We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/
  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Things As They Are is an album of mostly original material with words and music by Kate, featuring the upbeat anthem Chime, as well as a powerful setting to music of WB Yeats’s poem The Falling Of The Leaves and a poignant bass and vocal arrangement of Janis Ian’s Stars.

    With two other album releases on the acclaimed jazz label "Black Box Records", this is Kate's first original album. Kate moved to Canada in 2003 after the final sell-out performance of her tribute to Peggy Lee at the Festival Hall and was inspired to start writing what she now thinks of as her debut album.

    She returned to the UK and went into the studio with her band Malcolm Edmonstone (piano), Jonty Fisher (bass) and Ben Reynolds (drums) and the fantastic Nigel Price guesting on guitar.

    "The songs are performed with a shimmering vocal versatility... she has the musical talent and jewel-eyed confidence needed to guarantee an audience a good time." The Evening Standard

    "Dimbleby is clearly a talent to watch, blessed not only with a great voice but a real gift as a songwriter in her own right." The Sunday Telegraph

    "It was said about Fred and Ginger, 'She gave him sex and he gave her class.' Well, Kate Dimbleby has both already and it is a killer combination." The Scotsman

    Includes unlimited streaming of Things As They Are via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ... more
    ships out within 2 days
    edition of 1000 

      £7.50 GBP

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 6 Kate Dimbleby releases available on Bandcamp and save 20%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Deep Waters, Live at the Beacon with Naadia Sheriff, Keith Warmington and Clare Lindley, Songbirds, Love Comes Again, Beware Of Young Girls: The Songs Of Dory Previn, and Things As They Are. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      £39.20 GBP or more (20% OFF)

     

lyrics

You closed your eyes and said today made you sad
As if it made you feel the pain of tomorrow
And in the morning light I thank the luck we’ve had
It’s hard to rationalize this time we seem to borrow

Hold on
Our sad times they will come
Hold on
As our lives move on
Hold on
just enjoy this ride we’re on…

I made some biscuits - thought that it might make you smile
I burned them obviously – they taste a bit like sawdust
I wasn’t thinking – took my eye off for a while
That’s what it feels like when I start to lose your trust

Hold on
Our sad times they will come
Hold on
As our lives move on
Hold on
Let’s enjoy this ride we’re on…

So many stories stem from paradise gone wrong
One on the news today – a woman and her family
A fragile voice revealed a sadness far beyond
these quiet nights we take for granted - so please can we

Hold on
Etc.

credits

from Things As They Are, released January 2, 2009
Kate Dimbleby - vocals
Malcolm Edmonstone - piano
Nigel Price - guitar

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Kate Dimbleby UK

‘life affirming’ Sunday Times Artist of the Week
‘riveting’ Mail on Sunday, Album of the Week
‘fresh, subtle and startling’ The Guardian
‘intriguing, file under one offs’ 4* ‘Arts First Night’
The Times

contact / help

Contact Kate Dimbleby

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Kate Dimbleby, you may also like: