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Low Bow - Heavy Days EP [JW021]

by Low Bow

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Evaporate 01:20
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Evaporate Floating out of the city Thoughts get lost in the clouds Perspective didn’t come with distance Got lost trying to work it out Drag me up from the bottom I got the sun to drag me out Just a red-eyed promise maker Moving on without a sound A voice, once so familiar Evaporates into a cloud A face that shone into a darkness Evaporates into a cloud, without a sound
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Fail to Follow 01:11
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Fail to Follow You got a reason, it’s the wrong reason Did it belong to you? The words you own try to start a fire Nothing left to use How did we get here, does it matter if we never leave? Fail to follow The flood gates opened up and swallowed everything we’ll ever need I got mine, so I can make it right I think I got enough for you Got rights, fight to make it right So hurry up and follow through How did we get here, does it matter if we never leave? Fail to follow As the fire calls out Like a fading light in a night sky
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Ice Walker 03:37
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Ice Walker She’s got control She’s got control Nice heart, too cold She’s got control You can tell by the way she looks you in the eyes You can tell by the thoughts she plants with each goodbye you got to know about the skills she calls upon there’s nothing to concede when she asks you to drop by Broken string with a letter on it You know she was counting on it. No one could understand the special place she in the palm of her hand all it took was a touch and the slightest touch till you knew you could never go back didn’t hurt that much Broken string with a letter on it You know she said was counting on it. Nice heart, too cold She’s got control
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Don't Go Die on Me 03:46
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Don’t Go Die on Me Please don’t die on me, baby, you’re all I’ll ever need, honey. I’ll learn to like all your friends, I’ll care about things like you care about things It doesn’t have to end; time is patience and pretend It all came true So please don’t die on me, there is nothing more I think I’ll ever need We look so good when we go out; your father wants to kill me but your mother has no doubt It doesn’t have to be like this; time is a concept, can I please get one more kiss It all came true I’ll be better and do the things we said we’d always do I’ll be your listener and listen to things you say and then I’ll say I feel that way too I can make it work again Please don’t die on me, I don’t deserve it
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Heavy Days 02:03
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Heavy Days Best kept secret with a magic word, Text out a feeling, makin’ everything worse Body resolute in a broken mind Sleepin’ in the evening now that you got the time I can’t feel my face – Walkin’ backwards through another heavy day Worry about the future every time we look back Time as a healer so you don’t feel bad Think about the chances we nearly had Laughing to forget as we just do it again I can’t feel my face – We’re walkin’ backwards through another heavy days Get fixed with the present if we want to stand a chance Memories & music and all the things that can’t No time for blame or the who loves who Push past the heavy days and see it through Get fixed with the present if we want to stand a chance
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Gone 02:34
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Gone Came to our mountain on the final day as the clouds appeared Climbed up the pathway to the lookout place where we’d recorded for 14 years Gone, gone, memories like sands of time; we don’t have to worry so we don’t pay no mind Gone, gone, memories like sands of time; we don’t have to worry so we don’t pay no mind The sea breaks up on the foothills below, as the lights from the cars appeared Reminded to be young is so much easier, dead weight of a thousand years Gone, now you’re gone, a movie we’ve been in before; ripping out the pages of the words made from dust in the air above Gone, now you’re gone, a movie we’ve seen before; ripping out the pages of words made of dust in the air above No stars in the orange glow But the sounds that you made are here

about

LOW BOW is a two-man garage rock ‘n roll punk blues band made up of Richard Doran (Ireland) and Wang Xinjiu (China).
Beginning back in 2010, LOW BOW initially started out as a one-man band with Richard using a three stringed telecaster (didn’t need to learn chords) and a kick drum. Recordings and rehearsals being carried out in hotel rooms around China as Richard worked as a television presenter for China Central Television and started trying to make something to stay sane while on the road. The results were … chaotic noise but fun!
After playing a few shows at one of Beijing’s most beloved centers for experimental noise music, D-22, Richard met Wang Xinjiu who was at the time, drummer for one of China’s outstanding independent rock bands, ‘Birdstriking’ a friendship soon developed and the two decided to make some cheerful chaos noise together.
Inspired by the sounds of fuzzed out guitar rock from the late 60’s and 70’s and especially The Stooges, in addition to The Beat Happenings, Blues Explosion & Dirty Beaches, LOW BOW have been playing shows around China and filling rooms with screaming feedback and apoplectic drums which seems to have been going down well.
Despite having recorded and released several digital e.p’s on-line, it was only until 2014 that LOW BOW released their first vinyl on Genjing records, the brain child of Nevin Domer, a Beijing based, hard-core guitar playing, musical powerhouse and shows were played in Beijing and Shanghai to promote the release.
In 2014, Richard returned to his hometown of Dublin, Ireland but luckily, owing to the flexible nature of his new job, was able to return to China and continue to make music and perform with Wang Xinjiu.
In January of 2018, the pair went into the studio with Namu, a multi-award winning producer and recording engineer in addition with producing expertise from another Beijing-based American musician / producer, Brad M. Seippel and began recording what was to become their first full release entitled, ‘heavy days’ which the pair are very excited about and look forward to touring both in China and (fingers crossed) overseas.
You can hear more of LOW BOW’s music on their BandCamp page:
LOWBOWmusic.bandcamp.com

credits

released November 3, 2018

Wang Xinjiu: Drum & Vocals
Richard Doran: Guitar, Noise Effects & Vocals

Recorded in January 2018 at Na Mu Image (Tongzhou, Beijing, China)
Recording Engineer: Na Mu
Production, Mixing & Mastering: Brad M. Seippel [Brevity of Motion Sounds]
Label: Jingweir
Catalogue Number: JW021
Length: 15 mins
Release Date: October 3rd, 2018

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