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Vast Atlantic EP

by Wilful Missing

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The Vast Atlantic CD is packaged in a beautiful gatefold digipack made using recycled card. All the artwork was designed by our multi-talented drummer, Ruth.

    Purchase of the CD also includes immediate download of 5-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.

    NB: The minimum price covers the cost of manufacturing your CD copy of Vast Atlantic. Please pay whatever you feel is a fair price for the music on top of that.
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1.
She arrived unannounced All at once she’s in my house Sat at my table and eating my food She said "don’t think twice About rolling a dice To decide upon what to do" I don’t want you to go Yeah we need each other now But I saw the look that shot right through her lie She aspires to defeat Poisons stuck on repeat Taken slowly as remedies To my surprise she dispensed Reasons in her defence To beat the postcode lottery I don’t want you to go Yeah we need each other now But I saw the look that shook me out of time But the time it takes to mend our mistakes is short Restless and weary and clearly not a ghost, yet But hopeless and stubbornly making the most She fought right to the end Hoping not to depend On the mood of a bureaucrat How come I can’t tell If she’s in heaven or hell And would welcome the final whistle Now she’s ready to go We don’t need each other now But I felt the book that made it seem alright Now I’m ready to go I don’t feel like I know I’ll ask you once nicely, twice politely Three times, four times, five times Get Out!
2.
Alive in the photograph I can that you are mine I’ve got the world in my pocket and hope in my hand Come down from there I’m worried you’ll fall So maybe it’d be best if for us both if you didn’t show fear So I’m alone with America I’m alone with the night As the rain lashes down on this window we’re all left behind This life on the motorway time starts to tell It’s no surprise Strong lines of direction that leads us through this fight Fall down from there I’m worried you’ll slip So I think it’d be best for us all if you at least tried to hear So I’m alone with America I’m alone with the night As the rain lashes down on this window we’re all left behind And all I want Is here with me And all I’ve found Has gone So I’m alone with America I’m alone with the night And this honest admission of guilt That burns in my mind They’ve spun a web of deceit That I can’t try to ignore Well I try to be strong as this hope tags along With the fear I carry each day
3.
Desperate neighbour Have a drink Think a while about defeat Rest tired feet Whispered greetings And stolen words Parachute into the night without a thought So I hope to god that it’s over On the outside at least So I hope to god that it’s over On the outside at least Hurry up now In dark car parks I hate to see you wondering It worries me Find directions And take the keys Drive northwards on the road Until the sea So I hope to god that it’s over On the outside at least So I hope to god that it’s over On the outside at least This vast Atlantic It belies belief It holds the fate of these coastal towns right in its hands So I hope to god that it’s over On the outside at least So I hope to god that it’s over On the outside, on the outside, on the outside, on the outside of me
4.
Judge & Jury 03:03
I’m going back to my foreign land Hold the fort till I’ve spread my hands Through the Rosewood and felt my way home Slower travel with piece of mind You were there always by my side For the train ride and the late night picture Through your fire and your fury When you’re judge and the jury la la la Carry me up the mountain side With gravity never off my mind Then throw me down and I’ll fly through the heather, yeah Pardon me for my laziness I hope to God for your tenderness all the time But time takes a long time coming Through your fire and your fury When you’re judge and the jury la la la Through your fire and your fury Yet you say it so surely Yeah, I know what the answer's going to be Through your fire and your fury With my love as the jury Yet I know what the answer's going to, the answer's going, the answer's going to be, oooh
5.
DIY 04:47
They said we were kidding ourselves Only time will tell Will we be killing ourselves Killing ourselves by the end of the week There’s a bright white piano It’s old but it plays ok With some flowers in a vase It’ll feel like ours So let’s drink a toast to times like these With food like this and with friends like these And the news from the stars Is telling us it’s alright Baby say something, say something I’ll remember the next day Like the shadows conceal us from hoping Baby say something, say something I’ll remember the next day But it’s old news that we can’t see for looking It feels like it’s gonna fall down Around us one brick at time But with wine and with love With wine and love We’ll clean the past away So let’s drink a toast to times like these With food like this and with friends like these And the news from the stars Is telling us it’s alright Yes the news from the stars Is telling us it’s alright Baby say something, say something I’ll remember the next day Like the shadows conceal us from hoping Baby say something, say something I’ll remember the next day But it’s old news that we can’t see for looking Baby say something, say something I’ll remember the next day But it’s old news that we can’t see for looking

about

Vast Atlantic was our first official release, featuring five songs recorded in our Little Attic studio during 2009.

Two of these songs, Postcode Lottery and Night Parachuting, have been played by Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 2 and 6Music respectively. DIY has been used by the BBC in the TV drama Waterloo Road. It features in series 7, at the end of episode 2.

We've set the download price for this EP as "pay what you can", in the spirit of our friends Hope And Social. We've all got 'day jobs' and don't make a living out of our music. For us it's more about the music than the money. It does, of course, cost time and money to make our music, but we wouldn't want you to decide against having it because of the price.

So please download it and contribute what you think it's worth to you, and what you can afford to pay. If you're skint, then have it for free, but if you can afford to give us some money for it, we would greatly appreciate it. Anything that you pay us will go towards band costs such as the next recordings, replacing equipment, and travel.

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released December 18, 2009

The line-up on Vast Atlantic is:
Sam Kipling (vocals, acoustic guitar)
Sam Lawrence (electric guitar, mandolin, accordion, backing vocals)
Albert Freeman (bass, backing vocals)
Ruth Viqueira (drums, percussion)
Sarah Smout (cello)

The EP artwork was designed by Ruth, and the CD version comes housed in recycled card.

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Wilful Missing Bradford, UK

We are a 5-piece from Bradford, you may have heard our music in Waterloo Road.

Our music here is 'Pay what you think it's worth'. If you like what you hear, please take some away for further listening.

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