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Sugaring Season

by Beth Orton

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Carsten Pieper
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Carsten Pieper I have to admit, that Beth Orton as a solo artist never got my proper attention. Obviously a mistake and hereby corrected. Better late than never ;-)

Beautiful "indie folk" with good songs and a great voice! Favorite track: Dawn Chorus.
Michael B
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Michael B Beth Orton's beautifully distinctive voice caught my attention 25 years ago, and I've just rediscovered her music. She sounds even better now with simpler, pared back instrumentation Favorite track: Mystery.
Rich Hims
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Rich Hims Long-time Beth Orton fan, so really pleased to see her on Bandcamp. Sugaring Season feels like a solid grounding in wistful folk with her typical angelic vocals. Favorite track: State of Grace.
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1.
Magpie 04:32
Magpie, magpie I’m sitting here watching the world go by I wonder do you ever question why Old crow, old crow I’m sitting here wondering what you know You’ve seen more of the day than I could dream I do not know what to tell you I do not know what to say to you I do not know what would set you free But it’s a hard hard fight A hard hard fight And I’m turning this one in I’m turning this one in I won’t turn back, I’ve seen the sun I won’t turn back, not for anyone I’ve seen the sign and I know what is mine What a lie, what a lie, what a lie, what a lie, what a lie looks like What a lie, what a lie, what a lie, what a lie, what a lie looks like Blue jay, blue jay I don’t think you mean quite what you say I don’t think you’re the friend you claim to be Old crow, old crow Won’t you tell me please tell me please what you know You’ve seen more of the world than I could dream I do not know what to tell you I do not know what to say to you I do not know what would set you free But it’s a hard hard fight a hard hard fight and I’m turning this one in I’m turning this one in I won’t turn back, I’ve seen the sun I won’t turn back, not for anyone I’ve seen the sign and I know I am free What a lie, what a lie, what a lie, what a lie, what a lie looks like What a lie, what a lie, what a lie, what a lie, what a lie looks like Silence me and I won’t be here anymore Silence me and I won’t be here anymore Silence me and I won’t be here anymore Silence me and I won’t be here anymore
2.
Dawn Chorus 03:23
Dawn breeze brushed my cheek and I knew what I had to leave Dawn chorus came on glorious all wrapped up in your sheets Beneath the noise there was silence And what was left was ours to surprise us And you could say that you could say that you could say that it was my knowing But I never knew, no I never knew, no I never knew where this would be going All the stories people tell and all the tales I heard from myself It’s best you know or else get told the soft flesh that beats ‘neath your breast Beneath the noise there’s only silence And you could blame it you could blame it you could blame it on my knowing But I never knew, no I never knew, no I never knew where this would be going I was lonely as the moon who longs for the sun to come by I’d wait and wait and wait and wait but never seem to share the same sky Beneath the noise there was always silence But what is left comes on to surprise us And I could say that I could swear that I could swear that it was my knowing But I never knew, no I had no clue, no I never knew, where this would be going
3.
Candles 03:45
She’ll blow them stars out just like candles She’ll conduct the clouds to move at certain angles Won’t let the struggle get you down, down, down Don’t let them horses pull you over ground You ain’t never far from the morning light It will get to you if you just hold tight till the morning light Though you’ve been cold right through to the bone, bone, bone It’s always safe and warm back home Sun don’t shine but it is there, don’t see the wind but it moves your hair Morning comes, what’s done is done, you just found another way to cry Sun don’t shine but it is there, don’t see the wind but it moves your hair Morning comes, what’s done is done, you just found another way to cry, to cry, to cry I’ll blow that moon out just like a candle I’ll conduct the spheres to move at certain angles I heard if you forget yourself That’s when you meet yourself Won’t let the struggle bring me down, down, down Won’t let it force me underground Sun don’t shine but it is there, don’t see the wind but it moves my hair Morning comes, what’s done is doe, I just found another way to cry, to cry, to cry
4.
Catch your eye with a flame You know I’ll be near You know I’ll be near Take your time In the morning light There’s nobody here There’s nobody here When you feel too much to ever let it show You turn it up, turn it down, turn it on, turn it round, and leave With what you believe You want to learn the trick to turn What’s not so pretty Into something more beautiful It’s the same place That I learned to turn What could be sorrow Into some kind of mercy When you feel too much to ever let it show You turn it up, turn it down, turn it off, turn around, and leave And then I just don’t concede With what to believe
5.
Call me the sea Call me the stream Call me the sky Call me the leaves Hear my call Hello, lo, lo, lo lo, lo, lo, lo Call me the fire Call me the air Call me the grass The silence of the hare Hear my call Hello, lo, lo, lo lo, lo, lo, lo Call me the birds Call me the bark Call me the stone Call me the lark (Call me the sun Call me the moon…) Hear my call Hello, lo, lo, lo lo, lo, lo, lo Call me the day Call me the night Call me the dark Call me the light Hear my call Hello, lo, lo, lo lo, lo, lo, lo Call me the wind Call me the breeze Call me the north The south, the west, the east (Call me the earth Call me the stars…) Hear my call Hello, lo, lo, lo lo, lo, lo, lo
6.
Poison Tree 04:05
William Blake poem arranged with additional words by Beth Orton I was angry with my friend I told my wrath, my wrath did end I was angry with my foe I told him not, my wrath did grow And I watered it with fears Night and morning with my tears And I sunned it with smiles And with soft deceitful wiles Chorus And it grew both day and night Till it bore an apple bright And my foe beheld its shine And he knew that it was mine Into my garden stole When the night had veiled the Pole He has cast me in shade Night and morning have I prayed Even turned their blood in me Oh, those of little loyalty I have watered it with fears Night and morning with my tears I have sunned it with smiles And with soft deceitful wiles With soft deceitful wiles Chorus And it grew both day and night Till it bore an apple bright And my foe beheld its shine And he knew that it was mine Into my garden stole When the night had veiled the Pole I was angry with my friend I told my wrath, my wrath did end I was angry with my foe I told him not, my wrath did grow Into my garden he stole When the night had veiled the Pole In the morning, glad I see My foe outstretched beneath the tree My foe outstretched beneath the tree
7.
Somebody told me look over and see Hold you in wonder and longing to be Somebody you just can’t believe will care for you In the hours when spiders mend their webs When ghosts ride up from the salty sprays I will enter your lines of grace and read to you, Read to you This beautiful life that we build by hand From scraps and shards and broken strands I will meet you in empty space my see through blue, See through blue Waking with you makes each day divine Well there ain’t nothing better to do with my time I will enter your lines of grace and read to you, My see through blue My see through blue
8.
Oh the leaves how they shimmer Trees lift their skirts and they quiver Gently they lay down To the dirt and dust and ground They lose their innocence to find it all over Ain’t nothing missing, they’re just high on a feeling All they need is believing, no reason will do I’m hanging on like the last leaves of autumn But I’m coming through like the first shoots of spring I’m standing outside of space of time And I’m healing Believing I’m ready for a first time feeling Something I can believe in I’m ready for a first time feeling Awaken sleeping season If ever that morning came again I’d take it If ever that morning came again I’d be there I have tried to live each day as a last I have found life is long and I’ve gone and got a past And it’s best to stand in the shelter of my love I’m hanging on like the last leaves of autumn But one ray of sun and I bleed into one I would light up the sky in one burning mist of flame If I could light up the sky in one blinding mist of flame... I’m ready for a first time feeling Something I could believe in I’m ready for a first time feeling Awaken sleeping season
9.
Put my stake into the ground Made my claim this time around And in the selfsame circumstance I’d do the same again Hold on out for the one I love, for the one I know I’m of I never would be swayed It was here before we noticed it It’ll be here when we’re gone And if I push you away, well let me be the first to say That oh I’ve seen your light, it’s in the harbour Come on pull me all the faster Back to the selfsame day Beauty comes in slow release I awaken to you piece by piece I have no need for innocence or grief Put my hand into your hand And all the words I understand They fall away like endless days upon the shore They fall away like endless days upon the shore We were here before we noticed it We’ll be here if it’s gone And if I led you astray, well let me be the one to say That oh, I’ve seen your light out in the harbour Come on pull us all the faster Into the selfsame day And I put my stake into the ground In a state of grace this time around And in the selfsame circumstance I do the same again I would do the same again I would do the same again
10.
Mystery 04:07
Come and sing a song Something that belongs here Come and calm your soul Mystery is born here Alive, alive, alive, alive Alive, alive, alive, alive-o Alive-o Come and rest your bones You look awful tired Fall soft upon the thought Mystery is born Alive, alive, alive, alive Alive, alive, alive, alive-o Alive-o And a good day is nothing that we thought Finding out brings nothing that we sought Oh please don’t stand a mood apart You don’t need to break your heart One day will teach us all a year will never know Alive, alive, alive, alive Alive, alive, alive, alive-o Alive-o

