The Best I Could Do at the Time (Deluxe)

Olivia Wendel originally wrote “Portland” in 2018, pre-pandemic while riding the 1 train home from her restaurant job. During the shift, a customer asked her if she’d ever been to Portland Oregon, somewhere they thought she would really enjoy. This song was her response to that conversation and the feeling of wanderlust she felt while watching the sun go down over the Hudson River as the 1 approached 125th street. Now in 2021, as New York City begins to emerge out of quarantine, the song resonates completely differently for Olivia. It’s a song that finds beauty in the places we call home, while longing for the possibility of traveling and getting lost in a new places. Recorded last summer almost entirely remotely, producer Jeff Peters and Olivia worked to achieve a production that is buoyant and hopeful, while allowing the melody line to wander around and explore.

Portland

Beautiful Life

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'One More Step' - Music and Lyrics by Joe Hicks

Produced & Mixed by Sam Winfield studio91.net
Engineered by Tom Millar
Mastered by Robin Schmidt

Vocals and Guitar performed by Joe Hicks
Keyboard performed by Sam Winfield
Drums performed by Ed Broad
Bass Guitar performed by Joshua Rigal
Percussion performed by Tom Millar

Recorded at Studio 91, Newbury, England

Artwork by Casey Roarty caseyroarty.studio
Photography by Jack Margerison www.jackmargerison.co.uk/

ONE MORE STEP

I’ve been waging a war in the darkness 
Charging like a cavalier
And waving a flag with a plan of attack 
To make it out, make it out of here

One more step, one more step
One more step to make it out of here 
One more step, one more step
To leave, leave this town

I never see the sun, ‘cause my head is buried in the clouds 
Could I scale these walls to find that I’m the only, the only one? 
The only one?

With the weight of the world on my shoulders
God, I hope the greener grass is near
‘Cause I’ve burned every bridge, saying “right, this is it!” 
Time to make it out, make it out of here

One more step, one more step
One more step to make it out of here 
One more step, one more step
To leave, leave this town

I never see the sun, ‘cause my head is buried in the clouds 
Could I scale these walls to find that I’m the only, the only one?
The only one?
Could I scale these walls to find that I’m the only, the only one?

Take me somewhere with a foreign tongue 
And maybe then I’ll know my life’s begun, oh

One more step, one more step
One more step to make it out of here 
One more step, one more step
To leave, to leave this town

I never see the sun, ‘cause my head is buried in the clouds
Could I scale these walls to find that I’m the only, the only one? 
I never see the sun, but I dream of breaking through the clouds 
Could I scale these walls to find that I’m the only, the only one? 
The only one?

One More Step / Make It Home

One More Step

The Best I Could Do at the Time

Maybe When It's Over

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'Sail Away' - Music and Lyrics by Joe Hicks

Produced & Mixed by Sam Winfield studio91.net
Engineered by Tom Millar
Mastered by Robin Schmidt

Vocals and Guitar performed by Joe Hicks
Drums performed by Ed Broad
Bass Guitar performed by Joshua Rigal
Cello performed by Barney Morse-Brown
Keyboards performed by Sam Winfield
Percussion performed by Tom Millar

Recorded at Studio 91, Newbury, England

Artwork by Casey Roarty caseyroarty.studio
Photography by Jack Margerison www.jackmargerison.co.uk/

SAIL AWAY

I don’t know if I will run aground
When the waves are tall enough to touch the clouds
I don’t know if I can brave the swell
When the world is spinning out of sync, like a drunken carousel

But love is all I need
Come and sail away with me
Hold me closer
Take me higher
Be the air I breathe
‘Cause love is all I need

I don’t know why I am colour blind
Just a broken bulb that flickers black to white
But you’re drawing a rainbow out of me
When I’m fading in and out again, fading in and out again

Love is all I need
So, come and sail away with me
Hold me closer
Take me higher
Be the air I breathe
‘Cause love is all I need

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
When the waves are tall enough to touch the clouds
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
When I’m fading in and out again
Circling the drain and I can’t get out
I can’t get out

Love is all I need
So, come and sail away with me
Hold me closer
Take me higher
Be the air I breathe
‘Cause love is all I need
So, come and sail away with me

Sail Away

Lost in Love

Pieces

Morning Light

Wasted On Me

Don't Stop

Anniversary

Running On

All songs written, performed, arranged & co-produced by JJ Draper
All songs produced, recorded, engineered & mixed by Joey Walker
Additional mixing and engineering by Shaun Duncan & Barny Peplow
String arrangements by Ben Rowarth

Vocals - JJ Draper
Additional vocals - Crosby Stewart
Guitars - JJ Draper, Lorenzo Calvo and Joey Walker
Piano, keyboard, synths - Alex Knight, JJ Draper & Joey Walker
Bass guitar/ Bass Synth - Bobek Markiewicz
Dobro by Paul Walker 
Drums and Percussion - Joey Walker
Saxophone by Phil Gale
Trumpet by Joe Davies
Cello in "in hell, at home" by Samuel Rowe

String Quartet - 
1st Violin - Ana Vandepeer
2nd Violin - Martin Ash
Viola - Abby Bowen
Violincello - Ruby Grace

...if you're awake in the night

Listen to Nick Kingswell's single 'I Didn't Try', released April 23, 2020

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📝 Lyrics:

As we took the hill 
the moon was high
we sunk our hearts 
with the dying light
we bid farewell 
on a street-lit stage
but every word 
was sung in vain

If this meant something 
different to you
I’ll never understand
I never understood
I thought love was one size fits all
I’m a fool to have thought this could go on

If it’s time you want
you can have it
if it’s something stronger
than habit
if it’s love you need 
go and find it
just don’t tell me I didn’t try
to love you right 

Then we walked along 
the darkened streets
I could hear you talk 
but I couldn’t speak
you told me about your 
broken home
I  tried to understand 
but I don’t

if this means something 
different to you
how can I understand, 
what I never understood
I thought love was one size fits all 
but I’m proven wrong, I’m proven wrong 

If it’s time you want
you can have it
if it’s something stronger
than habit
if it’s love you need 
go and find it
Just don’t tell me I didn’t try 

And if it hurts to laugh
give it time babe
its a funny place
that we’re found in
but if it’s love you want 
you should have it
Just don’t tell me I didn’t try
just don’t tell me I didn’t try

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Nick Kingswell - I Didn't Try (with lyrics)

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‘Caught in the Middle’ is about how we are always looking back - focused on the life we used to have - or looking forward at the life we want, and that we don’t often appreciate what we already have. 

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Caught In The Middle

The Satellite Station - Caught In The Middle

Singer-Songwriter from Newbury, UK.
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Hailing from Newbury in Berkshire, Singer-Songwriter Joe Hicks blends intricate guitar composition and soaring falsetto with classic pop song-craft. Since his first single release at the start of 2017, Joe has racked up over 5 million Spotify streams, was made 'BBC Introducing Artist of the Week’ across the U.K Radio, received airplay on BBC Radio 2 and toured the UK and Europe, including appearances at CarFest, the Big Feastival, Are You Listening? Festival, Pub in the Park, over 30 Sofar Sounds shows and slots supporting Sam Fender, Seafret, James Walsh and Starsailor.

“A performer not to be missed” - Manchester Evening News

“A highly individual musical identity, fusing pop with R’n’B, gossamer melody with liquid guitar work” - CLASH Magazine

Maybe When It's Over

Joe Hicks

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