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Face Your Fear

by Curtis Harding

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Birdienumnums So. damn. awesome! Mind completely blown by this album. I jumped in to Curtis Harding's complete discography on the strength of this release and I was not disappointed: thoroughly modern R&B with a classic Motown vibe. Just wow. Other favourite tracks include "Face Your Fear", "Need Your Love", "As I Am", and the brilliantly hysterical " Till the End". Favorite track: On And On.
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Robert W. Monk Fantastic album. Psychedelic soul and shimmering soundscapes share space with vintage dance floor fillers.
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☆R●gR4f☆ ♡♡♡♡Damn fine record♡♡♡♡
Please put out more music Mr. Curtis, you have a great gift, and the supporting band is the tops! Much love an respect!!! Favorite track: On And On.
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1.
WEDNESDAY MORNING ATONEMENT hello children well it’s been such a very long time now i’ve finally found the mind to explain where i’ve been living now i know i’m here to stay waiting on this better day listen please child chorus: there was something in the way now i finally can stay cause i love you i want you to know there was something in the way now i finally can stay cause i love cause i love you tell your mother i’ve been saving working here all alone trying to build a happy home see most people are never given a second chance to be a better man maybe we can move on chorus: there was something in the way now i finally can stay cause i love you i want you to know there was something in the way now i finally can stay cause i love cause i love you there was something in the way now i finally can stay cause i love cause i love you
2.
you can scream if you want to baby but no one can hear you can fight through the night but by day light you’ll disappear if there’s a way to be ok i’m sorry it’s just not clear while you lay let me say that you’re the only one here chorus: by the way maybe don’t worry it’s ok just face your fear if you’re afraid of the grave be brave and just pick up the phone i know how it gets everyone’s sun sets baby you’re not alone if you look away from your day i’d just say so long and again my good friend i’d recommend to stay strong chorus: by the way maybe don’t worry it’s ok just face your fear just be cool cool when it meets you don’t be breaking up just be cool cool when it meets you don’t be givin’ up chorus: by the way maybe don’t worry it’s ok just face your fear just be cool cool when it meets you don’t be giving up
3.
On And On 04:01
i’m gonna keep rolling on no matter what the world may do cause with a love like this there’s nothing left to do so let me tell you chorus: it doesn’t matter what you say i’m still i’m still gonna float away for real in a minute y’all i’ll be gone right or wrong i’m gonna just keep rolling on and on and on and on no more wasting time i gotta get into this groove cause with a love like this i just can’t help to move so let me tell you chorus: it doesn’t matter what you say i’m still i’m still gonna float away for real in a minute y’all i’ll be gone right or wrong i’m gonna just keep rolling on and on and on and on
4.
it’s wednesday night and I’m talking about leaving i’ve been here a few times before the only thing that i believe in is on the other side of the door chorus: she said go as you are but don’t come back the same if you don’t get too far you got no one to blame no one the lights are bright on the marquee they flash green blue to red i buy another round from the bar keep and it’s gone straight to my head chorus: he said go as you are but don’t come back the same if you don’t get too far you got no one to blame everyone’s got a story with no reason for all their rhyme but for just a few pounds of glory i can’t justify all the time chorus: but go as you are but don’t come back the same if you don’t get too far you got no one to blame
5.
Till The End 03:11
see i was pissed at you now here’s what i’m gonna do remember all the good times that we shared if we can work it out girl there is no doubt that we can be together still till the end chorus: cause you are my best friend till the end till the end till the end till the end i’ll be on my way but i’ll be back someday to pick up the pieces baby that we made and it would be a crime to let it steal our peace of mind i know our debt to love has been paid chorus: cause you are my best friend till the end till the end till the end till the end bridge: i’m gonna tell you right now baby whatever the fuck you do that shit drives me crazy darling but we’re gonna see this through so don’t run away you have to stay and play remember the vow that we made chorus: cause you are my best friend till the end till the end till the end till the end
6.
