Just Got Home: Best of 2014-19

by Empathy Test

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Malkavien Truly a Best of. All the greatest hits are here. You can hear this Album from start to the end without being less amazed any time. Favorite track: Losing Touch.

Rob Smith Impossible to have any favourites from this collection as they are all superb, a great collection for those who haven't yet discovered Empathy Test Favorite track: Empty Handed.

last_night_on_earth Can't describe how much I love this Band. Every release is such an amazing piece of Art.
Thank you so much <3 Favorite track: Kirrilee.

Dionysos Nyktelios Great entry point to this amazing band, this "Best of" pics tracks from their first three albums: the twin records 'Safe From Harm' and 'Losing Touch', and the later 'Monsters'.

This synth driven, addictive selection of songs will leave you hungry for more. If you like soothing dark electronic music, this band is for you. Favorite track: Just Got Home (2020 Remaster).

martin brewer Proudly hassled poor Isaac into making this available, but it's so great EVERYONE SHOULD HEAR IT Favorite track: Just Got Home (2020 Remaster).

Pawel Roguski Merry Christmas Wesolych Swiat

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Time To Be Alive, Monsters, Monsters (Radio Edit), Just Got Home: Best of 2014-19, Empty Handed, Holy Rivers | Incubation Song, Safe From Harm, Losing Touch (Remastered), and 7 more. , and , .

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Limited Edition Digipak CD
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Empathy Test's Best of 2014-19, was originally produced as a CD-only compilation for their first tour of North America, in 2019. This is the second run of 500 slim gatefold digipaks (no plastic tray), featuring a 12-page full colour print booklet with lyrics by Isaac Howlett and artwork by Adam Relf.

Includes unlimited streaming of Just Got Home: Best of 2014-19 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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12" PICTURE DISC - LIMITED EDITION OF 300
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Empathy Test's first-ever 12" vinyl picture disc, with original artwork by Adam Relf. 10 track edition of Empathy Test's 2019 compilation, Just Got Home: Best of 2014-19. Does not contain Here is the Place or Incubation Song, due to time constraints. Strictly limited to 300 copies. Signed and individually numbered by Isaac Howlett and Adam Relf.

DUE TO DELAYS AT THE FACTORY, DISCS WILL START SHIPPING IN JANUARY 2021.

