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Waiting For The Leaves

by Nic Evennett

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idematoa Une invitation musicale au pays des songes Favorite track: Birds.
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lornalil Simultaneously soothing and inspiring, this record is one I play at least once a day. It’s gorgeous. Poetic and timeless, Nic’s yearning lyrics are a beautiful match for her liltingly lovely vocals. A story and a journey both. Favorite track: Broken Boat.
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Frank Birtwistle Beautiful album - everyone needs to hear it 🙂 Favorite track: Windmills.
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stuboy1905 I heard the track Glow on Skylab DAB radio UK , and it's like one of those rare moments where you scramble around trying to find who it is , thanks to the scrolling info on DAB , then I heard Waiting for the Leaves and when those strings 🎻 kick in ♥️ hooked Favorite track: Waiting for the Leaves.
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    The end: listen to the bird song, kick through the leaves... you might find something hidden under them.

    Other bonus things - Two photographic prints (files only) : 'Waiting for the Leaves' and 'Broken Boat', plus promotional images (included in the digital download).
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1.
Birds 05:23
I don't live here for you to know me And you don't know me at all. Your careless waves make eager stories - Can't fight the waterfall. I've laid with every constellation And dreamt of empty words. Don't care for airless conversation, Only the warmth of birds. Where every song has meaning, Like lilies on the tongue In lilac mouths, daydreaming - No ugly note is sung. For you, for me, a place of mending And never-failing words, Where trees hold us to stop us bending And all our friends are birds.
2.
Silently 05:05
You walk so silently, I barely hear you... I swallowed your stillness, Dusk painted my face With gentlest rapture, Remembered embrace. From lost to unlost, Here to unhere. Only the momentary. Only this without name. Only you. I will be, always, silently.
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Fanfare on the fire, Patience burned by thieves, Soil would never keep you here Waiting for the leaves. Meanwhile they're the reason, Teach the world to breathe. And I fold down to nothing, Here beneath the trees.
4.
Here comes the beautiful, Here comes my all alone, Here comes the sanctimonious, Here comes my long way home. I'm holding verses glowing In rivers under my feet. You're holding but he's going. It's crashing all the way down, Lights flashing blue, all the way down There's nothing left here now, all the way down. We are extraordinary. We are what we most fear. We are just fragmentary. We are, we're only, sightseers. Every one of you do something! Every one of you say something! Every one of you mean something! There goes the beautiful, There goes my all alone There goes your sanctimony They walked me all the long way home.
5.
Strange Wild 02:35
We're going through some strange wild, We're crawling on our hands and our feet, And they're coming for us! Oooo, can you hear my heart beat? --- Engines sulking, suits sleep-walking, Where were you while I was talking? Pockets fatten, flower flatten, What's the worst thing that could happen? Chorus Kind's in hiding, love's deciding... Careful there, your mask is sliding... Words have seeded, most unneeded. I will weed if weeding's needed. Chorus.
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Windmills 06:16
Softly on the wire, One place left to go. Quavers dressed in feathers Pierce the afterglow. The one who stays to hear them Echos when they sing, And trades in all my angels For one pearly wing. And all the weary branches said You don't know. So arms of blue and scarlet Wrapped around my everything And turned me indigo They say I tilt at windmills: I see everything, But they refuse to listen. Out while I'm within. And so the cold moon whispered, Cool hush through the hue, And soothed my fiery burden - No flames left for you. And all the weary branches Said,you don't know. So arms of blue and scarlet Wrapped around my everything And turned me indigo. They say I tilt at windmills. I see everything.
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Only you choose what it steals, On days like these. When the sun echos bright on glass of blues, And we shield our eyes just to watch our shoes Make a canvas of the frost. And memories leak like oil on water. We love the son, we love the daughter, always, still. With this winter on the ground. The blessings of the good we find On days like these. When a tear is caught by a hand unknown. With the years gone by just a stepping stone To a dawn on the other side. And memories leak like oil on water. We love the son, we love the daughter, always, still. With this winter on the ground. The night-time's cloak is swift and cold, On days like these, As we lose little birds who have taken flight. But the sun makes a promise of stronger light, In which they may return. And memories leak like oil on water. We love the son, we love the daughter, always, still. With this winter on the ground.
8.
Glow 04:39
Until you stand on soil and stand in sky, Until you've heard the centuries cry, Don't wear the crown and tell me you are wise, Don't be a careless passerby. Don't be a careless passerby. Under a brief red sky we're possible, Like aged leaves spinning for the sun, Then leaning tired against the mossy wall - We have to dance for everyone. We have to dance for everyone. Glow. Light the fields and walk me home. Glow.
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Broken Boat 03:56
The whistle of wind at my side, And the rise of waves and the fall of my pride, I will lay me down on this salty petticoat And listen to the secrets of this broken boat. The weathered masks of glory and time, And the bells and the calls of the harbour shall be mine. I will sing my stories from soldiers of the sea, And this fading little boat will comfort me. The wind blew our hands clean And our stories through the gaps between. The water made us thirsty still For all the things that could be real. "But words are free", You said to me, Then vanished from sight. You float with me, you float with me.
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Goodness knows where goodness sleeps, Bending from the hours it keeps, All the good that weaved through you Woke up into something new. All that nothing is everything... Wear the farewells on my skin. Feed me like the morning sun Bleeding light on everyone. Line my lips with reasons why, Remedy and beautify. Place your heart in this naked sound, Rest your head where its clothes are found. Plant your feet on this wavering, Oh, rest your head where the raindrops sing... Feed me like the morning sun Bleeding light on everyone.

