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Shiny Things

from Shiny Things by Talis Kimberley

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(Rough track released into the wild... we gigged this quite a lot at one point, me and the band, and I have notes somewhere for exciting alt-vocal parts should I ever record it in a studio setting, but that will be a while off, I think)

It was something in a bubble-pack that set me off - the thing could have been sold as it was, but it had to be presented in a shiny plastic bubble and with a big sheet of card, so as to tempt the buyer. We like our shiny, don't we? And shiny's pretty, sure. But the shinification of things that really *aren't*... and the packaging that ensues, and the waste that results, are really not needful. Or useful. Or sustainable. No, thank you, it doesn't need to be gift-wrapped. I have my own bag, thank you.

I think I had just escaped a trip to a shopping centre - one of the chrome-and-silver no-windows sort. I'm not very comfortable in those places. They just... don't feel human-scaled, to me.

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from Shiny Things, released June 17, 2016

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Talis Kimberley UK

"I'm a songwriter and singer; my songs are spun from folklore and history, stirred well with a hazel wand and served with cake. I'll sing you ravens and bones and the story behind the story, I'll sing you bread and apples, ghosts and knitting, and bring you home with a pocketful of feathers and hope"

Voice / guitar / English concertina

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