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Centre Of The Universe

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1.
I’ve seen futures pass, Taken from right before my eyes Who I am, don’t decide. Leave it all behind. Burnt by the sun, Pieces of a life gone fading by, All prevailed, Then turned around to say good-bye. It’s all I know, all I’ve ever known, All I know is here I am. Still beating heart, Found underneath the heaving sky, I remember it well, Forget the reasons why. It’s all I know, all I’ve ever known. All I know is here I am. It’s all I know, all I’ve ever known. All I know is here I am. Here I am Here I am Here I am
2.
slow, girl 03:43
Time tends to open wounds so settle down, and look for a clearer view. Bandage the past. Strange, but it has to be true, coming from me to you. I’ve painted all the rooms you can’t see anymore, but your memory is on the wall. Brushed from the past, unable to try any more. But you can go too far. Easy To win a heart, it’s easy. 
I’ve found a way to kill it slow. Girl, I’ve found a way, to kill it slow. Girl, I’ve found a way to kill it slow. Girl, I’ve found a way to kill it slow. Girl! Of all the lines you’ve broken, for me to take a breath... But in your eyes a token, of a token life. 
I’ve found a way to kill it slow. Girl, I’ve found a way, to kill it slow. Girl, I’ve found a way to kill it slow. Girl, I’ve found a way to kill it slow. Slow, Girl!
3.
overflow 04:45
In this quiet time, we’re polarising winning feeling, But in the silence while you’re becoming something different, We overflow with sideways glances. We overflow and drip down the stairs. We drip down the stairs. But I will hold it. ( I've been meaning to say ) I will hold it in. ( If you ever let go ) I will hold it. ( I've been meaning to say ) I will hold it in. ( If you ever let go ) In this longing time I’m missing dreaming, under-reaching. But in belonging I’m not getting closer, no closer to it. We overflow with sideways glances. We overflow and drip down the stairs. We drip down the stairs. But I will hold it. ( I've been meaning to say ) I will hold it in. ( If you ever let go ) I will hold it. ( I've been meaning to say ) I will hold it in. ( If you ever let go )
4.
As the days linger on There’s an optimistic slide Into time and over me. Take it slowly, take it slow,Take it slowly, Take it slowly, take it slow, Take it slowly. Well I’ll try! It’s like the sun on my face. It’s unsure of where I’ll be. into time and over me. Take it slowly, take it slow,Take it slowly, Take it slowly, take it slow, Take it slowly. Well I’ll try! Are we building to crumble apart at the seams of my life? Or are we building to crumble what little remains? There is an open door And with an optimistic slide I’m over time and into me Take it slowly, take it slow,Take it slowly, Take it slowly, take it slow, Take it slowly. Well I’ll try! Are we building to crumble apart at the seams of my life? Or are we building to crumble what little remains? Are we building to crumble apart at the seams of my life? Or are we building to crumble what little remains of my life? Of my life Of my life It’s my life.
5.
Hold me in your loveless arms again. Run your sorrows through my hair. I am overjoyed! I am overjoyed! There’s truth, It hides behind the eyes. And proof if you read between the lies. I am overjoyed! I am overjoyed, just to be here, just to be here. Lives cross wires And faith expires But we try til we tire Of these days desires Because I know… Take these arms and bend again. Hold this time until the end I will see it through. I will see it through just to be here, Just to be here And lives cross wires And faith expires But we try til we tire Of these days desires Because I know That blindness takes its toll Like a river left to flow straight and… Straight and true it’s true! It’s true It’s true!
6.
home again 03:56
