Bedroom Demos 2, by Natalie Holmes

Bedroom Demos 2

by Natalie Holmes

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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs) A title like "Bedroom Demos" usually triggers memories of lo-fi mono recordings with tape hissing, background noise, and lack of treble frequencies. I was surprised quite a bit to find out that Natalie Holmes records demos with a perfect sound. I'm not exaggerating. Paired with her exceptional songwriting capabilities, this album turns out to be a real enchanting pleasure. Favorite track: Love You When I'm Lonely /2019.

mayurin I love it so much. ;_; Favorite track: Heart Tracks /2018.

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1.	Lean in & Whisper /2017 03:23	lyrics	buy track
I was taught how to play the piano When I was 5 I wasn’t taught how you work I picked up a guitar when I was 14 I plucked the strings till my fingers hurt Take a little look about look about you, I’m not giving in this time Just like my guitar I’ll keep on trying to work you I don’t wanna hurt you I’m trying to work you out If you need me to hold you I already told you Lean in and whisper I grew up in a bubble I was afraid of getting in trouble I saw the world Couldn’t quite agree Guess I feel like a mother I wanna show you the brilliant colours I’m so afraid That you’ll never see Take a little look about look about you, And allow a shard of light Echoes of a million different lives I’ll keep on trying to work this I don’t wanna curse this I’m gonna work this out If you need me to hold you I already told you Lean in and whisper You never opened up to me How was I supposed to keep going like that I could feel a love that was growing But I needed someone to care for me I couldn’t work us, I’m sorry I hurt us, I couldn’t work us out.
2.	Heart Tracks /2018 03:14	lyrics	buy track
I can fall asleep next to you I can’t do that with anyone I can share plans with you Cos you wouldn’t give up your dreams for me and I like that You write your stories And I’ll write my heart tracks You’re a glitch in my system manual There is no page on a thing so animal You wouldn’t give up your dream for me and I like that Tell me is it ok If I soften my skin for you I think maybe I’m here to stay Scared to move forward but I do not wanna go back You write your stories and I’ll write my heart tracks You’re a glitch in my system manual Magical, bare with me while I crack the code You wouldn’t give up your dream for me and I like that I can’t say we’re not going home cos I wanna I can’t say leave me be cos you’re not gonna For once there’s nothing To send us running Disconnected wires hang free in the circuit I’m so wonderfully disconcerted For once there’s something But we both know nothing You wouldn’t give up your dream for me, So you write your stories and I’ll write my heart tracks.
3.	Up in Smoke /2019 03:04	lyrics	buy track
I see the way you see Rub my eyes you’re real Don’t try to hide cos I wanna take you in Wanna rub your atmosphere onto my skin I can see everything You’re my hallucinogen If we go up in smoke We would be high We wouldn’t choke If we go if we go up in smoke We would bring life We would explode Ooooh I can see everything in the sharpest detail Sober but you’re the best thing I’ve ever inhaled Stay in my lungs so If we go up in smoke You’re by my side You’ll never go This finally feels like home I don’t need to learn how to let go Holding me tight cos you wanna breathe me in Wanna rub my atmosphere onto your skin You take me as I am A firework in your hands
4.	Hayfever /2019 03:37	lyrics	buy track
Glad you didn’t know me that way You’ll never remember The mass of burning embers Flower opening day by day Now you give me hayfever Though my lungs are so much cleaner Love the smell of fire gone out Blew your smoke right out my mouth Still somethin drifts around You give me hayfever She’s my heart but you steal her Burning like the sun through time Will you ever leave her? She’s my heart but you steal her I found a plant cutting in my pocket Hoped that I could grow it again some day Been busy being a daughter is it too late to water? can’t decipher words you write need to look you in the eye is it still alive We let go Watery eyed Left a rolling film Thought we’d stopped then i hit rewind
5.	Absorb /2019 03:14	lyrics	buy track
The rain sounds like african drums in my brain Do I need a reason why I’m here In Spain, had to cross over borders to escape Did i overestimate the power of being alone I got on a plane to escape the pain Before it became fear Yeah I found a love it tore me up We were born with a brain So why do they treat us like We’re in a simulation game Watched from above like we care who is watching I got on a plane to escape the pain Before it became fear Yeah I tried alone, but I don’t know But I still need to absorb people like cotton wool Put me in a vase cos i’m drinking like flowers do I lost a God, and learnt to believe I found a love, was torn in 3 But I still need to soak up every last drop of you Fine on my own but it’s quiet in spite of the hammering rain I need it to grow I know but I still need to absorb Oooh Everybody here is vulnerable I wanna look down tunnels I wanna know what’s at the bottom What makes the rain sound like African drums in your brain I still need to absorb people like Fine on my own but it’s quiet in spite of the hammering rain, I need it to grow, but I still need to absorb Oooh
6.	Stay Awake /2019 03:14	lyrics	buy track
This is addictive Digging up feelings What can we conjure up, cover up, discover that’s been buried Is there a layer underneath the chemicals Are we still moving when we’re totally still We are more than the cells in our body It is not a secret Though the leaders try to keep it so There will always be darkness And their job is to hide us in it we are so easily swept away in our own brain and they know it I haven’t even taken a sip of this But I’m Inebriated i just wanna know what i can feel how deep, how strong, how right, for how long We are more than the cells in our body It is not a secret Though the leaders try to keep it so Pinch your skin cos it’s yours to inhabit They’ve got us dreamin of fear when we have had enough (Stay awake. Stay awake. (eastern scale) Throwing sand in our eyes) stay awake stay awake stay we all got something to say they will throw sand in our eyes sand is just glass in disguise stay awake stay awake stay we are not powerless prey in our humanity lies the element of surprise
7.	Animal Souls /2019 02:58	lyrics	buy track
I am not special I am not different from all of you I can only express what I feel is true I am not special You are not damaged I can see light shining through the cracks We are not here to be thin and fast You are not damaged Everything rushes And everything hushes your soul Cos if you were watered then you wouldn’t pay them to grow We got animal souls We got animal souls Living in boxes and fearing the rain Cos if we were watered We’d beat them all in this game we’ll never be peaceful don’t deserve kindness or self respect we gotta work till we’re thoroughly spent we’ll never find peace this isn’t a journey all that matters is where you can be a place you’ll never believe you can reach but stop and you’re lazy We got animal souls We got animal souls Staring down mirrors and wishing we’d change Cos if we were stronger We’d beat them all in this game they call you mad when you hear voices but you know those voices better than the people who make your choices what you should eat what you should wear what should make you feel good or pull out your hair Spoonfed with anger, weakened by pain, If we were stronger They know that we’d want to play.
