originally written by the knife.

elena: vocals, percussion, synths, programming
kyle: vocals, keys, synths, electric guitar, percussion, programming
jola: vocals

releasing 15.06 thru moshi moshi records

heartbeats

original song available on peach.01 'lupa lari'

lupa lari - with somebody (acab remix)

remix of the amazing yama warashi for prah recordings

Saku Saku (acab remix)

u know the rains a bastard and yet ur always in the ashtray looking for a burn 'til u don't see him coming up upon ur left and it's too late to turn they said u probably didn't feel much even as u were crushed steering wheel in ur chest and it's true u look so peaceful laying there now in the chapel of rest the cops got me to call ur friends at 2am and take the ground from everyone i left fifteen yellow flowers on ur parents front lawn and watched them with ur girlfriend at ur graveside clutching tiny cars and football cards throwing dope and bottle tops on ur coffin as we said our last regards

u know i nearly drowned once off the coast of rio de janeiro i was staying with a lover i had met back in london in the snow and i was playing with the ocean floating underneath watching waves pass over me and the very next thing i remember i was half a mile stranded out to sea in a panic in the rip current taking water i remembered back when i was five and the day i learned i loved another person and what it meant to be alive and i remembered standing at the door of ur parents house holding on to my mothers hand and i found the necessary strength inside me to make it back to land

sometimes i sit and feel so lucky how'd i make it here i passed my thirty-one what with all the shit i put inside my body and the stupid things i've done sat in the back of speeding cars on busy city streets holding weight and cash stealing codeine pills from my fathers stash and i know i broke a few hearts on the way and there may be more and the truth is that i live with that inside me every day at my core cuz i never meant to hurt u but u know life deals in dirty tricks when it plays with u and the love i said i had inside my heart will never die until i do

fifteen yellow flowers on ur parents front lawn

words and music by daniel johnston

arranged by a/c/a/b.
recorded and mixed @ we have a garden studios by a/c/a/b
mastered by cicely balston @ pierce studios

background samples are from 'some things last a long time', 'poor you' and 'story of an artist' by daniel johnston.
lyrics
tru luv will find u in the end
ull find out just who was ur friend
dont b sad i know that u will
dont give up until tru luv will find u in the end

this is a promise with a catch
only if ur looking can it find u
cuz tru luv is searching 2
but how can it recognise u if dont step out in2 the light the light

dont b sad i know that u will
dont give up until tru luv will find u in the end

released March 19, 2020
elena: bass, vocals
kyle: synths, keys, guitars, vocals

tru luv will find u in the end (daniel johnston cover)

my mind shoots negatives 
tiny pinpricks of u hidden in the everlong
a document of all u do
never let the light get thru

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features field recordings from london, l.a, rio de janiero and athens; voice samples of edith piaf, bunita marcus, inti annie; various video game sounds; 'seu olhar' by seu jorge and 'gnossienne 1' by erik satie.

tiny pinpricks of u

we've seen a lot 2gether - been around a couple times
but i'm acting kinda crazy and it's taking up our lives and u 
should know that u saved me more than u ever really knew
and u carried me from something that i couldn't see out thru and i'd 
follow 4 whatever if u'd only ask me 2 but i know i need 2 work on me
and i know u know it too and i know it's really hard 4 u 2 c me in this way and i figure u been asking round from the things that people say and it's okay but they're all 

popping out the woodwork all like 'wow' 
seems like every1 some kinda expert now
they're all popping out the woodwork all like 'wow' 
seems like every1 some kinda expert now

and i wish we knew better what 2 do better 
and i wish i knew better how i could get better 4 u 

who's 2 know we might fix it all up 
who's 2 know we might fix it all up 
toe 2 toe we might fix it all up 
u should know we might fix it all up 

they're all popping out the woodwork all like 'wow' 
seems like every1 some kinda expert now
they're all popping out the woodwork all like 'wow' 
seems like every1 some kinda expert now

and i wish we knew better what 2 do better 
and i wish i knew better how i could get better 4 u 

and i wish we knew better what 2 do better 
and i wish i knew better how i could get better 4 u

seems like every1 some kinda expert now

i was at work when i picked the call up kept tripping on ur words ah-ah-ahh-ah
spotlight on ur body slo-mo breath and this is the hand
this is the hand that first taught me how 2 stand

im not psychic obviously but i know im gonna c u everywhere that i go
from the back u could be any1 oh
im not psychic obviously but i know im gonna c u everywhere that i go
from my front door 2 the dancefloor oh

i came as quick as i could 2 c u sat dead still on the train just like a curse while everything around me is running numb 'hello mum' now i'm the one 2 enfold u in my arms

im not psychic obviously but i know im gonna c u everywhere that i go
from the back u could be any1 oh
im not psychic obviously but i know im gonna c u everywhere that i go
from my front door 2 the dancefloor oh

