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Blush

by Claire Welles

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1.
Communique 03:11
it's not a crime to do it yourself cry in your drink or maybe ask for help the communique took you by the hand kick in the teeth and a mouth full of sand lost my mind a long time ago living a life with the lights down low it's a dull documentary about the war seen it before sat upon the floor on channel 4
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1997 02:48
i am in a jam didn't make no plans watching tv shows in my own private hell i'm a teenager never need a computer just reinvent yourself- sleep is all you need watch me glow watch me blow away nowhere to go surf the microwaves now i'm out of hand using only sand watching tv shows in my own private cell
3.
Dead Weight 04:03
people are ugly in their ways leaving things in the wrong place i'd like to re-write the curriculum in such a hurry to get things down close your eyes, draw the blinds home is a dead weight that keeps you down and everything you love fails you somehow such a bright spark in my world i've taken to stealing your words a chain of emails from your estate how i wish i were there with you now as inspiration draws to an end you've truly become your own death when you're gone you quickly forget when you're gone you're quickly forgotten as well close your eyes, draw the blinds home is a dead weight that keeps you down and everything you love fails you somehow
4.
New Build 04:26
i went by the place where i used to live so i could go to the park i used to play when i got to the place i used to play it was replaced by the sight of a housing estate they don't ask any questions don't ask your opinion they will do what they like and they don't need you present i went by the street where i used to live so i could go to the shop i used to go when i got to the place i used to hate i was confronted by the sight of a steel crane they don't ask any questions don't ask your opinion they will do what they like and they don't need you present say goodbye to tomorrow say goodbye today say goodbye to yesterday
5.
Blush 04:40
background vocal: piercing through the petals so true viewing in the night time seems blue fishing in the orchard for wind changing in the spring time to pink speech: I've been going over it for years again and again and again...the cracks between your elbows, cherry blossom vanilla essence rose...it was the last week in september and i'd been gagging for it since april...never daring to mention for fear of rejection...we'd spent the intervening months swapping mixtapes instead of body fluids...lyric sheets instead of bedsheets...make-up tips instead of fingertips....using the residue of car exhaust pipes as eyeshadow...i sat at the midway point of the quarry, waiting...the place we got wrecked on things you can't buy in shops....it was the same place as the previous night....waiting for something to happen- but it never did. it was different on saturday, i'd drank just enough cider to walk behind the bush, you took my hand and pulled it towards your body and i didn't even blush. our faces came together and silently they pushed until our tongues moved and touched into the early hours of sunday.
6.
Aripiprazole 03:30
scotch the mortgage forget the fraternity fuck the car and the building society and i wouldn't bother asking for help you can always blame in on your mental health play a prank on your future self by wasting your entire life and i'm far from blameless myself i can always blame it on my mental health
7.
Fey Boy 04:04
such a fey boy in a delicate way you swish & you sway, it's examination day with your shining blue eyes you offer little surprise i know it's hard to be surrounded by mediocrity (and they say) keep your head down for a while keep your lovely head down for a while and very soon you'll see... you turn to the door with a look so forlorn can barely remember the day you were born who was top of the charts and who was selling one another some arms such a fey boy with an effeminate gaze your eyes they graze everyone they meet so it's no great surprise that you've been telling some lies it seems to give you an air of mystery keep your head down for a while keep your lovely head down for a while and very soon you'll see... you turn to the door with a look so forlorn can probably remember the day you were born who was top of the charts and who was selling one another some arms such a fey boy dead quiet and strange anticipation is such a beautiful thing with a cynical smile you probably wish i would die and i don't mind because quite often so do i
8.
Heavy Heart 04:19
i've got a heavy heart could really hurt someone you've heard it in another song walking home cutting through the park the hardest part is thinking of the words the correct answer to how it hurts like getting punched in the face seems like a joke at first, ha ha i've got a heavy heart could really hurt someone i say things i don't want to say i tell lies every single day a disgrace to my former self too ashamed to touch myself left my diaries in a public space finding out the hardest way, hey hey i've got a heavy heart could really hurt someone 4am when you're trying to sleep heard it in another song
9.
Fade 03:55
as far as days go i am not so sure others pass right through the door a bridge too far just across the room something so common cannot be improved summer's gone and it's not been replaced colours drain and the flowers, they fade i watch the wall as it turns around regret the day that i think i had tomorrow comes in a similar vein wash my face and do it again summer's gone and it's not been replaced colours drain and the flowers, they fade so cover me with a ground sheet another year in a dressing gown rust within the concrete these are things that can bring you down summer's gone and it's not been replaced colours drain and the flowers, they fade
10.
Aral Sea 04:25
no need to worry about me i got lost near the aral sea and i dont mean to be a pain but there really used to be quite a bit of rain it's the business end of the year i got nothing between my ears someday i'll be grateful that i listened to you when i get lost beyond the sound there's a really big space where it used to be yet another broken industry what was once wet now only chalk i have just decided to never talk again my big ship has long run aground so there's really no point in hanging around yet another scattered industry beside the sand of the aral sea
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released February 1, 2019

Written and Recorded by Claire Welles July-December 2018.
Remixed & Remastered by Claire Welles in May 2020

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Claire Welles Liverpool, UK

One of Liverpool’s finest underground provocateurs. Fiercely singular in her approach to music yet with a musical nous you simply can’t teach.

A long history of recording music, Claire has straddled almost every musical styling yet imbues her music with a rich melodic tendency which makes her experimental pop ease into your being over time. If you let it.
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