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Wichita - EP

by Whitaker

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1.
Wichita 03:43
WICHITA lyrics by Ryan Meeking I remember January In the summer of last year Things were looking kinda scary Down the bottom of a beer But that was history, just a memory And now I'm home In the place I've been missing All along I remember in the winter Every evening in the dark Tired of never really sleeping Years of loving leave a mark But that was history, just a memory And now I'm home In the place I've been missing All along Wichita If I'm gonna make it Make it into next year I'm gonna make it alone I will be surrounded By everything that has been And all that won't be any more But that was history, just a memory And now I'm home In the place I've been missing All along Wichita
2.
Hurricane 04:13
HURRICANE lyrics by Ryan Meeking Is this what you want What we started everything for You've been crying for days I've been sleeping on the floor This is more than I can stand I'm an arrow with nowhere left land And I wanna hear you say That I'm good at everything And I want it to be true As my heart beats out a hurricane And my arms reach out to you There were dark days When we set out on our way And our devils Waited to be paid Now another day's a year without you And I want, I want, I want, I want I wanna hear you say That I'm good at everything And I want it to be true As my heart beats out a hurricane And my arms reach out to you I wanna hear you say That I'm good at everything And I want it to be true As my heart beats out a hurricane And my arms reach out to you This heart will open up again This heart will sing until the end If I go before you My ghost will hold onto you
3.
EMBERS UPON THE WIND lyrics by Ryan Meeking Oh no, sinking in So low, pushed to the edge Can't go back to the start again And years burn under the skin Embers upon the wind We're looking for it two at a time I'm out the window and you'll be fine Go take your aeroplane, go make it right And I'll take the bus, and you'll take your time Be still aching heart Old seams are still holding up New dreams seem to be out of stock While rain tries turning to snow 'Til summer begins to show We're looking for it two at a time I'm out the window and you'll be fine Go take your aeroplane, go make it right And I'll take the bus, and you'll take your time We're looking for it two at a time I'm out the window and you'll be fine Go take your aeroplane, go make it right And I'll take the bus, and you'll take your time
4.
DEVIL ON YOUR MIND lyrics by Ryan Meeking You are lost in a world you do not know A weary soul discarded As you wander the plains that winter claims The night seems ever darker You're never on a side 'Til you're safe from harm You say the losers lines But with a devil on your mind And a half smile You will make it right And I know you'll make it yet My hope for you's not dead Will you cross through the hills, the hills for her Although she's long departed Will you offer your soul, your mind, it all A deal when broken hearted You're never on a side 'Til you're safe from harm You take the losers lines But with a devil on your mind And a half smile You will make it right Write it out and tear it up Wonder when the line was crossed Beating of an endless love Know that something true is lost Let it go, let it go I am lost in a world I do not know A weary soul discarded
5.
My Own 05:18
MY OWN lyrics by Ryan Meeking Tell me this Does any of this love exist Or is it just a fire Keeping out the cold Fear of the unknown Turning us to coal Oh those lips The heavy way we used to kiss We'd set the world alight Live years within a night And memories never lie Tell me that I'm right, tell me that I'm right I've seen it all go your way But now you fall every day Your tired, unfamiliar face Says it all I was told Even though we all grow old Love will never die Love's ignorant of time But those words were your own And that was long ago, that was long ago I've seen it all go your way But now you fall every day Your tired, unfamiliar face Says it all I used to call I used to call you my own, my dear But now you're lost And I am drunk alone, my dear I used to call I used to call you my own, my dear But now you're lost And I am drunk alone, my dear

about

Rule number one when Whitaker were making ‘Wichita’ was 'nothing matters more than the vibe'. As a result, a lot of what you hear on the five-track EP was recorded in old halls and awesome sounding spaces around Melbourne rather than a conventional recording studio.

Produced by good friend Jono Steer (Hayden Calnin, Gypsy & The Cat, Ainslie Wills) work began on ‘Wichita’ in July 2013. Wichita is the embodiment of Whitakers sound. It is joyous, patient, thoughtful, raw and intense. Made under the bands own steam, they believe it to be their best work yet and a sign of things to come.

credits

released November 22, 2013

All songs by Ryan Meeking
(except Devil On Your Mind by Ryan Meeking and Natalie Bartsch)
All songs produced/engineered/mixed by Jono Steer
Mastered by Joe Carra at Crystal Mastering, Melbourne
All songs published by Mushroom Music Publishing
Artwork by Motherbird
Recorded across Melbourne, July 2013

MUSICIANS...
Ryan Meeking: voice, guitar, keys
Simon Rabl: bass
Brett Scapin: guitar
Leigh Fisher: drum kit, percussion
Horns on Wichita by Ben and Steve Veale
Crowd vocals on Wichita and My Own by Helen Croome, James Van Cuylenburg, Luke Meeking, Belinda Sofra, Roni Shewan and Brett Scapin

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