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Temptation of the Saints

by Big Valley

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1.
Speak As You Find 03:05
lyrics
Speak As You Find (Hide And Go Fuck) Speak as you find Find as you seek. Small town / Big Valley I'm homeward / bound to be Pair off / Sweet nothing is lethal / Perfect to me If there's a fight I'll make 'em know they're in it. Invest in me. Make a right and turn the lights off. Stay calm / we've something to see Speak as you find Find as you seek. Free wheels / grinding teeth and 'I'm always market force Proof read / I need a vanity to buy me a part of me If you've the mind we'll open up those odds. Brokering me and you can the models of your gods' intimacy. Speak as you find Find as you seek. Call home comatose again reciting viscerally Can't teach to feel security A gun breed branded on me A Ruby mine that ran dry Our sunshine Violent dreams In time we will relieve their stitches Break at the sea Speak as you find Find as you seek. Scott Jessop 2016
2.
Popsong (for Stratford) 03:12
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Popsong (for Stratford) Your small town is making me sick I don't need anyone to hit I'm a real man anyone can see Emblems tattooed on me On me I buy two packets of fags and I'm set We end up sex at the second attempt Ask you but you never knew what it meant Sent you into the future Take me in place of a dog for a pet Drag me around by a rope on my neck Ask her she thinks I'm making a fuss I don't trust anyone anymore Your small town is making me sick I don't need anyone to hit I'm a real man anyone can see Emblems tattooed on me On me I take endless trips to the wreck Summertime and I want to get from my head Blank out every word that she said Sent back in formal letters I mean, mean isn't worth working out This scene needs a few more getting round Ten pounds isn't worth seven these days Come down and never come back again Your small town is making me sick I don't need anyone to hit I'm a real man anyone can see Emblems tattooed on me On me It's dark, cars are parked without lights She's like 'I feel I'm dying inside' I try not to smile as I care She deals in cliches somewhere Your small town is making me sick I don't need anyone to hit I'm a real man anyone can see Emblems tattooed on me On me Scott Jessop 2016
3.
Dandare 02:45
lyrics
Dandare She walk the ballpark like they fear her They couldn't make one any meaner They're gonna tell ya that they need you but I do and that's the truth I'm stuck fucked in love with you You're like the Mekon For understanding me I can't be broken Underneath these dreams Why don't you come and chat in private You're like the best at denying You'd better take it as you find it Reminded me of you Now i'm stuck inside the room You're like the Mekon For understanding me I can't be broken Underneath these dreams Scott Jessop 2016
4.
Playing Awake 03:20
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Playing Awake The lasers have their targets now it's time that you were getting out. The game is not what is was The latest I've been finding out that you are on the bank now. The game is not what it was Not what it should be Not what it will be The game is just what it is All the way I've been playing awake but really, who's at the hull? Who's at the hull? The venom in the minaret projected to the internet. The game is not what it was. Created by an evil eye gestate in a dumb white. The game is not what it was. Not what it should be Not what it will be The game is just what it is All the way I've been playing awake but really, who's at the hull? Who's at the hull? The plural of your pleurisy obsession is a sneak thief. The game is not what it was. Possession is a young bride what I need at my time of life. The game is not what it was. Not what it should be Not what it will be The game is just what it is All the way I've been playing awake but really, who's at the hull? Who's at the hull? Scott Jessop 2016
5.
The Wave 03:24
lyrics
Religion is the sea Tallest in my home Fear and self loathing Are two of my best friends Can you feel the wave? Articles of faith Clothe death / that I doubt I will be faithful Auto da fe Can you feel the wave? Can you feel the wave? Can you feel the wave? Can you feel the way that I need you to be in your sleep? Because they don't expect me to be ready to swing. (swim) Pushed at your door Come for the race It will be exiting All that you can face Can you feel the wave? Whoso on my back Should fall as I ride I will be arriving As we escape Can you feel the wave? Can you feel the wave? Can you feel the wave? Can you feel the way that I need you to be in your sleep? Because they don't expect me to be ready to swing. (swim) Without me you'll get nothing Easy. Set up in the bell tower Rifle alive. Can you feel the wave? Clearing away Dead in the wood. I will be here waiting Bed of the sea. Can you feel the wave? Can you feel the wave? Can you feel the wave? Can you feel the way that I need you to be in your sleep? Because they don't expect me to be ready to swing. (swim) Scott Jessop 2016
6.
Sea Is Blue 02:26
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Sea Is Blue In far Cyan, where houses float on water Koreans escape across the border. The lights are ever closing on us, wait. I'm sure that I have made mistakes. They could never let me be As far as I can see It's a waste to be awake I can't keep taking this abuse i'm done Just let me see the sun. In sweet Seattle, where boats go to Alaska falling in means death within three minutes. So help me back onboard inside the time I guess that now I owe you a life. They could never let me be As far as I can see It's a waste to be awake I can't keep taking this abuse i'm done Just let me see the sun. Scott Jessop 2016
7.
Disney Brigade 04:16
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Disney Brigade (Fake Beers / Cutie Pie) I wouldn't wish this on my best friend Something's in the way again A blanket shield, a riot calm Racking up and taking harm A bottle of hopscotch a couple of pills Left with the ashes to cover the bills All turned up my window's pain Never again they say She's my cutie pie My slot machine It's a real life But it feels like Big Bolcha Belly wobbler Is it fight time? In the street light Coming over Hysteria She's got the automatic way I never learn from my mistakes Here come the breaks Bring me a line I'm fine / I'm fine / I 'm fine Make me a wish and wrap it up tight Take it away I'll be gone for the night Return to find I've been replaced She's got the automatic way. She's my cutie pie My slot machine It's a real life But it feels like Big Bolcha Belly wobbler Is it fight time In the street light Coming over Hysteria Hang on, it's safe Here come the Disney brigade. She stands tall, two stories, wave I wake up to find it safe The warehouse alight The lighthouse is where? If we bank we'll kiss the rocks All will sink titanium dogs Pyjama queen have mercy, trade She stands tall, two stories, wave. She's my cutie pie My slot machine It's a real life But it feels like Big Bolcha Belly wobbler Is it fight time In the street light Coming over Well come on over Scott Jessop 2016
8.
Disciples 03:15
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Disciples. Target me How many words must I write all the same? Find me How can I learn if I'm never to blame? Pulling her down is like cutting the wrists but they say on us All written down in some magical lists but they prey on us Must be a stage that he's standing on must be her age that they won't let her up Strapped to you riding a rocket A Jetpack that blows up on my back Target me How many words must I write all the same? Find me How can I learn if I'm never to blame? It's not an abuse if you like it too I'll be for you if you say I must Matchstick clock or just stuck to the glue Help me inhale but the hands fall off Must a doll if she comes in a box Must be for real you can see from the phase Why can't you learn how to lock it? I'll rock it, watching it roll with the wave Target me How many words must I write all the same? Find me How can I learn if I'm never to blame? You took tea with him How can you let me down like this You're going to be like him Master of my house Target me How many words must I write all the same? Find me How can I learn if I'm never to blame? Scott Jessop 2016
9.
Head Test 02:33
lyrics
Head Test Here comes a wave I'm not afraid These waters are forever our graves These seas leave nothing to be saved Lie awake and wait for me and we will sink into the sea Scott Jessop 2016
10.
Rollcage 02:34
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Rollcage Put elements together and if they react, turn them into something good. The two of us together; It's a blatant fact, there's always sparks and I don't know if I should find a way around this time but I am sick of all this trying. We're going to crash. We need a rollcage for the lives we lead You make me feel awake Like I'm safe and I'm real You make me feel. The two of us are trouble so before we go pop bubble up beside me again. There is too much love in here for us to ever go out so what's it about? My fire, my old flame I am sick of all this tears. You Would never let me steer We are going to crash. We need a rollcage for the lives we lead You make me feel awake Like I'm safe and I'm real You make me feel. Scott Jessop 2016

