Frances Luke Accord's debut full-length album, 'Fluke'. Dedicated to everyone who successfully funded our Kickstarter; without you this project would not have been possible. Gratefully, -B&N

Music & Lyrics: Nicholas L Gunty & Brian Eugene Powers
Produced by: Frances Luke Accord
Mixing: Nicholas Gunty 
Mastering: Sage Audio 
LIZ CHIDESTER, backing vocals ("On The Road") 
RACHEL FRAZIER, trumpet ("Tangled In Your Web", "David", and "In The Snow") 
CHAZ HEARNE, banjo ("Nowhere to be Found") 
KRISTINA PRICEMAN, violin ("Something Moving" & "On The Road") 
CAITLIN URBAIN, backing vocals ("Nowhere to be Found") 
KATIE VAN DUSEN, violin ("The Nightline" & "On The Road") 
and JOSHUA GUNTY for production assistance 
© 2016 Frances Luke Accord Music Publishing (BMI)

Fluke

Track 8 from Frances Luke Accord's sophomore LP, "Safe in Sound."

Lyrics:

All my life
Had my head in my helmet
Right of the road
On the side
 Sunlight on the road
Wind in my face
I went high, over and under
Woke somewhere else
Woman of grace
Angel of slumber

Lost in space
Nothing but wonder
Empty in I

It took time 
To recoup what was taken
Self in remaking 
Rethink this life
In my head, oh
In our only life cycle
In the blink of an eye, I was left
The whole world was ending
But also rebirth
And also pretending
Knowing what life is worth

Da da da da da
Da da da da
Da da da da da
Da da da da da
Da da da da 
Da da da da da

Safe In Sound

Saint Mary

Lyrics: 
This morning I dreamt 
Forgetting your name
While that of your child
And husband came
I bent close to face
You whispered in song
We barely embrace
And then you were gone

The distance in space
All moving along
Our time and our place
All vanish at dawn
This morning I dreamt
A memory came
The memory went
It started to rain

Credits:
Performed by: Frances Luke Accord 
Written by: Nicholas L Gunty / Brian Eugene Powers 
Mixing Engineer: Nicholas Gunty 
Production: Nicholas Gunty
Mastering Engineer: Chris DuPont 
Label: Two-Dale Records / Tone Tree Music
Publishing: Frances Luke Accord Music Publishing
Guest performer: Liz Chidester (vocals)

This Morning

This Morning (featuring Liz Chidester)

Lyrics:

If I could find an army
To do as I command
If I could paint a picture, love
To help you understand
If I could dig to China
Without making a sound
Then baby I’d be nowhere to be found

If I could kill a giant
With the tiniest of stones
If I could keep a shooting star
From falling alone
If I could kiss the sunrise
Each time around
Then baby I’d be nowhere to be found

And it’s a long time to lie
A child beneath an endless sky
Who can only reach so high
And I love to wonder why
I feel I’m left with only my disguise

If I could find the secret
To how the world began
If I could hold the key of life
In the palm of my hand
If I could take you with me
And slow the turning down
Then maybe we’d be nowhere to be found

And it’s a long time to lie
A child beneath and endless sky
Who can only reach so high
And I love to wonder why
I feel I’m left with only my disguise

And I love to wonder why
I feel I’m left with only my disguise

Music & Lyrics: Nicholas L Gunty & Brian Eugene Powers
Produced by: Frances Luke Accord
Mixing: Nicholas Gunty 
Mastering: Sage Audio
Special thanks to Chaz Hearne (banjo) and Caitlin Urbain (backing vocals)
© 2016 Frances Luke Accord Music Publishing (BMI)

Nowhere to be Found

Nowhere To Be Found

Lyrics:

My eyes submit that I won’t focus
They can't resist what I don’t notice 
You're a plane, Jane
You're taking off right before me
At a safe pace
Asking with your actions “Save me, please”
Come on and save me

I went into town just to see Michigan
How slow we walk when we've found something
Something moving
Moving mile by mile
Now I'm spinning
Off the curve of your smile

Loan me your lips at peak interest
Your right, my claim by the bite of my bid
You're the hip fight
Lighting up my night scene
In your black tie
Like you only lie with me
Baby, please

I went into town wearing only my skin
I left feeling so deep in sin
Deep in something
Something not quite right
In my dark night, flying high on the wind

