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Folk Romantic

by Sainthill

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1.
Oh My Ghost 04:45
I found my ghost Up on my old walking track Used to sit up there with a book And work on my plan of attack He looked young and scared At least he did to me It was likely I was seeing things The spectre taking on my fears My ghost Oh my ghost Left the track and went back to town Would my old haunts be at all sublime? They just confirmed that life moves along Nostalgia buried in the soil of time Now I’m a spirit in the night Hollowed of love, of craft So I push the flesh of fingers To write as the day goes dark My ghost Oh my ghost
2.
Johnny & Joe 03:57
Joe and Johnny for twenty-three years Had a semblance of a partnership On their anniversary, Johnny’s gift: A gold ring with topaz and a tiny chip Joe he said "If anybody messes with Johnny I’ll turn around and then I’ll tell ‘em they’re done" Then the landlord came over ranting and raving And he was scared that she’d won Johnny got in her face with the papers she wanted But then she fell back against the wall She broke her leg somehow, and now Johnny and Joe would meet their downfall Joe looked on as Johnny kept her quiet And caressed his topaz and gold They’d lay low at the motel for a time And watch each other grow A tale of woe? Not so, not so Johnny and Joe Blow by blow
3.
We drove, we drove, deserted roads Feared the night would vanish I had to wait in the car while you got your stuff And your wary neighbour eyed me You came back in tears and said “Let’s go” We went to a motel Blocks away, a holiday You looked good in the nude A couple of tattoos And the air was cool You didn’t want me to stop I brushed away a teardrop We passed out in a knot And a picture of a bear on the wall A picture of a bear on the wall A picture of a bear on the wall looked on A picture of a bear looked on
4.
Alice, I want you Alice I want you unless You don’t want me Alice, I dreamed about you And the world was blue You had the face of another Alice, everything’s a damn mess And I can’t sleep unless You’re here with me Alice, you’re in a rock band And I was staring at The other girl Alice, you told me her name That night she almost came In the blue dream like you had Alice, I want you Alice I want you unless You don’t want me
5.
Swamp Song 04:16
The close heat reminded me Of pulled shutters in New Orleans Of ice buckets and the humming dream Beyond the balconies Another life eluding me Ten thousand hours on repeat The dream is Next door Next town There’s more Saw a drunkard punch a mule The driver came on cottonmouth cool And knocked the coward right down to the ground All the while a chorus speaks From gator mouth and egret beak It’s the swamp song hanging in the air The dream is Next door Next town There’s more
6.
You are my good luck charm Hold my hand now keep me from harm If my luck runs dry I’ll come for you by and by When things are grim or unfair (Like when you fell down the stairs) Where was your sway over me? How could you let me just languish at sea? Why won’t you bless me no more? Is it starting to become a bore? Let me ditch my grief, my back rod A prayer of complaint to you, my god Wrote a letter how I felt about you So I’d remember and your mind could chew Does it lay unopened, a stone asleep? Did you read it and laugh, or read it and weep? Good luck, good luck, good luck The lightning lake will keep you thunderstruck
7.
There’s just not time Time enough to take in your sigh I could lay forever in that melody Drink each note like whiskey The view of leaves raining Dark descends on your skyline And I ascend every time Your feat is the play of light Boughs and glades inviting The view of leaves raining
8.
Didn’t seem I could outrun the vision The silent movie of the decision The memory imposed as I woke And hovered in the bathroom air as I soaked It was there when I played the last chord When I knocked off work and walked out the door It was on the horizon as I drove away I gave hope, but no it was there to stay The ground opened up while I was asleep A rift so angry, so sad, so deep A maelstrom wrenched, devastating The wavering dream disintegrated Don’t burn Don’t rage Don’t rave Be away Don’t burn Don’t rage Don’t rave I'm away

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Folk Romantic embraces the many guises of love, loss, and renewal. After two years in the US, Sainthill (aka Tom Larkey) amalgamated his experiences, encounters, and emotions into these songs. Reverberated and sometimes distorted guitar brings an element of shoegaze to otherwise dream pop, indie, and folk arrangements.

Revisiting old haunts to find the nostalgia has gone. A couple who will always look out for each other. A one night stand in a Travel Lodge. A dream girl. An ode to New Orleans. Pressure to be someone’s good luck charm. A love song for a forest. Moving on from a bad time.

Folk (a musical genre, and, people)
Romantic (love and relationships, and, an element of some music from the 80s)

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released May 27, 2018

Tom Larkey: vocals, guitars, bass, synths
David O'Brien: piano
John Lee: drums

Mostly recorded by Tom Larkey at Trinity Lodge
Drum recording by John Lee at Phaedra Studios
Mixed by John Lee at Phaedra Studios
Mastered by Joe Carra at Crystal

Thank you: Alicia, Derz, Tam, Seth, Matty B, KChan, Gen & Sla, Tom & Broz, John, Joe, Annika, Graz, Amelie, Mum & Dad, Melbourne Musos, New Haveners past & present

Cover art: Annika Koops 'Flush' 2017

Hawkmoth records 2018

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Melbourne songwriter Sainthill (aka Tom Larkey) creates dream pop with allusions to indie rock and folk. Tales of outsiders, animals, and landscapes tangle with emotive melodies and soundscapes. Sainthill’s work has been described by critic Marty Jones (Rhythms Magazine) as “intelligent and beautiful music” ... more

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