8.	Cast My Love /2018 03:30	lyrics	buy track
Even now you’re gone I can feel ya Pricklin my skin like we’re inches apart I can feel your heart Even though I know we’re a nightmare The steps in between start to formulate a dream And it gets so hard Hard to remember Why we were wrong Every december you kept me warm Third time it snowed my body was cryin out for ya I’m gonna cast my love over the water I’m gonna cast my love on you I’m gonna cast my love so very far Cos when we’re apart, I feel your heart I don’t wanna keep you for keep sakes But i dunno maybe we’re meant to be soul mates With separate lives I’ll get a husband, you’ll get a wife We’ll cut the cake with a double edged knife (Cryin out for ya) Our net was too weak Split apart with a force so heavy I ride the peaks You prefer the ocean floor on your feet White foam like icecream Gotta taste of the sweetness I need
9.	I Can't Give Up /2018 03:33		buy track
10.	All That I Know /2019 03:24	lyrics	buy track
Am I confused? Or am I just sure that I don’t know Am I gonna lose, Or have I made this target up, Out of thin air, Each day I drift, I search for more Will it shift? All that I know is that I’m ready to find you But I can’t even find myself All I can show is that I’m not really OK So I stay behind And wait for tomorrow night oooh, tomorrow night oh then I will be alright. Told me you loved me so Made sure you let me know That I cut you deep and that cut me deep (too) Then only 2 weeks on You’re pouring coffee for another heart, I can’t believe, You ever wanted me for me All that I know is that I’m ready to find you But I can’t even find myself All I can show is that I’m not really OK So I stay behind All that I know is I’d be ready to catch you, Like droplets above my head I’ll let you know that no matter how I feel Your dark can be bright and we’ll wait for tomorrow night oooh tomorrow night, Oh then we will be alright. Clocks turn too fast No I’ll never be ready Take 3 deep breaths Who said that I cant take time Take as long as I need I’ll be fine When the world stops breathing down my neck Cast away we’ll be each other’s wreck
11.	Watertight /2019 03:37		buy track
12.	Lunacy /2018 03:23		buy track
13.	Love You When I'm Lonely /2019 03:37	lyrics	buy track
I don’t like these colours I’m showing In control and now I don’t know what’s going on Painting numbers but I can’t tell 10 from 1 I’m so used to laying it all out On the line, I don’t hide cos things go wrong Yeah we’ve tried, but third time could be the lucky one There’s a fine line between love and emptiness, yeah I’m a mess No ones had a hold of my soul like this before Haven’t shown these colours you’re seein ever before Even grey looks pretty in this dark cave Convince myself it’s all ok if we go slowly How am I sposed to know if I love you when I’m lonely Let’s watch the tv like we’re just friends Cos if I have to break one more heart then mines dead You help me cope but if you take just one more step Take me away from my brain Just for a second I wanna be free Take me away from the clothes on my frame Just for a second I wanna be me Cos I love too much But somehow not enough I don’t how to soothe, when it’s lie or lose you Take me away take me away now from the clothes on my frame, thoughts in my brain now Got too much love but still gonna lose you Yeah I’m a mess and no body held me like you
14.	Moon Craters /2019 03:10	lyrics	buy track
I am a spaceship I believe I can make it To wherever I first set out to be Floating out to the moon craters My head and my limbs detach and I spin Happier than I’ve ever been Heading out to the moon craters I can see moooooon craters I’ll walk on them soon or walk on them later Doesn’t matter cos I can see them I can see moooon craters no i don’t need night vision for this ocular space mission i’m drowning in tired light Floating out to the moon craters This spherical thing alone with no ring We can be eachothers company Heading out to the we can be each others company like mothers cut our problems down the middle take a piece of my eyes place a shard of your light in my palm i can feel your calm
15.	Balancing Act /2020 03:12	lyrics	buy track
I don’t sleep for 7 days The world is bleak And I feel crazy And then I wake Some sunny day Everything’s great I feel amazing I’m not weak or so they say I get up when I’ve been crawling lick the dirt right off my fingertips is that really a way to live And this balancing act has got me fallin every day tap my head & i’ll crack I need to feed you anyway morning night i never know when i existed right yeah this balancing act is just that [And this balancing act has got me wakin upside down in my cave like a bat if i just stay here I won’t drown morning night i never know when i existed right yeah this balancing act is just that] Didn’t ask, when i was born if i’d like to be a grown up taught that being young is free but you gotta prove your worth now i got 16 plates stacked onto my skull nothing to do but i still feel stressed just let me show you how i can run i won’t let em fall by they do one by one i look up at the tallest buildings rise on up octagonal feelings feel you bubble tease me at the edge suddenly the sun is shining i forget my soul was cryin i’m in trouble
16.	Be Gentle /2019 03:05	lyrics	buy track
The beauty of waking up without a war inside your head held by something more than just the sheets on your bed "are you with me are you with me?" they said "we’ve been rapping on the window for 3 days come along be gentle see the light on your face take a shower, feel it all wash away" oooh be gentle today oooh you’ve returned from a dangerous place oooh be gentle today be gentle today be gentle today the white walls you’ve been staring at for hours are doing good to keep you safe when your body felt an earthquake shatter holes in your faith took a deep breath wouldn’t let yourself break  in the morning when you feel the days offering though it may not be what you needed it to bring take it kindly shake it’s hand and begin  oooh be gentle today ooh yesterday was a hard one to chase So be gentle today be gentle today be gentle today
17.	On the Same Plane (The Patreon Song) /2019 02:48	lyrics	buy track
i been makin demos i been opening my heart i’ve been creasing my forehead at the sorry state of the arts any piece of joy has led me back to the same sign the one that says god dammit make what you love cos it ain’t mine i’m a feeeeeeler a deeeep breather a fuck whoever tells me i’m not born for this believer I teach ya That we’re all on the same plane and if I don’t create i’ll be turning up late every day to the same job that i hate believe me when i say i’m born for this HEY (i won’t suffocate if i’m singin the songs that i made it’s lonely but i know that i got my holmeys art should never be out of our reach) i been walkin miles with my guitar on my back been meeting beautiful people all stuck on the same track each and every turn has led me back to the same sign the one that says god dammit do it your way cos you’re in it for life
18.	Not in Space /2016 03:26	lyrics	buy track
There’s a muffled voice in my head Tryna figure out what it said Take a little time now To remember Take a little time out To recall Why we're here and not in space We were built to conversate Interaction here is key Come and lie in the grass with me We were born into our mothers arms Possibly the opposite of weapons Frightened of emotion (motion) I'm broken Something isn't quite right at all Feet are planted in the earth Food and water can't divert Feeling drawn to company What do I do when I'm feeling this lonely inside When the night falls And even my Shadow is gone and I'm taken away to this place in my mind I'm reminded

