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Arctic Terns

from Small Voyages by Chloe Matharu

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    Pre-order your hard copy of Small Voyages now. Small Voyages is Chloe Matharu's first album as a singer songwriter and includes songs inspired by her time working as a Navigational Officer sailing around the world on oil tankers. It has been carefully crafted with field recordings of the natural world blended with Chloe's haunting voice and compositions on the Celtic harp. You will receive singles from the album as they are released 24th June Clyde Islands, Catching a Free Ride 5th August and 9th September Small Voyages. The CD will be posted out to you on the album's release date, 16th September 2022 along with access to high quality download. As an independent artist, every order is much appreciated! Thank you! x

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about

This song is about long distance relationships, inspired by the migratory bird, the Arctic Tern. They keep one mate for life, meeting once a year in the same nesting place and travel the furthest distance of all migratory birds, often pole to pole. I wrote this after spending time sailing around Alaska and spotting the bird from the bridge of my ship whilst watchkeeping. My husband sailed on different vessels and so we spent a long time apart. One way we would stay connected was by emailing each other, when we were in signal, about the wildlife we'd spotted during watch.

lyrics

Some day soon I'll fly away
To where ice breakers are making way
Northern Lights will light the night
When darkness comes at blue twilight

And you and I will begin
You and I will begin
Where the arctic tern goes
Where the arctic tern goes

Some day soon I'll fly again
Through the wind and snow and rain
I will fly so very far
Above the waves, beneath the stars

He brought me so many fish after dancing on the moors
So I chased him up into the sky until my body soared

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from Small Voyages, released September 30, 2022

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Chloe Matharu Scotland, UK

"Her music is truly haunting" BBC Radio Scotland

Chloe is a multi Award winning singer songwriter and harpist on the West Coast of Scotland. Her songs are inspired by her time at sea as a Navigational Officer in the Merchant Navy and the natural world, as experienced from sea. Through music she lends a voice to the modern day seafarer. ... more

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