"Common Grace" 

Don't point that in my direction
Can't you see that I'm helping?
Only loving, only making my invention

I made a point to be cautious
I put the words in a form that
Wrapped the point in
Something soft, an invitation
To the place where we can launch
A winged migration

I came to set you free
This place is killing me
But I will be your guide
And I won't ever die

We are the love I need
And we are building speed
You have a common grace
I see it in your face

I'm glaring at the denial
It's hard to be on the side of
Every full-grown and rejected angry child

I'd like to make a suggestion
That when you talk to a nation
Anyone who dares to fly above the clouds
must show his cracks and
bear the strain of heavy weather

There is no perfect guide
There's just a voice inside
It may not tell you why
But It won't ever die

We are the love I need
And we are building speed
You have a common grace
It's written in your face

Can a simple melody
Expose a travesty?
We've got a better choice
Gotta find our voice

(repeat chorus)

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Common Grace

Violet and the Sun is an ethereal pop band whose musical inspirations are as enigmatic and original as they are lush and eclectic. 

Band leader, singer-songwriter and producer-engineer April White has relied on playing the piano and singing to express herself in private most of her life, as if writing in a diary to find herself and revive her spirit. She brings her inner life to the foreground in this iconic and eponymous, breakthrough album, "Violet and the Sun." 

April called upon several friends, collaborators and skilled musicians to contribute to the colorful soundscapes the album explores, who journeyed to her rustic log cabin studio for recording sessions. 

The album would not be complete without the stylings, inspirations, ideas and talents of Aaron Day, Jon Margulies and Christine Bucher—or the finesse of award-winning composer, producer, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist Ben Leinbach, whose final touches and mixing/mastering skills took each song to a new level. 

Living on an acreage near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon with her beloved dogs, cats and dwarf goats provides April with an endless source of joy and wonder. The miles of uninterrupted pinyon pines by day and countless stars by night give her a sense of interconnectedness and place in the universe, which is intimately reflected in this break-out album.

Tiny Machine's huge sound is funky and soulful, catchy and kickass. 

"Very art-tastic! It's like Miike Snow meets the Beatles with future-forward sounds and lyrics." --MING/Hood Famous Music

I'm not a musician, but I have always wanted to be one.

Common Grace

Tiny Machines