Turin Brakes are a modern folk pop duo comprising two friends Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian, hailing from Balham, London, signed to the Source label. Turin Brakes have often been compared to many of the New Acoustic Movement's bands spawned in the late 90's such as Elbow, Starsailor, I Am Kloot (who actually were a support band for Turin Brakes on their Ether Song tour) and the Norwegian band the Kings of Convenience. Their debut album "The Optimist LP" (2001) was nominated for the Mercury Prize that same year. In 2003 "Ether Song" got to #3 in the UK album charts and spawned a Top 5 single "Pain Killer". Further commercial success was not achieved.
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Turin Brakes
two lights just blinking
one north and the other one south
you can see them from the stratosphere
they're there i swear they are
in the city sumones dad just died
in another one someone looks up to find
a smiling cloud looking down
as if it was alive
in the nine to five
in the choo drivers eyes
where the aeroplanes fly
i feel magic, yeah
well if i turned off this tv
and took a walk in the rain
what could the city streets teach me
not just fill me up with fear again
i know i'm just indulging
i don't deserve to feel this strange
so tonight i'm going to feel alright with myself again
in the nine to five
in the choo drivers eyes
where the aeroplanes fly
i feel magic, yeah