Black Market Karma & Tess Parks - The Sky Was All Diseased

‘The Sky Was All Diseased’ with Tess Parks, the first single from the upcoming album ‘Friends In Noise’
A collaborative record between Black Market Karma and their musical allies

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This video was filmed by Stan from the window of a Japanese Bullet Train cut with footage captured by Tess back in 2014/2015 when her and BMK first met and started to tour together. Good times!

Some words about the song from Stan:

"Tess and I first met in 2014 when she reached out and sent a very kind message about my music. I dug what she was doing too so, upon her arrival to the UK, we met up and became friends, touring a fair bit together in the following years around Europe. During the downtime, we would often hang out at my studio.

I'd had the groove and music to this song floating around in my brain for a while, but had no lyrics or vocal part. I happened to play it one time we were at the studio together and I drop into my own world when I’m making things up, but after a while I noticed Tess out of the corner of my eye scribbling down lyrics. She started humming a melody to herself and I loved what she was doing so we went with it. I added in one more verse with an different vocal melody and a few lines at the end of the song and there it was - 'The Sky Was All Diseased'. I laid the music down a few days later and recorded Tess' vocals which became the track as you hear it now”

Some words about the song from Tess:

“I guess this was written in 2014? 2015? While I was living in Dartford a few doors down from Stan. Had a few very nice sessions at Stan's studio where we pretty much instantly wrote a few really cool songs. It's been 8 years and the time has finally come!!! I'm excited to share this.

This song seems to be a reflection on the weather at the time”

Lyrics:

Went walking in the sun
Felt all the rainfall
And you try to make friends but you've met them all already anyway
The sky was all diseased
You wanna lie down and go to sleep
Yeah go to sleep

Went dying on the moon
Felt empty and unfulfilled
Just said "whatever man I didn't feel a thing"
"I didn't feel a thing"
Have no future but it was all in your hands

The sky was all diseased
You wanna lie down and go to sleep
You wanna lie down and go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep

Went walking in the sun
Felt all the rainfall
And you try to make friends but you've met them all already anyway
The sky was all diseased
You wanna lie down and go to sleep
You wanna lie down and go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep

You wanna lie down and go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep


Slow
Always the same
Everytime
Spit your word mouth games
It's almost in rhyme
You're right on the beat
Never disappoint
Painting obsolete
I fall away