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Silence Is Not Golden

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‘Deadly Sins’ is the second full-length LP by London/Devon indie-pop quintet Lemonade Sin, based around the songwriting partnership of Lee Friese-Greene and Simon Aldous.

Each song was inspired by one of the Seven Deadly Sins: wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, pride, lust and envy.

Musically its eclecticism is in keeping with previous Lemonade Sin releases, described by the Other Side fanzine as “an ever-changing style, wandering from grunge to pop, folk and indie-rock” as well as some forays into a more electronic dance style– but united by the common threads of Lee and Simon’s interplaying vocals and lush harmonies.

“You hear the word ‘sin’ and most people probably think of lasciviousness,” says Simon. “In fact we probably did too when we had the initial idea. But you start to delve into the different sins and if anything it’s more about human frailty in its many difference guises.

This is particularly the theme of “Having A Better Time” which deals with social-media-inspired fomo; and “Plenty in the Pantry” which begins as almost a celebration of gluttony before looking at why someone might feel the need to overindulge in this way.

Other songs act more as defences for sins. Album opener “Clutter” makes the case for sloth, a spoken word section listing the vast number of songs, videos, books and podcasts created every day “the vast majority of which is entirely unremarkable”. With such an abundance of stuff, it suggests, isn’t doing nothing a greater contribution to the world?

As with previous releases, Lemonade Sin have enlisted the production talents of Lucy and Matthew Board (of the band Pale Blue Eyes). The band recorded the first seven songs in Lucy and Matt’s Devon studio but ended up being the last people to record there as the studio was then packed up and moved to their new base in Sheffield, with resumption of recording delayed while they constructed their new studio.

And there is a noticeable difference in the feel of the two sets of songs with the Sheffield tracks featuring more electronic drums and synths and being very much studio creations while the Devon recordings make extensive use of Lemonade Sin’s live band, Simon and Lee being augmented by Charlotte Beale (bass and backing vocals), Jennifer Denitto (drums) and Robin Morgan (keyboards).

I Want It All

Figure It Out

Inspired by Floyd Patterson and Karl Jaspers

Motivation

When the worst of things has happened, 
And the rain goes on and on, 
Still the kids play cricket in the rubble all summer long… 

Fella with his bowler hat on, 
Says we’re bold and brave and strong, 
And the kids play cricket in the rubble all summer long… 

It’s the 1940s Britain, 
I don’t mind admitting that they went through hell and back, 
I guess that I’m proud of that… 

I guess we just remember what we choose,
And paper over things with glue… 

The world is something like a baby bird just hatched in spring, 
How I love to hear that little bird sing, 
Love to hear that little bird sing

Now the best of things has happened, 
And the war we fought is won, 
And still the kids play cricket, they play cricket, the kids play cricket… 

It’s the 1940s Britain, 
I don’t mind admitting that there’s a lot to feel good about, 
To never forget and to sing about

If only we were brave enough to tell, 
The stories of our gory deeds as well

The world is something like a baby bird just hatched in spring, 
How I love to hear that little bird sing, 
Love to hear that little bird sing

Ooh la la la, 
Ooh la la la, 
Ooh la la la ooh

And when we muddy the waters, 
We sell out our sons and our daughters, it’s true 

The world is something like a baby bird just hatched in spring, 
How I love to hear that little bird sing, 
Love to hear that little bird sing 
And the world is something like a baby bird just hatched in spring, 
How I love to hear that little bird sing

Little Bird Sing

A couple of new songs. First one was written in September there, the other one in October. All parts written, recorded, performed and mixed by Josh Healy.

Both tracks home recorded to 4 track cassette tape using a tascam portastudio 7, with some digital overdubs added later to both tracks.

