Get all 8 Elspeth Anne releases available on Bandcamp and save 25%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Mercy Me, Night Island, Praise Them EP, Thieves Again, Cave, Wood Closet Songs, How To Be A Better Person, and Making Cracks.
1. |
Liars
03:14
|
|||
|
Those people said that they were your friends, they were liars.
they said they sorry for hurting you, they were liars.
said they'd give their right arm for what they want but they resisted.
why couldn't you tell the truth?
now what will you do with a house full of liars?
i'll pull out all their teeth with pliers.
but what will you do with a basket full of teeth?
i'll feed them to the birds, they'll get a taste for liars.
now you hide in the hedgerow, waiting for winter.
hoping that the cold air will cause them, cause them to wither.
and that the snow would cover their faces.
and that the snow would silence their talking.
they said your hands would grow back fine, they were lying.
that the scars would fade in time, they were lying.
said they'd give their right arm for what they want but they were lying.
why couldn't you tell the truth?
now what will you do with a house full of liars?
i'll pull out all their tongues with pliers
but what will you do with a basket full of tongues?
i'll feed them to the dog, he'll get a taste for liars.
|
||||
2. |
When They Are Lonely
02:46
|
|||
|
We cursed the earth we walked on
we miss the huge sky
we learned to speak and be spoken to
we learned to tread thin ice
they run wild between the trees
they are the deer themselves
their staring eyes are as black as coal
they know you as someone else
when rivers and lakes turned to ice
we shed our scales and ran
creeping over the earth like wintertime
our silent and colourless land
they make little slits around your eyes
to tell you that you cannot cry
they make little slits with razor blades
again and again and again
and when they are lonely they cry and then fight with small swords
they are only half your size and their walls are so small
when they are lonely they cry and then fight with small swords
they are only half your size and their doors are so small
no one knows we are here at all
we make nutshells into boats
we sleep restless for the bark of hounds
we hunt these people in red coats
we cursed the lights you shone in our eyes
we began growing tales
we know all the paths through the woods
all these years we have not failed
they sing and scream in the dead of night
their mouths are like open sores
entangled in their helplessness
their cries sound like a thousand wolves
they make little slits around your eyes
to tell you that you cannot cry
they make little slits with razor blades
again and again and again
and when they are lonely they cry and then fight with small swords
they are only half your size and their walls are so small
when they are lonely they cry and then fight with small swords
they are only half your size and their doors are so small
|
||||
3. |
Curious Event
03:56
|
|
||
4. |
Til Nothing's Done
03:45
|
|
||
Elspeth Anne England, UK
Folk Artist, Musician and Maker since 2005.
Based in Herefordshire on the Welsh
Borders.
She/her
Homegrown singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist weaving folk, punk and country influences into a dark cloth of voice-focused psych-drone-chants. Performing in Europe and the UK.
... more
If you like Elspeth Anne, you may also like:
Stumbling Over Chairs
by Nancy Wallace
supported by 5 fans who also own “Cave”
go to album
Fields of Frost
by Rowan : Morrison
supported by 4 fans who also own “Cave”
Thank you Rowan : Morrison. Ltd edition album arrived. The beautiful and personable packaging is matched by the beauty of the light and dark shades of music within. Open fire burning with wine on a winter's evening...fantastic.
go to album
Thomas Traherne
by sproatly smith
supported by 4 fans who also own “Cave”
Just discovering, and loving, this music in preparation for Hereford.
go to album
A Stranger That You Met Before
by A Day Without Love
A love letter to the DIY music scene.
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 28, 2020
go to album
Psych-rock mysticism meets fingerpicked folk on the Ohio five-piece’s vibrant new endeavor.
go to album
As The Blackbird In The Evening
by Jo Lepine
supported by 4 fans who also own “Cave”
Beautiful, and who could have expected a superb version of a Country Joe and the Fish song? The first song of theirs I heard via John Peel on the pirates
go to album
