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Absence & Copyright / Don't Do Cocaine

by Asha Jefferies & The Holy Rollercoasters

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That, I guess that is that I am back to believing no ugly deceiving life hacks Water the plants The dirt was dry and I’m growing as twice as fast as you did try To grow me and shoot me up high But it felt more like suppression so I put up a fight Walls so thick Bolder than lipstick If you’re feeling sad Then hold me to that (And you asked me) Why did you leave if you were never really there Why did I expect you to stay if you were never really there I said I needed to leave cause I was never really there In the first place What’s new Country boy Stay glum til a new girl charges ya ego to the sun While I stray far away You still think I’m running from the best thing I had You’re wrong in every way But I act like you could be right Cause it makes ya feel better Helps you sleep at night (And you asked me) Why did you leave if you were never really there Why did I expect you to stay if you were never really there I said I needed to leave cause I was never really there My lips were covered I could not make a sound Well I only just discovered your love was pushing me down No love Felt in your arms Dominated by your words enough That I wasn’t worth more than your messed up love (I said) I needed to leave immediately from this shit hole You’ve wondered why so often I came off as cold But your indirect attention to turn success into flaws I couldn’t live a life feeling so very withdrawn I needed to leave cause I was never really there anymore
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Could've been your bitch Could've been anything you wanted me to be Held up to the light There is always spite Which one did you grow in Better than before I am in a spot of spilling drinks Profound dumb talking Countless advice remains like Don't do cocaine! You’re gonna do it anyway Took the biggest breath Drank my drink and left your world Your sad shelter I was running fast Frightening look back But you need a life without that Munted mentored days See you in three babe Oh it was just a hangover from feeling misled While you've been sitting on the backbones of who you ought to be I've been strumming to strangers who I beg to please Fill me with treason Everyone's starting to believe it but I remember dog walking and catching your fevers

about

The last full Woodford Folk Festival was 2019/2020 and it was significant to The Holy Rollercoasters for many reasons - it was the biggest show of the band’s life, they played 6 shows in 7 days, they camped near Emma Wiggle and it was an experience that strengthened the bond between the members tenfold. The cherry on top was spending the week collaborating with the award-winning indie singer-songwriter and owner of a goddamn heartbreaking voice, Asha Jefferies.

Bounding on stage halfway through their sets, Asha duetted with lead singer Jimi Beavis, harmonised with guitarist Chris George Bancroft and keys player Benjamin Van Jole and roared out a huge, horn-heavy showstopper with the band’s arrangement of her own song ‘Absence & Copyright’.

These performances birthed the idea to record the song together but Covid swiftly halted such plans, until recently. With a bit of extra time up their sleeves, they decided to also record one of Asha’s unreleased songs, ‘Don’t Do Cocaine’, but Jimi taking the lead. The track has been fully rearranged and given a heady big band funk treatment.

Asha was not new to the band by any means. She had been in Jimi’s English class when she went to Music Industry College and guitarist Chris Bancroft has performed in her band and she sings on his solo recordings. In fact, it was right before her first BigSound appearance with Chris in tow that Jimi gave her some advice: “Don’t Do Cocaine”, he said.

So she wrote a song about it.

credits

released May 25, 2021

Asha Jefferies - vocals
Jimi Beavis - vocals
Chris Bancroft - guitar
Blake Lonie - bass
Chris Evans - drums
Benjamin Van Jole - keys
Andrew Garton - bari sax
Alex Price - tenor sax
Bobbie Murphy - trumpet


Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Andrew Garton
Produced by Jimi Beavis and Andrew Garton



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