Feeder
Feeder is an award-winning Welsh rock band that formed in Newport, Wales in… Read Full Bio ↴Feeder is an award-winning Welsh rock band that formed in Newport, Wales in 1992. By 1995 they released their debut EP Two Colours and a second EP titled Swim, which was followed by their 1997 debut album Polythene, after being met with critical acclaim and made the UK Top 75. Their second album, Yesterday Went Too Soon (1999), again found favour with critics and reached number eight in the UK.With the lead single "Buck Rogers" from their 2001 album Echo Park, Feeder entered the mainstream, around a time manufactured pop was frequently dominating the top 10. After their breakthrough year, their drummer Jon Lee committed suicide in his Miami home in January 2002. The band vowed to continue and would then in October 2002 release Comfort in Sound; an album musically and lyrically focused around the band's emotions at the time, and was well-received by critics. Former Skunk Anansie and Little Angels drummer Mark Richardson joined the band in August 2002. Alongside Jon, the band were originally comprised of Grant Nicholas (lead vocals, guitar, piano) and Taka Hirose (bass).
The band have released six studio albums and two compilations, including the platinum-selling singles album. In total they have three platinum albums, two gold albums and one silver in the UK. Their only sales award outside the UK is that of a gold award in the Republic of Ireland for their singles album.
As of December 2006, according to the ranking system in the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and Albums, Feeder are one of the most successful UK chart acts of all-time based on the combination of single and album chart weeks, as they rank at #500 or above at #457. To date they have twenty-three top 75 singles, and five top 10 albums.
Formation
At the age of 14, singer and guitarist Grant Nicholas joined a band called 'Sweet Leaf', named after a Black Sabbath song- the first band Grant had seen play live. At this time bassist Taka Hirose along with drummer Jon Lee, were both playing in different covers bands before they would meet Grant.
While both playing in different bands on the Newport unsigned gig circuit, Grant and Jon became friends and would take part what was described by the frontman as a "friendly rivalry". They decided to train to become sound engineers, but were interested in playing in bands as opposed to recording them. They formed a band called 'Rain Dancer' after Jon left Newport band The Darling Buds during the previous year, the formers sound was described by Grant as that of The Waterboys. However, before then they formed an electronic duo called 'Temper Temper' and like 'Rain Dancer', they failed to work out.
Going back to the drawing board, they formed a three piece band called 'Reel' in which they fired their bass player before changing their name to 'Real'. During this time they recruited Japanese bassist Taka Hirose via an advert in Loot. The band then changed their name to Feeder named after Grant's pet goldfish.
They won their recording contract with Echo after sending a demo tape and then completed the deal after an employee from the label witnessed one of the bands gigs. A track from the demo titled "Don't Bring Me Down", appeared as a b-side on the "Day in Day Out" single, but uses an electric guitar as opposed to an acoustic as heard on the released version.
In 2006 a demo tape of their early demos surfaced on eBay, selling for £180 pounds. It contains the recording of "Suffocate" under the name of "Give", alongside an unreleased track titled "Believe". "Give" is reportedly "slightly different musically and lyrically" from that of "Suffocate".
Two Colours - Swim (1995-1996)
Feeder's first official release was the 2 track Two Colours EP in 1995, which was only available at the bands first gigs. It was limited to 1500 CD's and 1000 7" vinyls and today is valued at £40-60. In 1996, the band released their first commercially available release the Swim EP, on Echo. The record had six tracks on it with a running time of 22 minutes, with a 2001 re-issue including b-sides and two videos from the era of their debut album proper. The EP was given a 4/5 review in Kerrang! magazine (KKKK).
Shortly before the record was released, a tape called Two Tracker was given away free with Kerrang! magazine and contained the tracks "Sweet 16" and "Waterfall", the latter was described in the inlay card as one of the tracks that was on their forthcoming debut album proper then entitled Here In The Bubble (which soon changed it's name to Polythene). Some of the photography for the EP's inlay was produced by Grant himself, while Chris Sheldon produced the album. The band released "Stereoworld" from the record as it's only single, after appearing at the Reading festival. The year also seen the band participate in a tour, visiting seaside towns like Newquay.
Polythene (1997-1998)
After building a strong fanbase with the release of Swim, the following year the band released their first full album. The result Polythene is now widely regarded as a classic by Kerrang! magazine readers, as they voted it the 87th best British rock album of all time in a January 2005 issue, and was also Metal Hammer magazine's album of 1997, in which it scored a mark of 10/10 in it's review. Two tracks from "Swim" were used for the album with those being "Descend" and "Stereoworld".
After the recording sessions were completed, the album's first single "Tangerine" was released and charted at #60 in the UK charts. This was followed by "Cement" charting at #53 and then the release of the album in which it charted at #65. Two more singles were released either side of their main stage debut at the Reading festival of 1997, with "Crash" making #48 and a new song entitled "High" charted at #24.
The album as of March 2003, has been certified silver by the BPI for shipments of 60,000 units. They also re-issued the album in October 1997 with "High" included and the "Stereoworld" b-side "Change" replacing "Waterfall" from the original tracklist. Also included as an enhanced element was the video for "High". The album caused many critics to label the band "The UK's answer to the Smashing Pumpkins", and also draw comparisons to The Pixies and also Talk Talk. The bands tour of the album took part in April before the release of the "Cement" single, and would also tour after the release of the album. The bands earlier sound on the album was once described by Grant as "heavy but melodic rock".
In early 1998, following the band's final 1997 tour in support of Polythene, the band traveled to the USA as a support act for Everclear. During the tour the band released back home in the UK a re-worked version of "Suffocate" from their album which charted at #37. After their return to the UK, they played their own headline tour with Everclear this time in the support slot. Later on in the year Feeder then started to play various music festivals in the States, before a tour took place with "High" being released to radio stations and charting at #24 on the rock chart as a result, and was the follow up to "Cement" which charted at #31. During the first US tour, Grant said he used to get very tired and sometimes couldn't wait to return home to work on the next album. Alongside a broken ankle and other injuries, he also said he used to find it hard to sleep at nights, which inspired him to write "Insomnia" which appeared on their second album. They stayed in the US for the majority of the year, with a trip back to the UK for their V98 appearance. It was during their gigs of 1998 they introduced as a live guitarist Dean Tidey who plays at the band's gigs, and has his own band called the Sandstone Veterans. Grant said in a 1998 interview in Kerrang!, that he was considering bringing in another guitarist for their live gigs. Polythene sold 25,000 copies in the States during 1998.
