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Hascombe Beeches (EP)

by Parasite

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Hascombe Beeches 03:25
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2.
Guess Who I Am 03:05
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3.
Memories of You 03:58
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4.
The Law of Averages 05:35
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Hascombe Beeches (live at Hascombe Beeches) 03:27
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Hascombe Beeches is a wooded area in Surrey. It was severely affected by the 1987 storms and lots of trees were uprooted. Adam used to walk there with his family frequently during childhood and consequently it left a big impression on him, to the point where he will see some woods in film, TV, etc and assume it's Hascombe Beeches. It usually isn't. Sometimes you will meet someone and think you recognise them, but is it a real recognition or just another Hascombe Beeches situation?

Guess Who I Am was inspired by some of the recent experiences of Adam's grandmother who now lives in an old people's home. Prior to her current accommodation she was in a slightly less excellent home where part of her weekly itinerary apparently included playing a game called Guess Who I Am. As she suffers from dementia this seemed terribly insensitive.

Memories of You was inspired by Will seeing a pile of clothes and belongings on the side of the road that had been recently ejected from someone's house. He imagined that the recipient of this treatment had recently split with a significant other and now just had the memories of them on their phone.

The Law of Averages originally appeared on the third of Adam's solo albums and is about the importance of language. If we don't have the vocabulary to adequately express ourselves, and if we lose the ability to communicate with nuance, we run the risk of being manipulated by others who may not always have our best interests at heart, with no way of doing anything about it...

The final track of this EP is a version of Hascombe Beeches recorded live at Hascombe Beeches on a small portable recorder on 24th December 2023. Will is playing an acoustic guitar and Adam is playing a tiny Casio keyboard.

credits

released April 5, 2024

All tracks written by Scanlon & Saunders.
Produced by Parasite, mixed by Scanlon, mastered by an ostrich.

Adam Scanlon: Bass, Keyboards, Lead vocals (1, 2, 4 and 5), Modular stuff and samples etc, Backing vocals (1-4).

Will Saunders: Guitars, Lead vocals (3), Additional synths and programming (3), Backing vocals (1-4).

With:
Reeve Cooper: Drums (1, 3 and 4).

Adric the Cat: One additional note on the synth which just so happened to be in time when he jumped on it and played it. (4)

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