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Fish & Chips

from Five Leaves : Fish & Chips by Mother Sun

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‘Fish & Chips’ was recorded separately by each band member at home in the early stages of quarantine in April 2020. It is a lighthearted narrative from the perspective of a shipwrecked sailor making DIY fish and chips on a tropical beach, while getting drunk and wondering if the camera crew he sees on the moon is real. Vocalists’ Jared Doherty and Emilio Pagnotta’s voices form a trippy internal dialogue about the strange way a far-fetched conspiracy theory can grab hold of one’s subconscious.

Musically the song sounds like the inside of a bright blue aquarium. Floating keys play off surf guitars, organ swells and gentle droning horns, while a bluesy bass and creative percussion add to the tight drum machine-ish performance by drummer Jared Wilman.

lyrics

welcome to my temporary humble holiday home
it won’t be forever repairs are slow
the wind changed the course of my small sailboat

shipwrecked into residency i need to kill some time
lying on the white sand beach
let out some line

soak those potatoes in seawater brine
fried over fire
this should be fine

fish and chips

i’m watching a fake moon landing
i see the camera crew
floating where they should be standing
turns out it might be true

but i bet space ships
miss fish and chips

messages in empty bottles are piling up
hold my ear up to a seashell
i’ve heard enough
i’ll soak these potatoes in red or white wine
dodge that tornado i should be fine

fish and chips

tomorrow is overlapping
at least today is new
i’ll watch one more fake moon landing
i see the camera crew
floating where they should be standing
could be this point of view
tomorrow is laughing at me at least today is new
i’ll soak those potatoes in seawater brine
dodge that tornado this should be fine

credits

from Five Leaves : Fish & Chips, released February 26, 2021
Jared Doherty - vocals, microkorg, bass, alto saxophone, mixing
Emilio Pagnotta - vocals, guitars, mixing
Alexander Ward - juno 106, trumpet, flugelhorn
Jared Wilman - drums, toad, penny whistle, shaker

Songs written by Jared Doherty, arranged and performed by Mother Sun. Recorded and mixed by Mother Sun at Divine Bovine Records in 2020. Mastered by David Parry. Artwork by Emilio Pagnotta and Jared Doherty.

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