The Diary Of Me
by Laurence Made Me Cry
Lee Westmoreland
“I've never heard 'folk' music that sounds like this before. The variety is incredible and wonderful. Every track is gorgeous.”
Lee Adcock
“Pure magic, radiant and sweet...an album to brighten your day and mystify your life.”
Pete Sottrel
David Philomath
Diane Marie Kloba
Lyndon Booth
Leslie Laurence
Basil
Stephen Lenman
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All That Patience Brings
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Remedy
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Last To Know
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Between Destinations
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This Evening
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Paper Chains
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Bientot A Moi
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Intelligent Mister Toad
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Houses
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Lay Her Down To Rest
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The Cunning Folk
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Download the eagerly awaited debut album from quirky folkstress Jo Whitby a.k.a Laurence Made Me Cry. Available digitally and in CD format.
CD format is currently limited edition due to a typo (every first run must have a typo). I'm running low on copies and won't be getting a new run straight away so get a CD while you can!
CD format is currently limited edition due to a typo (every first run must have a typo). I'm running low on copies and won't be getting a new run straight away so get a CD while you can!
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released 11 March 2013
All tracks written, performed and recorded by Joanna Whitby (unless otherwise stated).
With extra special contributions from:
Astrid a.k.a Sillysparrowness (words: This Evening)
Salwa Azar (vocals and lyrics: Paper Chains)
Megan Brophy (words: Lay Her Down To Rest)
Ash Cooke a.k.a Pulco (guitar, synths and voice: Between Destinations)
Fran Dimech (trumpet: Bientot A Moi)
Paul Foster a.k.a Dementio13 (electronic goodness: Intelligent Mister Toad, This Evening)
Cathy Fowles (violin and viola: Remedy & Houses)
Diane Marie Kloba (vocals: This Evening)
Celine Lecompte (words and translation: Bientot A Moi)
Freddie Nunez (guitar: All That Patience Brings – backing vocals and lyrics: Last To Know)
James Reichelt a.k.a Alone (guitar, beats, blips & beeps: Remedy & Paper Chains)
Mixed, produced and mastered by Jo Whitby, Paul Foster and Celine Lecompte.
All tracks written, performed and recorded by Joanna Whitby (unless otherwise stated).
With extra special contributions from:
Astrid a.k.a Sillysparrowness (words: This Evening)
Salwa Azar (vocals and lyrics: Paper Chains)
Megan Brophy (words: Lay Her Down To Rest)
Ash Cooke a.k.a Pulco (guitar, synths and voice: Between Destinations)
Fran Dimech (trumpet: Bientot A Moi)
Paul Foster a.k.a Dementio13 (electronic goodness: Intelligent Mister Toad, This Evening)
Cathy Fowles (violin and viola: Remedy & Houses)
Diane Marie Kloba (vocals: This Evening)
Celine Lecompte (words and translation: Bientot A Moi)
Freddie Nunez (guitar: All That Patience Brings – backing vocals and lyrics: Last To Know)
James Reichelt a.k.a Alone (guitar, beats, blips & beeps: Remedy & Paper Chains)
Mixed, produced and mastered by Jo Whitby, Paul Foster and Celine Lecompte.
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Laurence Made Me Cry is multi-instrumentalist Jo Whitby based in Cardiff. Her songs bring with them a sense of timelessness and warmth like meeting up with an old friend. Whitby’s use of folk and rock roots combined with electronic instruments and organic sounds spawn a myriad of landscapes and pictures for the listeners’ imagination to delve into. ... more
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Nov 2012 -
May 2011
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- Track Name: All That Patience Brings
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Is this all that patience brings?
Longing for my distant dreams
Desires lost with passing time
Nothing left that once was mine
So quiet in the morning
As the dawn beings to sing
And I will still be waiting
For all that patience brings
Could it be a demon
That reaches out for me
My heart is like the ocean
Like the blackest sea
So quiet in the morning
As the dawn beings to sing
And I will still be waiting
For all that patience brings - Track Name: Remedy
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In a darkened room I see a box with divided light
Strands of gold shaped into stars
When the screen flickers on and the curtains part
Noise accompanies picture and eyes widen
There were green and yellow waters
I am not there, I am the storyteller
A giant whale as tall as mountains
It was all real, it was all real
When the fireworks are over
I forget the boxes of stars like I forget the names paraded quickly before me
Out through the swing doors
The world continues in glaring technicolour - Track Name: Last To Know
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We were the last to know
The alarm bells, they didn't call
No we long, oh now we long
For a sign
Our homes and our children
Where have they gone?
Now we run, oh now we run
For our lives
So we dance, we dance for the broken ones
We dance, we dance, for what it’s worth
So we dance, we dance for the broken ones
We dance, we dance, for what it’s worth
The others cannot see us
But our voices still strong
Now we sing, oh now we sing
For a change of heart
We gave all we had
But was it enough
Now we breathe, oh now we breathe
For everyone - Track Name: Between Destinations
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As the doors close
And my eyes meet yours
But you don't see me, no you don't see me
So I take a seat and pull off my coat
The journey begins
*Can I have your attention please
This is the 15:00 service to Cardiff Central
Calling at Filton Abbey Wood
Severn Tunnel Junction
Newport
And Cardiff Central"
Is it only me that wonders through the window
Just how magical this world can be?