Yesterday Went Too Soon (1999)
For 1999's "Yesterday Went Too Soon", the band decided to self-produce the album and brought in Matt Sime for engineering duties, while the album was mixed in New York by Andy Wallace. "Dry" was re-recorded as a full band version after the original acoustic version appeared on "Suffocate" as a b-side. That single's b-sides featured tracks from their sessions for the album, and therefore gave an idea on how this album was going to sound. The working title for the album was originally A Life Through Headphones, and was originally planned to be a double album. The name change was due to former Take That singer Robbie Williams releasing his solo debut album Life Thru a Lens, and did not want to be associated with him.
When the album was released, the bands awareness raised and it would enter the UK charts at #8. Before then the band released the albums first single "Day in Day Out" in March 1999 which charted at #31, which was followed by "Insomnia" at #22 and was their first appearance on TOTP. A week before the band played once again the main stage at the Reading/Leeds festival, the title track from the album charted at #20 and the album was then released on August 30, 1999. Only one single was lifted from the album afters, in which a re-recorded version of "Paperfaces" charted at #41.
Some of the album's lyrical themes were that of Grant writing from a persons perspective of working daily in a menial supermarket job ("Day In Day Out"), his experiences after gigs on their US tour ("Insomnia"), relationships ending (the title track and "Dry"), journeys back to Wales via the M4 ("Hole in My Head"), relationships ("You're My Evergreen" and "Anasetic") amongst others. Musically the album employed an indie rock feel to it which also featured extended appearances of an acoustic guitar on some of its tracks.
Prior to the album's release it was delayed from June to August, which was due to Grant writing material after it was originally completed that they felt was too good to leave off the album, and was then included. When it got it's release the UK music press immediately warmed to the album, in which Rob Fitzpatrick then of Melody Maker citing "An absolute stormer it is. unmissable. absolutely", and also receiving the magazine's "Album of the Week" accolade, with Metal Hammer awarding the album a 10/10 mark. The year ended with a support slot at the Millennium Stadium supporting the Manic Street Preachers, and also before that Red Hot Chili Peppers at Wembley Arena shortly before the "Paperfaces" release. As of March 2003, the album has gone gold shipping 100,000 units in the UK.
Echo Park (2000-2001)
The following year, Feeder spent most of 2000 at Great Lindford Manor studios writing and recording for their next album. During the year the band also played festivals around the country previewing the new material they were working on, such as V2000 and Glastonbury, but would end the year promoting "Buck Rogers"- their first single since November 1999, and then playing a mini-tour at the end of the year to mainly showcase the new material. The same night the band played the Leeds Cockpit in December 2000, they were told earlier on in the day that their new single has made the radio 1 A-list, meaning the single would be given a high degree of airplay rotation. The release of the single on January 8 2001 was coupled with a signing session at London's now closed Tower Records store, and then TV appearances on Top of The Pops and The Pepsi Chart Show due to the singles midweek performance. This seen the band become forced to cancel two signing sessions as a result. The single charted at #5 becoming the bands first top 10 entry in that chart. In South Africa, the track reached #1 on the 5FM top 40 and would headline a one-day event celebrating the station's 26th birthday.
In relation to the public reaction to "Buck Rogers", Grant was asked in an April 2001 edition of a Feederweb fanzine if he felt under pressure to deliver another radio-friendly song, in reply he said:- "Not really, I think with the radio thing you have to be really careful; at the end of the day Feeder's not a typical daytime radio band, but what we've done is that we've proved that a guitar band - a British guitar band, and a band that doesn't have the profile of U2 or someone can still get into the top ten. It is possible!, it just seems to be that it's always the big American bands who sort of dominate the top ten; a Limp Bizkit or whatever, but saying that I think the whole Travis and Coldplay thing has been really good as sort of a stepping stone, and also I think people are getting fed up of just seeing Westlife or Steps on the TV. I think people are finding rock, and real bands again - I think that the market is currently so bombarded with pop stuff that we're just quite refreshing. Rock never went away, but it never really got the exposure. Hopefully It'll get "Seven Days in the Sun" away…".
Grant once said that the song is about a relationship ending but also uses humour, with the name for the song originating from a keyboard piece Grant created which sounded "futuristic", and named it "Buck Rogers". In a 2005 interview in Q Magazine he said of the song- "It's funny, I don't even particularly like that song, I've always thought I was a pretty dark songwriter, and what do I finally get known for?. A throwaway pop song. But I really shouldn't complain, should I?. If it wasn't for "Buck Rogers", I probably wouldn't be here talking to you now". Grant wrote the track for an American band called 'Radio Star', but was convinced by producer Gil Norton not to give the song away as he felt Feeder themselves could have a hit with it. The single appears in many all-time lists generated by XFM and Kerrang!, with a 2004 peak of #25 in the annual XFM list. "Buck Rogers" is featured on the soundtrack of the 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines starring Owen Wilson.
After a sell-out tour of two legs, ending at the London Astoria the said album Echo Park entered and peaked at #5 in the UK album charts, and reached gold sales status. A third single "Turn" reached #27, before festival season in which the band played the main stages of Reading/Leeds and also T in the Park. "Just a Day" a b-side from "Seven Days in the Sun" reached #12.
The album saw the band take on much more of a commercially influenced sound, and also the appearance of Moog synthesizers, while being lyrically focused on a comedy approach like with "Seven Days in the Sun", but also dark emotions such as those shown on "Turn", "Oxygen" and "Satellite News". It was during the campaign for Echo Park, that the band played another slot on the main stage at the Reading/Leeds festival. As of March 2003, the album has shipped 300,000 units in the UK, going platinum.
Grant said in a Melody Maker interview that if the album didn't sell the band would probably split up, in which he said at the time "It's the same with any band. That's just the way the music business is. There is only a certain amount of money a label will put into a band. I'm just being realistic. We've been around for seven or eight years and I am not planning on giving up, but we're putting everything into this record and I'm just hoping that people like it". The album was voted the 25th best British rock album of all-time by Kerrang! readers, and was the highest placed Feeder album in the list. On August 28, 2001 the band won "Best British Live Act" at the 2001 Kerrang! awards, and would end the year supporting the Stereophonics before releasing "Just a Day".
Comfort In Sound (2002-2003)
The following year their drummer, Jon Lee, took his own life in his Miami home, meaning that the band kept out of the public eye for most of the following year. Grant started to write songs regarding his feelings at the time and these songs would form the bands fourth album Comfort in Sound. The band drafted in former Skunk Anansie and Little Angels member Mark Richardson for drum duties. The album focused mainly on themes such as loss, depression, grievance, and positivity while dedicating "Quickfade" to Jon. The album was released in October of the same year to widespread critical acclaim in the British music press with Kerrang! stating "Comfort in Sound harnesses the anthmetic appeal of a latter day U2 … and a quality that propels Feeder from the confines of the everyday into the neighbourhood of everyman …" and giving the album their "Album of the Week" award, alongside the heavy rock magazine Metal Hammer giving the album the similar accolade of "Album of the Month" while citing "an album they should rightfully be proud of … ". The band decided to play at the Reading/Leeds festivals that year, making a low-key appearance by playing the second stage. Comfort in Sound was voted by Kerrang! readers as one of their top 100 British rock albums of all-time at #32.
