Tendrils, by Halcyon Phase

Tendrils

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1.	Emergency 03:57	lyrics	buy track
Emergency Storm clouds Slowly gathering The sky Is black With rage This is a real Crisis We can not Turn the Page We elect Who we deserve But do we deserve This? Another alt-right Leader who doesn't Give a shit Stamp out The demon Remove the Curse We must survive it It will only get worse Stamp out The demon Remove the Curse We must survive it It will only get worse It's an emergency Critical urgency What have they Done to us We can't give up It's an emergency Critical urgency What have they done to us We can't give up They're Cutting funds To students Targeting The arts Pulling the social Safety net From underneath The poor They're bespoiling The planet Ripping up The deals That kept Our food And water safe And flooding From our fields Stamp out The demon Remove the Curse We must survive it It will only get worse Stamp out The demon Remove the Curse We must survive it It's an emergency Critical urgency What have they Done to us We can't give up It's an emergency Critical urgency What have they Done to us We can't give up Emergency Emergency Emergency Emergency Emergency Emergency Emergency Emergency It's an emergency It's an emergency It's an emergency It's an emergency It's an emergency It's an emergency It's an emergency It's an emergency
2.	From Straight Lines 03:29	lyrics	buy track
From Straight Lines Put down the Sword Put down That gun Let all Those angry Words Collapse in The sun Frozen in time We can find Excuses that Exist will make Crooked from Straight lines Frozen in time We can find Excuses that Exist will make Crooked from Straight lines All of the tendrils Connect in this fog Life changing Entanglements Make it So very hard The kids have A message we're Not heeding it now All of the tendrils Connect in this fog All of the tendrils Connect in this fog All of my body was your's My soul and Bright energy and Goodwill Toss that Anchor aside I meant every word I could never lie To you I could never lie To you Frozen in time We can find Excuses that Exist will make Crooked from Straight lines Frozen in time We can find Excuses that Exist will make Crooked from Straight lines All of the tendrils Connect in this fog Life changing Entanglements Make it So very hard The kids have A message we're Not heeding it now All of the tendrils Connect in this fog All of the tendrils Connect in this fog All of the tendrils Connect in this fog All of the tendrils Connect in this fog
3.	Disquiet 05:01	lyrics	buy track
Disquiet Disquiet In the winter Disquiet In the spring We struggle With the smallest Tasks Rail Against it all An accident Of circumstance An accident Of birth So tenuous And fleeting Proving our own Worth It's going to Take some time It's going to Take some time It's going to Take some time To heal It's going to Take some time It's going to Take some time It's going to Take some time To heal Some time To heal Disquiet In the summer Disquiet In the autumn Checking the rear view Mirror For what's Yet to come We suffer For understanding We suffer For our art All the while Waiting for another place To start It's going to Take some time It's going to Take some time It's going to Take some time To heal It's going to Take some time It's going to Take some time It's going to Take some time To heal Going to other People's parties Where we don't Want to be Painted smiles Stale cigarettes or Stilted afternoons With tea Raise me up Or bring me Down Cheap whiskey In my glass You can only Dice the truth So many ways When you re-litigate The past Disquiet In the summer Disquiet In the autumn Checking the rear view Mirror For what's Yet to come We suffer For understanding We suffer For our art All the while Waiting for another place To start It's going to Take some time It's going to Take some time It's going to Take some time To heal It's going to Take some time It's going to Take some time It's going to Take some time To heal It's going to Take some time It's going to Take some time It's going to Take some time To heal Some time To heal It's going to Take some time To heal Some time To heal
4.	Giving Is Always Much Harder 04:17	lyrics	buy track
Giving Is Always Much Harder Finally, we take Stock of our lives We're swimming Through the murkiest Waters Time, it marches on It imperils our Sons and our daughters Like despair, in a Tindersticks song Their imprisoning Children on the border Random, like a Zodiak Sign, predictive of Human behaviour And disorder And we take Oh, but we take Giving is always Much harder There's always Hope There's always Hope But it's slipping away Ever farther And we take Oh, but we take Giving is always Much harder There's always Hope There's always Hope But it's slipping away Ever farther I was there for you Could you Be you There for me? Always something Pulling us back Something That we can't see Wipe, these salty Tears, crying seems so Damn reactive Subtlety Age-worn expressions We make but Memories are fading And selective Grieve, like We've always grieved A bushel of pain At the market Soul, dirty as This coal That bespoils Our once clean Environs And we take Oh, but we take Giving is always Much harder There's always Hope There's always Hope But it's slipping away Ever farther And we take Oh, but we take Giving is always Much harder There's always Hope There's always Hope But it's slipping away Ever farther Mmmmmm Mmmmmm Mmmmmm Mmmmmm Mmmmmm Mmmmmm...
