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Paint The Ground

by The Junipers

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1.
Look into My river and your eyes will glow. Wrap up or you'll shiver where the waters flow. Look into My river. Bow your head down low. Wrap up or you'll shiver when the cold winds blow.
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He had come as a nature son with tales he stole from the scarecrows tongue. Him wear flowers when he come. They were gathered by everyone. Dandelion Man. He and followers dance at noon. Holding hands they sing his tune. Left that night he'll be back soon. Heading off to the light of moon. Dandelion Man.
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Wait here I won't be long. Feed My goldfish while I'm gone away. I hope you don't have trouble when you're sleeping without me next to you. I saw you from the train, in the clouds and everywhere was you. I always dream of you.
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As I sit on this hill like the man on the mountain. I think like him and know how he feels. It floods my head. I drown. I drown There's a place in my mind where the mountains recall me. They roll through clouds in my reverie. I trace the steps I found. Ahhhh. I am like him I know how he feels. It floods my mind, I'll drown. I drown.
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Walking round a humble town, where a golden dome surrounds it's silent folk. Creeps up and paints the ground. Melts the mountain snow and rises as we go. People say the pouring rain hadn't stopped for days then vanished in the haze. Out came the warming rays, they breathed into their souls and let the feeling flow. Burns down, we turn around facing what we know will be the final blow. No sound within the town. When the light is low where do the people go?
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Deer bound and seasons fair. Trees crowned with vernal air.
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Brush the dust under your mat, an Autumn breeze takes care of that. Take a stroll when you're done in golden fields in golden sun. Golden sun. When you say a life at Sea is good for all it's not for me. I'll be calling everyone to golden fields in golden sun. Golden sun. If you long for pastures new, you'll find your friends won't follow you. Call on us and we will run through golden fields in golden sun. Golden Sun.
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Could you hear my call from these crumbling dunes? I'll be on the shore where I will wait for you. Doo da doo da doo da doo da doo da doo da doo. I will seize your skin and keep it safely stored. Watch you while you swim by the moonlit shore. Doo da doo da doo da doo da doo da doo da doo. Return to the Sea, we've had so much fun. Please wave as you leave for the setting sun. Doo da doo da doo da doo da doo da doo da doo.
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Every morning by the water you will find me there. On the breeze the dandelions ride the country air. Winds are turning with the wheel Suns refection glares. Weeping willow, branches hanging bare. Feel the sorrow by the water. All it's sweetness gone. Left behind a weepy shadow keeps it rolling on. Winds are turning with the wheel, Suns reflection glares. Dandelion ride the country air. Ooooooh.
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The Jamesons were a family and they kept things to themselves. They lived up in the Valley by the apple tree and well. Their daughter dreamed of Hamlin. She's the piper of the town. Such a quiet family. Keep an ear to the ground. The Jamesons were a family and they kept things to themselves. The locals of the valley never liked them, you could tell.
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Pearly Home 02:24
Well you've been very and the milks smelling strong. Every bulb in every room needs to be renewed. We can start right away, and we'll work hard every day then we'll sit back when it's done. In our pearly home. In the middle of the night or at some point in the night see the starry Summer skies fill the pupils of our eyes. We can do as we please, we'll have blossom covered trees and a pathway through the grove near our pearly home. There's a three legged chair but neither of us care, we'll just sit down on the floor, in the morning find some more. There's no spiders in the shed and we've got good times ahead and a place to call our own in our pearly home.

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"An elegant delight. Sunshine harmonies throughout, jangly acoustic guitars and psych folk feel. This is one totally accomplished whole" - Knights of Fuzz Book

"Where folk rock collides with pop's soft mesh and shades of psychedelia. This album is a thing of beauty. A panoply of bliss filled vistas" - Shindig! Magazine

Review of Paint The Ground courtesy of Mof Gimmers (NME, Twitter, The World).:

The greatest band in the whole wide world have got a new album. That’s right, supreme psychedelicists, The Junipers, are following up their debut LP ‘Cut Your Key’ with the wonderful, enchanting, downright POSITIVE longplayer, ‘Paint The Ground’.

Get that? A totally non-cynical, upbeat LP! How deeply unfashionable to be cheerful in the face of such unrelenting worldwide gloom.

The question is, have The Junipers pulled it off? Have they managed to top their near-perfect debut album?

With a shuffle in the line-up, there’s concern for we, the gasping fanboys, the sound could differ from the Pepperland of their opening gambit. However, within in seconds of LP opener, ‘Look Into My River’, the nagging dissipates into the ether. Fact is, The Junipers haven’t changed. Much.The perennial sunshine is still there, and once again, they’ve somehow timed their release with a bout of decent weather, meaning that, unequivocally, The Junipers need to be paid by the government to exist and constantly record, ensuring that Britain is constantly in a state of clement weather.

Someone. Quick. Make this happen.

Like their first release, ‘Paint The Ground’ is a tapestry of folk, psych, bubblegum, good vibrations and pocket-symphonies. ‘Phoebus Filled The Town’, ‘Song To Selkie’ and ‘Willow And The Water Mill’ are The Junipers doing what they’ve always done best, which is to create joyous, easy indie-pop – pants rolled up, wriggling toes in a stream.

And yes, granted, that sounds more twee than a basket filled of tweed owls, but there’s a more muscular side to The Junipers that stop them from being the latest drippy ukulele enthusiasts destined to provide a soundtrack to a pro-biotic yoghurt. The drugged, coming-up ambiance that emanates through the album guarantees you won’t vomit with sugar-overload.

Elsewhere, surefire single contender, ‘Dandelion Man’ sees the band displaying their cajones more than before, turning the amps up to warm fuzz, not to mention an almost foot-on-the-monitor moment that comes with the guitar solo in ‘In My Reverie’.

Fact is, there aren’t many better, more inventive bands around that The Junipers. They’re bold without over egging it and have an ear for a melody that is obviously indebted to McCartney when he left the Beatles and took up recording in a shed, as well as that glorious slow funk of the Small Faces ‘Autumn Stone’ and Neil Young Harvest-era, without wallowing in self-imposed pity or pointless analysing.

In pop music, the hardest trick in the world is to convincingly convey a shot of positivity, so often succumbing to forced fun. Likewise, capturing the mood of the ’60s is nigh-on impossible, with most groups growing Fab Four mops or flinging out tired Byrdsian pap. The Junipers understand what made the ’60s so creatively fun without ever forgetting what constitutes a great pop song.

They’ve captured the mood, not to mention the hearts of anyone with a decent pair or ears. The Junipers are back and, in a just universe, we’d hand the keys to the world to them because they can do no wrong. Until then, ‘Paint The Ground’ has come to improve your summer three millionfold.

Get on board.

credits

released March 3, 2012

Joe Wiltshire (harmonies, guitar, bass, keys, zither), Robyn Gibson (Vocals, guitar, autoharp, b-string-bender), Peter Gough (guitar, percussion), Ash Seldon (Bass, harmonies, guitar, percussion), Stuart Pratt (Drums, harmonies, percussion, glock).

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The Junipers Leicester, UK

The Sun doesn't shine too much in Leicester, but its warming rays can be felt all over The Junipers music.

This cosmic pop outfit are a breath of fresh air. They create a wall of sound by utilizing their collection of antique and modern instruments. Mixing harmonies and melodies pulled from a broken heart.

Pete Gough, Joe Wiltshire, Robyn Gibson, Ash Selden * Ben Marshall.
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