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The Forecaster

from Alterations by Mark Northfield

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    CD version of Alterations album in gatefold recycled card case. Includes full lyric booklet.

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Atmospheric art song of sublime grandeur, featuring the glacial precision of vocalist Jon Payne. Counterpart song to The Death Of Copyright on Alterations. See in-depth album guide ('alterations revealed') at www.marknorthfield.com for the full explanation.

The Forecaster also featured on The Death Of Copyright EP, and was a finalist in the UK Songwriting Contest 2011 (open category).

lyrics

THE FORECASTER

She sings the forecast
Languorous and gorgeous
Clouds moving southwards
Hazardous ambassadors

Mmmm...

Snow looms for curlews
Sleet round the south downs

Clear skies by morning
Black ice then forming
Expect disruption
Widespread til luncheon

She sings the forecast
Lowestoft to Fishguard
Well-versed assertions
The cadence of seasons

Mmmm...

All our futures
From Bracknell to Lancaster
Storms and warm fronts
And warnings of coastal fog
Falling pressure
From Thurso to Exeter
Drizzly days with no end
She wryly smiles
No extremes in these Isles

A flourish to finish
A temperature cadenza

So ends the broadcast
Fine science and hard art
All's dark
All's dark

credits

from Alterations, released July 2, 2012
Written and arranged by Mark. Published by Substantive Recordings.
Lead vocal: Jon Payne
Backing vocals: Mark Northfield, Christopher Killerby, matthew Marks, Andrew Holdsworth
Piano and percussion FX: Mark Northfield
Strings: Gillon Cameron, Nick Barr, Tony Woollard

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Mark Northfield Reading, UK

Pianist and singer/songwriter from Berkshire, England. Also founder member of piano trio Cherry Mint Koala. Mark makes eclectic, melodic and slightly melancholic pop/rock, with prominent classical and theatrical influences. Often collaborates with other vocalists drawn from a variety of genres. Somewhat unpigeonholeable. ... more

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