I'm a fake snake
Wax fangs and painted stripes
Just a tax break
Keen to bend the world how I like
Right how I like

Music & Lyrics: Nicholas L Gunty & Brian Eugene Powers
Produced by: Frances Luke Accord
Mixing: Nicholas Gunty 
Mastering: Sage Audio
Special thanks to Kristina Priceman for violin
© 2016 Frances Luke Accord Music Publishing (BMI)

Something Moving

Lyrics:

Mama loves me, this I know
Twenty-something stones I've thrown
In my own skin thinking I
Had my heaven, milk and wine

Now I'm walking
The wolves on home
Through Virginia's
Field of gold
By my father's light I've known
Sheep from shepherd, dog from bone

Here I'm eyeing
The saccharin blues
In temptation’s dangling fruit
And from this side 
I sink into
Shade without you

But mama loves me
This I know
Twenty-something stones I've thrown

Music & Lyrics: Nicholas L Gunty & Brian Eugene Powers
Produced by: Frances Luke Accord
Mixing: Nicholas Gunty 
Mastering: Sage Audio
© 2016 Frances Luke Accord Music Publishing (BMI)

Stones I've Thrown

Lyrics:

Reach out for it
Leave your things behind
Bear in mind
Sun will shine
Rain will dry
Clouded eyes...
Who do you run from?
Why don't you come home to your lover's side?
Lean upon the friends who see
Climb into the banyan tree
In the hour of the wolf I'm here for thee

And when you wander from the bower
I'll do my best to try and see you where you really are;
Remind you how we're not so far from the grave but I'll be the one to wake you now

Reach out for it
Leave your things behind
Who do you run from?
Why don't you come home?
In the hour when your world is set afire...

Music & Lyrics: Nicholas L Gunty & Brian Eugene Powers
Produced by: Frances Luke Accord
Mixing: Nicholas Gunty 
Mastering: Sage Audio
© 2016 Frances Luke Accord Music Publishing (BMI)

Who Do You Run From

Lyrics:

I walked right into your trap today 
You caught me by surprise 
Flying silk beneath the sunlight 
To cradle me below
If only I had seen the sign 
Or really heard what you said
But I’m just tangled in your web
Bite me if you like

I collapse into your lap 
You turn my red blood blue
You make me stiff with fright 
Lick my wound
Tell me how you dream of me 
In my soft pink skin
And wanna sink your teeth in 
Spin me into light
In flight I might I might I might
In flight I might I might I might

I’m within your red jurisdiction 
Biding my time 
Before I light my fire
Commit my crime
So you bind me to your bottom line 
And wish that I were dead 
But I’m just tangled in your web 
And I’m about to spend the night

In flight I might In flight I might
You’re right In flight, I might, 
You’re right, I might

Music & Lyrics: Nicholas L Gunty & Brian Eugene Powers
Produced by: Frances Luke Accord
Mixing: Nicholas Gunty 
Mastering: Sage Audio
Special thanks to Rachel Frazier for trumpet
© 2016 Frances Luke Accord Music Publishing (BMI)

Tangled In Your Web

Lyrics:

David you’re my only child, my memory
That freedom only walks so far in love, I mean
Your shadow grows longer
And patiently, the night wolf looms in the moon 

She'll call your rise and fall
My baby how you’ve lost the sound of your voice
With this, a dying wish
To roll the dice and stay alive
Gamble on my friend
You’ll learn to find 
That freedom only walks so far in love
That freedom only walks so far in love

"Though I adore you, bride of mine
I feel the sound, the din of God
Ringing in my bones,"
David writes,
"I hear the blow
The horn that turns stone to mud and leads the blind to see
That freedom only walks so far in love (I only walk so far in love) 
That freedom only walks so far in love"

So take the keys
Homeless child of mine
And free this lonesome life

Ohh my love
Ohh my love
Ohhhh my love
Ohhhh my love, my love

Freedom only walks so far, and I only walked so far in
Freedom only walks so far, and I only walked so far
Freedom only walks so far, and I only walked so far in
Freedom only walks so far, and I only walked so far
Cuz David, you’re my only child, my memory
Freedom only walks so far and ohh, David,
I only walk so far in
I only walk so far in ohhh