This window pane serves to clear my name. Tumbling down, tumbling down. And this, while we go from fear to what we know. Tumbling down again, turn it around again.. We fail, we go forward in line, and the year steers us into hell and home again. In time we try to right this rhyme we fall out and back into hell and home again. In my older time, is a smiled design. Tumbling down. Tumbling down. I’m a wild winged boy with a sideways style. Tumbling down again. Turn it around again. In time we try to right this rhyme we fall out and back into hell and home again. We fail, We go forward in line, and the year steers us into hell and home again. I’m a wild winged boy with a sideways style. Tumbling down again. Turn it around again. We fail, we go forward in line, and the year steers us into hell and home again. In time we try to right this rhyme we fall out and back into hell and home again. Home again. Home again Home again
7.
We’ve stared at the moon, all we can. We wished on the star that never was. We’ve spoken the words, best un-said. Looked over our paths with a critical eye. The rise and fall, We watched it all. We’re the ‘also ran’, The ‘doing the best we can’. Blinded by staring down the sun. We’ve been to the wall, we know it still. We’ve been the one that never was. We’ve read for the parts, felt that chill. Looked into their eyes for the very last time. We rise, we fall. We’ve seen it all; Sometimes a little too closely. We’re the ‘Also ran’, The ‘Doing the best we can’. Blinded by staring down the sun.
8.
Another time look for a sign and it takes a while to reconcile.
Another place your smiling face and it takes a while to find the end. You take a step away from me, you say to yourself,
You take a step away from me, you say to yourself, It’s finally over You’re biding your time in another place and we’re climbing higher to the next cliff face. And when the rain will never end, we’re closer now to the next bend. You take a step away from me, you say to yourself,
You take a step away from me you say to yourself, “ It’s finally over Moving down the forgotten road and you say to yourself it’s finally over
It’s burning red inside your head and you say to yourself it’s finally over It’s over. You take a step away from me, you say to yourself,
You take a step away from me, you say to yourself, “It’s finally over” “It’s finally over” “It’s finally over” “It’s finally over” “It’s finally over” “It’s finally over” Over. It’s over
9.
god-like 04:26
Take a turn for the worse with an angel in my hand. I should learn from this curse, but I will never understand, understand? god-like is not pale and grey, So take my halo away. Catch the light from my head, it’s so easy to demand, What I am, is what you said, but I will never understand. It could be anybody else. Understand? It could be anybody else. god-like not is pale and grey, So take my halo away. See how the mighty fall and leave no scars at all? god-like is not pale and grey, So take my halo away. god-like is not pale and grey, So take my halo away! Understand? It could be anybody else. If you understand, it could be anybody else. god-like is not pale and grey, so take my halo away! Do you understand? It could be anybody else. If you understand, it could be anybody else, we’re not god-like! We’re not god-like! We’re not bound to earth nor god-like. Understand? It could be anybody else. If you understand, it should be anybody else.
10.
I rushed away, couldn’t bear to stay for a glimpse of the past. First time, never last. I knew that I’d run, at a hint of the sun,‘cause i’d been there before. Too hard to ignore. I couldn’t even stay, by the end of the day With not much to say, we threw it away On a rising star. Away! On a rising star. It’s been a million miles since yesteryear’s smiles, And now, wouldn’t you say? Hey? I spend most of my time, trying to forget about you, Then it gets to the point that it’s when? where? and who? So we do whatever we do. I couldn’t even stay, by the end of the day. With nothing to say, we threw it away, On a rising star. Away! On a rising star. It’s been a million miles since yesteryear’s smiles, And now, wouldn’t you say? Hey? I couldn’t even stay, by the end of the day. With nothing to say, we threw it away, On a rising star. Away! On a rising star.

