Noir Letters in the Smoke Front Cover

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Shadows Unwound by Sax

Nocturne Echo

Your note was folded thin

In the saucer by the lamp

One word, half gone

Like rain on a stamp

I held it to the glass

Watched your ink go dim

The room leaned close

And the edges of me began

Then your tenor came

From the far end of the night

One slow ribbon

Cutting through the white

It tugged the dark

Loose from my coat

And every shadow

Started to float

Shadows unwound

Shadows unwound

You called my name

And let me down

Shadows unwound

Shadows unwound

Come closer now

Shadows unwound

The piano kept time

With a patient little ache

Bass in the floorboards

Drinking from the lake

You never raised your voice

You just let it burn

A velvet line

With nowhere left to turn

My hands forgot

How to hold the past

Your melody

Made the hour pass

Then your tenor came

From the far end of the night

One slow ribbon

Cutting through the white

It tugged the dark

Loose from my coat

And every shadow

Started to float

Shadows unwound

Shadows unwound

You called my name

And let me down

Shadows unwound

Shadows unwound

Take me there

Shadows unwound

Let the room go still

Let the old ache fade

If the night has teeth

Let it bite me anyway

I was built of smoke

I was dressed in blue

Then your slow refrain

Let the seams come loose

Shadows unwound

Shadows unwound

You called my name

And let me down

Shadows unwound

Shadows unwound

Hold me now

Shadows unwound

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Noir Letters in the Smoke Front Cover

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  • 1

    Sign Beyond the Smoke

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  • 2

    Backstreet at Two

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  • 3

    Lipstick Promise

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  • 4

    Monologue of the Black Piano

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    Shadows Unwound by Sax

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  • 6

    Blues in an Old Envelope

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  • 7

    Cigarette Light by the Window

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  • 8

    The Key I Never Returned

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  • 9

    Velvet Lies

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  • 10

    Betrayal After the Rain

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  • 11

    Last Cigarette, Last Letter

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  • 12

    Your Name Until Dawn

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An English female vocal jazz album inspired by smoky midnight bars, old letters, and the shadows of the city. Slow four-beat grooves, bluesy colors, tenor saxophone, and intimate piano create a mature noir atmosphere.

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Nocturne Echo

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