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Diamond Eyes

by Exploring Birdsong

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Mike Ashton
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Mike Ashton Different production..Nice. Same sumptuous vocals, even better now, but when the ensemble kicks in...the birdbath explodes. Favorite track: Diamond Eyes.
John Ferguson
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John Ferguson I came to this band after hearing Lynsey Ward's backing vocals on a Lifesigns album and instantly fell for their sound (and their two EPs!) It's incredibly hard to make headway out there with so much music coming at people, but these young musicians have something special about them. I don't know the original of this song, but this is just beautiful and bodes well for their future output. Buy this! Favorite track: Diamond Eyes.
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“Collectively, Diamond Eyes is one of our favourite songs of all time. It really feels like a song that is within the same realm of what we try to do as a band too, which made it in turn feel like a perfect song for us to put our own spin on. The weight of the riffs in the original are socrushing, but what we feel really makes this song so special is the chorus, so having the focus of our version be the harmony and melody felt like the most ‘us’ thing to do.”

Diamond Eyes was the second single from the 2010 Deftones album of the same name. It is the first Deftones full length not to feature original bassist Chi Cheng, after he was involved in a serious collision in 2008 and fell into a coma. Lyrically, Chino (vocals) has said the entire album was written from the perspective of another person but is open for interpretation.

Our version of Diamond Eyes comes as the release directly following our sophomore EP ‘Dancing in the Face of Danger’. We wanted to draw a line in the sand following DITFOD to mark the start of a new chapter as a band, and, through coincidence, eventually ended up working with a new production team (Tom Peters - engineering and mixing & Grant Berry - mastering) which has helped bookend the DITFOD period. We wanted to experiment sonically before heading into full length album territory, which is why we think it feels different to anything we’ve released previously.

lyrics

To the edge
Till we all get off
I will take you away with me
Once and for all

Time will see us realign
Diamonds rain across the sky
Shower me into the same realm

Calculate our embrace
Hold on (come with me now)
Right away, outer space with me
Once and for all

Time will see us realign
Diamonds rain across the sky
Shower me into the same realm
Time will see us realign
Diamonds reign across the sky
I will lead us to the same realm

When the coffin shakes
And the needle breaks
Come right away with me
Come on, you'll see
Once and for all

Time will see us realign
Diamonds rain across the sky
Shower me into the same realm
Time will lead us to the same realm
I will lead us to the same realm

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released November 2, 2023

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Exploring Birdsong Liverpool, UK

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