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The North Sea Rising (album)

by MORNING BRIDE

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From feline to canine For Abel, go to Cain From canine to feline And then crawling back again There are always two sides One to rise and one to fall Or three, or four, or five Until there are no sides at all Blue-eyed boy is everyman Blue-eyed boy is chameleon Everyone loves blue-eyed boy Blue-eyed boy is close at hand Blue-eyed boy is everyman Blue-eyed boy is circumstance Everyone loves blue-eyed boy Blue-eyed boy is hollow man Who does the best he can So much to remember Too much to wash away The touch of an ember Shot down again flames There’s got to be another way of slowing down time Than flying backwards around the world Hang on and keep the wolves at bay, help is on its way (Copyright Mark James Pearson)
2.
Well I heard that you were spoken for It’s hard to imagine anyone speaking for you When I heard who it was, thought I must’ve been wrong The last I heard he was going down for breaching parole Na na na na na, I couldn’t tell you why I had to leave Na na na na na, who did you believe? Well I hope it’s a myth and I hope it’s a lie And I hope your sentence doesn’t cover all of his crimes But if it’s true, who am I to cast the first stone? When you’re gone so long it’s hard to call it home Na na na na na, if I could tell you why I had to leave Na na na na na, would you believe? Na na na na na, I have to tell you why I had to leave Na na na na na, I still believe Rosy, technology, it’s leaving us behind I even curse the day the day I learned to tell the time Rosy, zeroes and ones will always stand alone I wanna wipe my memory of everything I’ve known Rosy, technology, it’s leaving us behind I even curse the day the day I learned to tell the time Rosy, technology will be the death of me Give me the heart and soul I need to set me free Rosy, technology, it’s leaving us behind I even curse the day the day I learned to tell the time Rosy, technology, let’s leave it all behind With just the sky we can relearn to tell the time (Copyright Mark James Pearson)
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KX 04:43
4.
Death Rattle 06:59
When you find another guide To fight all your battles And hush your death rattles Through the cold night Hand over the keys you hide To forgotten doorways Reward her with glories So far unseen Afford her new stories With no history Lying in silence, upon dirty sheets Staring at the ceiling, waiting for release Sensing a presence, I know I’m not alone There’s no room to make peace, sleeping with a ghost When you…. I gave you my haven, I’d have given you my blood But all that I gave you was never enough Our reflections are fading, our hearts somewhere else The only shadows we cast now are of our former selves When you…… (Copyright Mark James Pearson)
5.
When the rising spring tide came and scattered all the pieces Of the lily-white horses up and down across the beaches When the cold arctic wind came and scattered all the splinters Of the lily-white horses in the middle of winter Remember me to the North Sea An envelope full of polaroids, of strangers from another lifetime gone Reminiscences to fill a void, that only opened up another black hole Long since your pretty friends have turned their pretty heads, one by one Made hay while the sun shone, butterflies when the rain came falling In a nameless town through the cold white noise For one sweet second I thought I had a choice When the rising…. Never thought you’d forget the smile of the only one you wanted to recall Wondering if it’s reciprocal is the hollowest of consolations Found a place in a family, neither blood nor forever broken One mistake is all it takes to find yourself on the road again When the rising…. So many hollow promises, so close, but always so far Who’s ever going to sing your song, now you’re tired of your own voice? (Copyright Mark James Pearson)
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"ONE OF THE FINEST CREATIONS THIS NATION HAS EVER HAD TO OFFER THE OEUVRE OF ALT-COUNTRY/AMERICANA MUSIC" - AMERICANA UK

"THE BEST THING TO COME OUT OF HACKNEY SINCE THE WHITE STRIPES RECORDED 'ELEPHANT' THERE" - THE WORD MAGAZINE

"AN EXCEPTIONAL NEW ADDITION TO THE MORNING BRIDE CANNON; WE MUST ONLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT THEY DON'T STAY AWAY SO LONG NEXT TIME" - 9/10 - AMERICANA UK

"MUSIC WHICH BEGUILES AND ENRAPTURES" - PLAN B MAGAZINE

"EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU STUMBLE UPON A BAND AND WONDER HOW IT IS THAT NOT MORE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THEM, BUT YOU'RE SECRETLY PLEASED THEY DON'T. MORNING BRIDE ARE THAT KIND OF BAND" - THE INDEPENDENT

"DARK YET LUSH COUNTRY-TINGED POP - RECOMMENDED" - TIME OUT MAGAZINE

"AMITY JOY DUNN POSSESSES SUCH A HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL, SMOKY AND MELODIC TIMBRE TO HER VOICE THAT IT'S SIMPLY A PLEASURE TO HEAR HER SING ANYTHING...

TIGHTLY-REIGNED, MELODIC AND SWIRLING SEASCAPES OF SPELLBINDING SOUND AND POETRY....

BEAUTIFULLY RAGGED, MYSTERIOUS POP SONGS THAT HAVE MUCH IN DEBT TO CLASSIC COUNTRY AND FOLK, BUT ARE DEFINITELY FORWARD-LOOKING, IN THE SAME WAY THAT WILKO AND ARCADE FIRE ARE" - AMERICANA UK

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released March 20, 2013

Amity Joy Dunn – lead vocals, melodica, keyboards
Mark James Pearson – lead vocals, rhythm guitars, glockenspiel
Pete Bennett – lead and slide guitars

All songs by Mark James Pearson except #6 by Pete Bennett
Created over three days in winter 2011 at Soup Studios, Brick Lane, East London. Recorded by Simon Trought, produced by Simon and Mark, Mastered by Ed Deegan

Art and design by Jonah Schulz - jonahschulz.com
Violin by Christine Lehmann, percussion by Jim Bosher
Released on Imprint Records

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MORNING BRIDE Filey, UK

"ASTONISHING" - THE INDEPENDENT

"A BRILLIANT ROOTS ROCK BAND WITH SOLID GOLD TUNES - EVERY SONG IS A TRIUMPH" - THE WORD MAGAZINE

Morning Bride is Amity Joy Dunn, Mark James Pearson & Pete Bennett. The band have released three critically-acclaimed albums - 'Goodbye Seaside Danny Wilde' (2021), 'The North Sea Rising' (2013) & 'Lea Valley Delta Blues' (2008).
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