Music & Lyrics: Nicholas L Gunty & Brian Eugene Powers
Produced by: Frances Luke Accord
Mixing: Nicholas Gunty 
Mastering: Sage Audio
Special thanks to Rachel Frazier for trumpet and Joshua Gunty for production assistance
© 2016 Frances Luke Accord Music Publishing (BMI)

David

Lyrics:

I've been underneath the snow 
And it's so damn cold
I've been walkin’ for so long 
From the light I know
I was buried in the snow 
But nobody told
I've been walkin’ for so long 
From the light I know

My pain is bearing down on me
Got me under siege
What I need's a light I cannot see
To get me off my knees
I keep the key to being happy 
In the pit of my heart
And then I slowly start to see 
Where I fell apart

In the dark my whole body goes a-swaying
In my mind I give up all my room
I resurface in daylight in a sea of habit
Now I'm walking on water when I'm with you

I've been walkin’ in the snow 
And it's so damn cold
I've been walkin’ for so long 
From the light I know
I’ll bind my body to a tree 
In the bright sunlight
But you won’t see me when 
I’m climbing down at night
Climbing down at night
Climbing down at night
Climbing down at
Down at night

Music & Lyrics: Nicholas L Gunty & Brian Eugene Powers
Produced by: Frances Luke Accord
Mixing: Nicholas Gunty 
Mastering: Sage Audio
Special thanks to Rachel Frazier for trumpet and Joshua Gunty for production assistance
© 2016 Frances Luke Accord Music Publishing (BMI)

In The Snow

our first collaborative track with our good friend Tom Nania of House of Luthiery - we'll be recording a full EP with him later this year, keep an eye out!

check out Tom's excellent guitar building work at [http://houseofluthiery.com]

summer breeze (featuring Tom Nania)

Episode 8. Madison filmmaker Brandon Colvin (Frames, Sabbatical) describes his unique directorial approach, and previews his next film, Dim Valley. With featured music from Chicago duo Frances Luke Accord. 

Brandon Colvin | Frances Luke Accord

The stories behind our security question answers. Explore the episode at http://nouns.audio/securityquestions

Produced and Hosted by Will Thwaites

Music Credits
"Step Stones" by Jonathan Headley, Licensed by Audiosocket (Nouns theme)
"Lost in Thoughts" by Soundstacks, Licensed by Audiosocket
"6 Foot Crest" Instrumental by Tim Seely, Licensed by Audiosocket
"Carnegie Lake" by Collective Acoustics, Licensed by Audiosocket
"Sonobuoy" by Collective Acoustics, Licensed by Audiosocket
"Maps" Instrumental by Christopher Norman, Licensed by Audiosocket

1 - Security Questions

The worst part about hunting for a new job. Explore the episode at http://nouns.audio/coverletters

Produced and Hosted by Will Thwaites

Music Credits
"24 Capricci Op. 1 No. 15 In E Minor (Posato) (Paganini)" by Niccolo Paganini, Licensed by Audiosocket
"Because I Think You're Still In Love With Me" by Niccolo Paganini, Licensed by Audiosocket
"Step Stones" by Jonathan Headley, Licensed by Audiosocket (Nouns theme)
"Reboot" by Jonathan Headley, Licensed by Audiosocket
"Signals" by Sonogram, Licensed by Audiosocket

2 - Cover Letters

Why put a song that's not yours on your debut album? Explore the episode at http://nouns.audio/franceslukeaccord

Choice: a new segment on Nouns where we explore one choice made by one person. First up is the band France Luke Accord (which I guess is technically "one group") talking about why they made a song that isn't even theirs.

Music Credits
"Step Stones" by Jonathan Headley, Licensed by Audiosocket (Nouns theme)
"Fairhaven" by Fox and The Law, License by Audiosocket
"Somogi Karikazo" by The Rosen Sisters, is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

3 - Frances Luke Accord

Frances Luke Accord Spring 2018 Tour:
http://www.franceslukeaccord.com/live/

Lyrics:

if the sun goes dark someday 
all the stars fall out from space
oh, solace me, my enlightened one
with no stars and with no sun

and if the blue moon didn’t come
wasn’t new, it just wandered on
to some other earth and some other sun 
would you also go love some other one?

take me with you, Maria, please
I'm so full and I need to empty
I set all my glittering cotton alight
on the bitter chance you'll restore my sight

I'd leave my body and my blood behind
on just the faith you're the one to find

In The Snow

Frances Luke Accord

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