i feel so blue without you girl i need your love that’s why i’m down cause you not around now i need your love i want you to stay don’t go away now i need your late at night when shit ain’t right girl i need your love chorus: though i try i can’t deny you know why i need your love baby i need your love can’t get enough of your good stuff now i need your love don’t be late girl i can’t wait now i need your love i’ll play the fool just be cool now i need your love without getting high girl i can fly now i need your love chorus: though i try i can’t deny you know why i need your love baby i need your love sugar there comes a time in every man’s life when he’s got to have his woman’s love y’all don’t hear me bring that bass back in when i’m bought to break had all i can take now i need your love you make feel oh so real girl i need your love after the song girl come on now i need your love i’ll play it again until the end now i need your love chorus: though i try i can’t deny you know why i need your love baby i need your love sugar i need your love baby i need your love
7.
Dream Girl 03:22
chorus: come into my dreams where i first saw you please come to my dreams can’t stop thinking of you if i could find you out on the street i would if i could build you with a machine i would if i could dream you whenever i sleep i would waste everyday down under my sheets cause it feels so good chorus: come into my dreams where i first saw you please come to my dreams can’t stop thinking of you maybe i’ll call the girl from last week i could maybe i’ll ask her out for a drink i should if she’s ok i’ll toss her a wink i could if i could just get over this dream i would chorus: come into my dreams where i first saw you please come to my dreams can’t stop thinking of you
8.
well hello chorus: welcome to my world baby the ceiling is our sky i see the stars above you and i um hmm welcome to my world baby the sun shines in your eye i feel the warmth again of you and I um hmm baby look at the stars, i’ve never seen a place like this before, it’s so beautiful, don’t you wish we could stay here forever can we go down there it looks so beautiful I’m so happy we’re alone chorus: welcome to my world baby the ceiling is our sky i see the stars above you and i um hmm welcome to my world baby the sun shines in your eye i feel the warmth again of you and I um hmm oh baby keep doing that you’re gonna put me over the edge I’m so happy we came together chorus: welcome to my world baby the ceiling is our sky i see the stars above you and i um hmm welcome to my world baby the sun shines in your eye i feel the warmth again of you and I um hmm don’t ever let anyone take me away we gotta stay like this forever just you and me
9.
Ghost Of You 04:29
there was a time when i could touch you baby now you don’t even feel and your house is growing colder and colder so now that it’s over it doesn’t matter where i go i know that you won’t ever show doesn’t matter what i do just living with a ghost of you i felt your hands on my shoulders and the brush of your hair just when i turned to hold you baby no one was there it doesn’t matter where i go i know that you won’t ever show doesn’t matter what i do just living with a ghost of you there was a time that i could touch you baby now you’re so far is our love haunting you wherever you are i know it doesn’t matter where i go i know that you won’t ever show doesn’t matter what i do just living with a ghost of you
10.
Need My Baby 03:17
"my world was dark but you brought me to the light” i get so tired of heart ache and stress so i reach out to you for your tenderness cause you got that something that it’s all about and now that you’re here i can’t live without chorus: my world is brighter when i’m with you it takes me away without your light girl what would i do i need my baby the world can be so cold beating you down you try to reach higher you’re back on the ground but it’s never over and i’m never through cause i got you baby and i’m so into chorus: my world is brighter when i’m with you it takes me away without your light girl what would i do i need my baby i’m gone so far "from darkness to the light’ i need my baby you brighten my life girl i need my baby from darkness to light girl i need my baby you make it alright girl i need my baby you brighten my life girl
11.
As I Am 04:02
as the sun beats down my neck my forehead beads up in sweat and the earth that i till won’t conceive i go about my day knowing all will pass away and the end i will remain just as i am yet and still i’m holding on to you it happens all the time in the smoke rings of my mind i am famished in this field where i stand even with all of the stress you’re my love and happiness and in the end i will remain just as i am chorus: yet and still i’m holding on to you with nothing left to do but receive how am i supposed to make it through when the reason for my work you don’t believe it happens all the time in the smoke rings of my mind i am famished in this field where i stand even with all of the stress you’re my love and happiness and in the end i will remain just as i am chorus: yet and still i’m holding on to you with nothing left to do but receive how am i supposed to make it through when the reason for my work you don’t believe

