Burning down in Athens
we were headed for the shore
Ferry cross the wide blue sea
to an island not so far

We drank some wine, we watched the sun
dip down below the line
And our new love was just enough
When we came in it was night

White churches, blue domes
With you I'm finally home
Again

Living out there on the beach
with the salt drying on our skin
The slightest breeze would turn the pages
forward and back again

You took my hand as the waves washed black
and the low moon disappeared
And you told me being lost at sea
was the thing that you most feared

White churches, blue domes
With you I'm finally home

Here on the island 
where we'll live
Just for a few days
then we'll leave
Again

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Music & lyrics by Anna Vincent.
Produced & mixed by Max Bloom.
Mastered by Joe Caithness at Joe Caithness Mastering.
Guitars, bass, keys performed by Max Bloom.
Drums performed by Adam Gammage.

Artwork by Max Bloom.

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Released via Ultimate Blends on 4th August 2021.  Taken from the forthcoming album 'Under the Glass' (pre-order here: https://annavincent.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-glass)

Radio: Laura Eley (laura@sgrcube.com)
Press: Liv Willars (liv@onebeatpr.com)

© 2021 Anna Vincent

Under the Glass

Naxos

This has been the strangest year
I'm so glad we're together
Count our blessings, count our fears
Will we fall out, float or freeze
when you find out how low down I go?

I wake up early, watch you sleep
I can't tell what you're dreaming
Is your song still about me?
I don't know what I worry for
Just as long as I'm still on your mind
Well, I guess it's alright

Without a doubt
I'm still figuring this out
It's nothing you did
I'm just a mess I've got thin skin
I'm just a mess and I

I love to hang with you at home
The best place in the whole world
There's a crack in the window
Am I scared of the outside now?
There's a bird there, he's trying to get in
As long as you're not superstitious
I guess he's alright

Without a doubt
I'm still figuring this out
It's nothing you did
I'm just a mess I've got thin skin

Without a doubt
I'm still figuring this out
It's nothing you did
I'm just a mess I've got thin skin
I'm just a mess and I always have been
I'm just a mess it turns my eyes green
I'm just a mess

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Music & lyrics by Anna Vincent.
Produced & mixed by Max Bloom.
Mastered by Joe Caithness at Joe Caithness Mastering.
Guitars & bass performed by Max Bloom.
Drums performed by Adam Gammage.

Released 7th September 2021 via Ultimate Blends

© 2021 Anna Vincent

Thin Skin

Released 12th October 2021 via Ultimate Blends.

You believe in everything
all of the time
And you still wonder why
you can't tell truth from a lie

You're so sure and you're so certain
you've got it right
And doing nothing is suicide
It's all dark and you've seen the light

What's the hurry about?
Life can be long
What do you worry about
when there's nothing wrong?

You know that you're a little non-committal
but maybe you might
finish one thing, give it a try
But then again, hard to decide 

You know that thing that seems to happen
while you're making plans?
You don't get to do it over again
Take it slow, walk to the end

What's the hurry about?
Life can be long
What do you worry about
when there's nothing wrong?
Is the dream all gone
or did you have it all along?
You're not far from home now

You're so sad and
you can't let go of it
You make it hard, always
But you won't give up now so

What's the hurry about?
Life can be long
What do you worry about
when there's nothing wrong?
Is the dream all gone
or did you have it all along?
You're not far from home
You had it all along
You're not far from home now

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Music & lyrics by Anna Vincent.
Produced & mixed by Max Bloom.
Mastered by Joe Caithness at Joe Caithness Mastering.
Guitars, bass, keys performed by Max Bloom.
Drums performed by Adam Gammage.

