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3. Demons

4. Dripp Prod By Cityboy

Shall We Start Again (mix 1) 10.3.22

Original Sinner

Music & Lyrics: Aamodt / Espeland

Vocals: Kathrine Aamodt
Piano & Keys: Kathrine Aamodt
Bass: Bård Larsen
Mandolin: Bård Larsen
Drums: Kjell Arild Birkeland
Guitar: Håkon Espeland

Recorded: Bergen, Havnelageret Studio / London
Produced and mixed at Havnelageret Studio, Bergen, Norway

Seven Little Ones

Picnic at the Taj Mahal v2

First single from the upcoming new album Troubled Delight.
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Troubled Delight

I'm Happy If You're Happy

On The Quiet

If you know you know (Right?)

silence

Nah.

You don’t know a thing.

Not about having kids…

Not about buying a house…

Or mowing the lawn…

Welcome to your 30s, folks.

“The real world.”

It hits hard, like a slap in the face.

And this single (kind of) celebrates that.

But you know what? I wouldn’t change a thing.

So, if you know, you know. I certainly do.

Right?

IYKYK (Right?)

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A story of misspent youth. Badly titled.

Image in cover artwork used with permission © Royal Meteorological Society.

LYRICS

Jumping in the water off the cliffs south of the harbour in the summertime
And chasing off the pigeons down the alleys behind kitchens in the town
And sometimes after school the kids that thought they're pretty cool would blag some cigs and wine
And everybody knows it, yeah it's here is where this s**t is, going down

Meetings in the park would go on way past after dark but nothing sinister
After lifting the odd freebie from the corner shop down New Street west of town
And riding bikes down big dipper out in the woods of ash and beech and silver birch
Cos everybody knows it, yeah it's here is where this s**t is going down

Everybody knows it, yeah everybody knows it
Everybody knows it, hell yeah everybody knows it
Everybody knows it, yeah it's here is where this s**t is going down
Cos everybody knows it, yeah it's here is where this s**t is going down
Yeah everybody knows it, yeah cos this is where this s**t is going down

Men of the weather station / Superhero EP

Going down (to be retitled)

Far away on a distant planet long since deserted by humans, a lone robot, Pedro, tirelessly carries out his chores keeping everything spotless and in good order. Looking up and imagining who or what else is still out there, he wonders, will the humans ever return?

Official release date: 22nd May 2020. Image in artwork by Michael Hodgkinson.

LYRICS

My name is 42916 but I am better known as Pedro
I only wish to serve, but then I'm hard coded to say so
May be due an upgrade but I'll patch this software update and reboot

Cos I was built to serve my masters, carry out their mundane chores
To free up time from all the things that make life such a bore
Keep everything pristine, looking flawless, oh so clean, good as new

Cos the lawns won't cut themselves
And the dust gathers on the shelves
Sunrise through sunset, list as long as all of pi's digits to be done

Yeah the brush won't sweep the floor
And the oil don't grease that door
Without my mechanised assistance
And the if elseif else statements that I run

And it seems a little futile now the humans have all gone
But what else left to do when I am programmed to go on

Well my only frame of reference is the feedback from my sensors
But I guess that's how we all work, we're just wires and transducers
Our mode of operation is a function of our memory

But I'm damned if I know where they went, they were here and now they're gone
And though there's no more humans, I am programmed to go on,
Ticking over just like clockwork, running ship shape, plough ahead full steam

Cos the lawns won't cut themselves
And the dust gathers on the shelves
Sunrise through sunset, list as long as all of pi's digits to be done

Yeah the coffee pot won't brew
But there's no job I cannot do
With my built in sheer persistence
And the while true loop sequence I'm stuck on

Oh, oh here's what I was wondering
Is there anything that's happening
Way out there
Beyond, far beyond what my antennas see
Is there anyone other than me
Somewhere out there

Programmed to go on

Visions

A Robot Fable

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