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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World Coming Down
Ashbury Heights Lyrics
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Make believe was to defend
Another day
Another year
Against the multitudes of fear
As heaven lost it's will to kill
Since the day our earth stood still
Another swirl
Defiling every boy and girl
Our world is coming down
I see the signs
They're all around
All around
Like footprints on the ground
An infant cradling in the dirt
In spite of those who gave her birth
Lucifer
Is gaining girth
The sacrifice has lost it's worth
Crucified upon a screen
Death becomes a picture dream
Another lie
Another stone
To push us further down below
Our world is coming down
I see the signs
They're all around
All around
Like footprints on the ground
The Ashbury Heights song "World Coming Down" presents a bleak outlook on the state of the world. The lyrics convey a sense of helplessness as the world seems to be collapsing before the singer's eyes. The first verse reveals a disbelief that the world could actually end, and a sense that people have been living in a state of make believe to protect themselves from this possibility. The line "Against the multitudes of fear" suggests that fear has been a predominant force in the world, perhaps preventing people from confronting the problems facing them.
The second verse continues this theme of decay and despair, with the lines "Our world is coming down / I see the signs / They're all around." The focus turns to the individual, represented by "an infant cradling in the dirt," who is left to suffer in a world that has grown indifferent to its problems. The line "Lucifer is gaining girth" implies that evil is on the rise, and the "sacrifice" has lost its meaning. The final lines of the song suggest that we are burying ourselves under lies and stones, pushing ourselves down into the abyss.
Overall, the song paints a picture of a world in decline, where people have lost their sense of purpose and the forces of darkness are on the rise. It is a provocative and challenging vision that offers little in the way of hope, but demands that we confront the problems facing us with open eyes.
Line by Line Meaning
Who would have thought the world could end
The world's constant decline is unexpected and alarming
Make believe was to defend
People resort to imagining to avoid facing reality
Another day
Each day brings more negative developments
Another year
Even the passage of time has not halted the world's descent
Against the multitudes of fear
People struggle to overcome their collective anxieties
As heaven lost it's will to kill
The natural order has become disrupted and unproductive
Since the day our earth stood still
The world has become stagnant and unchanging
Another dance
Society continues to engage in meaningless distractions
Another swirl
People are caught up in a cycle of destruction
Defiling every boy and girl
The purity of young people is being corrupted
Our world is coming down
The world is quickly falling apart
I see the signs
Evidence of this decline is everywhere
They're all around
No one can escape the effects of the world's destruction
Like footprints on the ground
The evidence of what's happening is as clear as footprints on the ground
An infant cradling in the dirt
Even young, innocent life is not spared from the world's devastation
In spite of those who gave her birth
Even society's creators cannot protect the vulnerable
Lucifer
Evil and darkness are growing stronger
Is gaining girth
The negative forces in the world are expanding
The sacrifice has lost it's worth
The suffering and sacrifices people make are no longer effective
Crucified upon a screen
The world's problems are amplified and distorted by media
Death becomes a picture dream
Death and destruction are so normalized that they seem like a fictional concept
Another lie
The truth is being hidden and buried
Another stone
Society is continuously piling on more burdens and challenges
To push us further down below
The weight of the world is suffocating us
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ANDERS HAGSTROEM
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