The Sound of The Ladies podcast

50 - The Strongman (demo)

Tue, 01 May 2012 19:27:26 +0000

What must it be like to be a strongman? Someone who drags trucks around for a living? There's the adulation, I'm sure, but it sounds like hard work.

49 - Valentine's Day

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:33:31 +0000

Making friends is hard to do. I've never "done" dating, I assume it's pretty much like this.

48 - Clouds Across the Moon

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:27:21 +0000

Cover of the Rah Band classic, made melancholy folk flesh, by me.

47 - The Coldest Western City Outside Anchorage

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Not sure what the coldest Western city outside Anchorage is, or even whether Anchorage is the coldest western city. I could google it, but - you know what? I'd rather not know.

46 - The Look Upon Your Face

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:28:00 +0000

Atheist Carol written for Robin Ince's 9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People...

45 - Yesterday is Here

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:26:24 +0000

Cover of the Tom Waits classic from his 1987 album "Frank's Wild Years" (not be confused with the song of the same name on "Swordfishtrombones").

44 - Retrospectively

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:31:29 +0000

Brand new song! I really like this track; scat-singing, Moldy Peaches overtalking, Pixies backing vocals, Franz Kafka quotations and Radiohead sweep-picking - it quite simply has something for everyone!

43 - City of Lead

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:15:24 +0000

The loneliness of the long distance runner hounded through an almost endless city of lead; it has a science theme if you like. If you don't like, I don't think it loses much, which was sort of the point.

42 - He smiled so gingerly

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:10:00 +0000

Another strange, sad song about a weird turn of events. We go wandering at night and are consumed by fire.

41 - It Was a Brick

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:00:00 +0000

Song about... well, you'll get the idea. Started life as a result of listening to Primus and Talking Heads and Vampire Weekend a lot in the same week, and writing a jingle for Josie Long and Andrew Collins' BBC6Music show. Thanks to them for using it!

40 -The man who could not read minds

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:30:00 +0000

A story about the only man in the world who can't read minds. Life is Pain.

39 - That's just storytelling, dear (demo)

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:13:42 +0000

Brand new song. Not sure what I think of it - but I am not always the best judge. Thoughts to thesoundoftheladies@gmail.com or @martinaustwick on twitter.

38 - To light, you're just the same as the sky

Sun, 01 May 2011 02:00:00 +0000

This month features a track by The Overdrive Orchestra with textual artist Gethan Dick. "To Light, you're just the same as the sky" is a result of a Wellcome Trust-funded Science/Arts Collaboration and appears on the OO "Never Outnumbered" EP.

37 - Friday

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:20:23 +0000

A cover of the well-known young person song

Mendeleev

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:00:00 +0000

"Songs from the Scientific Cabaret" is released this month - and here's what you can expect from Dr Martin Austwick's debut album...

35 - The only girl who would ever break my heart

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:37:05 +0000

Sad song stalls spring of science.

34 - God rest ye merry, gentlemen

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:20:22 +0000

Happy Xmas, one and all.

33 - Sidewinder Demo

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:36:44 +0000

Instrumental demo recorded whilst snowed in. Not very festive sounding, but still.

32 - untitled demo 1

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:27:56 +0000

I will probably call this song "the city of gold and lead" but that remains to be seen...

31 - The Day of The Snail

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:00:00 +0000

Harlan Ellison and voodoo-inspired story of mollusc catastrophe

30 - Whatever Happened to the girl with the X-Ray Eyes?

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:01:00 +0000

Song about science, inspired by Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, and three fairly well-known scientists from the 20th Century.

29 - Bridges and Balloons by Joanna Newsom

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:23:00 +0000

Cover of Bridges and Balloons by the brilliant Joanna Newsom in homage to the influence it had over "We went to the bottom of the Ocean", which is released on August 11th at all good digital retailers. Go to thesoundoftheladies.com for lovely physical CDs.

26 - Deep Blue Sea

Sun, 02 May 2010 13:55:00 +0000

Pete Seeger classic introduced to me by Liam Butler. It's probably an old English folk song originally.

22 - Disco 2000

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:38:00 +0000

A rare cover version, an homage to 90s music which you should download before I get served with 3-4 "cease and desists". It's a wonder anybody thinks the '90s ever died.