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The lost art of making friends
Messy Eater

Hello! Thanks so much for subscribing to my mailing list and checking out this microsite for my forthcoming EP ‘Blue Sundae’.

After creating and releasing the very colourful ‘Comfort Food’ EP in June, I wanted to explore more introspective lyrical themes for my next release. I had also been listening to a lot of 90s jazzy hip hop like A Tribe Called Quest and Digable Planets. This led to the concept for ‘Blue Sundae’, which was also inspired by Picasso’s “blue period”, Joni Mitchell’s confessional ‘Blue’ album and classic Blue Note jazz records that were often sampled by 90s hip hop acts. You can see where the ‘blue’ name and colour aesthetic came from!

I’ve tried to use warmth, honesty, jazzy musicality and gentle humour to deal with feelings of loneliness, sadness and loss. It’s my most personal collection of tracks so far.

You can listen to ‘The lost art of making friends’, the first single from ‘Blue Sundae’, in full now. I’ll be sharing more tracks, the artwork, short videos about its influences and more exclusive content in the coming months.

I hope you enjoy the music!

Pete (Messy Eater) - October 2026 

The lost art of making friends

I stopped making friends many years ago

Now I’m losing touch with everyone that I know

I’m too busy, busy, busy with important stuff 

It’s continental drift it’s the way of the world yeah

Career, family diving for pearls 

Always chasing, chasing, chasing

It’s never enough 

I’ve been living out here on Lonely Street 

I could come into the city tell me where to meet 

Come on let’s do this 

Why are friends hard to find?

Let’s be friends 

Cos I need a little human connection 

Every now and then 

Friends getting harder to find

Let’s be friends 

Cos I’m craving some platonic affection 

I’m just scrolling and liking 

It’s no good for my mind 

In 15 seconds start the next episode 

RPG single player mode

So easy, easy, easy 

To distract from the truth 

I prefer my own company 

Yeah that is a lie

And now I’m starting to see 

I go on and on and on

An endless excuse 

© Pete Bott 2026