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If We DUB Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous

by Sarah McQuaid

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Original song written and performed by Sarah McQuaid
as “If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous”
on the album If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous (2018)
Remixed by Tim Norman (UVX)

I’m very excited about this Bandcamp Friday release in which I join forces with Tim Norman of 1990s acid and ambient dub duo UVX ((Ultraviolet Explorer)) for a new remix of the title track from my 2018 album If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous.

It all started with a tongue-in-cheek conversation between myself and my wonderful longtime manager, producer and sound engineer, Martin Stansbury, about a “dub remix” of the album, akin to the Easy Star All-Stars’ classic Dub Side of the Moon.

The idea continued to pop up from time to time as a jokey reference over the ensuing years — until one day Tim asked Martin to master a dub remix he’d done for a US-based singer/songwriter. This transformed into a simple labour exchange, and “If We DUB Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous” became a reality.

Tim is best known to music mavens as one half of UVX ((Ultraviolet Explorer)), a Brighton-based duo signed to trance/dub/ambient/psychedelic label Magick Eye Records (also home to Astralasia, Magic Mushroom Band, Another Green World, Children Of Dub, Cybernaut and others). More recently, under the name Many Angled Ones, Tim released Suicide: Songs of Alan Vega and Martin Rev, featuring Guy McKnight (formerly of Noughties indie rockers The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, now fronting The DSM IV) on vocals.

I’m absolutely thrilled by what Tim has done with the track, and I’m also thrilled with the suitably grungy, lo-fi video Martin’s created to go with it, especially as it emphasises the environmental message implicit in the original song. Please do check it out on YouTube — here’s the link: youtu.be/2GEU6p8uCy8

lyrics

There’s a boy in the garden
With a shovel and a spade
He’s going to dig himself a hole
That’s the biggest ever made
Boy in the garden
Shovel and spade
Biggest hole
Ever made
I say I know you’re having fun
I don’t want to make a fuss
But if you dig any deeper
It could get dangerous

Now we’re drilling through the earth
Building pressure all the time
Splitting cracks in the rock
To free the power inside
Drilling through the earth
Pressure all the time
Cracks in the rock
Power inside
Some things are better left buried
Down under the crust
And if we dig any deeper
It could get dangerous

Put your shovel away
Time to call it a day
Sometimes the way to fix a problem
Is to turn the pressure off
Cos if you dig any deeper
It could get dangerous

We’re bringing fire and flood
And trembling ground
See the pale horse
Hear the trumpet sound
Fire and flood
Trembling ground
Pale horse
Trumpet sound
I hope we can stop it
But we need to hurry up
Cos if we dig any deeper
It could get dangerous

℗ & © 2023 Sarah McQuaid t/a Shovel And A Spade Records. All rights reserved.

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released April 7, 2023
Sarah McQuaid – vocals and electric guitar
Tim Norman – additional programming

Mixed and mastered by Martin Stansbury @ Cacophony Cottage Studio

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Sarah McQuaid Penzance, UK

“One of the most instantly recognisable voices in current music … Shades of Joni Mitchell in a jam with Karen Carpenter and Lana Del Rey.” —Neil March, Trust The Doc

“Captivating, unorthodox songwriting … layered satin vocals ... enthralling, harrowing arrangements … a gateway into a true innovator’s soul.” —PopMatters

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