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The Chosen One - Baptism

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    "Debut album of the year - it's absolutely stunning." The Titus Jennings Experience

    "Steve Tilling has made a compelling debut. It's a tight, dark intelligent album… albeit one plentifully and carefully decorated with accessible hooks and melodies... the depth of Tilling's wonderlust is his most progressive asset." Prog Magazine

    "Steve Tilling has given us a musical spectacle that will stand the test of time. Great songwriting combined with superb musicianship and a concept that works, CIRCU5 is a triumph." Progradar

    "CIRCU5 would unquestionably have been a huge ‘hit’ back in the day. And unlike some of Tilling’s prog contemporaries, who have a tendency to overegg – and often overcook – the pudding, it is equally palatable today. Impressive." Get Ready To Rock

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Floating and gestating in a metallic lattice womb, he explodes into millions of sharp fragments; and is reborn, clean and smooth, into a world that will die for its sins.

lyrics

Did you see the news today?
The boy you loved just went astray all alone
He never came home
The hunter gathered up his prey
The blame will rest with no one but the unknowns stepping over the bones

If you could take a soul and set it free, you'd understand the man I came to be
Just look into the light that shines behind these eyes on the day that I became The Chosen One

Did you see my work today?
Everyone was torn away from the crowd
You would have been proud
A sacrificial thrill display
Smiling as their lives come tumbling down, staring up from the ground

I will make you see a way out of all this mind debris from those who will analyse me, demonise me
Your humanity will make an open sanctuary from those who will sanctify me, crucify me, lay me down to sleep
The promises they would never keep are gone

credits

from CIRCU5, released September 15, 2017
Written by Steve Tilling

Steve Tilling: vocals, guitars, bass, synthesiser, percussion
Alan van Kleef: drums

Produced by Steve Tilling
Recorded at The Crypt, Swindon, and Axis Recording Studio, Doncaster
Additional production (drums): Matt Ellis at Axis Recording Studio
Mixed by Stuart Rowe and Steve Tilling at The Bunker
Additional mixing: Alan van Kleef

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CIRCU5 is the solo project of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Steve Tilling. The debut album features guest performances from Dave Gregory (XTC, Big Big Train), Phil Spalding (Mike Oldfield), Matt Backer (Julian Lennon), Alan van Kleef (Ariel X), Johnny Warman (Peter Gabriel) and Andy Neve (Steve Hackett). ... more

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