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Catching Matches

from Hell on Bent Street by Georgia Knight

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Nick calls Catching Matches the 'heroin jazz' number; it's pretty fun to play. It's a backwards love song about being in relationships for survival and the kind of detachment that builds. I remember my mum telling me about sitting in the car in a carpark somewhere with my older sister before she left her first husband; I'm so curious about where that strength comes from and how we make sense of it. When Catching Matches was getting mixed I wanted to strip off any added production layers so there's no moving delays or reverbs or anything and it makes the song a bit of a cold feeling sort of outlier, especially against the drama of the other tracks.

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I’m gonna leave a good man soon
I’m gonna leave him when I choose
I’m gonna leave when the time suits me right
I’m gonna leave him in middle of the night

I pack my things and go
Take only what I can carry

Goodbye husband, goodbye wife
Goodbye big house, goodbye heart strings
Goodbye little baby, and goodbye long hair
Earring and necklace too, I’m gonna leave you
Gonna leave you and you

I’m going out to run with the big boys now
I’m leaving him in a bad situation
Well I’m going out catching matches now
Let them burn for a second, then flick them to the gutter
In a pile with one another

I’m gonna leave

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from Hell on Bent Street, released February 10, 2023
Words and music by Georgia Knight

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Georgia Knight Melbourne, Australia

Georgia Knight is known for her resonant vocal range which can change in an instant from ear-whisperingly close to frenzied thrash. Her guitar playing style is similar, with uninhibited chords recognisable in a cover of Big Star’s ‘Kanga Roo’ on an out-of-tune 12 string.
Knight’s roots span trad-folk to grunge, citing Nina Simone, Sandy Denny and instrumental trio Dirty Three as influences.
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