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Polarchoral

by GRICE

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Comes in a 6 panel digi-sleeve with 4 page booklet.
    CD artwork designed by GRICE.
    First 50 copies signed by GRICE

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1.
Involution 07:34
INVOLUTION (lyrics) Anyone who had thought would think Anyone who had one wish would wish to stay Anyone who had a heart would love this thing We do for you. Anyone who walks away Drives away And anyone who walks away Would leave behind the truth Anyone who had a thought Would think this strange And anyone who had a heart would love to stay Anyone who’s lost control And ran away And I’m back again To stay I’m unretrievable I’m unconsolable Today I just don’t want to know where it is I’m leaving it behind Just as you told me to be Killing myself to be free. Loving is dieing deep mystifying Then I need to get away Undeniable Unbreakable Unreachable Unmistakable Unbreakable Unretrievable Because I lost control Unconsolable Unretrievable Uncontrolable Aren’t they liable?
2.
DAMAGE DONE (lyrics) We came to hear the children sing A place a hide their broken wings I hear you did some special things And it seems that the rabbit’s run And the dream, and the damage done. We came to hear the children sing To heal the heart the broken wing I love to hear the children sing And it seems that the race is run And the dream, the dream and the damage done. And your free and the day is long And your life and the damage done. Give it away Give it away Give it away
3.
Winter 07:16 video
WINTER (lyrics) If my eyes grow cold If I wake up and I’m old If my eyes grow cold If my eyes grow cold If I wake up and I’m old If my eyes grow cold If I wake up and I’m old It takes a weight of me Sleep is the way to free The circling bird in me The circling bird in me If this is the winter We become the spring If this is the winter If I wake up and I’m old Sleep is the way to free It takes a weigh of me The circling bird in me If this is the winter Look to the spring If this is the future When do we begin If this is the wintertime If this is the future Let the music in If this is the wintertime If this is the darkness Let the sunlight in If this is the winter
4.
Without Her 04:54
WITHOUT HER (lyrics) Soon as I;m well I’m going to Soon as I’m well ill die for her Doesn’t mean that I Doesn’t mean a thing without her It doesn’t mean a thing to her It doesn’t mean a thing without her It doesn’t mean a thing Soon as I am Soon as I am When I grow up I’ m going to When I grow up i’ll die for you Doesn’t mean that I Doesn’t mean a thing without her It doesn’t mean a thing to her It doesn’t mean a thing without her It doesn’t mean a thing Soon as I’m well I’m going to Soon as I’m well I’ll die for you Doesn’t mean that I Doesn’t mean a thing without her It doesn’t mean a thing to her It doesn’t mean a thing without her It doesn’t mean a thing Without her It doesn’t mean a thing
5.
Saviour 05:51 video
SAVIOUR (Lyrics) Hide the workings of the martyred mind And you can laugh if you can smile And face another tragic time And take the pill and make it mine I won’t be told, I’ll just be fine. Saviour of ourselves Go crazy on ourselves Saviour of ourselves Go crazy on ourselves Saviour of ourselves Are you living today? Have you something to say? Are you still in the dark? Don’t you think we should start? Through an opening mind Through an opening mind Chase with winning hands and losing face It’s on the cards - the Royal hush Now baby don’t you want him back It’s always right - if it’s not wrong We want the world - it’s where we belong Saviour of ourselves Go crazy on ourselves Saviour of ourselves Are you living today? Have you something to say? Are you still in the dark? Don’t you think we should start? Through an opening mind Through an opening mind With a winning hand and a losing face Well, It’s on the cards - the Royal chase Have you something to say In the dark, In circles we chase With a winning hand and a losing face It’s on the cards - the Royal hush Now baby don’t you want him back It’s always right - its never wrong We want the world - it's where we belong Saviour of ourselves Crazy on ourselves
6.
Alarm Bells 10:25
ALARM BELLS (lyrics) Come on, I’ll race you down the hill Too long, it must be time to heal Come on, ill race you down Too long, it must be time, time to kill. Too late, long way home We found together alone Together well find our way Symmetry, majesty, melody Rain on me. I was there, in the waiting room Forced to choose I would live with one without the other Without your brother Talk to me, Majesty Melody With Honesty Talk to me Talk to me Won’t you talk That summer When love blew us apart Confusion, mistrust, conflict and hurt The last time we sang songs from the heart The last time we sang songs from the heart The last bus is waiting to depart The time has disappeared The line is crossed I fear The line is crossed I fear Majesty, talk to me The line we crossed, the melodies The rain on me Majesty, the melodies Harmony Talk to me, brother Talk to me, with honesty
7.
BAND OF BROTHERS (lyrics)
8.
Legend 05:31
LEGEND (lyrics) Stop leaving Feel present Leave learning Your little world is turning Make your way in the world today Make it real feel it all the way Make your way in the world I say Be a legend Be a legend Stop moving Feel nothing The world is turning The little ones learning To make their way in the world I pray Make it real feel it all the way Make your way in the world I say Feel the legend Be a legend Make your way in the world today Make your way in the world I pray Be the legend Be the legend Stop killing Stop the killing Seeing is believing Make your way in the world today Make it real throw it all away Make your way in the world I pray You’ll be a legend You’ll feel the legend Making way in the world I pray Let it go all the way Making waves in the world today Be the legend Feel the legend Making way in the world today Make it real you can find your way Make your way in the world I say Be a legend Be a legend Stop the bleeding Feeling is believing Stop the killing Seeing is believing
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10.
LAPIS LAZULI Goodbye to the dreams no heart of gold no feathered seams breath in, it's over Giving up my hand my romanesque good fortune plans and now its easy Break before the the fall I hesitate, I climb and stall and loose direction Tethered to the mast and unconsoled into the past and now its easy Drown the maddened fool the horses drinking from the pool and now I'm sober Breath in Giving up my hand Singe the burning fields and lapis lazuli leaves the world is freezing over I need to walk around before I fly I need to speak your language or I'll die I dedicate this music to the sky to the sky
11.
SAVIOUR (lyrics) Hide the workings of the martyred mind And you can laugh if you can smile And face another tragic time And take the pill and make it mine I won’t be told, I’ll just be fine. Saviour of ourselves Go crazy on ourselves Saviour of ourselves Go crazy on ourselves Saviour of ourselves Are you living today? Have you something to say? Are you still in the dark? Don’t you think we should start? Through an opening mind Through an opening mind Chase with winning hands and losing face It’s on the cards - the Royal hush Now baby don’t you want him back It’s always right - if it’s not wrong We want the world - it’s where we belong Saviour of ourselves Go crazy on ourselves Saviour of ourselves Are you living today? Have you something to say? Are you still in the dark? Don’t you think we should start? Through an opening mind Through an opening mind With a winning hand and a losing face Well, It’s on the cards - the Royal chase Have you something to say In the dark, In circles we chase With a winning hand and a losing face It’s on the cards - the Royal hush Now baby don’t you want him back It’s always right - its never wrong We want the world - it's where we belong Saviour of ourselves Crazy on ourselves