Nothing Wrong

Full and grown
But what do I know?
I was only seventeen
A minute ago
Count up the days
You're sad nothing's changed
One more turn around the sun
Here again

What's lost?
I was only wishing 
I never gave up
I'm just 
Always in the middle
Falling in love
Falling in love

By and by
We're older and wise
See us walking hand in hand
A ghost and a child

Time's a butterfly
Everybody wants to pin down
Dream another life
Sleep
How long, how long?
Under the glass

What's lost?
I was only wishing 
I'd never wake up
I'm just 
Always in the middle
Falling in love
Falling in love
Falling in love
Falling in

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Music & lyrics by Anna Vincent.
Produced & mixed by Max Bloom.
Mastered by Joe Caithness at Joe Caithness Mastering.
Guitars, bass, keys performed by Max Bloom.
Violins performed by Robbie Stern.
Drums performed by Adam Gammage.

Under The Glass

You say you hate yourself
So I guess I will have to love you twice
Twice as much and twice again, again
I will help you change your mind
You will help me change mine

How long til you admit it
How long have you been crying?

This love's til the end of time
And I'm glad it's getting better all the while
With your mind I can empathise a lot
I'm pretty sure we are cut from the same cloth
And I never want to stop

How long, tell me you'd miss it
How long I waited for this
You're strong though I know you don't think it
Up and down is all part of the ride

Turning round the fairground
Darkness out beyond
Wild-eyed painted horses
Come to take us home
Where the lights are brighter
We'll never let it end
I cherish every moment
With you my precious friend

You say you hate yourself
So I guess I will have to love you twice
You say you hate yourself
So I guess I will have to love you twice

I will have to love you twice
I will have to love you twice
I will have to love you twice

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Music & lyrics by Anna Vincent.
Produced & mixed by Max Bloom.
Mastered by Joe Caithness at Joe Caithness Mastering.
Guitars, bass, keys performed by Max Bloom.
Drums performed by Adam Gammage.

Love You Twice

Now a year has gone
I guess it's time I let you know
I was an alien all along
When one of us is down
I always read too much into it
Like it's something come undone
Or a sign of what's to come
If I fall out of favour
Even though we've only just begun
Then everyone will say

Told you so

Baby I never learn
I always think of the worst
But I know you, you're not like all the rest
And no one else has what we have

Look at what you've done
You called me in from outer space
With little songs we can communicate
Down here on Earth
You know I'm running out of time
Forever's never long enough
To be with the one you love
I wonder what you're thinking 
And will you change your mind about me?
Then everyone will say
As I walk away
Everyone will say

Told you so

Baby I never learn
I only think of the worst
But I know you, you're not like all the rest
And no one else has what we have

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Music & lyrics by Anna Vincent.
Produced & mixed by Max Bloom.
Mastered by Joe Caithness at Joe Caithness Mastering.
Guitars, bass, keys & trumpet performed by Max Bloom.
Clarinet performed by Anna Vincent.
Drums performed by Adam Gammage.

Told You So

Nod my head but it's full of doubt
I've done nothing of which I'm proud
Paste a smile but it's upside down
Hard to know what you think of me now

I've wasted all my time 
Took a while to get down to the starting line
Did I grow up too slow?
I guess maybe so don't you?
And now I'm halfway through

You were a good friend of mine
But you got colder before my eyes
I got old too I cannot lie
funny we still bother to even try

I've wasted all my time 
Took a while to get down to the starting line
Did I grow up too slow?
I guess maybe so don't you?
And now I'm through
Now I'm through
Now I'm through

I've wasted all my time 
Took a while to get down to the finishing line
And is it time to go?
I guess maybe so don't you?
Cos now I'm through
Now I'm through
Now I'm halfway through

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Music & lyrics by Anna Vincent.
Produced & mixed by Max Bloom.
Mastered by Joe Caithness at Joe Caithness Mastering.
Guitars, bass, keys performed by Max Bloom.
Drums performed by Adam Gammage.

