September 16th, 2017
WHOLE
If you're going to do it, dive in with both feet. WHOLE leaves no toe undipped. Whether it be life, love or space ship landings, throw yourself into all you have to give. If you're lucky, you'll get back what you give and more. And if you don't, you'll just never know will you?
Released 16 September 2017
LYRICS
Wind up your window I've seen where the time goes
Dirty little secrets and the way that your mind blows
Read the fine print on the back of the tin
You don't scare me with that innocent grin
Go where we dare to venture
Be like peas in a pod you said
When we crash back down to earth
We'll fix it with glue you said
Take an inch, take a bite, take a piece of me
Swallow me alive and spit out the best of me
Take a breath, repeat after me you said
Stake a claim, sink a shaft, mine the source of me
Freefalling down, keep a hold of me
Tandem lovers who never hit the ground
Can't untaste you, why would you want me to?
Drag me under like the way you're supposed to do
Peel back the layers 'til there's only skin
Then tunnel deep under 'til you break your way in
Go where we dare to venture
Be like peas in a pod you said
When we crash back down to earth
We'll fix it with glue you said
Take an inch, take a bite, take a piece of me
Swallow me alive and spit out the best of me
Take a breath, repeat after me you said
Stake a claim, sink a shaft, mine the source of me
Freefalling down, keep a hold of me
Tandem lovers who never hit the ground
You take my weakness
I'll drain your strength
We'll give it all
Let's call it even
Come on let's let it go and fall
Take an inch, take a bite, take a piece of me
Swallow me alive and spit out the best of me
Take a breath, repeat after me you said
Stake a claim, sink a shaft, mine the source of me
Freefalling down, keep a hold of me
Tandem lovers who never hit the ground
VIDEO
June 26th, 2017
AMBIVERT
Somewhere on the spectrum between an introvert and and extrovert lays the ambivert. This is where we, OLDER live. We are happy to engage madly in deep and meaningful conversation with anyone about anything. Just not small talk. One can't do that for more than a few minutes before it actually becomes painful. Seriously.
It's a perception though, isn't it. What may be portrayed as 'anti social' behaviour, a term overused and bandied around the office, may just be an ambivert withdrawing from the mundane boredom of the people around them -- plenty of interesting things to say and do, just not to them.
Released 26 June 2017
LYRICS
Put her in a box with a bow on top
Sunny disposition, doesn't say a lot
Keeps her head down, doesn't make a fuss
Works very hard, not one of us
But where her mind goes
Nobody asks, nobody knows
She's such a strange one
She's antisocial, she don't fit in
A twisted enigma with a Cheshire grin
Tittle tattle chat over morning tea
Gets a little bored with the company
Stifles a yawn, gets a blank stare
She'd give her right arm not to be there
But where her mind goes
Nobody asks, nobody knows
She's such a strange one
She's antisocial, she don't fit in
A twisted enigma with a Cheshire grin
Oh their mundane world is shaken to the core
She's riding in the cart, apples on the floor
She's antisocial, she don't fit in
A twisted enigma with a Cheshire grin
Come Monday morning just gone 9,
ASBO smile, quite benign
Best not try to empathise
Keep it stuum, divert your eyes
Leave the crazy well alone,
Count the hours 'til she goes home
But maybe she's watching you,
Watching her, watching you
But where her mind goes
Nobody asks, nobody knows
She's such a strange one
She's antisocial, she don't fit in
A twisted enigma with a Cheshire grin
VIDEO
May 2nd, 2017
GOT THE GIRL
Love and dating, dating and social media, social media and status updates. Ahhh. You see where we are going. GOT THE GIRL is a lovely little ditty about someone we all know, who falls quickly in love and declares their love publicly with great vigor, regularly.
*Jason (name changed to protect the innocent) is one of those love demons. Wedding bells are in the air, he's got a spare key cut, and they are only on their second drink.
