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Body & Soul (for Cara)

by Mongoose

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'Body & Soul (for Cara)', named after the summer solstice festival and dedicated to the band’s keyboard player, is a song about friendship. A dreamy soundscape gives a sense of the magic and fun of a festival environment, with undercurrents of sensory overload – how such a place can be overwhelming for the more anxious among us. The act of sharing a rain jacket is at the core of this song, hand in hand with friendship, support, and love. This first single is both beautiful and unsettled, indicating common threads that will run through the album in its entirety.

'Suck the Wound' album is out on May 16th.

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Let’s go and stand in the rain
I’ll hold your hand under my jacket
And all the warmth in my veins
I’ll pass to you under dripping branches

In another world of mud and glitter skies, love
We will listen to the words of people much more eloquent than me

Let’s have a chat on the bus
Cos even though I get to see you often
Sometimes a wall rises up between us
Can we unpick it with this corkscrew

In another world of bodies, beats and hearts pumped
I’ll be hiding in a corner, searching for another friend like you

I’ll hold your hand in the rain
For once don’t recoil in distaste
Oh please keep me grounded cos inside I’m running
I’m stumbling I’m slipping away

In this other world of rainbow colours above
You be gold and I’ll be paper, fluttering in shreds at your feet

I can’t stand the sun but don’t leave me in the shadows

credits

released April 12, 2019
Lyrics by Muireann Ní Cheannabháin, arranged by Mongoose.
Recorded in Herbert Place Studios.
Produced and mixed by Alex Borwick.
Mastered by Fergal Davis.

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Mongoose Dublin, Ireland

Mongoose is a musical melty-pot, combining the vocals, instrument-playing and songwriting of four women - Molly O'Mahony, Ailbhe Dunne, Muireann Ní Cheannabháin and Cara Dunne.

Owing to diverse writing styles and a broad range of influences, their music invokes rich and dynamic soundscapes, fluctuating from delicate folk to soulful blues to hard-edged indie pop. ... more

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