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Thistles [Single]

by Jack Cookson

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Well the morning is sore, the morning is exposed, in the morning I awake with my pillow case stained red. 
Next time I’ll just put myself in the washing machine, for a contorted baptism at 30, maybe 40 degrees. 
‘Cause after all I’m a citizen of Europe’s congestion capital, but I can weave between those cars on my Diamond Back Sorrento. When I left Plymouth I watched those hills slowly turn to plains, as I crawled up the South West face of this island I call malaise. 
I’ve been chewed up and spat out by a behemoth called Bristol. Landed in a thicket somewhere far away, and I’m still picking out thistles. Oh, I am still picking out thistles. By the afternoon I’m feeling some sunny spells of calm for I have walked my black dog into a fitful stirring slumber. So we can go walk in that field we always thought would be nice to go walk in when we saw it from the window of a First Great Western train. You’ve been chewed up and spat out by a behemoth called Bristol. Next to me in a thicket somewhere far away, and you’re still picking out thistles. Oh, I am still picking out thistles too. So if nothing in this life moves us quite so much as music and misery, lets marry the two by moonlight, and self-indulgently sing ourselves to sleep. We’ve been chewed up and spat out by a behemoth called Bristol. We landed in a thicket somewhere far away, and we’re still picking out thistles.
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Produced and performed by Jack Cookson, featuring...

Brogan Bowden - cajon
Calvin Thomas - backing vocals
(calvinthomas.bandcamp.com)

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released June 17, 2017

Mastered by James Trevascus at Invada Studios.
(www.invadastudios.com)

Cover shot by Ryan Sharpe.
(instagram.com/ryansharpedp/)

Design by John Primmer.
(instagram.com/primmstergram/)

This single was recorded in various makeshift studios across the South West of England. Thanks to everyone who gave brutal feedback on this song during its writing and recording processes - particularly Chris Webb, Pete Waterman, Nicky Walker, Ryan Sharpe, Zoe Alker, Sydney Christie, Calvin Thomas, Mum & Dad, and of course the FTI gang. You're all rad.

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Jack Cookson Bristol, UK

Singer-songwriter / Producer / BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Nominee

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