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Karamelien

My hands are small
And your troubles so big, but I can still hold them all if you need
And my head is wild
But my heart is strong, I'll be here by your side when you bleed

You could say I'm a terrible liar but I'll show you somehow
This skin hides a lion within and I'm stronger, stronger now

Put your hands up against mine baby
I'll show you all the things that I'm made of
Of what I'm not afraid of

Take your sugar and spice 'cause that's crazy
No words to describe what it took to make me
Put your hands against mine, put your hands again mine

It's not trivial
If it's breaking you apart then to me it's a war I will fight
So don't build a wall
You can take my hand
You're still a man, I'll teach you how to fall until you fly

You could say I'm a terrible liar but I'll show you somehow
This skin hides a lion within and I'm stronger, stronger now

Put your hands up against mine baby
I'll show you all the things that I'm made of
Of what I'm not afraid of

Take your sugar and spice 'cause that's crazy
No words to describe what it took to make me
Put your hands against mine, put your hands again mine

All The Things I'm Made Of

UK singer-songwriter Léanie Kaleido has announced she will be releasing a new album, entitled 'How To Weigh A Whale Without A Scale', produced by RIDE frontman Mark Gardener at his OX4 Sound Studio near Oxford. 

No stranger to music, Kaleido grew up in a musical household. Her father Top Topham was the original lead guitarist in The Yardbirds and was signed to Mike Vernon's Blue Horizon record label as a solo artist.

On this long-play, Kaleido plays lyrically astute, laid-back pop, piano-based ballads with the odd quirky guitar ditty thrown in, showcasing Léanie’s eccentric look at life. This new release will thrill Léanie’s existing fans, giving them lashings of melancholia, but peppered with that ever-present tongue-in-cheek commentary that tells you she never has and never will take herself – or anyone else - seriously.

But this third album also cements her as a consistently accomplished songwriter, unbound by the notion of what is ‘cool’ as she sits back and enjoys the thrill of writing unabashedly from my heart and soul.

Léanie, who grew up ‘snogging my posters of Ride and wanting to be PJ Harvey, has, over time, settled into the acceptance that her songs just come out the way they do. "Not especially cool", she says, but lyrically she's proud of what comes out.

Kaleido's 50th year went off with a bang thanks to Gardener's open-armed invitation to record at his Oxford studio. After four or five sessions throughout the less locked-down parts of 2020, and ten songs later, an album was born.

"The songs on this album represent the highs and lows I’ve encountered over the past few years, how I’ve dealt with them and what I’ve learnt through the process. It’s a mixture of love, regret, philosophies, humour and hope. I’ve always been a late developer, and so this to me feels like a coming-of-age album," says Léanie Kaleido.

"Mark Gardener was determined to make my vocals and lyrics 'the stars of the show' and this has steered my sound to something more stripped back and atmospheric. Mark is a top bloke. He made me feel at ease straight away. The anxiety tablets I’d taken with me to stop myself exploding with fear weren’t needed and we got on famously from the start. It was such a laugh recording with someone who once had been the target of my ‘dribbly poster snogs’ and now is just a really good mate who knows what works best for my songs."

Someone's Daughter

I was a trinket in your shadow
You had a purpose watching over me
Now I'm broken, a chipped china vessel
But I feel prettier with the sun shining down on me
I was fragile, a delicate container
You tried to fill me up with all your dumb ideas
But I'm a

Teapot Girl
I poured you out
The bitter taste you made I couldn't take
Couldn't wait to get it out
Teapot Girl
All I ever needed was room for my own loose leaf dreams

Just a mismatched piece of jumble
Never part of a set even from the start
Call me shabby chic, but I'm unique
Don't wanna be part of the clique
In all our messed up glory we deserve a better class of tea party
We're

Teapot Girls
You put us down
You filled us up with poison then expect us all to stick around
But we tipped up
And poured you out
The bitter taste you made I couldn't take
Couldn't wait to get it out
Teapot Girl
All I ever needed was room for my own loose leaf dreams
Loose leaf dreams

HOW TO WEIGH A WHALE WITHOUT A SCALE

Teapot Girl

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Pint-sized purveyor of quirky, quintessentially English tunes, from melancholic audio ganja, to acerbic, cheeky ditties with attitude... The new project, under the name 'Karamelien' delves further into beats- and bass-driven vibes.

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