Ex-Thieves instrumentalist Saul Freeman aimed for his own dream-pop aesthetic when he placed an ad in the now defunct music weekly, Melody Maker. He had already worked with David McAlmont, but wanted a new creative outlet. Searching for an ethereal voice similar to the likes of the Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser and Shara Nelson (Massive Attack, Presence), solo artist Nicola Hitchcock ended Freeman's search when answering his request. The two instantly clicked, for Hitchcock also had a debut album under her belt and the two formed Mandalay in the mid-nineties. Incorporating trip-hop loops similar to Portishead and Hitchcock's vocal perfections, the duo earned props throughout the latter part of the decade in their native U.K., specifically with the albums Empathy and Instinct.
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Don't imagine
I'll be losing sleep now it's done
Waited so long
Trapped, imploded, suspended at your feet
Crooked but sure i'll shine like i did when i met you
When i wrote on the steps down by the river
Imagine, i've wasted more
I would kiss you but won't take more
Trapped, imploded, suspended at your feet
Crooked but sure i'll shine like i did when i met you
When i wrote on the steps down by the river
About strength in shining armour
About mirrors and rusting tears
You and I
You were never for me