'Travels from your armchair' is the first album by The Bookshop Band. It contains all the songs written for Season One of the author events at Mr Bs Emporium of Reading Delights. The songs were all inspired by folk tales from around the world.
The limited edition bespoke case is designed by the band, is numbered, and printed on an old letterpress in Oxford.
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Probably the most well know mythological being in Brazil is Saci Pererê. When anything goes wrong, people would blame Saci. If you cant find your keys, it’s because Saci has hidden them, if you step on a pin, it’s because Saci has placed it there. An incorrigible prankster, Saci will not cause major harm, but there is no ‘little’ harm that he won't do. You can spot Saci easily as he has one leg, wears a red cap, smokes a pipe and travels around in a dust devil. We took as our inspiration all the collective worst moments from all the dates we have ever been on. It was all Saci’s fault, obviously.
This song was written for when James Scudamore came into Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights to talk about his book Heliopolis on BRAZIL night.
lyrics
Open my eyes, the sun was high and bright, blue skies.
I should’ve been up at least three hours ago. Clock broke, no way to tell the time,
New socks to make me feel alright. I ran to the bus only to see it fly by.
How could the day get any worse?
As I stand by the roadside, I walk home, I get in the car,
Wouldn’t start, put the choke on, cover my neighbour in the smoke from...
Only to see the garden gate wide open, and the hutch door high,
As the floor is torn up by hens running loose in the street,
As the dust twists and writhes, up to the sky.
Oh Saci Pererê, Oh Saci! Oh Saci Pererê, Oh Saci!
Finally got into town, I was late, you were soaked. You had to wait in the rain.
We rushed to the play I had tickets for, too late, again.
Stopped to warm up, got some coffee and cake,
As I went to pay my coins fell everywhere, I swear we didn’t find them all.
It’s not how I pictured us on the floor, on our hands and knees,
Searching for pennies that we couldn’t see. You had to pay, oh what a day!
Oh Saci Pererê, Oh Saci! Oh Saci Pererê, Oh Saci!
You caught your train, I drove home in the rain.
Put my hand in my pocket for my house keys,
Found a piece of paper had been slipped inside.
I couldn’t believe, after such a bad day, you’d left a note, what will it say?
Oh but the ink had run, your note was gone.
Oh Saci Pererê, Oh Saci! Oh Saci Pererê, Oh Saci!
credits
from Travels from your armchair,
released December 1, 2011
Written and performed by The Bookshop Band
Mixed by Marco Migliari
The Bookshop Band write songs inspired by books and play them in bookshops. They started as a collaboration between a group
of musicians in Bath and their local independent bookshop, Mr B's Emporium. Now they are about to go on tour, sponsored by Vintage Books and Independent Booksellers Week, around other bookshops and lit fests. Catch them if you can. Details at www.thebookshopband.co.uk...more
a large chunk of the album resonates with me, love for the hills, mountains, coastline and particularly the north of Britain. Delivered with a wonderful voice and wonderful accompanying music. We found Iona by mistake on a search, so glad we did! scotch_single_malt
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