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‘Fading Away’ was one of those tunes that was always on the verge of breaking out of rehearsals into the live set or onto an EP, but never quite got there, although we worked on it off and on for a while. I think I rewrote the lyrics at least twice — it was called ‘Remember The Day’ for a while. One of the bonuses of using old school four-track technology was being able to flip the tape and run the track backwards for the kind of weird effects we have here.
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Out in the dark, the people await
The turn of the tide that will
Wash up their fate
When it comes
They’ve been waiting so long

Night after night we wait for the prize
And we can’t take off but
The time how it flies
When it’s gone
We’ve been waiting so long

But don’t give up your dreams
Don’t you trade them for gold
’Cause those liars you meet
Yeah they’re all bought and sold
And their hopes and their hearts
Are the price that they pay
And they’ll hold you down
Push you round
Tell you you’re fading away
You’re fading away

Out in the dark, the people will dance
And wait for the tide that will
Wash up their chance when it comes
We've been waiting so long

Out in the dark, the people await
The turn of the tide that will
Wash up our fate on the shore
We won’t wait anymore

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from Early Doors: Archive Recordings, released July 26, 2022

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Echotone London, UK

"Empathetic alt folk" - TIME OUT

"Layers of harmony and incisive arrangement squeezed into perfectly crafted songs" - PANIC MAGAZINE

"They have plenty of influences - country, folk, indie - but the overall effect is of a wonderfully fresh sound" - ROMFORD RECORDER
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