Are You Listening

Andrew Lincoln

Guitars, Mandolins, Keys, Synths, Bass and Vocals by Fionn Connolly.
Drums and Vocal Arrangement by Sam Porteous.
Backing Vocals by Es George, Sam Porteous, Ash Weir & Iona Catherine.
Produced and Mixed by Fionn Connolly at Semicircle Studios.
Additional Sound Engineering by Iona Catherine.
Mastered by Nick Powell.

Released by Mahogany Songs on 18 April 2025
P-line: ℗ 2025 Fionn Connolly under exclusive license to Mahogany Songs
C-line:© 2025 Fionn Connolly under exclusive license to Mahogany Songs

Lyrics:
3D-print me in technicolour 
An image of me or my twin brother,
I’m brotherless, see
My sisters are my company

Blues and greys are the best to paint me
An image of my melancholy
That was yesterday
Oh I’m trying to find another way

It’s warm in the sunlight, darling
It’s warmer still when it comes from within
I’ll bathe in your waters, darling
And I’d let that good light in
I’m liking the feeling of sun freckles upon my skin
I’ll bathe in your waters, darling
and I’d let that good light in

Sunlight streaming down on lidos 
Shines like crystals in the shallows
where swimming so low, you lose yourself below
Coming up for air, finding yourself hollow

Cause i’m just the surface skin
I’ve always been
a shallow pool of suffering
Drowning out for oxygen, and 
baby where’s my serotonin?

I’d let that good light in

It’s warm in the sunlight, darling
It’s warmer still when it comes from within
I’ll bathe in your waters, darling
And I’d let that good light in
I’m liking the feeling of sun freckles upon my skin
I’ll bathe in your waters, darling
and I’d let that good light in

It’s warm in the sunlight, darling
It’s warmer still when it comes from within
I’ll bathe in your waters, darling
And I’d let that good light in
I’m liking the feeling of sun freckles upon my skin
I’ll bathe in your waters, darling
and I’d let that good light in

Good Light In

Guitars, Mandolins, Keys, Synths, Bass and Vocals by Fionn Connolly.
Drums and Vocal Arrangement by Sam Porteous.
Synth Arrangement by Tommy Gale.
Trumpet by Ben Gardiner.
Tenor Sax by Jared Bennet.
Trombone by Clara Daly Donnellan.
Vocal Sample by Pia Rose Scattergood.
Backing Vocals by Es George, Sam Porteous & Ash Weir.
Drums and Vocals recorded by Fionn Connolly and Iona Catherine at Goldsmiths Music Studios.
Brass Recorded by Matt Cooke at Camden Garden Studios.
Produced and Mixed by Fionn Connolly at Semicircle Studios.
Mastered by Nick Powell.

Released by Mahogany Songs on 13 June 2025
P-line: ℗ 2025 Fionn Connolly under exclusive license to Mahogany Songs
C-line:© 2025 Fionn Connolly under exclusive license to Mahogany Songs

Lyrics:
I moved to a new room
I put the same pictures up as when i knew you
I put the same plants around me 
where they first grew
And it’s the same
Oh, its the same

And you said hey
I was looking for something to say
but my words left my halfway 
And it all just feels the same
Oh, its the same

I’ve been feeling lost these days, and I 
don’t know where to turn
I’ve been feeling low these days, and I
know it will return

Cause nothing changes
It’s the stasis we’ve come to know
(the same, the same, the same, the same)
It springs eternal
It’s the circle that continues to flow
(the same, the same, the same, the same)

I moved on as you do
I put the past behind me to try to pull through
I put the past behind me to start anew
But its the same
Oh, its the same

So I guess that you’re still here
I’m not quite in the clear, so I go back to last year
when the emptiness appeared
And its the same

Cause nothing changes
It’s the stasis we’ve come to know
(the same, the same, the same, the same)
It springs eternal
It’s the circle that continues to flow
(the same, the same, the same, the same)

I took the tide to take me to shores where I might sleep
Commit my body to the waves, to salt my soul to keep
But the water would not have me, my time had not yet come
So I sailed away from yesterday, and still i sail on

Cause nothing changes
It’s the stasis we’ve come to know
(the same, the same, the same, the same)
It springs eternal
It’s the circle that continues to flow
(the same, the same, the same, the same)

Stasis

Guitars, Keys, Violins and Vocals by Fionn Connolly.
Produced and Mixed by Fionn Connolly at Semicircle Studios.
Mastered by Nick Powell.

