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Live at The Well

by Laish

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1.
Visions 05:44
Sometimes I have visions Of being an old man Moments from my death Looking back To My My Pointless Life Weakness So here is this old man So I am an old man Moments from my death Looking back To My My Pointless Life Weakness What did I do That means anything What did I do That means anything So here is this young man So I am a young man Just finding my stride Looking forward To my My Life Weakness What will I do that means anything What will I do that means anything What will I do to change anything What will I do to move anything Will I do
2.
Tried to stay good for you Cleaned your room Cooked for you Promised always to be true You slept I felt the cold wind blow Tried to get to bed on time To mount you and to call you fine You rolled your eyes to that song of mine I went to sleep with dreams of snow The ice dance was My only show Baby do not forget Love is a work in progress Love is an object Dressed you up in whoring gear Stripped myself and without fear I took a knife to my right ear Your expression was unchanged Baby do not forget Love is a work in progress Love is an object Baby do not forget Love is a work in progress Love is an object I begged you in a baby voice I read to you from Sophie's Choice I read to you from fucking Joyce But your gaze was fixed Cold and low I only wanted to melt your snow I love you and I hope you know So please warm the winds that blow Baby do not forget Love is a work in progress Love is an object And I'd like two Baby do not forget Love is a work in progress Love is an object And I'd like to make some Baby do not forget Love is a work in progress Love is an object
3.
Carry Me 04:50
Said the penguin to the horse I am too warm here and I am alone There's a girl I need to see On the other end of this here phone She means everything to me And I am broken by myself I think she'll carry me Carry me carry me Said the horse to the penguin There is a man waiting too Who is smitten by my mane And my regrettable tattoo That I drew one crazy night While I was searching how to be When we got into a fight Screaming carry me Carry me Well we best go ride out now My stud he will wait for me A horse is faster than a cow Carry me Said the penguin to the horse You are surely the best horse That I could hope to meet On a member's only Golf course Forever I am in your debt But I will repay you will see Let us ride let us forget Just carry me Carry me
4.
Obituaries 03:01
Cuts out the obituary Cuts out the obituary Each and every day Each and every day The morning brings a new death The morning brings a new death To celebrate in poetry To celebrate in poetry He reads the obituary While he drinks his morning tea While he drinks his morning tea He reads the obituary A life in a paragraph A life in a paragraph He reads the obituary
5.
Vague 06:26
We are vague and full of pathos Dead men's words tower above us Are we capable of original thought The damp is growing I would say it is flowing It has become a river My kitchen is in decline The spores the mould the slime It has become a river We are vague and full of pathos Old leather hands betray us Our cracked tongues Poke out of beard The grey statues do not sing Grey statues do not dance And I am neither grey Nor made of stone I am near middle age And I never felt so alone But I think I feel safe In my home I think I feel safe in my home We speak only in humour It's a linguist kind of tumour We know what it signifies Know what it signifies I am near middle age And I never felt so alone But I think I feel safe in my home I think I feel safe in my home
6.
Discipline 04:10
Discipline discipline discipline discipline Sorry sorry You say a word Too many times It loses meaning Taught myself taught myself taught myself taught myself Loathing Without clothing You say a word too many times it loses meaning You say a word too many times Sorry sorry You say a word too many times it loses meaning You say a word too many times Sorry sorry You say a word that many times You'd hope it means something You say a word that many times Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry
7.
Baby when I see you, I become infantile My face becomes My face becomes Colour I'm a serious man I'm a serious man But you can make my voice change Ah ah ah You inspire, you inspire My best You are loved Though we think There are words to say I like it best I like it best In the morning I'm a serious man I'm a serious man Soft and yawning In the morning You are loved
8.
My love has more brain cells Than I do She did not destroy hers She use the ones she was born with She had more to start with My love my love my My love is right about the things that matter And she has seen much of the world Her body she treats as a temple I think that she will out live me My love my love my
9.
My father was a troubled man His was a burden he wore upon his face Trust was not something his love inspired He found a packet with a needle hole And when I grew I wondered why A needle hole above my eye He said I was an accident She said a happy accident But boy did I learn to lie This needle hold above my eye My mother's truth is what he meant He said I was an accident Now I don't know what to do with myself I should probably just give up and go try something else
10.
I Am Enraged 02:37
We're out at a show when you tell me the news You got the job in Tunbridge Wells I thought about it there's a simple compromise We're moving to Lewes to make it a shorter drive I am enraged I am enraged I am enraged Oh You can go on your own I cannot bear to be so far away My friends my life my music is here But oh honey it's only twelve minutes by train That's not the point Let's not talk about that again I am enraged I am enraged I am enraged Oh You can go on your own You can go live on your own In Lewes
11.
You're on a train to Warrington There are strange people there In Warrington Stange people there A shopping centre Strange people there Selling sea salts To those who miss the ocean I miss the ocean and I live next door I never make the time to stroll around the seaside Picking pebbles from my shoe Don't want to turn this veil to shroud I'm too young Baby why are you going I wish I could provide for you I'll be at home I'll be drinking With friends and with myself I borrowed everything I own And with no credit on your phone I know you're out there on your own We speak the mantra daily We speak the mantra daily Somehow it'll all be ok We speak the mantra daily There's nothing to be done Losing concentration Thinking of you on the train you can't afford But somehow we find a way Oh it'll be ok We speak the mantra daily It's not like we're going hungry It's not like we are so cold we cannot feel our own toes Though we have cling film on our windows Let us feel no shame We speak the mantra daily Somehow it'll all be ok
12.
Choice 04:19
I left you to be alone And now sitting at home The house is empty I hear my inner voice You always had a choice There is a sadness piling up The days seem unwilling to stop I can smell the scent of failure Such a tremor in my voice You always had a choice All I can remember is your laugh With a joy with a love with all that When you said to me In your serious voice You always had a choice My indecision has driven you away My clouded reason I must live with everyday You always had a choice Oh

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released August 26, 2013

One afternoon last October, a day or so after a UK tour and feeling pretty gig sharp for it, we took ourselves to Dave The Well’s studio in Hove to record a live session for Simple Folk Radio. Dave’s place is a totally unkempt house full of musical equipment and wires and old machines. One of those real curio gems that you dream about discovering as a musician. Totally inspiring but also a bit of a mess.

Dave himself is a wonderful fellow, utterly calm, generous and totally committed to finding the best sound of everything through vintage gear.

This album was recorded entirely live to 2" tape. You can tell it pains Dave to have to mix down to digital. He would hope everything would be mastered straight to vinyl and left sounding how god intended. What a fraud I feel making this a download only release. Well we have other things in the pipeline and I just wanted to share this with the world before we move on because I think he really caught us at our best.

So on the day, we rocked up, set up, checked the levels and then basically played Dave a gig. We recorded 14 songs in five hours, 12 of which made this final cut.

The album is available to download from the 26th August for a fiver, but you can pre-order it now and get two choice cuts from it. The song Vague is a bit of a live favourite and has yet to be officially recorded, though this version feels definitive.

Recorded as a session for Simple Folk Radio. www.mixcloud.com/SimpleFolkRadio/

For everything LAISH: laishmusic.com

All songs by Daniel Green and arrangements by Laish.

Engineered, produced, mixed and mastered by Dave "The Well" Ringland.

Emma Gatrill: Clarinet, accordion, vocals.
Daniel Green: Nylon guitar and vocals
Dan Harding: Drums
Patrick Lawrence: Bass
Martha Rose: Violin, vocals

Cover photo by Terri Desmonds

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