Includes unlimited streaming of Just Got Home: Best of 2014-19 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	Losing Touch 03:50	lyrics	buy track
Scared of losing touch If I really mean that much Why pretend that you love him? Don't call me out the blue When it's clear that I still do And you know he knows it too. Going home alone The only love I've known It's always been you. It’s always been you. Tell me it's not real Tell me he doesn't make you feel The way I made you feel. If you care for me at all You'll hang up when I call You'll clear me space to fall. If you give I will receive And despite what they believe It's always been you. It's always been you. It’s always been you. When you're feeling alone And you're colder than stone Call me you know... It's always been you.
2.	Kirrilee 03:49	lyrics	buy track
You remind me Of places, I have never been. You take me to places I wish that I had seen with my own eyes. (But) you know that I am happy here Staring into yours. Light another cigarette now honey Mix another snakebite & black We’ve only a short while here, To be, ourselves. We’re only a short while here, So just be, yourself now Kirrilee. I caught my mouth upon The stud, on your lower lip. I tossed you the paperclip To unlock the door, unlock the door But you, stepped right inside of me. We’re only a short time here So just be, yourself now Kirrilee. We’ve only a short while here, To be, ourselves. We’ve only a short while here, To be, ourselves. We’ve only a short while here, To be, ourselves. We’re only a short while here, So just be, yourself now Kirrilee.
3.	Here is the Place 03:24	lyrics	buy track
Drive me slow, down the road Sound the horn on every bend. Bow your heads, respect the dead For he had many, many friends. Now follow the road, through the tunnel of trees To the big, wide open field And take a left, up the muddy track To the house where I grew up. And here is the place, when I die I want you to bury me. Beneath this old, willow tree; Enough of an epitaph for me. And here is the place, when I die I want you to bury me. These friendly roots, will hold my bones And I will never be alone. Stop the car, on the track Stoop to kiss me - I can’t kiss you back. Shed no tears, for all the years You’ve made up for what I lacked. Heave me up, to head height On the shoulders of my friends And lay me down, on the lawn When all the curtains have been drawn. And here is the place, when I die I want you to bury me. Beneath this old, willow tree; Enough of an epitaph for me. And here is the place, when I die I want you to bury me. These friendly roots, will hold my bones And I will never be alone.
4.	Holding On 04:09	lyrics	buy track
The moment that you wake from your disguise They record you with their eyes. No matter how, long or hard they try You know they won’t shake it You know they won’t shake it. Reaching for the seam that holds you in To find where you begin. Frozen in the pose they’ve chalked us in You know we can’t break it You know we can’t break this. Slowly disappearing out of view Holding on to you. Slowly disappearing out of view Holding on to you. The shutter clicks and we’re immortalised Flashbulb our goodbyes. No matter how, long or hard you try You know you can’t fake it You know you can’t fake this. Slowly disappearing out of view Holding on to you. Slowly disappearing out of view Holding on to you. Slowly disappearing out of view Holding on to you. Slowly disappearing out of view Holding on to you.
5.	Demons 03:31	lyrics	buy track
All of my dreams have flown away All of my ambition with the wind Now you’re here. I never thought I would be satisfied With anything I had Now I’m not so sure. I waited so long for you Now you’re here I don’t know what to do With you. I went hunting for love When I thought I’d lose. I meant to shoot down a dove Shot an angel instead. And now she wakes up every day and she invites All of my demons to play. Fade in fade out like a musical Rhythm and rhyme in time Our heart beats sing Just to remind you we’re still alive in here. I waited so long for you Now you’re here I don’t know what to do With you. I went hunting for love When I thought I’d lose. I meant to shoot down a dove Shot an angel instead. And now she wakes up every day and she invites All of my demons to play. Well I love her, I hate her I abhor her, I adore her Just the same, just the same Just the same, just the same. Well I love her, I hate her I abhor her, I adore her Just the same, just the same Just the same, just the same.
6.	Seeing Stars 04:15	lyrics	buy track
Everybody knows you’re not perfect But you still do your best to hide your flaws. Everything you do is just surface But we all know what goes on behind closed doors. You’ll never know how it feels To be out on a limb, in the wind. And you’ll never know how much it hurts To fall so hard you see stars To fall so hard you see stars To fall so hard you see stars To fall so hard you see stars To fall so hard you see stars Everything we do is falling snowflakes It will all have melted by the dawn. Give up all your fears for your own sakes And follow me out into the storm. You’ll never know how it feels To be out on a limb, in the wind. And you’ll never know how much it hurts To fall so hard you see stars To fall so hard you see stars To fall so hard you see stars To fall so hard you see stars To fall so hard you see stars
7.	Vampire Town 03:19	lyrics	buy track
I need a break from this vampire town It sucks my blood and leaves me to drown In a lover’s bed I might rest my head But don’t go thinking I’ve left you for dead. The wind blows around these tired feet That push me always down a one way street You know I love you all I need is time What’s yours is yours and what’s mine is mine And I know that we, will always be friends And I know that we, will always be friends And I know that we, will always be friends And I know that we, will always be friends I wrote you a letter there’s no need to reply I’ll be the one who always swallows his pride. I believe in destiny, I believe in fate I believe it’s never going to be too late And I know that we, will always be friends And I know that we, will always be friends And I know that we, will always be friends And I know that we, will always be friends
