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In Quarantine

by Claire Welles

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1.
Hiatus 03:29
don't know how to put it but i'm slipping into a hiatus my brain is full and it is turning to slush best look away now i'm holding a hand just above the waterline i'm highly unlikely to get any smarter, suits me just fine don't know how to put it but i'm slipping into a hiatus i've said all i can say and i can't say more what can i say now? i'm holding a hand above the sand, don't be sad i'm highly unlikely to get any smarter, suits me just fine clouds move slow, they help me understand how my life is badly out of hand mirror still, i somehow understood don't you know that you're looking like a fool don't know how to put it but i'm slipping into a hiatus i think they love us though maybe i'm wrong maybe they hate us...
2.
College 03:49
tried to invent that i could reach out and touch your hand didn't seem that important, didn't seem that urgent i said naughty words and really hurt your feelings couldn't be that important, nor that urgent wake me up dehydrated from a college dream that I've been having recently skipping class again like every good girl should everything is cancelled, the world has stood still for now i blanked the art teacher and the head of the faculty just couldn't be bothered to make conversation with either of them wake me up dehydrated from a college dream that I've been having recently
3.
Quarantine 04:11
i stay in the gaff it's where i belong there's no tomorrow and the days are too long the brain is clean i think it's on the mend i'd like to change though i cannot pretend living through paranoia by what we hear in the news and we can't see our families because the world is confused but the brain is clean i think it's on the mend i'd like to change though i cannot pretend they're locking down everywhere so there's no need to shout i've washed my hands so many times that i have lost count still the brain is clean i think it's on the mend i'd like to change though i cannot pretend everything that i want to do is everything that you want to do too
4.
Highrise 04:50
i want to live in a highrise so i can get drunk with you every night i want to live in a highrise to feel the wind in my hair so i applied for a highrise but the waiting list is unbelievable so many people want a highrise jump out the windowsill the taste of blood on my tongue not getting anything done the smell of salt from the sea distance between you and me i got offered a highrise my housing association is really good there's a gate at the highrise which gives great peace of mind there's a field by the highrise it's the perfect place to buy some drugs so many people at the highrise but i don't pay any mind the taste of blood on my tongue not getting anything done the smell of salt from the sea distance between you and me how can you change your mind when everybody else is waiting in line?
5.
Never Know 03:43
strange how you entered the stage in my life exit to the left and the right still i remember the day that you went all my energy wasted and spent you'll never know, never know oh you'll never know, the love that i had for you you'll never know, never know oh you'll never know, how i cared for you too days since i offered to share how i felt since i made a big show of myself still i remember the day that you went all my toys that i carefully lent ...but never got back you'll never know, never know oh you'll never know, the love that i had for you you'll never know, never know oh you'll never know, how i cared for you too
6.
man ray, what would you say? i've been wikipedia-ing you all day pure filth on a roll of film you can't get away with anything nowadays we live in very boring times and yet we always wonder why i can't look you in the eye man ray, what would you make of the new technology we crave? would you send it away on a long holiday there's so much variety in change we live in very boring times and yet we always wonder why i can't look you in the eye man ray, what would you say if the entire world turned out to be gay? would you give me a kiss, could you live through this? i've been thinking out loud today we live in very boring times and yet we always wonder why i can't look you in the eye
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8.
collaboration fell through today i'm picking up the pieces in an interesting way hang up the phone like you were never there life is a cruel sport when nobody cares writing by the light pining for your smile collaboration on videotape cos they don't want to be near you in any way the words are long the intentions strong i never thought that i could be so wrong late winter night we live in strange times collaboration fell through today it's a great opportunity to clean any slates you've stayed away one too many times i can't think of any words that rhyme i'm so thankful that you came good you're wearing dried blood
9.
not changing a thing i don't listen to the government won't keep my distance when i walk on by touch my face, touch my eyes it doesn't matter what the weathers like you've got to stay, got to stay inside it doesn't matter what tomorrow brings you've got to drop, drop, drop, stop everything so save yourself while the numbers are low it's only glorified flu, you know i see people when i fucking like think you need to go and get a life it doesn't matter what the weathers like you've got to stay, got to stay inside it doesn't matter what tomorrow brings you've got to drop, drop, drop, stop everything i don't believe in society i really dig herd immunity i won't cry when the boomers die it's my right to go outside
10.
closer than you i can see through this feeling so true to me letter of apology for you and from me your cards been declined you drank too much wine now the room is alive it's spinning out of time letter of apology for you and from me (i don't need your apology I don't need anything i don't want your apology i've had enough of everything)
11.
got a viral infection out of fear of rejection thought about it just the other night don't really care if i'm wrong or if i'm right i love you you know i really, really love you but sometimes there's an itch in my mind this kind of life is so hard to find keep away for a while in a way i am so vile, it's my style soak me with a sponge i've got a fever running thought about it just the other day don't really care if i'm wrong in any way i love him he knows i really, really DIG him but sometimes there's an itch in my brain this kind of life just sends me insane keep away for a while in a way i am so vile, it's my style so i got on the train in a terrible state didn't know the date or if i was early or late but the song in my head repeats over again and over again and over again then i saved the best verse right until the end it was more a case of learning to forgive a friend for the awful words that i chose to write but i promised to never tell a single lie keep away for a while in a way i am so vile, it's my style
12.
Showhome 05:15
had to close the curtains because the neighbors kept looking in they seem nice enough but i cannot stand the sight of them we're living in a new house it doesn't have any history nothing has died expect a little piece of me we don't have the guts to live alone we're just after a place we can call our own and i don't have the guts to live alone i can't believe we agreed to live in a showhome get our mail before anyone else get to paint the garden fence i'm using self-service tills in this social self-defense had to move the bed because the neighbors kept gegging in they seem nice enough but i cannot stand the sight of them we don't have the guts to live alone we're just after a place we can call our own and i don't have the guts to live alone i can't believe we agreed to live in a showhome

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released June 1, 2020

written, produced & mixed by Claire Welles
Recorded in March 2020
‘Man Ray’ remixed by Luke Mawdsley

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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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