The title song / single & a b-side from a new EP I'll be releasing via usual streaming & download outlets on Fri April 23rd 2021.

There will be an album - 'Afal' - a little later in the year. It's all finished and off to be pressed at the magic vinyl sonic induction factory.

'Have You Seen Lyra Today?' won't be on the album. It had a late night out and this is its punishment. It laughed when I told it.

All these songs were recorded at home.

My neighbours are saints, and my garden is very very overgrown, but you only live once, right?

Thanks for listening / diolch am wrando.

Mary Sees UFO's

The vibe of the song is connected to old Redd Kross and late 70's garage rock. 

"Now for that group out there that had such a hard time getting home, sorry about that. I guess the only thing we can do is play you a song."

Running With The Warriors (Lyrics)

Now’s the time gonna shine gonna make it all the way to Heaven’s gates
In the air breathing like a rabid dog I feel fate closing in
Hey - Can you hear that? Can you hear?
“Warriors! Come out to play!” 
They’re saying “Warriors! Come out to play!”

Gotta run, gotta move, got to make or break or we might end up broken.
Got to fly like the wind gotta make it all the way to our safe home.
Hey - Can you feel that hot blood rising?
“Warriors! Come out to play!” 
They’re saying “Warriors! Come out to play!”
Woohoo! Come out to play!
Woohoo! Come out to play!

Here we come on the run just a little faster now the sun is rising…
See the light shining bright, it is time to close our eyes, we’ve come so far.
Hey - Can you hear us? Here we come!
“Warriors! Come out to play!” They’re saying “Warriors! Come out to play!”
Woohoo! Come out to play!
Woohoo! Come out to play!
Woo!

Running With The Warriors

Here Comes The Vapour

The latest original track from The Griefers is a psychological nightmarescape of fear and desperation. 

A Dark Valley - Lyrics

In the sight of a thousand eyes a nightmare’s coming
You can run like a man with a dozen demons in his soles

I see… your eyes… Your fear like a blazing fire
I feel… your mind… Your fear like a fatal fall

No time but all the time like an avalanche of cold
Descend, and ride the darkness to the loss of your one savior

Hey! You know...
I see the end is coming.
Deep down in the valley below,
I wait for you. 

Hey! I know.
You’re path is dark and winding.
Deep down in the valley below,
I wait for you.

In the light of a thousand eyes a nightmare’s coming
Never closer to escape than when you first could stand

I see… your heart… Your fate like a fading fire
I feel… your life… Your death like an angel’s sigh

The sun is far away and never to return
The gray across the sky is keeping you from going under

Hey! You know...
I see the end is coming.
Deep down in the valley below,
I wait for you. 

Hey! I know.
Your path is dark and winding.
Deep down in the valley below,
I wait for you. (lead)

I see… your hands… Your prayers like a sea of silence
I feel… your loss… Your faith like a sunken spire

Hey! I know.
You’re path is dark and winding.
Deep down in the valley below,
I wait for you.

There are fewer effects on the vocals than the typical track, but otherwise there are still layered verses and refrains throughout. Perhaps a little more in the way of guitar work and a slightly elevated drum track level give "Valley" a more frantic feel.

A Dark Valley

Hands (Radio Edit)

In Breath

Originally titled "Retour" for it's original release as a slower atmospheric semi-psychedelic track, this updated version was kicked in the tempo in order to create a more rockabilly flavor.  The mood of the song is dark and insistent, delivering lyrical patterns that carry from verse to verse until the final chorus fade. (lyrics below)

Return (lyrics)

When you coming home? - You been lost for far too long
Where's your magic gone? - 'Cause it just goes on and on

In the fading light - I can see the stars are falling
In the dark of night - I can hear the witness calling
When the wind is cold - I can feel the changing weather
When we're all alone - Everything is one... again

When you coming round? - You been up for far too long
When did you slow down - Your shadow's hard to see

With the rising sun - I can see the leaves are falling
When the skies are bright - I can hear the birds are calling
When the breeze is gone - I can feel the loss forever
When I'm all alone - Everything is one... again

I can't feel the walls - But I know they're all around
I can see them move - But they never make a sound

When I read The End - I can feel my world is falling
In the fires below - I can hear their judgment calling
In that lonesome place - I can feel your touch forever
When you're all alone - Baby you can listen... again

Call Off The Dogs

Return

The name "Lucky Thirteen" comes from the name of a car at a demolition derby out in central Pennsylvania. It looked like a beast... late 60s, matte black and the size of a battleship, it rolled into place and looked like the car to beat.   This song embodies the excitement and adrenaline of that night at The Buck Motorsports Park in Lancaster PA. (lyrics below)

After a promising start, the driver got caught between the concrete barrier and the giant steel rail along the side of the track where he was pounded over and over until his car was pushed up onto the rail. In the end, his tires spun in vain as he was hit again and again, which resulted in his giving up the ghost.  The image for the track is an action picture of the moment he took the fatal hit that pushed him up on the rail.

Lucky Thirteen - Lyrics

Better hang onto your world, it’s the apocalypse I drive
In the end there is only one thing keeping me alive
There’s no running away, no more running away… 
gonna end up on the rails
There’s no running away, no more running away 
Time to cut some heads off, yeah - let’s ride!

All I hear is the sound of death as one by one you fall
And you fear that the time is near and you’ll be up against the wall
I see you running away, yeah you’re running away… 
gonna end up on the rails
See you running away, see you running away
Broken bodies around you as you...

Tell me how did it come to this - death is right before my eyes
On the rails and I cannot run, the fear is buzzing round like flies
No more running away, no more running away… 
getting killed up on the rails
There’s no running away, no more running away
It was in my hands but now it’s gone

Listen Again

Lucky Thirteen

Verena von Horsten & Admiral James T. as duet. Released June 2012 (Dala Produkte)

A Dark Valley

The Griefers

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