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Parting Shot (EP)

by Northern Light Exposure

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1.
Parting Shot 05:01
PARTING SHOT Don’t let the feeling of hope Drag you down It’s pulling you down Afraid, I’m not feeling afraid Now you’re not around You are the one who understands This dear life You are the one who understands That after all’s been said and done And what’s left Will soon become a memory And after all’s been said and done And what’s left will soon be gone Gone Fate I’ve been fearing this fate For far too long It’s all gone wrong And hope I don’t belive in this hope Anymore You are the one who understands You are the one tonight You are the one who understands That after all’s been said and done And what’s left will soon become a memory And after all’s been said and done And what’s left will soon be gone Gone Till all is gone, till all is gone Till all is gone, till all is gone Now who will fire The final parting shot Shot Shot Shot
2.
FOR EVERY FLAME How does it feel to fall from grace To lose your favour lose your way Did you burn with ambition Were you the next in line Did your light fade before its time When all the hope inside is lost You must remember That all we love returns to dust When all is gone We don’t always see the way it ends We only know how it begins How it begins All your life you’ve been shaping your legacy Driving you on pushing you on Now all that remains Is the man you can never be Pulling you down it’s bringing you down We don’t always see the way it ends We only know how it begins But for every flame there is a spark That lights our way out of the darkness For every flame For every flame For every flame Every flame For every
3.
Trouble 05:24
TROUBLE Are we inherently the same Just a form of genetics changing shape Born of our parents’ design cut from the same cloth A string of x and y’s But we are not the same despite what they say We have different ways Oh there’s trouble in my heart there’s trouble in my head And all that lies between them Oh it’s written in my blood it’s running through my veins When everything’s against me Where is the thread from which we are spun Were these anomalies pressed in to each of us Flawed right down to our seams But long before the start this human heart Was faulty as could be But watch just what you say there’s history in a name It’s in our DNA Oh there’s trouble in my heart there’s trouble in my head And all that lies between them Oh it’s written in my blood it’s running through my veins When everything’s against me Oh it’s poisoning my mind it’s blackening my name Although we try to fake it Oh there’s trouble in my heart trouble in my soul And there’s no way we can change it There’s trouble in my dreams there’s trouble in my mind There’s trouble in our nature nobody can deny What comes of the future takes with it the past Does history shape us or is it just our curse
4.
Further 05:21
FURTHER We’re alone now, you don’t have to pretend Here’s your moment, here’s your moment You’re further, further, away You’re further, further, away These walls are tumbling down all around me You see the things I fear are those you cannot see You’re further, further, away You’re further, further, away There’s no flies on me, there’s things I need to know There’s roads we shouldn’t go down But we don’t talk about love And there’s no hope without trust So let’s stop building walls when they should be bridges There’s a scar, it’s stitched all around my heart And this pain I’m left to feel Is like the wound from a poisoned dart You’re further, further, away You’re further away There’s no flies on me, there’s things I need to know There’s roads we shouldn’t go down But we don’t talk about love And there’s no hope without trust So let’s stop building walls when they should be bridges We’re still building walls We’re still building walls We’re still building walls We’re still building walls Walls We’re alone now you don’t have to pretend Here’s your moment, here’s you’re moment You’re further, further, away You’re further, further, away

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Recorded at Miloko’s ‘The Pool’ studios, and mixed at Youth’s own Prism Sound studios by Michael Rendall, the EP brings together the powerhouse behind both Echo & the Bunnymen’s ‘Meteorites’ and The Jesus and Mary Chain’s ‘Damage & Joy’ albums. This EP defines the band’s darker sounds, with droning guitars, pulsating synths, thunderous drums, whilst still retaining the icy guitar riffs, glowering basslines and the moody melodic baritone of Glen’s melodies.

Glen explains:”I realised when we were already a good way into making the record that these songs were really about me creating some form of distance from my past and coming to terms with things that are out of my control. It make’s it sound like there’s an underlying sombre tone, which I guess there is in parts, but we’ve done our best to make it uplifting at the same time”.

However, Andrew is keen to stress that it’s not all gloom in NLE’s world. The EP also reflects on the bands recent electronic direction. ‘We dabbled with synths in part on the last record, but this time round we spent a lot more time with Youth crafting the right sounds which we’re all pleased with.’

Amongst the EP that grounds the bands sound and delivers on the weight of their musical power, it closes with the epic grandeur of ‘Further’. The track not only captures NLE’s desire to stretch themselves to new limits, but as a whole ‘Parting Shot’ shows their willingness to experiment in what they regard to be their most accomplished work to date.

credits

released February 8, 2019

all songs written by glen/burgess/cavanagh/zielinski

andrew glen - vocals, guitars, synths, rhodes, programming
lee anne burgess - bass, backing
austin davey - guitar
greg zielinski - drums, percussion, piano, backing

produced by youth at the pool, london
recorded, engineered and mixed by michael rendall at prism sounds
mastered by nigel walton at the edit suite uk

additional programming by michael rendall
guitars, backing by tom cavanagh


design and art direction by northern light exposure and ghost of the north
front cover photography courtesy of the dungeness estate
rear cover provided by haarkon
inlay photography by chris o’donovan www.chrisodonovan.com

special thanks to our friends and family and everyone involved

www.northernlightexposure.com


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Northern Light Exposure are a new band from South East London. Wrapped up in a sound that recalls the fuzzed guitarwork of the Doves, the bass driven swagger of the Editors, and the angular melodies of Echo and the Bunnymen, Northern Light Exposure draw them all together in to something taut, shimmering and cinematic. ... more

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