Alfranko.jpg is the current creative outlet for multidisciplinary artist Ed Barrett. His current practice explores his own personal visual interests such as mid century Americana, late 20th subcultures and brutalist architecture, combined with textures and blocks of pastel colour. 

“You can’t hurt me” Small sigh“I would never” Little lie “I trust you”Big mistake But one step is all it really takes “I love you” The words blur “And as do I” Yeah, for sure “I have never felt this way” Too bad he didn’t mean to stay.It was April when it all began The little pieces crumbleI felt it from the first “I’m tired” And his thoughts began to fumbleNo longer was it “I see us there” You...

Neil Levin’s most recent studio EP is a collection of material he could not fit on any of his upcoming unreleased albums, so he released 5 of the songs early on “Fire Mixtape.” The songs themselves are completely genre less, but borrow from electro-pop, rock and roll, bedroom pop and lofi. Neil is no stranger to strange musical ideas. In 2018 he released 2 full length at home-studio albums, Me...

 Photographer - Joe EdwardsInstagram - @prawnsnaps

I have designed typographic representations of mantras repeated in protests time and time again. Whether for racial equality, gender equality, or queer representation, words are power and displaying them is a statement.

Instead of sad, here's a comedic alternative to a break up song. 

Here's to the new normal. Standing six feet apart and taking a moment when you're by yourself to adjust and take off your mask to get a sense of normalcy. Picnics and celebrations at the park, of course with the caption: "six-feet apart and tested beforehand!" Awkward interactions at the grocery stores, not knowing if someone is smiling under their mask to greet me. I've forgotten how to soc...

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As I sat in my childhood room for the last time listening to The Cure and thinking about all the other 23-year-olds who soundtracked their goodbyes with Robert Smith, I realised that I am a part of the lucky few who will be moving out during UK lockdown number three. Up until this point, I had only felt excitement about leaving the four walls I had spent the past almost-year staring at, willing...

Winter whispers to meHer chill caressing my cheek as I stand on the deserted stepsof this churchHer reassurence is interrupted by the laughter of tender memoriesFloating down in the early dawnThe haunted pain in my soul groansAnd I look down at your footprints next to my ownHow long did we dance in the volcanic ashOf this courtyardNever seeing past the next season?But here we are againI track ...