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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Mandalay

I pulled a loose thread
I gathered you in
Discovered I could
A pivot for your sun
You invited me in
As if its nothing
We tread on old ground
As if its nothing now
Its like I hardly see the sky somedays
Its like you hardly said a word
Its like I hardly see the sky somedays
And Id do better if I turned my head
Knowing you did
I wouldnt be here
If you could have said no
I wouldnt have come here
If ever I had known
Its like I hardly see the sky somedays
Its like you hardly said a word
Its like I hardly see the sky somedays
And Id do better if I turned my head
Knowing you did
Knowing you called
Knowing you held her
Knowing you kissed
Knowing you did all this
Its like I hardly see the sky some days
Its like you hardly said a word
Its like I hardly see the sky somedays
And Id do better if I turned my head
Knowing you did.