The idea of a trip to the local supermarket seems uneventful. So the last thing you would expect when taking your five-day-old baby out of the house for the first time, is your sleeping newborn being punched in the face by a random stranger. The attack would lead to a stay in hospital and an ensuing trial for common assault, on a baby that wasn't even a week old.

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Lullabye by Density & Time

Light Years Away by Doug Maxwell

Beyond the Lows by The Whole Other

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Gently Onwards by ELPHNT

Ether Real by Density & Time

Adrift by ELPHNT

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