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

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

I want to know your secrets
What lives under your skin?
Such a calm appearance
Show me cracks to gaze in
What lies in the distance you keep?
What do you hide underneath?

‘cause you paint with the same colours that I use
And you hold up a mirror 
It leaves me confused
Do you know me?

Now your mask is fading
So close I want to touch
But I am mistaken
When I look for love
You say that your heart is mechanical
Not worth bleeding for

Still you paint with the same colours that I use
And you hold up a mirror 
It leaves me confused

Don't I know you?
Don't I know you?
Under the surface I saw 
the boy that you hide in the dark
Safe on his own

Still you paint with the same colours that I use
And you hold up a mirror 
It leaves me confused
Don’t you know me?

Words and music: Maaike Siegerist
Cello: Jonathan Stabler
Voice, guitar: Maaike Siegerist
Artwork: Catherine Rudie

From my album Born Before the Wind
https://www.maaikesiegerist.com/music

Also appears on the Snowflakes VI compilation
https://atseacompilations.bandcamp.com/album/snowflakes-vi

Paint With The Same Colours

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

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/