UPCOMING SHOWS
ABOUT WOODES
After writing her first song at age 11, it was clear that Elle Graham was going to make a career in music. Growing up in tropical North Queensland, Graham used her upbringing as inspiration; pairing it with training garnered at the Victorian College of the Arts to launch her solo project WOODES.
Elle released her debut Woodes EP in 2016 and it immediately made an impact, debuting in the top 20 iTunes charts in 7 countries including going #1 on the Singapore Alternative Album charts and named ‘best female artist 2016’ by influential US blog Indie Shuffle.
In 2017 Woodes signed as a songwriter with UMPG worldwide, as well as securing an invite to SXSW, where she was named by The AU Review as the 'Best Australian Solo Artist' of the conference.
Upon release of her second EP ‘Golden Hour’ in early 2018, Woodes became an in-demand live act; supporting international heavyweights Asgier, BØRNS and Sylvan Esso, as well as crossing the country twice for her headline performances. The EP’s opener ‘Hunger’ was also handpicked by Netflix as the official trailer music for their debut Australian series Tidelands.
2018 also saw Woodes perform at Splendour In The Grass, where she debuted her most recent single ‘Change My Mind,’ written at Auckland Song Hubs only 8 weeks prior. The single went on to feature in 15 countries New Music Friday playlists including The UK. Change My Mind was Woodes 5th single added to high rotation on triple j.
Graham has also been a much sought-after feature songwriter and vocalist, recently collaborating with influential artists such as Cosmo’s Midnight, Golden Vessel, Feki, and Set Mo. Her song ‘I Belong Here’ with the latter achieved ARIA Gold status.
Elle is currently working on her debut album, due for release early 2020.
LYRICS
Change My Mind
Caught me by surprise
Always filled with doubt
Maybe I’m a skeptic
But you’re drifting round
Now I look across the table
And your eyes stare back
Were we once just strangers?
What’s this pitter pat...
It’s just the same thing, spinning around
Your just a daydream, playing your songs
It's like we faked it, and I’ve been thinking lately
You know
You could go and change my mind
You got me caught up in the right way
Got me guessing what you might say
So go
You can go and take my time
You got me caught up in the right way
Got me hoping that it won’t fade
You could go and change my
You could go and change my mind
Could it be a coincidence
Do we fall for convenience?
Had me high then you take me low
Got me hanging onto your shadow
It’s just the same thing, spinning around
Your just a daydream, playing your songs
It's like we faked it, and I’ve been thinking lately
You know
You could go and change my mind
You got me caught up in the right way
Got me guessing what you might say
So go
You can go and take my time
You got me caught up in the right way
Got me hoping that it won’t fade
You could go and change my
You could go and change my mind
GOLDEN HOUR
HUNGER
Looming threat
In my head
I found I’m in the thick of it
Forming threads
From my hands
Lead me back, I’ll follow it
I got my eyes on the horizon
I let the seed grow in my mouth
Bite my hunger
Let my mind, wild
In the Jungle, wild
Bite my hunger
Let my mind, ride
With the thunder, wild
Fell asleep
All a dream
Awoke to hear it calling me
Final leap,
I’m on my feet,
I’ve no idea where this will lead…
I got my eyes on the horizon
I let the seed grow in my mouth
Bite my hunger
Let my mind, wild
In the Jungle, wild
Bite my hunger
Let my mind, ride
With the thunder, wild
Forward
Homeward bound
Sink into
The Golden Hour
DOTS
I know I lost something
I searched the map, don't know where you are
Looked everywhere
But all I found were embers from the sparks.
Everybody's changing location,
I thought we'd never part
Point me in the right direction
Should I connect the dots?
Ahhh
High and low I search for you
Ahhh
High and low I search for you
I know I lost something,
I listen but no familiar sound
You left a trail but now I wonder
Do you want to be found?
Everybody's changing location,
I thought we'd never part
Tell me have we lost connection
Should I connect the dots?
