Sadly, the future is no longer what it was

by Leyland Kirby

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northboundlights This is a journal of loss. A journal of loss for a life that wasn't meant to be, a journal of tragedy of a never-ending ache for a future that never came, a journal of acceptance for still being able to enjoy the brightness of life. Favorite track: Stralauer Peninsular.

hakr0cat Music in its purest form. The soundscape and atmosphere is nothing but beauty and I love every second of this album. True, raw emotion, and I would strongly recommend listening to if you are the type to bang your head against the wall of music (life.) Favorite track: We all won that day, Sunshine.

scarlet vixen An earnest encapsulation of loss and recovery. Favorite track: The sound of music vanishing.

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An opus of loss, desire and bewilderment at current situations. What happened to the future we were promised and promised ourselves ? Is this the soundtrack of a World in decline ?

Recorded in Berlin in the Winter of 2008 and spread over twenty tracks this release could be seen as epic in all senses of its sound and vision.

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	1.	When we parted my heart wanted to die (Friedrichshain memory) 15:00
	2.	The sound of music vanishing 11:09
	3.	The beauty of the impending tragedy of my existence 07:30
	4.	And as I sat beside you I felt the great sadness that day 12:46
	5.	Tonight is the last night of the World 09:25
	6.	To the place between the twilight and the dawn 20:15
	7.	When did our dreams and futures drift so far apart 09:47
	8.	Not even nostalgia is as good as it used to be 09:35
	9.	Sadly, the future is no longer what it was 20:21
	10.	Stay light, there is a rainbow a coming 12:11
	11.	And nothing comes between the sadness and the scream 06:54
	12.	I've hummed this tune to all the girls i've known 12:42
	13.	Not as she is now but as she appears in my dreams 06:55
	14.	Memories live longer than dreams 08:34
	15.	Don't sleep I am not what I seem, i'm a very quiet storm 13:14
	16.	A longing to be absorbed for a while into a different and beautiful World 13:17
	17.	Days in the wildnerness 04:14
	18.	Stralauer Peninsular 16:53
	19.	We all won that day, Sunshine 12:42
	20.	And at dawn armed with glowing patience, we will enter the cities of glory (stripped) 10:46

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released September 1, 2009

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Leyland Kirby Manchester, UK

I wanted to be a bumblebee when I was a child.

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