Lyrics:

Sure 
I know why don't write any word
I know that we're in an impass 
consisting of distored mirror images

Sure
I know what could have been 
if we followed the river
before it dry out

And I'm not here
to sort you out 
to please you
so you 
can break my heart

One more time I see clear
one more time I see clear
to change certain things

Sure 
I thought we could take pictures
I thought we could visit the path again
and feel the warm wind

Sure 
all predictions were wrong
all words lost in the tunnel
they falled into infinity

And I'm not here
to sort you out 
to please you
so you can
break my heart

A Trace To Keep Control

Distorted Mirror Images

Cycling

Runaway

Music  Alfredo Salvatori, Lyrics John Stone
Guitars, Bass, Drums Alfredo Salvatori
Vocal , Piano John Stone
Produced by Alfredo Salvatori

She was born in a town on the border,
Raised for the fourth of July,
She knew within  
She didn’t  fit in
Don't know why.

She didn’t go looking for trouble,
But trouble was always round,
It was always the same,
No-one to blame
Was what she always found.

Runaway and maybe you’ll find somewhere, a place,
A place to stay and feel that  you’re safe in your own space.

She moved to a part of the country,
That soon didn’t want her around,
It wasn’t long before she’s moving on
Southern-bound, from town to town to town.

Met a young man by the roadside,
She just couldn’t run anymore,
He listened to all that she said
That no-one ever listened to before.

Runaway and maybe you’ll find somewhere, a place,
A place to stay and feel that you’re safe in your own space,
But if the demons that you are running from are strong,
Then in your head you’ll find that they’ll follow on and on.

She thought about all he had shown her,
And sensing her journey’s end,
She realised the safest place
Is where you finally find a friend.

So don’t runaway and maybe you’ll find somewhere, a place,
A place to stay and feel that  you’re safe in your own space.



Copyright 2024 All Rights Reserved

Runaway (Alfredo Salvatori + John Stone)

From the new album "Internal Noise", released 15.5.24 on hand-numbered, coloured vinyl and across digital platforms via Austerity Records.

The album was recorded at Bella Union's Brighton studio and produced by Jack Wolter. It features the vocal harmonies of Jack and Lily Wolter, both from the band Penelope Isles, while Jack also drums on the record.

Vast Paranoia

Title track from the new album MORDANT LAKE from art rock artist GRICE.
Album available from BANDCAMP (CD & digital download): hungersleeprecords.bandcamp.com/album/mordant-lake

GRICE is a singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist from South London who has worked with the likes of Richard Barbieri (Japan, Porcupine Tree), Steve Jansen (Japan, Exit North), Hossam Ramzy, Raphael Ravenscroft, B J Cole and more. Mordant Lake is his 6th studio album.

"A dream of colours and canyons, a ghost dance from the edge of the mountain. The album is dedicated to all tribes who have been (and continue to be) forcibly displaced, and who remain stateless". GRICE

REVIEWS:
“A stoic, strong and embracing new album from GRICE. Mordant Lake is epic in its scope, teasing out universal humanity and making emotion catch in your throat.” The PRSD

“A distinctive, highly personal album from an immaculate artist.” PROG ROGUE 

“Grice is one of those special artists who craft their work infused with passion, and this comes very highly recommended.” Lazland 

“Your hand involuntarily goes to the PLAY button again” MLWZ

“A profound voice from South London and a true fusion of eclectic musical influences.” Involving Music

Album/CD & digital download from: https://hungersleeprecords.bandcamp.com/album/mordant-lake 

GRICE Links and socials:
www.gricemusic.co.uk
https://grice.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/GRICEmusic/    
https://www.facebook.com/GRICEmusic/     
https://www.twitter.com/GRICEmusic/ 
https://www.youtube.com/gricemusic 
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4f6WPuq2OHd2XgA7FqCwkp?si=3ssA_HJASluNwkjvUdzwKg

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LYRICS

I gave my sorrow to this place
I crossed the river
I took my sorrow down to the lake
Purify me.

I buried this feather
I broke this land
I travelled the restless road
I broke the arrow but the memory stains.

I broke this arrow but the memory stains
The crimson water
of Mordant Lake.

Take me now to the edge of the mountain
Where I will shed my skin
Take me now to the edge of the mountain
I will shed my skin
Where I will shed my skin
Beside the crimson waters.

We buried this feather
We broke this land
We travelled this restless road
We broke the arrow
But the memory stains
Beside the crimson water.

MORDANT LAKE

Mordant Lake

Un hommage à Rimbaud, à la vie faite d'errance et d'erreurs, d'absolue beauté aussi, à tous ceux dont les rêves les plus fous ont fini par façonner la réalité , aux antipodes de nos pragmatiques  sans souffle et au petit pied. On peut leur préférer le Poète et ses "semelles de vent". (Le morceau est long, je sais, je m'en excuse, mais le texte est long aussi et la musique se veut un peu comme un voyage)
 PAROLES
Gentil poète
Trafiquant d’armes
Tu t’es perdu dans les sables
 Non loin d’Addis Abeba
Pourquoi le si lointain là-bas ? 

Gentil poète 
Trafiquant d’armes
Pourquoi avoir rompu le charme ?
 Ton amitié avec Verlaine
Le tendre Automne et ses violons
 L’enfance chère aux étrennes
 Tout l’or des Illuminations.

Gentil poète
Trafiquant d’armes
Tu t’es perdu dans les sables
 Non loin d’Addis Abeba
Pourquoi le si lointain là-bas ? 

