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Jake Whiskin

by Jake Whiskin

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    The debut album by Songwriter Jake Whiskin - complete in Red Translucent Vinyl with handwritten lyrics and image printed insert.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Jake Whiskin via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Black 12" vinyl version of Jake Whiskin's debut album with minimal cover design and insert.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Jake Whiskin via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
Absence 02:56 video
Cross my heart but close my eyes Can’t commit and can't deny Love intangible is still What I seek and always will Cross my heart but close my eyes Can’t take the past with you When you’re growing old Can’t buy your way to love with gold Absence inside of me and I’ve lost sense of who I should be When I feel you, it puts me at ease So I’m searching deep in my dreams I will ring you up late, please answer my call Maybe I should go outside Wonder round a place I know A part of me that probably died Holding on to things that I Should of give up years ago Can’t take the past with you When you’re growing old Can’t buy your way to love with gold Absence inside of me and I’ve no sense of who I should be When I see you grow like the weeds I get nervous about what it means I will ring you up late Please answer my call say You can carry this weight Please answer my call
2.
No man is as tall as his tales Time warps the truth The sun is setting as I sail To a place in my youth Ringing in my ears, that null and void Building up for years every strategy deployed got old and then the trail went cold I got old and then the trail went cold No man is as tall as his tales Messianic at times Like a train that’s gone off the rails I leave a wreckage behind Like an amnesiac, don’t know where I’m bound Cannot make it back, just a stranger in town who got lost and still just hanging around I got lost and still just hanging around I could scream it or stay silent It gets messed up, yeah it’s violent In my mind that new horizon Could just kill me for a while Ringing in my ears, that null and void Building up for years every strategy deployed got old and then the trail went cold I got old and then the trail went cold
3.
Feels like a habit, I gotta have it Don’t try to understand It gets me twisted, lost for a minute Stood at the taxi stand Where I’ll go ain’t really where I wanna be But your touch has got its claws right into me I’m jumping in with a headfirst dive It begins with a last goodbye Because I’ve wasted so much time Spent in my mind with dreams of you Your faded red lipstick, the nights we were singing Still ring around my head Left unsaid and now I wonder if you knew How I’ve changed after that summer I went through I’m jumping in with a headfirst dive It begins with a last goodbye Because I’ve wasted so much time Spent in my mind with dreams of you Can’t catch a breath, there’s no way out All your bridges have burned down You thought you could get higher But you’re out on the wire again I’m jumping in with a headfirst dive It begins with a last goodbye Because I’ve wasted so much time Spent in my mind with dreams of you
4.
Wasted another night in the same town Can’t change all the time and this come down was inevitable You know I love you still I wanna lead you astray Forget what the others say Let’s play with black magic There’s so much more to this And you know that I will hold out for you And you know that I will hold out Seems like that we were sold on a let down Forgot that the world is our playground But I don’t feel that now that you’ve been hanging round Let me take you for a ride The cities they light up the sky Let’s play with black magic There’s so much more to this And you know that I will hold out for you And you know that I will hold out Grab your black metal tee and turn off the TV Leaving with the sun and by morning we’re gone We’re just having fun, ain’t hurting no one And you know that I will hold out for you And you know that I will hold out Grab your black metal tee and turn off the TV Leaving with the sun and by morning we’re gone We’re just having fun, ain’t hurting no one
5.
Heatwave 03:19 video
The concrete cracks I can’t relax or rest my mind On repeat I see the streets we’d waste our time Hours won’t pass, fill my glass and lay around Guess I’m a mess now you’re never coming round I though there was something more We left in a heatwave summer sun You drive me insane but make it fun It’s like we disappear, everything is clear and then crash when the night is done As we walk back into the sun You’ve been hiding in the corners of my mind You built me up, we made a splash - washed by the tide Innocence breaks and bends, then it leaves We can try and reach that high we’re thick as thieves We left in a heatwave summer sun You drive me insane but make it fun It’s like we disappear, everything is clear and then crash when the night is done As we walk back into the sun As we walk back into the sun And I was wondering if you wanted some more? ‘cause if you call me up, I’ll be right outside your door We can make it last - make it habitual I’m never going back, It’s a new ritual We left in a heatwave summer sun You drive me insane but make it fun We left in a heatwave summer sun You drive me insane but make it fun
6.
Cold morning, you know I’ve gotta work so hard You know I’ve got a funny feeling about where you are Cold morning, those days they feel like years ago Watching as the rally cars slip off the road And we wait for the summer, but we brace for the rain And we try to remember, though we try it always fades And I’m just getting older, know this feeling won’t unwind I’m fighting against time - it’s always on my mind Cold morning, I’ve been trying to find the sun Living under clouds in August weights a tonne The days dawning and I know you have to leave Always feel you with me passing through the trees And we wait for the summer, but we brace for the rain And we try to remember, though we try it always fades And I’m just getting older, know this feeling won’t unwind I’m fighting against time, I’m fighting against time It’s always on my mind
7.
Been through the motions made some plans In changing seasons different bands My head is filled, my senses dulled until I'm not sure who I am Been losing sight of what is real, spent years on the Catherine wheel It might be twisted that I miss it but the hurting made me feel It's like I'm moving in slow motion Thought I was running but the walls stay still Feel like I'm living in a bad dream Wish I could wake up but I never will 'cause if I can't break away from my past Then it will always hold me back There's a place I like to go, reminds me of a plastic rose It feels so cheap as my thoughts run deep & then I have to make it home and at this rate I can't attest if I am broken or possessed 'cause I can't stop chasing; steps retraced just lead me back to where I left It's like I'm moving in slow motion Thought I was running but the walls stay still Feel like I'm living in a bad dream Wish I could wake up but I never will 'cause if I can't break away from my past Then it will always hold me back It's like I'm moving in slow motion all the time
8.
Rush home to fix up right Head out the hand I bite Ain’t getting any younger Neither is the night Dip calls the whole way home My saviours bought and sold Know there is something deeper I don’t dare to know I’m running away It’s leading me home I get scared of the unknown Tried to be alone and maybe you’re right It’s never enough You know I will call you up I’m sure that you’ll be … Walking out the door Halfway down the street Drinking at the bars where we used to meet Always seem so far, far away from me Guess we’re disconnected, bittersweet Lost face and lost myself Ran outta money at the front desk hotel Your patience wearing thin Your eyes all set on me God loves the sinner, but just hates the sin Give me a minute with the state I’m living in Is there a part of this that you’re gonna miss? Maybe you’re right It’s never enough You know I will call you up I’m sure that you’ll be … Walking out the door Halfway down the street Drinking at the bars where we used to meet Always seem so far, far away from me Guess we’re disconnected bittersweet And we turn into some memory A nostalgia, like a deity That I lift up when I’m feeling down Got a hex now, a bad energy It just flares up when I fall asleep And you turn up Hanging round my dreams I’m running away It’s leading me home I get scared of the unknown Tried to be alone And maybe you’re right It’s never enough You know I will call you up I’m sure that you’ll be walking out the door
9.
The streets lights are on, a November sky Where you see your breath, but can’t see a way out We watched the fire and the fireworks But all I can think is the ambulances at work and maybe it’s too late this time, you’d rather be alone ‘cause I will drive you out your mind and then I’ll drive you home We walked through the streets to get to the car and you crack a line about how it’s too far The distance we’ve come, could it be done? My nerves are shot, I guess that you’re holding the gun I watch you try avoid my eyes and stare into your phone ‘cause I will drive you out your mind and then I’ll drive you home And as the fire slowly dies we’re into the unknown ‘cause I will drive you out your mind and then I’ll drive you home
10.
She seems set on watching the morning sun I just feel like hanging round I guess you figured out that I ain’t much fun Always gotta drag me out Driving from my place to the city Years passing through me now You say something like ‘baby ain’t this pretty’ As I roll the window down We’re just watching sun hit the skyline You’re pulling at my sleeve I’m hoping maybe to bide time please Give up this dream, be a better man Sometimes I feel more like a boy Could put my faith in Jesus and be alone I’m so sick of driving the long way home You say I’m too high in the morning ‘Think of all the money you’ve blown’ I’m so sick of driving the long way home The sky it starts to bruise, the clouds collide I'm ready to call it a night Maybe in the morning it will be clear Maybe there’s nothing to fear I don’t feel I know much of nothing I don’t feel much at all Tired always thinking of things that passed On the road I go when I drive too fast We’re forgetting all of the good times This isn’t what we need Whisper to me your dreams Give up this dream, be a better man Sometimes I feel more like a boy Could put my faith in Jesus and be alone I’m so sick of driving the long way home You say I’m too high in the morning ‘Think of all the money you’ve blown’ I’m so sick of driving the long way home She seems set on watching the morning sun I’m waiting ’til it’s coming down Guess you figured that I ain’t much fun Give up this dream, be a better man Sometimes I feel more like a boy Could put my faith in Jesus and be alone I’m so sick of driving the long way home You say I’m too high in the morning ‘Think of all the money you’ve blown’ I’m so sick of driving the long way home I’m so sick of driving the long way home
11.
Half Asleep 03:08
Woke with a heavy head, my dreams were on a loop Try blame it on my bed, not all the red drank with you In the bars we crawled around and we stayed there until they kicked us out I probably made a mess As far as I can tell My memory’s a haze But I think I fell in love, in love with you I think I fell in love, in love with you Told me where you grew up, far away from the city You asked me to repeat everything twice and I know that I sound like I’m half asleep If I was would you come and lie with me? I think I fell in love, in love with you Can you tell that I’m telling the truth? I think I fell in love, in love with you I guess we ought to go, there’s nowhere left to be Just let me grab my coat and we can flee the scene