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features samples/inspiration from 'o superman' by laurie anderson

im not pyschic, obvs

i hold the videophone up overlap with the true life just to see u in real time
backlit in the dayglow flat panel bisected 2 a pair of equal lines 
stumbling from the cold i let my mind run off with u shattering the neon seam
and trace a long crescent arc down the curvature of ur spine like we were in the ghost of some dream

theres a flame and its caught sight of everything burning and burning and never lost on me
i heard a sound and i thought 'well thats the same as b4' like an echo returning and never lost on u

and every movement u made lives again out there in the chaos i know u gave as good as u got 
and one mote of the dust that constituted my person is coming 4 u ready or not 
each particle of the light that came and bounced off ur body moved away 4ever changed 
gathered here in the corners a constellation of colours irreversibly sustained

theres a flame and its caught sight of everything burning and burning and never lost on me
i heard a sound and i thought 'well thats the same as b4' like an echo returning and never lost on u
theres a flame and its caught sight of everything burning and burning and never lost on me
i heard a sound and i thought 'well thats the same as b4' like an echo returning and never lost on u

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lyrics paraphrase a writing by aaron freeman and quote 'dust' by rupert brooke

my batteries r low and its getting dark (b seeing u)

we wrote this tune in the 1st days of an enforced social isolation (u know what we on about) that found us separated in two different countries, already missing each other deeply and not looking 4ward 2 the prospect of potential months apart.

used 2 collaboratively songwriting and recording at our home we instead had to take to video calls 2 discuss the lyrical dimensions, dynamic movement and general vibe of the piece - sending back and forth keyboard riffs, chopped samples and home-made synth sounds as we built the song up piece by piece.

also keen 2 involve our other homebound musical friends we enlisted the help of acab members and beyond 2 remote record themselves 4 the hook, including the artists toddler, joni île, oyoko, ellie crying eyes and dilruba tayfun.

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u lose ur bearings in a storm like this but what i learnt is that ill never take u 4 granted - im like a current in the undertow (tryna get 2 u)

this home became a house overnight but u know what when ur right ur right - im like a grain of sand slippin thru (tryna get 2 u)

shadowin the doorway shufflin my feet like a ghost wishin i cld fit in ur backpack oh maybe i can go where u go
shadowin the doorway shufflin my feet like a ghost wishin i cld fit in ur backpack oh maybe i can go where u go

its like im sleepin in a strangers place findin layers that uve never known - aint no port can hold this kinda wave (but its holdin us in 2)

and in this sort of ambiguity i know which side u hold ur bets along - always feelin a catastrophe (but im tryna get 2 u)

shadowin the doorway shufflin my feet like a ghost wishin i cld fit in ur backpack oh maybe i can go where u go
shadowin the doorway shufflin my feet like a ghost wishin i cld fit in ur backpack oh maybe i can go where u go

elena: keys, percussion, vocals
kyle: keys, synths, percussion, bass, guitar, clarinet, flute, vocals

additional vocals:
monica, reyhan, ellie, stevie (toddler), veronica (oyoko), kaitlene, dilruba, marion (joni île)

wishin i cld fit in ur bckpck

written by the wonderful arthur russell

arranged by a/c/a/b

elena: bass, drums, vocals
kyle: guitars, synths, vocals

recorded, mixed and mastered by kyle acab

purchase from https://allcatsarebeautiful.bandcamp.com/ where proceeds will be donated equally between act up ny and the terrence higgins trust

lucky cloud

all cats are beautiful are queer and non-binary friends based in east london.  dance music for sad people.

'the things we made' out now on moshi moshi records 
e/p/2 out on fu inle records
e/p/3 on third kind records
 
for bookings get in touch at allcatsartcollective@gmail.com

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