Originally, the duo consisted of Anders Hagström and Yasmine Uhlin. However, she announced her surprise departure from the band in Hamburg at the last concert of the Out Of line festival tour 2008.
Anders and Yazmine met in November 2005 and, upon discovering that they shared the same musical vision, decided to form a band. Their collaboration soon came to fruition with the release of a 9 track demo entitled "Angora Overdrive" after a very intensive month in the studio.
The second four track demo, "Parliament of Rooks", which was finished in February 2006, had a more refined sound compared to their first offering. They decided to send it to a few select labels because the reaction they got to the first demo was quite overwhelming. Having sent the demos on Monday, Ashbury Heights was contacted and contracted by German Out of Line records on Wednesday, only an hour after the label had received the CD. This probably makes Ashbury Heights one of the fastest signings in history. Several other labels expressed an interest in the band, but there was no bidding war as Out of Line moved so quickly.
Although having signed the famous German act "And One" at about the same time as Ashbury Heights, which ate a lot of the labels' resources, Out of Line wasted no time. The legendary producer John Fryer was brought on board to produce the promotional single "Cry Havoc" in April 2006, something quite unheard of in the world of the electronic underground. Very few bands in the synth-genre get to release promo-CDs (if any), and certainly no other band in modern synth-history has released a promo-CD produced by a celebrity of the likes of Fryer.
John Fryer would eventually mix their first album "Three cheers for the newlydeads". Released in october 2007, the debut album was recieved with overwhelming optimism from press and audience alike proving once and for all that Ashbury Heights truly is a force to be reckoned with.
In 2008 Ashbury Heights returned with the "Morningstar in a Black Car" EP, containing five new songs and four remixes. The EP received good reviews and helped keep up interest for the band. A video was made for the track "Spiders", a low budget affair which nevertheless managed to project some of the bands unique flair.
Ashbury Heights, with brand-new female vocalist Kari Berg, released their new album 'Take Cair paramour' on the 2nd of july 2010. In 2010, following a long running dispute between Hagström and the record label Out Of Line the band disbanded. This dispute was settled in 2011, whereupon Hagstöm and Out of Line renewed their collaboration. However, it took until 2013 for Hagström to find a new singer. The new singer is Tea F. Thimé, the first female to co-write lyrics for Ashbury Heights.
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I Can Kill You So Easily
Ashbury Heights Lyrics
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She's rating the wildlife
the lions, and asses
the pisces, and faux pas
And while she's sipping on her wine
Somebody drops a pickup line
Then with a face that sees right through
[Chorus]
I can kill you
I can kill you so easily
And if a bullet won't do
I can make you love me
[x2]
He's watching the fair sights
His blue eyes like search lights
Its so hard to shut up
Go nothing, she's too hot
Clutching an empty glass of wine
He drops a tired pickup line
Then with a face that sees right through
She offers him her point of view
[Chorus x2]
I can kill you
I can kill you, yeah
[x4]
And while she's sipping on her wine
Somebody drops a pickup line
Then with a face that sees right through
She offers him her point of view
[Chorus x4]
I can kill you
I can kill you, yeah
[x5]
The lyrics of Ashbury Heights' song "I Can Kill You So Easily" depict a woman who is evaluating those around her with a cold, calculating eye. She is "rating the wildlife" - assessing the people in her vicinity based on their attributes, likening them to lions, asses, Pisces, and faux pas (a French term for a social blunder or mistake). As she sips her wine, a man approaches her with a pickup line, but she sees right through him and offers him her own viewpoint. The chorus repeats the title phrase, with the addition of "And if a bullet won't do, I can make you love me."
The second verse follows a man who is similarly captivated by the woman and watching her "fair sights" with blue eyes like searchlights. He, too, attempts to approach her with a tired pickup line before being met with her piercing gaze and disarming honesty. Throughout the song, there is an underlying sense of danger and manipulation. The woman seems to wield a power over those around her, able to kill them effortlessly (whether with a bullet or by making them fall in love with her).
Overall, the song speaks to the idea of attractiveness as a weapon and the dangerous allure of those who possess it. It hints at themes of manipulation and control, as well as the potential destructiveness that can come with the desire for power and domination.
Line by Line Meaning
She's waiting, deciding
She's in a state of contemplation, waiting for something significant to happen, and deciding on what to do next.
She's rating the wildlife
She's assessing and categorizing the people around her and their behaviors as if they were animals in a wildlife exhibit.
the lions, and asses
the pisces, and faux pas
She's comparing humans to different types of animals and describing the social blunders and mistakes of the people she's observing.
And while she's sipping on her wine
Somebody drops a pickup line
Then with a face that sees right through
She offers him her point of view
She's watching a man flirt with her from across the room while she's sipping on her wine, but she can see through his intentions and responds to him with a blunt assessment of his behavior.
I can kill you
I can kill you so easily
And if a bullet won't do
I can make you love me
[x2]
The woman is dangerous in her own right and warns the man that she can either physically or emotionally destroy him if she desires to.
His blue eyes like search lights
Its so hard to shut up
Go nothing, she's too hot
The man has intense, searching eyes and is finding it difficult to control himself around the woman because he finds her incredibly attractive.
Clutching an empty glass of wine
He drops a tired pickup line
Then with a face that sees right through
She offers him her point of view
The man tries to initiate conversation with the woman by using a cheesy pickup line, but she once again sees through his facade and gives him a blunt response.
[Chorus x2]
I can kill you
I can kill you so easily
And if a bullet won't do
I can make you love me
The chorus repeats the woman's threat to the man, indicating that she has the power to either physically harm him or emotionally manipulate him to love her.
I can kill you
I can kill you, yeah
[x4]
The woman reiterates her threat of violence towards the man four more times, emphasizing her power and control in the situation.
And while she's sipping on her wine
Somebody drops a pickup line
Then with a face that sees right through
She offers him her point of view
The final lines of the song are a repetition of an earlier verse, indicating that the situation between the man and woman hasn't changed and the woman's power dynamics remain the same.
Contributed by Maya R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.