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A bee leaves its hive after falling in love with the idea of freedom.

Recorded, Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Gingerbee 
Artwork by Navi Art (@navigatorfrog_art) 

Recorded March 2022 - March 2023 

Gingerbee is: 
Melody Sohani (Melody’s Dreams) 
Dani Giguere (Suburban Apathy) 
Gustavo Nome (Monkey and the Permavirgins) 
Jordan de Graaf (against realism) 

Melody - Live Drums, Synths, Guitar, Lyrics, Clean Vocals, Whistling, Singing Saw, Drum Programming, Bass Programming, Arranging, Mixing, Production, Sampling 
Dani - Lyrics, Screamed Vocals, Clean Vocals, Guitar, Production 
Gustavo - Guitar, Bass, Live Drums, Lyrics, Clean Vocals, Drum Programming, Violin, Piano, Melodica, Arranging, Mixing, Production, Sampling 
Jordan - Mastering, Lyrics, Wise Uncle Skramz Advice 

With help from: 
Caleb Haynes (Hey, Ily) - Lyrics and Vocals 
Star (drug bug) - Lyrics, Vocals, Guitar 
Anguel Sanchez (lobsterfight) - Piano, Guitar, Clarinet, Accordion, Bass 
Ellie Blake (flaming top hat) - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Glockenspiel, Flute, Accordion, Trumpet 
Awsaf (Hill View #73) - Lyrics, Vocals 
Francesca Fey (Goth Lipstick) - Backing Vocals 
Maria Cristina Diamantaras Nome - Backing Vocals

Gingerbee - Our Skies Smile - 05 Our Time In Monochrome

Idialedyournumber - Hourglass - 08 I Am No Longer In Control Of My Body

Getting Killed

Husbands

100 Horses

Trying Not to Have a Thought

Shameless Faces (even the guy who made the thing was a piece of shit)

noitanitsarcorP

You've Always Been Here

What's Mine

Through The Wall

Bite The Bait

Ladida

The Boy

the fakest and gayest emo music ever made

Recorded in 11 cities from July 2021 - July 2025

This record was made using the same “internet band” process as Our Skies Smile, with parts being recorded individually and compiled into one project file. We spent countless nights screen-sharing our DAWs on Discord, deliberating the details.

Thank you to everyone who has supported us along our journey as a ridiculous multinational maximalist internet emo screamo jazz band. Everyone who played a show with us, housed us, helped us with booking, and came out to dance and cry at our shows has made these past three years so meaningful.

Recorded, produced, and mixed by Gingerbee
Mastered by Cash
Cover art by Leah Schram
Recorded July 2021 - June 2025
Drums recorded at Victory Drive Music Inc. by Jono Grant

Melody Sohani - live drums, synths, clean vocals, electric guitar (2), sampling

Dani Giguere - lyrics, screamed vocals, accordion, tambourine, acoustic guitar (2)

Gustavo Nome - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, classical guitar, cavaquinho, bass, lyrics, clean vocals, synths, keyboard, upright piano, electric piano, melodica, percussion, miku otamatone, slide whistle, percussion (cuíca, clave, bongos, tambourine, triangle, tamborim, pandeiro, agogo bells, egg shaker, cowbell, 40-inch gong, glockenspiel)

James Witte-Cook - alto sax, tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, electric guitar, backing vocals

Nicholas Garza - violin, electric violin

This project would not have been possible without the help of:

Leah Schram - cover art

Jacob West (Summer 2000) - cello on tracks (1,3,4,5,6)

Matijs Dijkgraaf - upright bass on tracks (1,3,4,5,6), backing vocals on the chorus of track 3

Julian Lewis - upright piano on tracks (1,4,5,6), electric piano on tracks (4,5), percussion on track 1 (wood blocks, timbale, cowbell, glockenspiel, bongos, marimba), percussion on track 6 (timpani, glockenspiel)

Joy Wratten - trumpet on tracks (1,5)

Tilley Komorny (Home is Where)- slide guitar on tracks (3,5,6)

Cash - Mastering

Maria Cristina and Faruk Nome - backing vocals on track 1
 Carolina Diamantaras - intro backing vocals on track 4

Clementine Teare - backing vocals on the chorus of track 3

Alex (drug bug/WillyRodriguez) - chorus lyrics and chords on track 3

What's Mine

Algernon Cadwallader

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