about

After the incredible support on Bedroom Demos, I couldn't not do another! This is the next compilation of demos written and produced by me over the last couple of years. I've learnt so much about production in this time and feel like I'm only just scratching the surface as we go into 2020! It was interesting delving back into each project and seeing how different I'd done things even just a year ago!

I have so many favourites on this album, and I even rescued a couple that I'd totally forgotten about and assumed would never see the light of day, but that's what this album is for! The majority of these are demos I've made for Patreon since I started that 2 years ago, but I've been through and polished everything up so nothing is EXACTLY the same.

Physical CD's are going to be made but posted in batches due to COVID times, so I can't say when they'll be with you but over the next month or so for sure.

I hope you enjoy this rather large nugget of my brain. It is a pleasure to share it with you wonderful wonderful people. Thank you to the moon and back for supporting me <3

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released June 5, 2020

Written, produced, "mastered" (i think) by me.

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Natalie Holmes Bristol, UK

shows

Apr 19

Harwell Village Hall

Didcot, UK
Apr 26

Sofar Sounds

Bristol, UK
May 23

The Star Inn

Guildford, UK
May 24

St Edith Folk Club

Sevenoaks, UK
May 26

Bates Green Farm

Arlington, UK
Jun 14

Hopton Court

Cleobury Mortimer, UK
Aug 22

Between the Trees

Bridgend, UK
Sep 5

The Unicorn Theatre

Abingdon, UK
Sep 6

Hangar Farm Arts Centre

Southampton, UK
Sep 7

Barbican Theatre

Plymouth, UK
Sep 10

Oporto

Leeds, UK
Sep 11

Barnoldswick Music & Arts Centre

Barnoldswick, UK
Sep 12

Cafe #9

Sheffield, UK

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