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Manchester's own Francis Lung, the nom de plume of former Wu Lyf member Tom McClung, releases his new single I Wanna Live In My Dreams. his debut release for Memphis Industries, where he joins the likes of the Go! Team, Poliça, Field Music, it comes with a gorgeously intricate self-produced video.

Following on from the home-recorded Volumes 1 + 2 EPs, which contained titbits written during his time in Wu Lyf, I Wanna Live In My Dreams sees Francis Lung return with a bigger, more expansive sound. Recorded at Low Four Studios with Brendan Williams (Dutch Uncles, Go Go Penguin) on production duties, it's a baroque pop rocket that signals Francis Lung's new-found ambitions.

The video, crafted over four months by Francis, follows a young boy who falls asleep and turns into his dream alter-ego 'Ghostface', as Tom explains:

'Ghostface is a character I've been drawing for years, but I've never been quite sure why. I thought it would be nice to give him some purpose by creating this story about him. I've never made anything like this before but for some foolish reason I thought it would be a good idea to spend four months of my life learning how to animate. It's a combination of stop motion, keyframe and hand-drawn animation and it's made up of thousands upon thousands of frames. I nearly pulled out all my hair making it.

'The song is an homage to the Ronettes written when I was in love with sleeping and found it very hard to do much else. There are obvious allusions to suicide here and eternal sleep, but to me it's more about an alternate reality than being death-obsessed.'

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Soup Kitchen is an independent, multi award winning bar and music venue located in the heart of Manchester’s Northern Quarter district..
Across two floors, our venue hosts some of the best live music events and club nights supporting local and world class artists.

Whilst in the bar we have some of the city's most renowned DJ’s soundtracking the night.
We provide a great selection of fresh food, with plenty of vegan options, a ever changing selection of beers, wines and spirits along with loose leaf teas & local coffee.

The perfect city hangout.

We offer wholesome fresh cooked food, award winning wine, cask ales, premium beer, a wide range fresh tea & coffee, free wifi and host live music events, club nights, film nights, comedy events and art exhibitions.

31-33 Spear Street,

Manchester,

Greater Manchester,

England,

M1 1DF.

0161 236 5100