abominable live

To and Fro

Blood and Doors

Quiet Tonight

Lake Vinyl

Bjork works in a Grocers

How Long

White Space

Rebooted

Seven Buttons

Disguise

Friction

Instrumentals

Vespar Calls

Lostgirl

Edible Ghosts

Skin

The Darjeeling Incident

Golem Golem

Crack Master

Gloves Off

They Grunt and Shout

The North Wind

Black Shuck

Stylophone

Springs part 1 & 2

The Legend of HeuHeutenango

Wells

Mushrooms of Idaho

The Diary of the Rose

Set

skin

Friction

The Diary of the Rose

Quiet Tonight


The Street seems quiet tonight
leafy puddles are full-moon bright
Cats and foxes brave to explore
the rubbish bin's secret store

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The street seems quiet tonight
drizzle dances in golden lamp-light
Green plastic boxes, full of glass
and cardboard origami masterclass

--- xxx ---

The street seems quiet tonight
houses lit by cathode delight
the devil's car drops its fare
beneath the stoned angels glare

--- xxx ---

Seven Buttons


Seven buttons in my pocket
Got no ciggies, I kicked the habit
Silver gum from a yellow packet
I've got deep pockets in this thrifty jacket
Just seven buttons in my pocket

--- xxx ---

Confetti fragments from fossil tissue
I kept this letter from someone special
Got a few coins to buy a hot brew
from the little shop at the end of the avenue
Just seven buttons in my pocket

--- xxx ---

Seven buttons in my pocket
Nothing here for the floating pickpocket
there's only money for a starchy jacket
trapped on an island and watching the traffic
Just seven buttons in my pocket

--- xxx ---

xxm xxs

To and Fro


Do you see the swing in the playground rocking gently to and fro?
The little boot prints that encircle the slide's perimeter of January snow
Do you doubt your senses, are you losing your mind?
It's not what you think, it’s just the winter wind.

Do you see the swing in the playground rocking gently to and fro?
In the April eve, the breeze plays the tree’s leaves like a percussion player pro
Do you hear those music box chimes, sweet and delicate?
It's not what you think, you've just imagined it.

Do you see the swing in the playground rocking gently to and fro?
In the Autumn cool, sycamore seeds whirl towards the spot where new trees will one day grow
She sits holding iron chain with a gaze that stings like thorn of rosebush
whisper a prayer to your God, and then give her a push.
Set | To and Fro | Blood and Doors | Quiet Tonight | Lake Vinyl | How Long | Bjork works in a Grocers | White Space | Rebooted | Seven Buttons | Vespar Calls | Lostgirl | Edible Ghosts | Skin | Crack Master | Gloves Off | They Grunt and Shout | Black Shuck |

Blood and Doors


Crimson carpet and deco glass
Ascending steps and endless corridor
Perfume of pine and black narcissus
Nothing but blood and a hundred locked doors

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Cardinal tears on jacket of hide
Red iron art imitates floral decor
Walls and windows, access denied
Nothing but blood and a thousand locked doors

Distant ping of elevator bell
You've seen these maze of walls before
Endless roaming through this banal hell
Nothing but blood and a million locked doors

--- xxx ---

Nothing but blood and one locked door
Nothing but blood and one locked door
Nothing but blood and one locked door
Set | To and Fro | Blood and Doors | Quiet Tonight | Lake Vinyl | How Long | Bjork works in a Grocers | White Space | Rebooted | Seven Buttons | Vespar Calls | Lostgirl | Edible Ghosts | Skin | Crack Master | Gloves Off | They Grunt and Shout | Black Shuck |

Quiet Tonight


The Street seems quiet tonight
leafy puddles are full-moon bright
Cats and foxes brave to explore
the rubbish bin's secret store

--- xxx ---

The street seems quiet tonight
drizzle dances in golden lamp-light
Green plastic boxes, full of glass
and cardboard origami masterclass

The street seems quiet tonight
houses lit by cathode delight
the devil's car drops its fare
beneath the stoned angels glare

--- xxx ---
Set | To and Fro | Blood and Doors | Quiet Tonight | Lake Vinyl | How Long | Bjork works in a Grocers | White Space | Rebooted | Seven Buttons | Vespar Calls | Lostgirl | Edible Ghosts | Skin | Crack Master | Gloves Off | They Grunt and Shout | Black Shuck |

