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'astronaut' EP

by Silk Cut

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1.
Seat belt sign goes off Queue to disembark Flight mode Singing by herself Single in the dark Far from home For a moment Thinks of him A memory A phantom limb Promises She’s gotta keep To herself To take the leap There’s a life to redesign Everything’ll work out fine Getting in close For a moment Thinks of her Takes a sip Of silencer His belief Choice applied End results A different life All around the world
2.
Dream King 05:04
Haunted by the angels of a hundred nights Shrouded forms in amber light Swimming in the waters as the lakesides burn Birds and trees and silver fern I hear a voice begin to sing Upon his black throne sits the King The mountains near the river where the travellers meet Memories of the future and the bittersweet Sadness comes to claim you as the waters rise He sees you there behind your eyes
3.
One day soon, they’re returning. They’re returning. The hole in the sky that lets in the sun. It’s burning, it’s burning bright. We stand and stare into the black night sky Tryin’ to find a star or just a glimmer that can save us You’ve gotta a tear in your electric eye One day they’re coming back and taking everything they gave us Streets gone dark in the shadows. In the shadows. It’s the end of the day the earth stood still. No tomorrow. No tomorrow’s world.
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Undone 04:58
Old man Sits in the window White van Rain on the roof He waits Just for a glimpse of her Disgrace Dying inside  No fun, no fun  They came undone 
 Strung high He’s a chord suspended Neck tie All the way down “Who’s there?  I hear you breathing” Nightmare And nobody’s home   No fun, no fun  They came undone

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In a way Auckland band Silk Cut are simply thinking aloud. Drawing on their affection for 60’s and 70’s British TV and early 90’s shoegaze, they are at once eccentric and perfectly normal. Their themes are arbitrary, as if having volunteered themselves - UFOs, shipwrecks, betrayal, obsession, comic book detectives, apparitions. Recorded with a load of reverb and harmony, they present like echo-chamber daydreams.

Guitar is the featured instrument - spacious, textured, melodious, echoed - backed by simple synth washes, vocal harmony and a stately groove. It’s like dreaming you’ve returned to an old home and discovering a room you never realised was there.

‘Getting In Close’ is the first single. That and ‘Dream King’ can be read as the band’s statement of intent.
 
Silk Cut are either a fresh start or a continuation, depending on how you look at it …

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released August 31, 2021

Produced by Andrew Thorne

Andrew Thorne - Guitars, vocals, synth
Aidan Phillips - Bass, BV
Mike Burrows - Drums, BV

Rhythm tracks & keyboards recorded at The Lab Studios
Guitars recorded at Ellamy Studios
Vocals recorded at Images and Sound
Engineered by Olly Harmer, Louis Bernstone and Andrew Thorne
Mixed and mastered at The Lab Studios by Olly Harmer

Words and Music - Andrew Thorne (except 3 - Thorne / Barker)
Album cover artwork - Grace Thomas

Thanks to Tom Irvine, Johnny Barker and Lily Hill

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Silk Cut Auckland, New Zealand

In a way Auckland band Silk Cut are simply thinking aloud. Drawing on their affection for 60’s and 70’s British TV and early 90’s shoegaze, they are at once eccentric and perfectly normal.

Recorded with a load of reverb and harmony, they present like echo-chamber daydreams.
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