Downtown Train (Tom Waits) We’ve been working on a new arrangement of the Tom Waits classic, Downtown Train. We’re not going to rerecord it, just make it a bit more user-friendly for live performance. So meantime, here’s Claire’s delicate studio rendition from the Eight Days EP.
Buying Time – Claire Ashton This is a beautiful song by Claire Ashton, written while she was with Hargreaves in 2010. The song was written soon after she first met her [now] husband, Bret. We performed it a couple of times but never got to record it. We’ve now (with…
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…
Song of the week – Eight Days (Claire Ashton) Eight Days was written by Claire Ashton and arranged by Chris. It was one of the key tracks on our second EP. Drums and engineering (and I think a bit of organ) by Dan Mizen of Warehouse Studios. The song…
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…
