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Pick Three Chords - Episode 14 (2025)

Welcome to episode 14 of pick three chords, celebrating grungy guitars, girl guts, smooth synths and sweet sounds.

Little Anchors   

A Life Foretold

This great tune often surfaces in my shuffle, and repeats in my brain, and is the second from Little Anchors - see episode 11 for the previous one.

Released: Jan 24
From: Dundee
Heard: live
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Icerink   

Curse

Saw the band play live, and love the raw sound of this track.

Released: Oct 24
From: Dundee
Heard: live
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Anna Younger   

Girl Guts

Enjoyed this since I first heard it last month. From Anna: I suppose this is how I'd summarise the song and what it means: Girl Guts explores the challenges, transitions and pain of the female existence. It's a song I've wanted to create for years but only recently found the words for. When I turned 20, I started to reflect on difficult parts of my childhood and teenage years, and how a lot of it led back to misogyny or trying to live up to certain standards. I think for many women there's this feeling that nothing you do is right or acceptable; if you have children, if you don't have children. If you stand up for yourself, if you say nothing. Even with regards to our appearance, there seems to always be a critical response/element, especially in the media. I think I got to a point where I felt like the expectations from society and loved ones were just impossible, and I wanted to analyse why I felt this way.

Released: Apr 25
From: Dundee
Heard: online
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Connor Liam Byrne   

Stuck In My Head

Seen Connor and the Bad Kissers many times in various venues, and they always put on a great show. It was tricky picking just one track from the album In Hell, but this one wins at the moment.

Released: Feb 25
From: Dundee
Heard: live
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Midnight Alleys   

It's You!

The long-awaited album features this track among several other very hummable tunes, and this was the one they finished the album release show with recently - great to hear it live!

Released: Apr 25
From: Dundee
Heard: live
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Tiny Dragons   

1644

From their EP No Need to Relay, Tiny Dragons storm through this song, I've loved it since 2011, a great combination of vocals, funky rhythm and bass. I also featured their track Heavy Heart way way back in episode 1.

Released: 2011
From: Brighton
Heard: online

Gavin Forbes   

Blockbuster

Venturing into electronic instrumental music, this is from our first of two Gavins this episode. From Gavin: If I remember right, it was one I started before the albums 80s cinema theming came about. The original concept was to do a song with a bass part that had a Peter hook vibe. But then when I was making the drum loop on my modular (which was just one track printed from the modular synth) and messed with the bass effects pedals, everything changed. There were a few versions of this song along the way and when I finally got out of my own way and let the song dictate, I ended up with this track. that I'm really happy with.

Released: Aug 24
From: Dundee
Heard: online
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Iain Macaulay   

In It

Way back in episode 5 I featured Daylight from Iain, and this another track from the same album, which I love :)

Released: May 07
From: Dundee
Heard: live
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Gavin   

No Longer Caged (by this world)

To end this episode, we have our long track from Gavin, previously Gavin McGinty of Sinderins / AMWWF / Magdalen Green. It's a lovely floating piece, a highlight of the new album.

Released: Feb 25
From: Dundee
Heard: live
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