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Songs I Made When the World Changed - EP

by Natalie Holmes

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1.
Dandelion 03:18
Was it when you were taking deep breaths on the step outside the school? Feeling ornamental like you’d crack right down the middle Your raincoat is yellow and all of the water got through Hard to feel normal when you’re wet but the sky is blue The sky is so blue But something’s blowing all the seeds out of your head Dandelion in a hurricane and nobody gets it  Stretch your trembling fingers out from side to side, And glide Ooh  Taking up space yeah you’re out of control like a garden of weeds Feeling inconvenient might as well make yourself little  Soak up the soil its always been loyal to you Hard to feel normal when normal just tears you in two The sky is so blue But something’s blowing all the seeds out of your hand Dandelion in a hurricane does anybody understand? Stretch your trembling fingers out from side to side And glide  Ooh Down low you see every detail  Up close see the scars on blades of grass Magnified
2.
Bumpy 02:38
Burnout, waiting for a turnout Skin is dry on my mouth Only 27, feels like timeout Searching Echolocation is not working Calling to my bones They tell me drink some milk Every doctor tells you just the same Just a little bump you’ll be OK Take these every night and you’ll be right as rain  Ooooh, bumpy Ooooh, bumpy Chipping china in the kitchen Was only making tea when I started crying over the sink, then  Driving scratching the CD that I’m vibin’  Chasing the sun, I know it only burns Every doctor tells you just the same Just a first degree you’ll be OK Rub this on your skin and you’ll be right as rain Ooooh, bumpy Ooooh, bumpy I’m a broken rhythm I skip a beat skip a Day or three is missing, every week, every damn Weaker than an old me, had an energy  Everybody told me I was bouncy and now I’m just bumpy
3.
Reverse 01:49
I wake up Fresh or a mess It seems to rotate I work hard Without knowing where I’m going  I think I’ve lost my senses I don’t know where the end is Oooh I can't touch I'm scared of the curse I seem to carry I’m trying  I’m trying so hard, but i don’t know how long  I’m supposed to go on My feet are getting tired of this road The road that doesn’t seem to go anywhere I’m trying not to be that person That gives in to the hurting That’s only there because The world has told me I should be moving forward When I feel I’m in reverse
4.
I see mountains so steep And sharp as daggers at my feet Got my love in the seat next to me Heading home to where it’s cold But anywhere with you I’m sold I think we’re gonna grow old i can’t stop the smilin even when i close my eyes cos you’re there never knew the feelin but it’s helpin me in breathin this aeroplane air I enjoyed eating chocolate in the morning Dancing with the dawn in the kitchenette Cornflake boy pourin milk into the box and laughing it down before your knees got wet I enjoyed eating chocolate in the morning Blankets on the roof in 2 degrees Nature boy taking engines off the road + Turning them all into a symphony ooh i could stand up when we land but having your hand on my back makes existing so easy and so sweet It’s an ending to a story Read the back page i’m not sorry we could stock up the shelves while it’s cheap i enjoyed climbing mountains by the sea learning that cold is a sensation not a feeling you gave 2 degrees some meaning

about

I decided to make something by myself, using the lockdown period to learn just that little bit more about production so I felt confident to share this with you. The first 2 songs were written during lockdown, highlighting observations I've been making on life and finally enabling me to put them into words. Both of these were a new direction for me, getting off to a rocky start that I didn't think was going to culminate in two songs I felt so at peace with and connected to.Then I found 'Reverse' in the deepest corners of my computer files. In a folder called 'bits n bobs' under the ambiguous title 'feels', I didn't expect to find this short and sweet yet emotional rollercoaster of a song from 3 years ago that I would totally fall back in love with. And lastly, Chocolate in the Morning, the pre-cursor to lockdown, written on my way back from a holiday in February, after being asked a LOT in Greece with nervous tones where we'd flown from... this song marks the start of a very happy chapter in my life - and on that note, introducing Cello Man! After persuading him to dust off his cello from when he was in university orchestra 10 years ago, Ben valiantly tackled the parts I'd written from him despite being out of practice, and beautifully completed the organic sound I was looking for on these tracks. I cannot thank him enough, as the songs really would not be the same without him.

The aim of this EP was to connect with people feeling alone, feeling 'feels' that they think are silly or abnormal or need to be 'fixed' asap. Really, the fix is coming together in love, understanding and accepting each other and LETTING IT BE KNOWN THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT EACHOTHER, so that we can stop feeling like we are faulty - just part of a big beautiful messy painting.

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released August 7, 2020

Songs written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Natalie Holmes

With the exception of live cello: Ben Cannell (#celloman)

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