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Silver Blades

from SILVER BLADES EP by Cult Figures

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about

In the 1970s every town and city in Britain seemed to have an ice rink. Birmingham had two, both part of the Silver Blades chain. Silver Blades was where teenagers hung out, they had pop music, disco lights, fizzy pop and girls, for a spotty teenage boy what was not to like?

With the crowds flocking from miles around, there was also the frisson of territorial rivalries, and the threat of violence was never far away. Silver Blades tells the story of a teenage romance cut short by jealousy and violence.

Recorded by Liam Watson at Toerag Studios, June 2019, mixed by John Rivers at Woodbine Street Recording Studio autumn 2020.

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SILVER BLADES

I saw you gliding past a hundred times
But never thought we’d ever meet
You could say I finally broke the ice
When I fell down at your feet

Silver blades x 3
(in a death spin) love was shining bright
Silver blades x 3
Two hearts burning on a winters night

Skating side by side we stole the show
And future plans were being made
But your ex was standing in our way
With a plan to make us pay

Silver blades x 3
There’s going to be a fight
Silver blades x 3
Casual violence on a Friday night

I heard a scream I glimpsed a flash of steel
But never felt the stab of pain
Until I saw your blood upon the ice
As it fell like crimson rain

Silver blades x 3
There’s going to be a fight
Silver blades x 3
Casual violence on a Friday night

Silver Blades x 16
Casual violence on a Friday night

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from SILVER BLADES EP, released June 5, 2020
By Gary Jones and Jonathan Hodgson

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Cult Figures released two classic singles on Swell Map's Rather Records in 1979 and 1980. Now they are back and coming to stage near you!

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