Dear Reader
Dear Reader (formerly known as Harris Tweed), is an alternative pop band, f… Read Full Bio ↴Dear Reader (formerly known as Harris Tweed), is an alternative pop band, from Johannesburg, South Africa. The band was formed in 2006 by singer-songwriter-pianist Cherilyn MacNeil and producer/bassist Darryl Torr. In 2010 the two amicably parted ways, and Dear Reader is now the solo project of MacNeil, who currently resides in Berlin.

In August 2006 MacNeil and Torr released their first album The Younger, through South African record label, Just Music), under the band name, Harris Tweed. In 2008 they adopted the name Dear Reader, after the Scottish textile company Harris Tweed asked them to stop using their name.

In 2008 MacNeil and Torr recorded their first album as Dear Reader called, Replace Why with Funny. The album was produced by Brent Knopf, of Menomena/Ramona Falls. Soon after, they signed a licensing deal with Berlin based indie label, City Slang, and the album was released in February 2009 – in Europe by City Slang, and in South Africa by Just Music.

In 2010 Replace Why with Funny won the award for Best English Adult contemporary Album at the South African Music Awards.

In 2010 MacNeil and Torr amicably parted ways and Cherilyn relocated to Berlin, where she wrote the material for the follow-up Dear Reader album, Idealistic Animals. The album was recorded in Leipzig, Germany and Portland, Oregon, again with the assistance of Brent Knopf and various other friends and musicians.

Idealistic Animals was released in Germany and South Africa in September 2011 and in Europe and the UK in November 2011. The album was nominated for Best Alternative Album at the 2012 South African Music Awards.

In 2012 MacNeil began work on the follow up to Idealistic Animals. This time, MacNeil produced the album herself, and recorded and edited most of it in her one-room apartment in Berlin. Dear Reader's 4th studio album is called Rivonia, and each song on the album is a story inspired by South African history. The album was released in Europe and South Africa in April 2013.

In April 2013 Dear Reader played a live radio concert with the Babelsberg Film Orchestra, which they recorded and released in December 2013 under the name We Followed Every Sound.

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Dear Reader Lyrics


27.04.1994 The morning was new, they stood in a queue It was…
Already Are Marie will you come with me I’m headed for a land…
Back from the Dead Find the will to fight again Try never to find a…
Bear 100 kites flew in a flock 100 dogs threw up a…
Bend If you do not bend you will eventually break Unless you…
Camel He rubbed his hands together and it sounded like Folding a…
Cruelty On Beauty On Cruelty on (cruelty on) Cruelty on (cruelty on) And every …
Dearheart I never wrote a love song that didn't go "woe is…
Down Under Mining David, I never expected to see you Face black with soot…
Earthworm I emerged from the land Pushed out through her sandy expanse…
Elephant You couldn’t stand under the weight I put on you I…
Everything Is Caving why is it that sadness doesn't make a sound i don't…
Fox At night my body aches for your warmth under the sheets I…



From Now On I followed every sound Watched them roll around Heard the …
Giraffe She was exquisite I wanted to lift the hair off her…
Good Hope They came from the sea She brought them to me Though I’m…
Great White Bear He climbed into the belly of the great white bear It's…
I Know You Can Hear It Emblazoned with gold A statue of old Punctures the soil A he…
If Only Is New leaf on a tumtum tree Shining green translucency, so tin…
Kite I’m only as good As what I would Give to the world But…
Man I saw a girl with my own eyes, I cried…
Man of the Book Our great grandfather, Albert Baker (NO!) He wasn’t a Shake…
Mean Well It's an itch on the skin That you wear like clothes It's…
Mole Mole Do you ever feel a little lonely? When you need company…
Mole (Mole) Mole, do you ever feel a little lonely? When you need…
Monkey Galileo, marrige of Figaro You have shown the world where w…
Monkey (Go Home Now) Galileo, marrige of Figaro You have shown the world where we…
Never Goes It's not that she minded he'd had other lovers Until that…
Nothing Melodious I am the keys of the piano beat with his…
Out Out Out I'm so afraid, can't find a way out And it's making…
Placate Her What do you want? What do you want? Make your demands A day…
Release Me gravity is holding me down hurting me the way he's pushin…
So Petty So Pathetic For a lousy ten minutes they pulled him off the…
Teller of Truths Oh Shaka, your mother Is not the first mother to die Oh…
The Run Feels like flying But my legs are furiously fighting Flash o…
The Same Land, land of my birth Are you my mother Or am I…
Tie Me to the Ground You can be Peter and I will be Wendy God knows…
Took Them Away Nicholas invited me to visit at the farm We were playing…
Victory You pray to your god and I’ll pray to mine And…
Wake Him He draws remains of a petulant word (Body is warm) (Body is…
Way Of The World Oh - the alarm clock, gotta get up Some days just…
Whale Just gotta keep on moving, that's our way It's not for…
What We Wanted mr sensitive liked miss offensive she always said what she …


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