Gemma Hayes è una songwriter irlandese che si è fatta conoscere dal pubblico e dalla stampa specializzata d'oltremanica con una serie di Ep che l'hanno fatta frettolosamente catalogare come appartenente al "New Acoustic Movement". L'uscita nel 2002 del suo album d'esordio "Night On My Side", ha invece messo in luce il lato più determinato ed aggressivo di questa ragazza, che coadiuvata da Dave Friedman, produttore dei Flaming Lips, ha sfornato una serie di canzoni in cui si alternano momenti acustici a situazioni in cui le distorsioni creano un effetto straniante e di forte impatto emotivo.
Il risultato finale è un album nel quale paradossalmente la parte elettrica è proprio la più interessante e coinvolgente, mentre le canzoni acustiche, pur non prive di momenti di assoluta bellezza ("Over And Over" su tutte) risultano le meno incisive.
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02 Hanging Around (03:36)
I used to want the morning
You and me
Just hanging around
But I can't shake this feeling off
Can't shake this dead-weight off of my back
It's a troubled place we stay
But we just play it out
You givetoo much away
It leaves you cold, oh, oh
Got no place else to go
In a daze
Just hanging around
It's a dirt ground we crawl upon
I've stared at your face for much too long
It's a troubled place we stay
Where we just wait it out
Watch us give too much away
It leaves you cold, oh oh
Cold, oh oh
I used to want the morning
You and me just hanging around
It's a troubled game we stage
Where we just play it out
Watch us give too much away
And we just wait it out
And the words you meant to say
And the words I gave away
It leaves you cold, oh oh
Cold,oh oh
Cold,oh oh
Cold.
03 Back of My Hand (03:48)
I'll be seeing you tomorrow
I'll be seeing you again
God knows we've said so little
I'd go so far as to call you a friend
But there's something in your ways
That keeps me vying for a connection
And I know you feel the same
It's become a two-way addiction
Come on and give me your heart
Write it on the back of my hand
And say it's forever
Well we never really said goodbye
Kinda left it in the air
And as the train pulled off I knew you loved her more
Oh no no no no
I'm not afraid to lose
Oh no no no no
Just give me some time and I'll walk to a different groove
Go on and give her your heart
Write it on the back of her hand
And say it's forever
Go on and give her your heart
Write it on the back of her hand
And say it's forever
That's alright, that's ok, the thoughts of you are leaving
That's alright, that's ok, the thoughts of you are leaving
Anyway, are fading anyway
Come on and give her your heart
Write it on the back of her hand
And say it's forever
Come on and give me your heart
Come on and give me your heart
Come on and give me your heart
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