Toni Lawson - Vocals
Rozi Pizzey - Vocals
Lucinda Shaw - Vocals
James Lees - Drums, Percussion, Acoustic Guitar, Synth, Piano
Terry Dixon - Bass Guitar
Ruth Gardner - Electric Guitar

Produced by James Lees and Jamie Trevaskis
Engineered and mixed by Jamie Trevaskis
Recorded at Wild Mountain Sound, Mt Nebo/Jinibara Country, Summer 2021/2022
Mastered by Steve Smart at Studios 301
Artwork Design by Brett Harris

Isis - Protection (2022)

Recorded Summer 2015 at Airlock Studios, Samford, Australia
Produced by Magoo & James Lees
Engineered & Mixed by Magoo
Mastered by Brett Harris

Words by Lucinda Shaw / Music by Lucinda Shaw & James Lees

Mark Angel: electric guitar
Terry Dixon: bass guitar
Fionn Ellwood: backing vocals
James Lees: acoustic guitar
Parmis Rose: piano
Lucinda Shaw: vocals

Before that girl got born she had not a hair 
To pin those bruised and purple flowers in 
Before that girl got born she had not a button nose 
To stick with a bee in side a rose
Before that girl got born she had not a map in mind 
To  wonder if she were girl or boy

Before that girl got born she had not a tear 
To shed for longing of a broken toy
No glass no friend no pen or microphone 	
She did her non existence all alone 
For want of glass or friend or pen or microphone 
she did her non existence all alone 

Before that girl got born
Before that girl got born
Before that girl got born
Before that girl 
No glass no friend no pen or microphone 
she did her non existence all alone 

(c) 2015 All Rights Reserved

Before That Girl Got Born

"Sovereignty came from real stories about various people I’ve known, common experiences of how we try to handle life. It’s about being body identified, and attaching to physicality, and sometimes attempting to self medicate. Whether grasping at ideals of beauty or addicting to substances we remain in conflict with ourselves and tie ourselves in knots. The idea of the chorus is to try to be mindful of one’s own genuine beauty within the natural imperfections of being human and loving oneself as a unique being." - Lucinda

Released 16 July 2008
Lucinda Shaw: Vocals
James Lees: Drums/Percussion/Programming
Stewart Barry: Double Bass
Matt Murphy: Piano

Sallie Campbell: String Arrangements & Violin
Danielle Bentley: Cello
James Kliemt: Pre-production & Additional Programming

Produced by Magoo & James Lees
Engineered & Mixed by Magoo
Recorded at Applewood Studios, May 2008 

Sovereignty [Edit]

"Poetry refers loosely to William S Burroughs and the poets of the Beat Generation. It has a prologue called Ode to Joan. I love dark gritty poetry and the sapio-sexual and intellectually enlivening moments it can bring although it can also be indulgent, violent and maddening. I find the interface between art and everyday life in domestic settings a curious adventure." - Lucinda

Released 16 July 2008
Lucinda Shaw: Vocals
James Lees: Drums/Percussion/Programming
Stewart Barry: Double Bass
Matt Murphy: Piano

Brett Collery: Guitar
Sallie Campbell: String Arrangements & Violin
Danielle Bentley: Cello
James Kliemt: Pre-production & Additional Programming

Produced by Magoo & James Lees
Engineered & Mixed by Magoo
Recorded at Applewood Studios, May 2008  

Poetry [Edit]

"Dark Bark Garden is somewhat autobiographical. The dark back garden is a metaphor for the psychological push and pull between people bound in one another’s tormented energies. It has the deliberately menacing animal, elemental, visceral imagery. The text and companion spoken word piece were originally used in a visual art installation called “Queer Transgressions” at Brisbane Powerhouse." - Lucinda

Released 10 May 2012
Lyrics: Lucinda Shaw
Music/Soundcapes: James Lees, Tylea Goold, Danielle Bentley

Lucinda Shaw: Vocals
James Lees: Percussion & Programming
Danielle Bentley: Cellos
Tylea Goold: Guitar Atmospheres

Original version appears on the Dark Back Garden EP
Remix & Additional Production by The Golden Leaf, April 2012
 

Dark Back Garden [Golden Leaf Remix]

"Come Back As You is a declaration of love. It was written for and about a particular love friend who is deeply connected to nature on a spiritual, sensual and intellectual level. This love friend gave me nature. Once a love song is offered up it is for every one. While being an unashamedly sexual song is also a musing about the mysteries of reincarnation and connectedness of all life." - Lucinda

