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In the Realms of the Mercury Halo

by Max Davies

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1.
Trust 04:48
Trust it don’t come easy Yes it’s harder than doubt When it all falls to pieces Belief will come about But it’s alright Yes it’s alright To trust To trust Faith it breaks up quickly with all that’s going down Ride the waves of reason When you’ve lost the ground But it’s alright Yes it’s alright To trust To trust Trust it moves so slightly Yes it’s in then out Taste it in the moment Feel it come about But it’s alright Yes it’s alright I said it’s alright To trust To trust Oooh to trust To trust Surrender to the moment one more time Surrender to the moment one more time Surrender to the moment one more time Surrender to the moment one more time
2.
Beyond 04:36
Amidst this devastation Ecstatic glow ascends Moving from each station Another way descends This silence shrieks so slightly You've moved beyond the stars O prettiest of fathers A heart between us all The snarling gears of ages The secrets of our sins Once a certain feeling Helped us all to win A shadow and a sine wave A symbol and a smile A neon moment shining For just a little while And now it's time To fall outside again Where energy Rises and begins You're riding high Shed the pain of skin Beyond it all again The waves of love deliver What the mind cannot Black and white they tangle Between a million knots But you, you fed the heroes You, you gilt the kings For every twisted echo Your light beat the wing And now it's time To fall outside again Where energy Rises and begins You're riding high Shed the pain of skin Beyond it all again
3.
Black/ Light 04:58
Don't Don't believe Everything that you think Thoughts rushing through Some are black and some are blue And now it's time you aimed for the light Light Light Light Aim for the light Light Light Light Aim for the light Don't Don't you feel? The love we need to heal coming in Fears crying out Release the hate Release the doubt And now it's time you aimed for the light Light Light Light Aim for the light Light Light Light Aim for the light Moving to another plane Never coming back again Shine a light into the dark Trust your heart to find the spark Won't Won't you see? The gold illuminating everything When darkness tangles you Nothing's easy Nothing's true And now it's time you aimed for the light Light Light Light Aim for the light Light Light Light Aim for the light Light Light Light Aim for the light Light Light Light Aim for the light
4.
Auf Mind 04:41
Sun is simply shining On the son Space is slowly bending From the one No mind outside the mind No mind No time behind the time No time Everything is alright Alright Ebb and flow with the tide With the tide Wind is gently coursing Over the sand Peace is surely spreading across the land No mind outside the mind No mind No time behind the time No time Everything is alright Alright Ebb and flow with the tide With the tide On the coast of nothing Sky meets sea On top of mind and being Here we are free No mind outside the mind No mind No time behind the time No time Everything is alright Alright Ebb and flow with the tide With the tide
5.
Atom/ Star 04:10
Answers are vague and really no one knows Whatever may come And whatever may go Some things coming up And other things they flow And the the things that remain are headed for the shore All that we are is all we are From the atom to the star All that we are is all we are from the atom to the star All that we are is all we are from the atom to the star All that we are is all we are from the atom to the star Whispers are soft And calming to the mind Where ever we are Is watched from the inside One thing's coming out Another's moving far The days that move in Make the waves who we are All that we are is all we are From the atom to the star All that we are is all we are from the atom to the star All that we are is all we are from the atom to the star All that we are is all we are from the atom to the star
6.
Wonder 04:13
You always wonder What the day will bring Always wonder at the skies Another moment rushing past again Another moment passing by Let's try and feel beyond the rain Let's try and make it through the night Everything's coming round again Everything's gonna be alright Nothing brings me down again Nothing keeps this fear alive You often wonder when the night will end You're often blinded by the lights Between the spaces in the time again Between the spaces passing by Let's try and feel beyond the rain Let's try and make it through the night Inside the moment Outside the pain There's nothing wrong Nothing to fight Everything's coming round again Everything's gonna be alright Nothing brings me down again Nothing keeps this fear alive
7.
Pudel 03:34
Soaring on Higher and higher We must go on Higher and higher A man like me Breaks too easy Inside you'll see The fear of freedom Chasing thoughts That lead to nowhere I come undone But there's no reason My crazy mind Is tied and tethered To thoughts unkind Like tar to feather I'm soaring on Higher and higher We must go on Higher and higher Soaring on We must go on Higher and higher
8.
Leaving 03:25
Something always seems to come up Something's always going down Belief precedes the mind in thinking Of all this fear that's going round Forget your mind Forget your feeling Release these moments once again The beauty coming through's revealing There's no returning where you been Leaving everything behind Whoa Hey hey Everything seems to work in circles Everything seems to move in waves Up and down that's how we create Or at least that's what they say Leaving everything behind Leaving everything behind Leaving everything behind
9.
Soft/ Sigh 03:38
No, I can't explain I try and I try All these thoughts remain Night after night Got to ride the wave Soft as a sigh What's it gonna take To roll with the fright? No, I can't explain I try and I try All these thoughts remain Night after night Got to ride the wave Soft as a sigh What's it gonna take To roll with the fright?
10.
Spliff 05:17
Afraid of being afraid When you linger in the past of once what came Afraid of being afraid Where there's nothing really gone and nothing gained Breathing in Breathing out All the same We're all breaking down We're all breaking down again Some you win Some you hate Some you play Well you're moving on Yes your moving on again Afraid of being afraid When you linger in the past of once what came Afraid of being afraid When there's nothing really gone and nothing gained Breathing in Breathing out All the same We're all breaking down Yeah we're breaking down again Some you win Some you hate Some you play Well we're moving on Yes we're moving on again Afraid of being afraid When you linger in the past of once what came Afraid of being afraid Well there's nothing really gone and nothing gained Everything's coming Everyone's coming up Everything's coming Everyone's coming up Up Up Up Everything's coming Everyone's coming up Everything's coming Everyone's coming up Up Up Up Everything's coming Everyone's coming up Everything's coming Everyone's coming up Up Up Up Everything's coming Everyone's coming up Everything's coming Everyone's coming up Up Up Up
11.
Living Love 07:16
When you get your shit together That's when the ghosts they come around Nothing's permanent or perfect But this light it still abounds I always thought that when I grew up Then I'd have it figured out But now I know we're all just searching For something to wash away this doubt When midnight whispers something awful Where you gonna run and hide? Where you gonna find some answers From what's creeping up inside? But just where you put your focus Is just where your mind will lead When the fear is pulling backwards That's when love can come in need Just a twinkle in the eye Onward always moving forward to the dawn When you come to realize Now is all we have and then we're moving on All we ever really wanted Is to hear that it's alright But all we see or hear is clouding Up our hearts and minds with fright Maybe no one ever told us? Magic happens every day Maybe it's time that someone said so So believe in what you say Just a twinkle in the eye Onward always moving forward to the dawn When you come to realize Now is all we have and then we're moving on Living love is coming down Living love is coming round Living love is coming down Living love is coming round Living love is coming down Living love is coming round Living love is coming down Living love is coming round...

