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Holocene Shift

by Still Forever

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1.
Perfect 03:20
Must be nice Perfect marriage perfect life Two kids white fence around your eyes Read the news believe the lies Must be madness Perfect sadness Wake up, wage slave Do it again the next day
2.
Underdose 02:37
It’s not a nightmare not a sign No premonitions but in all your dreams I’m dead Happy to know so happy you know so happy to go Away away away, go away. In my dream you told me To keep my secrets sealed In my dream you warned me That dreams are never real I waited for you the longest time Asleep I cried Asleep I died I waited in my dreams for you The longest time Neither dead nor alive In my dream you told me To keep my secrets sealed In my dream you warned me That dreams are never real Is your smiling fooling anyone Never let it go fade away it’s all so clear I see you see through see through all your fear You and me are you just me am I just you? In my dream you told me To keep my secrets sealed In my dream you warned me That dreams are never real Oh, that dreams are never real In my dream you warned me that dreams are never real
3.
Abrupt silence in the freezing air She’s broken Open Sharpened teeth and vertigo Smiles like torn flesh Blood and bone You’re gone You’re gone Stark pale flesh glow bright in the nightmares of ghosts on the streets prowling wolves bite eyes wide open wounds closed mind searching for the light Abrupt silence in the freezing air She’s broken Open Sharpened teeth and vertigo Smiles like torn flesh Blood and bone You’re gone You’re gone Smoke signals fire on the streets She’s nowhere to be seen
4.
Comes Alive 04:32
An infection of perception at the mercy of pure apathy It's a curse, it's a lie It haunts you all your lives it's a curse it's a dream You can scream, if you like Continuously in motion I experience no emotion Continuously in motion I experience no emotion Continuously in motion I experience no emotion Continuously in motion I experience no emotion When it comes alive When it comes alive When it comes alive
5.
A certain pain of mind A quiet break from screaming inside And I wonder how I’d be right now If I’d never laid eyes on you A decade under shade Black dog chasing every step Ten years fade memories But I still remember your face What we said what we said Is better left unsaid Is better left unsaid Back then What we said what we said Is better left unsaid Back then Faceless heartless blind The days pass slower when you’re dead inside And I wonder where we’d be right now If you’d only fucking stayed A decade under shade Black dog chasing every step Ten years fade memories But I still remember your face What we said what we said Is better left unsaid Is better left unsaid Back then What we said what we said Is better left unsaid Back then
6.
Smoke 03:21
Smoke will clear Mirrors shatter Masks slide off of fragile faces What lies beneath us barely matters Lost in thought without a trace Screaming colours break the glass Beneath the pillow breathing slow It lasts forever, time will pass We'll never see, we'll only know You have to understand She's doing it all for you How can you fail to see She's already fallen through The gaps that you made The doorways left ajar How could you ever lead her here Why did you ever let her get this far
7.
A year of silence I can hear you in chains I cannot speak You do not know my name Into the blackness Into the void Outside in the garden Reality destroyed And can you hear it? Can you hear it sing to you? And can you hear the noise of the Great beyond As the sirens scream And the wires burn When you’re gone Saving face behind a kiss Out of place in a space like this A year of silence I can hear you in chains I cannot speak You don’t know my name Into the blackness Into the void Outside in the garden Reality destroyed And can you hear it? Can you hear it sing to you? And can you hear the noise of the Great beyond As the sirens scream And the wires burn……….. And can you hear it? Can you hear it sing to you? And can you hear the noise of the Great beyond As the sirens scream And the wires burn When you’re gone A year of silence I can hear you in chains I cannot speak You don’t know my name And can you hear it? Can you hear it sing to you? And can you hear the noise of the Great beyond As the sirens scream And the wires burn When you’re gone
8.
Blood of our daughters Blood of our sons Wasted lives and loaded guns One million souls lost every day Broken hearts are up for trade What we are feeling What we left behind See it fade and see it die No basis for epiphany
9.
Wait 04:20
Walking on the wire Turned to stone - dust - ash Playing with fire But it’s you who’s gonna burn Crossing the lines Push the boundaries out Just because you love me Doesn’t mean I won’t do it Will you wait for the understanding Will you wait for the final ending I never wanted to hurt you But it doesn’t mean I won’t Pools of dark blue fire Lies dressed up in everything You think I want to hear I’m not afraid I know the truth And I can play this game too Will you wait for the understanding Will you wait for the final ending I never wanted to hurt you But it doesn’t mean I won’t
10.
I dreamed about you Last night and every night Drank the memories like wine From the depths of my mind, I’m spiralling I’m spiralling down, Below the line Below the… Pulling me down, you’re pulling me down Pull me underwater and let me drown Pulling me down, you’re pulling me down Pull me underwater and let me drown I dreamed about you Last night and every night Drank the memories like wine From the depths of my mind, I’m spiralling I’m spiralling down, Below the line… I dreamed about you Last night and every night Drank the memories like wine From the depths of my mind, I’m spiralling I’m spiralling down, Below the line Below the… Pulling me down, you’re pulling me down Pull me underwater and let me drown Pulling me down, you’re pulling me down Pull me underwater and let me drown with you Pull me underwater Pull me underwater Pull me underwater and let me drown with you
11.
I'd miss the stars She said This far into city lights The sight of the skies The glow from what lies What lies I'd miss the stars I'd miss the stars I'd miss the stars I'd miss the stars Beneath above and all around An unfamiliar sound The crash Of memories I've yet to make I'd miss the stars
12.
There could have been a thousand ways this went I wish it hadn't been this one But I'm leaving tonight Can't take another fight And I'm sorry but I need to forget you now But here we are And you don't even know it I can't allow myself to feel like this A path to ruination

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Manchester producer-performer Still Forever releases their second studio album, Holocene Shift, packing a twelve track punch of electro-gothic delight.

Extracting influences from sources as varied as Massive Attack, Bauhaus, Linea Aspera, Gazelle Twin and Fever Ray (to name only a few), Still Forever distils inspiration into her own unique sound, driven by a relentless urge to experiment, advance, evolve.

Following 2019’s debut Atemporal, Holocene Shift builds on a developing sound, unafraid to experiment in the name of evolution. Written and recorded with one foot in Catterick, and one foot in Manchester, the album is a soundtrack to over a year of repetitive travel, difficult decisions, hard work, and life changes.

From the stripped down simplicity of Perfect, through the almost trip-hop feel of Blood and Bone, to the lush layers of Beautiful Impossible, this album has been both an education and an adventure in the making.

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released March 27, 2020

Written, produced, performed and mixed by Amy Griffiths
Mastered by David Fox

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Elements of eighties post-punk, electro-indie, synthesised soundscape and modern gothic, overlaid with atmospheric, bipolar vocals.

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