Album Notes

All main guitar/piano/vocals by JOHN FISHER
Various other instruments - SOTOS YIASIMI
Cello's - DEBS WHOMES
Violin's - JIM O'TOOLE 
Drums - TOM CRISP
Mouth organ - GARTH COUPLAND
Female vocals - ZOE GALANT

Mastered by JON ASTLEY

Stars -
Such a delicate tune, all consuming with a drifting piano piece that gently rolls through its main body. A string score swings like a lullaby – musically creating a very peaceful, whilst potent atmosphere.
LYRICALLY this is about being so close to someone that all you want is everything they are & have to give - their heart, soul, blood and bones & their mind and body - asking for the stars & the world in itself if they could conjure it.

Darkest Day -
A song full of grit, energy & push, with overlapping vocals picking up on counter melody piano’s leading to a powerful finish. But its acoustically driven roots ensure it never loses its way.
LYRICALLY based on a poem called ‘Darkest Day’, by poet Jules Gaunt, it encapsulates the ordeals of living with obsessive compulsive disorder & bipolar syndrome.
Expressing how darkness can consume you, enveloping every relationship & your every action until you reach a point where you plead that things could worsen no more.

Look & You Will See -
Musically this is quite a fusion, with a ‘western film theme-like pick’ under-pinning the songs core. Spanish chords then over-lace this & additional snapping guitar licks somehow seem to sit comfortably whilst morphing between Spanish scales & the blues. Over this are raw & exposed vocals sounding a touch balladic, as the content of the lyrics goes against the grain of everything around them. Somewhat of a hybrid that comes across very much as a story-teller’s piece.
LYRICALLY this deals with isolation & the growth which this can evoke – inner strength rising up when facing mountainous woes that have endless peaks & above all finding that smile again if it becomes lost within all the stresses & burdens of life.

Part 1: Echoes of Addiction -
Here is an instrumental piece that is a variant play of the later track -‘Drinking his Soul’. All entangled together with multiple acoustic guitars, Greek bazuki & a haunting melody.

Resist Your Smile -
Infectious guitar riffs drive ahead happily eating up the blues through & through. With a pumping bass grinding under the whole thing as the gospel female voice of Zoe Galant duels against the lead vocal. Full on & fiery!!!
LYRICALLY - looking at fate. In another time & place & if our faces, persona’s and ‘self’s’ were totally different would we still find each other & would we connect.

Sleep -
This can only be described as somewhat hypnotic & calming, emulating its theme of quieting the mind & chasing slumber. Ticking clocks & a taunting guitar piece ride against a gentle piano & big violins and cellos’, all building a song to just fall into until an uplifting progression has the music’s subconscious comes back to life.
LYRICALLY, your clock is ticking away, the alarm call is crawling ever closer & your mind will just not switch off.

Reach -
An intimate song of sparse guitar intertwining with a distinct violin mirrors the earnest male & female vocals as they push and pull in a duet, providing a perfect base for the personal themes of the song.
LYRICALLY how we go through life closed off, yet reaching out a hand & opening up freely is the only way for us to be fully known.

Cross the wires -
Full of impact like a powerhouse of force at times & then simmering down at others. Pure driving music, with a real pushing guitar that riffs like a full on steam train coming at you, rapidly striving forward with a passion, as vocal lines want to grab you by the throat & deliver the lyrics with attitude. If you can hold on for the ride you’ll find plenty of punch & a strong presence.

Out of the Ashes - Picking guitar & sincere vocals bounce off one another.
A pure acoustic performance - no overdubs, no counter melodies, just plain & simple - put the song right there in the room with the listener.
LYRICALLY, how the bonds we build over time & how history between friends & lovers plant foundations to overcome any hurdles.

Not Today -
Held together by a lazy, dragging guitar with a laid back attitude & yet somehow the song is not robbed of its vibrant bounce & uplifting energy, all of which rise up a notch with the powerful vocals of the chorus.
LYRICALLY this is simply about getting off your backside. But at the same time the song is not preaching & has a cheeky smile in the knowledge that we are all guilty of tomorrows that never come.
New Year resolutions - anybody?
As these lyrics say “We’re going to change the world some way, just not today.”

Come Bother Me -
A crisp & bright picking guitar melody dances along with a beautiful & rich cello, within which mellow vocals show a gentle restraint, overall creating a warm & exposed song.
LYRICALLY entangling all the nuances & quirks in loved ones, that sometimes can slightly irritate or annoy, but usually push on through to become the endearments that make you smile.

Alone -
This is a very bluesy song with a very open guitar that lays a perfect bed for the strong vocals popping against it. Zoe Galant provides such soulful gospel backing vocals that chill the spine and a great Memphis blues mouth harp filling the guitar’s intentional spaces, pulls the whole thing together. As things progress all 3 elements finally come together in a blood rush crescendo with effortless ease.
LYRICALLY the young free & single mindset, but after all the excitement & game playing - is that ‘one night stand novelty’ really enough.

Part 2: Drinking His Soul -
Such a varied collage of instrumentation, give this song an essence unique to itself. Strummed guitar & a picked counter melody roll in & around one another. Greek Bazuki then floats to the top & beds down the sound until lead violin comes alive & grabs full attention.
LYRICALLY very direct, there is no alluding or imagery here – just a pure musing at the destructive grasp of alcoholism & how it builds walls & isolates.

An album that will take you on a roller coaster ride and leave you wanting more!