Question Time
Recorded and mixed at Panther House, Mount Pleasant, London
Produced and written by The Banquet Years

Question Time

Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wanHL-s3jhs&feature=youtu.be

Azrael is the first single from The Banquet Years' forthcoming,  debut album, "Vortex".

lyrics
It doesn't matter where you go, 
You will never be 
All alone. 
She can help you 
Hide from the cold. 
She can help you 
When you're growing old. 

You will find her in the end; 
Let her come and take your hand, 
She will guide you up to heaven, 
Where you can rest forever. 

The winter can be 
Oh so cold. 
It doesn't matter who you are, 
Time will take its toll. 
It doesn't matter where you go, 
You will feel alone. 
It doesn't matter what you do, 
You can't help growing old. 
It doesn't matter where you go, 
You will feel alone, 
Until you find your home. 

You will find her in the end; 
Let her come and take your hand, 
She will guide you up to heaven, 
Where you can rest forever. 

It doesn't matter where you go, 
You will never be 
All alone. 
She can help you 
Hide from the cold. 
She can help you 
When you're growing old. 

You will find her in the end; 
Let her take your hand, 
She will guide you up to heaven, 
Where you can rest forever. 
She will guide you up to heaven, 
Where you can rest forever, 
Where you can sleep forever.
credits
released 25 September 2014 
Written by A.Schipper 
Music by A.Schipper and M.Watt 
Performed and Produced by The Banquet Years 
Mastered by M.Watt 
Recorded at Nomadic Tribe, Panther House Studios, Mount Pleasant, London, UK. 
(c) The Banquet Years, Arthur Schipper



Azrael

Buy it Now: https://thebanquetyears.bandcamp.com/track/fall-from-grace-with-the-sea

Fall from Grace with the Sea (05:50) 

Why are you sad? Why are you weeping? 
Has the engine broken down? 
The Owls don't hoot, they only frown. 
I wish upon a solution, but the heavens let us down. 
Where shall we go, where shall we look? 
Is the solution within a book? 
Where is the ladder to the sea? 
Can the uncanny puppet breathe? 
The enemy comes from within. 
The enemy comes from within. 

You've been holding us back for ages, 
You've been taking us for a stroll. 
We've been living without any wages; 
Now we don't know where to go. 

You've been holding us back for ages, 
You've been taking us for a stroll. 
We're like sailors who fall from grace with the sea, 
Now we don't know where to go. 

All us modern kids are wasted; 
Wise old men on mountaintops: 
They are sitting there placated, 
Waiting for the sky to drop. 
None of us know what we're facing, 
The end of all we love; 
The end of all we love. 

You've been holding us back for ages, 
You've been taking us for a stroll; 
We've been living without any wages, 
Now we don't know where to go. 

You've been holding us back for ages, 
You've been taking us for a stroll; 
We're like sailors who fall from grace with the sea, 
And we don't know where to go. 
We're like sailors who fall from grace with the sea, 
Now we don't know where to go.
credits
from Vortex, released 07 February 2015 (Digitally)
Written by A.Schipper 
Mixed by M.Watt 
Performed by A.Schipper (Guitar & Vox), Harrison Lee (Lead Guitar & Backing Vox), M.Watt (Everything else) 
Panther House Studios, Mount Pleasant, London

05 Fall From Grace With The Sea

Buy it Now: https://thebanquetyears.bandcamp.com/track/isolation

Isolation sets me free - 
Isolation helps me breathe. 
Hoping to find a place 
Hoping to find a cave 
In the sea. 
Isolation, with me. 

