We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Hitchhiking to Byzanium

from Different Stories by Anubis

supported by
thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1.50 AUD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The fifth Anubis studio album consists of acoustic reimaginings of music from 230503, A Tower of Silence, Hitchhiking to Byzantium and The Second Hand.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Different Stories via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 14 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $16 AUD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Have you ever wondered what a beautiful CD looks like when we scribble all over the cover?
    Well, wonder no longer. We will autograph your copy of the new Anubis acoustic record for you if you want us to. Lovingly shot, designed and created by Tim Neill and personally ruined by us. However, people always ask us to.

    Different Stories on CD is limited to 500 copies worldwide.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Different Stories via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 14 days
    edition of 500 
    Purchasable with gift card

      $22 AUD or more 

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    11
    releases

    Get all 11 Anubis releases available on Bandcamp and save 15%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Sirens from Afar (Live in Katoomba 2021), 230503 (Deluxe Anniversary Edition), Home from Home (live, 2020), Homeless, Lights of Change (Live in Europe 2018), Different Stories, The Second Hand, Behind Our Eyes (Live, 2014), and 3 more. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $94.35 AUD or more (15% OFF)

     

about

The title track of our 2014 studio LP is a European favourite and very much the epic style we've become known for.

The original music track was written by Dean, made more pretentious by me and finished by Robbie.

The original track included lots of keyboard layering, and for this album, I'd banned myself from using anything that wasn't in some way either acoustic or at least 'accepted' as an unplugged instrument (like the organs). To get the string textures, it needed strings.

I am not a very good violinist (understatement), but with a lot of grumbling and overdubbing, I managed get a Dave string quartet onto the record which I'm actually really rather proud of.

The arrangement is one that I think most closely keeps the flavour and grandeur of the original track, but still manages to sound really different from it.

DE

Robbie - Lead Voice, Percussion
Dave - Piano, Celeste, Hammond Organ, Violins, Cello, Voice
Dougie - Acoustic 6-String Guitar
Dean - Acoustic 6-String Guitar, Voice
Anton - Electric Bass
Steve - Drums

lyrics

Standing, frozen, lonely, in the dead of night;
But further down the road is something bright;
A place that fuels my need for warmth and light.

Can you pull yourself together,
When there’s no pieces left?
And can you crawl your way towards a home,
Pretending it's your own?

Waiting for the daybreak so we can turn and run,
Awakening new chances when moonlight fades to sun.

As life became too hard for me to explain,
It seemed that I was strong enough to remain,
But I was just too weak to make that change.

On the other side, lie all my hopes;
That cannot be denied.
The promise that will help me re-define,
And leave the doubt behind.

I’ll crawl from east to west,
Forgetting all the promises I kept,
And tell myself that on the other side,
I’ll no longer need to hide.

Waiting for the daybreak so we can turn and run,
Awakening new chances when moonlight fades to sun.
Living life in circles, like a devil's carosel,
The last of my life's chances to find heaven in this hell.

I’ve had to understand that I cannot hide;
I’ve had to torture myself and swallow my pride;
I’ve only got myself to blame as I hitchhike.

credits

from Different Stories, released May 23, 2018
Originally written by Robert James Moulding, David Eaton and Dean Bennison

This arrangement by Moulding/Eaton/Eaton/Skene/Bennison/Stewart

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Anubis image

Anubis Sydney, Australia

Anubis is a cinematic Progressive Rock band from Sydney, Australia. Formed in 2004.

The band has released to date 6 studio records to date, 2 live albums and toured Europe twice. The latest album, ‘Homeless’ reached number 4 in the Australian Indie chart in March 2020. ... more

contact / help

Contact Anubis

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Anubis recommends:

If you like Anubis, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now