Released 30 April 2012
Lucinda Shaw: vocals
James Lees: drums, percussion, glockenspiel, loops, piano, rhodes
Mark Angel: guitars
Sallie Campbell: violin, string arrangements
Terry Dixon: bass guitar
Wayne Jennings: cello
Parmis Rose: piano, rhodes

Recorded at Applewood Studios between March & October 2011
Engineered & mixed by Magoo
Assisted by Sean Cook

Original version appears on the Come Back As You EP.
Remix, production & additional recording by Martin MacDonald (Son Of Sea)



Come Back As You [Son Of Sea Version]

"Sleepwalker is the sound/music version of the imagery used for the To The Place That Is Home artwork and related singles - images created from the many photos I took on my phone during sleepwalking episodes in 2011.  On a musical level, the song uses the chords from Come Back As You in a different order with a different melody to create a dream-state, 'mirror' variation of that song." - James

Released 30 April 2012
Lucinda Shaw: vocals
James Lees: piano, rhodes
Mark Angel: guitars
Sallie Campbell: violin
Wayne Jennings: cello

Recorded at Applewood Studios between March & October 2011
Produced by James Lees & Magoo
Engineered & mixed by Magoo
Assisted by Sean Cook

Original version appears on the Come Back As You EP.

Sleepwalker [Edit]

"I Am Going To Find You was first written for a Vulcana Women’s Circus show called “Home Fictions”. The instant one meets eyes with another being, there is sometimes a feeling that goes straight to the heart of familiarity and connection. I like to try to move through the world as if we are all linked and all can easily love one another. I have had this strong instant feeling of deep recognition with a few very significant people in my life the moment we met: a bit like love at first sight but at a spiritual level." - Lucinda

Released 18 August 2012 
Lucinda Shaw: vocals
James Lees: drums, glockenspiel, loops, bass pedals
Sallie Campbell: violin, string arrangements
Wayne Jennings: cello
Parmis Rose: piano, rhodes

Recorded at Applewood Studios between March & October 2011
Produced by James Lees & Magoo
Engineered & mixed by Magoo
Assisted by Sean Cook

Original version appears on the album To The Place That Is Home.

I Am Going To Find You [EP Version]

"Don’t Look Too Long is a love song that speaks of flow and time and holding one another without grasping. Impermanence, change and constant movement are natural elements of life and love and music. Unconditional love is not fixed but shifts with the turn of the tide. The imagery also includes references to watching my (would-be at the time) lover play djembe and being entranced by the amazing force, passion and sensitivity in a hot musician’s hands." - Lucinda

Released 08 October 2012
Lucinda Shaw: vocals
James Lees: drums & percussion
Mark Angel: guitars
Sallie Campbell: violin, string arrangement
Terry Dixon: bass guitar
Wayne Jennings: cello
Parmis Rose: piano

Guests:
Thomas Green: french horn
Shannon Marshall: trumpet

Recorded at Applewood Studios between March 2011 & February 2012
Produced by James Lees & Magoo
Engineered & mixed by Magoo
Assisted by Sean Cook

From the album To The Place That Is Home.



Don't Look Too Long

"Flesh Of My Flesh came from an image of Phebe Manning as a grieving mother entangled in a powerful fig tree under the night sky, brought to life in a Vulcana Women’s Circus show for which I was Musical Director in the Toowong Cemetery.  There are many lost infants resting there so the song is designed as a loving lament and an offering up of those souls and those of all young ones who have passed. Like many of my songs there is a spiritual ecology that I think adds a feeling of hope and glory. I love that the song has dark eerie gothic feel but also has the strongly uplifting Gospel chords and refrain sung by a gospel choir." - Lucinda

Released 08 October 2012
Lucinda Shaw: vocals
James Lees: drums, percussion & glockenspiel
Mark Angel: guitars
Sallie Campbell: violin
Terry Dixon: bass guitar
Wayne Jennings: cello
Parmis Rose: piano

Choir: Sallie Campbell, Pete Cox, Fionn Ellwood, Lucinda Shaw, Alison St Ledger, Yani.

Recorded at Gasworks Studios, June 2012
Produced by James Lees & Magoo
Engineered & mixed by Magoo

From the album To The Place That Is Home

Flesh Of My Flesh

Silver Sircus haunts the shadows between dark cabaret and theatrical performance. With a sensual and highly visual aesthetic, the band draws on post-rock and minimalist groove to carve its own niche. Releases to date include Sovereignty EP (2008), Dark Back Garden EP (2009), Come Back As You EP (2012), I Am Going To Find You EP (2012) and their debut album To The Place That Is Home (2012).