featherweight soul vol.II: mellowtape

by Robin Mitchell

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Liam Owen Synth-pop that makes me feel nice. Favorite track: blip (intro).

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hand-numbered, limited edition Mellowtape cassette w. lyrics booklet etc., Plus brand new
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1.	blip (intro) 02:48		buy track
2.	soliloquy 03:57	lyrics	buy track
I hear spring calling, she's calling me finally, she's been set free she's dropping her bags down in the street she's tripping all over her own two feet she's coming around, drunk from deep repose and maybe you are just like me, all pose and baby I'm your mirror, I do suppose but there's something in the water that is killing us (so slow) if I'd known that you were fighting too, I'd have given up all that man desires, he will possess and I longed to be owned by your caress but my unholy appetite tasted took another bite baby, you're the one who knows me best beneath it all I am a righteous mess and there's something in the water that is killing us (so slow) if I'd known that you were fighting too, I'd have given up and every time you call it seems the pictures on the wall are even listening to be heard, isn't that what you want? to be heard, that's what everybody's got I tried my best to hear from you you were trying to hear me too, but I didn't speak trapping the words with my clumsy tongue I was never more than just plain dumb you're the silence I let run, and it's killing me
3.	the trick 03:13	lyrics	buy track
tell me, where does time go ticking softly by? where does time trickle down like rain trickle down to the ground like raindrops falling where are you my love, I do not see your face tonight the hours we waste we cannot chase and then retaste they just evaporate and blow away tell me, where does time within our words find room to breathe? tell me how, within the sticky web of time, do words cut through from you to me? tell me, love, where do you lay your head tonight? tell me, dear, why make your bed so far away from here where I will never wake and see your face and call your name again, again I've got no bones left I am a mess a hopeless heartless piece of ess
4.	new mercies 03:26	lyrics	buy track
what a glorious day to wake up! what a glorious day to just be awake! and Your mercies are new in the morning Your mercies are new like spring flowers in bloom I'll bring the best out of you, my friends if you bring the best out of me together as one we can make our escape as we all break the chains that have held us in place as we all break the chains and I won't submit to the terror of night but I will surrender myself to the light I won't submit to the terror of night but I will surrender myself to the light I will surrender let's build ourselves a brand new town let's tear all of the old one down we'll paint all the houses in different colours and fill up the gardens with beautiful flowers new mercies
5.	from the waist up 02:47	lyrics	buy track
when the rain comes down it melts my skin it melts my skin and all that's within I flicker, love, but I do not flinch I do not flinch a single inch singing as though my soul's stuck on repeat as though my soul can feel the beating of my heart within my brain and all my fingers tap in time the same you say you've never known a love so true but a love so true knows all about you and the rain of love, when it falls on us when it falls on us it soaks us through and through, through and through and through, it soaks us, me and you it soaks us through and through singing as though my soul's stuck on repeat (repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat) and o my soul!, I cannot control the skipping of my feet fly-by-night, won't you fly away won't you fly away to the breaking light of day and say you'll stay all day 'til the break of night in the land of light
6.	in the cup 02:14	lyrics	buy track
don't lose yourself in the red of the wine don't be swept away by her sparkling eyes don't lose yourself in the red of the wine don't be swept away by her sparkling eyes when it goes down when it goes down smooth when she goes down... you'll surely get bitten one of these days the poison will make its way through your veins you'll surely get bitten one of these days the poison will make its way through your veins to tear you to tear you apart and break you and break your h-e-a-r-t so buy the truth and do not sell it stand by the truth, do not condemn it buy the truth and do not sell it stand by the truth, do not condemn it

about

MELLOWTAPE:

at times more downbeat and dreamy than its predecessor, FEATHER WEIGHT SOUL TAPE, VOL.II: MELLOWTAPE has a slight folk leaning, and draws on diverse influences from the poetry of Olena Kalytiak Davis to the book of Proverbs.

this tape longs to be whirring away in your walkman when u stroll thru the streets as winter turns to spring and the air is warm again

credits

released March 3, 2014

all songs written, performed and recorded by Robin Mitchell
lyrics to 'soliloquy' and 'from the waist up' inspired by the poetry of Olena Kalytiak Davis

this EP recorded in a basement, August 2013

Isabelle Neill sings on 'new mercies' and 'from the waist up'

all design and artwork by Sherony Lock
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