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Never Cut Asunder

from Ticking Haze by Shapes Like People

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Buzzing off the back of the release of third The Shop Window album Daysdream, lead vocalist/guitarist Carl Mann was on the hunt for a new project. His wife Kat had been listening to some of his early work, and set him a challenge to write the surrounding tracks for a dream pop album in line with the Mazzy Star inspired Ocean Blue (a song he’d co-written twenty five years ago with Kylie Minogue) with a view to pitching the tracks her way.

    Four demos in and he needed a female voice to replace his guide vocals… With a little persuasion Kat stepped in, and those first tracks became the starting point of what would later become Shapes Like People’s Ticking Haze.

    Together they spent many an evening going through vinyl and listening to female artists they both loved - including Alvvays, Sol Seppy, Agnes Obel, Weyes Blood, Lee & Nancy, Johnny & June, Isobel and Mark, Eurythmics, Carpenters, Jenny Lewis, Mazzy Star, The Sundays, Cocteau Twins and so on... The well of inspiration filled swiftly and new songs flowed.

    As additional tracks came together Carl realised he couldn’t part with the material, and began to develop the demos into finished songs - re-recording vocals and adding his signature harmonies and guitars, and challenging Kat to push her vocals outside of her normal range.

    This twelve track album nods to all of their favourites, while evolving the style and flavour of Carl’s previous work. SLP hope you love it as much as they’ve loved creating it!

    Out via Jangleshop Records on March 7th 2025.
    Recorded, produced, mixed & mastered by Carl Mann

    Includes unlimited streaming of Ticking Haze via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/44.1kHz.
    ... more
    ships out within 5 days
    edition of 250 
    Purchasable with gift card

      £22 GBP

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Buzzing off the back of the release of third The Shop Window album Daysdream, lead vocalist/guitarist Carl Mann was on the hunt for a new project. His wife Kat had been listening to some of his early work, and set him a challenge to write the surrounding tracks for a dream pop album in line with the Mazzy Star inspired Ocean Blue (a song he’d co-written twenty five years ago with Kylie Minogue) with a view to pitching the tracks her way.

    Four demos in and he needed a female voice to replace his guide vocals… With a little persuasion Kat stepped in, and those first tracks became the starting point of what would later become Shapes Like People’s Ticking Haze.

    Together they spent many an evening going through vinyl and listening to female artists they both loved - including Alvvays, Sol Seppy, Agnes Obel, Weyes Blood, Lee & Nancy, Johnny & June, Isobel and Mark, Eurythmics, Carpenters, Jenny Lewis, Mazzy Star, The Sundays, Cocteau Twins and so on... The well of inspiration filled swiftly and new songs flowed.

    As additional tracks came together Carl realised he couldn’t part with the material, and began to develop the demos into finished songs - re-recording vocals and adding his signature harmonies and guitars, and challenging Kat to push her vocals outside of her normal range.

    This twelve track album nods to all of their favourites, while evolving the style and flavour of Carl’s previous work. SLP hope you love it as much as they’ve loved creating it!

    Out via Jangleshop Records on March 7th 2025.
    Recorded, produced, mixed & mastered by Carl Mann

    Includes unlimited streaming of Ticking Haze via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/44.1kHz.
    ... more
    ships out within 5 days
    edition of 100  16 remaining
    Purchasable with gift card

      £10 GBP or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card
    Download available in 24-bit/44.1kHz.

      £1 GBP  or more

     

lyrics

Stories still untold
About your life
Won’t you share with me
Dreams of future times
In our lives
Won’t you share with me

Fears that torment you
In quiet times
Won’t you share with me
We’ll relieve the strain
The daily grind
If you share with me

Never cut asunder now
Here to stay, be your role today
Time disappears, a ticking haze
There’s no get away

Stories still untold
About your life
Won’t you share with me
We’ll relieve the strain
The daily grind
If you share with me

Never cut asunder now
Here to stay, be your role today
Time disappears, a ticking haze
There’s no get away

Never cut asunder now
Here to stay, be your role today
Time disappears, a ticking haze
There’s no get away

credits

from Ticking Haze, released March 7, 2025
Kat Mann - Lead Vocals
Carl Mann - Vocals and all other instruments/Programming.

Written, Produced & Mixed by Carl Mann

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Shapes Like People England, UK

Husband and wife Carl and Kat Mann are Wiltshire based duo Shapes Like People. Carl is originally from Maidstone, Kent, U.K. and Kat from Wellington, New Zealand.

Contact - jangleshoprecords@gmail.com

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