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Behind the Walls (Bonus Track)

from Milkteeth by Douglas Dare

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Ahead of his greatly anticipated solo tour, the unmistakable Douglas Dare reveals new piano-led single Behind The Walls — a thoughtful off-cut from 2020’s acclaimed full-length album Milkteeth, which fans have been waiting two years to experience live.

Before finally taking this record on the road through the UK and Europe, Behind The Walls sees Dare turn the lens inwards once more, and reflect on his childhood experience from an elevated point of knowledge.

“When we're children, sometimes the adults around us will talk in code in order to keep something from us. Innocent things can be hidden from young ears like swear words or the confirmation that the tooth-fairy doesn't really exist [shock horror!] but also darker and more complex issues are camouflaged. When I was nine years old and my parents separated, my mother told me that she had been planning to leave my father for many years but she wanted to protect me from ever knowing this; this is the part she admitted to but there was far more besides that I already knew. Behind The Walls is an admission of truth twenty years after-the-fact.” — Douglas Dare

To mark the start of the tour, February 8 will also see the release of a Milkteeth (Special Edition) including Behind The Walls as a bonus track, available on all digital platforms including Bandcamp.

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I saw it in the day
And again at night
I heard the acronyms
And knew you dimmed the lights
But you don’t fool me
I’ve seen it all before
I’ve seen it all

My brother read the note
He read it all aloud
I don’t find it funny
But I don’t feel scared
I’ve lived here all my life
I’ve seen it all
I’ve felt the floors
I’ve been behind the walls

I’m not scared
I’m not scared, no

I know about the beach
And the roadside hotels
But you don’t know me
I’ve seen through it all
I understand more than you think I do
You underestimate the child with you

I’m not scared
I’m not scared
[scared, scared]
Hold my hands out
I’m not shaking
Hold my heart out
I’m not shaking

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from Milkteeth, track released February 8, 2022
Composed and performed by Douglas Dare
Lyrics by Douglas Dare
Mixed and produced by Mike Lindsay
Mastered by Zino Mikorey

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Douglas Dare is a London-based singer-songwriter, originally from the coastal town of Bridport, South West England. The son of a piano teacher, Douglas began composing instrumental music from a young age but it was not until studying popular music at University in Liverpool in 2008 that he began songwriting. ... more

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