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Melancholy and Bright Blue

from Soft Verges by Michael Bassett

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    We proudly present Soft Verges in a signed-and-numbered limited vinyl edition! Much of Soft Verges was tracked live at Chicago's legendary Electrical Audio; then lush-sounding 180-gram vinyl was cut directly from the original tape for a completely analog listening experience. The whole thing is wrapped in a holographic foil-embossed jacket designed by Black Sea's Justin Lloyd. Only 300 copies of this edition exist; each one is hand-signed and numbered by Michael Bassett and Justin Lloyd and comes polybagged in crystal-clear archival mylar.

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lyrics

Melancholy and bright blue
i couldn’t help but notice
the sky makes its way through the stars
it’s an uncertain point of view we’ve got here
i don’t know why they tell us any different anyway

cause it’s summer’s last stand
and a warm autumn day
and a song left incomplete

its melancholy and bright blue
through and through and through
its melancholy and bright blue
it’s through and through and through

but seriously now
i’ve lost the punch-line
the moon floats into a bar
and the woman behind the counter says

you must remember this
a kiss is but a kiss
but an hour
that’s something different
all the same

i can’t remember the name of this place
it went something...
something...
a terrible beauty
it goes right through me

its melancholy and bright blue
through and through and through
its melancholy and bright blue
through and through i’m through

there once was a boy
who came up with a game
you take any word and repeat it
and soon you will find
it all slips away
and there you will have a meaning

its melancholy and bright blue
through and through and through
its melancholy and bright blue
i’m through i’m through i’m through

mimsy were the boroughgroves

pay no attention to the man behind
the curtain

credits

from Soft Verges, released August 1, 2008
Produced by Michael Bassett
Music and lyrics by Michael Bassett

Michael Bassett: voice, steel-string acoustic guitar

Engineered by Greg Norman at Electrical Audio, Chicago, IL
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Acoustech, Los Angeles, CA

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Michael Bassett Bath, UK

With soaring vocals and powerful-yet-delicate guitarwork, Michael Bassett combines the raw catharsis of modern indie, the world-wise acoustic lilt of classic folk and the virtuosity of progressive rock on his Eschatone debut, puddleskinwaving, and his wonderful sophomore release, Soft Verges. ... more

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