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How Did We Get Here?

by Lizzy Hardingham

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    Out on 19th Oct 2022: How Did We Get Here? is Hardingham's brand new studio album which explores the relationship between music and mental health.

    This Help Musicians UK funded album combines 8 deftly crafted songs (recorded at Sheffield's Yellow Arch Studios) and thought-provoking audio clips from interviews with musicians, mental health charities, music therapists and music professionals. Together with accomplished producer Tom Wright, Lizzy has created a compelling conversation between interviews with musicians like Nancy Kerr, Julie Matthews and Blair Dunlop and exquisitely vulnerable music featuring the likes of Lukas Drinkwater and Katriona Gilmore.

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1.
The Road 05:37
I fill up the tank, I spend everything I've found I drive on down for hours just to saturate the sound I just can’t wait to come on home But I’ve got a heart that’s built to roam I fill up the tank, ready for the journey ahead I rack up more on my club card than I do hours in my bed I just can’t wait to come on home But I’ve got a heart that’s built to roam When I cross the Colne I know it’s only twenty miles to home I fill up the tank, load her as full as she can bear Guitar, my boots, one lonely musician Punching that gas for god knows where I just can’t wait to come on home But I’ve got a heart that’s built to roam And I, I'm only twenty miles from home
2.
They Will 05:53
She opens her eyes to the thoughts that are plaguing her mind She stretches her arms reaching out to the hope she can’t find She places her feet firmly trying to lift up her head But the thought of the day looking quite as it does calls her back to her bed She curls up and thinks of a time when she held herself high The tears on her pillow she wonders if they’ll ever dry But they will, I promise they will The hours fly by on the clock that she wears on her wrist Sometimes a second feels more like a day that she’s missed Time is illusive always seen running away There’s some quiet solace in the thought that tomorrow might be a better day When the light all around her has faded to some far off place The clouds all above her will they ever shine a light on her face They will, I promise they will When the call of the voices she hears in her head bring her down Will the light of her loved ones be enough to help her not to drown When will she trust that they’ll help her to pick up her crown 'cos they will, I promise they will
3.
This might take our breath away for just a little while This might knock the wind out of our sails Lyrics But screw your courage to the sticking place For I am pretty certain we’ll not fail 'cos we’ve got hope That the show goes on, on a different day I will take your hand and lead you through To a time when we are less than two..... Living in the shadow of a time we thought would never come All we took for granted is on the line Summer’s looking empty as the music halls wash up on the wind But at least the view from here is looking fine 'cos we’ve got hope That the show goes on, on a different day I will take your hand and lead you through To a time when we are less than two..... How I yearn to see your face To hold your hand and sing along How I yearn to dance in pairs In the summer sun in the throng 'cos we’ve got hope That the show goes on, on a different day I will take your hand and lead you through The show goes on, on a different day I will take your hand and lead you through To a time when we are less than two metres away
4.
I could have loved you if truth be told I could have fallen madly in love I could have melted the icy cold You suffer so gladly The fire turns to ember The sun's turn to spectre And I cannot save you I could have loved you if given the chance We could have been something rare to find I could have showed you the steps to dance If you'd have only dared The clouds turn to lightening The darkness inviting And I cannot save you I could have loved you swimming upstream I would have waded the shivering foam I was a salmon chasing a dream And you took me from the river The hook turns to baiting The fisherman’s waiting And I cannot save you I cannot wave a wand and lessen the length you hold me away I cannot save the sullen young soul too guarded to enter the fray I cannot save you I cannot save you
5.
Waves roll onto the sand And tidal forces are always at hand I can’t stop them coming And you well you know, there’s no sense in running If you jump when the wave rolls around Jump lift your feet from the ground You can rest for a while and maybe a smile can be found And maybe no more waves will roll around Some think the moon pulls her weight Others think it’s only fate But I can’t stop them rolling over But you can stand tall and you can stand strong and there’s no way that wave will be bowling you over If you jump when the wave rolls around Jump lift your feet from the ground You can rest for a while and maybe a smile can be found And maybe no more waves will roll around I know you think that you might fall but I’ve got no doubt You can always take one more and then get up from the floor 'cos the tide will go out If you jump when the wave rolls around Jump lift your feet from the ground You can rest for a while and maybe a smile can be found And maybe no more waves will roll around
6.
Here in my hotel room doing my upmost to cry Praying for tears to fall How could I have known then burdened by best western fatigue That the sweetest release was in your call In old number seven, oh it was heaven to me Five lonely voices echoing on only kitchen tiles Alone on a hill for now Finally they gathered they sang what we needed to hear But we didn’t know somehow In old number seven, oh it was heaven to me Voices fall on timbered walls and I hold on tight The sermon swells, how could you tell tonight In old number seven, oh it was heaven to me
7.
I went walking today in the woods You’ll never guess what I found Miniature carvings scattered through the woods And the tiniest throng crowding round There for the heart, there for the soul Encased in the bark 1000 years old The piano in the woods Tiny pilgrims rush through the snow In search of that sampling sound On their journey from terracotta homes Gathering pace on through the towns Carved from the trees, the sky now is clear Pilgrims will come, pilgrims will hear The piano in the woods People will travel the wide open woods to see for themselves To witness the birth from all that has been felled Up through the earth up through the breeze Sisters in arms, singing for the trees The piano in the woods
8.
Here I am on a school night singing the blues All alone on a stage with something to prove And I’m waiting for a sign That the chorus bells will chime Singing together as one we will raise up the roof, skies unfurl Singing together as one side by side we stand as proof That the world can be better together singing as one By the light of the sun we will meet in the spring Although winter our spirits may splinter, we will still sing Oh and ne’r have I gone wrong With family forged in song Singing together as one we will raise up the roof, skies unfurl Singing together as one side by side we stand as proof That the world can be better together singing as one It’searly time for the glasses to return to the bar One more song for the road to sum up who we are Oh and one more voice could light the stars If sounding in harmony with ours Singing together as one we will raise up the roof, skies unfurl Singing together as one side by side we stand as proof That the world can be better together singing as one

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Out on 19th Oct 2022: How Did We Get Here? is Hardingham's brand new studio album which explores the relationship between music and mental health.

This Help Musicians UK funded album combines 8 deftly crafted songs (recorded at Sheffield's Yellow Arch Studios) and thought-provoking audio clips from interviews with musicians, mental health charities, music therapists and music professionals. Together with accomplished producer Tom Wright, Lizzy has created a compelling conversation between interviews with musicians like Nancy Kerr, Julie Matthews and Blair Dunlop and exquisitely vulnerable music featuring the likes of Lukas Drinkwater and Katriona Gilmore.

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released October 19, 2022

Written by Lizzy Hardingham
Produced by Tom A. Wright at Powered Flight Music, Yellow Arch Studios Mastered by Nick Cooke
Cover Artwork by Elle Kydd

Musicians
Lizzy Hardingham - vocals and guitars
Izzy Baker - strings
Lukas Drinkwater - upright and electric bass Katriona Gilmore - mandolin and backing vocals Jamie Roberts - backing vocals
Tom Wright - drums and guitars

Interviews
Katy Rose Bennett, Noel Dashwood, Lukas Drinkwater, Blair Dunlop, Luke Jackson, Nancy Kerr, Ruth Lyon, Julie Matthews, and Tom Ryder

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South-East based folk musician and songstress, Lizzy Hardingham is paving her way as a “rising star on the UK folk scene” with songs that "sing straight to the heart”. Her powerful yet pure voice twinned with her impressive songwriting skills meld together to create “beautifully delivered folk music”! She is proving herself as “a profoundly powerful singer to watch out for”. ... more

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