Isolation sets me free - 
Isolation helps me breathe. 
Hoping to find a place 
Hoping to find a cave 
In the sea. 
Hoping to find a place 
Hoping to find a cave 
Within me.
credits
from Vortex, released 07 February 2015 
Written by A.Schipper 
Produced and composed by The Banquet Years 
Mastered by M.Watt 
Performed by A.Schipper & M.Watt 
Artwork by A.Schipper, adapted from Hiroshi Yamazaki's "The Sun is Longing for the Sea"



08 Isolation

Buy it Now: https://thebanquetyears.bandcamp.com/track/hearts-apart

There ain't no hell too harsh for the purest hearts; 
There ain't no hell too harsh. 
I wanted to tell you everything I knew, 
I wanted to tell you everything I felt, 
I wanted to tell you everything I ever dreamed about - 
So you could tell me, we could be together forever 
So you could tell me, we would never be apart - 
So you would tell me, our hearts would never be apart.
credits
from Vortex, released 07 February 2015 
Written by A.Schipper 
Performed and Produced by A.Schipper and M.Watt 
Mixed and Mastered by M.Watt 
Panther House Studios, Mount Pleasant, London 
Artwork by A.Schipper, adapted from Hiroshi Yamazaki's "The Sun is Longing for the Sea"

09 Hearts Apart

Written by A.Schipper
Performed by R.Young (drums), M.Watt (Bass), B.Mortimer (Keys and Backing Vox), A.Schipper (Guitar & Vox)
Mixed by M.Watt
Panther House Studios, Mount Pleasant, London

Keep Talkin'

Demo Version recorded in 2013 at Gun Factory Studios, Stoke Newington, London. 

Written and Arranged by A.Schipper
Produced by The Banquet Years
Mixed by Muzz McHattie
Inspired by You



Little Bit o' Faith /// Muzz McHattie MIX (Gun Factory Studios)

Lyrics:

I woke up one morning, fresh from a dream 
That took my Heart away - 
The Silhouette of her as she opened the blinds
Will never leave my mind. 

Without hope I searched, 
Longing to find her, but 
In dreams, my heart will remain. 

I searched and I searched, 
Hoping to find her, but - 
In dreams my heart will remain.

Emily, 
Oh, Emily
In dreams my heart will remain.

Emily,
Won't you please tell me, 
In dreams will my heart remain?

By The Banquet Years: Arthur Schipper (Vox/Guitar), Rodrigo Young (Drums), Mark Watt (Bass Guitar)

(c)The Banquet Years
CREDITS: 
Written by A. Schipper
Recorded by Murray 'Muz' McHattie @ Gun Factory Studios, Stoke Newington, London
Mixed by M. Watt
Produced by The Banquet Years

In Dreams My Heart Will Remain

Lyrics: 
Davey and Arthur went to Macy's
They talked about women and their lives.
Their hearts were ready for solitude,
But Frantic were their lives. 
So they started the Wives. 

Davey and Arthur took the rest of them
On the voyage of their lives. 
Nothing could stop them now
As they travelled up to the sky.
They started the Wives. 

Johny said, "Where you going guys?"
Davey and Arthur knew the time (was right).
"We're going down to Timbuktu now,
Where our sound can resonate to Heaven."

Written by A.Schipper
Performed by A.Schipper (vox, guitar), M.Watt (bass), R.Young (drums)
Mixed by M.Watt
Recorded by Muz McHattie at Gun Factory Studio, Stoke Newington, London

TIMBUKTU // THE MARKY MIX

Please stop
Cause I dunno where to go,
You left me in the freezing cold. 
I'll chase you to the end of the world,
You'll always be my
Only girl.

Love comes to the ones who will fight for it
If you want it, be ready to die for it. 
Peace comes to the ones who will fight for it. 
If you want it, be ready to die for it. 

Written by A.Schipper
Music by A.Schipper & M.Watt
Mark Watt: bass/synth, looper/sampler 
Art: lyrics, vocals and guitar
 
Preview video on youtube here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BZENY28QIPI#!
 
The Banquet Years have an exciting new sound. Here is a taste of things to come. This epic, raw take of our new song "Only Girl" is straight from a rehearsal session from our basecamp at the legendary Fortress studios, Old St. (of WHITE STRIPES and PRIMAL SCREAM fame). It'll most likely be on the EP. Tell us what you think!

Next Show: 
Saturday, 28th September - London - The Nest - Young and Lost Club night - email shop@youngandlostclub.com or thebanquetyears@gmail.com for FREE ENTRY GUESTLIST

Love, -TBY (Mark&Art) xx

ONLY GIRL /// Live Version

The Banquet Years is based in London, UK, and its members hail from Aberdeenshire, NYC, London, Chile, and Amsterdam.
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