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Secret Handshake

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    Eight prints created by eight artists, each given one track.

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    All proceeds from the album and print sales will go to support Mermaids UK, a charity supporting trans and gender diverse children and their families, and Say It Out Loud Club, which supports LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.

    Print artists:

    Nighthawk - Tinuke Fagborun
    12 Hour Kiosk Shift - Grace Garnet
    Sweet or Salted - Jo Mance
    Femme Fatale - Julie Reintjes
    Secret Handshake - Katrina Longo
    The Ghost of Screen 1 - slav.spice
    Xmas Party - Joe Daly
    half-boy - EJ Lee

    Paper Size: 20.3 x 25.4 cm / 8 x 10 in
    Print Size: 15.5 x 15.5 cm / 6 x 6 in

    Printed on matte photo paper.

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    Limited edition cassette tape, plus 13x13 cm prints for all seven tracks + album cover.

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    Limited edition compact disc plus 13 x 13 cm versions of all seven track prints + album cover.

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lyrics

Once when we were younger
Half pints and cheap cider
Holding my hand, wild and grand
Dressed in the same tshirts
Drunk, lean in your shoulder
Same, every day,
See you tomorrow, get home safe

Sing me a song off key,
Chanting our melody
Paint in our hair, an island upstairs
Sit on my bedroom floor
Crying for wanting more
We've just begun
You're mourning a loss that hasn't come

Birthday candles burning low
How we learned we're not alone
Slap my hand to share our love

You're there before I call
When my country goes too far
Right all the wrong with tea and a film
Now when we share our walls
Make dinner just to talk
Tears in our eyes
How was your day are you alright

For two years I grow older
Heart shrunken open but
You pull me up, dust off the doubt
Bleach out the old mistakes
Laugh in the face of shame
Like we used to do
Remind me who I was next to you

Birthday candles burning low
How we learned we're not alone
Slap my hand to share our love

Now when the world is still
I'm back with you in that bar as you say,
"We'll be okay"
Neon and mismatched chairs,
Chet softly sings downstairs:
"It's always you"
Stay home safe, I'll see you soon

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from half​-​boy, released December 1, 2020
Artwork by Katrina Longo

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