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You are the Big Bang

by Mahoney

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1.
It’s a win win situation And there’ll never be another like it again As the planets agree on their mutual vibration With the grim combination Of your means but someone else’s ends It’s a long, long way to the city And there’s nothing to do there nothing to see And the rhetoric that comes From a face that once seemed so pretty That it’s worth the time it takes to write it down I think we’ll both agree.
2.
This time we’re gonna make it Just like no time ever before this This is the one that matters This is the one that matters This is all I want now It’s all I've got now All I need now Take it if you want it But just tell me Won’t you tell me Is it my heart that’s slowing down? Are you ever gonna be here? Because I need you in my life dear With my heartbeat slowing down now It’s slowing down now Why is it always what I want is never what I need?
3.
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I don’t need us to talk Talk never fixed anything I would rather just walk away From the news that they bring It was never a fault That I ever thought you could have Always making me cry When all I need is to laugh There’s a man in the room But I don’t know who he is He’s been changing his tune But have I made him like this I can’t give what you want And you can’t be what I need You’re trying to teach me to write it down When I don’t know to read There’s a time and a place But I can’t find my way back inside Read the message that’s etched upon my face It’s a sign of the turning tide Some say that there’s no over That there’s only begun Like a voice screaming clear in your head Singing “You’re better off dead” You’ll know when the right moment comes Yeah you’ll know when the right moment comes
4.
You’re wasting your time If you’re trying to lean on me Assuming control Of everything that you can touch And you can see But I won’t be told And I’m not gonna roll over so easily This is not the way to live When there’s no concession That you can give It must be so hard to live with it every day When fear is the only card that you can play The richer your heart The deeper the real love you can display These are not the things to do This is not about us It’s all about you Earning our trust as a friend You always had time to pretend This is a point to attend We’ll always find out in the end There was a man He had a plan To keep it so real Sold me the dream For all it seemed A pretty good deal We’d stand or fall As one and all Least that’s how it first seemed He sold us lies Oceansized Tangled up in his schemes

about

First solo release from ex-Amplifier bass player and riffmeister extraordinaire Neil Mahony. 4 tracks of juggernaut riffs, hypnotic melodies and thunderous sexy grooves.
All music performed by Neil Mahony except drums by Gavin Kenny.

“The record says I’m better when I have somewhere to direct my emotions. It says that bile and anger and a growing distrust of oneself are all pertinent influences when it comes to making an artistic statement to be shared with people who don’t really know you.”

So says Mahoney, one-man wall of sound. Mahoney was formerly known as Neil Mahony, bassist and riffmeister extraordinaire in nu-prog pioneers Amplifier. He left the band in not entirely amicable circumstances in 2012, subject to a gagging order about the split, and with perhaps a slightly bitter taste after being airbrushed from their history. So fuck them, and let's talk about Mahoney.

This record is Mahoney’s first output since Amplifier’s The Octopus in 2010. “In November 2013 I noticed there was a hole. I used to perform. I used to create and sculpt and hone,” says the newly solo artist. “By then I hadn’t done any of that for over two years. I was in Amplifier for 14 years. It was an incredible period in my life and I’m immensely proud of the music we made. I also got to play some of the biggest shows that a rock musician can play and met so many great people. But in terms of music my contribution was limited to riffs and soundscapes. I would genuinely watch in awe as these massive rock opuses would grow and grow from all the input of these epic jams we had. I knew I had great songs in me too but there was no room for another songwriter in that band. This is my first attempt at doing it all myself. I was left with a sour taste in my mouth after the way I found myself out of that band and it took me two years to even consider doing anything musical again.”
It was further adversity that eventually brought Mahoney back to the basements of Dublin, initially jamming with friends, and finally into the studio: After my mother died in 2013 I had the reason I needed to get to work. I had been writing about her, the fear of Alzheimer’s Disease - and when she went I knew it was time to document it. This record is for my mother as much as it is for me.”


Dedicated to the memory of Breda Mahony (née Campion) and Charles Mahony.
If only we could have had one more day.
And another.

credits

released February 19, 2016

All songs written, produced, performed and mixed by Neil Mahony
Drums on all tracks by Gavin Kenny
Mastering by Tim Turan
Design by Neil Mahony and Sonja Niemeier
Mahoney logo and script by Sonja Niemeier
FET cover photo by Sonja Niemeier and Mark Heron

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