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Read the Sign

by Edward Randell

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Ever feel like there are signs everywhere you look? Advertisements and pop-up notifications, good vibes and portents of doom, little whispers of “yes” and a whole lot of “no”? It’s easy to get overwhelmed and hard to chart a course between them all. Read the Sign is an anthem of affirmation for the voice within. It’s about tuning into your homing instinct, and following it through the thicket of contradictory messages the world sends.

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If you’re always pushing on the pull door
Read the sign, read the sign
With the sun roof open in a downpour
Read the sign

And if your feet should step onto the green grass
Read the sign, read the sign
Better beg forgiveness for your trespass
Read the sign

Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh

To the dreamers wishing on a star chart
Read the sign, read the sign
And the schemers putting off the hard part
Read the sign

If you’re a bit part trying to be a heart-throb
Read the sign, read the sign
Packing up your toys to get a real job
Read the sign

It’s a message that is written
Somewhere deep in your body
Could be gut, could be God,
It could be crazy
Still we know no higher law
So you better follow yours
And I’ll try to follow mine
Read the sign

Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh

When your heartbeat leaps up like a dancer
Read the sign, read the sign
Though you may not think you know the answer
Read the sign

Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh

credits

released January 19, 2024
Written and arranged by Edward Randell
Produced by Chris Hyson and Edward Randell
Engineered by Chris Hyson. Additional engineering by Lloyd Haines and Alex Haines at Basement 10.
Mixed and mastered by D. James Goodwin at The isokon.

Edward Randell – vocals, piano, organ, acoustic guitar
Chris Hyson – electric bass, synth
Thomas Broda – drums, tambourine
Alex Haines – electric and acoustic guitars
Luke Vice-Coles – trumpet
Harry Greene – tenor saxophone
Raph Clarkson – trombone
Sara Brimer Davey, Sumudu Jayatilaka, Scarlet Halton, Ben See, Ed Blunt, Woody Lewenstein, David Rael – backing vocals

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Edward Randell London, UK

Edward Randell is a singer and songwriter from south London. With a warm blanket of a voice, slyly sparkling lyrics and melodies that evoke instant nostalgia, his music sounds like James Taylor and Rufus Wainwright sharing a pot of English Breakfast.

Formerly a member of legendary vocal group The Swingles, Edward is due to release his full-length debut in 2024, co-produced with Chris Hyson. ... more

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