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Magnolia Walls

from Tokens by ¡Ay Carmela!

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Magnolia Walls is about moving around from rented accommodation to rented accommodation and looking for a place to land.

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Waking up in darkness
It takes some time to realise where I am
Unfamiliar corners
My half-emptied suitcase on the floor
Another year, another room
With magnolia walls and fireproof doors
I’ve given up on dreaming of something more

It used to be fun, living in a dump
Romanticising, talking big
But years down the line it’s getting tired
I thought I’d have moved on, instead I’ve just moved around
I've just moved around

I haven’t stayed still and yet I feel I’m stagnating
It’s hard not to take it to heart
I long for something solid underfoot
So I can move on, move on
Move on

Shoulder to shoulder
With a million other strangers
From my little box
I can hear straight through the walls
Into other people’s lives, other people’s arguments
Other people’s babies crying in the night
And we’re all here alone together
Playing musical houses

And if this is a game
I want my go again
I want my future back in front of me
Another year, another room
With magnolia walls
Draining the colour from it all

I haven’t stayed still and yet I feel I’m stagnating
It’s hard not to take it to heart
I long for something solid underfoot
So I can move on, move on
Move on

credits

from Tokens, track released May 25, 2023
Written and performed by ¡Ay Carmela!
Carmela Pietrangelo - vocals and guitar
Bruno Chavez - bass guitar and backing vocals
Aimee Smith - drums

Recorded and produced by Mat Sampson at Bink Bonk Studios in Bristol
Artwork by Sophie Sherwood
Graphic design by Alex Smye-Rumsby

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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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