Rewire, by Hangover Square

Rewire

by Hangover Square

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1.	Softest Of Silks 04:19	lyrics	buy track
1. The Softest of Silks I saw from afar, a house made of stone   Made to survive, a gleaming white home  But now so near there’s no stone at all  But the softest of silks between you and the world Breathe, one more step up the stairs   Sing, to me outside your prayers The lake is an eye and the eye has a shore   And the shore is a home when the eye is no more   The stairs on the lake spiral both ways  And you on the stairs, climb every day Breathe, one more step up the stairs   Sing, to me outside your prayers Your hand on your heart and your eyes to the sky   You cease your steps with the lake swirling by  How many times did your head leave your heart behind?   How many times did your head leave your heart behind? Breathe, one more step up the stairs Sing, to me outside your prayers
2.	Hold My Hand 04:54	lyrics	buy track
2. Hold My Hand Simple to be fake Simple to delay Pulled down I may break Pulled down out the way See how I know See how I explain Let go my shadow Let go my chain. When the light shines over me And the dog is gone In our love In your love In our love In your love I am your fate I am your cliche In the broken state In the life astray Before you go Before you crash Look up you will know Look up don’t be rash When the light shines over me And the dog is gone In our love In your love In our love In your love Hold my hand Hold my hand
3.	When You 04:00	lyrics	buy track
3. When You When you turn around Back at what you’ve found And the feeling erodes When we find love Held in time from above And the feeling it slows Two lovers to the race Two lovers embrace And the feeling it grows When you love When you When you
4.	Thursday Redemption 04:51	lyrics	buy track
4. Thursday Redemption This word is a breath   A dash of life I pass it to you  To be your wife So it goes So it passes Every night is a dream   Sunset to sunrise   How lucky it seems   To reflect in your eyes And so it goes So it passes to you I made this for you To ease your yearning  Our children will be heard and not seen I know what you need  And i know what you mean  Our children will be heard and not seen Your moment surrounds me   This world confounds me   I’ll never forget  The moment you found me And so it goes So it passes to you I made this for you  To ease your yearning  Our children will be heard and not seen I know what you need I always know what you mean  Our children will be heard and not seen
5.	Rewire 03:43	lyrics	buy track
5. Rewire Heed the sounds and views A soft but lasting bruise It’s true you can’t be late The sun, the moon, will wait Chemistry, is telling me, rewire  Ecstasy, is calling me, rewire I close my eyes, and drift inside, I close my eyes. Feed the spark’s desire A jolt beneath the mire The charge you crave is near  The sky, the sea, will hear Chemistry, is telling me, rewire  Ecstasy, is calling me, rewire I close my eyes, and drift inside, I close my eyes.
6.	Gone 04:15	lyrics	buy track
6. Gone  A ghost of a heart It lives Giving hope a fresh new start. I felt it break It seemed To take the pain, so much at stake I clear ahead It heals I find the way, I live instead. You are all I need How I know it How I know it You are all I need How I know it How I know it The thread it frays It breaks Our joy is free, our hearts ablaze You turn and change It holds All that we had pre arranged The ghost of the man It ends With nothing from, where we began. You are all I need How I know it How I know it You are all I need How I know it How I know it I’m here for you We’re here for you I’m here, I’m not gone.
7.	Horizons 05:49	lyrics	buy track
7. Horizons   Sing with me Melodies And we’ll watch them Make love in the air Sad to read Elegies Of a lost world Below the sea So visualise a new sunrise, singing along We’ll harmonise with the sky, where we belong And the lost world will be here once more Sad to see Memories They’ll fade till We meet again Escape with me From jealousies And I’ll hold you Till morning breaks So visualise a new sunrise, singing along We’ll harmonise with the sky, where we belong And the lost world will be here once more But I’ll take my cue From the horizon And I too Live like no tomorrow Live like no tomorrow Send to me A voice at sea From the lost world To welcome us home Welcome us home
8.	Grandcamp Maisy 04:12	lyrics	buy track
8. Grandcamp Maisy A slow boat rocks side to side Two lovers sail a maiden ride  (And we...became...the view) A snowglobe shakes I crawl inside Each roll a window with rosé eyes  (And we...became...the view)    (I lost myself in you)   Senses aflame to this day (I lost myself in you) Oh, I still remember the taste of sunshine on your lips A coastal haze licks my skin  A magic love now lets me in (And we...became...the view)    (I lost myself in you)   Senses aflame to this day (I lost myself in you) Oh, I still remember floating to a dream of you So many crashes  And so many burns  So many times, that I, would peek, through the flames, to see the dream, I had, of you
9.	Endearment 03:56	lyrics	buy track
9. Endearment Lightness you see Darkness I find A bridge, a hand, Our love defined. So scared to be My busy mind I feel your grace I shall be kind Parts of ourselves Fall down to the ground I must look up To turn around Shut out the noise Open your eyes Senses alive Look to the skies. I hear your voice I know your wise You helped me now, I will arise. Parts of ourselves Fall down to the ground I must look up To turn around In the moon he sees me freeze He warms me, with his breath alone I melt he drinks me down with ease I dance inside the seeds are sown.

