Written by Alva Leigh
Produced by John Mark Painter 
Recorded in Nashville, TN 

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ALVA LEIGH - Modern Love Song

Words based on the 1864 poem "Christmas Bells" by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Music by John Baptiste Calkin.

I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day

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"Modern Love Song" 
Written & Performed by Alva Leigh 
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Modern Love Song (Wild Cub Remix)

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"Modern Love Song" 
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Remix by Michael Hix  
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Modern Love Song (Michael Hix Remix)

Ceremony (New Order cover)

If There Was a Way (Dwight Yoakam Cover)

Calling Me

'Take My Time' is the first single from Alva's new EP, Self/less, a collection of songs from the emotional tumble dryer of new motherhood.

A left turn from Alva’s previous work in the award-winning Americana duo, Lewis & Leigh, Alva teamed up with producer Matt Ingram at Urchin Studios in London to craft her dark and dreamy pop sound with her crystal clear voice at the centre.

Pre-order the Self/less EP, out everywhere 3 April 2020: 

Lyrics:
Too old, too young
Too much, not enough
Too tight, too loose 
Too tough, lighten up

It ain't easy inside my mind
It ain't easy to be left behind

Take my time, take my time
I'm looking out eyes open wide
Take my time, take my time
Give me freedom for the words that I would never say
Hiding in my head won't help me anyway
Take my time, take my time

Too late to leave
To linger tonight
Minutes then hours
Then days pass me by

It ain't easy to be lost and found
It ain't easy it'll come around

Take my time, take my time
I'm looking out eyes open wide
Take my time, take my time
Give me freedom for the words that I would never say
Hiding in my head won't help me anyway
Take my time, take my time

Let's be odd, time's not even 
Moving fast can numb the feeling
Leave the rules quit the reasons
Become someone to believe in

Take my time, take my time
I'm looking out eyes open wide
Take my time, take my time
Give me freedom for the words that I would never say
Hiding in my head won't help me anyway
Take my time, take my time

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Written by Alva Leigh & Matt Ingram
Produced by Matt Ingram, Urchin Studios, London
Photo by Curious Rose
Makeup by Harper 
Design by Alva Leigh

Self/less EP

Take My Time

Caught out in the rain
I haven’t slept in days
Staring into space
As I miss another train
I feel like I’ve become
A hollow empty song
A beat without a drum  
That’s going on and on

I’m tired of living for the game
I’ll wait forever if I stay
Trapped in broken yesterdays
In the end we will be who we’ve chosen
Take the lens move the light to soft focus

Across the empty track
You take a photograph
As I hear the shutter snap
I’m done with looking back
As I sit and wait
The edges change their shape
Though the clouds remain
I’m making a new frame

I’m tired of living for the game
I’ll wait forever if I stay
Trapped in broken yesterdays
In the end we will be who we’ve chosen
Take the lens move the light to soft focus

Soft focus
Blur the edges of it
Soft focus
Put yourself inside it
Soft focus
Cut the colours of yourself

I’m tired of living for the game
I’ll wait forever if I stay
Trapped in broken yesterdays
In the end we will be who we’ve chosen
Take the lens move the light to soft focus

'Soft Focus' is the second single from Alva's new EP, Self/less, a collection of songs from the emotional tumble dryer of new motherhood.

A left turn from Alva’s previous work in the award-winning Americana duo, Lewis & Leigh, Alva teamed up with producer Matt Ingram at Urchin Studios in London to craft her dark and dreamy pop sound with her crystal clear voice at the centre.

Pre-order the Self/less EP, out everywhere 3 April 2020: https://alvaleigh.lnk.to/softfocus

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Written by Alva Leigh & Matt Ingram
Produced by Matt Ingram, Urchin Studios, London
Photo by Curious Rose
Makeup by Harper 
Design by Alva Leigh

Soft Focus

Scene shot in slow motion
A circle of eyes
The weight of attention
When the ribbons are tied

Peel back the paper 
You're trapped in their moment
Anticipating the

Birthday Girl
Birthday Girl
Birthday
We light the candle to watch it go out
Where does the magic go?

A glow on the surface
What's growing inside
The attraction of newness
The promise of life

Take what you're given
Forget what you wanted
Holding a mirror 
To all of their choices

Birthday Girl
Birthday Girl
Birthday
We light the candle to watch it go out
Where does the magic go?

After the party they all go home
Your back to the door feel the silence grow
Nobody tells you how you will cope
After the magic goes
Where does the magic go

For the birthday girl

Written by Alva Leigh & Mary Erskine (Me for Queen)
Produced by Alva Leigh & Matt Ingram

The Self/less EP is a collection of songs from the emotional tumble dryer of new motherhood.

A left turn from Alva’s previous work in the award-winning Americana duo, Lewis & Leigh, Alva teamed up with producer Matt Ingram at Urchin Studios in London to craft her dark and dreamy pop sound with her crystal clear voice at the centre.

Stream or download the Self/less EP, out now: alvaleigh.lnk.to/selflessEP

Birthday Girl

For all of the years
That I’ve lived inside this house
The curtains the halls 
The pictures on walls
No more surprises now
Memories and dreams I’ve gathered
Are sitting on a shelf                       
Then I found a room that I didn’t know about

You opened the door
And you pulled me in
If I am a garden
Then loving you is a wilderness

I can’t sleep sometimes
Wondering how you’ll turn out
Mistakes I will make
Plans I will break
My fear of falling down
If time is medicine then baby
You’re forever and you’re now       
You’re like a room that I didn’t know about

You opened the door
And you pulled me in
If I am a garden
Then loving you is a wilderness

A wilder wilder wilderness
A wilder wilder wilderness
A wilder wilder wilderness
When I thought there was nothing left

You opened the door
And you pulled me in
If I am a garden
Then loving you is a wilderness
Something from nothing
Magic within
If I am a garden
Then loving you is a wilderness

Written by Alva Leigh
Produced by Matt Ingram
The Self/less EP is a collection of songs from the emotional tumble dryer of new motherhood.

A left turn from Alva’s previous work in the award-winning Americana duo, Lewis & Leigh, Alva teamed up with producer Matt Ingram at Urchin Studios in London to craft her dark and dreamy pop sound with her crystal clear voice at the centre.

Stream or download the Self/less EP, out now: alvaleigh.lnk.to/selflessEP

Wilderness

hi there i'm alva, a singer-songwriter from mississippi, living in chattanooga. my new EP, self/less is out now. i made it in 2019 & early 2020 in london. fresh from the emotional tumble dryer of new motherhood.

alvaleigh

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