Candle Down

Tracks

1. 1. Mixtape for a Rainy TuesdayRain on the glass and a mixtape nobody asked for. This is how I'd like every afternoon to start.rainy-day jazz, cosy jazz3:59
2. 2. Long Light on the Back Porch RailSupper plates dried and stacked, the crickets tuning up. I wrote it on my own back porch and the crickets are in the room.porch jazz, nostalgic ballad3:57
3. 3. Sunday Afternoon, Nowhere to BeThe roast is in, the radio's low, and nobody needs me anywhere. The most luxurious thing I know.cosy jazz, sunday swing3:50
4. 4. Tea Towel Over My Shoulder, Dancing AloneThe dishes can wait, because the radio's on. I danced to this one in my own kitchen before I ever sang it.swing, kitchen jazz3:50
5. 5. Late Summer, Last Light on the StoopCicadas humming their last and the air as warm as skin. It's my favourite kind of ending, a slow one.torch song, summer ballad3:59
6. 6. The Photograph in the Piano LidI found a photograph in the lid of the church-hall piano, corners soft, and nobody would tell me who it was. So I made up a life for her.church-hall piano, nostalgic ballad4:08
7. 7. Mother's Handwriting on the Grocery ListMy mother's handwriting on a grocery list, still telling me to buy lemons. I had to stop the take twice.family ballad, parlour ballad3:37
8. 8. Step Back Into the PictureA sequin dress and a smile, and a girl I'd stopped speaking to. This is me inviting her back in, loud for once.big-band ballad, anthemic jazz3:31