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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This Time Last Year Lyrics

Mandalay

When when I met you
Evidently
You knew
And then if your kiss
I was full
Evidently
Since without you
Unfolding
This time last year, you were here
This time last year, you were here
This time last year, you were here
Said I miss you
I cannot choose
Tell me you should often do something
Without you here Im into
Cut out in two
Since without you
Unfolding
This time last year, you were here
This time last year, you were here
This time last year, you were here
In all my innocence
Im running round
In circles you wont allow
Against your bittersweet indifference
Im running round
This time last year, you were here
This time last year, you were here
This time last year, you were here