World Below, by Baby Strange

World Below

by Baby Strange

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Featuring singles: Midnight, Under The Surface & Only Feel It When I'm With You (Feat. Hayley Mary)

WORLD BELOW picks up where LAND OF NOTHING left off, with the uniquely Baby Strange sound encased within haunting melodies, syncopated guitar riffs, four to the floor drums, huge bass lines and all blanketed under a cover of melancholy that pulls and tears on the listeners emotions.

Written as a reaction to how the pandemic has played havoc with mental health, the increasingly visible class divide and the meteoric rise of food banks across the country – World Below is an album that plays to the paradox of the topics set out within. Equally dark & beautiful with pop melodies that sync with pure grit.

Track List: (Side A) 1. World Below 2. Beating In Time 3. Under The Surface 4. Only Feel It When I’m With You (Feat. Hayley Mary) 5. Poor Old Me

(Side B) 6. When It Calls 7. Higher 8. 0141 9. I Feel So Cold But It’s Warm Outside 10. Midnight

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Featuring singles: Midnight, Under The Surface & Only Feel It When I'm With You (Feat. Hayley Mary)

WORLD BELOW picks up where LAND OF NOTHING left off, with the uniquely Baby Strange sound encased within haunting melodies, syncopated guitar riffs, four to the floor drums, huge bass lines and all blanketed under a cover of melancholy that pulls and tears on the listeners emotions.

Written as a reaction to how the pandemic has played havoc with mental health, the increasingly visible class divide and the meteoric rise of food banks across the country – World Below is an album that plays to the paradox of the topics set out within. Equally dark & beautiful with pop melodies that sync with pure grit.

ALBUM TRACKLIST: World Below Beating In Time Under The Surface Only Feel It When I’m With You (ft. Hayley Mary) Poor Old Me When It Calls Higher 0141 I Feel So Cold But It’s Warm Outside Midnight

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Featuring singles: Midnight, Under The Surface & Only Feel It When I'm With You (Feat. Hayley Mary)

WORLD BELOW picks up where LAND OF NOTHING left off, with the uniquely Baby Strange sound encased within haunting melodies, syncopated guitar riffs, four to the floor drums, huge bass lines and all blanketed under a cover of melancholy that pulls and tears on the listeners emotions.

Written as a reaction to how the pandemic has played havoc with mental health, the increasingly visible class divide and the meteoric rise of food banks across the country – World Below is an album that plays to the paradox of the topics set out within. Equally dark & beautiful with pop melodies that sync with pure grit.

Track List: (LP Side A) 1. World Below 2. Beating In Time 3. Under The Surface 4. Only Feel It When I’m With You (Feat. Hayley Mary) 5. Poor Old Me

(LP Side B) 6. When It Calls 7. Higher 8. 0141 9. I Feel So Cold But It’s Warm Outside 10. Midnight

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Featuring singles: Midnight, Under The Surface & Only Feel It When I'm With You (Feat. Hayley Mary)

WORLD BELOW picks up where LAND OF NOTHING left off, with the uniquely Baby Strange sound encased within haunting melodies, syncopated guitar riffs, four to the floor drums, huge bass lines and all blanketed under a cover of melancholy that pulls and tears on the listeners emotions.

Written as a reaction to how the pandemic has played havoc with mental health, the increasingly visible class divide and the meteoric rise of food banks across the country – World Below is an album that plays to the paradox of the topics set out within. Equally dark & beautiful with pop melodies that sync with pure grit.

Track List: (LP Side A) 1. World Below 2. Beating In Time 3. Under The Surface 4. Only Feel It When I’m With You (Feat. Hayley Mary) 5. Poor Old Me

(LP Side B) 6. When It Calls 7. Higher 8. 0141 9. I Feel So Cold But It’s Warm Outside 10. Midnight