about

There aren’t many bands who get the opportunity to release their debut album more than 30 years into their career, but then again, there aren’t many bands like Greenhouse.
Hailing from the Victorian port city of Geelong, Greenhouse first formed in 1988, comprising guitarist and vocalist Michael Robinson, guitarist Johnny Helmer, drummer Glenn Galloway, and bassist Dean Linguey. Inspired by the likes of The Church and contemporary melodic English post-punk outfits, Greenhouse issued a handful of EPs and singles over the following years, only to split in 1992 amidst discussions with famed UK label Chrysalis.
Not disheartened by a brush with success, the group’s members would remain musically active over the years, though the lights never quite dimmed on Greenhouse. In early 2020, the flame once again reignited, and the band’s official return was put into motion. Officially reactivating and recording their long-awaited debut album against the backdrop of COVID, the process was one of both tragedy and triumph, but ultimately an opportunity to answer those ‘what if’ questions first posed decades earlier.
“I wouldn't have thought that I'd be capable of doing this kind of thing all these years later, but everyone feels in their mind and soul that they’re still in their 20s,” says Robinson. “It feels like we’ve been defrosted from a cryogenic chamber; we’ve come out, it’s 1991, and we’re devastated that the Punter’s Club isn’t around.”
The record that resulted from this return, Centre Of The Universe, is a majestic piece of work that combines stadium-ready choruses, with both elements of melodic indie-rock and Britpop sensibilities, all filtered through the lens of gritty post-punk swagger. It’s progressive without alienating its listeners, it’s powerful without being overwhelming, but most importantly, it’s Greenhouse through and through.
“With this record, Greenhouse is showing that songs don’t have to be disposable commodities,” notes Robinson. “It’s a dense, yet accessible record, built around hooky, guitar-pop music, but with a few extra layers both lyrically and musically.
“And for us to make this record in isolation, it makes it a very honest representation of Greenhouse.”
Indeed, it’s an album that makes it feel as though no time has passed, with Greenhouse having naturally evolved over the past three decades of silence, only to emerge with a powerful release which should rightly be the soundtrack to countless summers and festival experiences.
Having made their return to the live stage in 2021, the modern version of Greenhouse – which sees Robinson and Helmer rejoined by former guitarist Alex Jarvis (Automatic), alongside bassist Matthew Sigley and drummer Craig Mitchell (both The Earthmen), and keyboardist Lisa Gibbs (USER) on the live stage – is a band performing at their peak, writing some of the best songs of their career, and proving the old adage that good things come to those who wait.

credits

released September 1, 2023

greenhouse, centre of the universe


Produced by Michael Ormond Robinson.

Mixed by Barny Barnicott at Blue Bell Hill Studios, Kent, UK except Here I Am and Finally Over, mixed by Dylan Adams at Made in Katana, Sydney, Australia.

Recorded at Lille Skov Studio, Mollongghip, Australia by Michael Ormond Robinson.

Additional recording by Chris Gates at Lille Skov, Richard Andrew at Pharmacy, Kyneton, Australia. Paul Greene at Sounds Delicious, Nowra, Australia and Nik Hughes, NC, USA.

Mastered by Streaky Gee at Streaky Studios, Henley on Thames, UK.


Performing as Greenhouse: Johnny Helmer, guitars. Michael Ormond Robinson, vocals, guitar, and keys. Dean Linguey, bass guitar.

Additional guitars on Rising Star by Glenn Bennie. Bass guitar on Rising Star by Lisa Gibbs.

All drums by Nik Hughes except Staring Down the Sun, drums by Richard Andrew.

Synths on Here I Am and Staring Down the Sun by Matthew Sigley.

Backing vocals on Here I Am, Slow, Girl, Overflow, and Building to Crumble, Paul Greene.
Backing vocals on Rising Star, by Lisa Gibbs.

Violas on Building to Crumble by Tamil Rogeon.



Much respect and admiration is given to Alex Jarvis and Ritchie Helmer for their extreme talents and assistance.

Special thanks to Scott Thurling and Jane Gazzo.

Thanks to Tyler Jenke, Jeff Jenkins, Neil Rogers, Crispy, Gatesy, Dion, Beaver and Donna, Bridie, Mary, Hamish, Call’ and Dan, Underground Lovers, Earthmen, Tony Owczarek and Chris Rok Dog Nicholls.

All our love goes to the families of our dear friends Flop and Smitty.

Shout out to Lyonville

Art and Design by Michael Ormond Robinson. Sleeve photography by Brian Lunquist.

All songs © and ℗ control 2023. All rights reserved

Dedicated to Glen Galloway.

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Greenhouse have been around for really long time but only now have they truly arrived with their debut album Centre of the Universe.

Marred by tragedy and triumph the album is equal parts progressive and powerful, landing it on Best Albums of 2023 lists in Aus and the UK

Touring with Happy Mondays and shows in the UK this year has introduced new cohort of fans to the unique Greenhouse sound.
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