About ‘Villain’

Garvie is a singer-songwriter who spent too much time playing video games during lockdown… now he’s trapped in one. 

The 8-bit indie hero’s second single ‘Villain’ is an anthem in using your frustration and anger for good. Garvie’s blunt lyrics and songwriting pull no punches here as he proudly proclaims ‘you’re my villain, and I love to hate you so’. Here’s Garvie’s account of that lyric: “We’re always told we shouldn’t get angry. I think anger gets a bad rep – it can push you forward and motivate you more than a lot of other feelings. Whether it’s a celebrity, politician, an annoying co-worker or your ex - we’ve all got our villains. Sometimes it’s OK to embrace that.”

Villain’s production takes the swagger of AM-era Arctic Monkeys era and the soul of Jack Garratt, blending them in with Garvie’s pure pop sensibilities. Here the producers and Garvie’s co-writers Jamie Biles and Props (a Spotify ‘Fresh Finds’ favourite) strip the driving beat down to it’s bare essentials, leaving Garvie’s storytelling abilities and soaring falsetto vocals space to breathe.

Garvie’s debut single ‘Bad Person’ has so far picked up support from BBC Radio 6 (Tom Robinson called it ‘an irresistible earworm’), Amazing Radio, BBC Introducing and Panic! At The Disco/Weezer producer Suzy Shinn amongst others.

Who’s your villain?

Bad Person was written by Joe Garvey (Garvie), Mark Gilyead (Props) and Jamie Biles, was produced by Jamie Biles and Mark Gilyead and was mixed by Jamie Biles. It was mastered by Hallam Robinson at Abbey Road Studios.

25/08/21

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Lyrics:

The shadows crawl
They whisper low
A tangled maze
Nowhere to go
My breath is caught
My heart’s a stone
I’m here but feel so far from home
Neon is bleeding on the snow
Keys in my pocket with nowhere to go
A clock that ticks but never moves
A door that shuts and will not prove

Streetlights flicker like a code
Signals lost along the road
If hope is static on the line
I’ll press my ear and read the sign

Lost in the shadows
Can’t find the flame
Calling the light but it won’t know my name
Every step feels like a fight—
Oh—
How do I turn this dark to light

Say my name… say my name… (no answer)

The mirror cracks
It shows my fear
A face I know
But not quite clear
I reach for stars
They fade away
The night it laughs
It wants me to stay
Windows like teeth in a blackened street
Footsteps of ghosts that match my feet
Letters of smoke on a frozen pane
I write “I’m here” and it writes “pain”

But I won’t break
Not yet
Not now
I’ll find the way
I’ll learn somehow
If light is late and mercy slow
I’ll walk the bruise until it glows

Lost in the shadows
Can’t find the flame
Calling the light but it won’t know my name
Every step feels like a fight—
Oh—
How do I turn this dark to light

An iron rain on the railway bridge
A river that swallows what no one admits
Photographs lean like tired men
Smiles nailed down, won’t rise again
I taste the night like rusted wire
It hums my faults, it feeds the fire
If courage breaks, it breaks so slow—
A quiet “no” the dark won’t show

If I must crawl, I’ll crawl in time
On broken glass I’ll draw a line
From where I’m lost to where I’m found—
A silent map without a sound

Lost in the shadows
Far from the flame
Calling the light that forgets my name
Every step heavier than night—
Oh—
Teach me to turn this dark to light

If the night keeps all the doors,
I’ll build a key from breath and bone.
If the road forgets my feet,
I’ll leave a mark with heart alone.
I’m not your quiet, I’m not your stone.
I’m the echo that comes home.

If darkness is my only friend
I’ll hold its hand until it bends
I’ll steal its weight
I’ll wear its crown
And tear these shadows down
If silence is a locked-up shore
I’ll learn the tide and learn it more
I’ll bruise the night
Until it yields
A single spark across these fields

Count it—one… two… breathe… ignite—

Lost in the shadows—
I’ll name the flame,
Call to the dawn till it answers the same.
Every step hurts but every step holds—
I will not fold, I will not fold.
Lost in the shadows—
I carve a light,
Out of the hush, out of the bite.
If the night won’t give, then I will take—
A spark, a thread—enough to make

Light from dark.
Bone to bark.
Name from spark.

The shadows crawl—
but I still go.
A candle coughs—
and learns to glow.
(hold… release… hold… release)
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Track: Lost in the Shadows (Extended Mix)
Lyrics: NTENSEIFIED
Music & Vocals: NTENSEIFIED, Daniel Espinoza
Produced By: NTENSEIFIED

Lost in the Shadows - Feat. Daniel Espinoza

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