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1.	World Below 03:51	lyrics
You’re going to art school You’re gonna burn it down And when you go back home you’re gonna make your momma proud Welcome to the world below A place where your ego fits When you’re in need of extra milk you just suck it from the tit Yeah you’re going to art school Cos it’s the place to be Filling your head with images that you have never seen Yeah You’re going to art school You’re gonna be burn it down — And when You go go back home you’re gonna make your mumma proud The world below It’s the world below You got kicked out of art school You gonna make it big But when I saw you you were shovelling the shit It’s the world below You know where to do You gotta see it through You gotta burn that wage You gotta it make it strange You gotta make it strange You gotta make it strange Yeah yeah yeah, gotta make it strange The world below It’s the world below The world below It’s the world below You’re waiting on a miracle That will never come You told yourself that you would change but look at what you’ve done Choking on the embers You’re gonna make it big And everyone knows that they’ll just need to play along with it It’s the world below You know where to do You gotta see it through You gotta burn that wage You gotta it make it strange You gotta make it strange You gotta make it strange Yeah yeah yeah, gotta make it strange
2.	Beating In Time 02:49	lyrics
In a field Nothing’s real So green, so pure, so light, so light A painted fence, through a fish eye lense Heart’s beating and it’s beating in time, in time Beating in time In a field of orange peels Can’t see cos it burns my eyes, my eyes Should always think before I bite But that’s not me surprise, surprise It’s so wonderful here It’s so wonderful here But I know I’m dreaming, can you hear me screaming? It’s so wonderful here Climbing trees with broken knees Can’t see cos the window is so high Pulling teeth when time is moving slow Fully charged when I should really go home Go home It’s so wonderful here It’s so wonderful here But I know I’m dreaming, can you hear me screaming? It’s so wonderful here Wake up open your eyes It’s so wonderful here It’s so wonderful here But I know I’m dreaming, can you hear me screaming? It’s so wonderful here
3.	Under The Surface 03:15	lyrics
I don’t wanna know If you care anymore I found a place to hide Sure we’ve been here before Let’s try to pick up all the pieces One more night, will it make a difference? I don’t wanna waste my time Under the surface I don’t wanna get in line The wait isn’t worth it Under the surface Under the surface Where have you been? It’s like you wanna be seen I found a place to hide I’ll take you there sometime I never meant to hurt you Another day without you I don’t wanna waste my time Under the surface I don’t wanna get in line The wait isn’t worth it I don’t wanna waste my time tonight Under the surface I don’t wanna waste my time tonight Stop! I’m never leaving Hold onto the door until my hands come off Stop! Don’t think I’m breathing It’s turning black and blue why don’t we chop it off? No it’s not problem, if everybody wants to come ahead they’ll learn the hard way Under the surface x8 I don’t wanna waste my time Under the surface I don’t wanna get in line The wait isn’t worth it I don’t wanna waste my time tonight Under the surface I don’t wanna waste my time tonight
4.	Only Feel it When I'm With You 03:36	lyrics
Is this what you paid for? I can see the look in your eye Is it what you played for? Your head is gone, no one’s on your side It’s not fair but it’s true Only feel it when I’m with you When it comes as no surprise Nobody’s home, lights left the eyes It echoes It echoes round my mind And it echoes, it echoes round my mind The world is mad but not at you Sitting crying on 42 If you’re feeling uninspired And feel like cutting wires You tried some, then you woke up Your eyes get blurry when you feel the rush I tried some, then I came up When the gods of tv made me loosen up It echoes It echoes round my mind And it echoes, it echoes round my mind (X2) Is this what you paid for? I can see the look in your eye Is it when you played for? Your head is gone, no one's on your side The world is mad but not at you Sitting crying on 42 If you’re feeling uninspired And feel like cutting wires It echoes It echoes round my mind And it echoes, it echoes round my mind (X2)
5.	Poor Old Me 03:22	lyrics
The doctor hit me with some sedatives He said you get it from your relatives Is there a reason that I feel so down? With my head in my hands as I’m lying in pain on the ground Sometimes I feel I wanna run away Feels like a Monday on a Saturday Kids on the corner always looking at me I’m a paranoid mess cos of my insecurities Poor old me, I’m so predictable I can’t be happy if I try And when I try not to be cynical It multiplies You know it’s sad but it’s true There’s something in the water It’s got me by the leg, it’s pulling me down I feel the current getting strong Like a moth to the flame, I’m in a danger and I’m bout to drown I feel my body going under Cos I’m a victim of my own mistakes I feel like crying to my mother If this is a nightmare then why am I wide awake? Poor old me, I’m so predictable I can’t be happy if I try And when I try not to be cynical It multiplies You know it’s sad but it’s true Poor old me, I’m so predictable I can’t be happy if I try Poor old me, I’m so predictable I can’t be happy if I try And when I try not to be cynical It multiplies It multiplies You know it’s sad but it’s true
6.	When It Calls 03:28	lyrics
You are always late Never on time, never on time You are always late Back of the line, back of the line They say it’s down to fate You said that last time, you said that last time You love to make me wait When it calls When it calls You always wanna be there but you never seem to be there when it calls When it calls When it calls You always wanna be there but you never seem to be there when it You are always late Never on time, never on time You are always late Back of the line, back of the line You always wanna be there when I fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall When it calls When it calls You always wanna be there but you never seem to be there when it calls When it calls When it calls You always wanna be there but you never seem to be there when it calls When it calls You always wanna be there but you never seem to be there when I You are always late Never on time, never on time I’ve seen you in some states Look and you’ll find, look and you’ll find You only wanna be there when I fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall When it calls When it calls You always wanna be there but you never seem to be there when it calls When it calls When it calls When it calls You always wanna be there but you never seem to be there when it calls
7.	Higher 03:27	lyrics
It gets too much When you feel the rush (you’re on it, I get it) Your eyes wake up When you feel the touch (you’re on it, forget it) Black gloves, no lunch Just to feel the rush (you’re on it, I get it) We do this too much, but never not enough I just wanna lose control Spin around, give me more I feel higher higher Let’s get higher higher I just wanna lose control You say you will, then you won’t I feel higher higher Let’s get higher higher No sun comes up With the curtain shut (you love it, I get it) Loosen up your touch Before the dog gets up (he’ll bite you, he loves it) We’ll never make it All we are is words apart We try to fake it, and when we start to drip I start, to slip slip slip slip slip I just wanna lose control Spin around, give me more I feel higher higher Let’s get higher higher I just wanna lose control You say you will, then you won’t I feel higher higher Let’s get higher higher Give me energy x4 It gets too much When you feel the rush (you’re on it, I get it) Your eyes wake up When you feel the touch (you’re on it, forget it) Black gloves, no lunch Just to feel the rush, just to feel the rush (you’re on it, I get it) I just wanna lose control Spin around, give me more I feel higher higher Let’s get higher higher I just wanna lose control You say you will, then you won’t I feel higher higher Let’s get higher higher
8.	0141 02:56	lyrics
I saw a number on the wall 0141 call Dial tone, all the people calling in Staring into oblivion NO! NO! Losing our voice as we scream in silence NO! NO! I can hear the crack as they start the violence NO! NO! Take me away to the land of peace NO! NO! Where no one is hungry and the kids can eat I saw a number on the wall Would you pick up this call? When it goes to red That’s right, give it more time just give it more time The clock’s not a friend of mine, not a friend of mine Dial tone, all the people calling in Staring into oblivion NO! NO! Losing our voice as we scream in silence NO! NO! I can hear the crack as they start the violence NO! NO! Take me away to the land of peace NO! NO! Where no one is hungry and the kids can eat NO! NO! Losing our voice as we scream in silence NO! NO! I can hear the crack as they start the violence NO! NO! Take me away to the land of peace NO! NO! Where no one is hungry and the kids can eat
9.	I Feel So Cold But It's Warm Out 02:54	lyrics
Try Another level I must be wrong Going round in circles My Time is up More concrete with a lip that’s burst Why Can't we find a way out? Feel so trapped, all these walls and self doubt Why Say you’ve found the exit, that was a lie, turn around, forget it I’ve been running round screaming in a multiplex (I feel so cold but it’s warm outside) Tripping over my feet, wanna just forget (I feel so cold but it’s warm outside) I’ve been running round screaming in a multiplex (I feel so cold but it’s warm outside) Blood dripping on carpet so thin, so thin It pulls me in It pulls me in These walls They have eyes They blink from time to time Breathing down my neck It stops Each time I check It pulls me in It pulls me in It pulls me in It pulls me in It pulls me in It pulls me in Don’t stop running x7 Running round screaming in a multiplex (I feel so cold but it’s warm outside) Tripping over my feet, wanna just forget (I feel so cold but it’s warm outside) I’ve been running round screaming in a multiplex (I feel so cold but it’s warm outside) Blood dripping on carpet so thin (I feel so cold but it’s warm outside)
10.	Midnight 03:23	lyrics
Midnight, nothing to do Midnight, nothing to prove Midnight, waiting for you It’s midnight, now i’ve got the blues We’re always waiting We’re always coming down Midnight, nothing to say Midnight, wanna make those bad thoughts go away You don’t take me dancing like you used to You don’t take me dancing not like you used to Midnight, nothing to do Midnight, nothing to prove Midnight, waiting for you It’s midnight, now I’ve got the blues We’re always waiting around We’re always coming down x2 Midnight, nothing to say Midnight, wanna make those bad thoughts go away You don’t take me dancing like you used to You don’t take me dancing, not like you used to We’re always waiting around We’re always coming down x3 We’re always waiting around In this fucking town