Gentil poète 
Trafiquant d’armes
Entre la violence et le rêve
La guerre aussi tu l’as connue
La tête en l’air, la tête nue.
Comme si tu te fuyais toi-même
Tu as écrit tous tes poèmes
« Je est un autre », nous disais-tu.

Gentil poète
Trafiquant d’armes
Ange ou démon, Dormeur du val,
 Tes rêves se firent caravanes
Comme d’autres fument des Havane.

Ton Bateau ivre dans tous les ports
 De Marseille, de Massaoua ou Djedda
Tes poèmes d’âme et de corps
Pourquoi le si lointain là-bas ?

Nouvelles Voyelles, nouvelles fièvres
Ton cri moderne sur nos lèvres
 Ton cri encore nous libère
 De toutes les Saisons en enfer.

Gentil poète
Trafiquant d’armes
Tu t’es perdu dans les sables
Non loin d’Addis Abeba
Pourquoi le si lointain là-bas ?
________________________________________________________________
Nice poet
Arms trafficker
You got lost in the sands
 Not far from Addis Ababa
Why the so far away there? 

Nice poet 
Arms trafficker
Why did you break the spell?
 Your friendship with Verlaine
The tender Autumn and its violins
 Childhood dear to gifts
 All the gold of the Enlightenment.

Nice poet
Arms trafficker
You got lost in the sands
 Not far from Addis Ababa
Why the so far away there? 

Nice poet 
Arms trafficker
Between violence and dreams
The war you also knew her
Head up, head bare.
As if you were running away from yourself
You wrote all your poems
"I'm another," you told us.

Nice poet
Arms trafficker
Angel or demon, Dormeur du val,
 Your dreams were caravanned
Like others smoke Havana.

Your Drunk Boat in All Ports
 From Marseille, Massawa or Jeddah
Your poems of soul and body
Why the so far away there?

New Vowels, New Fevers
Your modern cry on our lips
 Your cry again sets us free
From all the Seasons to hell.

Nice poet
Arms trafficker
You got lost in the sands
Not far from Addis Ababa
Why the so far away there?




Abyssinie (hommage à Rimbaud)

This is an early 4-Track cassette recording on Tascam porta studio

Floating World V2 (1990)

Don't say you loved me or that you wanted me now
Because I can't tell if you're heaven or hell
I can't even tell
Another lost girl who really really wants
What she can't have, that doesn't belong
It's not for trying
You built a fantasy and a pedestal for him
And a catastrophe just waiting to happen for me

Hold on, it's just a matter of time boy
You've been here before
Get your shit together
You've been here before
One step after another
You deserve more

You never really knew the object of desire
Because if you did, I knew you'd have tired
Of his way
Sex and secrets and such duplicity
Submission to chasing a destiny
That never came

Hold on, it's just a matter of time boy
You've been here before
Get your shit together
You've been down that road
And it's a road to nowhere
You deserve more


Thank you to Z for the drums!
#truthbetold
#musicismytherapy

A Fucked Up Limerence Song

Vocals, keys, programming by Amy E Rodriguez... Sorry, I don't play guitar so this is the piano/digital version!

THE WAY I TALK [cover]

à défaut de pouvoir remettre le monde à l'endroit, chercher l'envers : une nature encore à peu près préservée, un endroit pour rêver ( à l'envers ? )

la Brière un matin

Waiting For You

Art rock musician singer songwriter from South London. GRICE has built his reputation since 2012 with his debut album Propeller which was shortlisted in the MPG Awards. The release of his second album Alexandrine  has rewarded him with critical acclaim in left field and progressive art rock circles, plus the opportunity to collaborate with instrumental and production luminaries such as Richard Barbieri (Japan, Porcupine Tree), Steve Jansen (Japan, Exit North), Raphael Ravenscroft (Pink Floyd, Vangelis/Blade Runner), Hossam Ramzy (Peter Gabriel, Led Zeppelin), B J Cole (Elton John, Marc Bolan, Scott Walker) and more. His music has featured on BBC 6 Music, BBC 2, BBC Worldwide, MTV, Sky, BBC Introducing and digital radio stations all over UK, Europe and USA. His albums have received highly positive reviews from UK & European press including PROG magazine, The Musician, Eclipsed Rock Magazin, iOPages and more. His previous album Polarchoral (2022) was voted Best Album in the Indie Prog Awards (Friday Night Progressive, NY). GRICE has also won a number of international awards for his ‘one thousand birds symphony’ album and short film (2021).

Discography: 
Propeller (2012)
Alexandrine (2015)
Refractions EP (2016)
The Grey of Granite Stone  EP (2017)
All Angels (Live album, 2018)
One Thousand Birds (2019)
The Absent Forest (vol 1) (2020)
The Absent Forest (Vol. 2) (2020)
The Absent Forest (Vol. 3) (2020)
Propeller Inner Workings (2020)
one thousand birds symphony (2021)
POLARCHORAL (2022)
Mordant Lake (2024)

‘GRICE makes music of exquisite beauty - gorgeously epic’  BBC Radio 6 Music

'An artist of rare refinement' - PROG Magazine

Mordant Lake “A stoic, strong and embracing new album from GRICE. Mordant Lake is epic in its scope, teasing out universal humanity and making emotion catch in your throat.” - The PRSD

“A distinctive, highly personal album from an immaculate artist.” -  PROG ROGUE 

“Grice is one of those special artists who craft their work infused with passion, and this comes very highly recommended.” - Lazland 

“Your hand involuntarily goes to the PLAY button again” - MLWZ

“A profound voice from South London and a true fusion of eclectic musical influences.”- Involving Music

Mordant Lake

GRICE

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