Musically, the album was much more mellow with the use of a string orchestra on "Forget About Tomorrow". Other tracks on the album also used an accordion, trumpet and a piano played by their manager Matt Page, with "Godzilla" being one of two tracks on the album to use loud guitars. This caused many fans to say it didn't fit in with the main feel of the album, with Feeder Fan Site suggesting "As a package CIS is almost as well formed as Yesterday Went Too Soon. The playlist is spot on (Godzilla being the only track that sits, not entirely sure if it really belongs)". The album was their first to receive a platinum sales award, (with Echo Park going platinum later on). It also spawned their second top 10 single with "Just the Way I'm Feeling" in January 2003 and is seen by Grant as the single that made the album successful, once saying- "It’s one of the best songs I’ve done, but we nearly didn’t do it. I wrote it right at the end of making Comfort in Sound, and our producer Gil Norton said he wasn’t sure we really needed another mid tempo song. But when we played it, we all thought that it definitely did have something. Lyrically it’s quite dark but it’s still an uplifting song. This was the single that really made the album a success. It’s the kind of song I’d like us to be remembered for". In December of the same year they took on their first and only arena tour to date, after the albums first tour sold all of its 60,000 tickets.
The album's final single wasn't available to buy commercially but was limited to 3,000 CD copies on their 2003 arena tour, Four singles were released commercially with those being "Come Back Around" (#14), "Just The Way I'm Feeling" (#10), "Forget About Tomorrow" (#12) and "Find the Colour" (#24) which was released after their V2004 appearance and Kerrang! award win for "Best British Band", in which Grant dedicated the award to Jon saying it was the award he always wanted the band to win.
Pushing The Senses (2004-2005)
Feeder returned to the studio to record their fifth album. The album was seen by Grant as more of an extension to "Comfort in Sound", as it focused on the same lyrical themes and musical styles, with Grant Nicholas also saying that it had more of an organic sound, and more upbeat tracks added into the mix. It also seen a number of piano driven tracks, with "Frequency" being an example. "Frequency" was produced by Coldplay producer Ken Nelson. For the rest of the album, Gil Norton was on production duties.
As a result, 2005's Pushing the Senses received criticism from long time fans and critics, although the album was Feeder's highest charting release at #2 on the UK album chart, received a gold certification, and created their third top 10 and second top 5 single ("Tumble and Fall"). Press response to the album was mixed with Paul Brannigan of Q Magazine citing the album as "An album that could finally establish Feeder as major league players", and Chris Heath of Dotmusic dismissing the album saying "Pushing the Senses is by no means soppy, but Feeder's young fanbase might need some convincing". Kerrang!'s review was seen as unfair in which Grant told Kerrang! radio:- "You know, being like brutally honest with you I was a bit p*ssed off with the Kerrang! review. I thought it was a very unfair review, and reviewed by the wrong person. If a different journalist had done it, we might have had a great review. I only cared about it as it was a magazine we've been with for a very long time".
The album helped them win a headline slot at the Download Festival, shortly before supporting U2 for a brief period on their Vertigo tour, which was followed by an appearance at the Live 8 concert in Edinburgh. The album in total spawned four UK top 40 singles, which included "Shatter"- a reworked version of the original track that was a double A-side with "Tender". Other singles, apart from the top 5 hit "Tumble and Fall" included "Feeling A Moment" (#13) and "Pushing The Senses" (#30). "Tender" and "Shatter" both featured on the European release of the Russian film Night Watch, with the latter getting fanbase attention after appearing as a b-side on "Tumble and Fall" and a successful petition followed to see its release as a single in its own right.
In September 2005, Grant Nicholas was misquoted in an interview that the band were set to split, which caused the rumour to be reported on music television and radio. The bands website soon denied the claims made in an official statement that read "Contrary to inaccurate reports in the press and on the radio, Feeder are not recording their last album, nor set to split. An over-enthusiastic reporter seems to have put 2 and 2 together and come up with 43. Indeed the group are looking forward to the release of new single "Shatter"/"Tender" in October and a Far East and UK tour in November. They have already started writing new material for a Singles Album to be released in the New Year and a further studio album to follow the current album Pushing the Senses". Soon later in a Kerrang! interview, Grant said that the interviewer misquoted him, and that he said the next album would be Feeder's last album on their current deal with Echo, before deciding to either re-sign or look for a new label.
Feeder would end the year seeing their then latest album appear at #39 on Q Magazine's end of year list, and win an award for the album at the Pop Factory Awards in Wales. However the day before, they postponed a winter tour after Grant picked up bleeds on his vocal chords.
The Singles (2006-2007)
The following year in 2006 Feeder returned to the studio with this time Stephen Street working as the bands producer, to record three new tracks to appear on their then forthcoming singles collection The Singles. "Lost and Found" (which Grant described as "an urban love song") became the first single to promote the collection, and would reach #12 in the UK singles chart in May 2006, after completing their delayed winter tour. The Singles, released in the same month of "Lost and Found" was the first Feeder album to have involvement from a major label, with EMI talking part in a one-off collaboration with Echo as the albums distributor. The album reached #2 on the UK albums chart, and was certified platinum in under three months including a gold certification in Ireland. Save Us was the second and final single from the album charting at #34 in late July. A version of the album included a DVD of all their videos filmed up to that point, and extensive sleevenotes by Ben Johncock- a freelance author and writer.
The band have released six studio albums and two compilations, including the platinum-selling singles album. In total they have three platinum albums, two gold albums and one silver in the UK. Their only sales award outside the UK is that of a gold award in the Republic of Ireland for their singles album.
As of December 2006, according to the ranking system in the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and Albums, Feeder are one of the most successful UK chart acts of all-time based on the combination of single and album chart weeks, as they rank at #500 or above at #457. To date they have twenty-three top 75 singles, and five top 10 albums.
Formation
At the age of 14, singer and guitarist Grant Nicholas joined a band called 'Sweet Leaf', named after a Black Sabbath song- the first band Grant had seen play live. At this time bassist Taka Hirose along with drummer Jon Lee, were both playing in different covers bands before they would meet Grant.
