Valentine Park, by Orphan Train Project

Valentine Park

by Orphan Train Project

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1.	Valentine Park 02:41	lyrics	buy track
Silent like days Walking through the crowded mall Where buskers play In the cul-de-sacs - Valentine Park Shadowland - shadowland It's so violent here - I'm not being clear Sidewalk sales and nightingales sing on statuettes In Valentine Park I'm mesmerised Every time I see the river And wandering hands Christian salesman - Valentine Park Happy man - happy man It's so violent here - they fly kites this year It's all about some celebration Valentine Park - shadowland - shadowland
2.	Pyrmont 03:23	lyrics	buy track
In the accidental lane Driving through the buildings I've arranged You are in my broken car And the shirt you wear reflects so far In sunshine - in sunshine I was a central station sign I don't want to go - I don't want to go And the arcade games seem like old friends of mine I don't want to know - it's where our hearts go To sunshine - to sunshine Flowers on awareness days We can stop and watch this street parade Catch a thought on every breeze We are here for those who never leave The sunshine - the sunshine I was a central station sign I don't want to go - I don't want to go And the arcade games seem like old friends of mine I don't want to know - it's where our hearts go To sunshine - to sunshine
3.	The Maudlins - Valentine Park (original mix) - bonus track 02:40		buy track
4.	The Maudlins - Pyrmont (original mix) - bonus track 03:19		buy track
5.	The Maudlins - Smiley (original mix) - bonus track 03:49		buy track
6.	The Maudlins - Cut yr hair in a crooked style (original mix) - bonus track 02:02		buy track
7.	The Maudlins - Sadness (original mix) - bonus track 04:38		buy track
8.	The Maudlins - Kimono (original mix) - bonus track 02:45		buy track

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These are both re-recordings of two Maudlins songs originally recorded to digital eight track in 2001 in the Edgeware Rd, Enmore house. George and I recorded the first versions with little rehearsal and some dubious mic positioning on the drums, so I have always wanted to do Valentine Park and Pyrmont some justice.

I began these versions in Melbourne around 2008, but was never satisfied with the final mixes and never released them. I re-recorded some parts back in Melbourne in 2018 and 2019, and got to the point where I was happy enough to let them go.

The songs have a strong Sydney theme to them; Valentine Park is a park in Parramatta that I used to walk past every day on my way to work. Pyrmont is about driving through the inner city motorways for the first time, over the bridge, between the buildings.

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released February 20, 2019

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Orphan Train Project Berlin, Germany

Orphan Train Project is a musical journey that that began thirty years ago in the secluded hills above Adelaide, South Australia. First records were made on busted tape decks on a bedroom floor. Years passed. I lived in different places. Tape decks became 4 tracks which became sequencers. All Orphan Train Project songs and recordings can be used under the Creative Commons Attribution licence. ... more

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