'Til I Start Speaking

by Morly

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Mark Morly's melodies and lyrics combine for deep soul massages. Twain Harte is an enchanting love song. Favorite track: Twain Harte.

Alex Morly's songs are magic. Period. I can't wait to listen to the whole album in August.

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Morly's, 'Til I Start Speaking, pressed on 12" vinyl. The LP also includes a limited edition booklet with original prints by Morly.

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1.	Til I Start Speaking (I & II)
2.	Dance to You 04:03	lyrics	buy track
I can’t stop listening to this tape you played me on The night you whispered, Take my hand, let’s pretend we’re in love Well now I’m all alone in everything I do But when I dance I dance to you dance to you I watched you crawlin’ making paper fly You called it fallin’ in the song that I wanted to write If you could see me now playing my own tunes Still, when I dance I dance to you dance to you I had a dream you wanted me and I let you lie But even then it had to end, meant for a night ‘Cause I can’t grow inside your glow and I’d rather be an artist than his wife Don’t think I’ll miss you when you finally slip my mind and I start listening to new songs with new sounds and new times But if you caught my eye and smiled across the room Well then I’d dance I’d dance to you dance to you I had a dream you wanted me and I let you lie But even then it had to end, meant for a night ‘Cause I can’t grow inside your glow and I’d rather be an artist than his wife But if you caught my eye and smiled across the room well then I’d dance I’d dance to you
3.	Sleeping in My Own Bed 04:15	lyrics	buy track
Rapt, in your sheets a little longer I'm waiting for the sun and I feel the breeze where you would hold me— only dreams to keep me warm But there's something in my lungs that makes me wonder— a question even I don't understand You ask me where I'll be without him still loving me at the end of the night at the end of the night You'll find I'm sleeping in my own bed sleeping in my own bed ... And I'd love to be with you in autumn like the Colours of your song But I feel so green— my soul reminder how I love to paint my own Oh I heard you in the dark when I was lonely a trembling voice that I could understand Now you ask me where I'll be when the sun begins to bleed at the end of the night at the end of the night You'll find I'm sleeping in my own bed sleeping in my own bed
4.	Wasted
5.	Twain Harte 02:50	lyrics	buy track
I lost my words and nodded silently I’m just saying that I’m so in love with you They must have followed you across the sea, pulled down the line, because I’m so in love with you So when you call me from tomorrow, asking how I feel today? and I talk of illustrating a new painting for your room I’m just saying that I’m so in love with— You got my word all I'm saying is I’m so in love with you I lost my words and nodded silently I want to tell you that I’m so in love with you and I’ll follow you across the sea, pulled by the lines that mean I’m so in love with you So when you call me from tomorrow asking how I feel today? and I talk about the town in mountains, down where we could move I’m just saying that I’m so in love with— You got my word all I’m saying is I’m so in love with— You got my word all I’m saying is I’m so in love with you
6.	Up Above
7.	Jazz Angel (Bill)
8.	Savior Mind Tattoo
9.	Superlunar II
10.	Eliogy

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'Til I Start Speaking charts this journey of empowerment across 10 gentle anthems of soul and self-realization, to be shared and leaned on in low times or late nights.

Katy Morley's soft, swooning strain of storyteller pop has distilled across the past half decade into an increasingly hushed and heartfelt private language, as lived in as it is lyrical. 'Til I Start Speaking, her long awaited debut, took shape slowly during stints in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and London, stripping back the melodies to their essence, driven by a yearning to “reach ‘the other side,’ to live in and be art and music.” The songs that emerged are time-worn, aching, and acoustically rich, like hymns or traditionals, traced in piano, voice, and percussion. She describes the creation process as almost a “subconscious exorcism,” casting out old ghosts and outgrown loves.

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releases August 20, 2021

All songs written by Katy Morley and Christopher Stracey, with the exception of Wasted, co-written with Marcus Foster

Produced by Katy Morley and Christopher Stracey

Mixed by Andrew Lappin
Mastered by Heba Kadry
Artwork by Katy Morley
Design by Jack Hardwicke

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Morly Los Angeles, California

Morly, moniker of Minneapolis-bred, London-based visual artist and singer-songwriter, Katy Morley, creates stirring downtempo tracks that explore the transient space between joy and melancholy. Her strange and beautiful world is informed by her choral background, a penchant for minimalism and a love of dance. ... more

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