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Album · 2025

The Band Still Knows the Song

by Marcia Dell

Ten songs about reunions, strangers who become neighbours and old bands finding the old song.

Tracks

  1. 1. Kitchen Radio, Play Me Something SlowKettle on the stove, radio on the shelf. Play me something slow, and we'll leave the rest to the evening.rocksteady, kitchen radio3:12
  2. 2. Stranger Next Door, Rocksteady HelloYour light comes on at seven, mine at six. A hello across a wall, set to a rocksteady beat.rocksteady, neighbour song3:33
  3. 3. Share My Umbrella, Walk Me SlowRain at the bus stop and you were standing there. I shared my umbrella and it turned into a song.lovers rock, rain song3:23
  4. 4. The Band Still Knows the Song, Slow ReunionMet them in the rehearsal room after all these years. The title track, played as a quiet reunion.lovers rock, nostalgic reggae, gospel harmony3:58
  5. 5. Keeper of the Lamp, Turn the Light for MeUp the stairs, round and round, lamp lit above the town. A lighthouse keeper's song with a proud, steady groove.rocksteady, lighthouse song3:39
  6. 6. Is That Really You, Sunday AfternoonSunday afternoon, the gate swings wide, and someone's standing there. I left the ending open on purpose.lovers rock, sunday song3:42
  7. 7. Ten Years Gone, Dance Me Round AgainTen years gone and you're back, same old song on the same old track. We danced round again.rocksteady, reunion song3:18
  8. 8. Tick Tock Heartbreak, Broken Watch RocksteadyYour watch stopped at half past nine the night we said goodbye. The saddest thing on the album, and it still sways.rocksteady ballad, heartbreak2:51
  9. 9. Wrong Night Slow Walk, Kiss on the DoorstepThe club was closed and the bus was gone, so we kissed on the doorstep in the rain. A lucky wrong night.lovers rock, rain song2:50
  10. 10. Daddy's Slippers by the Stove, Warm Them SlowDaddy's up before the sun and moves a little slow. Warm the slippers by the stove; it closes the record at home.rocksteady, family song2:47

Liner notes

The Band Still Knows the Song is about coming back: to a rehearsal room, to a gate that swings open, to someone you haven't seen in ten years. We made it in the same hall where I first performed in 2014, and I think the walls remembered us. It's the most confident record I've made, and still every song is slow.

Marcia Dell