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The Piss, The Perfume - EP

by Hayley Mary

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    Hayley Mary; a wee pocket rocket with the voice of a giant angel. A bona fide persona with no shortage of past achievements, but they are not why we are here. Superstars live in the future.

    The Piss, The Perfume, the singer’s debut EP, was written mainly while Hayley was working in Smith’s Deli, (“the best caff”, according to one local taxi driver, in Edinburgh). She and her partner, Johnny, relocated from Sydney to the Scottish capital last year to live. The EP’s title track, designed to turn a page between two eras of Sydney life, has all the optimism and irony that nostalgia can afford, ‘Like a Woman Should’ continues the contradiction of attitudes, disguising a heartfelt love song written for a real and life-affirming man, as a social commentary about the conceptual collective fear of the so-called ‘toxic men’ we are ever reminded may be looming.

    Produced by Scott Horscroft (Silverchair, The Presets, Tkay Maidza, Middle Kids), The Piss, The Perfume fuses Americana, Australiana and punk songwriting with Motown inspired rhythms and soaring vocal style.

    The Piss, The Perfume

    Like A Woman Should

    Ordinary Me

    Holly

    Brat

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    The Piss, The Perfume, the singer’s debut EP, was written mainly while Hayley was working in Smith’s Deli, (“the best caff”, according to one local taxi driver, in Edinburgh). She and her partner, Johnny, relocated from Sydney to the Scottish capital last year to live. The EP’s title track, designed to turn a page between two eras of Sydney life, has all the optimism and irony that nostalgia can afford, ‘Like a Woman Should’ continues the contradiction of attitudes, disguising a heartfelt love song written for a real and life-affirming man, as a social commentary about the conceptual collective fear of the so-called ‘toxic men’ we are ever reminded may be looming.

    Produced by Scott Horscroft (Silverchair, The Presets, Tkay Maidza, Middle Kids), The Piss, The Perfume fuses Americana, Australiana and punk songwriting with Motown inspired rhythms and soaring vocal style.

