This song is about geographic distance revealing how much you love somebody. The "hair in the breeze" is one of those simple natural elements that makes you feel connected with the loved one, even when distanced. The recording started in NZ on a family holiday. I started tracking with my wife's abandoned nylon acoustic from her teenage years. I had planned to replace the take but the character and sentiment of using that guitar worked, so I kept it! The rest was recorded in a home studio in Aus.

Josh Lee Hamilton -Hair In The Breeze

Long Line

Sugar Hill

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Meanwhile in the real world
It takes work to be in love
And after the head-rush
Can you give it enough?
Strong hearts are steady
They’re not skipping or stopped
Are you gonna keep me around?

How quickly time with you seems to stand still
We walk on water and we fall in as well
But even on those days
Maybe those most of all
You keep me around

You keep me around
Though I cause you all kinds of trouble
And the moment comes and goes
But deep down we always know
If you could be my mirror
And I could be your lookout
Will you keep me around?

You shine love like you’re a ball of light
Quick and courageous
And only ever right
And when it’s your turn to fall down
I’ll be there to watch
And I’ll keep you around

Still keep you around
Though you cause me all kinds of trouble
And the moment comes and goes
But deep down we always know
If I could be your mirror
And you could be my lookout
I might just keep you around

So keep me around
Cos love is the best kind of trouble
And the moment comes and goes
But deep down we always know
So we see it through together
Messing it up together
Leaning in together
If you keep me around

from Some Things Are Like Other Things, released October 28, 2022 
Written by Jake Morley
Produced, engineered and mixed by Mattie Foulds
Additional vocal production by Neill MacColl
Recorded at Castlesound Studio, Mixed at Caribou Recording
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studio

Mattie Foulds drums
Kevin McGuire double bass
Neill MacColl electric guitar, acoustic guitar
David Milligan piano
Jake Morley lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar

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Some Things Are Like Other Things

Keep Me Around

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Lately I’ve been dreaming again
Kind of a dangerous thing to do
Last time I ran blind into the darkness
Betting that I’d find the light
Waited for the world to send its riches
To follow me close behind

But the world had other ideas
Other ideas in mind
The world had other ideas
Other ideas in mind

All I wanted was everything
To quiet that voice inside
So with hard work and all I learned
I put it all on the line
Waited for the world to do the decent thing
And give me all I desire

Still the world had other ideas
Other ideas in mind
The world had other ideas
Other ideas in mind

Lately I’ve been dreaming again
But this time I’m bulletproof
Cos every wrong turn I ever made
They all led me to you
Now I see the world gave me plenty
And I’m thankful every night

That the world had other ideas
Other ideas in mind
The world had other ideas
Other ideas in mind

The world had other ideas
Other ideas in mind
The world had other ideas
Other ideas in mind

from Some Things Are Like Other Things, released October 28, 2022 
Written by Jake Morley
Produced, engineered and mixed by Mattie Foulds
Recorded at Castlesound Studio, Mixed at Caribou Recording
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studio

Mattie Foulds drums
Kevin McGuire double bass
Neill MacColl electric guitar
David Milligan piano
Rachel Newton harp
Lauren MacColl fiddle
Sarah Howells backing vocals
Jake Morley acoustic guitar, lead vocals

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Hands
You know the ones
End of an arm
Getting all the fun

Hands
Our eyes in the dark
Such potential
For these utensils

Hands
Fourteen phalanges
Made for lending
For breaking and mending

Hands
Hands
These agents for intention

One minute fighting
The next playing

Hands
They’ve got lots to give
Everywhere I look
People do amazing things with

Hands
Can’t someone gimme a sign?
I just don’t know what to do with mine

Hands
One either side
Fingertips
One through five

Hands
Quite a design
I wish I knew yours
Like the back of mine

Hands
Moving nimbly
Primate tools
I got mine for free

Hands
Not always clever
The power to hurt
And make things better

One minute waving
The next flailing

Hands
They’ve got lots to wreck
Everywhere I look
People do useless things with

Hands
Can’t someone gimme a sign?
I just don’t know what to do with mine

Hands
They’ve got lots to give
If you wanna do some good
You better use them right so

Hands
Can’t someone gimme a sign?
I just don’t know what to do with mine

from Some Things Are Like Other Things, released October 28, 2022 
Written by Jake Morley
Produced, engineered and mixed by Mattie Foulds
Recorded at Castlesound Studio, Mixed at Caribou Recording
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studio

Mattie Foulds drums, percussion, keys
Kevin McGuire bass
Neill MacColl electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Kevin Pollard keys, percussion
Sarah Howells backing vocals
Jake Morley acoustic guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals

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Hands

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So I had this dream
I had this dream
Maybe you can help me?
What could it mean?

I was on this big stage
And I’m singing proudly
With ten thousand people cheering out my name

They seem to love me
It feels amazing
And I play as good a show as ever been played

Now afterwards this older guy
appears in the room
He’s not my dad but represents my dad
He tells me that he’s proud of me
He gives me a hug
And that was when I woke up
Crying tears upon my bed

So I had this dream
I had this dream
Maybe you could help me?
What could it mean?

Ten thousand people
Daddy seems to be proud
What could it mean?
What could it mean?

Dreams can be so strange

Now I’m in the future
And the world’s on fire
They burned the oil
And tore down all the trees

My daughter’s daughter
Played by Olivia Colman
She got ocean water
Rising up to her knees

But I can save the planet
If I go back in time
With Tom Morello
From Rage Against The Machine

Our plan was going well
Until I killed my younger self
And that was when I woke up
Feeling sure I must be dead

So I had this dream
I had this dream
Maybe you can help me?
What could it mean?

Our planet dying
Colman up to her knees
What could it mean?
What could it mean?

Dreams can be so strange

Now I’m at the station
It’s strangely quiet
I think I’m here to beg you not to leave

Suddenly it’s nighttime
At a different station
When I see you waiting by your train

Now as I’m saying sorry
Your body transforms
Into a thousand tiny flecks of brilliant light

I wished I loved you better
While you were still mine
And that was when I woke up
And I turned to you and said

So I had this dream
I had this dream
Maybe you could help me?
What could it mean?

Could have loved you better
But I realised it too late
What could it mean?
What could it mean?

from Some Things Are Like Other Things, released October 28, 2022 
Written by Jake Morley
Produced, engineered and mixed by Mattie Foulds
Recorded at Castlesound Studio, Mixed at Caribou Recording
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studio

Jake Morley lead Mattie Foulds drums, percussion
Kevin McGuire double bass
Neill MacColl electric guitar
Roxanne de Bastion backing vocals
Sarah Howells backing vocals
Zoe Konez backing vocals
Ralegh Long backing vocals
Iain Ross backing vocals
Hannah Scott backing vocals
Jake Morley acoustic guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals

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So I Had This Dream

Distance

Longing In London

Gold

Morning

Seasons

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