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Inward

by Anise

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1.
Aoraki 04:19
I first saw him when I was eight, an image now shrouded at the peak of my memory but I remember the white. A relentless blankness, a numbness of colour and I wondered how it came to be, this face of indelible stone. I was told, and I sighed, I realized It was a rock with nowhere to go A rock with nowhere to go A rock with nowhere to go And the bus moved on, she announced over the microphone that the mountain was always growing. And his caves even more trenchant, and I sit there contented, that there is one stream That knows her way That knows her way That knows her way Into the deepest of his caves
2.
Bones 04:29
Lead me into your sanctuary Not of gods and holy men But of eyes that weep only for me And lines that never bend I bleed only into your streams My love is more than mornings That seem beautiful Or nights that are calm with sleep Cross our steeples Break our bones This love is ours to behold Line it all in silver We will never be under different stars Hidden in the caresses of your music Cross our steeples Break our bones This love is ours to behold Cross our steeples Break our bones This love is ours to behold
3.
Pulp Fiction 05:06
Paper falls straight into the eddies Words they fall pained and heavy Paper glass paper gold Paper thoughts they unfold We write letters only to be pulped to snow By Thoughts about mending a world you don't know You clipped our wings long before we learnt to fly Your words they stung, penguins have to live a lie Paper hearts, paper gold Our stories will still be told We write letters only to be pulped to snow By Thoughts about mending a world you don't own
4.
Midnight sweepers they come Running round from dusk till dawn They jostle and they broom Through the carcasses of noon Midnight sweepers they come Picking up where we left Picking out blood from the cracks Spinning our sorrows to candle wax In the morning All is bright All is fine All is kind The morning dew they scattered in the night Smells like a billion butterflies They flutter and they fly Into the morning light They rest on your forehead and you smile You let out a sigh Because the Midnight sweepers they've come and gone Running round from dusk till dawn Seeking shelter from the moon In the gutters of gloom Midnight sweeping Into the night
5.
Underwater 04:36
Watch as your head steadies And your hands quicken I'll watch you from behind From the back of your mind From the back of your mind I'll watch you from behind You ask if you can go again It's a beautiful view Step one, step two, step From the back of my mind From the back of my mind I'll watch you from behind Keep dreaming underwater Keep bleeding mother Keep shouting father Keep leaving lover Keep screaming stranger Keep living underwater I watch as you leave I'm not the one you'd always need Something comes and some things leave Let it play, let it bleed Keep dreaming underwater Keep bleeding mother Keep shouting father Keep leaving lover Keep screaming stranger Keep living underwater

about

Earlier this year, singer-songwriter Anise took a journey inward, learning along the way how to turn feelings of anger and displacement into poetry, and to bid goodbye to the pain of the past. Having returned with a new understanding of solace, Anise presents her debut EP Inward, five songs of dark folk that pair off-kilter chords with tender lyricism - songs that are at once fragile and indignant, ominous and tender.

Plenty of solo, acoustic-based musicians impress us with their voices, but none leave us as awestruck as this forlorn storyteller – possessing a timbre that strikes a Tori Amos-esque balance between fragility and depth. — JUICE, 2015

A reflective contemplative EP full of very brazen confessionals and very vivid narratives. Anise mesmerises on this EP with delicate vocals, acoustic guitar and clever use of strings. One of the more artful singer-songwriter records that has come on in recent memory in Singapore. Rating: 8/10 — Bandwagon Recent Record Reviews, 2016

One of the more stand-out singer songwriter EPs this year. Instrumentation is very lush and very powerful. She’s definitely one of the strongest lyricists this year. — Bandwagon Top 10 Singapore EPs

credits

released November 10, 2015

All songs written by Anise
Vocals, guitars, violins by Anise
Cello by Zhong Ren Koh
Percussion, bass, 12-string guitar,
electric guitar & glockenspiel by Victor Low

Lyrics in Aoraki by Zhengxun Hee
Recorded at Affixen
Mixed and Produced by Victor Low
Mastered by James Plotkin

Special thanks to:
Victor Low, Zhong Ren Koh, Ong Szu Yoong, Michy Witchy, Yap Meiying, Clarence Aw, Clifton Mun.
My family The Diarists: Tini Aliman, Jeremy Lee, Eswandy Sarip, Thaiibah Majinon.
My lovely parents, brother, and everyone who has contributed and accompanied me in this musical journey.

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A far cry from her usual dark folk repertoire, Anise fragments her former identity with her new sonic palette. A cinematic blend of harsh glitchy beats cut through tender, shimmering vocals. Her new music is a portrait of the boundaries or lack thereof between the grotesque and beautiful. Anise’s lyrics speak of disembodiment and alienation from a society she cannot run away from. ... more

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