Cracking Skulls (Single)

by the DEAD SEA SOUND

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1.
'Cracking Skulls' I’m sitting here, I’m staring at the ceiling And your words are floating ‘round my head today And I can’t explain, I won’t explain this feeling Of what we were and what we are today Please tell me who I am and what you’re seeing Well, I can’t believe you’re laughing in my face And I sleep alone but always feel you breathing And I stretch my thoughts in longing for the days Someone’s sitting in my tree I’m falling, I’m crawling She will see what she wants to see I’m falling, I’m crawling And I’m laughing loud, I’m laughing at the people Is there really more to you than meets the eye? Or am I reading everything too deeply? Just don’t turn around and tell me I was blind! Someone’s sitting in my tree I’m falling, I’m crawling She will see what she wants to see I’m falling, I’m crawling I catch your eye And the world is turning in your head Just tell me why Is it how I feel or what you said? Well, I’m sitting here, I’m staring at the ceiling And your words are floating ‘round my head today And I can’t explain, I won’t explain this feeling Of what we were and what we are today Someone’s sitting in my tree I’m falling, I’m crawling She will see what she wants to see I’m falling, I’m crawling We’re cracking skulls We’re cracking skulls We’re cracking skulls We’re cracking skulls…
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'Is God In Tonight?' Love has no place here In this home Is your God in tonight? Will she hear my song? No one knows you Like I do And no one hears me Like you do It's been a long time now And I've wasted it all Kept myself under I don't dream anymore Don't pretend to Know what I think And don't pretend to Know what I mean Is God in tonight? Will you hear me sing? Is God in tonight? Love has no place here In my heart The same hands that held me Now tear me apart! No one knows you Like I do And no one hears me Like you do Is God in tonight? Will you hear me sing? Is God in tonight? Is God in tonight? Will you hear me sing? Is God in tonight?

about

‘Cracking Skulls’ is an infectious acoustic-driven slice of 80’s-style indie pop. Steeped in shimmering 80’s jangly indie guitar and 60’s Beatle-esque classicism, the song breezes along and builds to an almighty and explosive psychedelic crescendo. Subtly poetic with a sense of longing, this melodic pop song evokes ‘that’ lost summer but remains beautifully and unapologetically out of time.

'Cracking Skulls' is taken from the album 'His Lucent Girlfriends'.

The original mix of 'Is God In Tonight?' is available on the EP 'Momento Mori'.

credits

released July 28, 2023

Written, recorded and produced by Mark Butt
Trumpet and backing vocals on 'Cracking Skulls' by Clara Darcy
Recorded at The Grange, Northwich
'Cracking Skulls' mastered by Cefe Flynn
'Is God In Tonight? (Alternate Stem Mix)' mastered by The Dead Sea Sound
Cover star is Lara Rose Hancox
Photography by Robert John Watson
Cover layout by Tomahawk Design

The Dead Sea Sound would like to thank Jim Ward and Matthew Bolter

Publishing copyright: Sentric Music
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℗ 2023 Mamoritai Records
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the DEAD SEA SOUND Manchester, UK

The Dead Sea Sound is singer / songwriter Mark Butt.

Quintessential songcraft with beautiful dark melodies, lyrics of love, heartbreak and regret, haunting vocals and northern soulfulness.

Other-worldly indie pop/rock with a slight dash of electronica. At once the sound is cinematic in scope yet the songs extraordinarily intimate.
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