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Holds Me Down / If You're Feeling Down Single

by Test Card Girl

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    To celebrate the launch of the debut Test Card Girl single we've produced a very limited run of cassette singles featuring Holds Me Down and B-side If You're Feeling Down. **ONLY 50 AVAILABLE**

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    'A glorious mess of retro synth-sonics' - Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music 'Fresh Faves' blog www.freshonthenet.co.uk

    A limited edition CD single featuring Test Card Girl's 1st single 'Holds Me Down' (Track 1). 'Holds Me Down' Alternative Version (Track 2) and If You're Feeling Down (Track 3)

    Includes unlimited streaming of Holds Me Down / If You're Feeling Down Single via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Holds Me Down 03:13
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2.
If You're Feeling Down 02:52
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If You're Feeling Down 02:52
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The debut single from Manchester, UK signer-songwriter Test Card Girl (Catherine Burgis)

THE ARTIST
Test Card Girl is a solo project by Manchester, UK singer/songwriter
Catherine Burgis who started unexpectedly writing songs in 2019
aged 35. Bored of an admin-based existence, Catherine set off on a
song-writing journey into all corners of her mind, simultaneously
becoming a stand-up comedian touring the country with a novelty
miniature keyboard. In late 2019 she began working with producer
Dave Fidler on upcoming debut album 'Seven Dolls' and featured
on Tom Robinson's' Fresh On the Net ‘Fresh Faves' list in June 2020.
She takes her name from the iconic image of the girl and clown
used on UK television to signal the end of evening broadcasting - a
girl trapped in a technicolour world of screens and machines.

'A LIGHTNESS OF TOUCH THAT IS ALL TOO RARE
SEEMS TO BE AT HER BECK AND CALL' - MP3 Hugger Blog

'A GLOROUS MESS OF RETRO-SYNTH-SONICS' - Tom Robinson's (BBC 6 Music) Fresh on the Net 'Fresh Faves' June 2020


THE TRACK
'Holds Me Down ' is an optimistic lofi Indiepop love song stacking
folk harmonies over retro 80's/90's synthesizers. Test Card Girl
draws on the musical giants of her Manchester, UK heritage
echoing the punchy synths of New Order and the confessional
songwriting of Guy Garvey and John Bramwell. With her first single
she's swapped finger-picking guitar for intricate arpeggiator layers
weaving in and out of interlocking 'spine-tingling mutli-layered
vocal harmonies' (Trust the Doc Blog June 2020). The track is
influenced by artists such Marika Hackman, Susanne Sundfør,
Tallest Man on Earth, Chvrches, Jesca Hoop, Imogen Heap, Big
Thief and Bon Iver as well as songwriting heroes Joni Mitchell and
Tracy Chapman. The overall affect a passionate yet low key tale of
loss, love and hope.

credits

released September 18, 2020

Track Credits:
Lead Vocals, Synths: Catherine Burgis
Backing Vocals: Dave Fidler
Drums: Andy Fidler
Bass: Ray Mitchell
Mastered by Christian Wright at Abbey Road Studios
Artwork: @spncrrbns

Written by Catherine Burgis
Produced by Dave Fidler at The Fuse Studio Manchester

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Test Card Girl is a solo project by Manchester indie singer-songwriter Her first single 'Holds Me Down' was released in 2020 and picked up by BBC 6Music, Radio X, Absolute Radio and XS Manchester and she was named Steve Lamacq's BBC 6 Music 'One to Watch' in January 2021. She released an EP in Spetember 2022. ... more

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