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“Shed My Skin” was recorded and produced at Infidel Studios, Queanbeyan by Louis Montgomery (SAFIA, Peking Duk). Starting its life as a singer-songwriter guitar track about shedding off the chaos of the pandemic, the song’s production morphed into a chilled-out synth-pop song with elements of Maggie Rogers and Robyn through clever production that featured bouncy chorus synths and layered harmonies. The crystal-clear delicate vocal teeters on a knife-edge the whole song, until it releases the pent-up tension by the final chorus.

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Wash my hands in salty water cleansing them of you
Bury my feet in sandy shores they promise me anew
Wading in on stiffened legs made soft from underuse
My heartbeat jumps but I can't shake the memory of you

So I fell right in
And you fell right off me
And I rode it out
Out to the break

I wanna shed my skin
Cast it off
Set it adrift
And start afresh, start afresh with you
Shed my skin
Cast it off
And start afresh, start afresh with you
Let it float away

Diving over slipping under tumbling with you
My feet can't touch the bottom now the currents are coming through

I fell right in
And you fell right off me
And I rode it out
Out to the break

I wanna shed my skin
Cast it off
Set it adrift
And start afresh, start afresh with you
Shed my skin
Cast it off
And start afresh, start afresh with you
Let it float away
Let it float away

I’m wading out through the shallows
I’m wading out until my feet don’t touch
Until my feet don’t touch

I wanna shed my skin
Cast it off
Set it adrift
And start afresh, start afresh with you
Shed my skin
Cast it off
And start afresh, start afresh with you
Let it float away
Let it float away

And I’m wading out through the shallows
I’m wading out until my feet don’t touch
Until my feet don’t touch
Let it float away

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released May 28, 2021
© 2021 Bec Taylor, all rights reserved, used by permission.

Song written by Bec Taylor / Produced by Louis Mongomery, Bec Taylor and James Fahy / Recorded by Louis Montgomery at Infidel Studios (Queanbeyan, NSW, AUS) and Myall St Studios (Canberra, ACT, AUS) / Mixed by Louis Montgomery / Mastered by Andrew Edgson at Studios 301 (Sydney, NSW, AUS)

Vocals, piano, and congas by Bec Taylor / keyboards, and programming by Louis Montgomery

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Bec Taylor and the Lyrebirds is an alt-folk-pop band that specialises in earworms and tasty tunes.

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