While both playing in different bands on the Newport unsigned gig circuit, Grant and Jon became friends and would take part what was described by the frontman as a "friendly rivalry". They decided to train to become sound engineers, but were interested in playing in bands as opposed to recording them. They formed a band called 'Rain Dancer' after Jon left Newport band The Darling Buds during the previous year, the formers sound was described by Grant as that of The Waterboys. However, before then they formed an electronic duo called 'Temper Temper' and like 'Rain Dancer', they failed to work out.
Going back to the drawing board, they formed a three piece band called 'Reel' in which they fired their bass player before changing their name to 'Real'. During this time they recruited Japanese bassist Taka Hirose via an advert in Loot. The band then changed their name to Feeder named after Grant's pet goldfish.
They won their recording contract with Echo after sending a demo tape and then completed the deal after an employee from the label witnessed one of the bands gigs. A track from the demo titled "Don't Bring Me Down", appeared as a b-side on the "Day in Day Out" single, but uses an electric guitar as opposed to an acoustic as heard on the released version.
In 2006 a demo tape of their early demos surfaced on eBay, selling for £180 pounds. It contains the recording of "Suffocate" under the name of "Give", alongside an unreleased track titled "Believe". "Give" is reportedly "slightly different musically and lyrically" from that of "Suffocate".
Two Colours - Swim (1995-1996)
Feeder's first official release was the 2 track Two Colours EP in 1995, which was only available at the bands first gigs. It was limited to 1500 CD's and 1000 7" vinyls and today is valued at £40-60. In 1996, the band released their first commercially available release the Swim EP, on Echo. The record had six tracks on it with a running time of 22 minutes, with a 2001 re-issue including b-sides and two videos from the era of their debut album proper. The EP was given a 4/5 review in Kerrang! magazine (KKKK).
Shortly before the record was released, a tape called Two Tracker was given away free with Kerrang! magazine and contained the tracks "Sweet 16" and "Waterfall", the latter was described in the inlay card as one of the tracks that was on their forthcoming debut album proper then entitled Here In The Bubble (which soon changed it's name to Polythene). Some of the photography for the EP's inlay was produced by Grant himself, while Chris Sheldon produced the album. The band released "Stereoworld" from the record as it's only single, after appearing at the Reading festival. The year also seen the band participate in a tour, visiting seaside towns like Newquay.
Polythene (1997-1998)
After building a strong fanbase with the release of Swim, the following year the band released their first full album. The result Polythene is now widely regarded as a classic by Kerrang! magazine readers, as they voted it the 87th best British rock album of all time in a January 2005 issue, and was also Metal Hammer magazine's album of 1997, in which it scored a mark of 10/10 in it's review. Two tracks from "Swim" were used for the album with those being "Descend" and "Stereoworld".
After the recording sessions were completed, the album's first single "Tangerine" was released and charted at #60 in the UK charts. This was followed by "Cement" charting at #53 and then the release of the album in which it charted at #65. Two more singles were released either side of their main stage debut at the Reading festival of 1997, with "Crash" making #48 and a new song entitled "High" charted at #24.
The album as of March 2003, has been certified silver by the BPI for shipments of 60,000 units. They also re-issued the album in October 1997 with "High" included and the "Stereoworld" b-side "Change" replacing "Waterfall" from the original tracklist. Also included as an enhanced element was the video for "High". The album caused many critics to label the band "The UK's answer to the Smashing Pumpkins", and also draw comparisons to The Pixies and also Talk Talk. The bands tour of the album took part in April before the release of the "Cement" single, and would also tour after the release of the album. The bands earlier sound on the album was once described by Grant as "heavy but melodic rock".
In early 1998, following the band's final 1997 tour in support of Polythene, the band traveled to the USA as a support act for Everclear. During the tour the band released back home in the UK a re-worked version of "Suffocate" from their album which charted at #37. After their return to the UK, they played their own headline tour with Everclear this time in the support slot. Later on in the year Feeder then started to play various music festivals in the States, before a tour took place with "High" being released to radio stations and charting at #24 on the rock chart as a result, and was the follow up to "Cement" which charted at #31. During the first US tour, Grant said he used to get very tired and sometimes couldn't wait to return home to work on the next album. Alongside a broken ankle and other injuries, he also said he used to find it hard to sleep at nights, which inspired him to write "Insomnia" which appeared on their second album. They stayed in the US for the majority of the year, with a trip back to the UK for their V98 appearance. It was during their gigs of 1998 they introduced as a live guitarist Dean Tidey who plays at the band's gigs, and has his own band called the Sandstone Veterans. Grant said in a 1998 interview in Kerrang!, that he was considering bringing in another guitarist for their live gigs. Polythene sold 25,000 copies in the States during 1998.
Yesterday Went Too Soon (1999)
For 1999's "Yesterday Went Too Soon", the band decided to self-produce the album and brought in Matt Sime for engineering duties, while the album was mixed in New York by Andy Wallace. "Dry" was re-recorded as a full band version after the original acoustic version appeared on "Suffocate" as a b-side. That single's b-sides featured tracks from their sessions for the album, and therefore gave an idea on how this album was going to sound. The working title for the album was originally A Life Through Headphones, and was originally planned to be a double album. The name change was due to former Take That singer Robbie Williams releasing his solo debut album Life Thru a Lens, and did not want to be associated with him.
When the album was released, the bands awareness raised and it would enter the UK charts at #8. Before then the band released the albums first single "Day in Day Out" in March 1999 which charted at #31, which was followed by "Insomnia" at #22 and was their first appearance on TOTP. A week before the band played once again the main stage at the Reading/Leeds festival, the title track from the album charted at #20 and the album was then released on August 30, 1999. Only one single was lifted from the album afters, in which a re-recorded version of "Paperfaces" charted at #41.
Some of the album's lyrical themes were that of Grant writing from a persons perspective of working daily in a menial supermarket job ("Day In Day Out"), his experiences after gigs on their US tour ("Insomnia"), relationships ending (the title track and "Dry"), journeys back to Wales via the M4 ("Hole in My Head"), relationships ("You're My Evergreen" and "Anasetic") amongst others. Musically the album employed an indie rock feel to it which also featured extended appearances of an acoustic guitar on some of its tracks.
Prior to the album's release it was delayed from June to August, which was due to Grant writing material after it was originally completed that they felt was too good to leave off the album, and was then included. When it got it's release the UK music press immediately warmed to the album, in which Rob Fitzpatrick then of Melody Maker citing "An absolute stormer it is. unmissable. absolutely", and also receiving the magazine's "Album of the Week" accolade, with Metal Hammer awarding the album a 10/10 mark. The year ended with a support slot at the Millennium Stadium supporting the Manic Street Preachers, and also before that Red Hot Chili Peppers at Wembley Arena shortly before the "Paperfaces" release. As of March 2003, the album has gone gold shipping 100,000 units in the UK.