5.	The Rain 04:52	lyrics	buy track
The Rain And the soul Bears the blame As the land's Drenched With rain The intent Was not the Same as The outcome When the Pain stabbed The heart Ripped her Whole world Apart All the poetry And prose Does not Need repeating We've gone Around and around For years Fooling ourselves Now it's all lost My dear The storm's Moving In There's a crack In the sky Over and out In the Blink of an eye. And the soul Bears the blame As the land's Drenched with Rain The intent Was not The same The intent Was not The same The intent Was not The same As the outcome And the soul Bears the blame As the land's Drenched With rain The intent Was not the Same as The outcome When the Pain stabbed The heart Ripped her Whole world Apart All the poetry And prose Does not Need repeating And the soul Bears the blame As the land's Drenched With rain The intent Was not the Same as The outcome When the Pain stabbed The heart Ripped her Whole world Apart All the poetry And prose Does not Need repeating Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh...
6.	Death On A Platter 03:55	lyrics	buy track
Death On A Platter I was A fool For years And years Or at least Fatally naive To the core You staggered While I fell Contorting like A mime A wry comic From the Pits of hell Evil schemes Damn the Consequences Launch The torpedoes No matter who Gets hurt It was a blast Now it's like Death on a platter You served it Up thick Now stripped Bare bones Rattle and clatter It was a blast Now it's like Death on a platter You served it Up thick Now stripped Bare bones Rattle and clatter When I was So sad You were Secretly So glad When I was So sad You were Secretly So glad, so glad I was a lamb Sacrificial Before the inevitable And awful Bloody Slaughter You were So cool Heart like an Ice block Seizing all Control Until it's Razed to the ground And in tatters It was a blast Now it's like Death on a platter You served it Up thick Now stripped bones Rattle and clatter It was a blast Now it's like Death on a platter You served it Up thick Now stripped Bare bones Rattle and clatter I was A fool For years And years Or at least Fatally naive To the core You staggered While I fell Contorting like A mime A wry comic From the Pits of hell I was A fool For years And years Or at least Fatally naive To the core You staggered While I fell Contorting like A mime A wry comic From the Pits of hell Wry comic From the Pits of hell
7.	Time 04:27	lyrics	buy track
Time It's lovely here I like it Like that The sun Through the Trees The wind At my back It's peaceful Here I like it Like this The feel Of your skin Endless bliss As the world Rages on Outside and Within Turbulence And conflict At every single Turn Even time Will stop Even time Will stop Here Even time Will stop Even time Will stop Here It's perfect Here I like it Like that My paddle hits The water With a mighty Thwack It's gorgeous Here I like it Like this A loon calls For me Then dives Out of sight It's amazing Here I like it Like this Pink sky On the horizon So much To miss Though the world Rages on Outside and Within Turbulence And conflict At every single Turn Even time Will stop Even time Will stop Here Even time Will stop Even time Will stop Here As the war Rages on Outside and Within Turbulence And conflict At every single Turn Even time Will stop Even time Will stop Here Even time Will stop Even time Will stop Here Even time Will stop Even time Will stop Here Even time Will stop Even time Will stop Here
8.	The Wilderness 02:13	lyrics	buy track
The Wilderness And I won't Hold back And I won't Give up Quiet reflection On these Desolate streets A subtle breeze Becomes a Full on gale Life will Pull You in You rode The rails Puffed up Your sails Crashed when You had no friends When The wilderness Calls It's a mighty Fall From grand success To oblivion When The wilderness Calls It's a mighty Fall From grand success To oblivion The filigree And the pedigree Of majestic Clouds and Trees It's above you Now and below you Somehow The devil's In the details Evil courses And self-destructive Forces So confusing And yet so clear When The wilderness Calls It's a mighty Fall From grand success To oblivion When The wilderness Calls It's a mighty Fall From grand success To oblivion From grand success To oblivion
9.	More Than Life Itself 05:25	lyrics	buy track