Released as an exclusive soundtrack to the Notes On: Love in the time of Heartache zine.

Released by Mahogany Songs on 14 February 2025
P-line: ℗ 2025 Fionn Connolly under exclusive license to Mahogany Songs
C-line:© 2025 Fionn Connolly under exclusive license to Mahogany Songs

Lyrics:
morning train
i’m off to work again
i left you sleeping in our queen size bed
and then set off in the rain

i work the days, you work the evenings
which makes it difficult to do things
but its okay
this was the plan
you’d act on stage, i’d start a band
and we’d never have any difficult feelings

i love you as i’m bleeding dry
i overstretch and then i start to cry
we’ve only got an hour
lets not spend it feeling sour 
i feel safe
when i’m reflected in your eyes 

i wear my heart proudly on my sleeve
but i still get by by grinding my teeth
its getting harder monthly to breathe
to see you, i had to book annual leave

i love you as i’m bleeding dry
i overstretch and then i start to cry
but its okay, this was the plan,
you’d act on stage, i’d start a band
and we’d never have any difficult feelings
no we’d never have any difficult feelings
no we’d never have any difficult feelings

Difficult Feelings

Rhythm Guitars, Mandolins, Piano, Synth, Organ and Vocals by Fionn Connolly.
Drums, Vocal Arrangement, and Backing Vocals by Sam Porteous.
Additional Synths and Backing Vocals by Tommy Gale.
Lead Guitar, Brass Arrangement and Backing Vocals by Charlie Haywood.
Bass and Backing Vocals by Charlie Chester.
Trumpet and Backing Vocals by Ben Gardiner.
Tenor Saxophone and Backing Vocals by Jared Bennett.
Trombone and Backing Vocals by Clara Daly Donnellan.
Vocal Samples by Finnegan Tui and Pia Rose Scattergood.
Additional Backing Vocals by Gabriela Eva and Jasper Trim.

Drums, Organ & BVs were recorded at Lightship 95 by Jasper Trim. Guitars, Synths, Piano & Vocals were recorded at Gekko Studios by Jasper Trim. Brass & BVs were recorded at Camden Garden Studios by Matt Cooke. Additional Synths were recorded by Fionn Connolly at Semicircle Studios. 

Produced by Jasper Trim & Fionn Connolly
Mixed by Jasper Trim
Mastered by Nick Powell.

Released by Mahogany Songs on 22 July 2025.
P-line: ℗ 2025 Fionn Connolly under exclusive license to Mahogany Songs
C-line:© 2025 Fionn Connolly under exclusive license to Mahogany Songs

Lyrics:
caught between two banks of a river 
my compass breaks itself in two 
on my left hand lies a path that might lead me back to you 

to my right there lies a forest 
where too lies a green grass path 
and at the parting point sits a place where you can cry, or you can laugh
you can take me but you’ll never take back the river…

can you help me navigate
(as the nights approach)
i’m not sure which path to take 
(as the shadows encroach)
can you help me navigate?
(at this quiet epoch)
as i lie here awake 
with everything at stake 

everything that’s come to pass is gone 
it was all illusory 
i don’t know how you came to find the meaning in your history 

left or right, we will be led to regret 
only looking backwards can you see how this reflects 
on my own indecision 
the superposition 
where walking through our world is its own kind of prison
(where both ways are wrecked by our human condition)

can you help me navigate
(as the nights approach)
i’m not sure which path to take 
(as the shadows encroach)
can you help me navigate?
(at this quiet epoch)
as i lie here awake 
with everything at stake

Navigate

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