In The April Sun and This World Could Be So Much Fun

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1.	I Recall The Rain 02:19	lyrics	buy track
I recall the rain, the languid bitter flow. In the shadows of your garden. You, a picture of a peach.A picture book. You! A picture of you. I recall your hair You’d died it yellow And the frayed edges of your uniform I recall the rain And I still, still, still recall your mother’s name
2.	I Have No Answers 02:41	lyrics	buy track
But I have to say That I have some questions I feel bad to say I didn’t get your joke I can’t replace my feelings You raised up your hand But I have no answers for you No, I have no answers Yes I have to say That I have some problems I feel sad to say I didn’t get your gist I can’t locate my feelings You raised up your eyes But I have no answers for you No, I have no answers You raised up your hand But I have no answers for you No, I have no answers
3.	Hanging Around 02:48	lyrics	buy track
You’re on the run. You’re on the hunt my darling. I took a photograph before you caught me. And I will regret nothing at all with you hanging around. Padding around. And I will help you get over the finishing line. In the April sun. In the April sun there's something hanging in the air. The cloudless nothing. And I will regret not one thing at all. Hey there's no cars around! Just hanging around. And I will help you get over the finishing line.
4.	Hold It Together 03:03	lyrics	buy track
Climb up to the roof where it feels less impossible for me to hold it together. Hold it together forever. And I know what it means to be so impossible you're always looking for release to come I'll hold it together forever Falling from the roof and it falls quite impossible that I'm dreaming I'll hold it together forever And I know what it means to be so desparate you'll always look for someone else to blame I'll hold it together forever
5.	Submarine 02:35	lyrics	buy track
The kind of rain you feel will never stop, that’s gonna lock you home, shut up the windows, make you feel locked down. They put me down here, locked me in a submarine. They locked me in a submarine. They put me down. The kind of sun you never thought you’d see, that feels like you washed your face in a spring that ran from the highest hill.
6.	The Greatest Night We Ever Had 02:53	lyrics	buy track
I will raise a glass up in September. I promise you. But if you need a little help, I could use a little help too. The night that we became a fallen shape upon the basement stairs: We drank so much I put my foot through the door. You hiccuped through the night. You looked so sad. Temporarily forlorn. The greatest night we ever had.
7.	Wake Me Up 03:26	lyrics	buy track
Trouble waking up. Marie had to wake me. She had to shake me. She had to shape me up. We didn’t eat anything that morning. Trouble making up. May just surrender. Return to sender. I’ll break my fender up Sometimes days just seem too much. I know it’s not so easy I know it’s not so hard Ship me out to sea. Send a postcard. Send a reminder. Send me a photograph. I am too formless to function. Trouble at sea. Marie says I’m sinking. But I’m just thinking. I think she’s over me. I aim to float on like plastic.
8.	Minded To Stay 02:13	lyrics	buy track
I’ve got no thought of peeling off again, no-one’s gonna send me away. I put it down to being minded to stay. Put it out there. Get it back. I’m standing at the start of a big old heart attack. And I’m so happy to have you by my side. Pay it forwards. Learned to drive. I’m standing at the edge of a big old heart attack. And I’m so happy to have you by my side
9.	Homes 02:54	lyrics	buy track
I got home. There was a letter in an envelope. I opened it up: it said the house was being sold up. And I'll never know, never know how a home feels when alone. And I'll never know, never know the touch of my home's bones. I'm not home until I know her head to toe. They'll open her up, and by then the door will be shut. And I'll never know, never know how a home feels when alone. And I'll never know, never know the touch of my home's bones I got home. It was a home made of stones. And I'll never know, never know how a home feels when alone. And I'll never know, never know the touch of my home's bones.
10.	Lockdown 03:07	lyrics	buy track
I don't mind this lockdown. I've got everything I need. New life is coming, coming at such speed. You can't lock down the spring. There's life in every thing. I don't mind this lockdown. I've been like this for a while. At least there's no bombs falling, I think of you and I smile. You can't lock down the spring. There's life in every thing. I don't mind this lockdown. You can't lock down the spring.
11.	Added Up 02:05	lyrics	buy track
Breathing in and out with the pulse of the dial, and i recognise dragons chasing tails, I feel sad to say, I didn’t catch your name, but I added up the feelings, returned. Added up it all seems that I’m stitched at the seams, But I guess At least I added up. Stopped me dead and blinking in the back of the van, yes I have to say my breath is awfully slender. Sometimes feels like theft, Sometimes feels like longing I feel mad with joy for a while And you led me to the top of the clouds And I don’t think I’ll come back down. But you led me to the top of the clouds I don’t think I’ll come back down.
12.	In A Lifeboat 02:56	lyrics	buy track
In a lifeboat. If your lifeboat doesn’t come around soon, we’ll climb into you. I’m a clue. You were a lonely lonely lonely lonely girl. And I was bruised too. It’s best to check the tides before you swim. It’s best to know how deep it goes before you plunge in. In a lifeboat. You can lose if you choose; you better dry yourself right out before you loosen the loop. I’ll make a raft of myself and then I’ll drift on through. Or leave it to you. It’s best to check the tides before you swim. It’s best to know how deep it goes before you plunge in.
13.	Song for Laurie 01:08	lyrics	buy track
Laurie, I'm sorry. Things are a little messed up right now. Laurie, Don't worry. We're going to sort it out somehow. For all the things you're gonna do. For all the people who'll love you. So Laurie, Don't worry. We're gonna sort it out somehow
14.	Who Do You Love? 03:23	lyrics	buy track
Who do you love? If your lover bails. Who do you love? When there’s no-one there? All the seasons, They’ll keep you well. Darling you’ll get there in the end. Who do you think is responsible for the finishing line? For measuring time. All my letters: They’ll find you well. Darling you’ll get there in the end. And the feelings are impractical. Intractable. Tied to you. Who do you love? If your lover bails. Who do you love? When there’s no-one there?
