Mint Julep

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LYRICS
Halfway to getting to know you
I lock every door and never look back
Let’s do this over, this time slower
Another chance before us

Until we’re gone, keep a light on
Until the dawn holding on, holding on

Pretend not to notice it’s so hard to focus
When it’s just us, you’re pulling me in
The words leave your lips like sun on my fingertips
Illuminate me with your light

Until we’re gone, keep a light on
Until the dawn holding on, holding on

Mint Julep - Halfway

Cover song by one of our favorite hits of the 80's by Bananarama. Mint Julep is Keith and Hollie Kenniff.

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Bananarama - Cruel Summer (Mint Julep Cover)

A cover Hollie and I did as Mint Julep of a Headphones (aka David Bazan) song.  

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Mint Julep - I Never Wanted You (Headphones Cover)

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LYRICS:
Realize they can’t take it away
All your life you can’t hold it inside
So don’t hesitate, don’t be afraid
You can’t wait anyway

As fast as you can
You don’t even know when it all began
As fast as you can
These colder shores are less than we had

Vanishing light how it always bends
Everything til our paths find an end
And you keep feeling it 
Even when you won’t let it in, let it in

As fast as you can
You don’t even know when it all began
As fast as you can
These colder shores are less than we had

(Lyrics: Hollie Kenniff)

Mint Julep - Connectivity

You’re always ready, but you’re never on time
And I’ve already left you far behind me
You want to let me, but you’re afraid to try
Fear that underlies all these heavy moments

All over again, we should’ve been looking in
We could have discovered then, we’re making the same mistake

We wander further where the borders get blurred
It’s so similar to where we’ve been before this
Turn as if to say, let the words just fade away
And we’re so silent, but it’s not quiet at all

All over again, we should’ve been looking in
We could have discovered then, we’re making the same mistake

(Lyrics: Hollie Kenniff)

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Mint Julep - Fall On Time

A cover/homage to one of our favorite songs by the late Mark Hollis.
Keith:
There are so many great things about this song. It evokes so many emotions throughout the duration of the song and communicates them so effectively, yet in a pop music context that is pretty universally appealing. When you look under the hood of the song it's entirely genius how all of these elements work together to create something so unique. The arrangement, the constant dramatic key shifts, the "whale" and "bird" sounds, the very busy prominently mixed bass line, the choppy acoustic guitar accompaniment...it's a clever song that's crafted with thought, care, and intention performed well and mixed well. The timbre of the synths chosen alone is a feat worthy of note as each part represents an integral sonic character to the song that when taken away or replaced can completely change the intention of the song. Mark's lyrics are thoughtfully crafted. The melody is dynamic and varied with a significant vocal range which he handles with absolute ease.

Hollie and I chose to keep the tempo the same (it's 126...and a HALF, genius.) but to attack this song in half-time as a way to accentuate what we felt were the more languid nature of some parts of the original. We wanted this to be an interpretation rather than a re-creation of what Mark did. We kept the structure pretty close to the original as I think that's part of what makes the song really successful. In regard to timbre, I wanted to keep this very synth-based and try to achieve what he did with having different synth sections define the characteristic of the song, but put some different melodies and textures in there. As it turns out Mark's range and Hollie's are remarkably similar, so we kept in the same key.



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Talk Talk - It's My Life (Mint Julep Cover)

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LYRICS
Too many parallels, if I say nothing
Will it matter at all, will you feel what I don’t tell
In the silence of the moment I gave in
Is this what you hoped it would be
The last fires setting fire to the ones beneath
 
You think I feel too much, that I'm caught in a moving flame
And if I only learned to be still, I wouldn't sway in your shade
 
Your waiting wilderness interfused with
All your longing for, all our wanting hours
A broken barrier through which you carry her
Am I closing my eyes to dim the last of the light
 
You think I feel too much, that I'm caught in a moving flame
And if I only learned to be still, I wouldn't sway in your shade

Mint Julep - Parallelism

Keith and I completed a cover of Curve's song "Horror Head". Curve was one of my favorite bands as a teenager, and Keith, who I introduced their music to several years ago, agrees with me that this is one of their best songs. I can't think of any other female fronted band that has impressed and inspired me so much. 

LYRICS BY TONI HALLIDAY:
"Fireworks, red and green I can see what they sing, but you are away / box you all in You always smile / Boxing ring / box him in the back of mules / with black almost You can really see, from the inside Across the void There's horror in my head When the blanket is gone From the throne in my castle Where I see the sun from In the comfort of this room The challenge died Remember you and me We laughed 'til we cried"

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Curve - Horror Head (Mint Julep Cover)

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In the dark I still look away, fade to black, my fears ricochet
All at once, anything can happen, though the absence of light won't erase everything

Come with me, my enemy, it's closing in, it’s circling
Whatever keeps us free, my enemy, it binds us together

Could be worse, so we stay the course, this far in, we stop for nothing
Side by side, casting one shadow, that divides to become our reflection

Come with me, my enemy, it's closing in, it’s circling
Whatever keeps us free, my enemy, it binds us together

(Lyrics: Hollie Kenniff)

Mint Julep - Ricochet

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LYRICS
Mistakes we make always get in our way
But what use is a life in decay
Always afraid it’ll happen again someday
No two tears fall alike or so you say

You’re your own worst enemy
When you dive headfirst
So recklessly, so recklessly
You’re your own worst enemy

Tell yourself how sure you are until it’s true
Between breaths, I’ll pause
To tell myself all night through

What's out of sight is out of mind
I’m out of time, out of time

You’re your own worst enemy
When you dive headfirst
So recklessly, so recklessly
You’re your own worst enemy



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Mint Julep - So You Say

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Keith Kenniff feat Hollie Kenniff - Glow (free mp3 download)

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I've looked for you in the trees
Every leaf changing color
Travels through my dreams
To the very core of me

Didn't think you had anything to give
What kind of life is that to live
Isn't it time you let it go
The only place you've ever known

All that burns in auburn fire
Returns to us again somehow
All that we’ve forgotten
Words whispered in the breeze

Carried on the autumn wind
A flame aglow between us
The light of these days shine
A sky so blue I could drown in

Didn't think you had anything to give
What kind of life is that to live
Isn't it time you let it go
The only place you've ever known

Mint Julep - Chariot

A cover of one of our favorite songs by Depeche Mode. Available here: https://heliosmusic.bandcamp.com/track/depeche-mode-but-not-tonight-mint-julep-cover


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Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight - Mint Julep Cover

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LYRICS:It was a simple dare from a boy
"So, will you swim the river?"
I was young and didn't care
Going to show I wasn't scared
I was going to deliver

How rivers turn into seas
How this all became a part of me
How this all became bigger than me
Much bigger than me

I swam so long, I couldn't see back
And I couldn't stop shivering
But I swam the river until my faraway friends
Were just a sliver, far off

I swam til the water was a mirror
Reflecting all I was
Until I was free of everything
I listened to my own breath
As I felt the cold rush
Of the waves wash over me
Until I was empty

Mint Julep

Ray