleep