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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Released 2020. Re-released here with bonus tracks, including original demos and unreleased songs.
    NOTE: The bonus tracks are not on the CD; when you buy it, the accompanying free download contains the bonus tracks.

    "Outstanding... A brilliantly accessible album, bursting at the seams with ideas, imagery and an assured ability with melody and song structure." - Folk Radio UK

    All music and lyrics written and arranged by Joshua Burnell.
    Recorded between September 2019 and February 2020 by Ed Simpson at Moon Glue Studios, Poppleton; Spencer Cozens at Steinway Recording, Fulbeck; and Joshua Burnell at Misted Valley Studios, York - just in the nick of time before the COVID-19 lockdown.

    Mixed by Ed Simpson and Joshua Burnell.
    Mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.
    Cover art by Hari & Deepti.
    Photography and graphic design by Elly Lucas.
    Published by Wipeout Music.
    All tracks copyright © Joshua Burnell 2020.
    A Misted Valley Production.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Flowers Where The Horses Sleep (2020) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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A transportation ballad set ? in the year 2???.

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Arise, arise, you false young men
Arise, forget your things
You won’t need them where
Where you’re going

Cast off, cast off and set her sails
And catch a solar wind
You’ll get used to them
Where you’re going

Repent, repent, you false young men
The chains will scorch your skin
And pray that God will spare your soul
In the heat of Convict’s Land

Don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t weep, my friends,
There’s time for crying yet
We’ll plant flowers where the horses sleep
And make the best of worst of times

Behold, behold: your home, false men
A spec of sunburned sand
Your yellow marble’s floating alone
Control, now take us in

Don’t take us in
Don’t take us in
Don’t take us in

Farewell, farewell to the Ghostly Dunes
Just look at us now

Farewell, farewell, Hesperian Plains
Just look at us now
Just look at us now
Just look at Earth now

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from Flowers Where The Horses Sleep (2020), released September 1, 2023

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Joshua Burnell York, UK

In one phrase? Folk-fused baroque ‘n’ roll for the modern world.
With music ranging from stomping, acoustic sing-alongs, Bowie-esque music hall epics, and alt-pop singles - whilst keeping a sharp focus on the traditional themes - Joshua is fast carving out his own unique corner of the genre. ... more

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