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Ribbon on a Bough b​/​w The Other Half of Everything

by Martin John Henry

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Ribbon On A Bough You’re a ribbon on a bough You’re a ribbon on a bough You’re a ribbon on a bough You’re a ribbon on a bough You’re a ribbon on a bough Jumping hares wait for light And a river running slow You’re meandering tonight Through the twilit silver dreams Every second ripples to Wooden floors the gap between Trough, peak, wave to you. Liquid in light, cornered at night In your room you feel safe The perfect lit face I’m the sulphur yellow haze The sunset stubborn ways Can you take a heart And weld a new part? You’re a ribbon on a bough See the apple’s sagging weight There’s a beast among the flock There’s a serpent on your plate But that’s a feature of a bad dream And to wake is to redeem In his arms I tell you sister You’re at safety’s marble feet Liquid in light, cornered at night In your room you feel safe The perfect lit face I’m the sulphur yellow haze Sunset stubborn ways Can you take a heart And weld a new part? Liquid in light, cornered at night In your room you feel safe The perfect lit face I’m the sulphur yellow haze The sunset stubborn ways Can you take a heart And weld a new part? Liquid in light, cornered at night In your room you feel safe The perfect lit face I’m the sulphur yellow haze The sunset stubborn ways Can you take a heart And weld a new part? I’m the sulphur yellow haze The sunset stubborn ways Can you take a heart And weld a new part? You’re a ribbon on a bough You’re a ribbon on a bough You’re a ribbon on a bough You’re a ribbon on a bough You’re a ribbon on a bough You’re a ribbon on a bough You’re a ribbon on a bough You’re a ribbon on a bough.
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The Other Half of Everything I’m not gonna talk at the meet and greet I’m not gonna work though we need to eat I’m not gonna bite when it’s in my mouth I’m not gonna love in my lover’s arms The other half of everything Wants me Wants me to dive in The other half of everything Wants me in I won’t pull my hand out a magic box I won’t use my body to do what nature wants I’m a perfect point Still in space and time I’m a minted coin that you’ve laid on the line The other half of everything Wants me Wants me to dive in The other half of everything Wants me in The other half of everything Showed me Showed me how to swim The other half of everything Pushed me in Now I’m here Here I thrust and decay Soon you must sweep me up I am dust Gone my fear Now you must

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Gargleblast Records are extremely proud to announce the release of Ribbon on a Bough, the lead single from The Other Half of Everything, the debut solo album by Scottish singer-songwriter Martin John Henry. Ribbon on a Bough finds Henry at his most upbeat, blending folkish thrash-pop with synth heavy break downs, his accented lyrics bringing a warm, wondering sense to it all. Catchy too.

Henry honed his poetic talent as the frontman/songwriter in the sadly missed De Rosa, whose albums Mend and Prevention for Chemikal Undergound Records have become contemporary classics on their home turf. In an article for The Skinny in 2008, Barry Burns of Mogwai stated that De Rosa were one of his biggest influences, saying that their last album Prevention was “a great achievement and very inspiring to me”.

Henry has toured and collaborated with many of Scotland's finest creatives, including Mogwai, Malcolm Middleton and King Creosote. In 2007 Henry collaborated with author Michel Faber on the critically acclaimed Ballads of the Book compilation (Chemikal Underground, 2007), and in 2009 he contributed a cover of The Beatles' Because to MOJO's Abbey Road Now! CD.

An exclusive b-side, the beautiful non-album song The Other Half of Everything, shares a title with the album on which Ribbon on a Bough is featured.



Selected press for Martin John Henry's songwriting...

“Beautifully captures an idyllic nation immersed in fragile contradiction” - The Skinny
“Defines folk in the sense of regional belonging rather than genre prescription, and is both thrillingly visceral and gently contemplative as a result." - BBC Collective
“Insidiously compelling contemporary prog-pop” - The Scotsman
"The kind of parochial majesty you might encounter if The Pixies reworked The Go-Betweens "Before Hollywood" for a documentary about the social history of Lanarkshire. Yes, that good." – Mojo

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released October 3, 2011

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Gargleblast Records is an independent record label based in Hamilton, Scotland. The label was founded by record producer Andy Miller and Shaun Tallamy in May 2003. Bands on our roster include... De Rosa, Desert Hearts, PAN, Life Without Buildings, Martin John Henry, Kung Fu Jesus, Towers and Foxface. ... more

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