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Strange Time

from Strange Time by MF Tomlinson

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Tomlinson’s own romantic sax twirls above Joseph Conner’s feathery electric piano and Yigit Bübül’s (Dan Lyons, whenyoung) pattering percussion to produce an impressionistic portrait of a mind coming to terms with the global crisis. “If god exists it seems the world is really ending,” he pontificates equanimously in his opening gambit, not with the bravado of Last Days Of Rome, but instead with an innocence and recognisable humanity that you instantly want to befriend. “I wanted it to be a balm, I wanted it to be like a salve,” Tomlinson admits. “I wanted people to go ‘that’s what it felt like to me when I was stuck in my house’.”

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If God exists it seems the world is really ending
The sky is red with flame and now there is a plague
I’m still completely stunned, when you said this year would be different
I should have asked you what that meant

Somehow the days dripped into weeks, slipped into seasons
But in here it’s like it’s twilight all the time
Now that the city is oh so quiet
And the sirens fill the air with a bitter cry

It’s a Strange Time

Now I'm locked down in my home
Just scrolling on my phone
I’m trying to fathom the tragedy now and hereafter
Everybody’s been saying how they need to take a break
We got more than we bargained for this time

It’s a Strange Time
It ain't play time

Locked down in my home
Practicing the saxophone
The neighbours ain't happy but then again who’s really happy?
Now’s the time to do all the things that you’ve been putting off
Like pray to your maker that everything will be alright

It is peaceful and uneasy in the evening
I lean out my window sill and sip my glass of wine
Now all of the towns and the cities are oh so quiet
Can you feel us all looking up at that distant sky?

In a Strange Time
It ain't play time

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from Strange Time, track released December 1, 2020
Strange Time by MF Tomlinson
Produced by MF Tomlinson
Recorded at home
Mixed by Arie van der Poel
Mastered by Syd Kemp
Bass and electric piano by Joseph Connor
Percussion by Yigit Bübül
Vocals, acoustic guitar and saxophone by MF Tomlinson

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MF Tomlinson London, UK

An eclectic singer/songwriter “who seems to use music as a means to excavate within the soul” - Clash. Primarily a storyteller, MF Tomlinson negotiates styles as varied as acid folk, soul, alt country & chamber pop to create a singular presence. He achieves this genre fluidity with the help of a close-knit group of collaborators he calls “the MFs, because they’re all very talented motherfuckers.” ... more

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