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Akoustac

Glass houses and why you shouldn't throw stones

Annwyl gyfeillion,

Here's a song I wrote after a conversation I had in the pub with a coursemate about the seemingly never-ending retrofit project that she and her husband were undertaking to improve the energy efficiency of their flat.

It was first performed at the Centre for Alternative Technology in May 2023.
I dedicate this song to all the green builders out there!

Lyrics:
Retrofit, retrofit
We’ve gotta retrofit for the planet
We’re gonna retrofit our leaky house
So we gutted it and we had to move out

But it costs so much and it takes so long
And goes on and on and its still not done
Now it’s all gone wrong and we’re still living with your parents

All our friends, are flying away on holiday
I want to go to Japan
But I don’t think that’s right in the current context
All our friends are flying away to Africa
I want to go with them
But I don’t think I can given the situation


Retrofit, retrofit
We’ve gotta do our bit for the planet
But its all gone wrong its all covered in mould
and it takes so long and we’re getting old

We used hemp-lime here and some perlite there,
We mixed straw and clay with fine horse hair
We had to lose space on the inside or extend the eaves,
When will it be done so I can go home please 

All our friends, are flying away on holiday
I want to go to Taiwan
But I don’t think I ought to in the current context
All our friends are flying away to America
I want to go with them
But I don’t think I can given the situation

I just just want to lounge ‘round in my lounge again,
Watching documentaries
And thinking about our next holiday to Barmouth
All my friends are flying away to India
I want to go to Goa!
But I don’t think that would be appropriate right now

Retrofit, retrofit, Retrofit, retrofit,
Retrofit, retrofit, Retrofit, retrofit

We’ve gotta Retrofit the neighbourhood
With cultivation spaces for home-grown food
Retrofit the energy system
With closed-loop geothermal district heating

Retrofit the cars and trains
Make garden features from old aeroplanes
Retrofit the container ships
And proper recycling for microchips

We used straw-clay render and sheep’s wool batts
But it got too damp and the moths ate that
We wanted wood-fibre but the builders said
They didn’t know what that was, so they used plastic instead

All our friends, are flying away on holiday
I’d love to go to Thailand
But I don’t think I should in the current climate
All our friends are flying away to Singapor
I want to go with them
But I don’t think I can given the current crisis
I can go wherever I want so easily
But some people like me,
Are adrift on the sea in a crowded dingy

Retrofit, retrofit,
Retrofit, retrofit
Retrofit, retrofit,
Retrofit

Credits:
Liam S Rickard - Composition, lyrics, vocals, guitar, piano
Ffion Aynsley - backing vocals, percussion
Michael Ekeghasi - backing vocals, percussion
Archibald Schwartz Marmaduke - bass
Rolando Bertrand Ruiz - drums
Ben MacCoed - trumpet
David Spivack - saxophone

Recorded, mixed & mastered in Our Lady Studio, Borth, by Mike West

Blog post about the song: https://worldwidewelshman.weebly.com/blog
Further information: https://worldwidewelshman.weebly.com/retrofit-2023.html
Smartlink: https://ffm.to/retrofit

Retrofit

Snake In The Grass (Alternative version)

itunes: smarturl.it/doubledownDD
LP/CD: smarturl.it/doubledownDD2

i’m leaving you this tuesday, before i lose a lung
we can’t break up halfway, so light the fuse and run
i’m leaving you this ashtray, to put beside the desk           
‘cause we can’t break up halfway, and i am bored to death

of you striking a match and cupping your hands
so i’m getting the patch, and making a plan
well yeah but i could stand

one last cigarette before i quit
one last look at it
‘cause we were good at it
one last cigarette before i quit
one drag, it’s so good but i shouldn’t have

stayed with you for so long, ‘cause now i can’t say no
the smoke i used to float on, brought me down so low, so while you’re 

striking a match and cupping your hands
i’ll be getting the patch, and making a better plan
but what is better than

(chorus)

made my bed and now i gotta rise and shine
to lie in it with you would be unkind                                
‘cause we both know, that i gotta go
but i got a minute though

(chorus)

cancer emphysema heart disease
whoever thought it’d be so hard to part with these?



Last Cigarette

"Just For A Minute" is from the album, '4 Sides of Greg D', which was released on Bandcamp in 2009. Performed live in the studio at Cowboy Technical Services in Brooklyn, NY. Recorded by Tim Hatfield.

Sounds of Greg D:
Arne Wendt - keys
Dave Dreiwitz - bass
Ryan Thornton - drums
Jack Petruzzelli - guitar
Greg D - guitar, vocals, song

Sounds of Greg D - Just For A Minute

Words and music written by Sophie Wozencraft
Produced by Sophie Wozencraft and Phillip K. Marzouk
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Phillip K. Marzouk

(Picture: copyright Sandra Phillips)


The Pearl Diver's Wife

From Ross: I wanted to write ‘The Day The World Went Away’ by NIN. I was reading White Noise by Don DeLillo so lots of the lyrics are inspired by that. The line ‘I can taste the bleach on your breath’ is about that scene in Mad Men where Don Draper comes home and washing his mouth out with Bleach to cover up the taste of the woman he’s been out with.

Marigold Moon

Promo

Girl With No Name

Track 3 from the home recording sessions.

Home Recordings

My Undying Memory

Named after one of many watercourses I explored growing up in West Lancs.... I often wonder who Jane was, if anyone..... a resurrected oldie.

Runnel and Cut

Fine Jane (2020)

Moving reckless, low and deep
I lost somebody I thought I'd keep
Close your secrets over me
No rehearsal, no retreat
So problematic, so incomplete
The flesh is willing, the spirit is weak
It's too expensive for something so cheap
Moving reckless, moving deep

Manifest good life and no danger
You don't recognise I'm no stranger
My life is outside it left with her, it's left with her

Moving reckless, low and deep
I lost somebody I thought I'd keep
Close your secrets over me
No rehearsal, no retreat
So problematic, so incomplete
Sirens crying themselves to sleep
It's too aggressive for something so weak
Moving reckless, moving deep

You don't recognise I'm no stranger
My life is outside it left with her, it's left with her

Moving Reckless (Single Edit)

(Take me back to) Honolulu

‘All That you Dream’ is about encouraging someone to follow their dreams and passions, regardless of any pitfalls that life throws at them along the way.  This is a song about hope and a reminder that anything you want is possible if you follow your heart and keep heading for the stars.

All That You Dream

All That U Dream - BexX Feat. Lady Nade

Symmetrical

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(Take me back to) Honolulu

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