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Songs of Joy and Rhythm

by The Baroque

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1.
I fucked this up immensely You move me to tears, unpatterns emerged To no great surprise You've started to resent me But stay put-in tight and I'll see you tonight In Groucho Marx disguise Call it a comeback/something Call it and comb it for hours on end Remind me how carelessness'n' arrogance tours And I'll remind you who's your friend Sunshine on grief Don't even try To make it impossible Just make it hard Sunshine on grief Bring about lies And make it impossible To keep or discard Make it harrrrrrrd I'm breaking down, console me I've made like a fire and left you ablaze To shout at the walls And I've fucked this up, control me And make use of mind to tell me I'm right In cubicle stalls Call it a coin toss, untoss me asleep I meant nothing by it but meaning is meek Remind me to fend 'self and not be a sheep And I'll remind you you're a freak
2.
Cloisters 04:35
'What are those pillars called?' - they're cloisters You used to do everything and more to me, then leave I just sit around constantly and argue Now I pretend that I don't What about piece of mind and virtue? What about everything I got from being free? Well it's all in a day's work, it's all in the past Well you've broken the day in, I'm just breaking my fast Tear down the cloisters and start anew I've got this feeling it'll all fall through Tear down the cloisters and start anew Armed only with theories and brand new shoes When my heart was in lockdown, I tried to reduce And fell joylessly into the arms of make-do I didn't just not want that, I craved it And the cloisters stayed up 'What are those pillars called?' - they're cloisters I thought about everything you said to me and felt blessed Well it's all in a day's work, it's all in the past Well you've broken the day in, I'm just breaking my fast Tear down the cloisters and start anew I've got this feeling it'll all fall through Tear down the cloisters and start anew This settling panic will rip right through With the weight of these days and the lack of a master You make me feel like someone turned me off and on again 'Til these cloisters come down ...and so my civilised mind, it comes in all these sizes. This love was compromised; these cloisters built for prizes. Adjust me all my minds. I'll live indoors 'til the end of time (it's a finish line). Even cloisters succumb to time.
3.
My teeth are bared, my head is full Of all these eggshell whims of mine Get on the carving side, I'm through My aim is abysmal, never true I made a lonesome crowded mess of things Do the old one-two, do the time warp tired Go back when we were breathing fire Back when we were breathing fire Back when I accepted bribes.
4.
L&N 05:13
A growth spurt in getting mature I want these days to expand like they used to The weather was HOTTER then, and I wore that suit I took it off when we got introduced No-Man's-Land conversations, they weren't a thing Stockpiling/bridging ways to see you In that summer light, the Light in Your Name We went out for days and went out and went out again I just wanted you y'see, latest catastrophe or what?! Would you stay? Never in photographs, committed to lay on grass I made a pact with my former self That L is for leaving and N is for not coming back I'm dancing and I hate to dance My brain feels on fire and my suits on too tight I wasn't clear with you, and I felt you leave A moment of silence and quiet bereave Oh I'm MILES away And I'm just the same All held up and screwed up and badly erased But doing OK, doing alright I just wanted you y'see, latest catastrophe or what?! Would you stay? Never in photographs, committed to lay on grass I made a pact with my former self That L is for leaving and N is for not coming back You're not coming back.
5.
The first one to arrive/last one to leave is me The mess I've made a perilous pile On the scene, kept barely clean, I see Winey scowls and Red Stripe smiles Are these walls solid stone? Could we get out if a fire broke out STOP. I'm alright 'til I Vomit in the petunias, vomit where it ought to go (Half my heart on a plate) And if decadence sounds rewarding, it's only cos I make it so So how many times do I need to see how all DJs just sound the same? And how many times will I drink to excess with over-dark mind frames? How many times indeed? Where does this mind set lead?! I'm fucked if I know! Vomit in the petunias, make a vomit-filled misshapen you I'm in sight of my best behaviour but I only want my shouldn't-dos (I drink more bright eyed) I don't want to lose you Last night I wasn't who I am Just like the least time Felt I forced to many laughs And forged an altogether different path I know what I mean I'm not sure that you do though I fear I might lose you.
6.
Refugio 01:08
7.
Song of Joy 02:31
Well you said you were contemporary (Though I'm not sure what that means) And you said you were an item of lust Well one of those choices resonates And it's the one about sex A song of joy's the only song you'll get And the only time for servicing has been and went You look art me with fucked-up eyes And lead me back to bed The strangers gone replaced with something well read Well you said you weren't musical (And I'm not sure how that feels cos I'm socially obnoxious and inept) And it's pretty far in my my mind's car I'm mentally complex A song of joy's the only song I get And the only time is time enough to leave You clear my mind like valium (Or at least what valium'd feel like) The stranger's gone replaced with real great dislike Well I've songs of joy and rhythm But I can't believe you'd feel like love The stranger's gone, this song's gone on enough.
8.
Tonight's the night, for living on the edge Though living on the edge is a means to an end I've had a fight notwithstanding fists Though if I did, I think I'd wither and bend Wither/bend for all my doubting friends Who go all the way around you Lessen grip and let the feelings come thick and fast And all the way around you The subtle art of getting through the day All is purposeless, it doesn't mean anything Another fight, this one halving fists I've taken them, and I've taken too much I'm hellbent now for all my heaven sends Cos I've no heaven-sense I'm all the way around you Simmer down and let the debt accrue I'd spend it all the way around you It's what it is now. I'll carry this down. Surrounding thoughts all fall away. I'm left with familiar blurry sounds. 'Aren't you proud? A quarter way to six figures, and all the free time in the world?' It only grows.
9.
Barbarian 05:36
I've fallen In typical Barbarian fashion I know I'm about But I don't know me I'm calling But I know (in Barbarian fashion) I've taken you out You don't want to know me
10.
Here's my song of rhythm Ironically named March on tomorrow It's just a new day It's just a new series of reasons why Turn on your torches And start a gentle sway But I'm not on stage yet (Anxiety caves) My head is held high and shouldn't be yet I've all these perfectly formed memories I'll forget I know where I'm going. I know where I've been, but I don't know where I am. I know it might not seem the best but I know in my head it is. When rhythm leaves you adrift I just say: 'Well, hide me away' It's either that or I'l stay And no one needs a metaphor To live with them forever more I know who I am and know where I'm going but I know I'd give myself a solid four Cos I'm not in Kansas anymore.
11.
It's hard to say that I'm feeling distant All of the water that fell, it fell for reasons It's close to call but I'd say it's Christmas That takes the life out of me - it left me breathless And I know I'm damaged sometimes And I come and go for days But I will try and overcome -- From umbilical break to funeral wake And nothing makes me feel mostly alive Than being the fuck-up I am I'm struggling/I'm pulling through It's us and them/It's me and you When I was weak and now that I'm strong The Colour and Love has stayed the same All along

