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

Cant we talk
Set it right
Cant we talk
Anymore
All this time
Only you
Nothing more
All this time
It looks like
You wont be staying round
Given the time
And your mood
You look a lot like her
And you look so like
You wont be staying around
Here in this half light
You look a lot like her
Is it all
Lost and gone
Could you give
Me some room
Room to be
Room to heal
Worth as much
You will be
It looks like
You wont be staying round
Given the time
And your mood
You look a lot like her
And you look so like
You wont be staying around
Here in this half light
You look a lot like her
You decide
What I meant
What is right
You decide
Please believe
I will be
Here for you
I will be
It looks like
You wont be staying round
Given the time
And your mood
You look a lot like her
And you look so like
You wont be staying around
Here in this half light
You look a lot like her
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