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Giant

from Tokens by ¡Ay Carmela!

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Giant is about revisiting a person and place that has taken up a huge space in your mind, only to discover they don't anymore.

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Rows on rows of houses, trail off into open fields
Freeze frames in the window, glimpes of what might have been
And every name they call of every little stop
Between here and there is like a language I thought I'd forgot
And as we pull close the feeling in me grows
I wanna slow it down but my mind's already there

Stepping off the train, no sign awaits
Following the way back, my feet stutter and fail
What did I expect, some fairytale kingdom
Where you step out like the giant you are in my head
Is this where it began, an ordinary town?
Familiar as my palm but it all looks smaller now

Is that all you've got?
A weak handshake and hello
I came fully armed
But oh, the silence has me now
Oh the silence has me now

So look me in the eye, finally level with mine
I've dreamed this moment over, but our words fall short
What did I expect, some poetic reckoning
Reckoning
As you shrink to size, no longer looming tall
I'm free to go so why do I feel I've lost?

Is that all you've got?
A weak handshake and hello
I came fully armed
But oh, the silence has me now
Oh the silence has me now
Oh the silence has me
Is that all you've got?
A weak handshake and hello
I came fully armed
But oh, the silence has me now
Oh the silence has me now
Oh the silence has me

Rows on rows of houses
Trail off into open fields

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from Tokens, released November 18, 2023
Written and performed by ¡Ay Carmela!
Carmela Pietrangelo - vocals and guitar
Bruno Chavez - bass guitar, backing vocals, and trombone
Aimee Smith - drums

Recorded and produced by Mat Sampson at Bink Bonk Studios in Bristol

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¡Ay Carmela! Bristol, UK

Bristol & Swansea based indie / alternative trio.

Songs about memory, love, and housing.

90s rock influences, but with jazzier elements in the bass, and intricate drum grooves.

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