credits

released June 16, 2017

Music and lyrics by Gavin Murchie.
Recorded at Villa del Refugio between November 2016 and May 2017, with the exception of 'Barbarian', most of which was recorded at Alison House, Edinburgh in September 2014.
Grand piano on 'All the Way Around You' was recorded at the Reid Hall of Music in Edinburgh.
Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered(?) by Gavin Murchie.
Acoustic drums on 'Sunshine on Grief', 'Cloisters', 'Breathing Fire', 'Vomit in the Petunias' and 'Song of Joy' written performed by Robert Irving.

Special thanks go to Bob for his unbelievable talent and his never-dwindling ability to give my squalid, damp songs that bit of extra oomph and rhythm (wheeey).

Thanks also, in no particular order, to:
My parents and my family for their constant support and love. Andy for his nearly 25 years of friendship and support in all I do. Big Jimmy Wright, the boy which I drink huge bags of cans with, and talk about music n everything else. Laura, because for all her bamming up, she's kept me sane and very very happy for the best part of a year. Niamh, Jak, CQ, Smel, Lucy, Tanya and the rest of the fuckin uni squad for their never-ceasing friendship, the rips and the love, even though we only see each other now and then. And lastly to everyone who's ever considered me a pal, thank you for everything.

And you, for listening.

The Baroque is Gavin Murchie.

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