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Black Behind The Blue

by Nigel Wearne

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'Black Behind The Blue' is a rollicking Americana-noir-blues shuffle with a back-street New Orleans swagger. Inspired by a dream of forbidden romance; elusive and mysterious, it captures the amnesic déjà vu that sleep brings.

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In the languid arms of sleep
She finds me unperturbed
By the blinding falseness
Irresonant deafness
Of a cloudless night that burns

She takes my hand
With silken grace
But I hesitate so austere
A dying chance at forbidden romance
Driven by an unknown fear

And every chance I remember
I forget her somehow
An illicit chance at a black romance and I’m
Amnesia bound
So easy I forget the vibrations
That make me invisible to
The darkened hues and eternal dance
That I find in the pulse of you

Lascivious wishes
And tectonic fissures
We hold on for our lives
Lost in a trance and dreamtime dance
Eternal in the night
When I shed this cast of earthly woes
I find myself in you
Heathen in wonder we chase the space
In the black behind the blue

And every chance I remember
I forget her somehow
An illicit chance at a black romance and I’m
Amnesia bound
So easy I forget the vibrations
That make me invisible to
The darkened hues and eternal dance
That I find in the pulse of you

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released September 1, 2022
Written by Nigel Wearne
Produced by Nigel Wearne
Recorded by Isaac Barter, Nigel Wearne
Mixed by Nigel Wearne
Mastered by Isaac Barter

Vocals & Electric Guitar – Nigel Wearne
Drums – Danny McKenna
Double Bass – Isaac Gunnoo
Horn Arrangement, Clarinet & Alto Sax – Aurelien Tomasi
Trombone – Alex Bouchard
Tuba – Christian Leclerc

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Nigel Wearne VIC, Australia

Nigel Wearne saunters after dark in the music of the night, blending blues, jazz and Americana-noir. Hailing from Gunditjmara country in South-West Victoria, he’s a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with diverse influence from Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Rickie Lee Jones. A deep thinker and truth speaker, with a penchant for all things peculiar. Songwriting that cuts to the bone.

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