Lake Vinyl


I slowly row the boat loaded with the shiny black treasure
These songs are about love and loss, pain and heartache
Tomorrow I'll return to work
But for now, I'm dropping records in the lake

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Melodic delight hides in tiny black spirals
Waves of wonder echo the boat's gentle wake
Tomorrow I'll return to dry land
But for now, I'm dropping records in the lake

The grooves are like a sonic fingerprint
Each disc unique like a polyvinyl snowflake
Tomorrow I'll return to the waking world
But for now, I'm dropping records in the lake

--- xxx ---
Set | To and Fro | Blood and Doors | Quiet Tonight | Lake Vinyl | How Long | Bjork works in a Grocers | White Space | Rebooted | Seven Buttons | Vespar Calls | Lostgirl | Edible Ghosts | Skin | Crack Master | Gloves Off | They Grunt and Shout | Black Shuck |

How Long


On a cold February morning, I walked through my front doorway to find two pandas rearranging the furniture in my lounge, setting it up like a therapist's treatment room.
One Panda was lying on the sofa pretending to describe some childhood trauma, while the other Panda pretended to take notes and nodded wisely while gently sucking on a small stem of bamboo.
And I said "how long has this been going on?"

I continued my familiar yet alien journey into my kitchen where I found three baboons wearing lab coats gathered around a human-shaped form they had baked from different sizes of bread.
They stood ready to start a medical dissection of this 'breadman' using a selection of kitchen implements, including, but limited to the 10th anniversary special edition Jamie Oliver pizza slicer.
And I said "how long has this been going on?"

I climbed the stairs, pulling myself up on the wooden bannister and walked into the spare bedroom where a shaggy sloth was slowly unpicking the threads of an old yellow carpet and carefully weaving a nest from the tried yarn;
a nest that was slowly being filled with old paperback novels like a library for a flightless bird.
And I said "how long has this been going on?"

I escaped this madness by climbing the small wooden ladder into the attic space where I found seven badgers constructing a glider out of cardboard and bits of loft insulation.
The Chief Badger stopped momentarily to hand me a spare roll of parcel tape indicating some additional work needed on the tricky tail-section.
And I said… "how long has this been going on?"

Set | To and Fro | Blood and Doors | Quiet Tonight | Lake Vinyl | How Long | White Space | Rebooted | Seven Buttons | Vespar Calls | Lostgirl | Edible Ghosts | Skin | Crack Master | Gloves Off | They Grunt and Shout | Black Shuck |

Bjork works in a Grocers


So I'm reliving my undergraduate days and I find myself queuing up in a small shop to get ingredients for a curry, which no doubt reflects my inability to complete this task during my waking hours.
This is one of those small shops that sells everything, but for some reason everything is behind the counter, and I seem to be queuing for ages, and who’s there working in the shop?

Bjork is in the grocers, She's stood behind the counter. She's selling people pickles, and lots of other goodies

So, I get to the counter and ask for a juice box, and she asks me which brand
And I say, I don't mind any brand, and she says which brand.
And this little tete-e-tete continues for some time.
And I eventually get my little orange juice carton, which tells you it's a dream, because I'd never buy that in real life.

Bjork is in the grocers, She's stood behind the counter. She's selling people pickles, and lots of other goodies

So I find myself asking: why is Bjork working in the Grocers?
Maybe she's doing research for her new album much like actors research their next role
Also, I find it remarkable that I should dream about queuing and wonder if my brain is somehow reinforcing this British stereotype in a post-Brexit world
Also, I wonder what sort of curry I was going to make (because one British stereotype isn't enough apparently).

Bjork is in the grocers, She's stood behind the counter. She's selling people pickles, and lots of other goodies

Set | To and Fro | Blood and Doors | Quiet Tonight | Lake Vinyl | How Long | Bjork works in a Grocers | White Space | Rebooted | Seven Buttons | Vespar Calls | Lostgirl | Edible Ghosts | Skin | Crack Master | Gloves Off | They Grunt and Shout | Black Shuck |

White Space


This Singer is silent 'cept on Sunday eve
Nobody can understand the words that this machine can weave
Inky symbols on virgin sheet
An arcane language now lost or obsolete.

