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Ebb and Flow
02:52
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Faintly But Surely
05:26
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The spring is felt before it’s seen and welcomed in,
A sniff of sweetness, yes the soil is stirring.
Faintly but surely, faintly but surely, skin sensed, skin sensed.
Faintly but surely, faintly but surely change will come, change will come.
The end of January the Redwing flock to leave,
With no last words, unseen, unheard, so early.
There’s new life and new death, new endings, new loss.
Stay with it, stay with it, change is coming, change is coming.
At first a burst of colour, almost alarming.
My body knows before my brain the timing.
Faintly but surely, faintly but surely, skin sensed, skin sensed.
Faintly but surely, faintly but surely change will come, change will come.
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The 7:42am
05:06
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Another morning on platform 6,
The seven forty two, clock ticks,
The ending of an April squall, clouds rained out.
Perching on a plastic chair, breezy in the chill morning air,
Electronic doors opening and the dam breaks.
And it’s flowing,
Over,
Flooding,
Over.
Several hundred legs striding past,
A variety of shoes, trousers, bags,
Everyone in such a rush, or caught in the rush.
Slowing to a trickle now,
Stragglers are day tripping out,
Finally one last drop, tap drip of a man.
And it’s flowing,
Over,
Flooding,
Over.
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The First Swifts
03:06
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A flash, it happens fast,
No time to react,
Three swifts screaming past above me.
I catch a streak of black
And strange how my brain, untrained,
Can’t place it in this time and space.
In this time and space.
A chase, throwing shapes,
Remain watching the game they play,
Forget about the world around me.
This year’s first to appear,
This sound, a joy to hear,
A perch and their search for home ends at my own,
Their search for home ends at my own.
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James Dey Leeds, UK
James is based in Leeds, England, where he finds inspiration in birds, trees, overheard conversations and nostalgic
longings. The music is all hushed beauty, telling small stories of seemingly unremarkable things.
2022 will see the release of new album ‘Tongues in Trees’, drawn from James' theatre soundtracks.
“Beautiful, exploratory, gorgeous songwriting…I love it” - Guy Garvey, BBC 6 Music.
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James Dey recommends:
Carrie & Lowell
by Sufjan Stevens
One of my favourite records of the last decade, full of beauty, sadness, honesty.
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I love Joe's relaxed singing style and gorgeous guitar work, really wonderful songwriter.
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featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 5, 2016
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Spencer's indie folk sophomore album was recorded live in the studio over the course of two days.
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