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Written as a love song in celebration of the resilience of love, Madness was first recorded by Kirsty's duo Ocotillo with Robert Garson in 2016 but not released. In 2017, the song caught the attention of Dutch singer, TV personality and stage director Leoni Jansen who now uses it in her stage show Starry Starry Night and who has performed it on Dutch TV.

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Madness & The Moon

So the story goes
Boy meets girl, girl meets boy, and suddenly love
Where there wasn’t love before
It’s an old, old story and there’s seldom any sense
And it rolls out each time until everybody thinks

that it’s a brand new story
Boy meets boy, girl meets girl and suddenly stars
Where there were no stars now there are more
But the constellations, they’ve seen it all before

Stars have no desires, it’s only us that puts them in their places
Trying to make some sense of this unruly galaxy
And each love must have its fire, all of its airs, all of its graces
And the moon is just a rock, but it controls the sea
What is love but an ocean
trying to defy the moon?

So the story plays, boy meets girl, girl meets boy and suddenly love
Expecting the sun to alter its course
It’s an old old story, madness and the moon they’re such old friends
And they stand here still: boy and girl and all their expectations
Barking at the moon
But the constellations
Well they have seen it all before

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from The Deafening Sound of Stars, released October 11, 2019
Madness & The Moon
Kirsty McGee - voice, guitar
Phill Howley - drums
Sam Quintana - double bass
Barkley McKay - lap steel, piano

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A wandering maverick and spellbinding live performer with a voice that has been described as having the texture of smoke & velvet, McGee defies categorisation, to make 'hobopop' –“music of no fixed genre”. Her continuously evolving musical personality is proof that a freedom from artistic restraints can sometimes produce a unique, enthralling and original voice with a rare honesty. ... more

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