Author: Steven Battelle

Welcome to the release of the fourth song from my second record. Stream Stick To Your Dreams Not To Your Guns here The song appeared in my mind during one of my usual writing walks, a little more inspiration came from the Kon Tiki museum in  Oslo and I finally finished up lyrically in New York […]

Excited to have Jonnie Blackburn on board to look after management of my songwriting, it’s been a three year courtship and 2019 felt like the time to solidify and build. The fact he signed one of my favourite bands Mew is just evidence of the quality of his ear. It’s taken a year or so but […]

Looking back on my ambitions list from this time a year ago it didn’t mention me spending so much time in the US writing for other artists and it certainly didn’t mention not playing any shows for the first time since I was in the first year of school! It’s been a nonstop twelve months […]

Listen to Relax!!! More about the song below Recorded in Shokan, upstate New York after attempting to meditate in a Buddhist temple that David Bowie used to frequent and realising that rather than being a relaxing experience, meditation for me is the most stressful thing I’ve ever done. I wrote and recorded the initial parts […]

I spent this past week in a beautiful cottage on a farm out in the rolling hills of the Peak District in the heart of the U.K. Writing songs for another artist, big rock songs so it was very close to my musical home! I really loved the peace and quiet of the farm life, […]

Thanks so much for all the great messages, tweets and comments about Shipwrecked. Love that you’re loving it!  I’ve just written up the lyrics a bunch of times (my poor thumb) and put them on my store for sale here Genuinely some of my favourite and  meaningful for myself and those who’ve been traveling this music […]

Excited to let you hear this song! Shipwrecked is streaming everywhere now You can read the lyrics here And here is a little bit about the song. Shipwrecked came from a stream of consciousness and has remained unchanged, unedited  since the day I dumped those raw thoughts onto the page. Spilt out under the shadow of the […]

I’ll write a bunch more about this song later but for now please enjoy! Shipwrecked

Created some beautiful songs with a bunch of new friends in Nashville and in Nashville itself I’ve found a new place that really feels like a songwriters home – excited to return soon! Brief stop off in New York, always fills me with a unique energy and is on the small list of places I […]

Another week is almost gone here in Nashville and its been non stop evolution of writing and friendship forming, an enchantment of riches and such a pleasure to be a part of. I’ll always write my own songs in solitary, by myself and in open seclusion but am now fully enjoying bringing my brain to […]