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Paradise Circus

from Memory Lake by Shards Of Reason

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I realise that several other bands have put out songs with the same title (Massive Attack being the most notable), but I have no idea what inspired them.

My own Paradise Circus is a small ring road in the centre of Birmingham with the central library, a hotel and some retail establishments in the centre. Not exactly inspiring stuff, I agree, but it was part of my walk home from various nightclubs in Broad St when I was a youth.

Being the loner I was back then, I’d oft find myself alone at two or three in the morning, strolling the desolate urban roadway that was (and still is) Paradise Circus, with the strains of the band I’d just been to see still ringing (literally) in my ears.

I told myself back then to one day write a track about the overwhelming loneliness of those solitary times, juggling the sneaking suspicions that this was how it would always be and that nobody would really miss me if I disappeared forever in that circus with no warmth, clowns, acrobats or spotlights.

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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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