Name: Hi-Yo
Duration: P00H02M57S
Description: The lyrics to the song are an inspiration from watching the Coen Brothers ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’. I probably watched that movie 5 times over” (Henry). We took inspiration from traditional Western movie scores for some of the chords and emptied out the production around many of the “Hi-Yo” parts to make the recording sound more vast.

Hi-Yo

from Ten Paces by Ruen Brothers

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The lyrics to the song are an inspiration from watching the Coen Brothers ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’. I probably watched that movie 5 times over” (Henry). We took inspiration from traditional Western movie scores for some of the chords and emptied out the production around many of the “Hi-Yo” parts to make the recording sound more vast.

lyrics

We got the smoke
You gotta toke
Gotta go

We got the white
Outta sight
Getting gold

Hot in the day
Hot in the night
Hot as the coal

Coming to tread
Light on ya bed
Here we go

Listen whistle roll
Baby the, the sun is getting low

Hi-yo, hi-yo
In the day we work hard for gold
Hi-yo, hi-yo and high hopes
When the sun is dead
In the night we get
Low, low

Burning the wick
Gettin’ my kick
Get in my flow

And come tonight
Live by the light
Live by the gold

Tick goes the clock
It’s time to stop
It’s time to go

Go down a level
Go meet the devil
Go get your soul

Listen whistle roll
Baby the, the sun is getting low

Hi-yo, hi-yo
In the day we work hard for gold
Hi-yo, hi-yo and high hopes
When the sun is dead
In the night we get
Low, low

Listen whistle roll
Baby the, the sun is getting low

Hi-yo, hi-yo
In the day we work hard for gold
Hi-yo, hi-yo and high hopes
When the sun is dead
In the night we get
Low, low

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from Ten Paces, track released June 2, 2023
2023 Yep Roc, LLC.

Written by Rupert Stansall, Henry Stansall

Producer: Rupert Stansall
Engineers: Rupert Stansall / Henry Stansall
Mixer: Rupert Stansall
Mastered: Rupert Stansall

Instrumentation:
Rupert Stansall - Backing Vocals, Electric Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer, Bass, Percussion, Programming and SFX
Henry Stansall - Lead Vocal, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Programming and SFX

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Ruen Brothers Scunthorpe, UK

Siblings Henry and Rupert Stansall are from the small industrial town of Scunthorpe, England and have been recording together as Ruen Brothers since 2013. The brothers’ journey has taken them from the ‘£ a pint’ pubs of Scunthorpe to the dizzying heights of festival stages such as Bonnaroo, Glastonbury and Coachella, to performing opening sets for Orville Peck, Nikki Lane and Greta Van Fleet. ... more

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