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Small Birds

by Red Sea

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Small Birds was written in early 2019 after watching a flock of small birds drive away a kestrel, at a time when the far-right and populism was rearing its ugly head in Europe and America in early 2019. It uses the plight and collective strength of the small birds as a metaphor for the potential, and current, ability of the people to stand up together against these hawkish forces.

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Have you seen the small birds mob the hawk and drive him away?
Have you seen the small birds mob the hawk and drive him away?

Rising rising rising rising
Rising rising rising rising
Rising rising rising rising
Rising rising

Black shadows on the water glistening
Stop pretending you’re not listening
Dark currents in the water twisting
Don’t turn away

Have you seen the small birds mob the hawk and drive him away?
Have you seen the small birds mob the hawk and drive him away?

Hear the puppet master muttering
Now’s the time to stop your stuttering
Black banners in the city fluttering
Don’t turn away

Have you seen the small birds mob the hawk and drive him away?
Have you seen the small birds mob the hawk and drive him away?


Our roots are shared we have one history
The tree of life in all its mystery
Rising up we pull together
Rising up we shine forever
Our roots are shared
The tree of life in all its mystery
Rising up we pull together
Rising up we shine forever

credits

released August 11, 2020
James Tolhurst - composer & trumpet
Bex Derry - vocals
Andy Tytherleigh - double bass
Rob Coates - guitar
Rachael Johnson - piano
Andrew Wood - Drums

Recorded at Kinema Audio
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Mixed by Matt Cotterill
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Mastered by Formation Audio Ltd
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Cover photo - Richard Collier

Many thanks to Saria Digregorio for all the help with artwork design.

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Red Sea Nottingham, UK

Red Sea’s music is deeply relaxing, environmentally conscious, desert jazz that soothes the soul. Think Billie Holiday meets Nora Jones in a Bedouin tent on the shores of the Red Sea.
Featured three times on BBC Introducing in the lat eighteen months, Red Sea play extremely chilled, self-penned jazz, originally inspired by the intense stillness and beauty of the Sinai Desert and the Red Sea. ... more

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