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'Home' Music Video: y2u.be/9Xb6Iuph19w

Dear Friends

We’re excited and proud to announce the release of our new single “Home”, our first in nearly a decade.

As you’d expect, a lot has happened since we returned to Perth from Manchester, UK. Heraclitus said that change is the only constant in life. He was mostly right, but not entirely. There were breakups and makeups; weddings and births; job changes and home moves. Yet two things remained the same: our partnership and our love of music.

With the demands of raising young families and working day jobs, ShadowPlay faded into our reveries. We had become one of those “boring adults” who used to play the guitar or drums, or who used to be in a band. Instruments were neglected in favour of toys (both big boys’ and kids’) and band practice in favour of careers and play-dates.

We’ve somehow muddled our way out of our grown-up stupor and blown off the cobwebs that cocooned our instruments (a risky task in Australia, home to some of the nastiest arachnids in the world). Rediscovering our instruments, chords and scales was a slow but delightful process. Soon, abstract notes became melodies and harmonies, and words became a song.

“Home” is Alitia’s story of being lost and then found; of the pursuit of dreams across oceans, but ultimately finding it right here: at home. “Home” is our collective story.

“Home” was also our “proof of concept” – to prove to ourselves that we still had the passion and ability to write music and tell stories. To that end, we are very pleased with the result and look forward to sharing many more stories with you.

We hope you enjoy “Home”.

Yours truly

Alitia, Duane, Guy, Linus & Uwe

www.theshadowplay.com

lyrics

Home - ShadowPlay
(Alitia)

Like a child with wonder in her eyes
I wished upon a moonlit night
And diamond dreams
Like a child with wonder in her eyes I wished upon a dream

When the cold wind blows
It turns the pages of your life
You lose your way
And in that field of starlit snow
You took my hand and led me home

Led astray by pretty horses I rode
into darkness where I drowned
In crimson streams

Led astray by pretty horses where I drowned in crimson streams

When the cold wind blows
It turns the pages of your life
You lose your way
And in that field of starlit snow
You took my hand and led me home

Your voice was incandescent
Shining through the darkness
To light my way home

When the cold wind blows
It turns the pages of your life
You lose your way
And on that night, beneath the glow
You held my hand and I came home

credits

released December 1, 2016
Produced by: Linus Chen & Duane Bonney
Mixed by: David Castillo, Fascination Street Studios
Mastered by: Jens Bogren, Fascination Street Studios
Recorded by: Duane Bonney

Alitia: Vocals
Duane Bonney: Drums/Keyboards
Linus Chen: Guitars
Uwe Harnisch: Bass
Guy Lillico: Keyboards

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ShadowPlay Perth, Australia

Formed in 2002, Australian band ShadowPlay features the ethereal vocals of Alitia, floating above a brooding romantic meld of metal, goth and electronica

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