Heart Thief

Second track from Not a Lemur's debut demo

Our Hands

Buncha Bloody Dick'eads

Music Written by Chris Woods and Nick Woods
Lyrics Written by Casey Crescenzo & Toby Forrest

Keys: Chris Woods
Drums: Nick Woods
Bass: Kevin Alvey 
Guitar: Ryan Hagelman & Casey Crescenzo
Lead Vocals: Casey Crescenzo
Backing Vocals: Morgan Jones & Ciara Budds

Terra Firma

Recording of a full band rehearsal for Not a Lemur feat. Sarah Koppen

Strollin'

Early recording of Not a Lemur's original song "Blue Shift", recorded 2012

Blue Shift

I love you like the ocean
I want to drown you in my tears

I love you like fire
I could burn you with my raging desire

I love you like a forest of trees
You're growing on me, really you are

And if this is in our nature
I guess I wouldn't take you 
Any other way, naturally

I love you like the howling wind
You blow my mind, it's all over the walls

I love you like the cruellest wave
I want to break on you, break on you

And if this is in our nature
I guess I wouldn't take you 
Any other way, naturally

In Our Nature

Chasing Alice

Not a Lemur is the first single from Broad Oak's debut album to be released mid 2018. 

Broad Oak aka Nigel Braddock, set up Monkey Records in 2000 to release a project he was working on and then got a bit distracted with running the label, producing and managing/touring with bands. His forthcoming debut album has been some twelve years in the making. 

Not a Lemur was originally recorded as a piano piece in 2006 one stormy night when he was living out at Karekare in New Zealand. 
In 2014, John White came to stay with him in Berlin (where Braddock is now based) and they recorded his Henry Green album. 

Although John White is well known in New Zealand as an indie folk/dream pop musician thanks to his band Mestar and his own solo albums, not many people know that he also raps as "Jumps". 

In between sessions working on his new album, White sang, rapped and played viola on a couple of tracks Braddock had been working on including Not a Lemur. Not long after that Brooke Singer, from French for Rabbits, was in town with her band and contributed some backing vocals. 

Says Braddock, " I really like John's stream of consciousness rap and silly word play. There's no posturing or macho nonsense. In fact he sometimes describes it as twee rap, which I believe is a genre he's invented. Despite the whimsy in this song though, at the heart of it there is a love story about a girl he met on a train in Berlin, although unfortunately he lost her number and never saw her again." 

Not a Lemur will be available on 12" vinyl from February 5th featuring a remix by Berlin-based producer Boxroom Rebel. 

Digital release to follow on the 9th March. 
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releases February 5, 2018 

Nigel Braddock - piano, bass, drums 
Vocals - John White 
Bvs - Brooke Singer 
Additional drums - Allan Thomasson 

Recorded and produced by Nigel Braddock
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Chasing Alice

Not a Lemur

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