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Needless Alley

from Memory Lake by Shards Of Reason

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Yet another track I’ve wanted to write for years.

There’s a little street, about a hundred yards long and bang in the middle of Birmingham called, as you’ve probably surmised by now, gentle reader, Needless Alley.

Such a strange name, such an anonymous little street and I’ve always wondered why it was so-called. Built in 1731, was it simply a mistake, given its name in a fit of pique by the then town fathers? Very odd, but in a charming, orphan-like way.

I’d had a tune for this track up my sleeve for quite a while (even before most of ‘Satellites’ was written) and I was chatting to my mom about this album and what it was based on, mentioning Paradise Circus (see above) and Needless Alley. “That’s strange you should be writing about Needless Alley,” she said. “Your gran knew someone who ran the café which used to be there…and the owners there made my one and only birthday cake when I was growing up.”

She’d never told me this before and her story, offhand but touching, made me want to change the music for the track, which is exactly what I’ve done. This is an entirely new piece, far more laid back than the one I was going to use, stripped back to a ‘nod and a wink’ piano/double bass interplay around a theme.

It’s dedicated to the now long-gone little girl my mom used to be, all excited in Needless Alley and carrying the only birthday cake she’d ever have.

Hope you like the track.

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from Memory Lake, released April 21, 2012
Phil Lawton - Keyboards, basses, guitars, synths, drum programming
Beth Freeman - Keyboards, drum programming, occasional vocals

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Shards Of Reason Birmingham, UK

West Midlands-based duo creating a melting pot of contemporary jazz vibes, downtempo electronica and dreamy ambient landscapes.

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