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Long Way to Redemption

by Mama Red & the Dark Blues

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited Edition 7" Mama Red & the Dark Blues album release, Long Way to Redemption. 10 tasty tracks to fuel your fire. Album artwork by Greta Paliulyte.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Long Way to Redemption via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Fierce & Fearless Have you got a soul of iron, a backbone made of steel? Have you got an open heart, to cradle pain you feel? Have you got a shining love, to light you on your way? Are you fierce, are you fearless, everyday? Are you fierce, are you fearless, everyday? If he stands before you with a smile in his eyes, Will you trade your freedom for a pocket full of lies? Will you give your power for a thimble full of praise? Will you hear him, will you hear him, when he says, Will you hear him, will you hear him, when he says? Hide, hide your light. Don’t let your fire burn bright, Tell your story under cover of the night. And for god’s sake woman, don’t you fight. For god’s sake, don’t you fight. Will you build the barricade, and will you turn the tide? Will you find the strength of will to hold on for the ride. Will you be the voice of women dying to be heard? Will you witness, will you listen to their words? Will you witness, will you listen to their words? Have you got a soul of iron, a backbone made of steel? Have you got an open heart, to cradle pain you feel? Have you got a shining love, to light you on your way? Are you fierce, are you fearless, everyday? Are you fierce, are you fearless, everyday? Oooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh. Oooh ooh, ooh ohh, ooh ooh.

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Long Way to Redemption is almost 'concept album' in nature. It weaves together a 21st Century narrative, exploring social issues, sexism and intersectional feminism, prescription drug abuse, grief and intergenerational trauma, environmental trauma, loss and betrayal. It has a fierce, burn it down vibe, cut cleanly but painfully by some Mama Red melancholy.

The album pulls heavily on new-folk, country rock feels, but it also brings in some of that cheeky retro-pop that we’re a little known for. We like to call it Australian Gothic. It's a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll... and a whole lot of grit and determination.

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released August 19, 2022

Playing on this album are:
Harry Deluxe on lead vocals
Melanie Bainbridge - lyricist and backing vocals
Therese Cruise – backing vocals
Al James – guitar
Gregory Brenton – drums and percussion
John Wilson / Leah Van Der Meulen – bass
Sanshi (Saegusa Yoshitaka) - didgeridoo

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Mama Red & the Dark Blues Perth, Australia

Mama Red & the Dark Blues will take listeners on a musical journey to Hades via Lost Love Canyon, Near Miss Alley and Shotgun Street – and bring them out feeling like they’ve ridden a thousand miles on a horse named Sorrow, but lived to tell the tale.

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