VOICE Smiling Song 2025 ft. Dwayne Goettel

VOICE was an original pop/rock/synth/new wave outfit from Edmonton, Alberta circa 1983 to 1986. Formed by Malcolm Swann and Jeff Sawatzky after the band OFFICE imploded in late 1982 and brought together by Maury Duchamp. VOICE soon recruited Sherri Leigh Iwaschuk on drums and Dwayne Goettel on keys, who would later leave to join Vancouver’s SKINNY PUPPY. This original four member version of VOICE recorded a four song demo at Mo Marshall’s Woodbend Studios in Devon, Alberta. These are those songs…
Malcolm Swann – vocals, guitar, synth
Dwayne Goettel – synths
Sherri Leigh Iwaschuk – drums, vocals
Jeffrey Sawatzky – bass, synths, vocals
Remastered from a 42 year old cassette tape by, and video made by Jeff Sawatzky
©1983 SOCAN
℗2025 JEFFREY SAWATZKY
Pictures graciously supplied by the amazing Rose Kapp/Roszay. An Edmonton music historian! https://www.rosekapp.com/
https://voice5.bandcamp.com/

Lyrics:
Have we come so far?
That we leave behind the only things that matter when we’re not on show?
I was living a lie, but I feel warm tonight for the first time…in a long time
I almost lost touch with the things I love, ego, came between myself and the world
Smiling song…
Pacing in the dark, my footsteps haunting me
The walls around us are only fear they’re screaming for cleaning
I wish I had the time and strength to hug you all for a moment before I have to go
I can’t find a place to share with you so I leave myself behind with the sound of my…
Smiling song…
When whispers are louder than shouting, and silence drowns out confusion
Then kisses are more than just consumption…bodies get left behind
Left behind…shout