Ahhh
High and low I search for you
Ahhh
High and low I search for you
NORTHERN LIGHTS
Take me to the edge
I start to breathe
So caught in my head
I’m in too deep
I close my eyes
Don’t have to fight
I come out here
No need to hide
Wanna be wanna see
Wanna free what's in my mind
Moving in slow motion
All the time
Wanna be, wandering
Underneath under the northern lights
I hear it calling
I move with the wind
Flows in my veins
Stronger now within
Lost in in this space
I close my eyes
Don’t have to fight
I come out here
No need to hide
Wanna be, wanna see
Wanna free what's in my mind
Moving in slow motion
All the time
Wanna be wandering
Underneath under the northern lights
I hear it calling
RUN FOR IT
Wolves are out
Whistling
Say "Come here baby
Walk with me..”
Curious behaviour
Only human nature...
Little birdie
broken wings
your voice is lost,
To the machine
Curious behaviour
Only human nature
In the dark there are eyes
Lurking in the shadows
I’ll shoot a flame
into the sky
A light that you can follow
Make a run for it
Make a run for it
See that girl
dressed in red
She’s someone’s daughter
Someone’s friend
Curious behaviour
Let it entertainment ya
Just a taste
A touch of skin
Talking while the
Wolves close in
Like a fallen tree
Alone, it makes no sound.
In the dark there are eyes
Lurking in the shadows
I’ll shoot a flame
into the sky
A light that you can follow
Make a run for it
Make a run for it
ORIGAMI
Something 'bout cha
I think we could make a sculpture
Just something while we’re waiting
Paper mediation
I know every crease and every fold
These lines will tell us where we need to go
We tessellate
Cast a new shape
A thousand cranes to come and fly us home
Fold yours arms, around me
We make origami
We got paper bodies
Let’s make origami
Answer to the question
Polygons and problems
We can make it happen
Following our pattern
I know every crease and every fold
These lines will tell us where we need to go
We tessellate
Cast a new shape
A thousand cranes to come and fly us home
Fold yours arms, around me
We make origami
We got paper bodies
Let’s make origami
HIGHER
Lately I’ve been drawing lines around you
Each one leads me,
Closer, a silhouette that I see-through
If you feel like you’re fading
I can try and colour you in
If you feel I can’t take it
Know I’ve been here from the beginning
Folding on a feeling, to be sure
Boy you got me wondering what for...
Can I do without it anymore?
Higher
I aint gonna fight it no more
Cos I can make you feel higher
You & me I feel so strong
Make you feel high
You can make me feel high
So maybe
We can spend some time
And just see
If in a moment, this too shall pass
And we’ll breathe
If you feel like you’re fading
I can try and colour you in
If you feel you I can't take it
Know I’ve been here from the beginning
Folding on a feeling, to be sure
Boy you got me wondering what for...
I can not do without it anymore…
Higher
I aint gonna fight it no more
Cos I can make you feel higher
You & me I feel so strong
Make you feel high
You can make me feel high
I can make you feel so much more than love
This fault, is all I need to prove
I can make you feel so much more than love
We’ve all, seen this wall fall before...
STILL SO YOUNG
Small flakes of snow
Or just grains in a globe
That you shake
Passenger trains,
Getting slower the older you get
But time don’t, scare me, no
The future's still so young
All of my friends
All of their ghosts
Try to remember, the days when they drew all their plans
All of their hopes
But we’ll never bend,
Cos you know that once it was impossible to fly
Follow the ones with dreams too high
Star-studded sky
Or just cheap plastic lights
that just blink
Waiting on magic
Won't find it if you don’t believe
But time don’t, scare me, no
The future's still so young
All of my friends
All of their ghosts
Try to remember, the days when they drew all their plans
All of their hopes
But we’ll never bend,
Cos you know that once it was impossible to fly
Follow the ones with dreams too high
*nasa samples,too!*
Management: Jesse Flavell jesse@summanagement.com.au
Australia Bookings: Casey O'Shaughnessy
casey@selectmusic.com.au
UK/Europe Bookings: Michael Harvey-Bray
Michael.harvey-bray@CodaAgency.com
Rest of world bookings: jesse@summanagement.com.au