Abandon Ship

from Abandon Ship EP by Isobel Morris & Ali A.B.

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"Abandon Ship" is a collaboration between Analog Birds bandmates Isobel Morris and Ali A.B. It was Ali's idea to create a song structured like a 'musical sandwich.' The beginning and end of the song, played on piano by the phenomenal Collin DeJoseph, are two halves of the bun, and the rest is the (hopefully) delicious filling.

The lyrics have a surreal nautical theme; like the music, they were written collaboratively between Isobel and Ali. The words play out as a stream-of-consciousness story, juxtaposing themes of futility, decay, and perseverance against archaic maritime imagery.

"Abandon Ship" was initially scheduled to be released years ago as a single, but it was too much to complete at the time. It languished, unfinished, for many years, and now it's finally here and completed, with two other stowaway tracks in tow!

lyrics

Drift away from this desolate day
Burn all your bridges with a turn of the page
Taunting your jailer from a wrought iron cage

He'll swallow the key and piss it into the sea
It will sink to the ocean floor and sprout like a seed
Through the hull of a ship
That buckled under the weight
Of a thousand good intentions
A minute too late

This listing boat's become our home
'Cause there's nowhere else for us to go

Until we abandon ship
Until we abandon ship...

This listing boat's become our home
'Cause there's nowhere else to go

Until we abandon ship
Until we abandon ship...

Drift away
Drift away
Drift away

credits

from Abandon Ship EP, released August 31, 2017
"Abandon Ship"
Produced and written by Isobel Morris and Ali A.B.
Mixed by Isobel Morris

Isobel - Lead and Backing Vocals / Bass Guitar / Electric Guitar / Drums / Percussion (Tambourine, Cabasa) / Synthesisers (Six-Trak and Moog Slim Bass) / Additional Piano

Ali A.B. - Pianos / Mellotron Flutes / Orchestral Samples (Cello, Clarinet, Violins) / Synthesisers (Moog Slim and Minimonsta) / Percussion (Maracas, Vibra-Slap) / Kisses / Bowed Fretless Bass

Collin DeJoseph - Grand Piano (beginning and end)

Anthony Santanastasso - Trumpet / Piccolo Trumpet

Dominique Vance - Violins

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Isobel Morris Brooklyn, New York

Isobel Morris is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer.

She produces adventuresome, psychedelic rock both solo and as frontwoman of Whipping Girl and Analog Birds.

See more at mountvalley.net or follow @isobelmorrisxy on Instagram. ... more

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