emergency of the female kind - at003 2023
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1. This town is big enough for the both of us
When you’re not sure where you fit in, as long as you’re honest and true to yourself, you will be unique. Think it, live it, do it - after all, This Town Is Big Enough For The Both Of Us.
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2. take a moment on byker bridge
With some cracking views over Newcastle and Gateshead, just stop and Take A Moment On Byker Bridge. It also overlooks one of the best cultural hotspots in the North East, a place where many of these tracks were written, The Ouseburn Valley.
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3. power to the loser
Power to the loser is the song for all you ‘losers’ out there. United together, let’s untwist the meaning of success into something you believe in. So many people don’t see beyond financial benefit, or they somehow see your identity as flawed. We’re losers…so what! Keep doing what you do. We aren’t the problem, we are the solution!
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4. a little more compassion
A Little More Compassion - it goes a long way.
When your own emotions prevent you from trying to see another persons pov., compassion is having the awareness that you won’t always be capable of empathy - but knowing that every single living thing on this planet deserves it.
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5. anyway, back to me
This is about struggling to find your way after breastfeeding. When your hormone levels and life routines return to normal and now you’re left genuinely wondering ‘who am I?”.
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6. start giving a fuck
Whether it’s climate change, education, poverty, your autonomy, your needs, your freedom (the list could go on) - our kids, the world and the future needs us to take matters into our own hands because it’s obvious the-powers-that-be don’t give a fuck about it!
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7. it's meant to feel better than it looks
This is about dancing and expression - it‘s your way or the highway!
Appearances aren’t everything…appearances aren’t anything.
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8. save this woman
This woman I can save, Save This Woman - from that dark place. That place you shouldn’t be.
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9. keep your eye on the white ball
Staying focused can feel fatiguing. Sometimes, in order to keep going, you just need to Keep Your Eye On The White Ball.
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10. emergency of the female kind
WOMEN! Stand up for one another, don’t give in to bitchiness or envy and don’t be a queen bee! See your dark times in others and use your confidence to support them while they need it. We really are as powerful as we say we are, if we use it well.
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11. wear it and share it
Just a couple of ways to express your identity.
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12. your song is true
A song about becoming proud of who you really are. Finding what was lost and bringing it into the light.
lyrics
3. power to the loser
We gather all our truth and pieces
Find a place to bear our strength
Set it into motion
Freeing, believing there’s room to try our best
Within the limits of our boundaries
And within the rules of the game
And then you notice, you go un-noticed
Well come on, we’re broken too
I won’t play this senseless game
Give the power to the loser
The chooser, the shaker, the fake
Give a reason for the bright eyed
The too-denied, to stand up and say
Give the power to the loser
The chooser the shaker, the fake
We ran at it with our eyes closed
And the field chose
Now we’re not here anymore
We are the ones who control the future
The place that brings to bear our strength
Don’t wait your turn
Just turn away from the mob
That challenges the vigour of our own vision
Envision the way you want the world to see your best
Imagination - the key, the core, the mother
Hold on, we’re coming too
I won’t play this senseless game
Show your power to the losers
The choosers, the breakers, the fakes
Sock it to them with the power
The louder you cry your belief
That we’re gonna have to fight this delusion we are the ones beneath
This gathering sky that eludes them
And you won’t hear anymore
8. save this woman
She’s coasting in the cage, cage
Broken from the rage
This woman I can save
Save this woman
Head down in the light
Back down from the fight
There’s freedom in retreat
Taking off the beat
Cos hope’s thin right now
Hope’s thin right now
A bold spin somehow
She’s coasting in the cage, cage
Broken from the rage
This woman I can save
Save this woman
Time turns the table
A token of your turn
Avoid, at your peril, feeling what you learn
Cos hope’s thin right now
Hope’s thin right now
A bold spin somehow
She’s coasting in the cage, cage
Broken from the rage
This woman I can save
Save
This woman in vain
This woman in pain
She’s coasting in the cage, cage
12. your song is true
She watches from behind a paper wall
life begins for some as true love calls
You faltered at the door
You’ve made mistakes before
I know you will be there, in time
Watching others run to fill your shoes
Eclipsed by your own senses, fading out of view
Do you feel the blame?
You ran off when it came
It’s the fact you left it all for them, time and time again
Can you feel that call, that drive?
You learn how to crumble to survive
It’s wilderness in here
There’s no one to appear to
So face yourself, no one else is looking at you
Can I find a way to turn this on?
It’s all burning bright and the clouds are gone
I know your song is true
This story is all you
Find the frame you stand tallest in, be proud
All tracks composed, produced and performed by Amy Thatcher and Francesca Knowles.
Recorded at Castlesound Studios by Stuart Hamilton, except track 8 which was recorded by David De La Haye at Newcastle University music studios.
Amy Thatcher - piano accordion, synth, lead vocals, piano (track 4 and 12)
Francesca Knowles - drums, backing vocals and keys
We’d like to thank from the bottom of hearts our partners and families for supporting us over a difficult few years. This project coming to fruition makes every hard-fought effort worth it! We’d like to thank all of our kickstarter supporters for funding the album - we are on our way thanks to you!
Rob Menzies, Chris Bartlett, Ray Cunningham, Jackie Thatcher, Paul Thatcher, Tim Woodson, Peter Danson, Philip Howard, Stephen Allport, Trevor McCarthy, Philipp Potocki, Rivka Benjamin, Paul Kennedy, Kit Haigh, Kathryn Tickell, Olivia Ross, Ali Leonard, Ash Crane, Heather Ferrier, Jess Howard, Robert Vardill, Kirstine Szifris, Jess, Francis Rowney, Simon Balfe, Steiner Walter, Geoff Smith, Isobel and Anna Hughes, Simon Curtis, Hector Juica, John Harvey, Tim Coulson, Benjamin Moss, Daniel Ward, Seymour White, Keith Melville, Ian Partridge, Benjamin Leijendeckers, Manlio Vaiana, Mike Gipson, Matt Roren, David Meadows, Chris Hedges, Andrew Hungerford, Bruce Triggs, Archie Churchill-Moss, John Pope, Tim Knowles, Peter Brooks, Anabella Marquez, John Millican, Ceitigh Mac, Mark Clarke, Harm Beltman, Michael G, Alison Knowles, Colin Bisset, Regina Deveike, Nick Knowles, Kari Sinfield, Jon Doran, David Ainsley, Ben, Sarah Heneghan, Clare Black, Eric Branse-Instone, Tim Bloomer, Thomas Baker, John Thorp, Keith Appleby, Stuart Cairns, Bougel, Ritchie McCabe, Fiona Finden, Peter Miles, Signy Jakobsdottir, George Thatcher, Katie Manasse, Terry Roberts, Ian Lowthian, Olivia Wilson, Peter McKeag, Anthony Green, Dean Parker, Martha Woods, Janice Burns, Colin O’Brien, Steve Yates, Denise Waring, Gillian Fleetwood, Shona Mooney, Charly, Stuart McAlpin, Kara Szifris, Peter Hope, Baumber Grahame, Rachel Newton, Sam Thwaites, Jonathan Kemp, Sharon Baker.