More Than Life Itself Friday nights City lights Bruised and damaged Reputations Gobsmacked by The price Of hesitation Feral dogs Truck stops Too much gravy On the Daily slop Sunsets that linger Blood red/orange You need me You need me You need me More than life itself You need me You need me You need me More than life itself I can't grieve I can't grieve I can't grieve I can't grieve Carfentanil Barbital Tumbling over Metal garbage cans In the alley Just below the bridge Alcohol Cocaine speedballs In the centre Of the shopping mall Find a new religion Listen to Warren Zevon Citadels Ringing cathedral bells Twisted fables Rusty bean can labels So scared So wired You need me You need me You need me More than life itself You need me You need me You need me More than life itself You need me You need me You need me More than life itself More than life itself More than life itself More than life itself I can't grieve I can't grieve I can't grieve I can't grieve I can't grieve I can't grieve I can't grieve I can't grieve
10.	Evening Song 03:40	lyrics	buy track
Evening Song The words You bring Have a gentle Ring Brighten everything That was sad On a melody Not so hard It seems On majestic wings Midnight hour Evening song Evening song Evening song Evening song Evening song Evening song Evening song Evening song In the quiet time At the break of dawn When it's all Been the said And the bottle's Been drained We will dance a jig To the music We bring And the songs We sing To eternity Evening song Evening song Evening song Evening song Evening song Evening song Evening song Evening song Ooo, ooo, ooo, Ooo, ooo, ooo Ooo, ooo, ooo... Evening song Evening song Evening song Evening song The words You bring Have a gentle Ring Brighten everything That was sad On a melody Not so hard It seems On majestic wings Midnight hour Evening song Evening song Evening song Evening song Evening song Evening song Evening song Evening song
11.	Georgian Bay Cottage 03:29	lyrics	buy track
Georgian Bay Cottage Summers in Georgian Bay We had a Cottage there Built by my Grandfather Before the Great war A simple A-Frame To start Then we built On to it With lumber Way North of here Near Lake Superior And the days They would Never end Laughter and Tanned bodies On the shore And the days They would Never end Water so Clear, deep And cold We always Wanted more Paddling an Old canoe Made out of Birch bark Just 'round the inlet The Island Beausoleil Barbecues And camp fires All of our family There The legend God Kitchikewana The Canadian Shield Tom Thompson's "Pine Island" Samuel Champlain Was there Back in the 1600s Before Midland was a town And the days They would Never end Laughter and Tanned bodies On the shore And the days They would Never end Water so Clear, deep And cold And the days They would Never end Laughter and Tanned bodies On the shore And the days They would Never end Water so Clear, deep And cold We always Wanted more We always Wanted more And the days They would Never end Water so Clear, deep And cold We always Wanted more And the days They would Never end Water so Clear, deep And cold We always Wanted more We always Wanted more
12.	An Awful Refrain 04:27	lyrics	buy track
An Awful Refrain Tortured faces Losing races Apathy Rears its Ugly head Angled corners Rattling dormers Just forget The things We've said Crystal morning or a storm warning Broken promises Hanging By a thread You won't even Address this Pain Circling among us An awful refrain You won't even Address this Pain Circling among us An awful refrain An awful refrain Pretty pills And counsel Burning sadness We were all Terribly misled Ribbons and boxes It's so toxic Hold me now Don't let go You won't even Address this Pain Circling among us An awful refrain You won't even Address this Pain Circling among us An awful refrain An awful refrain Crystal morning or a storm warning Broken promises Hanging By a thread You won't even Address this Pain Circling among us An awful refrain You won't even Address this Pain Circling among us An awful refrain An awful refrain
13.	Constant Turmoil 04:09	lyrics	buy track
Constant Turmoil When the violence Comes you strap on Your headphones to Block out the chaos That ensues all Around you now It's a messed up World and we're Lonely and scared Lost in the crowd Of voices being Their loudest selves I had a dream That it all was over The bickering And the screams The incendiary horrors Don't lose the thread But it's twisted and coiled And frayed at the ends Of our constant Turmoil When the desert Runs dry no Oasis with water You fall back on Your inner self The provisions stored There An unholy Alliance A constant Death spiral The push and The pull A re-setting of Life's fragile dial I had a dream That it all was over The bickering And the screams The incendiary horrors Don't lose the thread But it's twisted and coiled And frayed at the ends Of our constant Turmoil Brisk strolls Down these dead End streets Old shop-keepers Peddling their wares Rich tourists with Unruly kids Zero patience And unforgiving Stares I had a dream That it all was over The bickering And the screams The incendiary horrors Don't lose the thread But it's twisted and coiled And frayed at the ends Of our constant Turmoil I had a dream That it all was over The bickering And the screams The incendiary horrors Don't lose the thread But it's twisted and coiled And frayed at the ends Of our constant Turmoil

