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Produced, arranged and mixed by Matteo Galesi; played by Larry Mindel, Mateo Galesi and Joao Silva (strings).

Single released 11th June 2021

PRS Tunecode 462416CP

Whisper The World Away

Growing can be hard. Because part of you, burrowed down in sorrow says ‘it’s warm here’. But each day you push against it, you feel it’s power fade.

Fading

Winter is the newest blue
Pins and needles biting blue
Strumming slow the ice guitar
Raynaud’s fingertips on cue

Winter is the newest blue
Magpie wing the night shift blue
Creases cross the freezing scar
Blizzards blow the snowdrift skew

Winter is the newest blue
Evening loch lamenting blue
Older than the distant star
The wind that pulls the ripples through

Winter is the newest blue
Sleeping dormer windows blue
Final like a double bar
Bleakest, blackest, boundless hue

Winter Is The Newest Blue

LIFE

The third single from our Weather Balloons EP, Bluer Skies highlights the cracks in the consumer dream of the 1950s.

SONG CREDITS
Words and Music: Dora Lachaise and Jonni Slater
Produced by: Jonni Slater
Recorded at 79Wave Studios
Mixed by: Jonni Slater
Mastered by: Nick Cooke

Dora Lachaise: Vocals, acoustic guitar
Jonni Slater: Vocals, keyboards
Ian Bostic: Drums

LYRICS:
Bluer skies and golden days
It’s the promise that we made
She was dressed in white
I didn’t hesitate

Bluer skies and glistening waves
His sunburnt skin and aftershave
Forever in the sun
Life had just begun

At times I dream of you
You almost become real
You dive into the blue
You're picture perfect
I never want to see you fade

A sky-blue dress
A permanent wave
A brand new home with microwave
A garden out the back
Paint over the cracks

Bluer skies, I keep the receipts 
Come home late
They’re all asleep
Our smiling family
Just like on TV

At times I dream of you...

Bluer skies never lured me away

Weather Balloons

Dora Lachaise and Jonni Slater - Bluer Skies

Chimera - Demo

I Feel Old - Demo

SIOEOTO

Fireball

Beneath Your Surface / If You Exist

Beneath Your Surface

PELICAN ft. Bess Atwell

Cosmonaut is a portrait of a solitary spacefarer orbiting the Earth, admiring our planet and the stars from a distance, set against atmospheric jazz chords. Or maybe… the cosmonaut is a metaphor.

Cosmonaut is the first single from Maaike's upcoming EP, Starbound, set for release on 10 June and available for pre-order on Bandcamp. Starbound is a collection of six songs about space, inspired by everything from real-life space exploration to the imagined worlds of vintage sci-fi.

TRACK CREDITS

Vocals, guitar, effects: Maaike Siegerist
Rhodes, bass synth: Jonni Slater

Music, lyrics, mix and production by Maaike Siegerist
Mastered by Nick Cooke

Background photo in the cover art by ESA/Hubble & NASA.

LYRICS

His eyes are wide with wonder
He sees the oceans' blue
From his round window
At a safe altitude
He's floating in between the other satellites
He’s dreaming of the world

Cosmonaut

Venus and the planets rise
Many times a day
They keep him company
As he charts the milky way
The starlight that he sees, is centuries old
He dreams of other worlds

Cosmonaut

Cities shine so brightly
On the dark side of the Earth
But he is much lighter and quickly passes by
From the ground I see him shooting through the sky
I’m dreaming of his world

Cosmonaut

Starbound

Cosmonaut

A song about loneliness and social isolation. A song for the invisible souls who no-one notices.

Angella Corinna Demo 2005

Isolation

I Never Came Close

John

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Dutch singer-songwriter Maaike Siegerist relocated to the UK to study music after an inspiring songwriting retreat in Dumfries and Galloway in 2013. Now based in Glasgow, she blends acoustic jazz, folk rock, and electronica, writing vivid, story-driven songs about travel, love, fascinating people, animals, and outer space. Her work has picked up multiple songwriting awards and praise from BBC Radio 6’s Tom Robinson for her “delicate vocal, poised production, gorgeous chord changes.”

She’s also the vocalist for Scottish prog rock band Long Earth and releases haunting and otherworldly music as Dora Lachaise.

“Maaike’s voice is butterflies-inducing.”
– Neil March, Trust the Doc

All music is available from: https://maaikesiegerist.bandcamp.com/
EPK: https://maaikesiegerist.com/epk/

Cosmonaut

Maaike Siegerist

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