Name: Countdown to Zero
Duration: P00H04M53S
Description: From our first recording session, at London's famous Tin Pan Alley studios. A shuffling psych-rock pleasure which builds into a heartfelt climax, it was a long-time staple in the live set – but, y'know, new songs come along and you have to shake things up... it's still a thing of beauty, arguably best enjoyed in the late evening in a horizontal position.

Countdown to Zero

from MPfrees by Howl Griff

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From our first recording session, at London's famous Tin Pan Alley studios. A shuffling psych-rock pleasure which builds into a heartfelt climax, it was a long-time staple in the live set – but, y'know, new songs come along and you have to shake things up... it's still a thing of beauty, arguably best enjoyed in the late evening in a horizontal position.

lyrics

LYRICS
We can be heroes
Fill up the space, countdown to zero
We will do nothing in particular
We will risk not knowing another

I wouldn't ever want it to be this way

After all we came from the gutter
To sun our lives under bus shelters
The magic eye reveals the centre
Of the universe isn't a wonder

I wouldn't ever want it to be this way

I don't wanna wait all my life

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from MPfrees, track released January 1, 2006
CREDITS
Words and music by Howl Griff
Hywel Griff - vocals, acoustic guitars, keyboards
Gary Parkinson - electric guitars, vocals
Matt Barnes - bass
Nick Moore - drums and percussion

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Howl Griff Greater London, UK

Hailing from Aberystwyth, Bolton, Merseyside and Texas and based in London, UK.

BBC 6music's Lauren Laverne calls them "lush... a new band we love", and The Independent calls them "life-affirming".

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