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Written by Amy Illingworth, Lily Sturt-Bolshaw, Sam Perry & Tom Hammond (Copyright Control. Produced by Lily Sturt-Bolshaw. Mixed by Dave Holmes. Mastered by Stuart Hawkes

Artwork: Adam Illingworth / @ajc_wip

Sirens is a song about the best kinds of friendship. Being able to be there for someone else is sometimes exactly what you need when you're feeling lost or alone.

Sirens

Sit at the window
Watch nothing go by
Hear your voice so far away on the other end of the line
Counting all the times you said to me
We’ll be alright
I could write them down and pin them up
At my bedside

Spinning around like sirens
The people
But all that I hear is silence
You pull me through and talk to me

How did you know that I 
Needed someone to be
There how you know that I 
Need someone to be there for 

Sit at the window
Flashing our lights
Maybe we’re still far away but we know we’re safe in the night 
Wide awake and dreaming of the day
We’ll be alright

How did you know that I 
Needed someone to be
There how you know that I 
Need someone to be there for 

Spinning round this crowd full of sirens
But I’m alone and hearing nothing but silence 
So won’t you fill the walls with the thoughts in your mind
I need someone here to talk to about all this time
That we're spending

Sirens

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Written by  Amy Illingworth, Lily Sturt-Bolshaw, Sam Perry & Tom Hammond (Copyright Control). Produced by Lily Sturt-Bolshaw. Mixed by Dave Holmes. Mastered by Stuart Hawkes

34 Days

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Written by Amy Illingworth, Lily Sturt-Bolshaw & Sam Griffiths (Copyright Control). Produced by Lily Sturt-Bolshaw. Mixed by Dave Holmes. Mastered by Stuart Hawkes

Lyrics

You were struck by lightning walking in the rain to your car
And when you awoke, the lightning left a beautiful scar
It looked so alive, growing from the base of your spine
And next time I saw you, you were hovering up the hospital drive

Do you believe in extra-terrestrial life? 
Cause I saw something in the sky
All of the nightmares you’ve outrun 
They thought you were done but you’ve only just begun 
  
You were struck by lightning but you don’t talk about it much any more
Something about it sends a little chill to your core
You think it might’ve gone and changed the look of your eye 
You look kind of like a UFO learning to fly

Do you believe in extra-terrestrial life? 
Cause I saw something in the sky
All of the nightmares you’ve outrun 
They thought you were done but you’ve only just begun 

You might think there’s nothing left to lose
But there’s magic in the wounds 

Do you believe in extra-terrestrial life? 
Cause I saw something in your eyes
All of the nightmares you’ve outrun 
They thought you were done but you’ve only just begun 
Only just begun

Lichtenberg Figures

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Written by Tom Hammond (Copyright). Produced by Lily Sturt-Bolshaw and Tom Hammond. Mixed by Dave Holmes. Mastered by Stuart Hawkes.

I Don’t Know Why

Counted all the roses in your garden on my walk last night
After thirty two I wasn’t sure if I’d gone wrong or I was right
Eight more minutes passed and then I chose to leave the numbers up to you
And if you find this in the morning, write the answer on the back and pass it through

I don’t know why
I don’t know
I don’t know why
I don’t know

Taking off my clothes and raising both eyes to the sky so I see God
But I didn’t feel a thing beyond the shape of every pebble I was stood on

I don’t know why
I don’t know
I don’t know why
I don’t know

Sat inside and listened to the top songs you must hear before you die
I got lost after the first line of the second track with nothing on my mind
Plan your life so you can leave the island with a ticket to a place you’ll like
Wait for every other friend and foe to sit beside you, laugh and say that you were right

I don’t know why
I don’t know
I don’t know why
I don’t know

I Don't Know Why

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Written by Amy Illingworth, Lily Sturt-Bolshaw & Rachel Clark (Copyright Control). Produced by Lily Sturt-Bolshaw and Dave Holmes. Mixed by Dave Holmes. Mastered by Stuart Hawkes

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Don't Mind The Weather

It's Not Like The Christmas Films

Same Blood

West Park Drive

So Far So Good

How Was America

Driving Lessons

Leeds indie folk-pop duo Sunflower Thieves begin a new era with the release of ‘Overdose,’ out via Mahogany Songs. Co-written with Liv Greenlees and co-produced with frequent collaborator Jack Hardman (Lexie Carroll, Luke Sital-Singh), the new single is a further showcase of SFT’s ability to wrap relatable, personal storytelling in a contemporary indie-pop sound.

Overdose is navigating the unique shift in your relationship with your parents when you no longer live at home; missing them, disappointing them, knowing them so well and being able to be their friend too. 

Overdose

Say The Word is the most raw, unshakeable platonic love - knowing aggressively that if that person asked you to run away with them, to do anything, you would and you wouldn’t turn back. Think Thelma and Louise.

Released via Mahogany Songs. 9th July 2025.

Written by Amy Illingworth, Olivia Greenlees, Lily Sturt-Bolshaw.
Produced by Jack Hardman and Lily Sturt-Bolshaw.
Mixed by Lily Sturt-Bolshaw
Mastered by Emily Magpie.
Artwork by Adam Illingworth.

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Already Taken is about trying to process living without somebody after they’ve chosen to leave you, and the everyday reminders they leave behind. Written with friends Sam Perry and Tom Hammond, and released via Mahogany Songs. 

Already Taken

Brand new single, released 07.09.18.
Recorded, mixed, produced: Lily Sturt-Bolshaw
Mastered: Mount Street Studios, Nottingham.
Artwork: Adam Illingworth

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Heavy Weight (Stripped Version)

Released 30.09.2019.

Artwork: Adam Illingworth

(Amy Illingworth, Lily Sturt-Bolshaw)

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Hide and Seek.

Released 29.05.2020

Artwork: AJC WIP

(Amy Illingworth, Lily Sturt-Bolshaw)

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