The Man and the Mermaid

Greenhouse Living

Farewell Farewell

Kilburn is the first single of three from Asthmatic Harp’s new conceptual song collection, Royal Mail.  
The three songs are named after London Tube stations, carrying the titles: 
Kilburn, Moorgate and Seven Sisters. 

The songs are written as letters that encapsulate the stories and atmospheres evoked by the chosen Tube Stations.

Songwriting, arrangement, recording and production: Hannah Fredsgaard Larsen, Asthmatic Harp.

Vocal, guitar, keys: Hannah Fredsgaard Larsen, Asthmatic Harp. 
Clarinet: Niels Maarup 
Violin: Marie Kobbersmed
El guitar: Niels Bach Storgaard
Bass: Nikolaj Boysen
Backing vocals: Christoper Catton, Kristina Kapilin, Katrine T. Holm

Mix: Andreas Frostholm
Master: ET Mastering

Artwork: Linda Sophia Schultheis

Kilburn

Seven Sisters

Let’s walk through the greenhouse
travel through time and see a Bird of Paradise
You’re telling me it’s in your parents' backyard

Brightly coloured birds in flight
Bluish green eyes

What is this thing called spring?
You are asking me
What are the odds hypothetically?

I am measuring seconds
moments of pure light
Are you eager to read the lyrics I’m writing?

Brightly coloured birds in flight
Bluish green eyes

There is the heat of love
The pulsing rush
Magic to make the sanest man go nuts
I’ll be the one to warn you…

When this day comes will we stand up?
When our house burns will we stand up?
When the firemen come will we stand up?
When our heartbeats turn will we stand up?

Bird of Paradise

To The Boats

Tree by leaf
Deep waters
I wish you were here with me 

Stone by stone 
Outweighs us
I wish you were here with me

Tiptoe over the bridge to memories we lost
To fights we fought and things we learned to live with
Burning into the night
I can’t swim or reach you on a lake with no name

To the boats
Afloat us
I wish you were here with me 

Tiptoe over the bridge to memories we lost
To fights we fought and things we learned to live with
Burning into the night
I can’t swim or reach you 
I can’t swim or reach you on a lake with no name

Things We Learned To Live With

To The Boats

To the Boats (feat. Sophie Kilburn)

Release date: 29 July 2020
Music: Asthmatic Harp
Words: Roma Havers

Lyrics: Limbo

This isn’t public art anymore,
This is intimacy made so you want to look away,
Unless you have the stomach for it.

I wanted to hold your hand 
but I was so far away, 
And I was distracted by the way your lower lip 
was surplus to your moon face: 
You articulate mime, 
must you pale that way 
like a slowly freezing pond?

And if this is a kind of ending let it be a kind one,
This terrible birthday present:
Just a small ruck of ice-shavings 
after ungrateful slice of blade,
gift wrapped in Mondays. 

I wanted to hold your hand 
but I was so far away, 
And I was distracted by the way your lower lip 
was surplus to your moon face: 
You articulate mime, 
must you pale that way 
like a slowly freezing pond?

I don't know if I believe my self anymore 
or if I even recognise my voice
When I replayed the tapes.

Take your time.
I don't want a thank you note. 

I wanted to hold your hand 
but I was so far away, 
And I was distracted by the way your lower lip 
was surplus to your moon face: 
You articulate mime, 
must you pale that way 
like a slowly freezing pond?

The problem of comfort and comforting 
is not what matters but how we make a mattering of it. 

I wanted to hold your hand 
but I was so far away, 
And I was distracted by the way your lower lip 
was surplus to your moon face: 
You articulate mime, 
must you pale that way 
like a slowly freezing pond?

Limbo

Released 9 September 2020
Lyrics/Music: Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones

Vocal, Acoustic Guitar: Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones
Synth, BV's: Ruth Shave
Bass Clarinet: Heather Ryall
Percussion: Kendall Perry
Piano: Julia Koelmans

Mix/Master: Green Door Studio, Glasgow
Supported by Help Musicians UK


Lyrics:

Small talk by a bus stop
I was just pretending to be me
It is tricky
Two stops that is just enough
time to sit and hum in solitude
Or time to meet someone new

Five day forecast
Winds are sweeping past
Fast strong winds
Soon to batter Britain again

No chance for the sun to dance
Rainy grainy look out on the streets
They need sweeping
But you’re fine there is still time
Do you have to rush round’ to succeed
I don’t think you need to

Five day forecast
Winds are sweeping past
Fast strong winds
Soon to batter Britain again

It stayed mild throughout the week
Against my predictions
Against all odds we were speaking

Five day forecast
Winds are sweeping past
Fast strong winds
Soon to batter Britain again

Five Day Forecast

Official release date: 4 November 2020

www.asthmaticharp.com

Songwriting/Music/Recording by Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones
Mix/Master by Green Door Studio

Things We Learned to Live With

Drones Over Gatwick

Drones Over Gatwick (feat. Kid Jupiter)

ASTHMATIC HARP is the musical moniker of Oxford based songwriter and composer Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones. Through the ethereal autoharp, gentle guitar strumming, hushed and tumbling melodies, Asthmatic Harp is synonymous with a sound that manages to be comforting, folksy, eerie, and personal, all at once. 
Born in Denmark before moving to the UK, Hannah began performing on the London music scene with her debut EP in 2015. In 2018 she was handpicked to the prestigious Roundhouse Resident Artist Program. Asthmatic Harp has featured on Danish National Radio and the BBC (6 Music and Radio 3). She has supported Sam Palladio in the Roundhouse and Mary Lattimore during her recent European tour and played gigs across Europe and America, including a gig at the inaugural Kite Festival 2022. Her latest EP ‘Things We Learned To Live With’ was lauded as “a delightfully playful slice of alt-folk” receiving acclaim from blogs ‘For The Rabbits’, ‘Listen With Monger’ and ‘Bristol in Stereo’ and culminated in 21 virtual concerts, including a sold-out concert for Low-Fi Denmark, appearances at The Takeover Fest and at Southside Fringe.

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