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Sorter E​.​P

by chimpan a

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The Keeper 10:36
THE KEEPER (Balsamo, Mylan, Reed) I wear the crown and all I see is mine looking down On you all You are small, I control the tide The sea of change the rise the fall I’m a raging storm And you will never see me creeping up behind And I will just release you, only to hunt you down Chorus Lies, I am lies,I am strong (I will take you down) Cries, I am cries, in the hills of these towns (I will take you down) Slide, I reside in the back of your mind, (and I know you’re kind) Man alive, use your eyes, I’m coming for you I am coming for you I control the tide The sea of change The rise and fall inside I’m the raging storm So deep in my bones The long forgotten pictures of home I am the raging storm I am calm I am warm I am calm And you will never see me creeping up behind And I will just release you only to hunt you down Chorus I’m coming for you (I’m coming for you) I’m coming for you (I’m coming for you) I’m coming for you Spoken word “Its gonna be great!-I’ll start putting money aside- I’ll do my plastering course- you can reduce on the juice -we’re gonna love it so much-I’m gonna sing to it in your belly so it knows me when it gets here-it’s gonna be smart & confident & happy-so happy & safe- Football!-its gonna be Maradona by the time I’ve passed on my skills-we can get moved to a house down West Cross so it grows up by the sea- the good schools- away from the city so it has a chance to be someone &- WHAT PLANET ARE YOU ON BRUMMIE STOP!!! Just STOP. Please. I’ve got three kids in care... What makes you think… It’s not that I don’t want it. I want it too. But... How the hell are they gonna allow me to... Three already lost. Why would we even contemplate a world... It’ll kill us dead Brummie. Dreaming, will kill us dead... And I looked at her, really looked at her & eventually I said... We’ll get them back... We’ll get them all back... I believe in us... I really do...” A slipstream of streets Kaleidoscope of souls at my feet I am the raging storm (I am the raging storm) I will keep you warm, keep you warm (Keep you warm) Oh we’ve travelled so far Sleeping underneath a sky full of stars Oh we’re lost in a raging storm (Lost in a raging storm) Oh you will never see me You will never see me I will release you I will release you No Chorus And I know your kind Man alive (use your eyes) I’m coming for you Chorus
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NVISIBLE PEOPLE (Balsamo, Mylan, Reed) Strip lights and hard chairs See everything tonight Shows the scars and the flaws Pretending everything will be alright If hope is a kind of prayer I’m on my knees If hope is a kind of prayer I’m on my knees Invisible people We are all invisible people Invisible people Cages are cages Even when disguised as castle walls In the clean air the dirty secrets fall There’s a whispers in the static Old boxes in the attic It only takes an ember Burning to remember Remember who we are To catch fire, catch fire Invisible people We are all invisible people Invisible people Look around tell me who you see Look around is it really me Tell me what you see Spoken word So my dealer went dark... It’s usually only 24 hours while he reloads but on the 2nd night I was fucking crawling so I had to phone the scousers for the first time, which I didn’t wanna do. You don’t know what or who’s coming but they’re always on so I had no choice really... 25 minutes later- met a kid on a moped & took it back to my room. Thankfully the gear was banging-on weight too. Probably didn’t recognise the drop so gave me the ‘new customer meal deal’... anyway I was relieved... But I like to keep it all simple. The less involved the better, phoning the scousers made it all feel that little bit too real- & I know that sounds stupid- I know I’m right in the fucking shit & this is all very real, but even after all this time...I’m still not used to it...I still can’t get my head around the fact that all the filthy fucking addicts I judged in my head & to colleagues- even when I was on morphine, are now...
 Fucking hell-I don’t know- I see them... I fucking see them now...all these invisible people... If hope is a kind of prayer I’m on my knees Invisible people We are all invisible people Invisible people Hold me You purify my soul Heal me It’s you that makes me whole Save me You purify my soul Love me It’s you that makes me whole Touch me Don’t you break me It’s you that makes me whole I want me you to love me
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DREAMING WILL KILL US DEAD (Balsamo, Mylan, Reed) When lightening agrees to coalesce Be caught in a jar of happenstance To fuse the spark and start the dance I know that it’s no coincidence We sat in the road and looked to the sky dragons and demons caught our eye Worlds apart but united in the lie I know it’s no coincidence It’s older and wiser Than we can grasp from where we stand But maybe maps we’ve found Will help us understand The roses in bloom have all been bled Dreaming will kill us dead Dreaming will kill us dead Dreaming will kill us dead Dreaming will kill us dead Tonight These city streets are slick with rain A ghost in a storefront window pane Looks like me but I don’t know his name I know it’s no coincidence Blue lights are lighting up your face An angel in a state of grace Followed the tracks that brought you to this place I know it’s no coincidence It’s older and wiser Than we can grasp from where we stand. But maybe maps we’ve found Will help us understand The roses in bloom have all been bled Dreaming will kill us dead Dreaming will kill us dead Dreaming will kill us dead Dreaming will kill us dead Tonight Spoken word “When I found myself walking back through those automatic doors... Imagine you were made of porcelain...& inside you was a stick of dynamite with a fuse that’s slowly burning down throughout your life... & then it blows & your porcelain shell explodes, but you’re suspended in that agonising moment, the moment you come apart, you’re held there. Eternally. That’s who I was when I walked back through those doors, pale, tired, bloated from a 3 week binge of Aldi gin & Rossi’s. I felt every second of that 12 a half hour shift...& what killed me the absolute most... The love was gone... I had nothing.
Weeks went by on nothing- & it’s difficult- It’s a tricky one this... All I can tell you is it wasn’t premeditated.
It just sort of, presented itself...” I reach like Adam to touch your hand I pray the words I cry will land You’re building castles in the sand I know it’s no coincidence When lightening agrees to coalesce Be caught in a jar of happenstance To fuse the spark and start the dance I know that it’s no coincidence Dreaming will kill us dead Dreaming will kill us dead Dreaming will kill us dead Tonight
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Sorter is a new play written by Richard Mylan.

"Imagine you were made of porcelain and inside you was a stick of dynamite..." 

A nurse reaches for the controlled drugs cabinet to erase the pain of childhood trauma. A long-term addict drowns out the voices in her head by taking tomorrow's sorter early...? 
Two lives cross and intersect on the streets of Swansea. Can either of them escape the cycle or the shame? Might they just be each other's salvation? 
Informed by Mylan's 20 years as a functioning heroin addict; Grand Ambition's first original production asks us if there is such a thing as an acceptable addict, and why as a society do we make a distinction?


ChimpanA are respected musicians Rob Reed of neo-Prog rockers Magenta/Kompendium/Sanctuary and Steve Balsamo of The Storys/Jesus Superstar/Jon Lord band.
They have released two albums together, the self-titled ChimpanA and The Empathy Machine. Their blend of electronica, rock, prog and jazz has garnered many glowing reviews and sounds “kinda like Pink Floyd’s Peter Gabriel loving brother, wearing Björk’s poppier swan dress, while making Massive Attack a cuppa”.

For more info on Rob and Steve -

www.tigermothshop.co.uk/store/Magenta-c50869056

www.stevebalsamomusic.com

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released February 19, 2023

The Players

Rob Reed - all instruments & production
Steve Balsamo - vocals
Kirstie Roberts - vocals
Christina Booth - vocals
Nigel Hopkins - string arrangements
Richard Mylan - spoken word

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