Biscay

Biscay comprise 4 jazz/funk/prog instrumentalists who write songs about the human condition set to a dizzying range of genres. Using a range of vocalists (chosen to suit each song), this is a deliberately diverse formula. It’s a formula which seems to work given Biscay are 2-time winners of the UK Songwriting Competition (amongst others – see Awards page on our website https://biscay.co.uk/awards/). We have released 4 new songs as singles since October 2024 into 2025 and Fly Far is our 5th such release, with 4 more due over the remainder of '25 into '26.

Biscay’s first EP release was ‘Burnt Mementos‘ in April 2017, followed by a second EP ‘Stare At The Sun’ in March 2020. Through the pandemic lockdowns a further 5 singles were released. All are availabile on Spotify and all other main streaming platforms.

 Fly Far is Biscay’s re-expression of Richard Bach’s seminal novella ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’, which was first published 55 years ago on September 1^st 2025. Picking up its themes of personal freedom and self-expression via the metaphor of flight, the song encourages us to reject herd mentality/conformity and explore your own potential. The central dilemma of being an outsider whilst finding your true self is reflected in the melancholy minor verse and an uplifting major chorus. It features the fabulous Sophia Pozzobon on vocals.

You can find it as a WAV or MP3 on Dropbox. Here are the links:

MP3: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/y2zfzlohc5dsgxx3ekp61/BISCAY-Fly-Far-UKUFN2500004.mp3?rlkey=qma8k8f82nvyexow6cuqr3tta&st=rvewlhn6&dl=0

WAV: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/t20bpajhr4pvn22mn25hs/BISCAY-Fly-Far-UKUFN2500004.wav?rlkey=wgwar1kmxham7ykan06lxs8vr&st=7v78lb5v&dl=0

The links (only when live from September 1^st) on Spotify and Apple are as follows:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5nJyX2tK8IUo5RFIFlNexc

Apple Music: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1827802425

Fly Far – lyrics

All alone horizon wide, on the air you gently glide

Distant calls bid you return, you think they will never learn

They live life in monochrome, can’t conceive of being alone

Fervently they fit the norm, cheerlessly they all conform

 

Fly out fly straight, life can’t wait

Fly sure fly true, out to the blue

Fly as far as your north star

Fly far fly fast, fly from your past

Fly at long last

 

You take off into the night, let the rest swarm to the light

Not sure what they follow for, separating you seek more

Repeat chorus

INSTRUMENTAL

Repeat chorus

Basic Band Info

Band Name:

Biscay

Album Name:

Fly Far

Year Released:

2024

Email Address:

Website:

https://biscay.co.uk

Music Style:

Jazz Rock Fusion

Influences:

Steely Dan

We Sound Like:

Steely Dan

Performing Rights Society:

PRS (UNITED KINGDOM)

Label Affiliation:

Geographic

Hometown:

London

Country:

United Kingdom

Touring your Region?:

No

 

Band Description

Biscay comprise 4 jazz/funk/prog instrumentalists who write songs about the human condition set to a dizzying range of genres, using a range of vocalists. Biscay are 2-time winners of the UK Songwriting Competition and are releasing songs thru 2025.