Falling Nine are an alternative, melodic rock duo who create music that fus… Read Full Bio ↴Falling Nine are an alternative, melodic rock duo who create music that fuses classic rock and pop influences with a modern approach. The band comprises of David Lydiard (vocals, guitars, keyboards) and Steve Watts (bass, guitars, keyboards and producer).
After two years of lineup changes, personal problems and a lot of frustration, Falling Nine have found themselves not only personally, but artistically. With band members coming and going for various between 2003 and 2005, the release of their debut EP Attempted Fate in 2006 and the firing of Jenny Jarman, who had shared vocal duties with David Lydiard on Attempted Fate, the band, now scaled down to a two-piece, have begun to find their sound.
Newly released cd All Paths Divide finds the pair flexing their creative muscle and expanding on the ideas that they only began to touch upon during previous release Attempted Fate. The multi-layered vocals that made Invisible a favourite are back in force, adding extra weight and counter melodies to the already strong songs and with Lydiard no longer sharing the lyrical and vocal spotlight, the bands latest output is a far more stronger and cohesive effort than the last.
Each of the six songs have been thoroughly worked over in production, each track painstakingly crafted to make it sound as good as it can be. The levels of production are infinitely higher this time around, with an assortment of instruments and noises adding something to each song, but it's the addition of multiple backing vocals to the majority of songs that make them stand out even more. Quicksand itself featuring around 90 voices all performed by Lydiard with the exception of about two or three that are performed by Steve Watts.
In Lydiard, Falling Nine have a tortured frontman who knows how to write melodic, catchy rock songs and who can deliver a rock solid vocal performance and in Watts they have their very own Brian Wilson, a man who will ring the neck out of a song in order to get the best out of it, and who won't stop until he gets the desired sound he is after.
After two years of lineup changes, personal problems and a lot of frustration, Falling Nine have found themselves not only personally, but artistically. With band members coming and going for various between 2003 and 2005, the release of their debut EP Attempted Fate in 2006 and the firing of Jenny Jarman, who had shared vocal duties with David Lydiard on Attempted Fate, the band, now scaled down to a two-piece, have begun to find their sound.
Newly released cd All Paths Divide finds the pair flexing their creative muscle and expanding on the ideas that they only began to touch upon during previous release Attempted Fate. The multi-layered vocals that made Invisible a favourite are back in force, adding extra weight and counter melodies to the already strong songs and with Lydiard no longer sharing the lyrical and vocal spotlight, the bands latest output is a far more stronger and cohesive effort than the last.
Each of the six songs have been thoroughly worked over in production, each track painstakingly crafted to make it sound as good as it can be. The levels of production are infinitely higher this time around, with an assortment of instruments and noises adding something to each song, but it's the addition of multiple backing vocals to the majority of songs that make them stand out even more. Quicksand itself featuring around 90 voices all performed by Lydiard with the exception of about two or three that are performed by Steve Watts.
In Lydiard, Falling Nine have a tortured frontman who knows how to write melodic, catchy rock songs and who can deliver a rock solid vocal performance and in Watts they have their very own Brian Wilson, a man who will ring the neck out of a song in order to get the best out of it, and who won't stop until he gets the desired sound he is after.
Black Widow
Falling Nine Lyrics
I hold it in my palm
The life that you hold dear
I twist the dagger in some more
Just to tease your fear
I play the tunes that soothe
The beast within your soul
I come on in to fill the void
To fill the gaping hole
Spinning around your mind again
Lost within a wall of confusion
Spinning a web of lies again
The Black Widow bites through the wounds
Beauty so pure that it touches me
Pulls me in and captivates my eyes
Beauty so deep that it crushes me
Thought of this makes me lose my mind
Beauty is so that it pushes me into a spin of sadistic daze
Pushing far down that it loses me
In dark and disturbing ways
Spinning around your mind again
Lost within a wall of confusion
Spinning a web of lies again
The Black Widow bites through the wounds
I'm helpless, I'm cracking
Feel broken and battered
Motionless, static, it shouldn't have happened
Spinning your web of lies again
The Black Widow bites through the wounds
Knelt down feeling the burn
Flesh open feels so raw
Why hurt myself with love
You said that I should open myself more
Give me your inner lust
Like giving me a loaded gun
Fragile and so messed up
Shoot myself with myself like I've always done
Spinning around your mind again
Lost within a wall of confusion
Spinning a web of lies again
The Black Widow bites through the wounds
I'm helpless, I'm cracking
Feel broken and battered
Motionless, static, it shouldn't have happened
Spinning your web of lies again
The Black Widow bites through the wounds
The life that you hold dear
I twist the dagger in some more
Just to tease your fear
I play the tunes that soothe
The beast within your soul
I come on in to fill the void
To fill the gaping hole
Spinning around your mind again
Spinning a web of lies again
The Black Widow bites through the wounds
Beauty so pure that it touches me
Pulls me in and captivates my eyes
Beauty so deep that it crushes me
Thought of this makes me lose my mind
Beauty is so that it pushes me into a spin of sadistic daze
Pushing far down that it loses me
In dark and disturbing ways
Spinning around your mind again
Lost within a wall of confusion
Spinning a web of lies again
The Black Widow bites through the wounds
I'm helpless, I'm cracking
Feel broken and battered
Motionless, static, it shouldn't have happened
Spinning your web of lies again
The Black Widow bites through the wounds
Knelt down feeling the burn
Flesh open feels so raw
Why hurt myself with love
You said that I should open myself more
Give me your inner lust
Like giving me a loaded gun
Fragile and so messed up
Shoot myself with myself like I've always done
Spinning around your mind again
Lost within a wall of confusion
Spinning a web of lies again
The Black Widow bites through the wounds
I'm helpless, I'm cracking
Feel broken and battered
Motionless, static, it shouldn't have happened
Spinning your web of lies again
The Black Widow bites through the wounds
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
Written by: David Lydiard
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