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The Hour Between Us

by Anna Smyrk

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FormHorny Your voice helped me outwalk the four walls last night.

Anna, Joel and Alex offer us a real album here. The vocal lines keep surprising even within the words, taking my hand to run smiling past tableaus my heart recognises, to perhaps accept them.

The instruments carry and lift, but always serve the real feelings of the songs.

From listening to Anna’s previous two albums, I can tell that the production work done here has helped her potential continue to flower.

Thank you. Favorite track: Song from the 36th Floor.
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1.
Old friend, what’s up with you? Your eyes a darker shade of blue Your skin is thin, I see the veins right through Good god, you’re standing there In last night’s clothes, no underwear Your fingers bleed from picking at the skin You say, “There’s nothing good, and nothing bad, There’s just what you take and what you’re given.” You say, “So what if I’m feeling sad? This loneliness is just a part of living.” And all the lonely people, Where do they come from? You know the song Do you know the answer yet? You’ve got nowhere to go, Each day is a private show You don’t know your neighbours Your friends are on the internet. You say, “There’s nothing good, and nothing bad, There’s just what you take and what you’re given.” You say, “So what if I’m feeling sad? This loneliness is just a part of living.” Such a long time, such a long time And still nobody comes Such a small world, such a small world And I can’t find no one. You say, “There’s nothing good, and nothing bad, There’s just what you take and what you’re given.” You say, “So what if I’m feeling sad? This loneliness is just a part of living.” And you say, “Don’t you look at me like that, It’s the way it is and there’s no use wishing Yeah, no shit, you’re feeling sad This loneliness is the human condition. This loneliness is just a part of living.”
2.
All our friends, they’re breaking up, Or having babies. While we pretend that it’s enough Another dirty town, my thoughts derail And I can’t stop them Fast food, slow nights, you far away I make bad choices when I got them How we gonna hold it up, this fragile love? Your grandmother she met her man When she was thirteen. A little church and family plans, She had six babies And quietly raised them. She stuck it out, for faith in God And for lack of options. Where here and now, the faith is gone, And we make bad choices when we’ve got them. How we gonna hold it up, this fragile love? All the finest crystal glasses kept locked under key We take them out on Christmas Day and we hold them preciously My mother’s mother passed them down but she don’t wanna give them to me She says,”All that beauty weighs you down and you’re better off now, free.” How we gonna hold it up, this fragile love? Glitters like the sun, our love it glitters like the sun
3.
You spent the summer cleaning out your father’s house, In the basement, in your home town. Cold family bones, you were digging, digging down. Dead quiet in the house now, Where he raised his sons and daughter. Vines choking up the pipes, There’s nothing left except the bricks and mortar. Oh, oh, baby please come up for air. Got to let it go, go, lay it all to rest down there You’ll never find what you’re looking for, Down on your knees on the basement floor. Oh, oh, baby please come up for air. You had to open every dusty box, But found not a sign of his life inside. You only left with his watch that was stolen Out of the back of my car that night. You don’t really want to talk about it, Babe, I tell you that’s all right with me. I’ll come down and find you in the dark and quiet, I’ll sit by your side and I will help you breathe. Oh, oh, baby please come up for air. Got to let it go, go, lay it all to rest down there You’ll never find what you’re looking for, Down on your knees on the basement floor. Oh, oh, baby please come up for air. Please come up for air. Please come up for air. Oh, oh, baby please come up for air. Got to let it go, go, lay it all to rest down there You’ll never find what you’re looking for, Down on your knees on the basement floor. Oh, oh, baby please come up for air. Please come up for air. Please come up for air.
4.
Sunday night, chest tight Grabbing at the last light now. City growing dark beneath I got to leave the house. Got to breathe in and breathe out. Got to breathe in. Muscle-tee man gets a pedicure on the street Rows of knock-off phones, The smell of frying meat. Ma’am where you from, ma’am where you from? Ma’am where you from? Where are you tonight, While I am talking to myself and wasting time? And all the minutes just keep rolling around on the floor Rolling around on the floor of your mind. Where do all the days go, The hours pass so fast. Living for the future in bodies that aren’t built to last. You will be old before you know You will be old. Where are you tonight, While I am talking to myself and wasting time? And all the minutes just keep rolling around on the floor Rolling around on the floor of your mind. You ride your bike back home Nowhere else to go You ride your bike back home And the wind it blows You ride your bike back home Go to bed alone. Where are you tonight, While I am talking to myself and wasting time? And all the minutes just keep rolling around on the floor Rolling around on the floor of your mind.
5.
Keep having dreams where I have cheated Wake up feeling sore and sad I guess I’m scared that I will fuck up The best thing I ever had Distance makes the heart grow fond But messes up my head Messes up my head Don’t turn your clocks back, babe Don’t put another hour between us I don’t call cos I’m afraid Of what I say when I don’t mean it Could we take that extra hour, Save it up for when we meet? Spend it on a day together Swimming nude in Coopers Creek There’s nothing stopping us From taking all the time we need There’s nothing stopping us Don’t turn your clocks back, babe Don’t put another hour between us I don’t call cos I’m afraid Of what I might say when I don’t mean it I pick up the phone, It’s been seven days But words don’t flow I’m tired, it’s getting late I don’t know, I don’t know What you’re trying to say And time just ticks away Don’t turn your clocks back, babe Don’t put another hour between us I don’t call cos I’m afraid Of what I might say when I don’t mean it
6.
That month at Wallace Street, Kathleen and Jimmy both moved out. You came to meet us all, Then you moved your things into our house Could barely catch my breath When you sat beside me on the couch That winter rained like hell, The roof leaked into pots and pans. We stood round the stove to warm our hands. I showed you Vegemite, You showed me the songs of Georges Brassens. But you didn’t chase, you didn’t run You just stood quiet And when my fears dissolved, like crumbling walls You were by my side. That night out in the yard, My mind for once was clear. Blankets on the grass, Your body warm and near. I woke to magpie song, And your voice beside my ear. But you didn’t chase, you didn’t run You just stood quiet And when my fears dissolved, like crumbling walls You were by my side. Oh, we had each other, Each other, Hanging by a thread. Oh, we had the other’s, The other’s heart, the other’s head We didn’t know it yet. But you didn’t chase, you didn’t run You just stood quiet And when my fears dissolved, like crumbling walls You were by my side You were by my side.

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released October 7, 2021

Written by Anna Smyrk
Performed by Anna Smyrk, Joel Quartermain and Alex Burkoy
Produced, recorded and mixed by Joel Quartermain
Mastered by William Bowden at King Willy Sound

Cover photo by Giulia McGuran
Cover design by Antonio Perez

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Anna Smyrk Melbourne, Australia

With a voice described as ‘truly astonishing’ by Rolling Stone, Anna Smyrk is a powerful singer and song-maker from Australia.

Her songs are anthemic indie bombshells, pairing vulnerable lyrics with explosive arrangements and ear-wormy hooks.
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