LUMINOUS HANDS

Luminous Hands

Paul Amlehn - Text, composition, arrangement, production
Brian Eno and Paul Schmidt - Oblique Strategies
David Lynch - Visual art

Text:

"Run to me
Flee from me
Run to me.

Disconnect from desire
It's hard to hear the lie
When the liar 
Is so beautiful.

You can write
You can write
A thousand years
You can see
You can be
A thousand years
From now
From now.

Sentimental guises
Will come into fashion
Sentimental guises
Will cover their shame.

Run to me
Flee from me
Run to me.

You can write
You can light
A thousand years
You can see
You can be
A thousand years
From now
From now.

You're espying me
You're denying me
You're inside of me
From now
From now."

Run To Me

‘Ghosts’ is the debut single from South / East London band Cloud Studies.

For Fans of: The Cure, Beach Fossils, Cool Heat, Beach House, Black Marble, Galaxie 500

With plaintive vocals, a neo-krautock beat, layers of spacious reverb-drenched guitars, and a floating atmosphere that is perfect for spooky season, it is not quite shoegaze and it’s not quite goth. Apparently Gothgaze is a thing now, so let’s call it that.  

Despite being influenced initially by the Usbourne book, ‘World of the Unknown: Ghosts’, a vintage cult classic filled with screaming skulls, phantom ships and demon dogs, the lyrics tells a more human story. After the loss of a loved one, the protagonist is haunted by their memory and each night in his dreams he is visited by their apparition which dances and serenades him.

Cloud Studies was formed in 2024 and comprises of Adam Cresswell (of Saloon & Rodney Cromwell), graphic designer Martin J Langthorne on guitar and drummer Nat Guest.

‘Ghosts’ is released by Happy Robots on 18th October. The band play their debut show in London at The Castle in Whitechapel on 19th October with The Leaf Library. 

Cloud Studies:
Adam Cresswell, Vocals, bass; Nat Guest, Drums; Martin J Langthorne, Guitars.

Produced by Adam Cresswell. Mix consultant: Richard Bennett. Mastered by Toby Campen

Ghosts (Single)

CLOUD STUDIES: Ghosts (Radio Mix)

Bambi B Good….(Extended no kill Mix)

Altogether Stranger

Tell Me How To Be Here

The Luckiest Man

Rock N Roll

Messiness - “Previous Life”
Kikker - “Destroy”
Frankie and the Witch Fingers - “Economy”
The Mighty Mocambos - “Open the Gate”
Joshua Marc Seguin - “Damn Good Host” 
Lowmoon - “Find a Reason”
Lone Striker - “Holiday Cigarettes”
Guiding Star Orchestra - “Trials”
Jeremie Albino - “Dinner Bell” 
La Lune - “Quiet Considerations”
Hooveriii - “Westside Pavilion of Dreams”
Cameronoise - “Working for the Weakened”
Sea of Days - “Where Do I Begin”
SAMWOY Ft.Virginie B - “Simon Says” 
Night Beats - “Behind the Green Door” 
Dr. Ring Ding & The Senior Allstars - “Dandimite Ska”
Radiohead - “Just”

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