{"title":"Digital Download","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"vinyl-spinning-digital-download","title":"Vinyl Spinning - Digital Download","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"trackInfo\" class=\"leftColumn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackInfoInner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eThe second single from my sophomore EP \"Gossip From A Coastal Town\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis song was written whilst looking across the sea from my home in Cornwall at little houses glowing in the night – thinking about how people that once lit up your whole room, over time become just little lights in the distance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI wanted it to reflect the sound and magic of coastal towns so we recorded live ocean sounds from my local beach that now sit under the entire mix and we got a local shanty band (shanty bass!) to record backing vocals which you can hear in the final chorus and outro.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was written by me, produced by CJ Pandit and mixed by Jamie Ward. \u003cbr\u003eIt features backing vocals from Shanty Bass and mandolin from Samuel Glazebrook. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI hope you like it!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"lyrics-label\"\u003elyrics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData lyricsText\"\u003eI swear I thought I saw a glow, from your house across the bay.\u003cbr\u003eI wondered if you had come home, then I wondered why you didn't say.\u003cbr\u003eOh isn't it strange how everything changes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI swear I thought I saw a flush, from the skin beneath your cheek.\u003cbr\u003eI wondered if you'd heard a joke, then I wondered if the joke was me.\u003cbr\u003eOh isn't it strange how everything changes yet stays the same.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCos when I left there was vinyl spinning and indents on the couch, I feel the shape of you I still feel your lips on my mouth.\u003cbr\u003ePeople singing, but they make no sound, I hear the noise of it, it rattles round my head even now. Aching hearts and tangled bones, god I still reach out for you even when I'm alone it's just vinyl spinning and indents on the couch, I feel the shape of you, even though its over now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI thought I was a damaged girl, that this cut too deep beneath my skin.\u003cbr\u003eA paper cut to someone else, was to me so staggering.\u003cbr\u003eBut in writing it down, it's like I finally worked it out.\u003cbr\u003eAnd isn't it strange, how I can love you and still walk away?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCos when I left there was vinyl spinning and indents on the couch, I feel the shape of you I still feel your lips on my mouth.\u003cbr\u003ePeople singing, but they make no words come out. I hear the noise of it, it rattles round my head even now. Aching hearts and tangled bones, god I still reach out for you even when I'm alone it's just vinyl spinnin and indents on the couch, I feel the shape of you, even though its over now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGod I still reach out for you even when I'm alone.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData lyricsText\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003eCredits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003eReleased June 24, 2026\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Essy Sparrow\u003cbr\u003eProduced by CJ Pandit \u003cbr\u003eMixed by Jamie Ward\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"license-label\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"license-label\"\u003eLicense\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"license\" class=\"info license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAll rights reserved\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Essy Sparrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58097937285384,"sku":null,"price":3.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/6726\/6824\/files\/a2474681961_10.jpg?v=1782478062"},{"product_id":"weddings-funerals-digital-download","title":"Weddings \u0026 Funerals - Digital Download","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"trackInfo\" class=\"leftColumn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackInfoInner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackInfo\" class=\"leftColumn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackInfoInner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eThis song is a gossipy, bitter anthem for anyone who has ever used humour as a way to deal with pain. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough much of it is exaggerated (never let the truth get in the way of a good song as they say) I wrote it last year after becoming aware that someone that I had had a difficult past with, wanted me to be at their wedding, after several years of no contact. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs I retold the situation to my friends, in slight disbelief, I couldn't help but find whole thing just very funny. I tried to imagine what going to this wedding would be like. Would I show up and be met with a room full of people that knew we didn't like each other? What would they say? Would I hate the whole thing and have to go home and cry? Perhaps I'd have one too many drinks and end up doing the worm in the middle of the dance floor and ruin the first dance... 💃 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut ultimately what sat behind my wall of humour was the feeling of hurt. That they wanted me to be there for their wedding, but they didn't really want me in their life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI said to my husband Tom as we walked home one night \"I know I'm really fun at a wedding, but I don't like feeling like I'm being wheeled out for weddings and funerals...\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand Tom responded with \"that would make a great name\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateEllipsis\"\u003e...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003ca\u003emore\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"lyrics-label\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"lyrics-label\"\u003eLyrics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData lyricsText\"\u003emagine me, eight months time, at a wedding that isn't mine, sitting with the ten girls who blocked me.\u003cbr\u003eImagine me, sitting there, watching all the white you wear, knowing I was red for months with the grief.\u003cbr\u003eI've built this life I've made it tall, had to process all you stole, made myself something better something free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo wheel me out for weddings and funerals, oh god aren't I fun for the night!\u003cbr\u003eand when the parties done and you've all had your fun I'll probably go home and cry!\u003cbr\u003eLet's not lie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKarma comes in special ways, like the day Fran called to say, you kept telling people we'd \"drifted\"\u003cbr\u003eI bet it's fun for you to frame everything in that way, you cant go to court if the crime's unlisted.\u003cbr\u003eYou cut me down, made me feel small, I held myself tight through it all, now you're asking me to throw confetti?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWell wheel me out for weddings and funerals, oh god aren't I fun for the night!\u003cbr\u003eand when the parties done and you've all had your fun you'll hate that I stayed all night, lets not lie...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGod, I know you're stupid, god, I know I'm fun, I once ached for a wedding but not this one.\u003cbr\u003eI'll turn water into wine I'll dance and I'll scream \"you were the problem, you were the problem not me...\"\u003cbr\u003ecos I'm perfect , no I'm perfect, no I'm perfectly fine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo wheel me out for weddings and funerals, oh god aren't I fun for the night.\u003cbr\u003eAnd when the parties done and you've all had your fun I'll probably go home and cry.\u003cbr\u003eCos I wish we never had this fight. I can't lie.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003eCredits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003eReleased May 8, 2026\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Essy Sparrow \u003cbr\u003eProduced by CJ Pandit \u003cbr\u003eMixed by Jamie Ward\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"license-label\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"license-label\"\u003eLicense\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"license\" class=\"info license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAll rights reserved\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Essy Sparrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58097946460424,"sku":null,"price":3.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/6726\/6824\/files\/a3777812600_10.jpg?v=1782478373"}],"url":"https:\/\/essy-sparrow.myshopify.com\/collections\/digital-download.oembed","provider":"Essy Sparrow","version":"1.0","type":"link"}