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    NINE new albums of book-inspired songs by The Bookshop Band housed in two bespoke boxes.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Complete Works (Years 2 - 6) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Inspired by New Finnish Grammar, by Diego Marani.

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All these names have sailed from my shore Though their shapes remain,
I don’t know them anymore
And I am a oat, on a great sea In a boat, veiled from reality
And I slowly learn to see
With these hands, I’ve found with this body And these eyes, they give away what’s inside Through a desperate stare of fear and hope And my situation broke, in my mind
Like a wave upon a new shore
These waters had been still before...
But now it crashes down, rolling in, a huge wave, rushing toward...
My life, my hands gripped tight, I try As I watch it slip, like liquid, Through my ngers
But I am listening carefully,
Through my body, to this sea
And I am a oat, on a great sea In a boat, veiled from reality
Unknown sounds, echo emptily In my mouth, But I cant repeat A transitory feat,
As they slip back down beneath But I drag each word,
Back to the surface to be heard...
Still distorted by my sodden swollen tongue But I’ll repeat these sounds,
Until a form is found...
And I am a oat, on a great sea, in a boat.

credits

from The Complete Works (Years 2 - 6), released May 5, 2017
Poppy Pitt - vocals, ukulele. Beth Porter - cello, vocals. Ben Please - nylon guitar, vocals. Emma Hooper - viola. Sue Lord - violin. Ian Vorley - violin. James Watts - oboe.

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The Bookshop Band Bath, UK

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

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