Sneaker Pimps - So Far Gone (feat. Simonne Jones)

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🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Sneaker Pimps - "So Far Gone (feat. Simonne Jones)" from the 2021 album Squaring The Circle on Unfall.

It might have taken almost two decades, but Sneaker Pimps are finally back with their first record since 2002’s Bloodsport. Titled Squaring the Circle, the album is a lengthy 16 tracks that sees founding members Chris Corner and Liam Howe team up with LA-born, Berlin-based musician Simonne Jones on vocals. Our Song of the Day, “So Far Gone” probably best utilizes her emotive voice to haunting effect.

Harkening back to the trip-hop that put them on the map in the ‘90s, “So Far Gone,” is cemented by a downtempo electronic beat while arpeggiated synth flourishes sparkle around Jones’ yearning cries of nostalgia. “So far gone, never return, no safe ground,” she coos with a deeper timbre than the band’s original singer Kelli Alli’s wispy vocals rang on iconic songs like “6 Underground.” The textured dynamics and affecting vocals make “So Far Gone” an album highlight and an exciting return for a band that some (wrongly) think of as a one-hit-wonder.

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0:30.0	The sun is gone Swallowed the weather
0:54.3	Busy all four Now the day is last forever
1:08.3	The sun to one whole, the sun to the rules To burn through the night
1:16.3	The sun to the tree, it fractures the whole A brutal excuse
1:24.3	Rounted like a child From burning through its head
1:30.3	The sun to the tree, it fractures the whole A brutal excuse
1:52.3	The sun to the tree, it's one of the weather
2:04.3	A beautiful gesture A beautiful future
2:14.3	We fight from the ashes The world's so much better
2:24.3	The sun to the moon Swallowed the weather
2:50.3	The sun to the tree, it fractures the whole A brutal excuse
3:12.3	The sun to the tree, it fractures the whole A brutal excuse
3:34.3	The sun to the tree, it fractures the whole A brutal excuse
3:56.3	We fight from the ashes The world's so much better
4:08.3	The sun to the moon Swallowed the weather
4:26.3	The sun to the moon Swallowed the weather
4:38.3	A beautiful gesture A beautiful future
4:50.3	We fight from the ashes
5:20.3	We fight from the ashes The world's so much better

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