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The Rainbow's Tail (Debut EP)

by Psychedelic Blue Ox

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Mykhailo
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Mykhailo One of the greatest debuts of 2014!
Totally agree with FDJ's comment about this record - amazing songs!
Hope to hear more Ox soon. Favorite track: The Rainbow's Tail (9:50).
FDJ (Desert Psychlist)
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FDJ (Desert Psychlist) Blues based psych/hard rock that boasts superb vocals and stunning musicianship .These guys are more about the song than the riff but when the riffs kick in they're good 'uns. Favorite track: Life is What You Make of It (4:53).
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Slipping Away, Slipping Down (Crawford and Ives) The ground beneath me isn’t solid I feel unstructured and unstable If only I were able To cling on to something real I’ve lost all my certainties The things that defined me When nothing’s fixed and nothing’s real Every moment is surreal Now becomes a chance to heal I’d built castles made of sand With foundations of false hope Beliefs that couldn’t stand I feel out of control Like a man without a soul Slipping away, Slipping Down Shutting out suffering Trying to paper over cracks Now the papers rotting And I have to face the facts Now becomes a chance to heal. Seeing my reality In all its shades of grey Questioning my morality And the things I always say Now becomes a chance to heal. SOLO Seeing my reality in shades of grey and lost Morality is questioned, life once so embossed To escape to free, to validate my life Coming through history Guiding my knife I’d built castles made of sand With foundations of false hope Beliefs that couldn’t stand I feel out of control Like a man without a soul Slipping away, Slipping Down
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Life is What you Make It (Crawford and Ives) Remembering dreams lost so long ago Like glimpses of light through a shattered lens A mosaic of thoughts all jumbled and torn Weaving its way through a road full of bends Things never turn out the way that you want The high jumps and falls of life’s twists and turns Breaking the feeling of meaning and life Like running through fire and feeling the burns Life ain’t easy - it’s tough to stay afloat Keep your head up and search for the boat Life is what you make of it Struggle or rise above Life is what you make of it Choose to live and choose to take the glove Now dreaming is great but real life is better The highs and the lows are part of my growing To rise above is part of my living So I'll get back out there and restart my searching And living true to your dreams is closer than you think When all you need is to find yourself, find your missing link  Life is what I make of it I struggle but I rise above Life is what I make of it I'll choose to live. I'll choose to take the glove
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Sleep's Silent Dreams (Crawford and Ives) Sleep's silent dreams Thought I knew everything By life's daily memes My grip once solid now weakening Why stay in prison, the door is so wide open Why do you stay? Sleep's silent dreams Guiding me into a Way Sleep's silent dreams Helping me on this new day Experiences Ethereal Like waves upon the shore Suffering impermanent I never knew there could be more Stop acting small, you are the universe Stop acting small... Sleep's silent dreams Guiding me into a Way Sleep's silent dreams Helping me on this new day Seeing life so fresh with fewer bounds. Like frost-glaze edge on a summer's day As light so fair with crimson sounds Make beauty real as a rose bouquet! I need to search Not hidden but in plain view I was lost Now I start to see anew Re-unite, your soul with the world Re-unite!  Sleep's silent dreams Guiding me into a Way Sleep's silent dreams Helping me on this new day
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The Rainbow’s Tail (Crawford & Ives) As one we danced, but to different tunes In being, so close yet far apart Reunion was hoped and now attained You were there right from the start The colour of togetherness Is so bright, true and clear How it shows that my life's journey Was no more than poor veneer. Harmony... Integrating all the different parts of me, Unity.... Surrender to the moment, I can feel you near (Like) Mountains and streams with stars aligned Two lovers engaged, lives entwined The journey here has been long and dark From strife to peace, we've made a start. Moving waves at sea Form a rainbows tail The stars at night A heavenly veil Our lovers embrace Defining one place. Illusions.... Harmony... Integrating all the different parts of me, Unity.... Surrender to the moment, I can feel you near 

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Our debut EP with four early tracks from our full album due late 2014. The EP is around twenty five minutes long with four very diverse tracks, rich in so many ways, full of great harmonies, sweeping guitar pieces, great bass and lyrics with depth and meaning. The 50p minimum price tag is to help get this album shared and is the lowest Bandcamp allow. Please pay more if you would like.

The length of the tracks reflect the true essence of prog/psychedelic music with time for development of the ideas and musical landscape.

Whilst we are releasing these tracks on July 26, we hope to have a second release with new drums fairly soon - we'll informed when these are ready so you can download them.


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released July 12, 2014

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Alan Crawford (Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards, Songwriting)
Catherine Ives (Bass, Drums, Songwriting, Studio Engineering)
Brendan Ashbrook (Logo Design)
Jed Stephens (Mastering)

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Psychedelic Blue Ox Liverpool, UK

Psychedelic Blue Ox is a Neo-Psychedelic rock band drawing on blues-rock and progressive rock influences to create music that is universal and timeless; immersive ambient soundscapes, soaring melodies with lush harmonies, throbbing blues riffs drenched in fuzz, hypnotic psychedelic drones, swirls and meaningful, reflective lyrics that take the listener on a journey of self-discovery. ... more

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