    The Piss, The Perfume

    Like A Woman Should

    Ordinary Me

    Holly

    Brat

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1.
I heard you’re coming back to Sydney I have prepared reaction for this one I’m sure you expect that I will break down and cry Or I'll slither away and Stumble out my window as you skip by singing Don’t it come around The wind and the sound The slant in the room The piss, the perfume Always somehow Can bring me to tears Whenever combined With of with pictures of you I heard you’re coming back to Sydney town Thought you weren’t for the simple life Run it alone the whole world round Do not believe me baby I've been lying that I’m strong But I gotta get out I’m in a rhythm of doubt I should be back in the fight where I belong Not stumbling out my window With your old T-shirt on And don’t it come around The wind and the sound The slant in the room The piss, the perfume Always somehow Can bring me to tears Whenever combined With pictures of you Honeys to my left And baby’s aright The less that I have The more that I find Them calling me out And I’m uninspired Whenever your light Whispers over mine And I find bitterness through love And I find through bitterness true love And I find bitterness through love (And coming down she was) And I find through bitterness true love And I find bitterness through love And I find through bitterness true love Don’t it come around The wind and the sound The slant in the room The piss, the perfume Always somehow Can bring me to tears Whenever combined With pictures of you Honeys to my left And baby’s aright The less that I have The more that I find Them calling me out And I’m uninspired Whenever your light Whispers over mine And I find bitterness through love And I find through bitterness true love And I find bitterness through love (And coming down she was) And I find through bitterness true love And I find bitterness through love And I find through bitterness true love
2.
Caught in the crossfire caught in the fishing wire, ohhh Your love is a sweet thing the anger in me choses to ignore And sometimes I wish that I was, wish that I was, wish that I was born in another time In the future, see my daughters born, see my daughters born Born into a world where Suddenly like I could walk the street, I walk the street like a woman should Like nobody was around Like I could walk the street, I walk the street like woman should I was a lady. You were a streetlight in the cold If you could save my body, I wonder what you would do with my soul And sometimes I wish that I was, wish that I was born in another time In the future, see my daughters born, see my daughters born Born Into a world where Suddenly like I could, walk the street, I walk the street like a woman should Like nobody was around Like I could, could shed the anatomy of my high school Like my body was allowed Yeah like I could walk the street, I walk the street like a woman should And I’d be walking home to you I’d be walking home to you We hadn’t had the chance to say goodbye Before they lay me down to the ground to die I hope I find me a world where Suddenly like I could walk the street, I walk the street like a woman should Like nobody was around Like I could, could shed the economy of my childhood Like my body was allowed Yeah like I could walk the street, I walk the street like a woman should I’d be walking home to you I’d be walking home to you
3.
Ordinary Me 03:39
I see her in you dreams I thought her on your brain If it were up to me, well none of us would change But time will stake her claim As it goes on and on forever Ordinary me, but with you on my mind I see it in rewind I know you’re going home But since we’ve said goodbye Well I don’t wanna know How time can waste away As it goes on and on forever Ordinary me, but with you on my mind I’ll be more and more than better More than I should be Because for you I try Yes it’s for you I try So don’t go changing, changing, changing, changing, changing I don’t wanna be lonely my whole life As if time could waste away But it goes on and on forever Ordinary me, but with you on my mind I’ll be more and more than better All that I could be Because for you I try Yes it’s for you I try I said for you I try
4.
Holly 03:44
Holly, Holly, Holly, where did you go after '97? Holly, Holly, Holly, did you grow out of the kleptomania? I can’t think of anyone who had a better hold on me A better hold on me She’s a storm, but she tries to live in the norm In the heart of America As you bear the children of yawn I hope that you’re better now girl Oh, yell it out, yell it out, yell it out, on your feet Oh, yell it out, yell it out, yell it out, on your feet Oh, Holly, you’re heating up that floor Hollow cheeks and eyes are heavy noir And as she lay down, I fell to my knees She’s a storm, but she tries to live in the norm In the heart of America As you bear the children of yawn I hope that you’re getting there girl Now your name’s Victoria Yawn And your hair is paradise blonde But I still would recognise you on the news You’re the heart of America Oh, yell it out, yell it out, yell it out, on your feet Oh, yell it out, yell it out, yell it out, on your feet Oh, on your own, your soft moisturised feet Oh on your, Dior moisturised feet She’s a storm, but she tries to live in the norm In the heart of America As you bear the children of yawn I hope that you’re getting there girl Now your name’s Victoria Yawn And your hair is paradise blonde But I’ll always recognise you on the news You’re the heart of America
5.
Brat 03:12
I bet you never let the weather get the better of you Your house on fire, your sky still blue And if I ever get together I’ll be getting out too I’ll skip the cracks, I won’t look back, I won’t fall through And they say nothing, nothing, nothing is more And it’s gonna change your life Yeah, nothing, nothing, nothing is more And it’s gonna change your life But what if I’m a brat and I want more? And I want more and I want more And I’m a brat and I want more And I want more and I want more I bet you’re clever and you never let the tether on you The darkness bound, you turned around You never knew And you say nothing, nothing, nothing is more And it’s gonna change your life Well then, what am I here hanging on for Have I gotta tear it down? Because I’m a brat and I want more and I want more and I want more And I’m a brat and I want more And I want more and I want more And I’m a brat and I want more And I want more and I want more And I’m a brat and I want more And I want more and I’m the one’s gonna change it up Yeah I’m gonna change it up I’m gonna change your life

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released January 17, 2020

Produced by Scott Horscroft
Assistant engineering by Jack Nigro and Matt Stewart
Drums - Brock Fitzgerald
Bass - Sammy Sudhakar
Guitar, keys - Johnny Took
Guitar - Patrick Harrowsmith
Violin - Sercan Danis
Additional vocals - Matt Mason

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Hayley Mary Melbourne, Australia

After the release of three captivating solo EPssince 2020, which landed her radio love, critical acclaim and a feature on Netflix' 'MAID' with 'Like A Woman Should', The Jezabels front woman is currently working on her debut solo album. Think Cyndi Lauper meets Roy Orbison, with a charming Australiana twist. ... more

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