--- xxx ---

Letters and numbers form a perfect diamond
A script that is readable only by the enlightened
Sheet upon sheet of scrying script
Letters on levers punch message from crypt.

Invisible fingers labour in vain
Hypnotic taps enslave the brain
Run from those taps whatever you do
Soon those fingers will belong to you.

--- xxx ---
Set | To and Fro | Blood and Doors | Quiet Tonight | Lake Vinyl | How Long | Bjork works in a Grocers | White Space | Rebooted | Seven Buttons | Vespar Calls | Lostgirl | Edible Ghosts | Skin | Crack Master | Gloves Off | They Grunt and Shout | Black Shuck |

Rebooted


Come and have your brain rebooted
Are you tired of all those bad memories?
Running out of space?
We will do a full reboot following a complete erase.

Have you got the latest operating system?
Is your brain fully virus protected?
Time to get the latest chip
Five year guarantee and free magnetic strip.

Is your software running slow?
Is your hardware out of date?
Order today and get a free utility
Only a four percent risk, installer accepts no liability.

Terms and conditions apply. One brain per customer.
Set | To and Fro | Blood and Doors | Quiet Tonight | Lake Vinyl | How Long | Bjork works in a Grocers | White Space | Rebooted | Seven Buttons | Vespar Calls | Lostgirl | Edible Ghosts | Skin | Crack Master | Gloves Off | They Grunt and Shout | Black Shuck |

Seven Buttons


Seven buttons in my pocket
Got no ciggies, I kicked the habit
Silver gum from a yellow packet
I've got deep pockets in this thrifty jacket
Just seven buttons in my pocket

--- xxx ---

Confetti fragments from fossil tissue
I kept this letter from someone special
Got a few coins to buy a hot brew
from the little shop at the end of the avenue
Just seven buttons in my pocket

Seven buttons in my pocket
Nothing here for the floating pickpocket
there's only money for a starchy jacket
trapped on an island and watching the traffic
Just seven buttons in my pocket

--- xxx ---
Set | To and Fro | Blood and Doors | Quiet Tonight | Lake Vinyl | How Long | Bjork works in a Grocers | White Space | Rebooted | Seven Buttons | Vespar Calls | Lostgirl | Edible Ghosts | Skin | Crack Master | Gloves Off | They Grunt and Shout | Black Shuck |

Disguise


I went to the City wearing a disguise
So I wasn't tagged by the microchip spies
I went to the City wearing a disguise
to avoid being seen by the electronic eyes

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I went to the City wearing a disguise
It's easier to spot the apparat lies
I went to the City wearing a disguise
cyclops hawk perches and surveys the skies

--- xxx ---

I went to the City wearing a disguise
To seek the humble and to seek the wise
Hidden in leaves and pressed-paper corridor
Words of illumination we chose to ignore
Set | To and Fro | Blood and Doors | Quiet Tonight | Lake Vinyl | How Long | Bjork works in a Grocers | White Space | Rebooted | Seven Buttons | Vespar Calls | Lostgirl | Edible Ghosts | Skin | Crack Master | Gloves Off | They Grunt and Shout | Black Shuck |

Friction


Set | To and Fro | Blood and Doors | Quiet Tonight | Lake Vinyl | How Long | Bjork works in a Grocers | White Space | Rebooted | Seven Buttons | Vespar Calls | Lostgirl | Edible Ghosts | Skin | Crack Master | Gloves Off | They Grunt and Shout | Black Shuck |

Instrumentals

Vespar Calls

Lostgirl

Edible Ghosts

Skin

The Darjeeling Incident

Golem Golem

Crack Master

Gloves Off

They Grunt and Shout

The North Wind

Black Shuck

Stylophone

Springs part 1 & 2

The Legend of HeuHeutenango

Wells

Mushrooms of Idaho

Vespar Calls

Set

Lostgirl

Set

Edible Ghosts

Set


Wells

Set

Mushrooms of Idaho

Set

Springs (pt 1 & 2)

Set

The Legend of HeuHeutenango

Set

Stylophone

Set

Black Shuck

Set

The North Wind

Set

They Grunt and Shout

Set

Gloves Off

Set

Crack Master

Set

Golem Golem

Set

The Darjeeling Incident

Set

The Diary of the Rose

Set

Skin

Set