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Permanent Distractions

by Ellipsis

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    A simple yet elegant dual-gatefold digipak with printed CD enclosed within a jacket on the inner right fold. Layout designed by our Drummer Yen Hui, with artwork photography taken by our frontman Zhengping.

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1.
Fireflies 05:41
Do you know, by the light, there were ten fireflies coming home? Can you tell, from their eyes, they were lost and their lives, out of sight When you look through their minds, you will see images passing by They will fly through the night, glowing bright, growing strong, inside... Can you find your way back home? Do you know when you’ll come home? Through the wind and the storm, they will creep up the walls from behind They were black; they were odd, turning back to the light for their glow Can you find your way back home? Do you know when you’ll come home?
2.
Cry iridescent tunes, My mind's all up in ruins... (When you) cry iridescent tunes, My mind's all up in ruins... Your potion unravels the colors of figures, a part of my sanity I can't Hold up and arrange, through the frames that connect to the pieces of memories I'll forget... So I'll get you to Cry iridescent tunes, My mind's all up in ruins... (When you) cry iridescent tunes, My mind's all up in ruins... The hours are crawling, but time I'm not wasting, the moment I have you inside... The cracks are emerging, an escape to reality, but we're all but prisoners under the sky In our minds... When you cry iridescent tunes, My mind's all up in ruins... (When you) cry iridescent tunes, My mind's all up in ruins... When your toes fit the ground, As the sky comes falling down When the sun is in tune To the sound of the moon You know it's true without you I will cry, but I'm used to... Cry iridescent tunes, My mind's all up in ruins... (When you) cry iridescent tunes, Set my mind all up in fumes...
3.
Icarus 07:01
When you run you go faster, You take one step in front of the other When you look back and you wonder, What do you want and what do you do? When you jump you go higher, To reach the sky, it seems like forever When you learn that there's no reason For all that you've done and not what you do... You say that one day you'll walk away... Don't you walk away...
4.
Oh Caroline 07:03
The night left us with nothing but sunken eyes The moon rises above the trees form a line of your eyes and lies Makes it so hard to cry... The dawn left us with nothing, my Caroline The bleak laughter that you weaved in my mind Washed aside... Oh my dear Caroline...

about

It's taken us awhile, but it's finally here.

This 4-track release is the culmination of all our blood, sweat and tears after 6 months of endless songwriting and rehearsal sessions, late nights recording at the studio, and many hours of Photoshop trickery before finally, you hear it through your listening devices and (hopefully) holding the CD in your hands.

Permanent Distractions explores thoughts in a human’s head which are ever-present but always overlooked, such as belonging, sanity, regret, and unrequited love. This EP finds the band venturing into a more diversified sound, fusing together melodic hooks and instrumental breakdowns with progressive transitions.

A review of the Permanent Distractions EP in the Life! Section of The Straits Times newspaper:

“The fourth release from home-grown quartet Ellipsis is a doozy, part-space rock and part-psychedelia tied down by heavy and ear worm grooves." "The four songs in the EP shows the band's knack for sinuous melodies that stick in the mind after the first listen and certainly whets the appetite for a full-length release from them." 3.5/5

Thank you for sticking with us thus far. We hope that you will love listening to this EP as much as we did making it.

credits

released September 14, 2014

Tracks 1 - 3 tracked at The Lithe Paralogue Studio (www.facebook.com/litheparalogue)
Engineered by Anvea Chieu & Tarmizee Taksen
Mixed and mastered by Ren

Track 4 engineered, tracked, mixed and mastered by Julius Chua at Stereo Image Productions (www.stereoimage.com.sg)


Artwork photography by Soh Zhengping
Post-production by Ten Yen Hui

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Ellipsis Singapore

A 5-piece rock band from Singapore.

Zhengping - vocals/electric guitar
Roystan - electric guitar
Japheth - electric bass / backup vocals
Ren - Keys / backup vocals
Yen Hui - drums

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