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from Concrete Country by Madelyn Read

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    Madelyn Read's debut album "Concrete Country" on white vinyl. Comes with lyrics and liner notes on inner sleeve.

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Written by Madelyn Read

lyrics

Sunsets glowing off the windows of condos
As we drive into downtown
My father always likes to share which buildings were right there
When he was growing up

Those warehouses still standing but just barely holding on
Weren’t breweries or slated for the wrecking ball

My mother tells me that my childhood home
Has aged but 90 years
Built from solid wood of ancient trees that used to
Stand right here

I listen to the cars on the road
Like they’re the river running past my house
The one that my grandmother once played upon
The one that flows in pipes beneath the ground

The world I look at now made of concrete and glass
Seems so set in stone as if it’s all we have

Once a year I walk out on the bridge
To look at the city’s towers
Skyscrapers triangulated by the railroad
And buildings following an ancient shore

A landscape carved, in part, by a history older than time
And one that is too recent to permit its lies

credits

from Concrete Country, released May 19, 2023
Jamison Ko - percussion
Sydney Tough - upright bass
Katie Stewart - fiddle
Yamil Chain-Haddad - electric guitar
Madelyn Read - vocals & acoustic guitar
Backing vocals - Savannah Read & Bruiser the cat

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Madelyn Read Vancouver, British Columbia

Though she may have spent her whole life in the city of Vancouver BC, Madelyn’s heart is in the rural tales of Folk/Americana music. This duality of urban and country is ever present in her music, as she pulls inspiration from Folk/Americana groups like I’m with Her, Joni Mitchell, and First Aid Kit and blends these sounds with lyrics about growing up in an urban centre. ... more

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