"5:30am" genre: Indie
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	Cut-up guitars and string loops. Like Air meets Gary Newman via the Kinks.What the press said about 5:30am: Single of the Month 'Cut from the same cloth as Saint Etienne or even one of those classic crooners who gets pulled from obscurity every now and then to guest on a dance track…..the second single from 53mph is definitely a step forward……5.30am is a modern take on what Scott Walker strove for. Imagine if Lou Reed had been locked in the All Seeing I's studio, and youre halfway there.' Record Collector 'The Singles Bar' – June 2002 'Now putting the phrase "MP3.com" and "bedroom recorded" together usually adds up to "horeshit peddler of the musical variety", luckily however a gem has been uncovered amongst the pedestrian efforts of 99% of MP3.com "contributors"....like the fresh faced, loveable lo-fi Beck of old.' Thestereoeffect.com
	CD: 5:30am   Label: Fairmountgas Recordings Credits: Philip Hunt
	Story Behind the Song The title 5:30am refers to the time of night when my girlfriend would wake up with the worries of the world buzzing round her head. It's a surreal time of night to discuss the future and the past. The backing evolved through many many months of fiddling until I could stand it no more. This is probably one of the most complexed studio based songs I've ever done. Lyrics 5:30am 1. The time when your not around, I draw you pictures in the ground, Knowing the tides will erase, The pictures of you before you come in view, 2. Like a track in the dark, Overgrown by the bark, The fresh limbs hanging over you, Keep the rain from out of view, 3. You look up from the ground, When disturbed by the sound all around, And the leaves upset of their dew, Painting water pictures of you, 4. And the last rays of light, Hurries off in feined surprise, That the night has come to an end, And daylight is just around the bend. You look up from the ground, Disturbed by the sounds all around. But the tricks that you play on me, When the 5 o’clock worries some alive.

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