Closing track from Tenderfoot's debut EP 'Beginnings'.

Artist - Chasing The Rain - Tenderfoot

Crazy Suzie

New Morning

Stranger's Love

The Scenery

The Balcony Tale.

Written by John Vella
Arranged by Vella, Donlon, Burton, Derricott.
Produced and mixed by Ryan Miller and John Vella
Mastered by Paul Stefanidis
Publishing: Audio Network
Lyrics:

This is a story of two people on a balcony
Who once had a love affair, without any clarity
She sits there, with her pride and her pain
And he sits there telling himself that he’s right yet again

This is a story about cause and effect
About how a love can turn to loveless
And how those memories and photographs no longer mean a thing
But I’m not one of those people who say I’d never change anything


Once upon a time, in a far away land
There were about 3 weeks that might as well have been heaven
Where every little feeling seemed to fall into place
And he would chase that there feeling for the rest of his days


But all the love is gone. Come on, be a man about it.
All the love is gone. Come on, be a man about it.
And all, all the love is gone, still don’t know quite what went wrong


So as the years moved on the sun’s continued to set
And every now and then they would reconnect.
With the part of his heart that he would still call her’s
Until that fateful day when he struck that raw nerve

So they sit there and argue about things unsaid
One wanting to save, one wanting to end
He had affected her, more than he knew
And she hated him for things, she could not undo

5 years is a long time for these young hearts
That damaged each other, as they tore apart
She can’t admit that he was ever there
And he can’t admit that she loved him less


But all the love is gone. Come on, be a man about it
And all the love is gone. Come on, be a man about it.
And all, all the love is gone. I still don’t know quite what went wrong
The love is gone. Come on, be a man about it
All the love is gone. Come on, be a man about it
All, all the love is gone. I still don’t know quite what went wrong


I want to apologise for things I once said
Just for the chance to be inside your head
You see I wanted so badly to be the one
It’s only now I can see the damage that I’ve done

A better man would have walked away
A better man would have walked away



The Balcony Tale

Tenderfoot - To Be Young

Orchestrated at Abbey Road Studios.
Some Beatles pianos in there too :)

Written by John Vella, Julian Emery and Tenderfoot
Produced By John Vella, Julian Emery and Ryan Miller
Mixed by Ryan Miller and John Vella except;
'She Calls' and 'Burn It Down' mixed by Adam Noble
Mastered by Paul Stefanidis, Viking Lounge Mastering

Strings performed by the London Session Orchestra
Horns on 'Burn It Down' and 'So Long Pretty Baby' performed by George Stanford and his team.
String and horn arrangements by Anthony Donlon and John Vella
except; 
'Burn It Down' horn arrangement by George Stanford
Additional guitars on 'Burn It Down' and 'So Long Pretty Baby' performed by Benjamin Corbett

Tenderfoot are:

Guitar and Vocals - John Vella
Bass - Joel Burton
Pianos, Organs, Keys - Anthony Donlon
Drums - Grant Gerathy

Special thanks to Audio Network.

Artist - Life's Not Perfect - Tenderfoot - Live take in Abbey Road Studio 3

Tenderfoot - To Be Young
Orchestrated at Abbey Road Studios.
Some Beatles pianos in there too :)

Written by John Vella, Julian Emery and Tenderfoot
Produced By John Vella, Julian Emery and Ryan Miller
Mixed by Ryan Miller and John Vella except;
'She Calls' and 'Burn It Down' mixed by Adam Noble
Mastered by Paul Stefanidis, Viking Lounge Mastering

Strings performed by the London Session Orchestra
Horns on 'Burn It Down' and 'So Long Pretty Baby' performed by George Stanford and his team.
String and horn arrangements by Anthony Donlon and John Vella
except; 
'Burn It Down' horn arrangement by George Stanford
Additional guitars on 'Burn It Down' and 'So Long Pretty Baby' performed by Benjamin Corbett

Guitar and Vocals - John Vella
Bass - Joel Burton
Pianos, Organs, Keys - Anthony Donlon
Drums - Grant Gerathy

Special thanks to Audio Network.

Faith In Something

Written by John Vella, Julian Emery and Tenderfoot
Produced By Julian Emery, John Vella and Ryan Miller
Mixed by Adam Noble
Mastered by Paul Stefanidis, Viking Lounge Mastering

Guitar and Vocals - John Vella
Bass - Joel Burton
Pianos, Organs, Keys - Anthony Donlon
Drums - Grant Gerathy

Special thanks to Audio Network.

She Calls

Tenderfoot - To Be Young
Orchestrated at Abbey Road Studios.
Some Beatles pianos in there too :)

Written by John Vella, Julian Emery and Tenderfoot
Produced By John Vella, Julian Emery and Ryan Miller
Mixed by Ryan Miller and John Vella except;
'She Calls' and 'Burn It Down' mixed by Adam Noble
Mastered by Paul Stefanidis, Viking Lounge Mastering

Strings performed by the London Session Orchestra
Horns on 'Burn It Down' and 'So Long Pretty Baby' performed by George Stanford and his team.
String and horn arrangements by Anthony Donlon and John Vella
except; 
'Burn It Down' horn arrangement by George Stanford
Additional guitars on 'Burn It Down' and 'So Long Pretty Baby' performed by Benjamin Corbett

Tenderfoot are:

Guitar and Vocals - John Vella
Bass - Joel Burton
Pianos, Organs, Keys - Anthony Donlon
Drums - Grant Gerathy

Special thanks to Audio Network.

