Mad Mike (Mark My Words)
from The Golden Thread by da Googie + Cara Tivey
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumRambling on about the brilliance of Deb Googe and Cara Tivey is no difficult task - spot either of their names on a record’s sleeve credits and you’re guaranteed listening worthy of your time . . . and hard- earned cash!
Deb joined My Bloody Valentine during its ascent to legend, filled a temporary void in Primal Scream, aided in Thurston Moore's late-period artistic high, formed Snowpony with Stereolab’s Katharine Gifford and plays bass in ex-Fall guitarist Brix Smith’s all-female band.
Cara’s may be best known as a longtime Billy Bragg collaborator, but she’s played with an array of other outstanding artists, among them Everything But The Girl, Blur, Lilac Time, Au Pairs and the greatest of West Midlands geniuses, Robert Lloyd of Nightingales fame.
Incredibly, despite decades of stellar work, neither Deb nor Cara has ever released an album under their own names until now with The Golden Thread, their full-length debut, made under the name da Googie + Cara Tivey. The album was recorded in Deb’s home studio and performed exclusively by the duo.
The album will be preceded by the digital single, Dumb, an indictment of the sad condition behind nearly all the modern western world’s ills, which serves as a point of an entry into the album’s seemingly contradictory sonic elements: thick-but-minimal soundscapes, dub’s openness put across in a densely claustrophobic style reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine, a bass-driven sound melding effortlessly into moments of delicate piano... moreships out within 7 daysPurchasable with gift card£16.50 GBP or more
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumIncludes unlimited streaming of The Golden Thread via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.ships out within 7 daysPurchasable with gift card
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumIncludes unlimited streaming of The Golden Thread via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.ships out within 7 daysPurchasable with gift card
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lyrics
There are people speckled through your mind
It’s party of the strangest kind
Unknown guest are pushing through your door
And they’re never gonna leave.
You don’t know them are their friend or foe
The circle tightens and they won’t let go
They’re getting louder as the night goes on
And then never gonna leave.
Here comes the bogeyman, laughing Cillas and Evil Stan
Weaving stitches of their masterplan
And they’re never gonna leave
Come and join us there is no reprieve, you best believe that we won’t leave.
The men in white think they have a plan
To try and rid of that eerie gang
But they take you with them when they go
Cause they didn’t wanna leave.
As the party slows you do too
Your mind went numb as your friends withdrew
As you expand you hold less of you
But I guess you had to leave.
Here comes the bogeyman, laughing Cillas and Evil Stan
Weaving stitches of their masterplan
And they’re never gonna leave
Come and join us please don’t try and run, if you succumb we’ll have more fun.
Come and join us there is no reprieve, you best believe that we won’t leave.
It’s party of the strangest kind
Unknown guest are pushing through your door
And they’re never gonna leave.
You don’t know them are their friend or foe
The circle tightens and they won’t let go
They’re getting louder as the night goes on
And then never gonna leave.
Here comes the bogeyman, laughing Cillas and Evil Stan
Weaving stitches of their masterplan
And they’re never gonna leave
Come and join us there is no reprieve, you best believe that we won’t leave.
The men in white think they have a plan
To try and rid of that eerie gang
But they take you with them when they go
Cause they didn’t wanna leave.
As the party slows you do too
Your mind went numb as your friends withdrew
As you expand you hold less of you
But I guess you had to leave.
Here comes the bogeyman, laughing Cillas and Evil Stan
Weaving stitches of their masterplan
And they’re never gonna leave
Come and join us please don’t try and run, if you succumb we’ll have more fun.
Come and join us there is no reprieve, you best believe that we won’t leave.
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from The Golden Thread,
released March 7, 2025
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da Googie London, UK
da Googie is the solo project of Deb Googe, bass player with My Bloody Valentine, Thurston Moore Group and Brix
Smith.
da Googie blends traditional bass lines with more abstract noises and field recordings to make intricate, layered soundscapes.
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Cara is a fantastic pianist and all round wonderful human being. She is featured on November New.
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