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Bodies Of Water

by Saint Jude

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1.
Can you see inside me another day? I'm terrified (it's real life) this place was earth but now it's lead i've been too many times for them all that I do all that bought from them and knew I can't turn you I don't deserve you but it's that fire that won't burn you it's real life it's red lights on the same streets every night can you see inside me another day? I'm terrified far away across an oceans wave across the months and days you replied "I know you, you were around in the late night, eyes swam in vertical lines" It's so strange you were bled away across the sea as if to say "I saw you, but I was drawn aside before I could say, I've been emerging for 1000 days, not ready won't kill the flame, I see your yellow, yearning eyes" Turn around even when i seen my hopes up
2.
Keep the light inside the house keep the moon inside your mouth keep your eyes alight for now keep away from what I've found I will be stronger I will be stronger yh i will be stronger my mind moves from love u hurl your health to drown keep away from what I've found keep the light inside the house Keep the light inside the house keep the moon inside your mouth keep your eyes alight for now keep away from what I've found I will be stronger I will be stronger yh i will be stronger my mind moves from love u hurl your health to drown keep away from what I've found keep the light inside the house
3.
Altitude 03:30
People of my life scattered far and wide We stayed behind Days and nights shady eyes wavy lights Just saving time Spent days inside hazy sky fading light Away we slide The way we lie, shaded by the wavy sky Misbehave to reignite Maybe i’ll say goodnight You say ‘alright at least we tried’ The daily grind So confused for you I was not light blue like you Two separate eyes In a tight cocoon Wrestling skies in a violent mood Don’t jeopardise My silent move Failing that i’ll fight for you A tidal wave Our final day Say it straight we’ll slide away We’ll reignite We’ll find our way Holding out all that time for the wrong line Holding out all that time for the wrong line Holding out all that time for the wrong line Holding out all that time for the wrong line It’s a tidal wave It’s a tidal wave It’s a fine hate Thoughts will change But the action is the same Yeah the action is the same
4.
And she uncovers the grains of truth in the bones of her youth that she found by the river And she finds skeletons of years between the tones and the tears when she looks in the mirror And she uncovers the grains of truth in the bones of her youth that she found by the river And she finds skeletons of years between the tones and the tears when she looks in the mirror She can feel the cold air She can feel the cold air She can feel the cold air She can feel the cold air She can feel the cold air She can feel the cold air She can feel the cold aaaiiiir And she uncovers the grains of truth in the bones of her youth that she found by the river And she finds skeletons of years between the tones and the tears when she looks in the mirror
5.
Arms 03:10
Fire makes your blood warm and fast When crisis comes, when threads come apart The language of love is the language of our brothers in arms The language of love is the language of our brothers in arms Your brother doesn't ask to be forgiven Struggle is the hope in repetition Make the dark blue blood become crimson For the streets, for the paper, for religion Your carry our brother in your arms You put yourself in trouble when it’s hard Violence makes your blood warm and fast The language of love is the language of our brothers in arms You ain't never asked to be forgiven Fighting is the hope in repetition Make the dark blue blood become crimson For the streets, for the people, for resistance
6.
Molina 05:52
I chained the door from the inside I chained the door from the inside I have told stories And I have told many lies I have told stories And I have told many lies I just fall asleep I used to look in the woods for artefacts of the civil war As a child i used to look in the woods for artefacts of the civil war It is all a trial I just fall asleep I just fall asleep I just fall asleep I am in a house i don’t recognise I am in a house i don’t recognise as mine I have told many stories And i have told many lies I just fall asleep I just fall asleep I just fall Asleep I used to look in the woods for artefacts of the civil war As a child i used to look in the woods for artefacts of the civil war I chained the door from the inside I chained the door from the inside I have told stories I’ve told many stories and I have told many lies I just fall asleep I just fall asleep

about

Announcing his second EP, Bodies Of Water (out physically and digitally 16th April 2021) with new single “Altitude” on 18th March, Saint Jude also teases that his debut album is on the horizon. Alongside this EP, it marks the beginning of a partnership between his long-term UK label and collective Slow Dance Records and US label tmwrk (Grady, Molly Payton, Herizen, Onyx Collective).

For an artist as many-layered and sonically acrobatic as Saint Jude, every new release is somewhat of a surprise: the South London-based producer Jude Woodhead moves rapidly from strength to strength. Sonically, Jude’s music is intricate, chameleonic; his talents as a producer were inspired by sample-based greats like The Avalanches, Madlib and Four Tet, so there’s always a richness and variety to his sounds. Influenced by club music and jazz, there are also nods to contemporary masters like Radiohead, King Krule, Mount Kimbie, Jamie XX and Nicholas Jaar.



There’s a unique energy to the way he works, which could be a symptom of his forced departure from making conventional dance music; during his late teens, Jude developed tinnitus which prevented him from being able to go to clubs, gigs, or play live. Rather than killing his passions, it made him far more focused, taking his sound away from the strobes and vast spaces of club settings, and into the confined spaces of his own bedroom.



In catholic lore, Saint Jude is the patron saint of lost causes; however, his musical namesake is far from that. Saint Jude has overcome trepidation to create highly focused work that teems with bright colours, shimmering textures and raw emotion at every turn. After his diagnosis, Saint Jude emerged with a new project: his first sermon was a self-titled five track EP, released in October of 2019 on Slow Dance.



Compared to the music he initially released under ‘Jude Woodhead’, Saint Jude has a fully formed, rich and distinctive sound. He has evolved to depend on his own assured vocals and inputs original guitar lines; the result of an artist spending too many months spent in sample-clearing purgatory. Lockdown, he notes, has definitely affected his process: ‘I’m not really writing songs as much about my life at the moment, I’m more writing about wider themes, or making up stories and characters and writing about their lives’.



Slow Dance is a label Jude has been with from the beginning, playing their second ever party in 2015. It was founded in 2016 and remains a profoundly DIY label and collective made up of artists, musicians, designers, A&R scouts, managers and filmmakers. The collaborative nature of the organisation means that lines between art, music and industry sensibilities are blurred and evolved into something entirely new. Alongside the Bodies of Water EP, Jude and some of his writer and visual artist friends have produced a zine, which fits in with the label’s pro-multimedia ethos. “Altitude” also has a video made up of footage Jude shot during a road trip back from Italy when Europe was going into lockdown in March last year.

credits

released April 16, 2021

Side A ‘Saint Jude’ is Written & Produced by Jude Woodhead, Mixed by Felix Stock , Mastered by Kevin Tuffy at Air Studios.

‘Head is Spinning’ backing vocals by Poppy Billingham.
‘Sister’s vocals are a reversed sample by Mr Twin Sister (Published by Domino Publishing)

Side B ‘Bodies of Water’ Is Written , Produced and Mixed by Jude Woodhead, Mastered by Kevin Tuffy at Pierce Mastering.

Keep The Light Inside The House is mixed by Felix Stock

‘Bodies of Water’s backing vocals are from Khazali

The Archaeologist backing vocals are from Sarah Downie.

‘Molina’ is written by Marco Pini & Jude Woodhead, guitar is played by Finn Billingham, Organelle by Marco Pini & drums by Louis Satchell.

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