The short series is called, ‘Songs I Wrote A Decade Ago’ and features four songs, ‘Life With Strangers’, ‘Timezones’, ‘Cave In’ and ‘No One Should Play God’. Josh thought he had lost them all and with very little memory has shared them one by one with details on how each song was created and what inspired them.

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Back when I was 18/19 I recorded some songs with @mattyjogrady which until very recently I had assumed had disappeared for good. He hit me up recently when clearing out some old hard drives and said he’d found a bunch of tunes we’d done & didn’t think he should just bin them. So that’s exactly what they are, songs that we haven’t just chucked in the bin. Shout out to @nathancottenham for putting some art together for it. I figured some people may wanna hear them, so its for you. I’ll be posting these tunes at 6pm tonight. Josh x

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Here’s a little explanation the man himself wrote: 

“Back when I was 18/19 I recorded some songs with Matt O’Grady which until very recently I had assumed had disappeared for good. He hit me up recently when clearing out some old hard drives and said he’d found a bunch of tunes we’d done & didn’t think he should just bin them. So that’s exactly what they are, songs that we haven’t just chucked in the bin.” 

So, without further ado, let’s check out ‘Songs I Wrote A Decade Ago’. 

LIFE WITH STRANGERS 

“So, I’m pretty sure we did this around about June 2009. This is the first song that Matt and I recorded that wasn’t a Ymas song. Like all of the songs I’m posting tonight, this has been untouched since we tracked it then.” 

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So I’m pretty sure we did this around about June 2009. This is the first song that @mattyjogrady and I recorded that wasn’t a Ymas song. Like all of the songs I’m posting tonight, this has been untouched since we tracked it then. Here’s the first one off ‘Songs I wrote a decade ago’. Josh x Produced by @mattyjogrady Artwork by @nathancottenham

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TIMEZONES 

“I vaguely remember recording this after we put out ‘Hold Me Down’. To be honest, if we’d done like a deluxe edition of the album, I would’ve showed the lads this one as I felt an acoustic song on HMD could’ve been cool. Anyways, we didn’t and again this one has been uncovered from the deep abyss that is Matt’s studio hard drive.” 

 

 

 

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I vaguely remember recording this after we put out ‘Hold Me Down’. To be honest, if we’d done like a deluxe edition of the album, I would’ve showed the lads this one as I felt an acoustic song on HMD could’ve been cool. Anyways, we didn’t and again this one has been uncovered from the deep abyss that is @mattyjogrady ‘s studio hard drive. Second song from this collection. Produced by @mattyjogrady Artwork by @nathancottenham A post shared by Josh Franceschi (@joshfranceschivi) on Jul 2, 2020 at 10:15am PDT

CAVE IN 

“Ok, when it comes to this one I had genuinely forgotten it existed. I don’t remember writing it, I don’t recall recording it. If Matt says we did & got it on tape so to speak, then it must be true.”

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Ok, when it comes to this one I had genuinely forgotten it existed. I don’t remember writing it, I don’t recall recording it. If @mattyjogrady says we did & got it on tape so to speak, then it must be true Produced by @mattyjogrady Artwork by @nathancottenham

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NO ONE SHOULD PLAY GOD

“During these weird times, I’d actually been working on a new song, not sure what I was going to do with it. Turns out it was the same as this. Same guitar parts but different lyrics & melodies. Was weird when Matt sent me this tbh. Spun my head out. Anyway, this is how it is & how it’ll remain.” 

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During these weird times I’d actually been working on a new song, not sure what I was going to do with it. Turns out it was the same as this. Same guitar parts but different lyrics & melodies. Was weird when @mattyjogrady sent me this tbh. Spun my head out. Anyway, this is how it is & how it’ll remain. Last one of the four lost songs from a decade ago. X Produced by @mattyjogrady Artwork by @nathancottenham

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You can listen to all these songs here.