89 tracks by Rog Hildreth

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Taken from the album ‘The Weight Of Water’, from 2007. (This is a new mix, for 2014.) Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. I'm told this sounds like "a sinister phonecall". I was experimenting with a new octave pedal at the time, this…
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A cover of the Laura Veirs song 'Jailhouse Fire', which originally appeared on her excellent album ' The Triumphs & Travails Of Orphan Mae'. I recorded this in 2008, around the time I started demoing songs for what became 'The Anxiety Bomb'.
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A new mix of my 2012 Christmas single, which was a dark take on the classic 'We Three Kings', written by the Reverend John Henry Hopkins Jr. in 1857. This version has extra synths. All instruments and voices: Rog. Recorded November 2012, new…
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My 2013 Christmas single! A bluesy reading of 'Santa Baby', written by Joan Javits, Philip Springer and Tony Springer in the early 1950s. I haven't changed the gender. That would be silly.
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Written by Shakira / J.Hill / S.Endicott. I recorded this cover for my Glastonbury 2010 montage video. I hope you like it. Catchy tune.
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A little cover of Townes Van Zandt's 'Waiting Around To Die', which I recorded in 2011.
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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. This is the opening song and also my favourite on the record. Wrote it from scratch on Feb 20th, recorded entirely…
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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. Fancied trying some fast piano. This one sounds like the single to me.
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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. A three-chord groove.
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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. Synths. Ebow. Or course, a little piano too.
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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. A short break between songs, with a Korg Monotron.
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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. A long one, something of a centrepiece for the record. Open tuning and ebow fun.
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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. I guess this one is the ballad. Based on a very simple piano idea. Goes big at the end, so stick around.
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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. A little song about various superstitions. With an organ solo.
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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. Three verses and a simple looping chord pattern. I just wanted something "big" and "up" with this one so I threw…
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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. This is an experimental one, I recorded it mostly using Android synth apps.
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A dark take on the Christmas classic, written by the Reverend John Henry Hopkins Jr. in 1857. Stick around for the synths. All instruments and voices: Rog. Recorded November 2012.
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A healthy dose of cynicism in drop-D tuning. I still play this one a lot. Written by Rog Hildreth, from an EP recorded in 2006.
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A cover of the Bob Dylan song 'Up To Me', although mine was based on the Roger McGuinn version. Written by Bob Dylan, from an EP recorded in 2006.
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A story song, set in a cafe. For today's purposes, we'll say it's in Fallowfield. Written by Rog Hildreth, from an EP recorded in 2006.
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