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EMBASSYLIGHTS

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    WHAT IS A FLEXI-DISC? Developed in communist Russia through the pressing and distribution of (illegal) pop music on old X-Rays (called "Bones"), flexis have since come to embody a variety of products thinner than a normal vinyl record. Flexi-discs are a phonograph record made of a thin, flexible vinyl sheet with a moulded-in spiral stylus groove, designed to be playable on a normal record player.

    The EMBASSYLIGHTS release is made up of 4 double sided flexi-discs that are housed between illustrations by Asad Pervaiz (with a cover collage by band member Laura Leif and friends Heather Kai Smith, Kali Urquhart, and Dallin Ursenbach) bound as a book. They are a strictly limited run and will be accompanied by a downloadable copy of the album.

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1.
Lady Down the Line 04:28
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01. Lady Down the Line Music by Eysteinsson / Hamilton / Hermannsson / Leif / Savage Smith / St. John Lyric by St. John Send my lady down the line She is good and she is fine Send out over sea and set On her shoulder I would sit Send my lady down the line She is good and she is fine Send her out and down that trail On her seaward ship set sail Won’t you send my lady down the line She is good and she is fine Hardy morning cropped with wind On this tawny sunrise pinned Lady down the line Lady down the line Lady down the line Lady down the line Send my lady down the line She is good and she is fine Hardy morning cropped with wind On that tawny sunrise pinned
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Cold Skin 03:31
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02. Cold Skin Music by Eysteinsson / Hamilton / Hermannsson / Leif / Savage Smith / St. John Lyric by Savage Smith Running out for keeps We are only right We are only right Running through the streets We are only real We are only real Skin as cold as ice But our heat runs deep But our heat runs deep Finding out the keep We are only young We are only young Running out for keeps We are only right We are only right Rolling through the streets We are only real We are only real Skin as cold as ice But our heat runs deep But our heat runs deep Finding out the keep We are only young We are only young
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2080s Song 03:34
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03. 2080s Song Music by Eysteinsson Lyric by Eyesteinsson Take me home And make me feel alright Send a message I receive Take me home And let me feel again We will never leave We’re back and forth 2080s All praise the receiver of the haze We’re back and forth 2080s All praise the receiver of the haze Take me home And make me feel alright Send a message I receive Take me home And let me feel again I will never leave We’re back and forth 2080s All praise the receiver of the haze We’re back and forth 2080s All praise the receiver of the haze We’re back and forth 2080s All praise the receiver of the haze
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I'll Go Where You Are 02:06
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04. I’ll Go Where You Are Music by Savage Smith Lyric by Savage Smith There’s some words that you said And I hear it now There’s a house where we live And I’ll leave it now There’s a place where I’ll go And I see it now I’ll I’ll go where you are I’ll I’ll go where you are I’ll I’ll go where you are I’ll I’ll go where you are I’ll I’ll go where you are
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Bad Weather 04:09
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05. Bad Weather Music by Leif Lyric by Leif I don’t want this to be how cold I am There is something so dark Hidden by these white spaces Underneath the drift of snow So cold it’ll break your bones Burn you up I don’t know my way around And I don’t speak the language But I can feel there Why are you walking here? And what do you want? And what are you hoping to find? And what have you found? Deep between the cliffs here There was a slow tension And it is in a central part A part we’re in is so true And there is something spirited I found another station There’s something true Why are you walking here? And what do you want? And what are you looking for? And what have you found? Get out from this hard place Get out quickly Can you feel that lift?
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Inside/Outside 04:48
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06. Inside/Outside Music by Eysteinsson / Hamilton / Hermannsson / Leif / Savage Smith / St. John Lyric by Hermannsson / Eysteinsson I touch your light House to run awake The sweet two are awake Gray light are bright Dark morning sky Then there we lie Inside, inside Breathe in, breathe out Early silence still Breathe in, breathe out Inside, out there Outside, in here Stormy weather We’re alive I’m a lover That’s for sure We step outside To have some fun tonight Being with you Is a blast We listen to the Weather forecast We step outside To have some fun tonight We step outside To have some fun tonight Stormy weather We’re alive I’m a lover That’s for sure We step outside To have some fun tonight We step outside To have some fun tonight
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Slysið 04:10
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07. Slysið Music by Hamilton Lyric by Hamilton There’s been an accident Out on the road And the road was taken back By the waters we’ll go And the fire told us off “No-one belongs here, you know” Call off the chancellor No-one has to know Oh my God What have we done? We drove right off And lost the sun The snow falls down The snow builds up And all we’ve got Is all I’ve found “You built a road on my back What a pathetic friend A concrete strap to hold me down I shake it off with my hands I know you’ll come back around And we’ll go through this again” There’s been an accident Out on the road And the road was taken back By the waters we’ll go And the fire told us off “No-one belongs here, you know” Call off the chancellor No-one has to know
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Búkolla 04:28
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08. Búkolla Music by St. John Lyric by St. John Oh I’ll hunt you down Oh I’ll track you down Oh Búkolla Oh Búkolla Oh I’ll hunt you down Oh I’ll track you down Oh Búkolla Oh Búkolla Oh I’ll hunt you down Oh I’ll track you down Oh Búkolla Oh Búkolla Oh I’ll hunt you down Oh I’ll track you down Oh Búkolla Oh Búkolla And so My friend The icy flow Does bend And while We walk We talk Along The road That bends Don’t end I know That beast Won’t give His quest He hungers For your tender Flesh Oh I’ll hunt you down Oh I’ll track you down Oh Búkolla Oh Búkolla Oh I’ll hunt you down Oh I’ll track you down Oh Búkolla Oh Búkolla I’ll hunt you down Oh I’ll track you down Oh Búkolla Oh Búkolla Oh I’ll hunt you down Oh I’ll track you down Oh Búkolla Oh Búkolla Oh I’ll hunt you down Oh I’ll track you down Oh Búkolla Oh Búkolla

