I Don't Want to Have to Ask the Question
from Certain Death by Elliott Dawson
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumLimited Edition 12" Pink Vinyl pressed by Holiday Records here in Aotearoa. Very few of these will ever be made.
Everyone who pre-orders will recieve
- A personalised poem handwritten by Elliott Dawson
- A handwritten lyric sheet of one song from the album
- A kiss from Billy (Elliott Dawson's cat)
Every fifth pre-order will also recieve a free copy of Elliott Dawson's debut album Hang Low on 12'' vinyl
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Includes unlimited streaming of Certain Death via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 24-bit/44.1kHz.ships out within 3 days$50 NZD or more
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Streaming + DownloadIncludes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 24-bit/44.1kHz.
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lyrics
Even in darkness you’re backlit
Even in cold you’re radiant
Sharp mind
Wide mouth
Blind drunk
That’s how you know it’s not love
Speaking frankly
How am i to know where to be
What will I be now?
I can make no decision for me
I don’t want to have to ask the question
So we fight over the western side
As we rest our eyes (As you rest I rise)
What will I be now
Did it have to be so hard?
What will I be now?
I’m here now
Even in cold you’re radiant
Sharp mind
Wide mouth
Blind drunk
That’s how you know it’s not love
Speaking frankly
How am i to know where to be
What will I be now?
I can make no decision for me
I don’t want to have to ask the question
So we fight over the western side
As we rest our eyes (As you rest I rise)
What will I be now
Did it have to be so hard?
What will I be now?
I’m here now
credits
from Certain Death,
released April 4, 2025
Written and produced by Elliott Dawson
Guitars, synths by Elliott Dawson
Bass by Harry Scholes
Drums by Olivia Campion
Tenor saxophone by Lily Rose Shaw
Keys, piano and synths by Reuben Topzand
Trumpet by James MacEwan
Backing vocals by Bianca Bailey
Engineering, co-production, mixing by James Goldsmith
Mastered by Will Borza
Written and produced by Elliott Dawson
Guitars, synths by Elliott Dawson
Bass by Harry Scholes
Drums by Olivia Campion
Tenor saxophone by Lily Rose Shaw
Keys, piano and synths by Reuben Topzand
Trumpet by James MacEwan
Backing vocals by Bianca Bailey
Engineering, co-production, mixing by James Goldsmith
Mastered by Will Borza
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Elliott Dawson Wellington, New Zealand
Elliott Dawson plays angry art rock inspired both by British post rock and south London jazz. Album 'Certain Death' out April 4 2025
Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington
Aotearoa New Zealand
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