Released 2 May 2017
LYRICS
Their eyes first locked in a small cafe
latte lips, eggs benedict, over Hemingway
by the time she caught the waiter's eye
He was in love
She had her mind on a dinner date at seven
He got it sown up, he'd died and gone to heaven
Status update: punching above his weight
Oh Ah, top of the world
Oh Ah, he got the girl
Oh Ah, she don't feel the same
Oh Ah, what a crying shame
Friday night on the pull with the lads
practiced pout, wonderbra, she's a drunken dream
By the time they left the dance floor
He was in love
He flagged a taxi to take them to the West End
She got her sights set firmly on his best friend
Status update: snagged himself a bombshell
Oh Ah, top of the world
Oh Ah, he got the girl
Oh Ah, she don't feel the same
Oh Ah, what a crying shame
Only drives at two speeds, doesn't mind the nose bleeds
Looking for his mother in the eyes of every lover
Heart is in the right place, head is lost in outer space
Slow down sunshine you've got more time
Oh Ah, top of the world
Oh Ah, he got the girl
Oh Ah, she don't feel the same
Oh Ah, what a crying shame
VIDEO – GOT THE GIRL FROM ‘AT HOME WITH OLDER’
October 15th, 2016
LIFE LESS ORDINARY
Revelations come at odd moments. Like a light switch that turns on revealing things for what they actually are, and you're left a little brain-numb that you couldn't see things so clearly before. Things are so very different they almost become an alien concept. LIFE LESS ORDINARY raises a glass to relationships, clear thinking and all the muddy bits in between.
Released 15 October 2016
LYRICS
Can't remember why I came here
Can't remember what you told me
Can't remember all the words you never said
Something 'bout a revelation
That you found a new persuation
To transform a life less ordinary
I don't need you, you're the hole in my head
I don't need you messing up my bed
Can't remember why I played here
Can't remember what you sold me
Can't remember all the bullshit pleasantries
Something 'bout a reputation
Hanging up a skew citation
It's all hazy, lazy, crazy, say's she (whoops-a-daisy)
I don't need you, you're the hole in my head
I don't need you messing up my bed
Walking down the street, spring in her step
Pocket full of hope on speed dial set
Winging into town, slug and a smoke
Gonna find herself the perfect bloke
I don't need you, you're the hole in my head
I don't need you messing up my bed
July 25th, 2016
MOMENT IN THE SUN
Written as an instrumental dance/trance track some 20 years ago, MOMENT IN THE SUN has been reinvented thanks to the inspiration of Auckland traffic woes. The mind-numbing concept of being stuck in traffic can be appreciated anywhere in the world - commuters spending more time in their cars than with their families, only to spend eight hours in a dreary office.
This is your time to live. This is the time when you're alive. This is your moment in the sun. Are you living?
Released 25 July 2016
LYRICS
This is our moment in the sun
This is the time that we're alive
This is us, living here, now
This is our moment in the sun
I'll tell you what it's like from Peckham to Manhatten
The world over
It's the same
Millions every morning stuck in a traffic jam
And this is my jam
Cheers
Heading to work, bloke cutting in
Fella in a boom box here, boom, boom, boom, nice
Look at her on the phone
What about him, still eating his breakfast
Nice piece of toast mate
Keep me entertained
Sun in my eyes, hardly moving
Stuck on the bridge, nice view
Good morning Rangitoto
Don't blow your top today
I might
And all I can think about is will I get a space to park when I get to work
How sad is that?
It's a new day
There's another way
Your moment's come
To step into the sun
This is our moment in the sun
This is the time that we're alive
This is us, living here, now
This is our moment in the sun
Morning boss, don't bother smiling
Cheers for the grunt
I had a lovely evening
What about yours?
Nah I don't really care either
Hello desk, here we are again
Has the cleaner been in?
