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reklovm Superb Album from the beginning to the end. Keep on Rocking This Winter Machine! Favorite track: The Storm (Part 2).
JC
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JC Kites n’est certainement pas l’album du siècle. Il ne saurait rivaliser avec un Misplaced Childhood, un Pure ou un Delusion Rain. Néanmoins, il se laisse écouter, rappelant que quelques groupes s’essayent encore au néo-prog avec bonheur. Favorite track: Pleasure & Purpose.
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daveks Wow, what a superb release. Just buy it. Favorite track: Pleasure & Purpose.
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prog-rocks The third album of TWM, even better than the last ones. If you like (older) Marillion, Pallas or Pendragon, just try it! You won't regret!
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davids0211 Wow, this is such a wonderful album. A band at the very top of their game and their best album yet.
Lyrically and musically perfect.
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poindexter5221 Every album that This Winter machine releases is more than just a follow-up to their previous work(s). Each album stands alone... you might say that "Kites" is both pleasurable and purposeful! Favorite track: Pleasure & Purpose.
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2.
Holding Folding C ontrolling Sunshine Shining Asleep Feeling Healing Believing Empty Plenty Release me Seven days can last a lifetime Locked inside your head So the story goes Needing Bleeding Revealing Breathing Bleating Sheep Watching Talking Waiting Carefree I can’t see Believe me Seven days can last a lifetime Locked inside your head So the story goes
3.
Lying in the summer sun I’ve been dreaming since the day began Holding back and holding on Watching silently and calm It’s more than we can see Close my eyes and fly away Save the thinking for another day Feel the sunlight warm my face Like a physical desire It’s more than we can see Hold my breath and carry on I try to catch that day that’s gone And I remember what it means To be innocently and clear It’s more than we can see Struggle to believe Time to go back home
4.
Limited 02:00
5.
If we could photograph what might have been An empty memory of what we’d see Then we’d know We could grow And make it something real But we just spend our time imagining Until we’re blind to what is happening We don’t see What we need Or even what we feel Sometimes it seems like every second I forget a little more Another compromise and suddenly my back’s against the wall All the resentment and corrosion that you thought I should have known I saw the lightning in your eyes, I had to make it on my own Now you’re all out of trust and I’m all out of time I try to remember all our grand designs All the blessings and burdens Broken and small I just needed a warning, a little relief So I wouldn’t have to just admit defeat All the noise and confusion Means nothing at all If we ignore a part of what we find Does It matter what we leave behind We still trust Way too much Or maybe we’re just blind Sometimes it seems like every second I forget a little more Another compromise and suddenly my back’s against the wall All the resentment and corrosion that you thought I should have known I saw the lightning in your eyes, I had to make it on my own I just needed forgiveness, a little restraint I needed the time so I could just explain All the pleasure and purpose tumbling down Now there’s nothing but anger, covered in shame And I had to finally accept the blame All the colours and virtue just left on the ground
6.
My heart was a beacon I’d follow I trust in whatever I feel But I’m left feeling foolish and hollow And I’m not really sure what is real Do lessons always have to be painful? Can we take what we need in the end? Can we separate weakness from hateful? Can we separate lover from friend? If something is right do we know it Can we understand why people lie? Can we try to believe, after being deceived And convince ourselves something is right? And in the end, does anything matter? Can we paint ourselves out of the frame? Can we see through the truth and the damage it proves Without anyone taking the blame? Oh, this heart’s alive, heart’s alive So hold on tight How can we tell if it’s honest? Can we tell when we’re just being used? Is it normal to doubt, what we’re thinking about? Is it normal to be so confused? It was something I wanted forever You were someone who made me believe Now I’m empty inside and I can’t see the light And I don’t know what anything means Oh, this heart’s alive, heart’s alive So hold on tight
7.
Whirlpool 02:16
8.
Broken 04:58
I take a moment just to pass my time I need to remember this is yours, not mine Suddenly everything seems far away Into the storm just like a castaway Stay with me until the morning Hold me close until the end of time Seems like nothing lasts forever You see the world the same as me Memories carry me above the rain Watching it fall against the window pane I know exactly when I lost my mind It’s not what you take, it’s what you leave behind Stay with me until the morning Hold me close until the end of time Seems like nothing lasts forever You see the world the same as me And suddenly we’re all alone We turn and face the great unknown How can we tell if this is real? You stood by the door and you turned out the sunlight I wanted so much to believe it was true But you’re never there when the night becomes morning time And you’re never with me to help get me through Stay with me until the morning Hold me close until the end of time Seems like nothing lasts forever You see the world the same as me It doesn’t matter if I stay too long I know you’ll forgive me if I get things wrong Sitting together in our hideaway ‘Never enough’ is never far away
9.
Sometimes 04:05
Would you catch me if I fall apart? Making you crazy with my foolish heart Means so much that I really can’t say Keeping me dreaming in my world away I know the shadows that we see are mine Leading me safely from the firing line Spring turns to summer then watch it fall Keeping me sheltered when I feel so small Oh, sometimes I know sometimes I can seem naive When you’re with me I can still believe I know you need a little time alone Keeping me here inside the fallout zone Oh, sometimes Sometimes I wonder why you’re still around I always felt warm inside your hand-me-downs What does it matter what we never show? Is it better to never know? Will you catch me if I fall apart? Making you crazy with my foolish heart Means so much that I really can’t say Keeping me dreaming in my world away Oh, sometimes
10.
Kites 07:18
I tried so hard to let you know It’s all supposed to help us grow And everything was right before my eyes I wondered how I used to be Did I forget my family? When all I saw was right before my eyes And all the things we could not say That never mattered anyway And all I saw was right before my eyes And everything I needed to know I heard it on my radio I told myself it’s better not to try So all of the people For all of the time We can’t go on thinking it’s the end of the line There’s gotta be something that we can do any time We’re looking for something that we’ll never find And we never notice we got left behind A little bit faster it stays with us sometimes This could be the end of the line Blinded by the lights ahead And all the things we left unsaid I told myself it’s better not to try Someday we’ll be kites for the last time

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released October 28, 2021

Le Jour D’Avant: Music by Pat Ganger-Sanders
The Storm (Part I): Music by Winter
The Storm (Part II): Music by Winter & Bennison
Limited: Music by Close
Pleasure & Purpose: Music by Winter, Bennison & D’Vali
This Heart’s Alive: Music by Winter & Numan
Whirlpool: Music by Bennison
Broken: Music by Numan & Winter
Sometimes: Music by Winter
Kites: Music by Winter & Bennison


Engineered by Dom Richmond & Dom Bennison
Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Dom Bennison
Co-Produced by Al Winter
Recorded at Soundworks Studios & Medicine Room Studios

All lyrics by Winter

Guitar solo on The Storm (Part I): Mark Abrahams
Violin solo on Sometimes: Eric Bouillette Perso
Keyboards on tracks 1-7: Pat Ganger-Sanders
Keyboards on tracks 9-10: Reuben Jones
Keyboards on tracks 8: Mark Numan
Vocals on track 9: Peter jones

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This Winter Machine Leeds, UK

Melodic neo-prog band from Yorkshire, UK.

Al Winter: Vocals
Dave Close: Bass & Vocals
Leigh Perkins: Keyboards & Vocals
Alan Wilson: Drums

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