“When Is Tasha Coming Home?” is a 6 track EP based on the concept on Call Me Unique in a conversation from her inner self. Stories taken from as far back as childhood up to adult age, this EP began as clips from old diary pages that she found. It then evolved into words, thoughts and feelings Call Me Unique has not yet publicly divulged, hoping that audiences find some of the stories healing in a thought provoking way. Touching upon subjects such as imposter syndrome, depression, heartbreak, loneliness and pain whilst also expressing hope, strength, resilience and determination to grow.
This is the most honest and gut-wrenching piece of Unique’s work to date.
From “Assertive”s - a depiction of how love may not be enough to hold onto a relationship, “Pressure” - the pressures of being “the best version of yourself” and society’s idealism of “being a good person”, “Daddy Time” an honest and heartfelt letter to her father, “My Sly Cry” hearing from her younger self about the roads she took towards the creation of “Unique” - her alter ego, “Thank You” a breather from the somber songs to remind everyone of just how grateful “Call Me Unique” is for the good times and finally… “Wordsworth” - the tale of Unique’s car accident and the reality that words have power, ending in a mantra of “wishing you a long existence” to the listener. This whole EP is an honest look into what it took to make and sometimes break this artist into who she is today.
lyrics
Parts of me's uncomfortable
The parts that finds it hard to be so vulnerable
Showing you all my scars, the ones thats come before
Latest one, it's alarming that I weren't the cause
Always thought that my helmet was such a silly purchase
Never knew at that moment I'd really need its purpose
Always thought that my safety was such a given
Til I had found a limit
Pushed me right to the edge and I'd given mine a decision
Stay laying, start praying
Lord - I'm in a situation
And now I realise I wanna live
Keep saying, still praying
Hoping for another day out than
This one, this time - no I wanna live
So many times I had cried and asked for my life to end
But in the end
Now I know how close to I can be to get what I really wanted
And now I realise I gotta live
I wanna live
I need to watch the words I speak
They almost brought me to my knees
Gotta stand strong on my two feet
I wanna live
I need to watch the words I speak
They almost led me to defeat
Yeah I was falling, falling
Closer than I can imagine
All them highlights of life oh yes, they really happen
Images of them crying faces
Seeing posters of my smiling face and
Asking for eulogies about the way I should of made it
Heart is beating, I can't believe the reapers coming
All of a sudden frame of a bird - face of a woman
Comes and pulls me back to my limbs
Help me from my collision
Calls out for helping hand to
Give me a chance to st-t-t-ay
Stay laying, start praying
Lord - I'm in a situation
And now I realise I wanna live
Keep saying, still praying
Hoping for another day out than
This one, this time - no I wanna live
So many times I had cried and asked for my life to end
But in the end
Now I know how close to I can be to get what I really wanted
And now I realise I gotta live
I wanna live
I need to watch the words I speak
They almost brought me to my knees
Gotta stand strong on my two feet
I wanna live
I need to watch the words I speak
They almost led me to defeat
Yeah I was falling, falling
Your words are your worth
Wishing you a long existence
Wishing you a long existence
Your words are your worth
Wishing you a long existence
Your words are your worth
Your words are your worth
Wishing you a long existence
Wishing you a long existence
Your words are your worth
Wishing you a long existence
Your words are your worth
Wishing you a long existence
Wishing you a long existence
credits
from When Is Tasha Coming Home?,
released May 26, 2023
Written by Call Me Unique & Madi Saskia
Co-produced by Call Me Unique & Reuben Reynolds.
Mixed and mastered by IdbM (2021).
Recorded at “The Mushrooms” recording studio (Birmingham, UK) with Elliot Vaughan & Reuben Reynolds (2021), Dovecote Studio at Snape Maltings (Suffolk, UK) via Reuben Reynolds (2020) & home recordings via Call Me Unique & Reuben Reynolds (2019).
Supported by PRS Foundation via “The Open Fund 2019” and Britten Pears “artist residency fund” via PRS Foundation (2020).
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