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Guano Junction

by The Gong Farmers

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As sunlight falls upon the floor I miss you Darling More and more And more and more By Mark Graham
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Drive 06:13
Play that song It’s all you want to do We're not stopping We're just passing through Driving Repeat Hello possible Goodbye Got to fly There’s no Stopping us now We’ll make it We’ll make it some how We're driving By Alex Che Johnson
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Today I found my father's medals in a drawer And I thought of all the sacrifice All the sufferings of war By Mark Graham
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Evergreen 04:24
I’ll plant a tree And watch it grow I’ll say a prayer And let you go And when it’s strong And when it’s tall And when it’s leaves In autumn fall Oh nightingale in full aplomb When spring has sprung And flowers bloom Come sing your song A lullaby Spread your wings And touch the sky In summertime Beneath your shade Drinking wine and lemonade As seasons come And seasons go The years pass Before we know My tree of life So big and tall Bowing to the raging storm Shielding snowflakes As they fall Looking down upon us all Comfort me My evergreen Swaying gently so serene Your silent breeze It speaks to me My tree of life Eternally In summertime Beneath your shade Drinking wine and lemonade As seasons come And seasons go The years pass before we know By Alex Che Johnson
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Beautiful gardenia Glistening in the moonlight Waiting for the sun to find you Your fragrance on the breeze That ripples through the trees Mi amor secreto I’m near you Love is Ever complicated Be still my beating heart Meet me In the vista de Toledo sky When we're apart Silver Portofino Driving from Lucena Wistful clouds On framed horizons Through the mountain climbs Past olive groves and vines In salamander skies I hear you Love is Ever complicated Be still my beating heart And meet me In the vista de Toledo sky When we're apart By Alex Che Johnson
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Yellow lip gink With a bird less head Not flying south Swimming east instead I never knew there were days like these If you were unmoved Would you still be pleased Verdant green light In a milkweed sky Heliofugal But I don’t know why I never knew there were days like these If you were inert Would you still be pleased By Alex Che Johnson
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Shave! 01:40
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Winter Hill 03:32
I took a photograph While you were sleeping Peace came at last In God's hands For safe keeping Your skin was flawless Your body was cold Timeless and beautiful Forever behold I held your hand But I couldn’t cry I kissed your lips And said my goodbye Upon a seat Looking down Winter hill Everything was silent Everything was still I wrote these words just For me to keep They tell a story Though incomplete For they're only words No they're not flesh and blood They have no heart beat Contain no love There just reflections They don’t live and breathe There just mine to read By Alex Che Johnson
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Dark Skies 04:19
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Today I found my father's medals in a drawer And I thought of all the sacrifice All the sufferings of war By Mark Graham

about

The Gong Farmers are principally two musicians, Mark Graham and Andrew Keeling, along with friends and colleagues. Formed in 2018 following a visit to an Irish castle, the band name was suggested by reading about the activities of the medieval gong farmers. Released in 2019 by Spaceward Records, their debut, Ship of Fools, garnered praise from such magazines as RnR who wrote, ‘Scarily impressive. Gong Farmers are heads ahead of most.’

From 2020 – ’21 the band worked on a second album, Guano Junction, continuing both the connective thematic elements and themes of love and loss heard on Ship of Fools yet exploring darker areas of musical and human experience. Featuring David Jackson (Van der Graaf Generator), Alex Che (Modern Eon, Che), Cliff Hewitt (Modern Eon, Apollo 440), Noko 440 (Apollo 440), Martin Walker (Nth Ascension, Thruaglas Darkly), Brian Taylor (This Is Awkward, Thruaglas Darkly) and others, Guano Junction is released by Spaceward in November, 2021.

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released November 5, 2021

Mark Graham – voice, synthesizers
Andrew Keeling – classical guitars, flute, piano, organ
Alex Che – voices, synthesizers, electric guitars
Cliff Hewitt – drums, percussion
René van Commenée – drums, percussion
David Jackson – saxes
Ricardo Odriozola - violins
Ben Keeling – electric guitar, devices
Martin Walker – electric guitar
Brian Taylor – electric guitar and textures
Noko 440 - viola and string arrangements

Mixed by Mark Graham with additional mixing by Alex Che and Cliff Hewitt
Recorded throughout the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands and Norway
Nylon-string guitars recorded by Dave Cottrell at Studio 410, Ormskirk, UK
Ricardo Odriozola's violin was recorded at the Gunnar Sævigsal in the Grieg Academy, Bergen on April 21st 2021. Engineer, Davide Bertolini.

Produced by the Gong Farmers
Mastered by Steve Penn

Sleeve design by Carl Glover/Aleph Studio
Original artwork by Sue Keeling

Copyright, Spaceward Records, 2021

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The Gong Farmers are principally two musicians, Mark Graham and Andrew Keeling, along with friends and colleagues. David Jackson (Van der Graaf Generator), Alex Che (Modern Eon, Che), Cliff Hewitt (Modern Eon, Apollo 440), Martin Walker (Nth Ascension, Thruaglas Darkly), Brian Taylor (This Is Awkward, Thruaglas Darkly) and others, Guano Junction is released by Spaceward on November 5th, 2021. ... more

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