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Old Friend

by Lucy Wise

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Old Friend is a letter to one of the first friends Lucy Wise made after moving across Australia to Melbourne in 2009. The track’s joyful, wistful acoustic pop sound combines fingerpicked guitar with lush backing vocals, percussion, piano and bass.

It is the first track of Lucy’s new album, “Into the Blue”, which was created in collaboration with Tasmanian producer Luke Plumb over twelve months between 2021 and 2022. Their recording sessions were a calm, creative haven amongst the whirlwind of returning to life as touring musicians, and the album celebrates the rich musical world they both inhabit. The album will be released on 28th March, 2023.

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My dear old friend, we’re older by the day
But when I see your beaming face it all feels just the same
As it did when I was nineteen, you were twenty-one
The bats flew over Carlton skies
Our lives had just begun

Twelve doors down from your house to mine
And every week on Brunswick Street we’d dance into the night
And I was kind of scared, you were wild and free
You told me I could be myself, it took a while for me

Chorus:
As we grow older will you let me know you
And I will try to let you know me too
If friends were flowers with magical powers
You know I’d try to pick a bunch like you

Ten years on, how the time has flown
I don’t see you as often now, but through it all we’ve grown
Like the lilies in the undergrowth, and marigolds so bold
We’ll shiver through the chilly winds and onto the sun we’ll hold

credits

released February 14, 2023
Lucy Wise: vocals, backing vocals, guitar
Isaac Gunnoo: electric bass
Justin Marshall: percussion
Mischa Herman: Piano
Luke Plumb: organ

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Lucy Wise Malmsbury, Australia

Award-winning singer-songwriter Lucy Wise creates a distinctive sound, drawing on acoustic, traditional folk, roots and pop influences. She sings about growing up, love of all kinds, city life, country towns, beaches and bushlands, her intricate guitar work providing a vibrant backdrop. ... more

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