Is it only me that wonders through the window
Just how magical the world is?
With headphones on
Two journeys in one
Can you see the clouds, can you see?
Is it only me that wonders through the window
Just how magical this world can be?
Is it only me that wonders through the window
Just how magical the world is?
I'm imagining
If I could reach out
All the fields are a playground - Track Name: This Evening
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This evening, the moon has blown herself to almost twice her size. She outshines the buses neon lights reflected in the windows. As we move on, she hides behind the skyline.
A young man in the street who sees me looking out of the window raises his hand as if he knew me. At the next station, two teenagers are wrapped tightly together in a long kiss. A man is sitting on the railing of a fountain, his face covered in his hands.
At the central station, the bus comes to a shaky stop. Some workers have removed a steel plate between the rails. A trackman wearing a bright orange boilersuit is sitting on the ground with his legs spread, a metallic shine in the immersion in front of him. In the glow of the working lamp, he looks like a boy left alone in the sandpit who forgot the time playing all by himself.
As the bus moves on, the moon comes into sight again, but has hidden behind a dark cloud carpet which she illuminates from behind with a pale blue light. The clouds grow thicker, darker, first grey, then black, and then the moon pulls away from the clouds, still huge, still bright and moves slowly towards a blank patch of sky as if she was swimming out into a large still lake. - Track Name: Paper Chains
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Past the church
Past the river
Up to the hill, up to the hill
In the house
Through the hallway
There was fire
She was waiting, she was waiting
And reached out her hand and she said
I dream of freedom
But I feel incomplete
I dream of flying
With the wind floating beneath my wings
So I ran from the house
I ran to the river
Back up the hill, back up the hill
There was fire, there was fire, there was fire
What could I do? What could I do?
And I remembered that she said
I dream of freedom
But I feel incomplete
I dream of flying
With the wind floating beneath my wings - Track Name: Bientot A Moi
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Tu peux courir
Ou te cacher
Tu le sais bien
On peut s'aimer
Pourquoi tous ces jeux?
Bientot a moi
Tu seras
Bientot a moi
Bientot a moi
Tu vois
Bientot a moi - Track Name: Intelligent Mister Toad
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Oh these words a secret verse
Pen to page, pen to rage
And I won't let you in
You can't tell what I'm thinking
I make laugh
A disenchanted world
You adored me
Bitterness the slow charm
I adored me
I make you smile
In this room of mirrors
I am alone
And how beautiful it could be
If I could be someone else - Track Name: Houses
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Laying awake at night
Listening to the distant sea
This temporary shelter
Held down by a chain
Calls out my name when the wind is high
From the moment we arrive
The thought of home is on my mind
And I know that this is what I need
But these walls are not made of stone
With pockets full of souvenirs
The air is clear and the sun on my skin
Moorland birds fly
And the tree breathe a sigh
All my worries are left behind
From the moment we arrive
The thought of home is on my mind
Those city streets with house lined
And I know that this is what I need
But these walls are not made of stone
Pack up the clothes the sheets and pillows
Pull the curtains and lock the door
There's sand in our shoes
The sea in our hearts
It's time to leave and go back to the start - Track Name: Lay Her Down To Rest
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Yesterday I felt winter take hold
I felt winter take hold
I saw a rose
I saw a faded pink rose
Oh the ebb and the flow
Of our year unfold
(winter lays her down to rest) - Track Name: A Channeling/Northern Lights
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I wouldn't be anything without your heart
Oh my love I'll wait for you here
There is a silence that takes my hand
Oh my love I'll wait for you here
Don't lose sight of all you have
Oh my love I'll wait for you here - Track Name: The Cunning Folk
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Sister, have you seen
The sky is dark where the sun should have been
And they’ll be coming for us, yes they’ll be coming for us
Get ready, it’s time
We knew this would happen when the stars aligned
And there’ll be trouble ahead, yes there’ll be trouble ahead
And I know we’re both afraid
But we've got to go through with the plans that we've made
The circle is drawn and the moon is full
And the spirits free are waiting
Go on towards the light
Make sure you’re shining bright
Cause I worry that they’ll take it all away from you
Here we are at last
A life of struggle has come to pass
And there’s magic in our eyes
And there’s magic in your eyes
And I know we’re both afraid
But we've got to go through with the plans that we've made
The circle is drawn and the moon is full
And the spirits free are waiting
Go on towards the light
Make sure you’re shining bright
Cause I worry that they’ll take it all away from you
Don’t leave without me
We’re in this together
I won’t leave without you
We’re in this together
And I know we’re both afraid
But we've got to go through with the plans that we've made
The circle is drawn and the moon is full
And the spirits free are waiting
Go on towards the light
Make sure you’re shining bright
Cause I worry that they’ll take it all away from you