Echo Park (2000-2001)
The following year, Feeder spent most of 2000 at Great Lindford Manor studios writing and recording for their next album. During the year the band also played festivals around the country previewing the new material they were working on, such as V2000 and Glastonbury, but would end the year promoting "Buck Rogers"- their first single since November 1999, and then playing a mini-tour at the end of the year to mainly showcase the new material. The same night the band played the Leeds Cockpit in December 2000, they were told earlier on in the day that their new single has made the radio 1 A-list, meaning the single would be given a high degree of airplay rotation. The release of the single on January 8 2001 was coupled with a signing session at London's now closed Tower Records store, and then TV appearances on Top of The Pops and The Pepsi Chart Show due to the singles midweek performance. This seen the band become forced to cancel two signing sessions as a result. The single charted at #5 becoming the bands first top 10 entry in that chart. In South Africa, the track reached #1 on the 5FM top 40 and would headline a one-day event celebrating the station's 26th birthday.
In relation to the public reaction to "Buck Rogers", Grant was asked in an April 2001 edition of a Feederweb fanzine if he felt under pressure to deliver another radio-friendly song, in reply he said:- "Not really, I think with the radio thing you have to be really careful; at the end of the day Feeder's not a typical daytime radio band, but what we've done is that we've proved that a guitar band - a British guitar band, and a band that doesn't have the profile of U2 or someone can still get into the top ten. It is possible!, it just seems to be that it's always the big American bands who sort of dominate the top ten; a Limp Bizkit or whatever, but saying that I think the whole Travis and Coldplay thing has been really good as sort of a stepping stone, and also I think people are getting fed up of just seeing Westlife or Steps on the TV. I think people are finding rock, and real bands again - I think that the market is currently so bombarded with pop stuff that we're just quite refreshing. Rock never went away, but it never really got the exposure. Hopefully It'll get "Seven Days in the Sun" away…".
Grant once said that the song is about a relationship ending but also uses humour, with the name for the song originating from a keyboard piece Grant created which sounded "futuristic", and named it "Buck Rogers". In a 2005 interview in Q Magazine he said of the song- "It's funny, I don't even particularly like that song, I've always thought I was a pretty dark songwriter, and what do I finally get known for?. A throwaway pop song. But I really shouldn't complain, should I?. If it wasn't for "Buck Rogers", I probably wouldn't be here talking to you now". Grant wrote the track for an American band called 'Radio Star', but was convinced by producer Gil Norton not to give the song away as he felt Feeder themselves could have a hit with it. The single appears in many all-time lists generated by XFM and Kerrang!, with a 2004 peak of #25 in the annual XFM list. "Buck Rogers" is featured on the soundtrack of the 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines starring Owen Wilson.
After a sell-out tour of two legs, ending at the London Astoria the said album Echo Park entered and peaked at #5 in the UK album charts, and reached gold sales status. A third single "Turn" reached #27, before festival season in which the band played the main stages of Reading/Leeds and also T in the Park. "Just a Day" a b-side from "Seven Days in the Sun" reached #12.
The album saw the band take on much more of a commercially influenced sound, and also the appearance of Moog synthesizers, while being lyrically focused on a comedy approach like with "Seven Days in the Sun", but also dark emotions such as those shown on "Turn", "Oxygen" and "Satellite News". It was during the campaign for Echo Park, that the band played another slot on the main stage at the Reading/Leeds festival. As of March 2003, the album has shipped 300,000 units in the UK, going platinum.
Grant said in a Melody Maker interview that if the album didn't sell the band would probably split up, in which he said at the time "It's the same with any band. That's just the way the music business is. There is only a certain amount of money a label will put into a band. I'm just being realistic. We've been around for seven or eight years and I am not planning on giving up, but we're putting everything into this record and I'm just hoping that people like it". The album was voted the 25th best British rock album of all-time by Kerrang! readers, and was the highest placed Feeder album in the list. On August 28, 2001 the band won "Best British Live Act" at the 2001 Kerrang! awards, and would end the year supporting the Stereophonics before releasing "Just a Day".
Comfort In Sound (2002-2003)
The following year their drummer, Jon Lee, took his own life in his Miami home, meaning that the band kept out of the public eye for most of the following year. Grant started to write songs regarding his feelings at the time and these songs would form the bands fourth album Comfort in Sound. The band drafted in former Skunk Anansie and Little Angels member Mark Richardson for drum duties. The album focused mainly on themes such as loss, depression, grievance, and positivity while dedicating "Quickfade" to Jon. The album was released in October of the same year to widespread critical acclaim in the British music press with Kerrang! stating "Comfort in Sound harnesses the anthmetic appeal of a latter day U2 … and a quality that propels Feeder from the confines of the everyday into the neighbourhood of everyman …" and giving the album their "Album of the Week" award, alongside the heavy rock magazine Metal Hammer giving the album the similar accolade of "Album of the Month" while citing "an album they should rightfully be proud of … ". The band decided to play at the Reading/Leeds festivals that year, making a low-key appearance by playing the second stage. Comfort in Sound was voted by Kerrang! readers as one of their top 100 British rock albums of all-time at #32.
Musically, the album was much more mellow with the use of a string orchestra on "Forget About Tomorrow". Other tracks on the album also used an accordion, trumpet and a piano played by their manager Matt Page, with "Godzilla" being one of two tracks on the album to use loud guitars. This caused many fans to say it didn't fit in with the main feel of the album, with Feeder Fan Site suggesting "As a package CIS is almost as well formed as Yesterday Went Too Soon. The playlist is spot on (Godzilla being the only track that sits, not entirely sure if it really belongs)". The album was their first to receive a platinum sales award, (with Echo Park going platinum later on). It also spawned their second top 10 single with "Just the Way I'm Feeling" in January 2003 and is seen by Grant as the single that made the album successful, once saying- "It’s one of the best songs I’ve done, but we nearly didn’t do it. I wrote it right at the end of making Comfort in Sound, and our producer Gil Norton said he wasn’t sure we really needed another mid tempo song. But when we played it, we all thought that it definitely did have something. Lyrically it’s quite dark but it’s still an uplifting song. This was the single that really made the album a success. It’s the kind of song I’d like us to be remembered for". In December of the same year they took on their first and only arena tour to date, after the albums first tour sold all of its 60,000 tickets.
The album's final single wasn't available to buy commercially but was limited to 3,000 CD copies on their 2003 arena tour, Four singles were released commercially with those being "Come Back Around" (#14), "Just The Way I'm Feeling" (#10), "Forget About Tomorrow" (#12) and "Find the Colour" (#24) which was released after their V2004 appearance and Kerrang! award win for "Best British Band", in which Grant dedicated the award to Jon saying it was the award he always wanted the band to win.