about

POLARCHORAL is the 5th solo album by British art rock artist GRICE

Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter GRICE presents his unique brand of sonic alchemy with a set of polished sonic gems.

'POLARCHORAL combines some deeply grounded, sophisticated art rock and prog-pop songs with a twist of experimental polyrhythms and arrangements to create an emotive sonic cocktail.

"An album of exquisite beauty by an artist of rare refinement" PROG magazine (Dec, 2022)

“Highly polished and detailed and ultimately, enthralling. Magical and intoxicating - 4.5 glacial harmonics" - PROG ROGUE 

"Hypnotizing and spiritually medicating - this may both bruise and soothe the aching heart" - Thomas Szirmay

“Sonic alchemy sounds of gold” - progrock.com

“An excellently produced audiophile treat” - Betreuters Proggen

“Grice travels with true grace in such territories as avant pop, prog rock & art rock” - MLWZ - A Small Lexicon of Great Bands

“A 2022 top album” - The Progressive Aspect

"A beautiful, dramatic, through-provoking album, and in a world that currently seems to dwell in negativity, it offers hope" Tony Colvill - TPA

POLARCHORAL is a set of powerful, intricate and emotionally challenging songs which explore the bi-polarity of personal relationships and ideologies, the attraction and division of people and the confusion, conflict and hurt prevalent in our times. Conflict divides but also unites, without division there is no life. This is music for the Unconsoled, songs from the rain that speak of hope, love and defiance.

'Creating this album has been a process of looking inward through the microscope as much as looking outward and upwards through the telescope into the universal’. G

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Website: www.gricemusic.co.uk
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released November 4, 2022

Music, Lyrics & Vocals: GRICE
Written, Arranged & Produced by GRICE

Musicians:

GRICE: Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Tzouras, EBow, Bass, Grand Piano, Hammond Organ, Synths,Sonics, Sequencing, Programming
Richard Barbieri: Synthesis & Sonic Pulse (track 6)
Steve Jansen: Ghost Pads, Bells, Lazurite sonics (track 10)
BJ Cole: Pedal Steel Guitar
Luca Calabrese: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Robert Brian: Drums, LinnDrum
Hossam Ramzy: Tablas, Doholla, Mazha, Triangle
Al Swainger: Bass, Double Bass, French Horn
Suzanne Barbieri: Vocals
Steve Bingham: Violin
Duncan Chave: Programming & Warping
Eliza Carew: Cello
Alan Burton: Uilleann Pipes
Jack Lawrence: Autoharp

Engineered by Duncan Chave at Sound Gallery Studios
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 Mixed by Stefano Quarta
Tracks 3, 6, 9, 10 Mixed by Duncan Chave & Grice
Mastered by Carmine Simeone at Forward Studios (Rome)
Recorded at Sound Gallery Studios
Additional tracking & mixing at Real World Studios
Additional contributions recorded in London & Milan
Drums recorded by Tyler Spicer at NAM Studios

Album cover: Compass from ‘A Map of Cornwall from the Best Authorities’. England - Cornwall) Cary, John (1754-1835). Published by John Stockdale. London. 1805. Cover detail taken from Domesday Map of Chent (Kent). ‘Domesday England 1086: an Atlas’ by John Garnons Williams ©1985
Album artwork formatting and typesetting: Carl Glover
‘Quintet’ vinyl static audio courtesy of Elizabeth McAlpine

© 2022 GRICE
℗ 2022 Hungersleep Productions Ltd

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Art rock artist, known for his prolific song-writing and innovative approach to sound production but with enough mainstream appeal to secure airplay on BBC Radio 6 Music (Tom Robinson) “GRICE makes music of exquisite beauty”.
Grice has gained recognition within art-rock circles and has forged collaborations with Richard Barbieri, Steve Jansen, Raphael Ravenscroft, Hossam Ramzy, BJ Cole and more.
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