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Demo of new song, "Otherside" by No Swoon

Otherside (demo)

Otherside (Demo)

from the forthcoming album, "My Love Won't Quit"

Come Out w/ Me

Felix Slander - Songwriter, acoustic guitar, vocals, harmonica
Tomer Krail - Production, Bass
Daniil O'Rourke - Slide guitar

Lyrics: 

Spending days by the window
Waiting for the air to come 
And the city moves 
To the beat of a sickly drum
For now, I guess I'll try and find
A cosy spot in the sun
Like strays in the street, we'll just have to start
Getting used to pollution

It was funny how we couldn't see 
The trees through the smog
We knew it then, it was going to be
The year of the dog

Well I bark all day
Just to get myself a treat
And I whine all night
Because I can't get to sleep
Even released from my master's leash
I can't face the street
I only wish you could choose
The memories you keep

It was funny how we couldn't see 
The trees through the smog
We knew it then, it was going to be
The year of the dog

I'll get out of this city alive if it kills me 
I'll get out of this city and I'll breathe easily
I'll get out of this city and I'll never come back

Well the year rolled over 
The dog just ran away
As nostalgia grows and scars unfold
I see it in a different way
Now my days are clear and there's no more smog
I can't say it well, but it sure was swell
To be a dog

Year Of The Dog

1st draft of some decent pavement worship w/ instrumental chorus 

playground eyes your crimson smiles
i'm living with denial I’ve sold the truth
in porcelain pristine prom queen 
guise-less smiles and clumsy miles

gifted foresight tragic termite 
pressed upon your boots 
heartless wreckage, goddess scented
cannot tell the truth 

placemat heart our stunted start 
gaze raised to the stars you look right through
me missing, mistress listen 
silent starts and missing parts 

days in Autumn, Springtime’s daughter
warm rains sound aloof 
harmless feelings pleasant dreaming 
cannot tell the truth

playground (1st draft)

This quick and dirty little ditty is our 2020 Theme Song!

Shine So Bright

Myanmar

I'm In Love

"Behind Bar // Sword" were recorded during the Mirror LP sessions with Jack Shirley at the Atomic Garden in 2016.

For now, digital sales of this release will be directed to CCF Wildfire Relief Fund.

Thank you for listening.
Jared, Michael, John
credits
released September 1, 2020

Balms are Jared Padovani, Michael Ascunsion & John Kolesnikow • All Songs Written by Balms • Recorded by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden, East Palo Alto, CA • Mixed by Justin Gerrish at Hook & Fade Studios, Brooklyn, NY • Mastered by Justin Weiss at Trakworx, San Francisco, CA • Album Art by Naveed Ahmad

Behind Bars

super rough first draft of a new synthpop idea, forgive the logic default drum loops and simple bass. bare bones.

sordid business but you came unprepared 
to bear witness through chemicals stained air
may I say, blown away
colours in your hair
best behaved, a freeze frame
beauty’s not been spared

silent mistress with deep marble eyed stare
bears no witness to his tangling hair 
may I say, I know shame
colours that we’ve shared 
move in place, we rotate
not moving anywhere

angel lifted by your vulgar night prayers 
tired and listless in truth he’s hardly there
i field blame, all the same 
the truth is hardly fair
through decay, I reframe
the fox becomes a hare

marble eyes (1st draft)

Taken from FST182 Remember Fun - Contentment
Out on LP/CD on 16.04.2021

playground (1st draft)

Possum Kid