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by Jessica Grace

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1.
Bus Driver 03:03
Feel like a bus driver in London Town Driving between the cones of fearless nutters I'm a bit mad myself And I have them lining up But I don't care I want you I see you looking/staring/fighting/hiding/jumping But I see you running Feel like a taxi driver in London town Charging thirty pounds to fearful nutters I'm a bit mad myself And I have them lining up But I don't care I want you
2.
I bin skillfully avoiding the mirror For half an hour now... To get paid for filing my nails would be a blessing But it would get tired out And what about the hoovering? The washing up? Taking the dog to the park? Doing the work that should've been done a year ago? Put it in some sort of order or some sort of small list And what needs to be done is done Everything else is all What is in you that I want, that I can't find in myself? Freezing my bollocks off, not that I have them Just because I feel I don't deserve more Being invisible, a good friend or contact Does not replace the reverie we have in store Need to believe that Need to trust in me, need to trust in you Got to have faith in everything we are Receiving your letter does not make up for all the times you loved me All the times you left me What is in you that I want, that I can't find in myself? Stripped down to nothing, I lay on the bed You held my feet in your hands You told me you'd never take advantage Never use it against me Not knowing of my plan To ruin it entirely Bet you feel a bit stupid, now Feel like you took advantage, now Like a caveman, all fired up? My plea to you: Go beyond it Stake your life on it Don't shy away like the coward you usually are What is in you that I want, that I can't find in myself?
3.
Is it fair if I say You were never there Not really And you're not now Down in the basement I said, "you have a lovely house" But it sounded fake As if I didn't belong "Me and him we went away for the weekend (in my head [we've never really been away])" Something in this head should stop me from speaking 'Less there's any kind of truth in what I say You know you feel like this 'cos he reminds you Of someone who bullied you at school And you can't shake the feeling So you can't shake the action And feel like a fool "Me and him we went away for the weekend (in my head [we've never really been away])" Something in this head should stop me from speaking 'Less there's any kind of truth in what I say Oh Maggie, I'm so glad you could make it Friendly faces are so rarely come across Is it you or me that stops me from breaking? We'll never know but I'm thankful it's your loss "Last night," he said, "I dreamed about this You told your friends you were leaving and got your coat With a blue lighter There's two things that could happen here..."
4.
Ether 03:42
It's gone It's done It's out in the ether Now Ether can do what he likes with it General hunger Commanded the nondescript Now, what was it I wanted again? S'you... She said, 'should I have hope?' I said, 'I only have hope from the need' Are you wistful? Are you nothing at all? Are you like me? Sometimes fine in company Are you scared? Are you excited? Are you lost? Still with a lack of quadrupedal company? There is no way of knowing now Except to touch the heart from all the way over here She said, 'should I have hope?' I said, 'I only have hope from the need'
5.
So then muttering under my breath: "Earthly Desires are Enlightenment" While I squeeze your hand What I really wanted, though Was to mutter that under my breath And fuck your brains out Rings a bell, waiting for your boat to come It's my hell, but it's getting easier to tell What to do with you... So much hidden in soft focus Your hedonism explanation was the death of us Take your leave Do away with me Enjoy your exploits freely Have your way with them, not me If I could speak to you now, tell you all about, what I'd learned, what I enjoy 'T'd all be wasted on you, boy How very sane how very 'Zen' Unfilial selfish man Your face comes up here and then I won't be fooled by you again I hate you Because you know I am a victim More than most He said I think too much I said I think too much but I thought right
6.
I was asking for trouble But trouble never came Always the way Where did you all disappear to? I don't play hide and seek with myself My hiding place is always too good Always gave up on finding myself Who will be in at 9pm on a Saturday? Always the way Could've stayed and got drunk and desperate Manhandled by the boys "Freedom exists to make you resist" Or is it: "make you enjoy"? I've forgotten... At two he left For hours I skirted the subject A way to reject Now he's gone again Lovely boy, makes my heart go fast Small hours of losing sleep In (oh!) fine pleasures There's no treasuring this It's too fine to measure I went looking for trouble But trouble never came Always the way
7.
Oh! The drama! Know the drama well... Replay it in time 'fore hell freezes over From love to fear from greed to money I hope I dream you will come back to me Not fame or fortune cool or status I hope I pray I dream I wait Flow into me Throw things at me Do me against the wall Fall head over heels But don't get boring Feel sorry and worried for you For there's nothing behind your eyes But everyone thinks you're cool So that's okay then
8.
Obsessing 04:10
Walking down the street with my dog on the lead and a spring in my feet Mind wanders off at speed, pictures you on my front porch waiting for me All these feelings are kind of embarrassing I am a strong woman with 'things' in my head Other than you, other than you Well right now only really you You set yourself up for a fall, girl If he wants to see you he'll call you Well done for not calling him But obsessing will not bring you anything Pictures of pictures of pictures of my recollection of what we had On my land you may well be but Clapham's a way from Edmonton Why do I think you'd come here to me There are more salubrious places to be Make me indifferent, content or angry Just not this mad woman you (well, I) made me You see You just fell into the time you had with me When you were given the choice you were away What makes me yearn for that, my sweet? Player of many Mirror for me
9.
Ruby 04:58
Thank you Ruby For giving me respect For you, and me, and everybody Oh, it will be Harder than that threepenny To see you away kindly Without falling to my knees She said: 'Try and imagine her as a wave' He can't handle me When it's falling away from me And he has his own grief To swallow him up momentarily And he won't speak 'Less he's spoken to and asked: 'Are you okay? No, really?' Without falling to his knees She said: 'Try and imagine her as a wave' But I can't get the picture out of my mind Of her lying on the bed, dead And I'm sorry to the family who have kindly adopted me For the crude account I have recorded Thank you Ruby For being the boss of me And him, and everybody Oh, it will be Harder than that threepenny To see you away kindly Without falling to my knees I fell
10.
'You're giving them compassion if you pull them up,' she advised 'S'not really helping them if you're scared and they're ill advised' What's the use of having respect, utmost, for all souls If you have none, you give none, create none For yourself? Got to be careful when I speak to him, emotion sometimes comes first When it's from the heart they know, make sure the head does not come first It's easy to believe in something when someone's there and wise It's when they go, you have to hold it in your heart and make you wise
11.
Poor You 04:50
I see you're confused, and I feel for you You did not ask for my abuse, my anger towards you For in my mind, you did the most unkind behaviour Witnessed by a fallen girl But that's not fair You were not even there, my friend As time passes I see Poor you Looking at you with my face like thunder I went under the table to get my lighter You must think I don't like you but in fact I love you It means nothing when it happens just all of a sudden It means nothing when it happens every single week This hunger will not ever cease, I want to explain it to you I carved you out to be my release, I never got that from you Now in my mind, I am the most unkind S'sanoshima, it is not real, it is not real But 'god' from here I will not let the fear denote my actions in this life

