Alix Apples and Callum McIlwaine - Turpentine

from Sound Stories by UWS MA Music 2020

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Paul Gauguin's relationship with Vincent Van Gogh during the 9 weeks they lived together, culminating in the self-mutilation of Van Gogh's ear.
Track Credits: Vocals/ Trumpet - Alix Apples, Guitar/ Bass Guitar - Callum McIlwaine, Drum Programmer - gh:st

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Yellow walls in a French town
Nine long weeks too much for
Turpentine to breakdown
Strokes to bold to ignore

Lead confusion uric rift
In a passioned desperate...

Mountain landscape in violet
Red intones the fate they met
Tiny travellers search of unknown
Though they try passion dries even though
The paint's still...

In flat tints with a course brush
Faded red broken floor
Obsessive genius lust
Vague instinct overborne

In a passioned desperate shift
Lead confusion uric...

Fever work felt a century
Chaos crawls through the cracks that he
Covered quick in a sunflower smile
Though they try passion dries even though
The paint's still wet

Had not faintest suspicion
When at the door a gentleman
Surprised me, promised I'd flee
To Paris before man could wake
In case my vision devastate
His prosperity, mine additionally

Had not an inclination
That of my own composition
He affected me so hopelessly
As I reflect on my own
In much a novice quiet home
I'll confide he also taught me

Painted petals as a gift
In a passioned desperate shift

I shan't ask you lend me your ear
Lest it's wrapped in paper, a souvenir
Are we not all mad? Such a human trait
Though they tried passion dried even though
The paint's still...

Yellow walls in a French town
Nine long weeks too much for
Turpentine to breakdown
Strokes to bold to ignore

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from Sound Stories, released April 17, 2020
Vocals/ Trumpet - Alix Apples, Guitar/ Bass Guitar - Callum McIlwaine, Drum Programmer - gh:st

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Damfino Records is a record label based out of the University of the West of Scotland. It was established in 2020, and is run by staff and students at the university. Music at UWS has a long and rich history. This label showcases music from students of BA Commercial Music and MA Music programmes. All money from your purchases go straight to the artists. ... more

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