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    A limited run of two hundred 12" Black Vinyl copies of Tess' latest album are available.
    Vinyl cover artwork features image of the now extinct Thylacine (Australian marsupial).
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An emphatic, psychedelic-folk-rock celebration that explores the recovery of hope and dreams amidst the darkness and reality of extinction.

lyrics

THYLACINES Words & Music by T. McKenna

Thylacines are never seen
Except in books and magazines
A pile of bones found in a den
Won’t ever bring them back again
Again. again

Remember how we used to meet
The hidden rock our sliding feet
Counting steps one through to ten
We swore we’d do it all again
Again. again

Badadah-bup-badup-bah
Badadah-bup-badup-bah
Badup-bah-bah
Ooh-ba-da-dah ba-da-dah
Ooh-bup-bup-badup-bup-bah

Thylacines are in my dreams
Beneath the trees that shade the streams
And Ancient Owls watch over them
‘Cause in my dreams they’re back again
Again. again

Ooh Badadah-bup-badup-bah-badop-bah
Ooh Badadah-bup-badup-bah-badop-bah

Ooh Badadah-bup-badup-bah-badup-bah
Ooh Badadah-bup-badup-bah-badup-bah
Ooh Badadah-bup-badup-bah-badup-bah
Ooh Badadah-bup-badup-bah-badup-bah
Ooh Badadah-bup-badup-bah-badup-bah
Oooooh

Written by TESS MCKENNA

credits

from Before You Wandered In, released March 1, 2019
Track 01: Thylacines written by Tess McKenna
Artist: Tess McKenna
Album Title - Before You Wandered In (2019)
Album Duration: 45:24mns
Track 07: The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll written by Bob Dylan. Published by Special Rider Music
Produced by Tess McKenna and Roger Bergodaz.
Recorded and mixed by Roger Bergodaz at Union Street Studio, Brunswick, Australia
Musicians (all tracks): Ashley Davies drums, Karen Rush bass/vocals,
Tess McKenna vocals/guitars,
Michael den Elzen guitars (tracks 1, 5 and 8).
Mastered by Amy Marie, Nashville, Tennessee

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Tess McKenna Melbourne, Australia

Tess McKenna is an independent artist based in Melbourne, Australia.
Tess has performed her songs at festivals, concert halls and pubs across Australia and overseas, from the Byron Bay Blues Fest (NSW, AUS) to Austin’s SXSW (Texas, USA).
She has played guest supports for Lucinda Williams and Nick Cave
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