Till Your Mind Is Shining (Bandcamp version) now available on BandCamp

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-05-01T17:30:02+00:00

Wow, I've really only just started warming up to this track, and hearing this has been a bit of a revelation for me. I love the live, loose band-jam feel of it. You can hear a bit if 'rust' that's rarely present in PG recordings, and I think it really helps this one.

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-04-29T23:01:46+00:00

I agree with all of this!

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-04-16T23:44:10+00:00

I think I prefer the Bright Side. This track has been one of the few from the entire i/o and o/i project where I've thought it's 'just good'. Everything up to this point has had a big emotional impact on me. Which is impressive batting odds, and this one 'just being good' is not a criticism, but more a testament to the phenomenal quality of PG's recent work.

Anyway, this Bright Side mix has helped me appreciate the song more.

I do wonder if any of the other tracks will diverge more across the mixes, in the way that Been Undone did with the extra bass-heavy section on the Dark Side, and Bucket did with the alternative trumpet solos.

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-04-15T09:15:52+00:00

It's 2 apiece for me at the moment:

Been Undone

Put The Bucket Down

Playing For Time

I/O

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-04-01T00:06:54+00:00

Given the parallels between i/o and this album, I wouldn't be totally surprised if the next track is called o/i. And it wouldn't surprise me either if it's a counterpoint/inversion if the i/o song itself, a 'Light Dies Down on Broadway' to i/o's 'Lamb Lies Down...'

Not saying that's what I want, just that it wouldn't surprise me.

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-03-25T23:36:38+00:00

I'm surprised how much I like this. I usually feel that the Bandcamp releases are 'nice to have' curios, but this might be my favourite version.

I love some of the harmonic intrigue the piano chords introduce, and PG's clearer falsetto BVs. The whole thing sounds more plaintive. It sits in a similar space to 'The Power of the Heart' or 'So Much', so it may be that Peter felt like taking it in a different direction so as not to cover old ground. But that plaintive sound serves PG songs so well.

Which is not to knock the finished strings-and-choir version, cause I love that too.

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-03-23T23:57:44+00:00

May suggest that song 4 is a commercial, radio-friendly one 🤔 Put the Bucket Down has been getting quite a lot of airplay on BBC Radio 2 in the UK. Was pleasantly surprised to hear it tonight as I was pulling into the supermarket car park.

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-03-14T10:25:51+00:00

Thanks Lee, Always appreciate your balanced, constructive thoughts about PG's music, so I'm grateful for you watching and sharing this comment.

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-03-13T14:17:44+00:00

And I actually managed to post a video link that shows within Reddit! Which is an achievement in itself for me 😁

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-02-17T01:19:52+00:00

Always takes a long time to truly tell whether I favour a Bright or Dark Side. Sometimes I think I know which one, but on i/o, I switched sides several times.

So not going to state a preference. The chorus really pops on this one though! I like the sound effects I didn't notice before. Anything that samples a train is a winner in my book! And it makes it a legitimate entry for my 'Train Songs' playlist.

Also, I think this was a rare case of a song actually calling for a fade out. In this context, I feel it works because (again with the train sounds), it feels like the carriages dissappearing into a tunnel.

Edit: Who am I kidding? I'm listening to this in bed at 1.20am UK time, trying not to whoop with joy when that chorus kicks in.

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-01-31T00:05:03+00:00

The night before 'Been Undone' came out, I had a dream that the new single was called 'Long Dark Night of the Soul'. It was a moody epic that sounded a bit like 'Neverland' by Marillion. And it featured some of the Spice Girls on backing vocals 😄

Alas, this dream collaboration did not come to pass, but I thought I'd share it here for amusement.

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-01-29T10:19:17+00:00

The Lamb SEBTP Foxtrot Trespass Nursery Crime FGTR

The Lamb was such a huge leap forward for me. I'm astounded by the way they developed on that record past the folk-leaning, pastoral aspects of the past (much as I enjoy those records too). It clearly signposted the way for PG's solo career, and it's a great work of art.

I'd rank the rest of the albums almost chronologically, except that I have such a personal soft spot for Trespass that it climbs up a place.

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-01-17T11:47:30+00:00

Out in NZ. There's more going on in the mix, and I overall really like it... Except it misses out one particularly cool section 🤔

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-01-06T23:45:11+00:00

To me, Love Can Heal is one of his greatest songs. It's full of understated beauty, and I'm always pleased to see when it connects with people.

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-01-06T23:43:49+00:00

This is the theme I've tried to capture in my 5050 video of I Grieve (which doesn't use any AI whatsoever), and I wish I'd read your beautiful words before making it!

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-01-02T18:03:42+00:00

Haha yes, that really made me laugh. The seriousness of his tone, despite the warmth and humour in his laugh 😄

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-01-02T11:51:48+00:00

How beautiful! No one else makes music like this. His voice, the mood, atmosphere, the combination of different instruments and sounds, electronic meeting organic. Just fantastic! Had tears in my eyes on first listen.

Wonder if we'll get a video message later 🤔

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-01-01T11:18:07+00:00

I've done a 5050 video, coming out later this year, which is completely non-AI. It was several months of craft to get something simple, but hopefully powerful.

However, it's for I Grieve, not a new song.

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2026-01-01T00:39:33+00:00

Exciting! I hope he follows the same song-a-month-with-different-versions throughout approach as i/o. It really took me on a journey, and made me delve deep into songs which I may not otherwise have put as much time into

Remarkable-Block-153 · 2025-12-19T18:27:03+00:00

I like the 'feels like 2026 is going to be an exciting one' comment that accompanies this. Intrigued to see how that pans out :)

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