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Ghost Harmonies

from Saltings by Rev Simpkins

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    32-page full colour saddle-stitched 210 x 210 mm art book of illustrations by Tom Knight for each song.

    Includes full lyrics and an essay by Matthew Simpkins.

    Printed on high quality Aquarello Gesso art paper.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Saltings via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Seven long months in the making, the vinyl version of Saltings by Rev Simpkins is now available to pre-order. We have these in the building and they will ship on or before 21 October 2022. This is proper pressed vinyl album (not a lathe-cut) in a strictly limited edition of 90 copies.

    If you would like a version of the LP with the art book, please see the option below.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Saltings via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Seven long months in the making, the vinyl version of Saltings by Rev Simpkins is now available to pre-order. We have these in the building and they will ship on or before 21 October 2022. This is proper pressed vinyl album (not a lathe-cut) in a strictly limited edition of 90 copies. Plus a 32-page full colour saddle-stitched 210 x 210 mm art book of Tom Knight’s illustrations, with lyrics and an essay by Rev Matthew Simpkins. The book is printed on deluxe Aquarello Gesso art paper.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Saltings via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 11 Rev Simpkins releases available on Bandcamp and save 20%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Apple, Pissabed Prophet, Saltings, For Every Number (EP), Poor Child for Thee: 4 Songs for Christmastide, Big Sea, Advent (Single), Sing Your Life EP, and 3 more. , and , .

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lyrics

When she sings alone in her room
Absence seeps into the walls
Closing her eyes
She summons ghost harmonies

Raising a hymn, silence falls
Hold me, hold me
Enfold me again
Hold me again

Hand shadows hand pressed to cold windowpane
Salted eyes meet through glass
Love brought us near
That same love keeps us apart
Fingertips slide away numbed

Hold me, hold me
Enfold me again

Ghost harmonies
Catch on the breeze
Beneath her door
She prays once more
To be held again
And to sing together

Some find hope down a telephone line
Some reach out through a screen
Some sit with nothing but the ticking of a clock
Some die alone unseen

Hold me, hold me
Enfold me again
Ghost harmonies
Catch on the breeze
Beneath her door
She prays once more
To be held again And to sing together

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from Saltings, released March 25, 2022

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Rev Simpkins UK

Notorious sinner-songwriter, folk symphonist & Anglican priest.
The Rev’s unique psychedelic gospel and gritty folk owes as much to the Old Testament, & the dark folk tales & barren landscapes of Essex & Suffolk, as it does to his musical heroes Bert Jansch, Captain Beefheart & the Kinks. He comes from a long line of priests whose fiery performances characterise his own style. ... more

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