There Must Be Another Way

by AGBEKO

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Jonathan Clarke Loving this release, the first and last tracks are wonderful and everything in between pleases. Will look forward to seeing this band live sometime soon Favorite track: There Must Be Another Way.

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1.	There Must Be Another Way 06:35	lyrics	buy track
We are a nation divided By race and class and colour and by creed By what we hear and by what we see by what we read and by what we believe We are a nation derided but there is power in a union we must renew the us we see in them a path we’ve walked before and will walk again There Must Be Another Way Sometimes I struggle to say things to raise my head above the parapet preach the truth that there is good in us yet it seems so simple to forget… Sometimes I struggle to see things that another might find beautiful if you find you are moved at all raise your voice and try to move us all There Must Be Another Way
2.	Amber Tongues 04:52	lyrics	buy track
Black Air and siren songs Fill the darkening sky Blue lights and amber tongues Illuminate the night Load them in and pile them high Smoke billows in the sky Greed stokes the flames And what remains, but a list of names Red Hands and Silver Spoons Serve a thousand lies Then built A funeral pyre that’s 24 floors high Loads them in and pile them high Smoke billows in the sky Greed stokes the flames And what remains but a list of names
3.	Oscar's Tune 05:35	info	buy track
4.	Somebody Somebody 04:50	lyrics	buy track
Will somebody somebody somebody somebody show me How we write our own mythologies Will anybody anybody anybody read me The myth that is writ for me If it’s not this, what the hell are we living for? I miss you most when the evening draws in Will somebody somebody somebody somebody pull me From the path i have worn myself I’m honestly getting so sick of you seeing right through me And straight into someone else Tell me you know I am more than this I miss you most when the evening draws in When the evening draws in Is when I miss you most Somebody somebody show me somebody show me how Somebody somebody show me somebody show me now Anybody anybody tell me anybody tell me now
5.	Terra Firma 06:00	info	buy track
6.	All That I'd Turn Back For 05:02	lyrics	buy track
We’re told that we turn ourselves around You’re all that I’d turn back for You’re all that I’d turn back for Forever, or until our days unwind Whatever happens first I would drink from a thousand springs And never quench my thirst I would write, if I had the time To fall upon a verse But for now, I know you wouldn't mind, That I can’t find the words to say... You are the lightness that helps me not to fade away You share the weight when I feel it hanging over me You are the lightness that helps me not to fade away You are the likeness of everything I ought to be You’re all that I’d back for We’re told that we turn ourselves around You’re all that I’d turn back for

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Agbeko's sophomore LP There Must Be Another Way captures the band at their most musically vital and lyrically poignant. Forged from the ashes of a pandemic-cancelled tour, it sees the group further refine a sound that proudly wears it's admiration for their music forebears on their sleeve whilst continuing to infuse proceedings with idiosyncratic Mancunian grit.

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released November 3, 2023

Mali Hayes – Lead and Backing Vocals (Tracks 1 & 6)
Amber Kuti – Lead and Backing Vocals (Tracks 2 & 4)
Jamie Stockbridge – Tenor & Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Guitar
Emily Burkhardt – Flute
Joe Martin – Trumpet
James Keirle – Trombones
James Girling – Guitar
Alex Hill – Keyboards
Alasdair Simpson – Bass Guitar & Backing Vocals
Matt Brown – Percussion
Peter Mitchell – Percussion
Jonathan Needham – Drum Kit

Compositions and Lyrics by Jamie Stockbridge (except Oscar’s Tune, by Jamie Stockbridge and James Girling)
Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Matt Brown at Giant Wafer Studios
Assistant Engineer – Sam Hunter
Mastering – Fluid Mastering
Artwork and Design by BenJac

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AGBEKO Manchester, UK

AGBEKO are a high-octane afro-rock-funk-psych 11-piece from Manchester, UK.

Agbeko effortlessly draw inspiration from the golden age of 1970s’ Nigerian, Ghanaian and Ethiopian dancefloors and deliver it through the filter of 11 young twenty-somethings who grew up on rock, funk and jazz.

For upcoming shows, see www.agbeko.co.uk ... more

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