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Sugar and White Man

from Seasons album by The New Graces

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    A pressing of our album on Vinyl, with lyrics sleeve and cover designed by Melanie Horsnell, and cover artwork by Asha Kidd

    Includes unlimited streaming of Seasons album via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 30 days
    edition of 100 

      $39 AUD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    In an eco-friendly case with artwork and photography by Asha Kidd, and design by Melanie Horsnell. Booklet includes all lyrics and chords for songs.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Seasons album via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 14 days

      $25 AUD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Thanks for being our team mate!
    This package has 10 signed CD albums, and 10 digital download codes, and one thank you love letter from us for helping us spread the music!
    You can sell your cd's (normal price is $25 each, $10 for digital) or you can give them to all your relatives for Christmas! The download codes are great to put in birthday cards or christmas cards when you want to keep postage low, and tempt your mates into buying a cd perhaps.
    Thanks for being part of The New Graces team and we can't wait to one day see you at a show.
    x Melanie, Robyn and Kate
    The New Graces

    Includes unlimited streaming of Seasons album via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days

      $200 AUD or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1.70 AUD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

SUGAR AND WHITE MAN
(Melanie Horsnell)
Chords: F Bb C

Sugar and white man
Flour and stolen
Children and mothers
Crying all night
Before the bible
There was The Dreaming
It still keeps me believing
Emu in the sky

Begging for food
Begging for land
Begging for something
We already had
Build me a castle
Of leftover things
On the edge of the city
We’ll just try to live

I lost my family
My memory drowned
In fear and in courage
I hammered it down
I’ll sew it together
From pieces I find
On this trail worn with sorrow
From bare feet and crying

In my culture
Children are laughing
People are dancing
Into the night
We read the footprints
We read the stars
We know exactly
Who we are

I want my language
To sing to my child
I want my stories
To teach her at night
I want my sisters
To hold my hand
We’ll love one another
‘n together we’ll stand

Sugar and white man
Flour and stolen
Children and mothers
Crying all night
Before the bible
There was The Dreaming
It still keeps me believing
Emu in the sky

credits

from Seasons album, released May 15, 2020
Melanie Horsnell: Lead Vocals & Classical Guitar
Robyn Martin: Double Bass & BV’s
Kate Burke: BV’s, Fiddle and Steel String Guitar
Rod McCormack: Tenor Guitar

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The New Graces Candelo, Australia

Melanie Horsnell, Kate Burke, Robyn Martin are all seasoned identities in the Australian music scene, all with slightly different influences and styles. They’ve been solo artists in their own right, and part of bands you heard on the radio, or danced to around a festival campfire.
They weave tales of farmers, hippies, mothers, sea farers, history, lovers, the ordinary, and the mysterious. ... more

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