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~Sighrens~

About Me

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Sighrens started as a musical project conceived by two long-time friends. We wanted to try to express the feelings and ideas associated with loss, regret, loneliness, times lost and regained, childhood memories, failed dreams and new hopes.

We decided the best way to do that was through the medium of our naive and under-produced but heartfelt songs. The songs are performed using traditional acoustic intruments such as guitar, mandolin, egg-shaker and glockenspiel. They are written and recorded quite quickly at home in the traditional lo-fi way to capture the raw feel. The songs are mainly our own compositions with one or two exceptions. The lyrics can be found in our Blog section, and upon the Myspace Music Player. All of the songs on the Myspace Player are freely available to download as this project is our little attempt to kick out against the over-commercialisation and over-production of modern music. We hope you like them and if not we hope you at least appreciate our honest endeavour.If you're not a member of Myspace and you want to get in touch with us, then contact us at [email protected] improbably, and despite the lack of public clamour, we have collected the songs from our first year in myspace and produced our first CD-R, named 'aon'. The tracklisting is:1. 'the last of the lights'2. 'life is hard (it is a mineral)'3. 'janet & moira'4. 'the most sorrowful clique at the dance'5. 'barbaraville'6. 'slap him handsome'7. 'when will I be loved?'8. 'after the dust has settled'9. 'together'10. 'how I lived to tell the tale'11. 'breathe'12. 'we are sighrens'To download it for free 'click here' (all songs are 320kbps quality) or you can get in touch via myspace or at the e-mail address above to find out about obtaining the 'personal' version with hand-made cover and label.If you want to hear any of the tracks from 'aon' which have been removed from this page, then you can listen to them on our last.fm page. To go there 'click here'~Sighrens~

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/17/2007
Band Website: www.myspace.com/sighrens07
Band Members:

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: Sometimes :Increasingly Frequently
Influences: Hugh MacDiarmid, Stevie Smith, Philip Larkin, Robert Frost, Robert Graves, RS Thomas, Andrew Young.Hayao Miyazaki, Michael Haneke.'Pillows & Prayers', Johnny Marr, Ivor Cutler, Jake Thackray, Neil Hannon, Momus, Ennio Morricone, Leonard Cohen, Robert Wyatt, Brian Wilson, Sufjan Stevens, Hank Williams Sr., Matt McGinn.
Sounds Like: Naive, Lo-fi, acoustic songs of love, loss and regret.Outsider Music.'Pillows & Prayers', Marine Girls, Hamish Imlach, Field Mice, Iron And Wine, él Records, Belle & Sebastian, The Lilac Time, Jim O'Rourke, The Langley Schools Music Project.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

'The Lion Refusing To Leave The Cage' Download, lyrics etc.

"It's too late!" he cried."The wind's in my face, And the sun's in my eyes,And I'm hungry,I warned you I get hungry.""Oh, come on, my friend,This was never the way,that I thought this would end.I saw ...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:05:00 GMT

'March' translated by Shuyang

Hello All,Regular readers of this blog, if such a creature exists, will know that Shuyang regularly translates the lyrics for us. We love her very much for that! Check out her site; www.myspace.com/ti...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:36:00 GMT

'March' lyrics and info on the 'Seasons' project.

Drops fall,As Winter's fingers loosen their grip.Birds call, Something's moving on the edge of morning.Bound stones,Breathe a sigh and shift in the earth.Stiff bones,Give out a crack that's more salut...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:00:00 GMT

'Cast Adrift' lyrics, download details et al.....

Cast AdriftI wait alone,Where you left me,With promises of love,(so long ago)With promises of love,Now please don't seek mePlease don't seek me,I'm astray,I'm astray.I'm on my own,But I'm dreaming,Of ...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:01:00 GMT

’Hogmanay’ translated into Chinese characters by Shuyang

Avid watchers of this blog will be aware that the lovely Shuyang sometimes makes us a gift of translating the lyrics into Chinese characters. We love to share these with you as they just look so beaut...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:41:00 GMT

'Hogmanay' Lyrics, download details etc

For those who don't know, Hogmanay is the Scottish celebration of the New Year. We wanted to do something a little more overtly folky then usual for this one. Those of you with a knowledge of folk mus...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:42:00 GMT

St. Martin’s Day: download details, lyrics, background etc

If you'd like to download St. Martin's Day in 320kbps quality then click on the link below: http://cid-414e0e54140e91a7.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/dha/ St%20Martin|4s%20Day.mp3 St. Martin's Day You so...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:39:00 GMT

’Sighing After Swallows Flown’ Lyric and Download details

Lazy days and summer sun,Are hard to hold on to ,When Winter's come,And all that was warm in this world,Is dying or gone. It's hard, oh it's hard,To hold on,When the sun's gone down,And everything is ...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:40:00 GMT

’In the Company of Strangers’

I left for work today,and nobody said goodbye to me.I went to bed last night,and no-one said goodnight.And now I'm waking, sleeping,in the extreme foreground of history.Where they make their plans and...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:10:00 GMT

’Portencross’

I lost my head in the sunshine,Took a dive from Portencross pier.Stayed under a long time,Dodging bricks and fishing gear.The water softens the sunlight,Draws the heat and filters the glare.This float...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:37:00 GMT