Halfway Through

I was alone 
and you were around
and that's how it started
I laid my face 
down onto your shoulder
You turned your head 
and everything changed

One moment we were friends
Then we were something more
One kiss that never ended
I'm seeing double 
but I know you're the one

Climbing the stairs
up into your room
to lie down on your bed
Funny this morning
we'd never have known
Now we're here in the dark
and I can see

The shape of you, it's new to me
But I think I know you well
I play it out after, over and over
in the back of my mind 
in the back of the taxi home

I was so hurt before
Now I am thankful for
everything you are
Cos you showed me
how it really feels
to be loved

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Music & lyrics by Anna Vincent.
Produced & mixed by Max Bloom.
Mastered by Joe Caithness at Joe Caithness Mastering.
Guitars, bass, keys performed by Max Bloom.
Drums performed by Adam Gammage.

Seeing Double

What if I am the things I'm scared I am?
Would you still want to stay?
Well it's alright you'll find
I take it all out on myself anyway
You changed my mind today

This is a window
I left open for you
This is a window
I left open for you

All of the light is on the other side
You fall in love and fade out
Obviously the trick is not to try
You'll find your way
Oh you'll go so far

Should I go on?  I'm so worn out
Waiting for life to start
Well I'm down and I know
I've wasted too much of the day holding out
It got dark before I realised

This is a window
I left open for you
This is a window
I left open for you

All of the light is on the other side
You fall in love and fade out
Obviously the trick is not to try
You'll find your way
Oh you'll go so far

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Music & lyrics by Anna Vincent.
Produced & mixed by Max Bloom.
Mastered by Joe Caithness at Joe Caithness Mastering.
Guitars, bass, keys performed by Max Bloom.
Drums performed by Adam Gammage.

A Window

My Tiger My Timing - Arm Around You (cover)

© Artifacts (UK) 2013, All Rights Reserved.
Performed, Written, Arranged and Recorded by Artifacts
Lyrics by Patrick Fitzroy

Inside, i'm empty
See me disappear
My opacity is so low
You'd swear I was never here

All along, I saw this one coming
For so long, the fracture appeared on me
Lord, i'm torn, but I can pick up the pieces
So i'll hold my breath and jump in my sea

Inside, i'm trying
to start anew
This wall in front of me is splitting
But still I see you

All along, I saw this one coming
For so long, the fractures seemed obvious
Lord, i'm torn, but heavens not helping me, so
i'll hold my hands high, and move the clouds over me
and we'll be singing

Fracture

My Tiger My Timing was a five-piece synth pop band from New Cross in south-east London, formed in 2008 by Anna Vincent (vocals/synth), James Vincent (guitar/bass), Jamie Harrison (guitar/bass), Gary Drain (drums) and Seb Underhill (synth).  

Having previously played in local indie/post-punk groups The Total Drop and The Roaring Twenties, the members combined forces to embrace a more pop-centric sensibility, taking their name from the title of a song by New York experimental musician Arthur Russell, whose melancholic, heartfelt approach to electronic music was one on their early influences.

The band's debut singles This Is Not the Fire and I Am the Sound were produced by Andy Spence of New Young Pony Club and released in 2009 as part of the I Am the Sound EP, alongside two B-sides produced by Hot Chip's Joe Goddard.  The tracks featured on several compilations, including Kitsuné Maison Compilation 8 and Modular's 'Leave Them All Behind III' and the band also contributed a cover of Arm Around You to A Tribute to Arthur Russell which came on the Electric Minds label that year.

Following tours in the UK and Europe, and a run of festival appearances, including a slot on the John Peel Stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2011, the band released third single Endless Summer through their own Snakes & Ladders label. The track was playlisted by BBC 6 Music and XFM and paved the way for a new, more live-influenced sound, with the band taking on production duties in the studio.

In November 2011, they released a fourth single, Written in Red with The Gold Rush following in June 2012 ahead of the release of debut album Celeste in July 2012. Final single Let Me Go was released in November 2012 and was named Single of the Week on BBC 6 Music.

The band is on indefinite hiatus as of 2014.  Anna Vincent and James Vincent went on to form dream-rock band Heavy Heart and Gary Drain, Jamie Harrison, and Seb Underhill now perform as Glowing Sun.

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