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Unravelling

by Channel D

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1.
Cat came in sat by the fire Log fell down flame rise Late night radio must have left it on Sound of sleep country blue Things I have heard beyond midnight Birds when disturbed sing with no light Yesterday it rained grass will grow Leaves are rustling storm on the way Goodnight said the moon to the stars' surprise Visions of destiny disappear Things I have heard beyond midnight Birds when disturbed sing with no light
2.
Derelict 02:37
I come from over there I am going God knows where I'll leave it up to him I am waiting to begin If he exists at all I'll be waiting for his call This can't be what he picked this place is derelict Birds were living in the eaves they've all flown the nest The tree will shed the leaves they'll be nothing left Winter all year round that's what they predict White noise is the sound this place is derelict Please don't remind me of mistakes I have made When I look behind me I see cradle I see grave Nobody sleeps round here no one dares to dream Hope has disappeared along with self-esteem They skies have turned to grey dirty nondescript I'll be on my way this place is derelict Please don't remind me of everything I've done wrong You're never ever gonna find me when I'm gone I'll be gone I come from over there I am going God knows where I'll leave it up to him I am waiting to begin If he exists at all I'll be waiting for his call This can't be what he picked this place is derelict
3.
Panic 03:05
Get on the train Going God knows where Trying to stay alive Till I get there Can't find my breath Nothing but death Can't find my breath Panic I'm on this train Certain to die People in pain all around me I can't see their eyes They nothing of me They can't see I can't breathe Panic My life is erased There can be no turning back How to escape Without throwing My head on the track Panic More people roll on Can I survive Can I hold on Till we arrive Nothing but death Can't find my breath Can't find my breath
4.
Stumbling 04:14
It's totally dark machine is humming A dog is barking and the pipes are rumbling I am listening what am I what am I missing I can't move I don't know what to do This is thee way that the night falls into another day So slow out of disarray I am fumbling trying to find the key on the shelf I am mumbling mumbling to myself There's a lock on the door that I can't find A clock is ticking in the hall I don't pay it no mind I'm trying to find the light at the end of the tunnel And I stumble yes I stumble Nobody safe this time of night say goodbye no one answer Listen to the horizon of my mind tree against the sky Sleep of knowing wind blowing branches are dancing And I'm praying to whom it may concern Nowhere to turn night or day Tomorrow is no more I'm trying to find the gift of sight Nothing nothing no light at all Where are you going someone say it's in my mind Get down on your knees and pray to whom it may concern What I've learned is there's nowhere to turn This is only what I expected so lonely disconnected Lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely disconnected Now I'm stumbling stumbling That's all I can do just trying to make my Make my way back to you and I'm stumbling
5.
Midnight in my dream It was midnight going down to the bay Nothing was coming through I had no words to say I was listening nothing coming through I was listening to Neil I was listening to St Thomas Because I know the way he feel Don't it make you feel so cold Don't it make you feel so old It's Christmas Only Christmas ain't Christmas to me There's lights and shining stars Colours on all the trees But something happened don't know where or when I think something happened to you But I know something happened to them Don't it make you feel so cold Don't it make you feel so old I was halfway to Blind River Broke down on the road Hitched a lift to the old junkyard Waiting to be towed We was going nowhere Twenty four the place to be First time I felt the cold Ice surrounding me Don't it make you feel so cold Don't it make you feel so old
6.
New Year's Eve I want to be like everyone Want to believe things I see Will be different from now on But everywhere I go no one wants to know I guess it must be New Year's Eve Take your time you will sign your life away Not long now make your mark another day Everywhere you turn a new way to burn I guess it must be New Year's Eve And the things I have forgotten Are the things I wanted to hold The promise of tomorrow brand new same old New Year's Eve rain beats down on my roof There's no defence My catching bowl will overflow where will it end Hope no fear another brand new year Another brand new same old And the clock ticks on and on thy will be done Ad the midnight bell will toll brand new same old Hope no fear another brand new year Another brand new same old
7.
Unravelling 04:05
I can feel the pain of the spider climbing up the train I am watching the ivy blow against the window in the rain I have been sleeping today my life is seeping away I don't know what is happening I am unraveling The sider is terrified in the parallel lines The shadows of the circle all around serve to remind him He spends his time travelling up and down He is unravelling The wind is haunting as it howls its messages to me I am standing in the daunting shade of the sycamore tree I have long since ceased to grieve So many leaves I can't breathe I live in a labyrinth Everything's unravelling Unravelling Out in the wilderness so cold Time isn't on your side you are told The train has broken down and the carriages are bare The words for what I found come from long ago No one wants to know what's there It's all unravelling Unravelling
8.
River 01:50
Ripple river River flow River Flow I see lightning Dead of night I see light So white No flower I see bee Minute hour Only me Happiness sorrow Either one Time tomorrow I be gone River River flow River River flow
9.
I just can't tell you You are too far away Can't seem to reach you Anyway there's probably nothing more I could say I get up switch on my radio We used to joke the news is all bad But at least it reminds me of all the years And just what we had Everything seems like nothing Nothing is what it seems Nothing is real it all just feel Pretty much like a dream I've got something strange inside me So blue it changes the light That is why I am living Living day for night I will always be with you Whatever comes into sight If you want me to I'll be watching you Every magic carpet ride You're gonna be fine you will be fine Your future is so bright It's me that's the problem I am living Living day for night I should be used to it by now The distance between everyone Sometimes I think you are the father And it's me who is the son We all have our own problems Mine is aching hold inside I'm kind of living Living day for night
10.
Empty the bottle you are bereft Lose your voice till there is nothing left You bought some time upon this earth You almost found a sense of worth Listen my friend what is that the sound of Listen to the end of love Kill the kindness in your eye Embrace the blindness you will find The book half-opened upside down In mud that once was hallowed ground Listen my friend what is that the sound of Listen to the end of love And so I lay me down to die And all the world is floating by And all that passes through is me and you I numb the pain what is will be the end The end again Again of love There is a song you will not hear It will never reappear The songs do not apply It is time to kiss them all goodbye
11.
Darkness my companion Where have you been I can no longer tell you Of the places I have seen Memory same old story Heart nothing more Mine eyes have seen the glory Turn to stone on the shore Heart going home Thought strings dangling out of reach End of light Somewhere far away part of me Hear someone say goodnight Light cannot find me Nor voices nor song Whatever is behind me Will soon be gone Heart going home Night train going downtown From the sea Senses all closing down Goodnight sleep tight me Heart going home

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A dark album holding a mirror up to our dark times, Unravelling, the second record from Channel D, makes for a wholly intoxicating listening experience. Reflecting an age where to switch on the news is to dare ourselves to face the scariest parts of a horror film, resulting in – for an increasing number of us – a state of high anxiety, these are 11 songs which speak of acute turmoil, whether personal or universal.

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released June 7, 2018

Produced by Tim Wills & Nick de Grunwald
Engineered & Mixed by Tim Wills
Recorded & Mixed by at The Situation Room, Hammersmith
Mastered by Tim Debney at Fluid Mastering

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Channel D London, UK

Channel D is writer-singer, visual artist and film-maker Nick de Grunwald, whose debut 2013 album Mosaic Of Disarray was described by Q magazine as offering “worldly lyrics, no little panache and a gritty edge” and by Uncut as “dark baritone story-telling”. Unravelling is a giant step forwards, being less a collection of songs and more a cohesive album-length statement. ... more

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