about

Halcyon Phase is a collaboration between veteran singer-songwriter Frank Smith (Sills & Smith) & legendary producer/recording engineer and multi-instrumentalist Phillip Victor Bova (Bova Sound), with many top-notch session musicians contributing their considerable talents. The album features 13 powerful original songs of dark, driving rock and singer-songwriter folk, with elements of trippy psychedelia.

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released March 20, 2021

All songs were composed by Frank Smith (words, music) and Phillip Victor Bova (music), registered with SOCAN. Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Phil at Bova Sound in Ottawa, Canada from February 2020 to March 2021. John Findlay's, James Stephens' and Margaret Maria's tracks were recorded in their studios. Many thanks and deep gratitude to Janet Kirby at Bova Sound for outstanding project management, strong coffee and delicious treats.

1. Emergency
lead vocals: Frank Smith
harmony / backup vocals: Rebecca Campbell
drums: Gord Finley
electric bass: Phillip Victor Bova
electric rhythm and lead guitars: John Fraser Findlay
Wurlitzer: John Fraser Findlay
string arrangement: Phillip Victor Bova
violin: James Stephens
cello: Margaret Maria
congas: Jesse Stewart

2. From Straight Lines
lead vocals: Frank Smith
drums: Peter Beaudoin
electric bass: Phillip Victor Bova
electric 12 string rhythm and lead guitars: Blair Michael Hogan
electric and acoustic guitars:John Fraser Findlay
Wurlitzer, Organetta, synthesizer: Marianne Dumas
string arrangement: Phillip Victor Bova
violin:James Stephens
cello: Margaret Maria
Cajón, bass harmonica and shruti box: Jesse Stewart

3. Disquiet
lead vocals: Frank Smith
harmony / backup vocals: Rebecca Campbell
drums: Peter Beaudoin
electric bass: Phillip Victor Bova
electric and slide guitar solo: John Fraser Findlay
acoustic 6 and 12 string guitars: Blair Michael Hogan
piano: John Fraser Findlay
front and backwards piano: Marianne Dumas

