@joshuaweresch: Thank you Joshua! Yeah i really wanted that juxtaposition to be almost confusing. Kind of representing the way we go around half pretending everything is totally fine all the time, but you scratch the surface and it's a whole different story!

Sounds, beat, words and voice - winning here. Thanks for making my evening even better

lovely sound, vocal is magnificent, really enjoyed :)

Very enjoyable. Lovely chord progression and very well sung. Thanks for sharing!

Written and Performed by Dolly Valentine
Produced and Engineered by Ryan Hadlock
Co-Engineered by Taylor Carroll
Mastered by Greg Calbi
Vocals by Dolly Valentine
Guitars by Andrew Valenti
Drums & Percussion by Taylor Carroll
Bass by Dune Butler
Piano/Keys by Charles Wicklander
Cello by Josh Neumann
Moog by Ryan Hadlock

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How To Be Good

GRACE GILLESPIE - Empty In The Capital

It is what it is
Not what it ought to be
Not exactly what you wanted
Not exactly what you need
But I am comfortable with knowing
That our consciousness is growing
Learning to destroy ourselves
And blame it on something else

It is what it is
Not what it used to be
Not the past and not the future
Something in-between
But I am comfortable with riding 
On the moving parts of time
Like I am comfortable looking
At the London skyline

But I am not myself today
What is it I’m doing?
What was it I wanted to say?
Yes I am grateful for the day
Just restless in the rationale
Empty in the Capital

It is what we are
Not what we choose to be
Cannot capture just the essence
Cannot pragmatise our presence
But we’re comfortable with living
While some other eyes are stinging
Like we’re comfortable with turning
Our faces to the sky

But I am not myself today
What is it I’m doing?
What was it I needed to say?
Yes I am grateful for the day
Just restless in the rationale
Empty in the Capital

Ahhh not we are not ourselves today
What is it we’re doing?
What was it we wanted to say?
Are we ungrateful for the day?
Just restless in the rationale
Empty in the Capital

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Empty In The Capital

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Following their acclaimed debut Gweler Ein Gofid last year, Sheffield's Sister Wives return into the light with new Crags AA single on 10" vinyl, featuring two new songs - "Crags" and "I Fyny Af / Rise".

The single's title track is a nod to local prehistoric gorge, Creswell Crags, where witches marks were discovered in 2019. The marks, also known as protective marks, were found around dark holes and crevices in the caves and are thought to have been used as part of rituals to warn off evil forces.

The notions of protection and ancient ritual tie in with the songs the band were working on at the time. They explain, "Both “I Fyny Af / Rise” and "Crags" are about summoning the consciousness of the land in times of despair; calling upon the ancient gods that live in the rocks, woods, lakes, seas and trees, and exploring spiritual suspicions and witchcraft. We wanted to explore both sides: the fear of witches, and also defend these long vilified women."
 

Analogue evocations to Cymru’s sentient landscapes, from before the fall and after The Fall. Deep time and shallow graves. A coven dances around a burning holiday home to the strains of Hawkwind, Eno and Siouxsie. Astral projecting over the Green Desert. You are as far away as you will ever be from the world's madness.

Sister Wives have previously been invited to support The International Teachers of Pop, Crack Cloud, The Eccentronic Research Council, Current Affairs, Kaputt, Flasher, Porridge Radio, as well as featuring on Warp Records’ new music picks and regular play on BBC Wales and BBC Cymru. 

Out on the 26th of February on Delicious Clam

https://deliciousclamrecords.bandcamp.com/album/crags

Yn dilyn eu ymddangosiad cyntaf ‘Gweler Ein Gofid’ y llynedd, a sengl hollt gyda Tacsidermi ar Libertino Records (5ed Chwefror), mae Sister Wives o Sheffield yn dychwelyd i'r goleuni gyda dwy gân newydd - "Crags" ac "I Fyny Af / Rise ". 

  Mae teitl yr EP yn nod i geunant cynhanesyddol lleol i Sheffield, Creswell Crags, lle darganfuwyd marciau gwrachod yn 2019. Darganfuwyd y marciau, a elwir hefyd yn farciau amddiffynnol, o amgylch tyllau tywyll ac agennau yn yr ogofâu a chredir eu bod wedi'u defnyddio fel rhan o ddefodau i rybuddio grymoedd drwg.   

Mae'r syniadau amddiffyn a defod hynafol yn cyd-fynd â'r caneuon yr oedd y band yn gweithio arnynt ar y pryd. Maent yn egluro, mae ‘I Fyny Af / Rise’ a ‘Crags’ yn ymwneud â galw ymwybyddiaeth y tir ar adegau o anobaith; galw ar y duwiau hynafol sy'n byw yn y creigiau, y coed, y llynnoedd, y moroedd a'r coed, ac archwilio amheuon ysbrydol a dewiniaeth. Mae’n rhaid archwilio'r ddwy ochr: ofn gwrachod, ond hefyd amddiffyn y menywod a fy’n cael eu can-drin am fod yn ‘wrachod’.   

Adluniadau analog i dirweddau ymdeimladol Cymru. Mae cildraeth yn dawnsio o amgylch cartref gwyliau sy'n llosgi i straen Hawkwind, Eno a Siouxsie. Taflunio astral dros yr Anialwch Gwyrdd. Rydych chi mor bell i ffwrdd ag y byddwch chi byth o wallgofrwydd y byd. 

  Gwahoddwyd Sister Wives o'r blaen i gefnogi The International Teachers of Pop, Crack Cloud, The Eccentronic Research Council, Current Affairs, Kaputt, Flasher, Porridge Radio, yn ogystal â rhoi sylw i bigiadau cerddoriaeth newydd Warp Records a chwarae rheolaidd ar BBC Radio Cymru.

I Fyny Af / Rise by Sister Wives

London based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer.

Please drop me a line at: gracegillespiemusic@gmail.co.uk
Photos by Poppy Marriott

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