***side project***
written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by The Callstore

Lyrics in progress
Headphones mix

You bested my resolve

Tsunami (instrumental demo mix)

Written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by The Callstore in 2014
Arrangements and lyrics in progress
Raw placeholder vocals and drums

Near As Brave As You

Ask me not to be brave today
I'm already finding it hard not to give away 
The fact that I'm nowhere near as brave as you
Because I'm nowhere near as brave as you

I am defined by whatever I am accustomed to
And I'm barely getting by 

I am nowhere near as brave as you
 
Evidently I am a proposition to be frowned upon 
When the fuse is lit
Because when it comes down to it
I trust no one, vow to save no one

I am nowhere near as brave as you

And of the people you keep asking for advice and all
It's not as if I didn't know that you've been through it all before
So why listen to me, keep on listening to me?
Why?

(I am not who you think I am, who I am is but the product of what I cannot and can)

And sure enough I'm not the real thing
I'm not the real deal
Still, I'd do anything to make you feel the way you make me feel
Because you make me feel near as brave as you

You make me feel near as brave as you

Near As Brave As You (2014 early demo with drum reference track)

Written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by The Callstore in 2007
Pre-studio demo of the song hosted here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqYRgIQcWDQ

Begging/Oh My Darling

Caught between the devil and 
Deep blue sea and quicksand
And swamps, mazes and limbo
Lies the curtailed voice of Echo

And a prayer for he whose heart is deaf
"May he who loves no one love himself"

And I kneel over the lake and all I see is you

In the water, the wind, the willows
The grass, the galleys, the gallows
In the gardens of Eden and Gethsemane
It is you that I see

And I kneel before you

There comes a time for hoping
There comes a time for grieving
There comes a time for everything
And comes the time of reckoning

And all is lost and nothing remains

I kneel before you begging:  Do not forsake me, oh my darling

Unknown Album (01/12/2007 12:36:44)

Begging/Oh My Darling (2007 pre-studio demo)

Rough demo cover of Bobby Vinton's Mr Lonely recorded on Audacity circa (I think) 2010.

Mr Lonely

Lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely
I have nobody for my own
Now I am so lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely
Wish I had someone to call on the phone

Now I'm a soldier, a lonely soldier
Away from home through no wish of my own
That's why I'm lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely
I wish that I could go back home

Letters, never a letter
I get no letters in the mail
I've been forgotten, yes, forgotten
Oh, how I wonder, how is it I failed

Now I'm a soldier, a lonely soldier
Away from home through no wish of my own
That's why I'm lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely
I wish that I could go back home

Mr Lonely (circa 2010 Bobby Vinton cover demo)

Written and produced by The Callstore 
Performed by The Callstore except drums
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Benjamin Charrier at Dada Studios (Brussels)in 2008

Written On

Statistically speaking
We're not made out of luck
Statistically moving
Realistically stuck
Remember how it used to feel to have each other
Remember how it used to feel?

Sleeping with each other
Kissing in our sleep 
Happy ever after
Kissing in our sleep

Night and day
Nothing stays
Nothing goes away

Below ground, we are all written on

I gave way to your exit 
Of course, I didn't mean it
I stand between you and the past
Everything that doesn't last 
And every time I look ahead
You're alive and I am dead

You're alive and I'm below ground

Below ground, we are all written on

Written On (2008 studio demo)

Written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by The Callstore in 2007 on a Tascam 4 tracks tape recorder.

Gone When I'm Done

The flowers at the back
They were only for to see
Didn't you know?
They were only for to see
They were only for us to look at

A little rain, a little sunshine
A game of chess in the nude
Longing to be old
And happy

Still happy

Now let's not tell each other lies
Let's not point fingers at the one who cries the most at night
The one who cries the most tonight

Though I am left to believe otherwise
I'd like to think we outdo each other
And the two of us can never really part

Somehow

And so I cannot let go of us just yet
Scatter the ashes
I'm not done burning yet 

I'm no phoenix
I'll be gone when I'm done 
I'll be gone for good
I'll be gone when I'm done burning

But I'm not done burning yet

Gone When I'm Done

Gone When I'm Done (2007 4 tracks demo)

performed, recorded and produced by The Callstore
female lead by Shelly Nash
mixed and mastered by Chris Coulter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLXa-ZWkwqw

original at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2FRPA3Gf8

Wrecking Ball

Demo song from the forthcoming album "Above Us The Waves"
written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by The Callstore

I did my utmost
My best
My utmost
My best 
I went through the mill 'til the grinder gave way
At arm's length
At bay
But the dreams (it's the dreams)
The dreams (it's the dreams)
They kept coming anyway
And nothing's changed 
To this day 
Nothing's changed
They keep coming 
The dreams that remind me that nothing's changed
Nothing's changed
Oh my
I got so old so suddenly 

(Oh my)

(Oh my)
(Oh my)

Oh My (demo)

*** loud demo mix ***

Original @

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyEuk8j8imI

Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (The Callstore Remix - Loud)