Pushing The Senses (2004-2005)
Feeder returned to the studio to record their fifth album. The album was seen by Grant as more of an extension to "Comfort in Sound", as it focused on the same lyrical themes and musical styles, with Grant Nicholas also saying that it had more of an organic sound, and more upbeat tracks added into the mix. It also seen a number of piano driven tracks, with "Frequency" being an example. "Frequency" was produced by Coldplay producer Ken Nelson. For the rest of the album, Gil Norton was on production duties.
As a result, 2005's Pushing the Senses received criticism from long time fans and critics, although the album was Feeder's highest charting release at #2 on the UK album chart, received a gold certification, and created their third top 10 and second top 5 single ("Tumble and Fall"). Press response to the album was mixed with Paul Brannigan of Q Magazine citing the album as "An album that could finally establish Feeder as major league players", and Chris Heath of Dotmusic dismissing the album saying "Pushing the Senses is by no means soppy, but Feeder's young fanbase might need some convincing". Kerrang!'s review was seen as unfair in which Grant told Kerrang! radio:- "You know, being like brutally honest with you I was a bit p*ssed off with the Kerrang! review. I thought it was a very unfair review, and reviewed by the wrong person. If a different journalist had done it, we might have had a great review. I only cared about it as it was a magazine we've been with for a very long time".
The album helped them win a headline slot at the Download Festival, shortly before supporting U2 for a brief period on their Vertigo tour, which was followed by an appearance at the Live 8 concert in Edinburgh. The album in total spawned four UK top 40 singles, which included "Shatter"- a reworked version of the original track that was a double A-side with "Tender". Other singles, apart from the top 5 hit "Tumble and Fall" included "Feeling A Moment" (#13) and "Pushing The Senses" (#30). "Tender" and "Shatter" both featured on the European release of the Russian film Night Watch, with the latter getting fanbase attention after appearing as a b-side on "Tumble and Fall" and a successful petition followed to see its release as a single in its own right.
In September 2005, Grant Nicholas was misquoted in an interview that the band were set to split, which caused the rumour to be reported on music television and radio. The bands website soon denied the claims made in an official statement that read "Contrary to inaccurate reports in the press and on the radio, Feeder are not recording their last album, nor set to split. An over-enthusiastic reporter seems to have put 2 and 2 together and come up with 43. Indeed the group are looking forward to the release of new single "Shatter"/"Tender" in October and a Far East and UK tour in November. They have already started writing new material for a Singles Album to be released in the New Year and a further studio album to follow the current album Pushing the Senses". Soon later in a Kerrang! interview, Grant said that the interviewer misquoted him, and that he said the next album would be Feeder's last album on their current deal with Echo, before deciding to either re-sign or look for a new label.
Feeder would end the year seeing their then latest album appear at #39 on Q Magazine's end of year list, and win an award for the album at the Pop Factory Awards in Wales. However the day before, they postponed a winter tour after Grant picked up bleeds on his vocal chords.
The Singles (2006-2007)
The following year in 2006 Feeder returned to the studio with this time Stephen Street working as the bands producer, to record three new tracks to appear on their then forthcoming singles collection The Singles. "Lost and Found" (which Grant described as "an urban love song") became the first single to promote the collection, and would reach #12 in the UK singles chart in May 2006, after completing their delayed winter tour. The Singles, released in the same month of "Lost and Found" was the first Feeder album to have involvement from a major label, with EMI talking part in a one-off collaboration with Echo as the albums distributor. The album reached #2 on the UK albums chart, and was certified platinum in under three months including a gold certification in Ireland. Save Us was the second and final single from the album charting at #34 in late July. A version of the album included a DVD of all their videos filmed up to that point, and extensive sleevenotes by Ben Johncock- a freelance author and writer.
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01 Polythene Girl I wish that I could touch the sky Elevate me I hope…
02 The thought of never knowing Would kill me just the same A…
02 Bitter Glass The thought of never knowing, could kill me just the…
03 All this for nothing Yeah yeah yeah Praying and hoping, Fool…
04-Yesterday Went Too Soon Sitting in today Watching traffic buzzing by And faces closi…
05. Pushing the senses Feelings you never knew Pulling you under now Your fighting …
07. Summers gone Crack and break, life's big mistake, I'm feeling it too, the…
08 Comfort In Sound We fall right in and suffer the sins Try to pull…
08 Pilgrim Soul You said you could You would You should And nothing…
09 Tell all your friends Staring out to reach a star Contemplating life on mars Lif…
1. Just The Way I'm Feeling Love in, love out, Find the feeling Scream in, Scream out,…
10 Dove gray sands Seein' life begin Hear the oceans sing It takes you…
10. Dove grey sands Seein' life begin Hear the oceans sing It takes you…
11 Tumble And Fall All this for nothing, Yeah, yeah, yeah, Praying and hoping, …
13 Buck Rogers He's got a brand new car Looks like a jaguar It's got…
14 20th Century Trip Ocean blue Deep + cool Rain on me Kiss the…
15. Save Us Face against the ground Torn, but you can stand Your will is…
20th Century Trip Ocean blue Deep + cool Rain on me Kiss the…
21st Century Meltdown We're laughing in the face of fear again We close…
5 Waiting For Changes Office blocks, corner shops, traffic jams on every street, t…
7 Days in the Sun I've got a friend, her name is Laura We took a…
8:18 Joining up the black dotted lines Drifting back in space an…
All I Ever Wanted All you wanted, all you ever wanted Has been taken, left…
Along the Avenues They're closing up all of the factories (he's coming out) Bu…
Anaesthetic I'm burning out the tv tubes, It's three o'clock & I'm…
As Time Goes By I went to Hollywood to buy a new dream Met this…
Bad Hair Day (Muffled screaming) had a bad hair day had a bad hair da…
Barking Dogs Come again, run again, you will never get past me!…
Beautiful Boy Close your eyes Have no fear The monster's gone He's on t…
Bitter Glass The thought of never knowing, could kill me just the…
Blue Sky Blue Maybe we've been looking for answers That we already know A …
Borders WooOOoo, WooOOoo WooOOoo, WooOOoo She's always trying'…
Born To Love You Settle down, let's make the most of living Straighten out th…
