What a groove on this! A full production with the backup singers does not detract from the cutting nature of the lyrics. Wild tune...

The delay on the vocals is cool af, as is that massive fuzzy bass synth. So good. Dunno if it’s my imagination but I’m hearing St Vincent in those backing vocals… the whole production really. Really filthy and great, like all of the best and least remembered Corp nights.

C Major rules! Big sounds - could imagine it kicking you in the guts on a big soundsystem! Felt a connection to the parklife nod - but also the vocal repetitiveness is so trancey! Awesome!

What an absolute banger! The smack on the kit is incredible. Love the swing of the vocals, and that’s one killer opening line too. Great track :)

Ahhhhhh that SNARE. I need this snare. I will use AI to dismantle your track so I can get at it.

So much CRUNCH on this V2 synth.

Have you ever considered writing a stage musical? I'm just saying. I think you're the special kind of nuts that could do it.

omg the ahhhhhhs

Great quirky track. I love the backing vocal sound that sings the ‘lowlife’ bit. Very cool feel to it.

Love the 'wrhhhhhh' sounds when you get into the lowlife sections and it's build is nothing short of trippy Look forward to moshing to this strange song at one of your weird gigs. It's mad!

I just love how you’ve used the adjective twonk.. The song is really catchy. Really well produced my dudeo! Funky synths, great vocals .. builds so well. Excellent ✨

This is cool! You should have Julie sing this one though. Your voice completely butchers it.

Amazing and badass track. Great inspiration behind it as well! Nothing much to say that hasn't been said already in the comments, I'm glad I checked the Recommendations thread to find this!

I think I'm too old to use the phrase "this slaps" but it totally does. I really like the perspective, looking back on the obnoxious folly of youth knowing it does get better. That chorus/chant reminds me of my wild twonk days, when someone gave me a Miller High Life hat and I used my rebellious embroidery skills to change it to say Low Life. 😁

Especially loving the XTC-esque wrap-around lyrics on the 'he's a lowlife' sections.

I like the music use of the sounds that sound like a modem. Nice driving tune and vocal layering / delivery. These lyrics are super wild in a good way. My favorite stanza is the second one.

love the shuffle beat of this. that repeated refrain/bridge in the middle is killer. this is one hell of a warm up.

Good words, Ad. Particularly like the low->half->fraction stuff, smart but purposeful. Plus it all bangs. Top stuff.

Note to self: turn down headphones prior to listening to Ad’s tunes. You really do never know what to get from your bag of party lollies, but this one sure is sweet! Catchy AF hook, and that drum sound is particularly delectable. Loving all the 80s throwback synth sounds too.

excellent! very stylish, solid groove and oozes of attitude. interesting contrast between the carefully layered vocal harmonies and edgy synths!

Interesting way to express penance for long ago adventures. Very creative and cool!

Bloody 'ell, this is a bit alright, innit. My head's all "what if Peter Gabriel had been in Gorillaz and Trainspotting had been set in Yorkshire instead of Glasgow...?" Which is quite a thing. And being stuck in one key cos of the instruments being silly lends a compelling relentlessness to it that I love. Damn. This is GOOD.

Well that chorus has now anchored herself deep in my psyche! I’ll be walking around all day singing about being a lowlife haha. I got really excited around 2:20 when you drop the ahh’s.

Wow, I love how this develops and draws you in more and more.

I need a shower. This is just wonderfully grimy and disgusting. I am not sure you could have painted a more accurate picture. The shifting feeling of time invokes this idea that the poor bloke is just chasing his tail. I almost feel sorry for him…almost.

Ooh love how thick and crunchy this is. And some of the chromatic synth bits after the "I'll flourish part" are really cool -- remind me a little of "Outside" era Bowie. The layered vocals on the "he's a lowlife" are great and I love the marching, persistent rhythm of the vocals and how it starts to get rather lush toward the end.

"calculations in a three room puzzle" is a cracker. The descending melody on the chorus-ish bit is great. Plus points for the little descending bass line near the end.

Genuinely impressed at these lyrics - each line gave me pause for thought in a way the preceding one didn't.

OK, love the bombastic guitar burst at the start of V2. Quite the foil to the 'parklife!' echo at the end of the verses.

