Tracks from the forthcoming Aural Air EP 'Imagined Pastures'.

1. Night by Night
2. Painted by Numbers
3. Karman Line
4. Heavenly
5. Imagined Pastures (For Celia)

Produced by Darragh Nolan & Aural Air
Violins: Christophe Capewell
Drums/Percussion: Chris Rai
Guitars/Bass/Voice: Aural Air
Piano on 1.: AA, 3.: DN

Recorded at Asta Kalapa
Supported by the Government of Ireland Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

Lyrics: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a5V3dh1pQuDSFn6_dE9WdT52S1bUpGZAOz5yOXJwQ90/edit?usp=sharing

Contact: auralairmusic@gmail.com

Aural Air - Imagined Pastures (For Celia)

Aural Air - Heavenly

Aural Air - Karman Line

'Painted By Numbers' is from the forthcoming Aural Air EP 'Imagined Pastures'

Lyrics:
Feel the air get colder
on the steep way to the town
though they say you’ll end up home
take the longest route around

A breath of mist
across Gleniff
blue gentian in May
paint them someday

Streets where we will meet beneath
the folding nights embrace
the scent of stars
and smoke-smothered bars
forge our destiny
your careful kiss
nebulous
skylines in grey

Painted by numbers
45 through 1
painted by numbers
repeating the past

You always said
be on your best behaviour at night
you always went beyond and back
to save us, sit tight
once before the day is done
once before the night has won
once before the fate is sealed
once before it is revealed
once before it’s lost.

Produced by Darragh Nolan & Aural Air
Violins: Christophe Capewell
Drums/Percussion: Chris Rai
Guitars/Bass/Voice: Aural Air
Piano on 1.: AA, 3.: DN

Recorded at Asta Kalapa
Supported by the Government of Ireland Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

Contact: auralairmusic@gmail.com

Aural Air - Painted By Numbers

Aural Air - Night By Night

Kidnapped In Georgia

Bam Bam

"To believe that all the worthy fall from high,
wait to see my surprise
heal, when morning comes
serotinal waves that somehow I did miss

Count, wait, lies won't win
won't you come reset this arms-race?
now, don't deny that you are happy
won't you come reset this arms race?

Turn all waves that somehow I did miss,
counterfactuals aside...

In the shadows of the meadows,
In the corners of your mind,
when you suddenly so suddenly
then soon remember why,
that they're watching and they're waiting in their vein hypocrisy
for the terrors that give birth to my stubborn apathy.
I'm the heir of indignation, but a cousin of the kind,
a thousand Pyrrhic victories are all you'll have to leave behind."

Composed & Performed by Laura Rai
Recorded & Produced by Owen Geaney at Golden Egg Studios
Cover Artwork by Tom Doig

The Heir of Indignation

Track #1 from the EP The Torpor of Minds by Aural Air

Available for download and limited edition CD: https://auralair.bandcamp.com/releases

Serpent Speak --
Come on board
These poisonous words
Of pity, self-resentment
I’m not that pretty, nor intelligent
I’m not afraid to erase all your insides, you’ll will them to come alive

Aural Air - Serpent Speak

Aural Air - Edinburgh (Bonus Track)

Composed & Performed by Laura Rai.
Produced & Mixed by Makoo
Cover Photo by Sarah Townsend

"Malicious minds constrict the heart
Our love remains a work of art
Clot with codeine, suture your shame
On the outside everyone's sane
Your spirit's trapped inside your failure
What doesn't kill you makes you braver

Hang onto your love because you know it won't last

How do I know this is real?
How do I know you can feel?
Now that there's nothing to laugh about"


Malicious Minds

Composed & Performed by Laura Rai
Produced & Mixed by Makoo

"When there's nowhere to run
when there's nowhere to hide
you'll be left here
and you will die"


Kidnapped In Georgia (Acoustic)

The Roots #1

Composed & Performed by Laura Rai
Produced & Mixed by Makoo
Cover Photo by Sarah Townsend

"We'll try to make it big
despite the sense of fortune running bare
populated coffin ships
and recycled breaths of air

the bags are frozen in the lake
the bodies begging on the dew
if you make it out alive 
you'll be one of the lucky few

did you cry when Bhutto died
when she smashed the glass ceiling?
did the tears forget your eyes
when you gave up believing?

the roots are stuck down deep
and what you feel I feel aswell
your pain, it makes me weak."

The Roots

The bare bones of a song that will hopefully be finished by the end of Summer.... 

LAURA RAI - Edinburgh (Demo)

LIVE:
19th October 2023: The Lantern Society, Betsey Trotwood, London
9th November 2019: The Cobblestone, Dublin. (Supporting John Hynes).
5th October 2019: Bookmart, Sligo.
25th April 2019: Nocturnes, Workman's Club, Dublin. *Guest appearance.
23rd March 2019: Nighthawks, Cobalt Café, Dublin.
15th November 2018: Bookmart, Co. Sligo, Ireland.
16th Sept. 2018: Wild Card Brewery, Ravenswood, Walthamstow, London, U.K.
1st Sept. 2018: 2pm, The Global Green, Electric Picnic Festival, Co. Laois
26th June 2018: The Workman's Club (Upstairs).
22nd February 2018: The Grand Social, Dublin.
16th November 2017: Workmans Club, Dublin. *Supporting Nocturnes.
August 2017, Stendhal Festival, Northern Ireland
07th July 2017, 'Little L Presents', The Sound House, Dublin
26/27th May 2017, Live On Air Festival, Co. Sligo, Ireland
12th January 2017: Crowclub @ Crowbar, Dublin.
28th October 2016: Sweet Beat, Sligo Live Festival.
23rd September 2016: Canalaphonic Festival, Dublin.

Laura Rai

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