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

Give to you
Only so you'll believe
And my desire
I'm dead without
Your rush and pull

Hard to forget
It numbs the soul
I need to know

Relishes fear
That you wear so well
It leaves me colder

Hating this thing
I always see
I'm always saying something
I always said
It's not the end of something
I'll stand alone
I never meant to hurt you
I always do
It makes no sense

But you forget
This time it's clear
To you i'm here but

Your love's the same and
Intent aside
We're night and day

Still you forget
How it numbs the soul
I need to know

Only with you that
I keep myself from all i know
Hating this thing
I always see
I'm always saying something
I always said
It's not the end of something
I'll stand alone
I never meant to hurt you
I always do
It makes no sense
What i do

I never mean
Je sais je sais
Je sais je sais

I always see
I'm always saying something
I always said
It's not the end
I understand
What i did
I never meant to hurt you
I always do
It makes no sense what i do