The first song on Working Men’s Club’s debut album, Valleys is a fast-paced song about the ennui and emotions Syd Minsky-Sargeant experienced growing up in his hometown of Todmorden, West Yorkshire.
[Verse 1]
Trapped inside a town
Inside my mind
Stuck with no ideas
I'm running out of time
There's no quick escape
So many mistakes
I'll play the long game
Winter is a curse
And this valley is my hearse
When will it take me to the grave?
[Chorus]
Why is the darkness so strong?
I'm feeling broken again
So many voices fight
The fusion is right as the sense
Why is the darkness so strong?
I'm feeling broken again
So many voices fight
The fusion is right as the sense
[Verse 2]
There's a reason for this life
The soul just a light
Have you ever thought about it?
There's no reason for this life
The soul just a lie
You need to think about it
[Chorus]
Why is the darkness so strong?
I'm feeling broken again
So many voices fight
The fusion is right as the sense
Why is the darkness so strong?
I'm feeling broken again
So many voices fight
The fusion is right as the sense
Valleys was written by Sydney Minksy-Sargeant.
Valleys was produced by Ross Orton.
Working Men’s Club released Valleys on Fri Oct 02 2020.
The way that it starts very barren, selectively adding overt components and instrumentation, I thought it was a good build-up to the start of the record and a good opening track. It’s about where I’m from and how isolating it can feel to be in a small town in the North of England sometimes. It’s qui...