“A song about living in the moment.” 

 no blackout.

Can you believe that all we have is today? 
It is fleeting and so unpredictable
You’ve got to let it inside
Make a promise to stay in the seconds of time and no pulling away 

Can you believe that all we have is right now?
Minutes that will only ever count down 
Make sure you look out
Break through the doubt
Feel the world on yourself
And live for more than yourself 

I don’t wanna blackout anymore
I’m right here with you
I don’t want to lose out in this moment
I don’t wanna blackout anymore
I don’t wanna blackout anymore
There’s never enough time and too much distraction 
I don’t wanna blackout anymore 
My eyes are open wide, no blackout 

Can you believe that you can live here today?
Coming up takes all of your courage 
You’ve got to let it inside
Make a promise to stay in the seconds of time and no pulling away 

Can you believe that all we have is right now?
These minutes that will only ever count down 
Make sure you look out
Keep breaking through the doubt
Go feel the world on yourself
And live for more than yourself 

No blackout 
(wake up)

© Heart House Records 2025

Written, performed, recorded, produced and mixed by Heart House Records
Mastered by DOLBY

no blackout.

Flying Pigs

Into the Night

Child of Nature

The Phantom (Remix)

Serenade .m4a

Läuft bei mir (Nicht).m4a

THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG 

There’s something wrong with the system 
There’s something wrong with the machine 
It all seems so disingenuous 
It all seems so ethically curupted  

There’s something wrong (x4)

There is something off about the
Look they give us
There is something off about the lies and
Visual display 
The hatered
The carelessness
The inhumane plan
The viciousness 
And the moral decay

There’s something wrong (x4)

The expectation of a full dictatorship 
The way they think we’ll just fall in line 
The way they ignore our every move
The way they ignore our uprise 

There’s something wrong (x4)

There’s Something Wrong

Mirror in the window

       This was written in collaboration with Katarina Jovchevska last year. Kate Jo wrote and performed the music and I wrote the lyrics, added some guitars, sang, and produced the video. I thought Kate Jo did an awesome job with the music and I tried my best to sing it, not very well I'm afraid. The story is about a whale calling for her mate across the vast ocean but then she turns out to be a mermaid instead. A diver is lured to join her in the ocean by her calls & whispers. The story really goes nowhere but I wanted to write something about whales & mermaids. I had tremendous fun recording it and it was great putting the video together as well! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/tjmetS-_yOw

This song was our second collaboration, we also wrote "Sunny Miami Day" which was a blast as well! Check out Kate Jo's songs they are awesome, she's here on SoundCloud! (https://soundcloud.com/katarina-jovchevska-1) Thanks for watching and I hope everyone enjoys this Sea Shanty but beware of Mermaids, they literally take your breath away! Cheers!🙏

“WHISPERS”

A SOFT VOICE LOST AMONG THE OCEAN TIDES,
I CAN HEAR HER CALLING ME,
FROM A DISTANCE OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES,
I STILL HEAR HER CALLING ME,             

WHISPERS, A SOMBER REVERIE,
WHISPERS, A HAUNTING MELODY,
WHISPERS, I HEAR HER IN MY SLEEP,
WHISPERS, INVITATIONS FROM THE DEEP,
WHISPERS, MURMURS EBBING FROM THE SEA.         
WHISPERS, RUSHING OUT TO ME,

FIND ME, FIND ME, FIND ME, 

A SIREN LURING ME ACROSS THE WAVES,
A BEACON GUIDING ME, 
MY INHIBITIONS HAVE ALL BEEN SWEPT AWAY,
BY THIS SEABORNE MYSTERY,         
WHISPERS FROM THE SEA,
WHISPERS FROM THE SEA,
WHISPERS FROM THE SEA.
          
BY JIM VALDES & KATARINA JOVCHEVSKA © 2024

"WHISPERS" (Video - https://youtu.be/tjmetS-_yOw)

say yes

not sure if i'll make this into a proper song, let me know what you think!

abilene - demo

Music available on bandcamp https://thebargainbasementbutterflies.bandcamp.com/

The Bargain Basement Butterflies are gleefully inspired by Kraftwerk, Erasure, OMD, the Lightning Seeds, Depeche Mode, Howard Jones, The Cure, Laurie Anderson and a host of other terrific artists old and new.

Living Life and Making Music, because what else is one to do? 

Open to collaborations.
I do love to sing...or play.

There’s Something Wrong

The Bargain Basement Butterflies

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