8.	Bare My Soul 04:39	lyrics	buy track
Stephen said why not write something That’s not so deep and meaningful? But the truth can be so, Tragic and beautiful. Blythe said she could never Tell anyone just how she feels. How will anyone know when, She caves in and it all gets real? I want to bare my soul - In a way that no one can. In the hope that some of you might understand How it feels To be so alone. To be so alone. To be so alone. Cassandra said she’d lost the plot When she stopped the car to drop me off. I watched her disappear Her face reflected in the rear-view mirror. Sophie woke me in the dead of night To tell me how her dad had died. I lie here in the dark but, Now there’s nowhere left to hide. I want to bare my soul In a way that no one can. In the hope that, Some of you might understand How it feels To be so alone. I want to bare my soul In a way that no one can. In the hope that, Some of you might understand How it feels To be so alone.
9.	Holy Rivers 04:04	lyrics	buy track
Please don’t tell me, you think it’s too late. I’m not ready, to accept this fate. The seas will rise, to reclaim the land And we’ll realise, we are still so small. Peace be with you, when the lights go out. Hearts are heavy, overcome by doubt. Seas will rise, to reclaim the land And we’ll realise, we are still so small. Ooh, we run like tears through the flood of Holy rivers. We run like tears through the flood of Holy rivers. Please don’t tell me, we can not prevail. Heaven help me, if we are to fail. Seas will rise, to reclaim the land And we’ll realise, we are still so small.
10.	Incubation Song 04:45	lyrics	buy track
Take me Contain me in your womb Don't give me room to breathe. Suffocate me Reinstate me in you. I am falling apart, I am Falling apart tonight. Just imprison me and Shower me with light. Choke me Envelope me inside I know you see through each disguise. Swallow me I cannot cope with life. You said there's too many people On this earth anyway. And we're not going to get Very, far if we run away. Consume me Consume me with your love. Rejuvenate me Come and take me away. Consume me Consume me with your love. Rejuvenate me Come and take me away. Break me Rebuild me your own way I have been this shape too long. Disintegrate me Invigorate me anew. You said there's too many people On this earth anyway. And we're not going to get Very, far if we run away. Consume me Consume me with your love. Rejuvenate me Come and take me away. Consume me Consume me with your love. Rejuvenate me Come and take me away. Consume me Consume me Consume me Consume me Consume me Consume me Consume me Consume me
11.	Empty Handed 04:07	lyrics	buy track
My heart is an empty vessel Drifting out to sea I try my best to be What you want me to be. You can try and help me You could drown me gently You could tell me all of the things that I want you to say And you You could walk away Empty handed. I hear running water Hear you knocking on the door. I spent an hour or more Just lying on the bathroom floor. You can try and help me You could drown me gently You could tell me all of the things that I want you to say And you You could walk away Empty handed The wave that came has broken And the void has swallowed me A door before me stands ajar I thought I'd run but I'm not free. You can try and help me You could drown me gently You could tell me all of the things that I want you to say And you You could walk away Empty handed
12.	Just Got Home (2020 Remaster) 03:43	lyrics	buy track
Didn't practice all these hours just to fall apart Didn't write these lines, to break your heart. But time goes, slowly by And still no one here can tell me why... The fire that we felt, is over now The colours fade, like the bruise you made. My mind goes, into overdrive And still no one here can tell me why... You made me feel like, there's nothing left. You made me feel like, giving up. You made me feel like, there's nothing left. You made me feel like, like I'd just got home. Did I say that I was over you? I was wrong. You say you've moved on, but I'm not that strong. Time goes, slowly by And still no one here can tell me why... You made me feel like, there's nothing left You made me feel like, giving up. You made me feel like, there's nothing left You made me feel like, like I'd just got home. Like I'd just got home.

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Originally released as a CD-only compilation in 2019 to coincide with Empathy Test's first ever North American tour, Just Got Home: Best of 2014-19 features the very best of Empathy Test's releases, from their first EP, Losing Touch, in 2014, up to the release of their third album, Monsters, in 2020. It includes the original, fully electronic versions of Holy Rivers, Incubation Song and Empty Handed as well as the exclusive previously unreleased track, Just Got Home. This compilation is exclusive to Bandcamp and is available as a 12 track download and CD, as well as a limited edition, individually signed and numbered, 12", 10 track picture disc.

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released September 1, 2019

Written, recorded and performed by Isaac Howlett and Adam Relf. Lyrics by Isaac Howlett. Artwork, Mixing and mastering by Adam Relf.

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Empathy Test London, UK

London (UK) based electronic pop group. As heard on MTV Catfish, Luis Miguel on Netflix, KCRW, BBC Introducing, Clash, Idolator, Line of Best Fit, Earmilk, PopMatters and many more.

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Schafstall Hallig Langenes | Kultur auf den Halligen

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Karlsbad

Halle, Germany
Aug 15

Mátra Kemping

Sástó, Hungary

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