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In The Realms of The Mercury Halo is the newest release from musician/ producer Max Davies on the NYC based label: Fast Speaking Music. It features 11 eclectic Pop/ Rock songs with a strong electronic influence.

In The Realms Of The Mercury Halo was primarily recorded at Electric Meadow studio and features performances by guest vocalists Donnie Mortimer (Duncan Shiek) and Alexandra Schwan (Gregory Alan Isakov) who add a depth of feeling and skill that filigrees the production with a soulful depth and dynamic emotional range.

The album forges a powerful amalgam of vibrations and acoustic soundscapes. It reflects the current zeitgeist that the Western world currently embodies. One where sophisticated technology and hi-fidelity intermingle with the basic magic of the creative human spirit.

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released August 24, 2018

All songs written, produced, performed, engineered and mixed by Max Davies and Jonas Leuenberger
Recorded at Electric Meadow Studio
Mastered by Vinoth Vasanthakumar at Why Not Rec

Max Davies: Vocals, Rhodes, guitars, bass, melodica, glockenspiel, percussion, synths, keys
Jonas Leuenberger: Drums, Beats, percussion, programming, synths, Rhodes, vocals
Alexandra Schwan: Vocals on Trust, Spliff and Living Love
Donnie Mortimer: Vocals on Auf Mind and Living Love
Adelia Leuenberger: Vocals on Soft/ Sigh

Cover photo: Max Davies
CD photo: Toni Oswald
Cover Design Jonas Leuenberger
Dedicated to the memory of David Bowie
C&P 2018 Maximilian G. Davies & Jonas Leuenberger, Gampo Magick Publishing

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Songwriter, guitarist and producer. Max Davies has been featured in: Artforum; Guitar World & Guitarist magazines; Centre Pompidou, the American College Dance Festival, Naropa University, and on numerous albums and films. He has worked with Thurston Moore, Anne Waldman, Lydia Lunch, CA Conrad, Toni Oswald, Clark Coolidge, Cecilia Vicuna, Eleni Sikelianos Gregory Alan Isakov, and more. ... more

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