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Curtis Harding's new album Face Your Fear is out October 27 on Anti-. New York Magazine already named the forthcoming album one of their most anticipated fall releases lauding Harding’s “scorching voice” while Clash UK hails recent new track “On and On” as “a blistering slice of dancefloor soul that recalls prime Curtis Mayfield and late 60s Motown.” The new album follows 2014’s Soul Power, on which Rolling Stone called Harding an “artist you need to know.”

Harding fuels his psychedelic sound with the essence of Soul but isn’t bound by it. Instead, the 12 songs on the new album convey an eclectic blend of genres leaping from the many musical lives he has lived from following his evangelical Gospel-singing mother on tour as a child in Michigan to rapping in Atlanta, forming a garage band with The Black Lips’ Cole Alexander to singing back-up for Cee Lo Green. Through these experiences he fully embraces life’s darkest intricacies conjuring dynamic, addictive melodies.

Face Your Fear features production by Harding, Sam Cohen, and Danger Mouse and was recorded in New York at Danger Mouse’s 30th Century Studio.

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released October 27, 2017

Musicians:

Curtis Harding: Lead Vocals, Guitar, Backup Vocals
Sam Cohen: Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, & Drums
on "Need My Baby"
Oliver Hill: Violin/Viola
Ali Jones: Cello
Amber Mark: Backup Vocals
Elizabeth Pupo-Walker: Percussion
David Christian: Drums
Raymond Mason: Trombone, French Horn

Musicians on “As I Am”:

Nick Murray: Drums
Chris Camacho: Bass
John Anderson: Guitar, Celesta
Matt Zuk: Guitar
Tomas Dolas: Organ
Jeremy Gill: Sax
Sasami Ashworth: String Arrangement
Gillian Rivers: Violin
Derek Stein: Cello
Josh Aguiar: Trumpet

All Songs Mixed by Sam Cohen.
All songs recorded at 30th Century Studio except “Wednesday Morning Atonement” recorded at Sound Factory LA and “As I Am” recorded at Valentine Studios.
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound.

Cover Photo: Hedi Slimane
Design: Trevor Hernandez

WEDNESDAY MORNING ATONEMENT Produced by: Danger Mouse & Sam Cohen. Written By: Curtis Harding, Sam Cohen, & Brian Burton. FACE YOUR FEAR Produced by: Sam Cohen. Written by: Curtis Harding & Sam Cohen. ON AND ON Produced by: Sam Cohen & Curtis Harding. Written by: Curtis Harding & Sam Cohen. GO AS YOU ARE Produced by: Sam Cohen & Curtis Harding. Written by: Curtis Harding & Sam Cohen. Till The End Produced by: Sam Cohen & Curtis Harding. Written by: Curtis Harding & Sam Cohen. Need Your Love Produced by: Sam Cohen & Curtis Harding. Written by: Curtis Harding & Sam Cohen Dream Girl Produced by: Sam Cohen. Written by: Curtis Harding & Sam Cohen. Welcome to My World Produced by: Sam Cohen & Curtis Harding. Written by: Curtis Harding & Sam Cohen. Ghost of You Produced by: Sam Cohen & Curtis Harding​. Written by: Curtis Harding & Sam Cohen. Need My Baby Produced by: Sam Cohen. Written by: Curtis Harding & Sam Cohen. As I Am Produced by: Nic Jodoin & Curtis Harding. Written by: Curtis Harding & Nic Jodoin.

Curtis Harding (BMI) published by Figure 8 Publishing. Sam Cohen (ASCAP) published by Mosswagon/Figure 8 Publishing. Brian Burton (ASCAP) published by Sweet Science, administered by Kobalt Music Publishing. Nic Jodoin (BMI).

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