THE SHY LIFE PODCAST

SQUEAKY KERFUFFLE (12 INCH REMIX)

An extended version of this track for end of THE STRANGE WORLD OF SHY YETI album! Plenty of opportunity for dancing!

THE DANCE OF THE STONES (VERSION 3)

This third version of THE DANCE OF THE STONES for THE STRANGE WORLD OF SHY YETI has more of a indie dance pop feel!

THE DANCE OF THE STONES (VERSION 2)

The second version of this song on THE STRANGE WORLD OF SHY YETI album! It's sort of in the style of a mid-80s indie band such as Propaganda.

BEARS WHO EAT PIES (12 INCH MIX 1)

An extended version of BEARS WHO EAT PIES for THE STRANGE WORLD OF SHY YETI album. More chance to have a little dance around the living room!

SUTTON PARK (A VERY STRANGE PLACE)

Another early track written for THE STRANGE WORLD OF SHY YETI album in 2024 - I had to do one about Sutton Park; the bizarre improvised video series that I made between 1992 and 2001, with many returns in different formats since! This one definitely has early Human League and Cure influences - although it's pretty poppy too!

SQUEAKY KERFUFFLE (RADIO EDIT)

This is based on a poem that I wrote a while back now called MICE, TAP-DANCING which I've always been fond of. It was the last song to be completed for the album. SQUEAKY KERFUFFLE is a line from the song and was one of the titles that Udio suggested and so I thought that I'd keep it! This version for THE STRANGE WORLD OF SHY YETI album is the shorter radio edit version!

MY FAVOURITE MONSTER (RADIO EDIT)

Another early track for THE STRANGE WORLD OF SHY YETI; in fact I think it was the very first one that I completed. It's dedicated to my friend Mateusz (aka Grizzly) who I have done a lot of recording with on the podcast in the last year. "Matty" gets a name-check in the song. I love this one SO much! ;)

MASTER TINY, GIANT JIM (SINGLE EDIT)

This song for THE STRANGE WORLD OF SHY YETI (2024) was written for my friend PJ and it's all about a relationship between a submissive giant and his rather over-bearing friend. Not that PJ is either of those; it just came from a conversation that we had about giants and tinies. It's quite a goth pop anthem and there are quite a few different versions of this one - maybe I'll share some more of them on the next album as extra tracks.

LUCA THE TIME TRAVELLING BEAR (RADIO EDIT)

This one for THE STRANGE WORLD OF SHY YETI album is more late 70s/80s new wave in style and it's named after my friend Gianluca who appears on the podcast. A few of the early songs were written specifically referencing the names of friends who have been very supportive of me in recent months. I'm not sure why I made Luca a time travelling bear... it just seemed to make sense at the time! I love the ending of this; the Ai just came up with the whooping vocal which I thought was so different, unusual and - hopefully - memorable.

I LOST MY KEYS (RADIO EDIT)

Originally I wanted to write an over-dramatic ballad in the style of Adele or Celine Dion about losing your keys - because I thought it was a daft idea and I think a lot of ballads seem over-blown and silly anyway! I love a power ballad, but Udio was going more for the soppy ballad style when I began to try and work on it - so I decided that I'd go for something more euro-disco. As much as anything, you have to spend a lot of time listening to the songs when you're putting them together - so there's nothing worse than spending time with a song that you don't like the sound of! Anyway, here it is on THE STRANGE WORLD OF SHY YETI album!