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Birthday

"Amour Fou" is the second single from our debut album, coming this fall. Out now on Welfare Sounds & Records.

Produced by Per Stålberg and Kalle Lilja. Mixed by Kalle Lilja. Mastered by Esben Willems. Artwork by Jakob Ekvall.

Amour Fou

Hooray For Earth - Racy

Marissa Nadler - Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings (FJM Cover)

It started at the winter clothes door
Boots and hats all over the floor
Gloves in pockets, scarves in sleeves
A dance of coats like autumn leaves
We scraped the frost off every pane
The car was cold, the kids complained
But we packed 'em in, row by row
And prayed the heater would start to blow
Coats and cookies, snow and songs
Christmas road trips all night long
Every inch packed, every laugh loud
Mom held goodies like a queen unbowed
Grandpa swore by bricks and sleighs
And stories from the olden days
We drove through snow like we were lost
But love was worth the winter cost
Grandpa said, “We’d heat a brick
In the fireplace, that did the trick
Put it in the sleigh to warm our feet
Back when snow was ten feet deep”
The wipers fought the icy glass
The windows fogged, the minutes passed
The presents stacked to ceiling height
And still we sang through silent night
Coats and cookies, snow and songs
Christmas road trips all night long
Every inch packed, every laugh loud
Mom held goodies like a queen unbowed
Grandpa swore by bricks and sleighs
And stories from the olden days
We drove through snow like we were lost
But love was worth the winter cost
The dog was buried in the back seat fluff
The cousins fought over candy stuff
The map was wrong, the roads were slow
But we had nowhere else to go
Just one more town, one more bend
One more mile to reach the end
And every bump, and every turn
Was part of what we came to learn
Mom’s lap was full of homemade grace
Wrapped in foil, tucked in lace
The snow came down like whispered doubt
But we never let the magic out
Coats and cookies, snow and songs
Christmas road trips all night long
Every inch packed, every laugh loud
Mom held goodies like a queen unbowed
Grandpa swore by bricks and sleighs
And stories from the olden days
We drove through snow like we were lost
But love was worth the winter cost
We made it there, and made it back
On memory’s winding, snowy track

All rights held by the songwriter Edwin H. Balder

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Coats and Cookies (1) (1)

Lowly - Wood

If I persist through this indecision I will
find I've been chosen again
for all the times I have questioned you
knew nothing of the far side then
when the present sets the precedent
there are no bets against
the courage you've found again
to hold my lens
in the lens that you'd turned against

it's always just a look
sometimes, sometimes a breeze mistook
for a longer love
I didn't turn from

I'm a god damn maniac
there's a multitude of me in every step
no wonder you can't keep track
I'm moltenous and eternally turning back
mostly words with no space behind
baby, it's an honour to bathe in your time
it's an honour to feed on your time
feeding on mine
I'm reeling in the line

six legs beneath me
and a wing that's caught in your page
I'm not going anywhere
baby, let's face it
I can't get away
my courage is weak outside of you
the wind eternally blows in my face
the mountain I'm tasked to climb
just seems to eternally raise
and the cairn I've fashioned out of lifeless things
just dances in the shape of you
it's an honour to feed on your time

if I persist through this indecision I will
find I've been chosen again
to all the times I had questioned
I knew nothing of the far side then
when the present sets the precedent
and the bets no longer against
the courage you found again
to hold my lens in the lens that you'd turned

I will not question you anymore
it's an honour to feed on your time
eat me with your time
mix me with your lime
let me drip through the states of you
that hold whatever regime you hold
a tally and a gift to be born
every blessing with which you're adorned

I'm a god damn maniac
there's a multitude of me in every step
no wonder you can't keep track
I'm moltenous and eternally turning back
mostly words with no space behind
it's an honour to bathe in your time
it's an honour to feed on your time
feeding on mine
I'm reeling in the line

six legs beneath me and a wing that's caught in your page
I'm not going anywhere
baby, let's face it I can't get away
my courage is weak outside of you
the wind eternally blows in my face
the mountain I'm tasked to climb
just seems to eternally raise
and the cairn I've made from lifeless things
just dances in the shape of you
with indescribable grace

An Honour

Dinosaur

I used to be afraid of my mind 
And being left alone with whatever I found
But now I’m more afraid of what I won’t find 
And all that’s left will end up letting you down
They say if you remain very still
And hold your breath for as long as you can
And by some miracle you don’t reveal
All the fear you’re holding where you stand

Dinosaur, Dinosaur
He wouldn’t know that I exist
I wish we were the same
Oh no, we’re just the opposite
I hide away again

I guess I’ll have to chase and corner it
If i wanna catch me some more self-esteem
I always thought you had to be born with it
But maybe that was just Maybelline

Dinosaur, Dinosaur
He wouldn’t know that I exist
I wish we were the same
Oh no, we’re just the opposite
I hide away again

I made the cage I’m in
I’m blinded by nothing
I’m tired of my skin

I made the cage I’m in
I’m blinded by nothing
I’m tired of my skin

I made the cage I’m in
I’m blinded by nothing
I’m tired of my skin

I made the cage I’m in
I’m blinded by nothing
I’m tired of my skin

Dinosaur

Asthmatic Kitty Records is an independent record label that was co-founded by Lowell Brams and his stepson, singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens, in 1999. Since its founding, AKR has released albums by a variety of artists, including Lily & Madeleine, My Brightest Diamond and Helado Negro, and is currently home to Sufjan Stevens, Angelo De Augustine, Denison Witmer and The Welcome Wagon. 

Asthmatic Kitty was named after Sara, an orange and white tabby who wandered out of the woods pregnant and starving near Holland, Michigan in 1994. For fourteen years she brought joy as a beloved friend to Lowell, enjoying a happy life despite her initial hardships. Her asthma improved after moving west to New Mexico and Wyoming, where she lived out her days as an asthmatic kitty in name only.

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