Bring It Home You can make it better in this world of sin Wanna…
Broken Fading out Holding out The innocent way Loves run out Left t…
Bruised Coming down Solid ground It's not the same How do…
Bubblehead Spinning on a mound of battered and rival fools, and…
Buck Rodgers He's got a brand new car, Looks like a jaguar, Its got…
Buck Rogers He's got a brand new car Looks like a jaguar It's got…
Bug Mother Earth can you feed us now feed me now…
Bullet Gone for days Cut the chase Bite the bullet time Ease the pa…
Burn the Bridges Fool yourself, it's not a trend You're a lover, you're not…
Call Out Searching for the things that we can't see The unknown …
Can't Dance to Disco I can't dress so I can't dance to disco I can't…
Can't Stand Losing You I've called you so many times today And I guess…
Cement It's funny how I watch the day go by I'm sitting…
Change Looking through my window shade, stare at streets that bare…
Chicken on a Bone Follow the river wallow in silver Voices draw nearer countin…
Child in You Talk about it You dream about it You feel that there's no…
Children of the Sun Standing in an open space Surrounded by views as you escape…
Choke She likes big boats, big yachts, designer throws She likes b…
Circles Yeah, we're gonna make mistakes Politicians shake and fakes…
City In A Rut Cold hands Warm me Mouth dry She can't speak She can't…
Coast To Coast I wanna sit, wait until the daylight comes, I wanna…
Come Back Around Turning in to something Drifting off to always Got to pull m…
Comfort in Sound We fall right in and suffer the sins Try to pull…
Crash I put my best foot first and it got burnt Communication…
Crowd of Stars Got me sitting on top of it all Tired eyes in…
Daily Habit Sipping coffee, drinking alone This cafe culture is out of c…
Day We queuing up the tills, wishing for our lives to…
Descend Sitting back I only wish Today will turn out fine And wash…
Divebomb Do you see what you want to see? When you reach…
Don't Bring Me Down Pay the rent, make the dent Break the routine, smell the…
Dove Grey Sands Seein' life begin Hear the oceans sing It takes you…
Down To The River Let's go down to the river We could sing those lullabies We'…
Dry Trying hard to face another day No more left to give,…
Eclipse You and I used to meet the same Wrapped together in…
Elegy Summer breeze, kisses me Autumn leaves retire Apathy, breaki…
ELF Here we are Still climbing up that hill The town below Above…
Emily Gonna learn how to think cause I'm drowning in sin, Just…
Eskimo There's these feelings that implode Pulling me apart, out of…
Evergreen The words we say old flowers fade away Remember yesterday wi…
Everybody Hurts When your day is long And the night, the night is…
Fallen Got drunk on summer, fallen lover, teenage mother, nothing's…
Fear of Flying I feel a mop in front of a show Losing control I…
Feel It Again December, why does it always rain Why does it never snow Te…
Feeling a Moment Feeling the moment the slip away Losing direction you're lo…
Find A Place Some things never seen right You've got no one to blame You'…
Find the Colour Find the colour Sight and sound A new exposure comes around…
Fires She wants the world to see To notice her To cut things…
Fools Can't Sleep Sent you the flowers, I've broken the trust It's hard to…
Forever Glow I wanna watch you glow I love to see you glow I…
Forget About Tomorrow Calling, distorting Reach the ends for you Burn a hole right…
Forgive Shoot holes in me, then you watch me as I…
Forgiven What I see, what I've known, Turn the pages turn…
Frequency Come on in I hear your voice Change the frequency…
Frequency (Vox & Piano Version Come on in, I hear your voice Change the frequency, and…
Geezer Looking for fortune, eager for gold Something to bite on, re…
Generation Freakshow Violent society (Why did you lie to me?) What do you want…
Getting to Know You Well Turn back another page Reading the words she sent today Fe…
Godhead We are the chosen We are the few We were sent here…
Godzilla Hey hey hey Live life in overdrive Lost love in suicide Go…
Guided By a Voice I don't want to get drunk, forget about the memories I…
Heads Looking at all of your friends Wishing you could be like…
Heads Held High Turning corners just to get where we should be, Back to…
Headstrong We got to fall back, take cover Things are going down,…
Helium Fuel emotions, killing me Pure devotion, cut and bleed, Your…
Here in the Bubble Keep my feet on the sand Gotta take the hand that…
Hey Johnny Trying to find a place to start, Fortune always plays a…
Hide and Seek Home is where the start is Foundation for the young There's …
High Guess I'm stuck in a dream Surrounded by coloured leaves on…
Hole in My Head Remember yesterday? Driving down the M4 The sun lit up your …
Home I know you like it You like it like that you…
Home for Summer It's hard for me to comprehend Holding on with broken hands…
Honeyfuzz Got ya I crave, I crave, I crave, I crave I taste,…
I for You Letting go is not an easy thing Time to heal before…
I Need a Buzz I'm cracking up but now I'm filling in the gaps…
Idaho I've got nowhere to hide When her ghost lives inside my…
In All Honesty Draw a line around your mind, you feel lost in…
In Time of Crisis Feeling that there's never enough Can you save us 'Cause you…
Insomnia Reading magazines and counting sheep to pass the time away H…
Into the Blue Out of sight into the blue. Stepping on over just to…
Itsumo Too many times I watched you leave I didn't say anything T…
Just A Day dododododo...... Waking up at twelve in my clothes again, F…
Just A Day Waking up at twelve in my clothes again Feel my head…
Just The Wat I'm Feeling Love in, love out, Find the feeling Scream in, Scream out,…
Just the Way I'm Feeling Love in, love out, Find the feeling Scream in, Scream out, T…
Just the Way in Feeling Love in, love out, Find the feeling Scream in, Scream out,…
JustADay Waking up at twelve in my clothes again Feel my head…
Kite Everyone should know what it’s like to be loved Loved Your s…
Left Foot Right Left foot Right Left Foot But I'm not going anywhere …
Living in Polaroid Breathing in, spitting out The bittersweet sugar of life I…
Lose the Fear Come back in As love get's thin and leaves you dry Found…
Lost & Found You’re the right stuff I’ve got my head straight Goin’ up to…
Lost In The Wilderness Let′s grow old, stay young at heart 'Til death do us…
Love Pollution Crossing bridges over water A new reflection creeping in Got…
Miles Away She turns her head The face, it bangs the cold biting…
Miss You Coming around, I'm coming around again, Cautious now, until…
Moonshine Floating in the everglades Faces lit in sun A moon that ligh…
Morning Life A new day has begun And taken us now Morning…
Murmer Let the reason be known now the damage is done suffocated …
My Perfect Day Got this dagger in my back The blade inside me burning Chang…
My Perfect Girl Got this dagger in my back The blade inside me burning Cha…
No Light Fall out Trying to breathe in so I can calm down Settle…
Oh My She spent the weekend getting clean Flushing out the enemy H…