credits

released October 2, 2012

Beth Orton: vocals & acoustic guitar
Rob Burger: piano, harmonium, pump organ, wurlitzer, accordion
Brian Blade: drums & percussion
Sebastian Steinberg: acoustic & electric bass

With:
Eyvind Kang: Viola on Magpie and Mystery.
Ted Barnes: Acoustic guitar on Poison Tree, vocals on Call Me The Breeze, banjo on See Through Blue and organ on Mystery.
Laura Viers: Backing vocals on Dawn Chorus, Magpie and State of Grace.
Sam Amidon: Archtop guitar on Dawn Chorus and State of Grace, Nashville strung guitar on Magpie, violin and harmony vocals on Poison Tree and guitar on Call Me The Breeze.
Nate Query: Additional Bass on Magpie and bass on See Through Blue.
Marc Ribot: Nylon String Guitar on Candles and electric guitar on Something More Beautiful and Magpie.
Carl Broemel: Electric Guitar on Magpie.
Tucker Martine: Percussion on State of Grace.

Rob Moose: String Arrangement on Candles and State of Grace.
Oliver Kraus and Beki Doe: String Arrangement on Something More Beautiful and Last Leaves of Autumn.
Nico Muhly: String Arrangement on See Through Blue.

Rob Moose: Violin on Candles, Something More Beautiful, State of Grace and Last Leaves of Autumn.
Nadia Sirota: Viola on Candles, Something More Beautiful, State of Grace and Last Leaves of Autumn.
Clarice Jensen: Cello on Candles, Something More Beautiful, State of Grace and Last Leaves of Autumn.
Yuki Numata: Violin on Something More Beautiful and Last Leaves of Autumn.
Caroline Shaw: _____on See Through Blue.
Ben Russell: ____ on See Through Blue.

Produced, engineered and mixed by Tucker Martine at Flora in Portland, OR.

Assistant engineer during basic tracking: Andy Schichter

Marc Ribot's tracks engineered by Francois Lardeau

Strings engineered by Dan Bora and Matthew McCorkle at Tainted Blue Studios and by Scott Lehrer at Second Story Sound in NYC

Thanks: Steve Rauner, Laura Veirs, Klaus Heyne, Paul Dalen, Universal Audio, David Kerr Violins, Christian Rutledge

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