about

EMBASSYLIGHTS is a collaborative project from Woodpigeon’s Mark Andrew Hamilton alongside fellow Calgary natives Samantha Savage Smith, Clinton St. John, and Laura Leif, paired with two of Reykjavik's most intriguing songsmiths Benni Hemm Hemm and Prins Póló.

The ensemble boasts a talent exchange between six distinct personalities built through a residency exchange retreat in Reykjavik, Iceland, then recorded by Graham Lessard (Kevin Drew’s Darlings, Timber Timbre’s Hot Dreams) at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts.

EMBASSYLIGHTS provides a creative freedom rarely found within a traditional band setting, with members able to swap instruments and explore without the constraints of pre-designated roles. These creative liberties create a dramatic final result, which shines through on their self-titled debut album. Ranging from the elegiac soundscapes of Bedhead, the rhythmic jitters of Talking Heads, a dash of ’60s girl group pop, and rock songs based on Icelandic folklore, EMBASSYLIGHTS proves the language of music is one that is internationally understood.

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released August 28, 2020

All songs + lyrics by EMBASSYLIGHTS

EMBASSYLIGHTS are:
Svavar Pétur Eysteinsson
Kristján Freyr Halldórsson
Mark Andrew Hamilton
Benedikt H. Hermannsson
Laura Leif
Ragnar Helgi Olafsson
Samantha Savage Smith
Clinton St. John

Banff Centre Recordings Produced by: Graham Lessard
Banff Centre Recording Assistant: Shun Saito
Mixing + Mastering by: Flex Arnason
Front Cover Collage by: Laura Leif, Heather Kai Smith, Kali Urquhart, and Dallin Ursenbach
Original Photography by: Laura Leif and Benedikt Hermannsson
Package Design by: Asad Pervaiz
Project Coordinator: Mark Andrew Hamilton

EMBASSYLIGHTS was written and rehearsed in Reykjavik, Iceland 25-30 January 2013 and recorded in Banff, Canada on 3 February 2013.

Thank you to Kerry Clarke at Festival Hall, Michael Green and the High Performance Rodeo, Matthías Ingimarsson and Bjarni Gaukur Sigurðsson at Kongó, Benjamin Stacey at Okidoki, Robert Calder at Boompa, Grímur Atlason, and Stewart Wheeler at the Canadian Embassy in Reykjavik.

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