With every end comes a new beginning, and every end of an era bears a new one. Everyone's journey has to start somewhere, and mine began anew some five years ago, when I took to the road with my best friends and not a care in the world before soon learning that life can beat you up sometimes. Anabasis introduces my documentation of the last half-decade, the loves, the losses, the trials, and the troubles that leave their mark - mostly for the better.
Influences include Homer, Aristotle, Frank Turner, Rise Against and The Hold Steady.
lyrics
If I could write,
I’d write a thousand songs
About the things we said, the things we did,
And the things we’ve never done;
And though my voice proves mute to some,
Others might reap dividends,
And to those I may’ve met, had you known me then;
I’d call you my friends.
If I could write,
I’d right a thousand wrongs,
I’d spin the ghost threads of this cursive
Into songs we could’ve sung;
But I tempt fate with this guitar,
And, oftentimes, I never win,
But sometimes, all we can do is carry on;
We take it on the chin.
“This is our anabasis,” as a foolish man once said,
And our songs echo through the ages
Once our eulogy’s been read;
Calliope, sing of the storms
And all the hardships Heaven sends;
And someday, we may write to you again.
In all the time it takes for us to mend,
We’ll be singing:
“There’s gotta be a record of you, someplace;
There’s gotta be a record of you.”
credits
from The Way Back,
released September 2, 2016
Asher Baker - Vocals, Lyrics, Guitar
James Routh - Guitar, Bass Guitar
Luke Hesketh - Drums
Rosaleen Morshead - Viola, Piano
David Bird - Backing Vocals
Kelsey Beth-Crossley - Backing Vocals
Jemma Rodgers - Backing Vocals
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