Quill Christmas "Hard Times" - Full EP

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1.	This Year 04:55	lyrics	buy track
Christmas, Christmas Are you here? Christmas, I don't feel you this year Christmas, Christmas Are you gone? Or were you there All Along Hear our cries out to you For something to be right Christmas, Christmas Please send your light Ohh I hear the jingle bells ringing See the lights all a twinkling But my heart doesn’t feel like singing This year Bring us peace Bring us hope Bring us joy Bring us love For tomorrow For today For each other Right away Christmas, Christmas We need you now Christmas, Christmas Don't take a bow Christmas, Christmas Are you here? Christmas, Christmas Please be near So hear our cries For peace on earth Bring goodwill For everyone And let us rest In the shadow Of your lights Ohh I hear the jingle bells ringing See the lights all a twinkling But my heart doesn’t feel like singing This year Bring us peace Bring us hope Bring us joy Bring us love For tomorrow For today For each other Right away
2.	Long December 03:53	info	buy track
3.	Hard Times : Tidings of Comfort 04:41	info	buy track
4.	Take A Breath 03:46	lyrics	buy track
A stable in the starlight Laboring through the night Angst and worry fill her mind Her voice pierces the air Shivering in fright And she waits to feel relief Promise fulfilled, her pain ceased Feel the peace this child gives Heartaches ease and new hope lives A tangled mess, but for just one thread Feel the peace Take a breath Living in a restless world Unforgiving struggles, obstacles We curse our brother, fight and cry And say they're the reason why Kindness is impossible And we pray, for deliverance From ourselves Our ignorance Feel the peace this child gives Heartaches ease and new hope lives A tangled mess, but for just one thread Feel the peace Take a breath Yesterday was dark Tomorrow is unknown But on this morning At this moment Feel the hope this world was shown Feel the peace this child gives Heartaches ease and new hope lives A tangled mess, but for just one thread Feel the peace Take a breath
5.	Christmas Time Is Here 03:51	info	buy track
6.	What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? 02:47	info	buy track

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*If you have already purchased the "Hard Times : Tidings of Comfort" SINGLE, please purchase the rest of the 5 tracks individually so you don't get charged extra!* If you haven't yet purchased the single, you can buy the entire album here!

2020 began with a dream to record a Christmas album, but when COVID hit, that dream quickly faded away. The months came and went and with the passing time, confusion set in on what to do with our music. Eventually, we came back to the idea of recording something for Christmas, and settled on a 6 song EP in pursuit of finding our music again, nourishing our souls, and bringing some hope to the world during these uncertain times.

We are thankful to have our dear friend Elise Ziegenbein on our two original songs and the title track, and thankful to our friends at South Shadow Studios for taking on this project so last minute and for producing an amazing final product.

Special thanks to our families for supporting us through this project.

Thanks to our friend, artist Katie Harmon for the beautiful wreath design, to Elise Ziegenbein for the lovely font work, and to Jenny Bunny Davis for her expertise and talent to wrangle all components to make a beautiful album cover!

credits

released November 27, 2020

"This Year", lyrics and music by Steph Hughes

"A Long December", written by Counting Crows, arranged by Elizabeth Grimes and Steph Hughes

"Hard Times/Tidings of Comfort", written by Stephen Foster, arranged by Elizabeth Grimes and Steph Hughes

"Take a Breath", lyrics and music by Elizabeth Grimes

"Christmas Time is Here" written by Lee Mendelson and Vince Guaraldi, arranged by Elizabeth Grimes and Steph Hughes

"What are you Doing New Years Eve?" written by Frank Loesser, arranged by Elizabeth Grimes

Strings on "Hard Times", "Take a Breath", and "This Year" arranged and performed by Elise Ziegenbein

All other instrumentation arranged and performed by Elizabeth Grimes and Steph Hughes

All songs were recorded at South Shadow Studios (Bobby Titolo and David Williams) in Atlanta, GA

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Corneel

Lelystad, Netherlands
May 24

Club Hell

Diest, Belgium
May 25

Espace François Mitterrand, Bully-les-Mines

Lens, France
May 26

Poppodium Boerderij

Zoetermeer, Netherlands
Nov 3

Joe Joe jims

Birmingham, UK
Dec 8

The Robin

Bilston, UK

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