credits

released July 9, 2010

All words & Music written by Jessica Grace except excerpts on 'Poor You' - written by Jamie McDonald
All tracks produced and engineered by Jessica Grace with a lot of help from Johnny duToit, except for 'Poor You' when Johnny was promoted to Executive Producer, and also a little help from Meri Everitt and probably most of the people on the list below
Mixed by Jessica Grace and Johnny duToit except tracks 6 & 7 mixed by Kevin Feazy @ Pinna Productions
Mastered by Tom Leader
Cover photo by Andy www.caerphoto.com.
Rest of photo's taken by Jessica Grace or Dave Everitt.
'Hunger' drawn by Jessica Grace


Musicians:
Guitar & Vocals, Glasses, Tambourine, Bell, Shaker, Mock Violin - Jessica Grace
Violins - Katy Bignold
Drums - Andy Raeburn
Bass - Johnny duToit
Additional Vocals on FYBO - Ross Wilson
Additional guitar on Ruby - Dave Everitt (that's my dad)
Kazoos on What is it in You? - Rosered/Lydia the Pixie
Electric guitar on Away for the Weekend - Federico Pieroni
Kick Drum on Obsessing - Johnny duToit & Jessica Grace
Pub noise on Obsessing - from live performance @ Bed Springs
Background voices on Ether - Andy Raeburn, Andrew Dunn, Ross Wilson
Cymbals on Ruby - Andy Raeburn, arranged by Jessica Grace
Grand Piano on Poor You - Johnny duToit


Thanks to: all that participated in the making of this album
Special thanks to: Meri, Edwina, David, Angie, Rob,
Tula Turanska, Olivia Flenley, Tom Flude, Nadia Morgan, Johnny duToit, Jess Bryant & Andy Raeburn, Paul Hearn, Melayneee, Kimiyo Sawai, Katy Bignold, Sam Patterson, Bozena and Feder, Eva lovely Eva, Jamie McDonald, Miranda Quammie, Dunny and Sevenball, Ross Wilson and Blue Rose Code, Sam Whates, Justin Stoneman, Lise Regan, Sonny & Kev @ Pinna, Lydia (Rosered), Jo Bailey and WIMN, Cris Tanzi & Alex, Dave & Olly @ Bed Springs, Tim @ Freedom of Expression, James Yuill, Cat @ Room for Pudding, Derya (and Nilay!) Nagle, Deborah and all past and present at Maya, Lewis and Avery, Eric Walker, Andy photoman, Francis Booth, Mark Stevens, Paul @ Automatic Management, TFL for all their funny busking rules, Nick Button. Edmonton District, and my lilac team ’06-‘08! This album is dedicated to my mentor, Daisaku Ikeda, for without the efforts he has made throughout his entire life, for the happiness of his fellow human beings, I would still be getting stoned in my home town flat watching TV.

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Jessica Grace Oxford, UK

Raised by wolves in the heart of England, Sniff Sniff used her experience in the wilderness to hunt for nuts and berries. At that point she founded Jessica Grace, using excess berries to fuel the upload of the songs and wolf spit to power her laptop.

Her more recent work is a mixture of synth pop, acoustic lyrical folk, alternative and indie-ish.
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