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Ivory Tower

by Sharp Class

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Ivory Tower is the second single from Sharp Class's upcoming second album, out in late 2024. The track started life as a B-side on a single release in 2019 while the band was under a different name. Though Ivory Tower always struck a chord and lived beyond its B-Side status. So in 2023, the band decided to freshen the track, re-recording it four years later at Electric Bear Studios, Mansfield and being mastered by JP Braddock, Nottingham (credits The Cramps, Simple Minds, The Action) to give it the proper single release it deserved.

According to the dictionary, Ivory Tower means an impractical, often escapist attitude marked by an aloof lack of concern about problems experienced by ordinary people. Need we say more?
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The doors are shut while they're having words
But if they've got to get a point across they must be heard
Just like a schoolboy in the playground
Wanting the last word in before the bell sounds
The words they speak don't speak to me
What they see I can't say I see
Inside their rooms removed from reality
Truth be told, that sounds so revolutionary

The Ivory Tower burns from the outside out
The structures failing now the whole thing's coming down
The Ivory Tower burns from the outside out
They've set it ablaze and it's crashing to the ground

Promises are thrown into the flames
Each done with a twisted smile and no trace of shame
What's left of hope is taken and torched
We can watch it smoulder as the common people fall
Minds turned criminal against the public
Critical remarks will leave you clinging to nothing
To bow down would do myself injustice
For leaders that care only for their own interest carry intent that's all too biased

The Ivory Tower burns from the outside out
The structures failing now the whole thing's coming down
The Ivory Tower burns from the outside out
They've set it ablaze and it's crashing to the ground

That face-
That smug face you wear when you're disclosing
Another matter-
But what's the matter with you?

The Ivory Tower burns from the outside out
The structures failing now the whole thing's coming down
The Ivory Tower burns from the outside out
They've set it ablaze and it's crashing to the ground

credits

released December 15, 2023
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Written by Oliver Orton
Produced by Sharp Class

Electric Guitar / Lead Vocals / Percussion - Oliver Orton
Bass Guitar / Backing Vocals - Billy Woodfield
Drums - Declan Mills

Drum Recording and Production - Simon Hopkinson at Electric Bear Studios, Mansfield, UK
Guitar / Bass Guitar / Vocal / Percussion Recordings - Oliver Orton

Mixing Engineer - Oliver Orton
Mastering Engineer - John Paul Braddock at Formation Audio, Nottingham, UK

Artwork Design - Mich Martial (@michmartial) and Sharp Class

Publishing - Sharp Class Ltd
©2023 Sharp Class Ltd

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Sharp Class are a British power trio consisting of Oliver Orton on guitar and lead vocals, Billy Woodfield on bass guitar and Declan Mills on the drums. Their songs are grounded in realism and spattered with a sly English wit, while seamlessly merging the illustrious DNA of Punk, Soul, Power-Pop, Britpop and Rock n' Roll. ... more

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