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Our new album, entitled [REDACTED], is now available - see the links below to buy - featuring original artwork commissioned from our friend Neil McChrystal; the first piece, "Shock", was used to create the "virtual" cover for our free download of Endless Silence. Included in the available formats is a lovely vinyl package, which really showcases Neil's great work.
Here are some shots of the completed artwork - click for bigger versions:
- Red River

- Endless Silence

- Distortion Field

- A Lonely Idea

- Chronologic

- The Test

- Extend And Embrace

- Decoded

Red River
He came at me from nowhere
In a mirror or a dream
Purpose etched upon his face
Summing up the scene
On his chest a patterned tabard
Scabard on his back
Unsheath the cold and flashing steel
And enter the attack
Feel the seconds turn to minutes
The swordsman's blade draws near
A ritual begins
That preys upon your primal fears
There's no time to run for cover
From this stark visitation
As the senses quicken
Into damage limitation
All motion ceased
Still the clouds fly forward
To another world
The heart released
Pounding onward
Tributaries unfurled
A meeting pre-ordained
Or a chance kink in the curve?
The red river flows
The red river flows
Suspended on a ledge
Spectacles unfolding
The red river flows
The red river flows
Coughing up the numbers
It's all sevens in the end
The red river flows
The red river flows
Divine with introspection
A cut without convention
The red river
Stops
Close [Esc]
Endless Silence
The bridge was closed to traffic
We slowed down and paused the ride
Curious the twinkling lights
Down by the waterside
We set out to investigate
Were welcomed with a smile
Invited to kick off our shoes
And bade to rest awhile
Cannot swim across the water
The gap, it's far too wide
Will not leave this place forever
Once the silence is inside
A hotel for the meaningless
Driftwood of the age
Too many here to contemplate
Too many to be saved
So one by one the lights go dim
As lives are swept aside
A last, imploring flicker
Given nowhere to abide
Cannot swim across the water
The gap, it's far too wide
Will not leave this place forever
Once the silence is inside
We plead for our deliverance
As time and life decay
While those who know what's best for us
Refuse to save the day
Close [Esc]
Distortion Field
Staring through the door
Distorted panes
Hungry still for more
What hope remains?
Trigger sensor switch
On dormant veins
Beckoning, exhorting you:
Pick up... pick up the reins!
But fear patrols each corner
Each unexpected turn
When rays shine out refracted
Turn in and softly burn
Caught in a piercing focus
Magnified by the glass
Spin in and out the spiral
Kaleidoscopic mask
Swimming for the shore
How near it seems
Waves are twisting now
In fractured beams
Eyes on the far horizon
Along the mazy road
Calculate the angles
Measure the load
Bend the looking glass
Deflect the light
Pinch point to nothing
Shut out the night
How do we see?
What do we re-cog-nise?
Imagery
Selling us truth and lies
Where will we be
If we step through the blind
Territory
Is only a piece of mind
Only with peace of mind
Only a piece of mind
Only with peace of mind
False - gods - break - down
Shi - mmer - then - drown
Co - lour - and - sound
Bend - light - a - round
You are now leaving the Distortion Field
Close [Esc]
A Lonely Idea
A lonely idea
Left outside to wander on its own
Everything is in its place
And every place will have its thing
The outside world a window pane
And TV screens a-flickering
Lying just below the surface
Oscillating to and fro
A maelstrom of activity
The real deal show
A lonely idea
Left outside to wander on its own
Despair and fear
Left inside to ponder all alone
A quivered voice, no choice at all
The devil and the deep blue sea
Hung out to dry, decay and fall
Debilitating atrophy
While deep inside the longing surges
Just to hit the levee rocks
An all-consuming frailty
So petrified of further shocks
A lonely idea
Left outside to wander on its own
Despair and fear
Left inside to ponder all alone
Close [Esc]
Chronologic
There's a dullness today
Taking me far away
Playing with my bones
Only to deposit me home
And the hands on the wall
Paint so many pictures
Of faces I can't see
Lives I used to know
Are you turning away from me?
Am I turning away from you?
Or do we circle each other in truth?
There's a silence today
Aching, cold and grey
Governing my fears
As time drifts by alone
Are you turning away from me?
Am I rolling away from you?
Or do we circle each other in truth?
There's a silence today
Aching, cold and grey
Governing my fears
As time drifts by alone
If a telephone call
Or the careless gesture
Reignites your doubt
The colder flame burns
Are you rolling away from me?