15.	Driver 02:42	lyrics	buy track
The truth is I broke up what I was given. I left it all splintered and split In a dish by a fountain. Do you remember building it? Ain’t it true that you won’t meet again? No it’s not true. The truth is i’m a specialist liar. i’m a windowless driver.
16.	Train Song 03:53	lyrics	buy track
I know I’ve rather a lot to do today, like trains all pulling away. I guess there’s rather a lot to get confused. All pulling in different ways. But I know I’m coming back to you. I know I’m coming back to you. I don’t know when, I only know how. I watched a couple who looked on holiday. I waved my feelings away. I asked somebody about all the delays. I guess I’ll give it a day. But I know I’m coming back to you. I know I’m coming back to you. I don’t know when, I only know how.
17.	The Ballad of Assistant 03:37	lyrics	buy track
I am happy to help I only wanted to help Could you need me? Work is a waiting game. Life is a kind of play. Will you need me? And when you sleep will you ask me to stay with you? I’m so happy, so happy to help but you need to need me to. I’m so happy, so happy for you but I need you to be happy too. I am happy to help I only wanted to help Is that helpful? Because when you sleep I want you to stay with me stay with me? I’m so happy, so happy to help but you need to need me, too I’m so happy, so happy for you but I need to be happy too.
18.	Count Up Your Heart 04:04	lyrics	buy track
Count up your heart It's been with you since the start Count on your friends They'll have your back until the bitter end People, let's get together there's so much work to be done Crack my hands and salt my bones I'm a hired gun This world could be so much fun Count up your heart It's been with you since the start Count on your friends They'll have your back until the bitter end People, let's get together there's so much work to be done Crack my hands and salt my bones I'm a hired gun This world could be so much fun
19.	Ghosts 02:24	lyrics	buy track
Ghosts spark my thoughts of getting older How we used to dream after passion lust adventure Down among the ghosts Everybody knows What signals send a rainy road Folks still my fears of getting older Up amongst the ghosts learning knowing and forgetting words Down amongst the ghosts everybody sees what signals mourning? morning past the trees Down among the ghosts i hope you'll be with me what signals ending more than sharing sleep?
20.	Shooting The Moon 02:24	lyrics	buy track
There's a magic in laying a marker Time speaks with the flood weakened shore in the winding depths of my garden i’m planting heirloom blooms. I’m shooting the moon I’m shooting the moon my thoughts flow like mud on a creekbed in summer's long, heavy strides there’s drift implied in a harbour I’m shifting the moon
21.	I Wrote You A Letter 03:58	lyrics	buy track
I wrote you a letter to thank you for calling and saying that you couldn't stay I hope you're OK and you don't mind me saying things are not going so great it's a shame that the weather is so very grey it's a shame you aren't coming my way but i hope when I'm better you remember my letter I hope I’m not pressuring you i called you this once to say sorry for lunch and for acting so out of control but i hope I'll redeem your once high opinion of me and you invite me to come and see you again. Again.
22.	A Stitch In Time 02:08	lyrics	buy track
It's sweet, so bittersweet remembering mornings it's rich, so butter-rich to think of afternoon drinks a stitch, a stitch in time saves nine that's what they say but why can’t I read between the lines? dreaming, scheming, reeling, feelings it’s cool, suncream cool to think of days by the pool But it’s so, so natural to take your eyes off the ball a stitch, a stitch in time saves nine that’s what they say, but why can’t i read between the lines? dreaming, scheming, reeling, feelings dreaming, scheming, reeling, feelings
23.	Sugarcane 02:21	lyrics	buy track
I fail to sleep at night I walk into a hurricane I won’t go home again I walk through fields of sugarcane I'm waiting up all night I clutch your hand at night I think about that time in Spain Scrub out the photograph read some political campaign
24.	In This World 02:36	lyrics	buy track
Maybe, you've got it all made if you get back what you put in in this world. But I don't think that's how it works. I have a hard time Following lines. One foot sideways one half of the time. Sixteen chariots on the road, What year is this? What year is this? Amateur dramaticists. Darling put the brake on for me.
25.	I'll See You Online 03:56	lyrics	buy track
Well I guess this isn't our time I like your photos, you like mine Well I guess this isn't our time So I, I'll see you online. I'll see you online Well I guess this isn't our time I like your photos, and that's fine Well I guess this isn't our time So I will see you online. I'll see you online
26.	Never Gonna Lie 03:50	lyrics	buy track
And then she said "life weaves a mysterious web You won’t understand it til you’re dead So many things get left unsaid So many regrets" But I don’t mind getting old I don’t mind getting things wrong I just want to get on I just want to get on with you I know I know it’s time that I settle down Why does everything have to be a fight? Never gonna lie Never gonna lie Always gonna keep my powder dry Never gonna lie Never gonna lie Never ask you home at night
27.	Tarboro 03:15	lyrics	buy track
There's a town in North Carolina Where I'm from, sometime. Looking for a way to get home again but the planes are all down There's a wood, a wood on the outskirts where I buried my heart Looking for a way to get clear again there's a car in my mirror. Rotterdam to Tarboro - 12 hour flight Flooded out, sometimes Looking for a way to get clear again of complicated times It's a riverport town Dear North Carolina, where I'm from, sometime. Looking for a way to go back home again But the planes are all down
28.	Remember Me 06:20	lyrics	buy track
Darling take a picture Of this scene See how the horizon Bends up to the trees And I don't even know what kind of trees these are Growing up on the hill Someone put a bench there Head into the breeze Over at the river Hidden routes to sea Darling please come closer See how I'm a leaf I never saw the point of sculptures Never slept by the beach I don't remember daddy Sunken to his knees And there's a certain point Down by the sea Where I hope that you would remember me Darling take a picture Frame it for me I used to know your family tree Now I just love thee Spirits in the wintertime Frostbite in the spring If I wrote you a letter Would you just let it ring? And there's a certain point Down by the sea Where I hope that you would remember me