***side project***
written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by The Callstore

It wouldn't make any sense to try and make sense of it
When I look at you I don't see you anymore
I don't see the girl I fell for
You look kind of the same but you don't no more
Seems to me you last were a party trick away from becoming a cliché
A party trick ago...
Easy come, easy... no
Not to everyone
Not to everyone
Not to me
I'm still picking up the pieces
Day in, day out
I'm still picking up the pieces
(Give up)
No
(Give up)
No

(Give up)
(Give up)

No

(Give up)
(Give up)

No
Not a chance
Not at my own expense
Not again

Not a chance
Not at my expense
Not again

(Not a chance)
(Not again)
Not if I can help it
(Not a chance)
(Not again)

You can have Berlin
You can have Hollywood

Peripheral (demo)

organ and strings - The Callstore
headphones mix

Official Video here: https://youtu.be/s6MhivYnYYk

Meet Someone

***side project***
written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by The Callstore

I'm sort of glad she left
I was running on empty
I'm sort of glad she left
Moved on
Hurt me
I lied from day one
I had never known or deserved this kind of love before
I made it look like I looked the part
Set my sight on stealing her heart
I knew I would be caught eventually
But then I thought "by then she might love me
Enough to carry on loving me
For me"
I'm sort of glad she left
Even though it hurts
That she felt it had to hurt so much

I'm sort of glad she left

Heart Theft (demo vocals mix)

Leviathan - instrumental demo mix
Lyrics in progress
Written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by The Callstore

Leviathan (instrumental demo mix)

Motionless - instrumental demo mix
Lyrics in progress
Written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by The Callstore

At your own pace
Motionless

Motionless (instrumental demo mix)

Untitled - instrumental demo mix
Lyrics/choirs in progress
Written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by The Callstore

A Kindness (instrumental demo mix)

written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by The Callstore
Arrangements and lyrics in progress.
Raw/late-night first take vocals (placeholder)

Penance

With Kindness off the table since 2011
No gentle push, no "thank you" note
Queen to one side, jester to the other
Yours, yours only
Mine, yours truly

If the errors of my way have taught me
To distinguish the saddle from the mule
It's late, the warden has had his fill
Of smoke and fire
And nothing says "I love you" like welding the door shut

Baby, all things considered
Boiled down to this
I wish you'd left me sooner
Or not at all

"There is joy left to be had", I'm told
"There is joy left to be had"
Demand drives supply
And the demand for low hanging fruits 
Is at an all-time high

Shared
Solved
Impetuously

Baby, all things considered
Boiled down to this
I wish you'd left me sooner
Or not at all

Penance (demo vocals mix)

Written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by The Callstore.

Main guitar and drums on "A Mighty Long Time" by my good friend Jacob (https://soundcloud.com/barrathea).

These are MP3 demos of an album which never came to be.

Circa 2016, I figured I was due to come up with a follow-up to "Save No One" (https://open.spotify.com/album/20fKr9RtJYCD3mv8eX4P3x?si=XTC_5veHQba0_CBJBurIYQ). 

After initially writing and working on early sketches of tracks, I started focusing on side-projects until I eventually realised that they had become a separate main project. 

Over time, I failed to revisit this particular undertaking, if only often enough to sustain my initial interest.

I do plan on finishing it, which will involve recording new, properly sang/better-adjusted/structured vocals/lyrics and fixing some of the arrangements and lyrics, but since it might not happen for a while I figured it might make sense to at least post it "as is" for the time being. 

Most songs here are comprised of other songs - lyrically and/or musically - which is something I had originally planned as a concept of some sort and which I have since extended to a lot of my work.

Note that the track listing was never finalised. As such, the files were simply uploaded in the order of the folder they came in. 

Finally, as these songs have not been mastered, I highly recommend listening to them via headphones.

Above Us The Waves

* Intro (0.00)
* Oh My (1.29)
* Makeshift (4.23)
* For Always (7.28)
* Skit 1 (12.05)
* A Mighty Long Time (15.07)
* Skit 2 (19.31)
* You Broke My Heart (21.23)
* Skit 3 (25.06)
* Shunned (26.54)
* Skit 4 (32.05)
* The Abyss (33.39)
* The Only Life I Know (37.23)

Above Us The Waves (album demos)

The Callstore
‘Save No One’
Talitres
12 January 2015

"(...) the immense strength of 'Save No One' is its haunting, sublime and futile sense of frustration..: our dependence increases with each play."   					
*****
MAGIC (France) 

"(...) Music this clever, this touching - and this original - deserves to at least make a small splash."
*****
Dan coxon
R2 Magazine 

"(...) the emotional power is undeniable."
7/10
Alastair McKay
Uncut

"Save No One shows major promise and with a sense of vision and an intelligent ear for arranging, The Callstore could very well be a diamond in the rough."
folkradio.co.uk

"Save No One is compellingly dark. It is also remarkably cohesive for a first album, bluster-free and refreshingly idiosyncratic (...) Seek it out. It fascinates."
Kieron Tyler
theartsdesk.com

"Make no mistake, we could hear a lot of The Callstore, and quite rightly so."
7.5/10
Paul-Scott Bates
louderthanwar.com

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