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The Other Side Of Grey

by THE HEPBURNS FEAT. ESTELLA ROSA

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It’s Monday morning And I’m waiting for my train I’m drinking coffee And listening to the pouring rain Come rain and pour down upon this old town Don’t know where I’m going But I’ll be blown there anyway The wind is blowing The leaves are piled up all around Like unlucky Steerforth Poor old October drowned Come rain and pour down upon this old town Come rain and pour down! Come bolts of lightning And blow this drab old town away! What will we see there On the other side of grey? Like Norma Desmond In Sunset Boulevard You can’t escape from The silent films in which you starred Your glowing reviews are yesterday’s news Those men aren’t reporters Those men are from Scotland Yard This place is deserted The butler and housekeeper fled But there’s a conversation Going on inside my head You’re at the station; my destination’s Great Expectations I’ll catch you later, Mother Nature This is my favourite time of year (On the other side of grey) Don't you love the sweet smell of decay? (On the other side of grey) So, tell me how does this song end? (It’s waiting patiently) So, tell me how does this song end, on the other side of grey?
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Midnight Guy 02:37
For a hundred krugerrand I’m sure You would sell your father and mother With a margarita in one hand and Your car keys in the other You said that you like to water-ski But that sounds like a tall story to me Just another lie from Midnight Guy The bar is straight out of Edward Hopper I must say I admire your stamina When you’re out on the discotheque floor Don’t stop ‘til you get enough, no Your last girlfriend was a croupier But that makes perfect sense to me What with your vampiric tendencies The city skyline reflected in your shades Yet another of your escapades Right on cue, the familiar sound Of helicopter blades, yeah Seeking sanctuary from the day Are you allergic to the sun? Fleeing from the ultra violet rays With a hangover of biblical proportions Come fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away Never mind the wherefore or the why You’re the legendary Midnight Guy The city skyline reflected in your shades Yet another of your escapades Right on cue, the familiar sound Of an air boat in the Everglades

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This Single is only available in digital format

"The Other Side Of Grey" is an advance Digital Single for “Architecture Of The Ages”, the upcoming new album by THE HEPBURNS FEAT. ESTELLA ROSA: bit.ly/2ZEaXjG

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► Watch the official video-clip of "The Other Side Of Grey" on bit.ly/3muJsSS
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We love indie-pop, jangle, sunshine pop. We don’t have to keep saying it. We love bossa nova and soundtracks from the sixties and seventies. That’s why we are happy to announce that the next THE HEPBURNS album will be released on Elefant Records. And what’s more, it’s in tandem with Estella Rosa, the singer from the jangle-pop group NAH. The collaboration came about in the midst of the pandemic and brought us “Architecture Of The Ages”, a very special album that we are advancing with “The Other Side Of Grey”.

Matt Jones, Mike Thomas and Les Mun are still showing off their exquisite arrangements, their dreamy, polychromatic harmonies, and those stories about loveable losers that only someone like Matt Jones can illustrate so well. And “The Other Side Of Grey” shows us how to tell the story of a person drowning in self-pity through a song full of light. Artists, perspectives, nuances, emotions. Wonderful. And Estella’s sweet voice is the perfect counterpoint, the cherry on top of the cake of your dreams.

And what could be better than a video by Pooley, from Woom Studio, who once again shows off his good taste, his ability to play with a vintage esthetic and make it shine under a setting full of plasticity. In this case, it is a chromatic journey, starting in a futuristic city in black and white, where a multicolor sun starts to shine intermittently, and there are many tributes to classic movies, photography, and the ending looks toward a liberating environmental message. It is full of references, visual play, exquisite techniques… Words don’t do it justice.

And the final surprise to go with this incredible news – there is a previously unreleased track on the B-side that will not be included on the album, which confirms the tremendous moment the group is having. Because if something as incredible as “Midnight Guy” couldn’t find a spot for itself on the album, we can’t even imagine how amazing the songs that did are. The song is about a happy-go-lucky, devil-may-care character, straight out of television spy-fi adventure “Department S”. It is overflowing with imagination – in barely three minutes Midnight Guy flies across the midnight sky in his own personal chopper, glides through the Florida Everglades in his air boat, takes a turn at the roulette table, and dances to Michael Jackson's “Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough” on the discotheque floor! The trademark THE HEPBURNS qualities are there, with their love of bossa nova, 1960s film and television, and the beginnings of disco music from the 70s.

We are celebrating this, and we are sure that many of the fans of this band with more than 14 albums to their name will do the same.

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released September 8, 2021

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THE HEPBURNS Wales, UK

The Hepburns are a Welsh indie band from Llanelli, South-West Wales. They have recorded thirteen albums, two EPs, one single and three BBC sessions. 'Electric Lliedi Land' was released in September 2020, followed by a cover version of Vic Godard's 'I'll Find Out Over Time'. They also contributed to three Corona Underground Projects. A new album feat. Estella Rosa is due for release in Oct. 2021. ... more

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