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Rewire is soul-stirring Americana, a cinematic take on folk-blues that is a balm for the broken hearted and a swoon-inspiring delight for the lovers.

“It’s an album that meshes electronica and acoustic instruments seamlessly, creating an intricate soundscape for Bourne’s expressive vocals”
– Louder Than War

“I’m very excited to have discovered Hangover Square’s music. Their second album is a triumph of the personal and the experimental, delivering a journey in which one can easily become lost. The mix of Americana and electronica on display is simply stunning”
– York Calling

‘From darkness and loss, hangovers were left behind for the peace of sobriety for husband and wife duo Hangover Square. Two years in the making the second album ‘Rewire’ follows on from the success of ‘Painting With An Open Heart’. This talented duo left behind hangovers, became sober and bounced back from two close friends suicides and Victoria’s own depression. Confronted with so much existential angst, last year became a springboard for change going back to their roots of electronica and acoustic sounds. Expect the feel of a Ry Cooder soundtrack with Bjork popping up to provide musical interludes.

“We’re doing what we love best, creating sad, romantic, cinematic music”

“Creating new music is incredibly healing. The countless days and nights spent working on the intricate details aided the mental health healing process. Lyrically, the album reflects on the subjects of suicide and depression with the essence of hope, love and care for one another. We used electronically created sounds alongside the acoustic instruments that are unique to the album sounding like a 40 piece ensemble at times. In our long recording process we shared all the writing and composition, adding vocals, guitars and the electronic sounds”.

“It was important to us that the electronics are an integral part of the band both on the recordings and live. Not to replace musicians but to be a musician in their own right”.

They host gigs in venues as diverse as a graveyards, gothic churches and cinemas. This is two people sounding like a 40 piece ensemble. Reach out and listen with us whilst we take you on a journey to Hangover Square.

Hangover Square are an Americana, folk-blues and roots duo. They are Bristol-based husband and wife duo Victoria Bourne and Chris Harper. Two highly experienced professional musicians who have been played widely across the radio including having been play-listed on BBC Radio 2, they have toured extensively across the UK and in Europe.

Track Listing
Softest of Silks
Hold My Hand
When You
Thursday Redemption
Rewire
Gone
Horizons
Grandcamp Maisy
Endearment

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released May 3, 2024

Written and Produced by Hangover Square
Victoria Bourne - Vocals, synths, piano, electronic composition and organ.
Chris Harper - Guitar and electronic composition.

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Hangover Square Bristol, UK

Soul-stirring Americana, a cinematic take on folk-blues that is a balm for the broken hearted and a swoon-inspiring delight for the lovers.

Expect the feel of a Win Wenders film with Bjork popping up to provide musical interludes.

Victoria Bourne and
Chris Harper ... more

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