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Waiting For The Leaves is the first album from Nic Evennett. Returning to her folk roots somewhat, this is a journey through land to sea, from dawn through to dusk, encountering a little chaos along the way. This album explores our relationship with nature, how we seek solace in it, and the messages nature gives us that we are either listening to or choosing to ignore.

Nic is incredibly fortunate to be joined by three amazing musicians; the guitarist Richard Brewer, brass player Jon Read, and fiddle player Matt Steady, who have each brought their own magic to this album.

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❁ A massive thank you to Richard, Jon, Matt, and Adam, for all your hard work and energy. I am truly grateful for all you have done. Heaps of love your way. x N

❁ You can find Matt over here: mattsteady.com

❁ You can find Jon's work with Project Blackbird here:
projectblackbird.band

❁ Richard, as well as doing this, is a fantastic photographer, and you can find his work here:
richbrew-dailygrind.blogspot.com

❁ Adam is brilliant and put up with me with professionalism, kindness, and good grace. He works here:
www.deadlinestudios.co.uk

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I'm delighted to say that a little part of the track Broken Boat was used in episode one of the new series of BBC's Gone Fishing, with Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer, which airs 23rd August 2020. This is largely thanks to wonderful editor Doug Bryson. So much love to Doug and the GF team for letting me be a tiny part of something so amazing.

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❁ Purchasing My Tracks ❁

I have always worked on a pay-what-you-can-afford basis, and though ummed and ahhed this time (it's an expensive business, this album lark, you know...), I decided I would like to continue to do so. It feels right for me, and I hope those of you finding recent events a bit of a financial struggle can buy without worrying so much. And if you have bought previous versions of any of the tracks featured here, please take what you paid out of the pot and have a new shinier version. The physical copy also works that way, but Bandcamp don't like you putting a '0' in the box. I've therefore priced at the lowest amount, but please pay what you think is right. Please read more about sending CDs in the CD section.


❁ Various merchandise will also be available very shortly.

credits

released August 23, 2020

❁ Word, Music, & Images © Nic Evennett 2020

❁ 'Glow' - improvisation by Richard Brewer - Guitar
❁ 'Windmills' - improvisation by Jon Read - Flugelhorn
❁ 'Silently' and 'Waiting for the Leaves' - improvisation by Matt Steady -
Violin/Viola.
❁ All other instrumentation by Nic.
❁ Cover, CD, and booklet design, by Nic.
❁ Photography by Nic.

All rights reserved.

❁ Mixed and Mastered by Adam Ellis, Deadline Studios.
www.deadlinestudios.co.uk

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Nic Evennett UK

Singer-songwriter from Kent, UK.

"Nic Evennett casually takes flight into the kind of harmonic territory that leaves other songwriters standing."
Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music.

"Evennett’s voice is a delicate mystery, warm and lustrous, yet fragile and crystalline – a bewitching blend of Kate Bush and Linda Perhacs, surrounded by dolorous, reverb-drenched piano..."
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