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Thought You Knew

by Snowpoet

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You asked me to close my eyes; to keep my feet firmly on the ground. To visualise my past through a person - that I still loved. You said, please recall the first time that you felt you’d be together. I knew at that moment as my tears flowed: my longing. Under the tree as our sun rose, heads and hearts aligned. Reading aloud to each other the mysteries of the East. Everybody knows this, everybody knows. (I knew then oh that was it. I knew then) Everybody knows this. Everybody knows. You asked me what I would say to the young girl living inside of me. As a child again, I spoke to myself and I told her it’s going to be OK.
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Water Baby 03:23
Sound, air, moon, stars. Light changing from afar. Am I to you, what seems to be a melancholic mystery. What was is not, if fact, I find That only time will heal my mind. The sound that comes in through the trees: that’s distance heard between the leaves. My focus shifts and what remains are tall firm oaks in passing lanes.
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Love Again 07:10
You always wanted to spend the summer months Here among the city’s parks The strangers. Smiles are easy at this time, The passers by feeling connections they crave in darker times. Can I trace the hours spent? Can I recall the moments I repent? Can I trace the feelings lost? Can I forget you at all costs? We can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again. We can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again. Returning East, the evening surrenders to the beauty, the focus of something new. Scared of losing what I once had, Hoping that beauty that focus will see me through. We can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again. We can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again we can love again.
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Dear Someone 02:21
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Snow 02:25
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Pixel 04:40
The end was in the beginning and yet we went on; that must mean that our path has always been known. This time in my life, this searching for what is real. Holding on to what I love, what I could only feel. O the only cure for my pain is finding moments of solace. Walking without you, I hear that you’re close. Hold me in darkness, my heart’s in repose. Longing for moments, I hope this feels right. Knowing I know when the time comes at night. O the only cure for my pain is finding moments of solace. Walking without you, I hear that you’re close. Hold me in darkness, my love’s in repose. Longing for moments, I hope this feels right. Knowing I know when the time comes at night.
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Two Of Cups 02:51
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Would I go back? ask me would I go through all this again to be where I am now? go on, ask me…and all this wading through and lots of memories and emotions and feelings again to be where I am now? yes: yes would be the answer - hole-heartedly and heartwrenchingly and yes would I move through all this wading and through this loft of emotions to understand how I feel now - this process of rationalisation and intellectualising of thought and remember she said feelings are facts….okay? and stop writing and stop making sense of it all; you never know anyway and you never stop using and that word is… picture yourself walking through this alone; where it leaves you is an unknown destination - I never really had a sense of direction anyway so ammm what am I saying? i am saying I believe in love and I’m saying I believe in solitude, I’m saying I believe in the newness of the self, of the regeneration of this body and mind - the regeneration of… (I believe in pain, also how cathartic the process is - I believe in sadness and desolation because what comes out is the truth) i’ve been trying to separate my head and my heart; I’m constantly failing but I’m failing better and what’s next and come on show me, and show me, show me: let me show myself it’s more like…with it! - this, this is the visceral part coming out.
10.
Another Step 02:33
I have another step to take, probably many more in this life. It’s been edging closer And now I’m able to see. I needed to know how you feel and if you’d agree on eternity with me. I have another step to take; to register new feelings that I must make. No more deciding, no more overriding. It’s like we’ve always known how this would go.

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Thought You Knew is the second album from Snowpoet, the London based band led by Jazz FM Vocalist of the Year (2016) Lauren Kinsella and composer and multi-instrumentalist Chris Hyson. Born out of a deep musical friendship and mutual understanding, Snowpoet’s acclaimed eponymous debut released in 2016 won rave reviews and a devoted audience with its compelling sound, drawing comparisons with Bjork.

With Thought You Knew the musical collaboration and sound takes a big step up in terms of production, musical ideas and execution. Blending sweet hook-laden vocal lines with warm and lush arrangements, the music is infectious, delicate and tasteful. The sound is clear and beautifully produced while the lyrical content exhibits a deep and raw emotion.

The self-penned tunes confirm Lauren and Chris’ growing sense of identity as a writing partnership, a progression that’s evident in the confidence with which they approach the two covers on the album - ‘Dear Someone’ by Gillian Welch and ‘Snow’ by Emilíana Torrini. Lauren demonstrates her ability to inhabit the world of a sophisticated singer-songwriter exemplified by these two heroines.

Featuring saxophonist Josh Arcoleo, guitarist Nick Costley-White, Matt Robinson on piano and Dave Hamblett on drums Snowpoet has produced an album of songs from a full-spectrum colour palette sustained and illuminated by supreme levels of musicianship.

With a new home at Edition Records Snowpoet is set to reach new heights, and is on the verge of building an extensive international following and profile confirming its reputation as one of the most interesting and vibrant vocal led ensembles in the UK today.

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released February 9, 2018

All music by Snowpoet and lyrics by Lauren Kinsella except ‘Dear Someone’ by Gillian Welch and ‘Snow’ by Emilíana Torrini

Lauren Kinsella - Vocals, Backing Vocals, Lyrics
Chris Hyson - Electric Bass, Double Bass, Piano, Synths
Nicholas Costley-White - Acoustic Guitar
Matthew Robinson - Piano
Dave Hamblett - Drums
Josh Arcoleo - Saxophone

Additional musicians:
Alice Zawadski - Violin
Francesca Ter-Berg - Cello
Lloyd Haines - Drums and Percussion on tracks 1,2 and 7

Produced by Chris Hyson
Executive Producer: Dave Stapleton

Recorded by Alex Killpartrick at Fieldgate Studio, Cardiff in January 2017
Mixed by Alex Killpartrick
Mastered by Mandy Parnell at Black Saloon Studios, in November 2017

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Born out of deep a musical friendship and a mutual understanding, their acclaimed eponymous debut Snowpoet won rave reviews and a devoted audience for their compelling sound, drawing comparisons with Björk

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