Young Lions - Free Saturday (“FL&R”)

     Finding songs that can be legally downloaded is easy. The difficult task is to find legally downloadable music that we recommend. Our plan is to post at least one Free, Legal and Recommended (FL&R) song each Saturday.

     Whether to upload songs to Soundcloud is a difficult business decision. It’s an oversimplification of the factors and relevant streaming platforms, but the decision can be described as a selection of Spotify revenue sharing versus Hype Machine worldwide exposure. Spotify pays a band/artist a small amount (extremely small) each time a song is played. Soundcloud does not, so if fans of a band use Soundcloud rather than Spotify, the band loses much-needed income. The flipside is that Hype Machine, the most popular aggregator, will repost a song featured on one of its contributing blogs only if there is a Soundcloud or Bandcamp upload.

     Well, Australia’s Young Lions have made the selection. Songs from the Brisbane-based band are not on Soundcloud or Bandcamp. They are flying under the radar in the U.S., but we respect their choice. The members are Zach Britt (Vocals), Morgan Castle (Bass), Matt Gibson (Drums), and Ryan Allison (Guitar).

     “HELP.” By Young Lions – To access the free download, go to the Triple J site and click the download arrow (https://www.triplejunearthed.com/jukebox/play/track/7470781). 

Lyrics of “HELP.” by Young Lions

It's not easy to say this

But I'll try to get it all out

I think I see the future but I just can't figure it out

I think I'm scared of myself

It's getting harder to deal with

Wish I was somebody else

And now I'm stuck on a feeling

Oh God, I think I need you to

Help, help, help

Help

We can all see the future

But we don't know what we need

We've all got those memories

That we wish that we could unsee everything

I think we're scared of ourselves

It's getting harder to deal with

We wish we were somebody else

And now we're stuck on a feeling

We're scared we've got no one to

Help, help, help

Help

No one to help

So just call me

Anytime, anywhere

Just call me

When you get scared of yourself

And it gets harder to deal with

When you're going through hell

And you're stuck on a feeling

Maybe I can be there to

Help, help, help

Help

Maybe I can be there to

Help, help, help

Help

Sometimes we all need some

Help, help, help

Help

One day I know you will be fine with yourself

Help, help, help

Help

Sometimes we need some help

Help, help, help

Help, help, help

Help