Songs of February 2022

Imposter

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Garden of Our Neighbor

Clay

Fast Car

Vertigo

Still Hurts

Amidst the global cacophony, my friend mannu's track 'the stratagem in daylight' really cut through. It was a great privilege to collaborate with him on this. Discover his remarkable compositions here: https://soundcloud.com/the-mannu  

break free

(horror of the now)
what / has got / into us?
it's got me / it's got you
we've all got each other / by the throat

is there no way / is there no way / out  / of  / this  /abyss
this stupid, senseless / darkness?
______________________________

(rambling mumbles - not far off)
. . . well it seems . . . we've run out of road . . . climbing and falling . . .
and all those things that we'll never know . . . now they're gone . . . through 
. . . done for, done for, done for . . . no more leaves to fall . . . 'n you can't count all the signs saying . . . never again, never again
______________________________

(life on Mars?)
I don't know this sun / I loved / to feel / the wind
Ohoh ohh / lifelines fed into the meme-stream
as the / cold / light / screams
______________________________

(realising)
in my heart the headlines / all things were far / but in my / head / I . .

______________________________

(find the path)
Ooowoowoow oowoowoow ooowoowoow aaaaaawwwwwoooo
break free, break free / forget about / you and me / break free, break free, break free, break free! aaah!!!

break free

Ten minutes left, the clock runs wild,
like thunder breaking, untamed and riled.
Routine cuts deep, it tears you apart,
not slow, but straight through the heart.

You’re holding on to the final song,
the choice was made, where you belong.
In the shadows, standing still,
if you ever move, you bend your will.

[Instrumental break – echoing guitar riffs with dark synth underlayer]

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Chorus
Where do you wanna go?
What do you wanna reach?
Who are you gonna meet?
[ bridge]
Feel it first, before you speak.

[ electric leading guitar solo ]

Verse 2
No way around, the walls close in,
killing you fast, not under the skin.
Every morning, the same old fight,
waking up but losing the light.

Resist, collapse, no voice replies,
no savior comes, no alibis.
Just one song left, in your head,
playing louder than words unsaid.

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Chorus
Where do you wanna go?
What do you wanna reach?
Who are you gonna meet?
[ bridge]
Feel it first, before you speak.

⸻

Bridge
Your chosen song keeps burning on,
pulls you deeper where you belong.
Through the dark, the echoes stay,
footprints fading, but they show the way.

⸻

[Outro – melodic guitar riff with reverb, dark synths swelling, fading into silence]

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Life Sized

Just Touch is released digitally on 31st March

Just Touch

Jess Cornelius, the New Zealand-born, Australian-raised, and now Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter, has an intense desire for personal authenticity, which is reflected in her songs as they explore womanhood, relationships, ageing and existence, all delivered through her startling voice. 

“No Difference” was written in Melbourne before moving to Los Angeles while trying to navigate everything going on in her life. The song is part self-help mantra, part blind fatalism. Its video, directed by Thomas Hyland, was filmed in a bathroom in Melbourne and features friends and acquaintances of Cornelius. 

“We wanted to introduce the water element because of its cleansing/rebirthing properties, but water is also destructive, and the image of someone wearing a white suit in a full bathtub implies someone slightly unhinged,” says Cornelius. “We wanted to expand on this idea of rebirth by showing all these women having miniature moments of self-reckoning, which is what I feel people often do in the bathroom. We use the bathroom—and the bathroom mirror—to collect ourselves, to recover, to psych ourselves up, to escape, to self destruct, to castigate ourselves, to tally up our worth, to make deals with ourselves, to re-evaluate, to preen and primp and steel ourselves.”

WATCH “NO DIFFERENCE” VIDEO -
https://youtu.be/XYDbx6L2Wuk

After releasing three critically acclaimed albums with her Melbourne-based band Teeth & Tongue, Cornelius sought out a more personal project. She began performing and recording under her own name, releasing the “Nothing Is Lost” EP (Dot Dash/Remote Control) in 2017. “No Difference” is the first new music Cornelius has released since then. 

Recorded and mixed by Tony Buchen at 64 Sound in Los Angeles in July 2018
Drums - Steven Urgo
Bass -Ryan Weinstein
Guitars and vocals - Jess
Additional guitars, keys, synths, melodica - Tony Buchen

Cover art by Jacob Gardner
Photography by Rachel 'Pony' Cassells

Jess Cornelius

No Difference

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