No, yesterday's sandwiches
Nice
Instant coffee, instant boredom
OK, let's get into now
KPIs, RSI's, ROI's, crossed eyes
Whatever
All I can think about is lunch
And at lunchtime
All I can think about is going home
This is our moment in the sun
It's a new day
There's another way
Your moment's come
To step into the sun
It's Friday night
Nice girl
Couple of drinks
World's my oyster
It's a new day
There's another way
Your moment's come
To step into the sun
It's a new day
There's another way
Your moment's come
To step into the sun
VIDEO – MOMENT IN THE SUN FROM ‘AT HOME WITH OLDER’
April 19th, 2016
MAVIS & JOHN
MAVIS & JOHN have been living parallel lives. It wasn't their intention. It seldom is. Their only common ground became the roof they lived in. How did it come to this? The truth is – the signs were always there, they just failed to look up. Until 'that' bold conversation over a glass of wine, that is.
When love was not so old, love never was so bold to take the necessary measures to make a better life.
Released 19 April 2016
LYRICS
Mavis needed time to redefine the likelihood of a future
In her memory when she was free she understood her simple needs
John was never sure he need more than just a job and a good wife
In his memory when he was free he never needed company
When love was not so old, love never was so bold
To take the necessary measures to make a better life
Mavis made a point of getting out and grabbed a chance to see the world
In her heart she felt alive again she understood her simple needs
John tried hard to change his live around but pressure traps a man
In his heart he felt an emptiness, he never needed company
When love was not so old, love never was so bold
To take the necessary measures to make a better life
In the end they found the only choice across a glass of wine
Mavis said to John, I have to face some way a better life
John was primed to see the way it was, the facts were very clear
Mavis said goodbye to John, he felt a growing fear
When love was not so old, love never was so bold
To take the necessary measures to make a better life
She'll make a better life, she'll make a better life
Poor old Mavis, poor old John
Poor old Mavis, poor old John
Poor old Mavis, poor old John
Poor old Mavis
February 17th, 2016
WASTED
A slow day that drags is literally hell on Earth. WASTED breath, wasted conversation, wasted daily drawl with low-to-no energy to recharge...and others sapping your battery down to critical levels. You know those days? Hopefully they are few and far between, but they exist.
Released 17 February 2016
LYRICS
Wasted in a beige world
No light to reflect
Montonous drawl drags one moment to the next
Ground hog day is every day (call that living?)
Humour and hope just slip away (gave up giving...a shit)
You think we're suited baby, wasted time
A little stupid maybe, wasted time
Waiting for a bolt of light
A miracle to reveal
Nothing will change, never did or will
Ground hog day is every day (call that living?)
Humour and hope just slip away (gave up giving...a shit)
You think we're suited baby, wasted time
A little stupid maybe, wasted time
You think we're suited baby, wasted time
A little stupid maybe, wasted time
Wasted your time, wasted my time
Wasted your time, wasted my time
Wasted your time, wasted my time
Wasted your time, wasted
Wasted
Wasted
December 20th, 2015
SELFIE
The only person who truly knows you is yourself. This track is not about trout pouts or the ultra-ego #instapost. Regardless how you allow others to treat you for now, you can be sure of your SELFIE to rise above it when you are good and ready. Be kind.
Released 20 December 2015
LYRICS
Some sweet day
This world is gonna turn my way
Every time you leave
It's easy to perceive
Give me something to cling to
A big and better anthem to sing to
Every single time
A cloud with silverlining
I can be free in my own headspace, I can be
You can believe you can control me, wring out my soul
...but I got a selfie
Karma comes around
Feet firmly off the ground
Degree of separation
Is my medication
Seems my lonely point of view
Is rarely even listened to
Counting every clock beat
Marking a out long week
I can be free in my own headspace, I can be
You can believe you can control me, wring out my soul
...but I got a selfie
Some day i'll be unchained you'll be history far behind me
Some day in my wake you'll wonder why you ever liked me
I can be free in my own headspace, I can be
You can believe you can control me, wring out my soul
...but I got a selfie
You can believe you can control me, wring out my soul
...but I got a selfie
VIDEO – SELFIE FROM ‘AT HOME WITH OLDER’