Burn It Down

Tenderfoot - To Be Young
Orchestrated at Abbey Road Studios.
Some Beatles pianos in there too :)

Written by John Vella, Julian Emery and Tenderfoot
Produced By John Vella, Julian Emery and Ryan Miller
Mixed by Ryan Miller and John Vella except;
'She Calls' and 'Burn It Down' mixed by Adam Noble
Mastered by Paul Stefanidis, Viking Lounge Mastering

Strings performed by the London Session Orchestra
Horns on 'Burn It Down' and 'So Long Pretty Baby' performed by George Stanford and his team.
String and horn arrangements by Anthony Donlon and John Vella
except; 
'Burn It Down' horn arrangement by George Stanford
Band arrangements by Vella, Donlon, Burton, Gerathy, Emery, Miller
Additional guitars and arrangement by Julian Emery
Additional guitars on 'Burn It Down' and 'So Long Pretty Baby' performed by Benjamin Corbett
Guitar re-amping by Rupert Lyddon

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Hercules Street Studios, Tileyard Studios

Hercules Street Sessions engineered by Ryan Miller

Abbey Road Sessions:
Engineer - Lewis Jones
Assistant Engineer - George Oulton
Producer - Julian Emery
A&R - Jay Greenwood
Supervision - Andrew Sunnucks


Tenderfoot are:

Guitar and Vocals - John Vella
Bass - Joel Burton
Pianos, Organs, Keys - Anthony Donlon
Drums - Grant Gerathy

Special thanks to Audio Network.

The Balance

Orchestrated at Abbey Road Studios.
Some Beatles pianos in there too :)

Written by John Vella, Julian Emery and Tenderfoot
Produced By John Vella, Julian Emery and Ryan Miller
Mixed by Ryan Miller and John Vella except;
'She Calls' and 'Burn It Down' mixed by Adam Noble
Mastered by Paul Stefanidis, Viking Lounge Mastering

Strings performed by the London Session Orchestra
Horns on 'Burn It Down' and 'So Long Pretty Baby' performed by George Stanford and his team.
String and horn arrangements by Anthony Donlon and John Vella
except; 
'Burn It Down' horn arrangement by George Stanford
Additional guitars on 'Burn It Down' and 'So Long Pretty Baby' performed by Benjamin Corbett

Guitar and Vocals - John Vella
Bass - Joel Burton
Pianos, Organs, Keys - Anthony Donlon
Drums - Grant Gerathy

Special thanks to Audio Network.

The Day We Met

Self Worth

So Long Pretty Baby

The Whole Way

Orchestrated at Abbey Road Studios.
Some Beatles pianos in there too :)

Written by John Vella, Julian Emery and Tenderfoot
Produced By John Vella, Julian Emery and Ryan Miller
Mixed by Ryan Miller and John Vella except;
'She Calls' and 'Burn It Down' mixed by Adam Noble
Mastered by Paul Stefanidis, Viking Lounge Mastering

Strings performed by the London Session Orchestra
Horns on 'Burn It Down' and 'So Long Pretty Baby' performed by George Stanford and his team.
String and horn arrangements by Anthony Donlon and John Vella
except; 
'Burn It Down' horn arrangement by George Stanford
Additional guitars on 'Burn It Down' and 'So Long Pretty Baby' performed by Benjamin Corbett

Tenderfoot are:

Guitar and Vocals - John Vella
Bass - Joel Burton
Pianos, Organs, Keys - Anthony Donlon
Drums - Grant Gerathy

Management: Marcelo Garibotto
Marcelo@rockfellaz.com

Special thanks to Audio Network.

The Fixer

Artist - Oh How Time Flies - Tenderfoot ft The English Session Orchestra at Abbey Road

Written across the pond by the Tenderfoot and English producer/songwriter Julian Emery (Nothing But Thieves). The band traveled from hometown Sydney to Abbey Road Studios in London to orchestrate and arrange the track, along with their debut album 'To Be Young', before returned to Sydney to mix with local producer Ryan Miller.

Lead track 'The Balance' is hauntingly catchy; led by a deep groove, ambient arrangement and Vella's lilting falsetto. 'The Balance' takes the listener deep into a new world; One that simmers from the past through to the present. Reflective in nature, present in tense. A narrative that takes you back to the streets. Streets littered with ambience, tension, anticipation and unresolve. 

Orchestrated by Tenderfoot themselves, featuring the English Session Orchestra, and recorded in Abbey Road's world famous Studio 3.  The Balance brings to the game cinematic qualities and a new sound, ahead of the release of their debut album.

It's a Dylan meets Coldplay kinda jam. 

Debut Album 'To Be Young' out now.

Tenderfoot

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