4. Giving Is Always Much Harder
lead vocals: Frank Smith
harmony / backup vocals: Rebecca Campbell
drums: Peter Beaudoin
electric bass: Phillip Victor Bova
electric guitar: John Fraser Findlay
string arrangement: Phillip Victor Bova
violin:James Stephens
cello: Margaret Maria
handpan: Jesse Stewart

5. The Rain
lead vocals: Frank Smith
harmony / backup vocals: Rebecca Campbell
backup vocals: John Fraser Findlay
drums: Peter Beaudoin
electric bass: Phillip Victor Bova
electric rhythm and lead guitars: John Fraser Findlay
acoustic and electric guitars: Blair Michael Hogan
Wurlitzer: John Fraser Findlay
synthesizer: Marianne Dumas
waterphone, shaker: Jesse Stewart

6. Death On A Platter
lead vocals: Frank Smith
drums: Gord Finley
electric bass and keyboards: Phillip Victor Bova
electric rhythm and lead guitars: John Fraser Findlay

7. Time
lead vocals: Frank Smith
harmony / backup vocals: Rebecca Campbell
drums: Jeremy Keast
electric bass: Phillip Victor Bova
acoustic guitar: John Fraser Findlay
Rhodes: John Fraser Findlay

8. The Wilderness
lead vocals: Frank Smith
drums: Peter Beaudoin
electric bass, additional keyboards: Phillip Victor Bova
electric and acoustic guitars; John Fraser Findlay
Wurlitzer: John Fraser Findlay

9. More Than Life Itself
lead vocals: Frank Smith
drums: Peter Beaudoin
electric bass: Phillip Victor Bova
electric rhythm and lead guitars: John Fraser Findlay
Wurlitzer: John Fraser Findlay
congas: Jesse Stewart

10. Evening Song
lead vocals: Frank Smith
harmony / backup vocals: Rebecca Campbell
drums: Peter Beaudoin
electric bass: Phillip Victor Bova
electric rhythm guitar; John Fraser Findlay
piano: John Fraser Findlay
string arrangement Phillip Victor Bova
synthesizer – harpsichord, theremin: Marianne Dumas
handpan: Jesse Stewart

11. Georgian Bay Cottage
lead vocals: Frank Smith
harmony / backup vocals: Rebecca Campbell
drums: Ross Murray
electric bass: Phillip Victor Bova
acoustic guitars, electric 12 string and electric lead guitars: Blair Michael Hogan
electric guitars: John Fraser Findlay
piano, accordian: Marianne Dumas
fiddle: James Stephens
Cajón: Jesse Stewart

12. An Awful Refrain
lead vocals: Frank Smith
harmony / backup vocals: Rebecca Campbell
drums: Peter Beaudoin
electric bass: Phillip Victor Bova
electric and acoustic guitars and slide guitar solo: John Fraser Findlay
piano: Marianne Dumas
Hammond Organ / Wurlitzer: John Fraser Findlay
string arrangement: Phillip Victor Bova
cello: Margaret Maria
cristal baschet, shaker, afuche, cymbals and bell tree: Jesse Stewart

13. Constant Turmoil
lead vocals: Frank Smith
harmony / backup vocals: Rebecca Campbell
drums: Ross Murray
electric bass, additional keyboards: Phillip Victor Bova
electric and acoustic guitars and slide guitar solo: John Fraser Findlay
piano and synthesizer: Marianne Dumas
Hammond Organ: John Fraser Findlay
string arrangement: Phillip Victor Bova
Cajón: Jesse Stewart

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Halcyon Phase is a collaboration between veteran singer-songwriter Frank Smith (Sills & Smith) & legendary producer/recording engineer and multi-instrumentalist Phillip Victor Bova (Bova Sound). The debut Halcyon Phase album Tendrils was released on March 20, 2021.All songs were composed by Frank Smith (words, music) and Phillip Victor Bova (music), registered with SOCAN. ... more

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