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TRACKS 1-16 IN THE APRIL SUN
TRACKS 17-28 THIS WORLD COULD BE SO MUCH FUN
(Downloaded files include cover art, a selection of lyrics and two articles about the LPs)

MANY MANY THANKS TO SUBJANGLE

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"Brighton has always delivered musically. The scene in the city of Brighton and Hove is hot right now – my (current and ever-changing) picks are Porridge Radio, Opus Kink, KEG, DITZ and Dream Wife, but let’s not forget Blood Red Shoes, Electrelane, 14 Iced Bears… (Oh, the list is too long I’ll have to make a playlist.) Whatever. The point is, I think Assistant deserves a spot on that list."
Simon White - UNSPUN HEROES

"A lush Stereolab meets Velvet Underground rhythmic reverie"
Mark Buckley - ANALOGUE TRASH

"Quirky, cerebral song-smithery"
- Joe Adhemar

"Lovely: sad, funny, melodic. Lou Reed channeling Camera Obscura"
- Joad Wren, author of ALL THE COLOURS YOU CANNOT NAME

"Feels like spending the day with your crush in a field of sunflowers on a sunny day"
- Janus 4-14

- "I hear bits of many favourite bands ... from Blueboy, The Blue Orchids, Felt, Galaxie 500, and more"
- Wally Salem, THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC

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releases May 21, 2024

All songs by Jonathan, Pete and Anne-Sophie

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Assistant Brighton And Hove, UK

Assistant formed in 2002 & made 2 LPs. Then they drifted out & in of each others’ lives, moved around, married, had kids, & noticed that they missed each other.

In the first lockdown, after many years apart, Jonathan, Pete & Anne-So started writing songs again.

Their music has been likened to Velvet Underground, The Blue Orchids, Galaxie 500, Stereolab & Felt, which they find very flattering. ... more

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