Bring It Back / Without You

by Romi Wrights

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Lathe cut by Josh Llewellyn @ Downbeat Mastering, Karekare.
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1.	Bring It Back 02:35	lyrics	buy track
I must be crazy For loving you this way You mess it up I stay I've been praying For this feeling to go away Yet here I am in your arms again How'd you get so far away Won't you bring it back to me How'd you get so far away Won't you bring it back to me Won't you bring it all back to me Won't you bring it all back to me Wont you bring it all back bring it all back Baby bring it all back to me All these excuses Every time I close that door Seems to open up some more Can't seem to cut these ties Got my heart threaded too tight How'd you get so far away Won't you bring it back to me How'd you get so far away Won't you bring it bring it all back to me Bring it all back to me
2.	Without You 03:46	lyrics	buy track
Going out on my own this year Fresh start with an open heart It took some time To heal these wounds Some pleasure and joy Have been overdue Got some Sunshine On my brown skin Before I picked ip the pieces That were broken The glimmer of love Is a beautiful thing This relationship with me Deserves a diamond ring Without you Things feel so brand new No more feeling blue Doing things I wanna do Since we've been through You had all my love Bottled up bottled up You had all my time Taken up taken up I really thought that i was out of luck Out of luck Took a while for me to see That i was wrong So wrong with you Things feel so brand new No more feeling blue Doing things i wanna do Since we've been through Now I'm on my own Without you baby Without you I feel so good I feel so good No more feeling blue I'm doing the things That i wanna do (Since we've been through) Without you baby I feel so brand new

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Established in late 2022 in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa (Auckland, New Zealand) by Dylan Biscuit and Kenny Sterling, Mānuka Recordings was founded with the intention of supporting and collaborating with musicians within our immediate community, pushing artists’ boundaries, and searching for the magic within spontaneity and imperfection. A year on, we continue the mission with our third lathe cut/digital release, ‘Bring It Back / Without You’ by the Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) based singer-songwriter Romi Wrights.

In recent years, Romi has become a name to watch for within Aotearoa’s ever-expanding modern jazz, soul, funk and boogie scenes. In late October, we unveiled her debut Mānuka Recordings single, ‘Bring It Back’, produced by our co-founder Kenny Sterling, and featuring some sensational playing from a cast of musicians, including Julien Dyne (drums), Olivia Wilding (cello), Corry Champion (vibraphone), Dublin’s Gareth Quinn Redmond (violin) and Romi’s cousins (backing vocals).

Inspired by vintage orchestral soul, 1970s dub reggae and some analog drum machine experimentation, ‘Bring It Back’ sees Romi in scorching soul diva mode, singing about empty-hearted excuses, toxic relationship dynamics and the bittersweet afterglow of tainted love against a spellbinding instrumental. On the flip side, Romi and Kenny team up with Dublin’s Fiachra Kinder (drums), JY Lee (horns and flute) and Cory Champion (vibraphone). The result, ‘Without You’, is another slice of vintage reggae-influenced soul and funk-drenched in yearning, loss, love and polaroid-perfect optimism.

Due for release on November 23rd in limited edition 7” lathe cut and digital formats, ‘Bring It Back / Without You’ points towards further releases from Romi and Kenny in 2024. Before then, however, they’ll be taking to the stage in Tāmaki Makaurau on Dec 10 to open for US modern soul legend Lee Fields at The Hollywood in Avondale.

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released November 24, 2023

Produced & Composed by: Kenny Sterling
Vocals: Romi Wrights
Lyrics: Lisa Wright & Matt Hunter

Mixed by: Kenny Sterling
Mastered by: Josh Llewellyn @ Downbeat Mastering
Cover Photo: Finn Bowman
Cover Design: Dylan Cook & Matt Hunter
Words: Martyn Pepperell

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Although she grew up on the sensibilities of US RnB and Hip-hop, when the Tokelauan singer-songwriter Romi Wrights shares her voice, it’s hard not to feel transported back to the spirit of the late 1960s soul/funk era by her incandescent melodies and stirring stories of love, loss and the confusion that lies in between. ... more

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