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Caroline is the lead single from new EP, 'Caroline/If Only' OUT NOW!

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London-based singer-songwriter Douglas Dare releases new EP, following on from his debut album Whelm. Named after album track Caroline and new track If I Knew I Were Alive, it also features remixes by fellow label mate Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles and Houndstooth’s own electronic producer Ross Tones aka Throwing Snow.
Caroline has always been a precious track for Douglas, one of the first tracks he recorded and a story in which he imagines his grandfather is writing to a loved one during the war. As the only song on his debut album that is stripped down to just his voice and piano playing, and it being a favourite amongst fans at his concerts, it was a natural choice as a first single.

Caroline

It's been countless days, since last we wrote
And countless more, since last we wrote
But now that's all that remains
The letters that make up your name
And I used to see every line that crossed 
Your face, but now the lines are lost
In stories told and I've grown old
Let me read again the letters that you sent

Caroline wrote to me
Every day of that July
But now that's all I have left
Just thirty-one pages of Caroline

I waited all that time for you
To write be back, to write a new
Verse of our love but it never came
Just hoped my Caroline was safe
And just as I had always feared
Your precious words they disappeared 
In to my mind as I went blind
Let me read again the letters that you sent

Caroline wrote to me
Every day of that July
But now that's all I have left
Just thirty-one pages of Caroline

To pick them up might cut my hands
And blind me 
To pick them up might cut my hands
And blind me

Let me read again the letters that she sent

Caroline/If Only

Caroline

Hello Beautiful 'Leftover Dreams'

1. Into The Galaxy
2. If You Love Me Back feat. Alastair Thomas
3. Vader
4. Structures feat. Jean - Louise Parker
5. Leftover Dreams
6. Saturday Night With You

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Structures feat. Jean - Louise Parker

Yesterday's Pupil remixes the track "Volumes" by Academie.

Volumes (Yesterday's Pupil REMIX)

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In just over three years, Academie has made the case that pop music that is as transfixing as it is transcendent and beautiful can emerge out of Johannesburg’s exacting urban milieu. 

Initially through their live shows and then with 2016’s groundbreaking EP, Volumes, Jean-Louise and Alex Parker have conjured up a pop soundscape that easily places the duo alongside those pushing the frontiers of the genre on the global scene. They have matched this with an arresting aesthetic and a recent slate of intensely conceived performances – all of which have fortified Academie’s standing as among South Africa’s most exciting creative talents.

The songs are a mix of dark and light that reflects the dualism that Academie readily embraces: in their self-contained musical world, pre-recorded samples, vocal reverb and loops are as central to the sound as the viola, guitar and saxophone. 

The sense of humankind’s dislocation from one another is reflected in Academie’s broader examination of twenty-first century living, through the prism of songs.

When Academie first appeared in early 2016 it was obvious that this was no side-project. For one, the duo paid attention to their live performances in the way few other South African pop acts do, frequently enhancing their shows with thrilling sonic elements. The Horizons Project Choir joined Academie on their highly-coveted Main Stage slot at Oppikoppi in 2017 and a string section exquisitely elevates a filmed studio performance of “In the Clearing”, a track off Volumes that’s at once spare and intoxicating. The absorbing Academie live experience has also seen them play most major South African festivals over the past few years including Fete de la Musique in Johannesburg (2016), Mieliepop Festival (2017) and the Smoking Dragon Festival Main Stage (2017).

Academie relocated to Berlin, Germany, at the start of 2020.

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