Four-color digi-pak with liner notes. LOW TIDE is Grammer's 11th album, but the first to feature original songs. Includes "Hole," the #1 most-played song on folk radio in February 2018, "Good Life," Grammer's tribute to her father and her most-requested song in live shows, and a reverent cover of Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting." LOW TIDE was the 9th most-played on folk radio for 2018, voted Best of 2018 by folkalley.com and Top Ten Album of the Year by Fish Records UK.
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oh andy i’m afraid i don’t know what i’m made of anymore
can’t make sense of all these shatterlings upon the bedroom floor
there’ll be no sleeping here, just blurs of sorrow through the open door
shoulda warned those boys about me, shoulda warned those boys
i never mean to but somehow i always spill the loving cup
it’s in some passionate exchange, it’s in the way i don’t let up
cannot trust myself in love, seems i always fuck it up
better warn those boys about me, you better warn those boys
’cause i bruise them, every one
there’s a hole in the palm of my love
i cut them; they run
through the hole in the palm of my love
my first love wouldn’t tell me why he changed his mind about our plans
some vicious word i spoke just burned the gold right off the wedding band
kept it to himself and now the ash is flying through my hands
shoulda warned that boy about me
and andy, i’m afraid this story’s gonna play out like the rest
i’ll take this broken bird and hold him to my hopeful, heaving chest
sing the mountain down while god remains oblique and unimpressed
shoulda warned that boy about me
’cause i bruise them, every one
there’s a hole in the palm of my love
i cut them; they run
through the hole in the palm of my love
should they lock me up, oh andy, would you throw away the key
let’s not talk about the girl i was and the wife i’ll never be
let ’em cut the sword from underneath my tongue and set me free
say something good about me, say something good
though i bruised them, every one
there’s a hole in the palm of my love
i cut them; they run
through the hole in the palm of my love
there’s a sword under my tongue
and a hole in the palm of my love
and andy, one more thing, i’m leaving this old violin to you
for all those easy nights and emails and the honest talking-to
for every lie i told i never played a note that wasn’t true
that’s one good thing about me, the one good thing
’cause i bruise them, every one
there’s a hole in the palm of my love
i cut them; they run
through the hole in the palm of my love
there’s a sword under my tongue
and a hole in the palm of my love
can’t save a single one
with a hole in the palm of my love
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written january 2014 in doylestown PA + shutesbury MA
credits
from Low Tide,
released January 19, 2018
tg - acoustic guitar, violin, temple bell, wooden frog, tambourine, vocals
lorne entress - drums and percussion
jim henry - electric guitars, mandolin
paul kochanski - electric bass
Writer. Actor. Storyteller. Singer. Multi-instrumentalist. Former head cheerleader, now a fearless navigator of the
heart.
“One of the finest pure musicians anywhere in folkdom.” - Boston Globe
“A brilliant artist.” - Joan Baez
“Her gifts as a musician are like that of a painter who is a master of chiaroscuro, offering light and shadow at every turn.“ - Mary Chapin Carpenter...more
I've come to your music a little late, but better late than never! Great songs--even better harmonies <3 . I hope the next time you get together it will be sooner than 20 years! sylvia_s
Long time follower of Mark's work. I know every album is stellar without question. This album is no different,but even better if that is possible. Love it! norm tandberg
These songs are the kind of gems that rarely come about for anyone without a long practice of songwriting. The language of the lyrics is always original, connecting commonly felt things in new ways. The music, delivery, and band are perfect vehicles for these wonderful songs. pdxshinn
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There's a similarity in song writing between Richard Thompson and Hugh Cornwell which maybe isn't surprising as they went to the same school at the same time, although Thompson is older.
Due to Thompson's association with John French of Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band I searched for his work on the Bandcamp app. French, Thompson and Cornwell all have albums on the app which I'm very pleased about. Only Thompson has released contemporary albums, much to his credit. yellowcakeuf6