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WORLD BELOW picks up where Land of Nothing left off, with the uniquely Baby Strange sound encased within haunting melodies, syncopated guitar riffs, four to the floor drums, huge bass lines and all blanketed under a cover of melancholy that pulls and tears on the listeners emotions.

Written as a reaction to how the pandemic has played havoc with mental health, the increasingly visible class divide and the meteoric rise of food banks across the country – World Below is an album that plays to the paradox of the topics set out within. Equally dark & beautiful with pop melodies that sync with pure grit.

The result is an album in the truest sense of the word - 10 songs that pull the listener through a myriad of textures, sounds & emotions, completed with an array of artwork that generates a visual accompaniment for the topics set out within.

The artwork for World Below becomes the final episode within a series of visuals that have explored an alternative world with each single. Brought to life by Glasgow-based visual animator Bovine, the artwork explores the ‘World Below’ as an alternative reality that offers an insight into the bitter promises of late stage capitalism. Entrancing and enticing, each piece released throughout the campaign have become a talking point amongst fans and media alike.

World Below is Baby Strange at their very best. Infinitely creative in its ideas, mysterious in its delivery and the sound of a band at the pinnacle of their art. A fully rounded international marketing campaign will begin to intensify in the lead up to the release of World Below, with a global team proactively working media platforms in all major music markets (full team above) to deliver sync placements, editorials, features & playlists.

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released June 17, 2022

Music by: Johnny Madden, Connaire McCann, Aidan McCann, Ryan Hunter
Lyrics by: Johnny Madden

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Baby Strange Edinburgh, UK

Baby Strange are setting out to re-establish themselves as one of the most innovative and uncompromising outfits in the UK. Since the release of their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Want It Need It’, they have toured tirelessly, building a dedicated audience, selling out venues across the UK & sharing stages with the likes of Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, Slaves, Jamie T & Wavves. ... more

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