Opaque It makes no difference when it's fun Senses shot away who…
Oxidize Telepathic, social addicts Interactive to the masses Lef…
Oxygen We all ferment A face can change But souls stay…
Pain on Pain Stay for life For life All you discover Stay for…
Paperfaces Staring at paper faces, expressions like empty pages, day af…
Picture of a perfect youth Left out in the sun to dry again, washed up…
Pictures of Pain How does it feel Don't know if I could ever…
Piece by Piece Sitting on a corner street Children playing at my feet See t…
Pilgrim Soul You said you could You would You should And nothing…
Polythene Girl I wish that I could touch the sky Elevate me I hope…
Power of Love Aye aye aye aye Feels like fire I'm so in love with…
Purple I think I'm coming round Coming round to way of thinking T…
Pushing the Senses Feelings you never knew Pulling you under now Your fighting …
Quick Fade Time, time on your mind A conscience ticking Images passing …
Quiet When I lie back and close my eyes, it feels…
Radiation Pull back my skin Look deep within Transparent grins The mor…
Radioman Waking each day No money no pay Living in a box alone…
Rain Don't you think it's sad? Happiness is dead, our rain has…
Remember the Silence Feeling so alone Complexion white as stone Looking for a get…
Reminders You got it all worked out this living You made it…
Renegades If I was a prophet, if I was a saint Sent…
Rodeo No more compromise Time to take control Maybe the answer lie…
Rubber Band Jumping into streams of nectar Falling through these clouds…
Rubberband Jumping into streams of nectar Falling through these clouds …
San Diego I've got one thing left to say I hope that things…
Satellite News Sending it all right back waiting for heart attacks Watching…
Save Us Face against the ground Torn, but you can stand Your will is…
Sending Out Waves Waiting for the rain to stop Racing from the hurricane Build…
Sentimental Calling me away, why are you so sentimental? And do you…
seven day's in the sun I've got a friend, her name is Laura We took a…
Seven Days In Sun I've got a friend, her name is Laura We took a…
Seven Days in the Sun I've got a friend, her name is Laura We took a…
Seven Sleepers Sitting back in valley's of my mind Shutting out all the…
Sex Type Drug Just take it nice and slow Like jelly in a mould Dressed…
Shade Would it always be the same Give it all to…
Shapes and Sounds How do you feel when you sit alone Your head in…
Shatter Coming around my senses torn Its no illusion its here everyd…
Side By Side 28, looking good, she's a fighter, she's a fighter, she's…
Silent Cry Silence the cry stepping back further Escape from the mind …
Sky Life It's time to leave, time to go Set sail on seas,…
Slider Show me how to get home Throw me like a stone Show…
Slow Burn Flying down, feeling the pressure again It's no more than w…
So Well 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, still alive It's dragging…
Sonorous Gone too fast Like the sun Like the morning Seasons chang…
Space Evaporate, exasperate Watch the world with swivel hand We're…
Spill Push holes in the plastic Immaculate dolls in the hands of…
standing at the edge There's a message on my bed A new engraving in my…
Stay If You Want To I don't feel good I don't feel right It's been two days Ther…
Stereo World Staring at the ideal world The bubble begins to break Gazi…
Submission Black shadows dance in the light Eyes roll back from side…
Suffocate Show it to me one way I've got to see…
summer Crack and break, life's big mistake, I'm feeling it too, the…
Sunrise I don't want to be the one who sleeps alone I…
Sweet 16 Get away from me and so she said You`re like…
Swim Kill, kill or be killed for Expected life to be…
Tallulah Always a dreamer Fighting your corner alone Ambition renders…
Tangerine Tangerine, turning green Cellophane, window pane Socialize, …
Tell All Your Friends Staring out to reach a star Contemplating life on mars Life'…
Tell all your friends & Under the weather Staring out to reach a star Contemplating life on mars Lif…
Tender Ache Can't watch you break And shatter Saved New lives…
The End Do you know, do you know where you really wanna…
The Healing Feel it, the suffering The aching and body burns If we hold…
The Knock When you lie awake What do you think of? How do you…
The Power of Love Aye aye aye aye Feels like fire I'm so in love with…
This Town She's been hanging around This town She's been searching aro…
Tinsel Town Falling down, reaching out, for someone to come down Oblivio…
Tiny Minds Feel like I lost my self today The thought of rejection…
Tomorrow Shine Wishing for a summer without rain Seeing is believing for ou…
Torpedo The changing seasons take a hold Torpedo You feel deflated, …
Tracing Lines I had a dream, I had a vision I fell into…
Tumble & Fall All this for nothing, Yeah, yeah, yeah, Praying and hoping, …
Turn Seeing things, going places Living out of suitcases Every da…
TV Me They cover me in the clothes you see And I'm suffocating…
Unconditional Illogical affairs witness Troubles, near misses Keeping thou…
Under the Weather I've got a pain in my sick brain Two red eyes…
Undivided Searching through broken pieces Same old news, the more I b…
Universe of Life We can't disguise When our faces show the fear that is…
Victoria Turning over again Here for another day Still the thoughts…
W.I.T She's looking good in a new towel, Looking clear in the…
W.I.T. She's looking good in a new towel, Looking clear in the…
Waiting for Changes Office blocks, corner shops, traffic jams on every street, t…
Waterfall They wanna see where they don't see Put my hand in…
Wating For Changes Office blocks, corner shops, traffic jams on every street, t…
We Are People What do you say? What do you think about miracles? Miracles …
We Are the People What do you say? What do you think about miracles? Miracle…
We Can't Rewind You're just a face in the crowd A tiny hole in…
We the Electronic See us on the underground Packed up in our sardine cans Tail…
When It All Breaks Down Reach out, hear us Calling, as we're left Twisting from a wi…
White Lines I've been waiting Waiting for someone to call My body's achi…
Who's the Enemy We're running away Further away 'cause we won't take this …
Whooey We can't keep pissing in the wind Bleaching holes in perfect…
Windmill Watching the waves roll in The sails of a windmill spin You…
Wishing for the Sun Lying on a bed Flying in my head Wishing for the sun Don'…
Wit She's looking good in a new towel, Looking clear in the…
World Asleep Feel like me Cut away my skin The blood on the tap…
Yesterday I Went Too Soon Sitting in today Watching traffic buzzing by And faces clo…
Yesterday Went Too Soon Sitting in today Watching traffic buzzing by And faces closi…
You Settle down, let's make the most of living Straighten out th…
You're My Evergreen The words we say old flowers fade away Remember yesterday wi…
Youth I found this corner in my mind A homage to youth…
Chris
on Sonorous
I swear I hear some chords from Child In You - guessing this is intentional?