Oh, here's another bombastic burst - I like this one even more than the first one. The vocal layering remains a perfect compliment. By the next verse, it starts to feel like I'm halfway through a musical that I didn't realise I was watching at first. But I'm completely and thoroughly entranced by the narrator and their journey, despite not having met them a minute ago.

So much in this track. Came from the recommendation thread. Fun melodies and good old top tapping vibes.

Really enjoyed the grungy feel to this and the vocal melody in the chorus is so good! I can't help but wonder when the last time you actually went to Corporation was though, was 'around that time' just last month? 🤔

The bass synth holding it down as the song jumps around erratically, all while holding the same vibe. Speaking of vibes, definite St. Vincent vibes to this...or Nine Inch Nails attempting their own version of Midnite Vultures (which I would listen the hell out of).

I like the triggered synth! And the noisy blasts are very cool.

Love the make-up of this song. Good chorus. The mini-breaks are great.

Haha this reminds me of Earl Brutus! One of the best live bands I ever saw, they loved the stompy glam-rock drums. Layered synths at the end are wonderful 80s goodness.

This truly lives up to the tag electroclash and there are so many cool things going on. Thanks for allowing this to be my first listen of FAWM season!

This is right up my street! The groove is one of those I could listen to indefinitely. Love all the elements of it but the production especially is spot on, everything sits beautifully together.

Punky Banger!! I'd bounce around to this in the club in the early noughties for sure. Love that chorus a lot, glad you gave us a few goes

A twonk? Loving all the vocal shenanigans and your cryptic lyrics. As per usual you knock it out the park when it comes to inventive production

oh hell yeah, that synth sound is cool! This feels like sloppy monster funk. Like I can picture the dance move that goes with it, that's how you know it's good lol. Especially like how that "he's a lowlife go get him" bit goes, it's super weird and then it lands reaaaal nice

This is so cool

very cool opener, you always make such intetesting musical choices! so much depth ti this one!

Interesting array of sounds, in a good way. Me likey the bass-thud-C. There's something kinda QOTSA Era Vulgaris and David Bowie going on. It definitely doesn't make me think of Corp.

Ad this bloody RIPS my man. That bouncy beat is absolutely killer, I always love polyrhythmic vocal lines, your sound design is only getting better and better. This is release-ready!

stellar first track!! Loved it!

fantastic! Huge smile on my face the whole time 😁 got me boppin', such a FUN song, puuuure catchy and mega well done 👏👏👏

Love the choices you made in this in your vocals and production. This works!

Great debut! Such commitment from you always in your delivery and production. Creative melodies and infectious rhythms.

well bud what a find. bloody glad you were stuck in C .WHAT A KEY!!! seriously its bloody stupidly catchy. my fav bit is the going dow the scale octave singing. And how the bloody dickens did you get this sounding so perfectly radio friendly in a day. I want to be in a massive crowd shouting my ass off to this. top start matey

this is great, love that percussiveness of the sampler synth hits, and the layered vocal harmonies in the "he's a lowlife..." bit are great. I also have some half finished lyrics in my notes for a song tentatively called "corp juice", maybe I should dig those out and join the #corpcore movement

Smashed that bro.

What an exciting start, right out of the gate. "I am a fraction away from a good life..." great line!

This is awesome. Love all the different grooves and sounds and how they play off each other. Parts of this give off Peter Gabriel type vibes which is great. Super cool

Ooh this is properly quirky! Love the staccato nature of the instrumentation throughout. The little octave separated vocals work really well as do the backing harmonies. I’ve no idea what you’re going on about to be honest but the vocals flow really nicely 😆 Excellent opener!

i like the way lowlife keeps popping up, sorta like the way prince used pop life. love your wacky arrangement. experimental without losing the groove. some funny lyrics and rhymes are a bonus,

Ohhhhhh snap! That first verse! Those electrical lil zaps and those lyrics! The shouty bits sounds like all the COOL BANDS that we like. I mean if you make a better song than this this FAWM I’ll be very impressed.. it’s all down hill from here I’m afraid Ad!! Can’t wait to hear this live! Meet in the kitchen for a dance?

Oh I LOVE this!! The “lowlife” background vocals are so cool, as is the vocal delivery. I think my favorite thing about this is how it builds, the instruments come in and drop out at the perfect moments. I wish I could add this to my driving playlist!

Dark, groovy and claustrophobic, dig it Like the talk singing in the verses contrasted with the chorus vocals and layers of backing vocals