Song of the week – Lonely (Claire Ashton & James Healey) This is a beautiful and heartfelt song created by the band’s founder James Healey and our first singer, Claire Ashton. We still perform it and it’s one of our favourites. When we recruited Marie and Kate we asked…
Hi (Claire Ashton) Hi was written by Claire, and was introduced to the band shortly before we met her (now) husband Bret. The lyrics are pretty self-explanatory. Just a nice little love song (but apparently very demanding to sing). Lead vocals by Claire (double-tracked in 1+1 takes !) with…
Catastrophe (Claire Ashton) This song was written by Claire Ashton when she was a member of Hargreaves and was included on our album ‘Sooner But Not Later’. Catastrophe is a post-break-up song, about the feelings of emptiness, guilt and sadness following the collapse of a long-term relationship. Claire entered…
