The fourth in The Portraits’ weekly “Friday Song” series has just been released on their Facebook www.facebook.com/theportraitsmusic

A brand new song every single week based on ideas and inspiration sent in by you!

With the Portraits’ commitment to release a new song each and every week during 2012, there were bound to be unexpected hitches – and this week was witness to the first such stumbling block. Lorraine, one half of the song writing team at the heart of the Portraits who are spearheading the Friday Song project, has been down all week with the worst flu she’s had in years.

So this week’s song, “Song For A New Soul” marks the launching of Jeremy’s solo career, with Jeremy having multitracked himself performing three vocal lines, piano and guitar. And whilst doing so, he wishes Lorraine a big “Get Well Soon”. The new track was written on Thursday after the planned song which would have featured Lorraine’s vocals was quickly diverted to next Friday’s edition – but next week’s song will be all the more special for the wait!

Jeremy asks for forgiveness for a moment of musical sentimentality. “Song For A New Soul” is a tribute to his little boy Euan, now nearly 3 years old – a much delayed homage after the large number of songs he wrote in dedication to his first born Ciara (5), notably “Precious Red” from The Portraits’ Timescape album in 2008.

We hope you enjoy the song, and we look forward to receiving your input towards the next songs in the series. The songs are inspired by ideas, pictures, suggestions sent to us by you. They can be originals for which you send us stories, bits of poetry -- anything from your own lives, or covers you would like to hear us do in Portraits-style. We will tag you in the videos and publicity if you've been the inspiration for the current week's song!

Meanwhile, “Song For A New Soul” along with last week’s “Glastonbury Song”, and not to forget "Daybreak" and "Final Act" from the first two Fridays of 2012, can be downloaded right now from our main site http://www.theportraitsmusic.com/ - click on Friday Song towards the top of the page. The songs can be downloaded for free, or you have the option of choosing a price -- and all proceeds from sales of the Friday Songs will go to The Burma Campaign (http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/) who campaign for human rights and democracy in Burma, a cause close to our hearts.

JEREMY MILLINGTON
THE PORTRAITS http://www.theportraitsmusic.com/
— with Jeremy Millington