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Close Up (live at Real World Studios)

by Dan Whitehouse

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Close Up is Hany’s Story. At the point we meet Hany Al Moulia (a Syrian refugee) in the song, he’s living in a refugee camp in Lebanon with his brothers sisters and parents. He has a debilitating eye condition, worsening day by day under the strained conditions of life on the camp. He can't focus on anything more than 10 centimetres away. But he possesses a resourceful and positive spirit and managed his condition by taking photographs – getting close up to things, documenting the details of family life in a refugee camp in Lebanon.

In 2015 after four years living in the refugee camp his pictures were eventually noticed by the Canadian authorities who offered Hany and his family asylum, and enrolled him on a medical program to help his sight.

“tonight we’ll have our first meal,
you’ll sit beside me
Close Up, Close Up
it’s the only way I can see”.

‘Close Up’ is a Boo Hewerdine co-write

The track is part of a live recording of the whole 'A Night Of Glass Show' which will be aired as an exclusive on Brum Radio in May 2024

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released April 5, 2024
Co-write with Boo Hewerdine
Recorded at Real World Studios (September 2023)
Sound engineer - Bob MacKenzie
Mastered by - Vince Iddon

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Dan Whitehouse Birmingham

“Subtle and delicate melodies” The Sunday Times

“Nothing short of beautiful – **** ” RnR Magazine

Singer-guitarist Dan Whitehouse renews, reinvents and reimagines - touching listeners with his observations and moving them with his sensitivity and impeccable songwriting.
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