‘Clarity' produced and engineered by Andy Kong. From the Meteor Showers EP - Out Now.

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Clarity

A Robin Hood Christmas is a modern London folk myth.

Told through wandering minstrel instruments — wooden flutes, small strings, footsteps and breath — and threaded with the low pulse of the city, the album reimagines the legend of Robin Hood in a winter London where Christmas doesn’t reach everywhere equally.

This is Robin of Epping Forest: moving on foot, off-grid, redistributing what’s pooled too high. Alongside him are Little John, who carries the weight; Maid Marian, who keeps the network alive; Friar Tuck, who offers warmth without judgement; and the Sheriff of Notting Hill, whose power is polite, procedural, and still.

Medieval folk textures blend with subtle modern sounds — jungle fragments, underground drones, glitch echoes — not as contrast, but as continuity. The forest is no longer a place. It’s a practice. It moves where people move.

There are no heroes here. No victories.
Just winter held together — this time.

THE MINSTRELS MOVE ON

'Hard Was All I Knew,' is a stripped-down country/Americana ballad about loving someone without asking for comfort or shortcuts. Told from a quiet, reflective male perspective, the song leans on acoustic guitar and soft violin to carry a story of endurance, respect, and letting go without blame. This is an album-cut style song — restrained, honest, and built for listeners who value lyrics, space, and emotional weight over polish.

Written and produced by Johnny E. Lewis.

Mmmmm . . . mmmmm hmm
I learned young how to carry the weight
Saw good men bend, saw some break
God doesn't care what you think you’re due
I never prayed for easy, hard was all I knew

When heaven sent me a vision so real
Didn’t promise more than you could feel
I never prayed for easy, hard was all I knew

Every day you stayed, our love was my truth
If a man's left standing when the ground starts to move
I never prayed for easy, hard was all I knew

There were no nights running you were never wild
You just needed more than my kind
You made your own way through
I had no right to change what made you you

I watched you choose what kept you whole
Even when it cost us both
Love taught me to give and not to take
Through teary eyes wrapped in heartache

Some love ends without leavin' a scar
Just two people knowin' who they are

I never prayed for easy, hard was all I knew
Every day you stayed, our love was my truth
If a man's left standing when the ground starts to move
I never prayed for easy, hard was all I knew

I don’t dream of the past there's no one to blame
Won't throw what we had into the flames
You didn’t leave to hurt me
You left to stay the same

I never prayed for easy, hard was all I knew
But I’d carry the weight again if I had to choose
Some love don’t last, but it’s still true
I never prayed for easy, hard was all I knew

Easy never asked a thing of me
Love did

real eyes

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