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Ghost Orchid / Love Died In Our Arms (Signed)

by Dot Allison

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    Limited edition 7’’ vinyl.
    Includes download code to an unreleased Dot Allison track named 'Heart-Shaped Scar.'

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1.
Ghost Orchid 04:30
Sail to me, so gently Ink your words all over me I’m evergreen like the pine God knows I adored you God knows I adored you You’re my church of snow And everywhere was nowhere Wherever we would go I kneel down at my church of snow I pray, I pray Orchid ghost, all yours to spoil My heaven-reaching petals born for your soil Evergreen as I pined... For one drop of your sweet nectar To deepen the flower Your love the lectern, where I could have learnt God knows I adored you God knows I adored you You’re my church of snow And I’ll be your disciple until we’re old Kneel down at my church of snow You’re everywhere yet nowhere wherever I go... I kneel down at my church of snow Melt into the sun Kneel down with me, I’ll be your church of snow Kneel down beside me and... Melt into the sun Melt into the sun
2.
We’ve got blood on our hands We’ve got blood on our hands Love died in our arms Love died in our arms We got blood on our hands We’ve both got blood on our hands This love died in our arms This love died in our arms A little water, A little water It’s sure to clear us of this A little water, A little water It’s sure to clear us of this So this was love This was love I can’t feel the pulse now So this was love This was love Ssh, I can’t hear a sound now… So this was love This was love Look but I can’t see my breath now So this was love, this was love And it’s gone, gone… Weaving in between these notes Whispering to me I can hear Love’s stubborn ghost… Voices through the trees... We’ve got blood on our hands We’ve got blood on our hands Love died in our hearts Love died in our hearts We got blood on our hands We both got blood on our hands This love it died in our arms This love it died in our arms So this was love This was love I can’t feel the pulse now So this was love This was love Ssh, I can’t hear a sound now… This was love This was love Look but I can’t see my breath now So this was love, this was love And it’s gone, gone… ….And (whispered) I am a man I cry alone I triumph and conquer Here on my own But what is this That alters my path? (I can’t feel the pulse now) Shaking the tree Of such a great man (I can’t hear a sound now) If being Godless Used to set me free (I can’t see my breath now) What is this alter I find here in front of me? So sweet is the taste So firm the shape This low hanging fruit Such succulent flesh On my skin to rest This low hanging fruit In orchards at night I steal just one bite This low hanging fruit We’ve got blood on our hands

about

Following the release of Heart-Shaped Scars, Dot Allison’s first album in 12 years, we are proud to present an additional limited edition 7’’.

The record features two tracks, the hauntingly alluring Ghost Orchid and Love Died in our Arms, a nod to Dot’s Trip-hop past, as well as a download code to an unreleased Dot Allison track named 'Heart-Shaped Scar.'

The artwork is by artist, Michelle Henning, and features a delicate cyanotype of an Orchid. The gradual photographic process of cyanotypes has historically been used by botanists to document plants, providing the perfect visual for themes weaved throughout Dot Allison’s latest album.

Signed editions will be available on Bandcamp only - unsigned versions from all good indie record stores.

credits

released April 8, 2022

Ghost Orchid

Words - Dot Allison
Music - Dot Allison and Homay Schmitz
Published by Air-Edel Associates Ltd and Manners McDade Music Publishing Ltd

Vocals, Harmonium, Backing Piano, Vocal arrangement - Dot Allison
Piano - Homay Schmitz
Guitar - Jenn Butterworth
Bass - May Halyburton
Cello - Alice Allen


Love Died In Our Arms

Words - Dot Allison
Music - Dot Allison and Homay Schmitz
Published by Air-Edel Associates Ltd and Manners McDade Music Publishing Ltd

Vocals, Mellotron, Piano, Keyboards, Harmonium, Percussion, Mini Dulcimer-guitar-type thing, Folktek Resonant Garden, Hubble Kalimba, Phone-Home Xylophone - Dot Allison
Mellotron, Keys & programming - Homay Schmitz
Drums - Lauren Macdonald
Guitar - Jenn Butterworth
Bass - May Halyburton
Cello - Alice Allen
Vocal arrangement – Dot Allison

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Dot Allison Edinburgh, UK

Since her debut solo album Afterglow in 1999, Dot Allison has strived to keep the listener on a journey – and herself too.

She revolts against what she has done before, to evolve and not just occupy the same space.

Her forthcoming, and most illuminating album to date 'Heart-Shaped Scars is out now via SA Recordings.
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