Am I turning away from you?
Or do we circle each other in truth?
Crawling through the forest is a mystery of life
Am I slipping on the journey, sliding on a knife?
Am I reeling in the forest with the circles at my side?
Am I asking the wrong questions?
Will I roll on through the forest, never seeing on the way?
Is it hope or perseverance is the flavour of the day?
Can I ever leave this forest, put the circles to one side?
You may lead me to the river but you won't enjoy the ride
There was sunshine today
Beaming in to play
Reeling round the room
A cog in the machine
In the pale midnight
Cold emotion's fixture
Spring will have its moon
Of movements I have known
Are you spinning away from me?
Am I spinning away from you?
Or do we circle each other in truth?
The logic recycles itself
Revolutions recoil on themselves
Close [Esc]
The Test
The replay says it's umpire's call
The minute hand ticks towards twelve
Our paths may cross a hundred times
We run together for ourselves
Each and every time we face
A new attack against our guard
Plant our best foot forward
Turn the edging inches into yards
And it's never over
Turn to the mark and run again
It's never over
Uncovered tracks are melting in the rain
The torment of the shortest run
As yet another sends you back
You get into your stride and then
Too soon are forced to change your tack
Boundaries lie all around
We cut towards them falling short
But hook and pull that chain away
Determined that we'll not be caught
And it's never over
Turn to the mark and run again
It's never over
Uncovered tracks are melting in the rain
Twenty-twenty vision isn't always for the best
Curb your bodyline decisions
Face the ordeal, take the test
Close [Esc]
Extend And Embrace
There was a girl who came to stay
At least I thought her real
With fine narcotic friends
To leave her punch-drunk in the fields
Eye witness to protection
As a foil for decay
Technicolour nightmares
From the land of green and grey
Extend an embrace to a smack in the teeth
See the black of your eyes as a blessed relief
As the ghost of her innocence spatters the wall
Taste the blood in your mouth and remember it all
We hurt the ones we love the most
In carelessness and ire
Balance probabilities
And mitigate desire
In desolation's solitude
Together all alone
Hell-bent on resolution
And a pride that we disown
Extend an embrace to a smack in the teeth
See the back of your eyes in a blessed relief
As the ghost of her innocence spatters the wall
Taste the blood in your mouth and remember it all
Embrace
Extend
Extinguish
Close [Esc]
Decoded
Take a number, take a seat
Wait your turn in the line
The toughest equations
Resolve in good time
Choose a pathway, seek the goal
See the world at your feet
A stay of execution
For a deadline to meet
Find your way
From the rabbit hole
As the calls unfold
Into the sky
Flee the dark
Feel the sun again
And the soft machine
Unfurls to fly
It's a wonder, it's a treat
Every call of the mind
Looping recursions
Can reset the mime
From the valleys of the soul
Red rivers of defeat
Divining the solution
And a triumph complete
Find your way
From the rabbit hole
As the blood returns
Everything sings
Flee the dark
Feel the sun again
And the soft machine
Takes to its wings
Find your way
From the rabbit hole
As the blood returns
Everything sings
Flee the dark
Feel the sun again
And the soft machine
Takes to its wings
Tanja was a good girl
Never meant me any harm
Perhaps a little flighty
With a penchant for alarm
We rode on down the river
Swaying hips from side to side
I wouldn't lick her boots
And so she took me for a ride
Close [Esc]
Distortion Field has long been a staple of the live set and Red River joined it in 2012, with Decoded, Chronologic, A Lonely Idea and The Test all now having been given from one to half a dozen outings. A seventh track, Endless Silence, is available free to download here, which, until October, left Extend & Embrace as the odd one out that hadn't seen the light of day in one form or another. We made a conscious decision to do things this way, as we all agree that the tracks that come across best on Think Of The Children! are those that were honed in the live environment.
Buy [REDACTED] on CD for £10
Buy [REDACTED] as a download for £8
Read about our new shop, Melody Collective, here.
Buy [REDACTED] on vinyl from Plane Groovy for £16.99
The vinyl also comes with a free download of the album from Melody Collective.
Sampler:
Buy the digital single of Decoded for £0.99
Reviews
"[REDACTED] is a brilliant mix of foreground crunch and a deft layering of nuanced sonic detail which stretches back into the distance. It gives great depth to their sound and full disclosure to their talent."
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