about

"After the death of my beloved dog Ruby, I began writing 'Temptation of the Saints.' Ruby died on 1st Sept 2015.

I watched every episode of 'Deadliest Catch' in a two week binge. Suffering with chronic insomnia, I often spent days and nights awake indefinitely, whilst composing this album, like the fishermen of the Bering sea. The bereavement caused me to reconnect with latent depressions and the struggle of the Alaskan fishing vessels became a metaphor for my feelings. The 'Temptation of the Saints' is the product of this long, dark winter.

My mother developed potentially fatal pneumonia and the family spent Christmas in intensive care. I honestly thought she was going to die on christmas day. It was 50/50. Thankfully she survived, however she was in hospital for some months. During this time I visited the hospital each evening and continued to work on 'Temptation of the Saints.' Life seemed to be an unpredictable, dark, cold, lonely place for some months. Only when the 'crew' (friends and family) pull together do the dark times seem more bearable.

'Finishing' the record has been difficult. I kind of cheered up for summer and put the album on the back burner. As the autumn is upon us, just over a year since I last saw my girl for the last time, it has been easier to draw this project to a close.

I write, perform and record everything myself, at home. I use a laptop, and cheap instruments. DIY/Indie/Punk/Grunge...

Raw and all my own work. Punk/Grunge is more than a 'style' or 'fashion' choice for me. It is who I am. A character trait.

I am also a conceptual artist. So consider this a concept album.

If you have taken the time to read all this then could you please
buy the album. At the time of writing this, I am skint."

Scott Jessop
2016


Dedicated to all the lives claimed by the Bering sea
and to Ruby Jessop.

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released October 17, 2016

Written by Scott Jessop
Performed, recored and produced by Scott Jessop
@Pharos Studios

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Big Valley is a British, grunge/powerpop, neo-punk project.





Scott has been producing art from the age of 13 and has various artistic guises.

Based in the centre of England, Scott lives with his rescue dog, makes films and produces art.

Everything is written, recorded and produced by Scott Jessop. ... more

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