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The Debut Album from Jake Whiskin, Leeds, UK.

Out on Dance to the Radio on November 4th 2022

From Jake:

This album is a process of healing and reflection on a crazy time a few years ago where I lost my Dad, my relationship at the time ended and my band I’d grown up with broke up - all within a few months of each other. I stopped making music for years after that, I worked at Starbucks by day and stayed at home by night. It took years before I picked up the guitar again and when I did everything started to come out in the songs I wrote. The pain of losing my Dad, my past relationship and my struggles with depression and bigger questions about spirituality and life. The album has been my therapy and crux, in part helping me heal and equally throwing me into some of the hardest times of my life.

Musically I was inspired by Tom Petty, Neil Young, Bob Dylan as well as more 90’s rock like Nirvana and The Smashing Pumpkins, to name a few. It’s both what I grew up listening to and what I discovered on my own. Some of the songs are brand new, others are years old. It’s eclectic and that’s what I wanted it to be, both intimate Americana and more hard hitting rock songs too. The album is more of a look over your shoulder into past than it is based in the present, and in that I can see multitudes of snapshots from my life in it, I hope you can see something in it too.

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released November 4, 2022

Written: Jake Whiskin
Produced: Lee Smith and Rob Slater
Mixed: Lee Smith
Mastered: Robin Schmidt

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Jake Whiskin Leeds, UK

Jake Whiskin is a songwriter from Leeds, UK with reflective and vulnerable lyrics backlit by atmospheric new americana.

From life in Wortley council houses, young love & black metal tee’s to discovering 70’s songwriters via Armley charity shops, Whiskin’s recollections and explorations are an essential document of adolescence in Yorkshire in the late 90’s and 00’s.
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