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Loving Echoes

by Scott Mannion

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    Featuring cover painting by Ben Lustenhouwer, 16 page booklet with full lyrics, per song instrument and performance credits for music nerds, Chelva photography by Elton Eerkens and an all matt finish.

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1.
Smoke 03:27
You are too intangible to touch, or hold You are closest to smoke, I suppose So the best that can be done Is to breathe you in, sweet smoke One breath of you is better than none I'd just hold you for a second Or else never breathe again And choke Guess I’ll choke then
2.
Be Your Mine 04:00
If you must know All about it I’ll tell you but you won’t be impressed If you must go And can’t see what this is I guess I’ll just be your friend instead If there’s nothing to this Tell me why we do this All the time I’d be your mine If you can believe In what the stars are telling you to I hope that you can believe me too If you can invent A dream that makes no sense I would try to make it real for you
3.
You ask me if I’m mad Or some kinda psychopath You can’t understand why I’d wanna hang round Well tell me what you demand, and... I’d do it for you Tell me what you like I’d do it for you I know that you’re upset But I’m no kinda TV set Our history, you could read it and weep When I just wanna be your man So tell me and... Chorus Yeah, I’d do whatever Yeah, whatever Chorus Whatever, whatever
4.
What you mean to me It's not exactly deep But still I'd like to keep on Loving you my sweet one What you mean to me It's not exactly deep Still I'd like a repeat of That feeling that you bring on Oh, oh no I'm not letting myself let This get deep It was nothing at all You know that we were just fooling It was nothing at all Shouldn't have to say It was nothing at all This is how I recall it Honest What you mean to me It's not exactly deep But still I'd like to believe ya When you say that you need me
5.
Juniper Tree 02:59
I never wanted to need you I never wanted to care I scoured my mind to erase you But somehow you’re still there Our words are hurtling like spitballs Are we flirting or just mean? To be knowing what’s going on I’d give the heart of a juniper tree
6.
Sometimes this seems like Somebody else’s dream An unfamiliar scene I wish I could Understand these things I couldn’t want you more No I couldn’t Want you more
7.
I never promised that I would be honest, but I try I never made out that things would be great and that you’d never cry But you’re pulling me under, the fire and thunder, in your eyes You’ve struck me dumb see, I am completely petrified And it feels like nothing It feels like nothing It feels like nothing, but You are the substance that I can’t live without I think it’s symbolic all this blood and vomit we’re tied up in Oh, still we speak those, loving echoes and fantasize But now I’m enraptured, truly captured, by the awful truth I wanna shoot you up, but it’s just never enough, so I’m through
8.
We should never forget how this started Like a bayonet run right through us Watching the sunrise from the beach where we had parked Something connected and I held you in my arms We should never forget how this started Broken promises and jilted lovers He said he’s gonna find a gun and kill me in the end Well baby I don’t mind, my time is yours to spend We should never forget how this started Cause we’re losing it, it’s slipping past us I couldn’t lie to you, I couldn’t lie I wouldn’t lie to you, I wouldn’t try
9.
Your kind of love, it can get me down love Such a heavy love that I'm often smothered You might think it's all a game but Pretty soon there'll be no one to play you Cause your kind of love it's gonna bring us down love (but) there's something beautiful about the way you lie Your kind of love it's a lost and found love I'll never know just how you really feel about us You've been chipping away at the edifice So pretty soon there'll be nothing left of us Your kind of love it's gonna bring us down love (but) there's something beautiful about the way you lie Your kinda love
10.
9 Years 03:25
I once knew you better than now But something got lost and I don’t know how It’s not over It’s not over I know that we’ve let it rust But you’ve got me so I’m feeling like it’s turned to dust When it’s not over It’s not over Until it’s done, until it’s done I wish you could be here now So we could talk about it and work it all out It’s not over It’s not over Nine years Nine years and nothing to show

about

‘Loving Echoes’ is the first solo album by New Zealand recording artist Scott Mannion, co-founder of Lil' Chief Records (Jonathan Bree, Princess Chelsea, the Ruby Suns) now living and recording in a medieval town in the mountains outside of Valencia, Spain. The album’s 10 tracks chronicle the timeline of an ill-fated relationship. A cult figure in the New Zealand alternative music canon, it is his first release in 15 years.

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released June 7, 2019

Recorded in Chelva, Oslo, Auckland and Swansea between 2012 & 2018
Recorded by Scott Mannion and Ryan McPhun
Clara’s vocals recorded by Victor Ayuso (6, 9)

Produced by Scott Mannion and Ryan McPhun

Mixed by Ryan McPhun and Jonathan Pearce (2, 3)

Mastered by Bevan Smith

Cover painting by Ben Lustenhouwer
Graphic design and Chelva photography by Elton Eerkens (eltoneerkens.tumblr.com)

All songs by Scott Mannion, except:

4. Not Exactly Deep
- Words by Scott Mannion
- Music by Scott Mannion & Ryan McPhun

7. Somebody Else’s Dream
- Words by Scott Mannion
- Music by Scott Mannion & Ryan McPhun

8. We Should Never Forget How This Started
- Words by Scott Mannion & Ryan McPhun
- Music by Scott Mannion

9. Your Kinda Love
- Words by Scott Mannion
- Music by Scott Mannion & James Milne

Perfomances by:

Adrián González Cortés (4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Alistair Deverick (1, 8)
Amparo Díaz Soriano (9)
Chelsea Nikkel (2)
Clara Bosch (8, 9)
Clara Viñals (6, 9)
Emily Zuch (5)
Ezequiel Lázaro Alcaide (9)
Hayden Eastmond Mein (1)
Inmaculada García Soriano (9)
James Milne (2, 6, 8, 9)
Jonathan Bree (1, 2, 3, 7, 9)
Kari Hammond (6)
Lara Despaigne Zacarés (4)
Laura Agustí González (4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Li-Ming Hu (1, 2)
Ryan McPhun (all)
Scott Mannion (all)
Sergio Sánchez Lacalle (4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

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Scott Mannion Valencia, Spain

Artist and part-time recluse from New Zealand, co-founder of Lil' Chief Records, one half of dormant duo the Tokey Tones, now living and recording in a small mountain town in Spain.

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