Ashen Ringlets
Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Ashen Ringlets, the musical project of Ellen (bass, vocals) and J Stephen Roberts (guitars, drums, sampling/programming).
Ashen Ringlets draws on ethereal gazer-tinged indie rock in the grand tradition of Slowdive, the Cocteau Twins, the Sundays, the Smiths and Catherine Wheel. Other influences include Jeff Buckley, Kate Bush, the Police, Sting, the Cranberries, the Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell, Ride, Lush, Roxy Music, and Crowded House.
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It's bandcamp Friday! Today, Bandcamp waives their fees when you purchase our music! Head on over to the Ashen Ringlets bandcamp to pick up some tunes! Link in the comments below...
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Authenticity means a lot to us. We never use auto tune on vocal tracks. We use actual analog gear for our effects (we are pedal junkies, after all). We use analog drum machines when we're creating a beat (or we just use live drums).
Also, we don't automate any responses on our social media. We enjoy talking with those who follow our music. When you get a response from us here on the YouTube page or elsewhere, it's us - one of the two of us talking back to you. It means a lot to us to be present for those who take the time to listen to our music. So if you're there for us, we want to be there for you.
Happy October everyone. That is a month that has inspired many Ashen Ringlets songs.
-Ellen and J Stephen
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Sisters should live alone in a house of clay
And only come out when the earth is alive
When they walk the ocean
I believe they’ll recall it
Those things called cities of long ago
"Gray"
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We are currently mixing a new original song called "Lily Scent." This is a song that's meant a lot to us for some time. We are very excited to bring it to its final form. Here are some stills from the video that will accompany the song.
Hope everyone is well with a life as vivid and free as the music we all love.
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The days were hopelessly convincing
Like conviction when an English politician
Weighs duties and his debts
And she'd paint her lips pale respberry
Oh the days they'd spend dancing in an empty room by the riverbed
-"Waltzing Days in Maidenhead"
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Sun descending
One more day is fully faded
And I see us
Hand in hand
How we were then
Our two-track CD single "Waiting for the Time" including the B-side "Gray" is available on bandcamp and elasticstage. Links in the comments below. "Gray" will be on our upcoming second EP.
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Walk with me past these rocks
To where the river’s flow runs out
So still I hear my doubts
Hunting a pathway home again
Hands on the clock they slow
This moment lingers here
Tomorrow disappears
What I am is here today alone
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Just wanted to post a quick update.
Ellen and I have recently finished recording a new original song called "Lily Scent." It is now in the mixing phase. We hope to have it released a long with a video in the next few weeks. Looking forward to sharing that with everyone, as it's a song we're quite proud of. This song, of course, will be on the new EP, along with "Gray."
We have also begun working on a live set for internet live performances. Some of the songs we're working on for that set will likely end up as regular recording that we release on YouTube and Facebook. But the goal is to do a regular live show online, hopefully something like every one to two weeks. It's going to take a bit of preparation to get there, but we're working on it. It's been enjoyable getting back to rehearsing for a live performance, as playing live was a big part of our lives as musicians back in the day.
We had previously been working on a cover of "Pearly Dewdrops' Drops" of the Cocteau Twins. We recorded quite a bit for that, but then decided to put it aside for now. We just weren't feeling it. We may revisit it and release it again at some point.
One of the songs we're rehearsing for our live set is "Know Who You Are at Every Age," which is really feeling good, so perhaps that might end up as a cover release on YouTube/Facebook.
Anyway, just a few lines on what we've been up to. Thanks to everyone who's enthusiastic about the music. Please do stop by and see us on Bandcamp and Patreon if you haven't already. Links will be in the comment section below...
-J
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Lying in the gloom of the moonlight by your bed
Is like waltzing days in Maidenhead
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