Taken from 30 song album 'Quasars and Fluff':

https://blokeacola.bandcamp.com/album/quasars-and-fluff

Chasing Down Mountain Goats

Know Me

A Woman's Heart

High And Wasted

Sycamores

Cover Art by Yuko Weiner (www.yukoweiner.com/ )

Signs 22  (English translation)

That wasn’t even funny, no way
Abe-surd-nomics, fabricated ceremony
Disgusting
Nonstop majority paradise
Diversity, you say?
You don’t actually see it, you don’t want to see

We stand at the PM’s residence with signs in our hands
We don’t shut up, won’t shut up
We will make noise, we don’t know our place

Unable to change, this big country, watch people suffer
Help the strong and hurt the weak
Only wasteland remains here

Holding our signs, sitting in at the capital
We don’t shut up, won’t shut up
On each channel
We won’t shut up, won’t shut up
Untucked our shirts, wear no ties

　　　　　　　Translation by Yuko Weiner

Signs 22

笑えない、ありえない事態だ
虚言ノミクス、虚構の儀式
気持ち悪すぎる
とめどないマジョリティ天国
多様性とか口じゃ言うけど
見ない、見たくない

プラカード掲げて官邸前に立とう
僕らは黙らない、黙らない
声に出してわきまえはしない

変われない見殺し大国
強き助けて弱きを挫く
荒地だけ残る

プラカード掲げて議事堂前に座る
僕らは黙らない、黙らない
それぞれのチャンネルで
黙らない、黙らない
シャツは出してネクタイもしない

Hodges - Signs 22

Cadwyni Yn Fy Mhen

Stand Up Comedy 🎭

I was thinking back to being 11 years old, at the first rehearsal for the school play. It was my first year at the school, having recently moved country. It was extremely out of my comfort zone. My hands were in my pockets and I was slouching because I felt so self-conscious. The teacher shouted at me for having my hands in my pockets and for not standing up straight, as if it was the worst offence. It seemed out of the blue to me. Everyone was looking and I felt like the worst person in the world. My heart raced and my skin felt like it was covered in bugs. It was even harder to stand up straight. As children we get taught to never answer back, because it's disrespectful. Sometimes we grow up not knowing how or when to stand up for ourselves.

lyrics
Isolation
In its finest form
Withdrawing into a shell

Piercing sound
They're all looking now
Intentions unknown

I won't stand up straight for you
I'll be keeping my hands in my pockets too

I won't stand up straight for you
I'll be keeping my hands in my pockets too

Isolation
Isolation
Piercing sound
Isolation
Isolation
Piercing sound

Withdraw into your shell
It will all be over soon

Withdraw
Into
It will all be quiet soon

I won't stand up straight for you
I'll be keeping my hands in my pockets too
I won't stand up straight for you
I'll be keeping my hands in my pockets too


This will be available on all streaming services from October 25, 2024
Produced by Cholly
Mixed and mastered by Conor Amos

Pockets

Between the Lines

The Player

Lofi 667

singer/songwriter 
aotearoa/uk
Instagram - @elysiabronte

Elysia Brontë, born in England and raised in New Zealand, is a singer-songwriter and undergraduate student of Law and Political Science at Minerva University. Her academic journey has taken her to five countries in the past two years, providing her with rich inspiration for her music.

Starting to write lyrics at the age of seven, Elysia developed her talents while performing locally in Aotearoa and expanded her skills during an internship at Yale University.

Her upbringing—traveling in a van, attending 11 schools, competing as a swimmer for New Zealand, and overcoming mental health challenges—has deeply influenced her artistic vision. Through her relatable lyrics, Elysia aims to make a meaningful impact and share her experiences with the world.

Stand Up Comedy 🎭

Elysia Brontë

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