All song written by Evripidis Sabatis
Pre-produced and arranged by Marc Ribera and Evripidis Sabatis
Produced and mixed by Sergio Pérez
Mastered by Philip Granqvist

Evripidis Sabatis: vocals, synthesizer, piano, electric piano, vocoder, programming Marc Ribera: synthesizer, programming, backing vocals on Melancholia, acoustic guitar on Wild Reeds Sergio Pérez: synthesiser, programming, electric guitars, backing vocals on Melancholia Rachel Kenedy: vocals on Your Dreams
Max Jacob Andrucki; vocals on Wild Reeds, backing vocals on Melancholia
Greg Goldberg: vocals on Bitter
Francina Ribes Pericàs: backing vocals on Nos volvimos a encontrar & Melancholia Laura Antolin: backing vocals on Melancholia
Liza Cox: backing vocals on Melancholia
Eliza Ariadne Kalfa: backing vocals on Melancholia Osa Gambas: backing vocals on Melancholia Emma Roulette: backing vocals on Melancholia

Recorded at Casa Terataki by Evripidis Sabatis and Marc Ribera and at Sergio Pérez’s house. Most vocals recorded at Maikmaier studio by Sergio Pérez except from: Evripidi’s vocals on Kanonikotita recorded by Elsa de Alfonso, Max’ vocals recorded by Jordi Colombi and Greg Goldberg at their houses, Greg Goldberg’s vocals recorded by himself at his place.

The Back Of His Neck

Melancholia

Kanonikotita

Bitter

Nos Volvimos A Encontrar

Matthew

Wild Reeds

Your Dreams

The Reason

Girlfriend

LYRICS

Christmas in Clifton House
Will stay with me forever
We dropped acid, danced in kaftans
Laughed the time away together 
You were sure that Mariah Carey was there too
There was proof all over the flat 
According to you

London Town was musty and grey
We were so far away 
From home  
But among these damp, red, brick walls 
We made a family, we’ll never be alone 

Christmas in Clifton House
Will stay with me forever
We dropped acid, danced in kaftans
Laughed the time away together 
You were sure that Mariah Carey was there too
She bled on the laminate floor
According to you

Though the stew was cooked for hours and hours
It was never served
Like mischievous children we engaged in peek-a-boo, hide n’ seek, role plays instead 

“ if the world were meant to end today
I‘d hardly shed a tear 
With my friends I feel invincible 
Tonight we fly 
In our red brick spaceship 
above the skyline,
Venturing to the unknown
We’ll disappear “

Christmas in Clifton House
Will stay with me forever
We dropped acid, danced in kaftans
Laughed the time away together 
You were sure that Mariah Carey was there too
Now All I want for Christmas is to 
Spend just one more, oh baby with you 

You’ll stay with me forever 
You’ll stay with me forever
You’ll stay with me forever

Performed by Evripidis and His Tragedies
Written by Evripidis Sampatis
Produced by Sergio Pérez

Christmas In Clifton House

You stay in your flat with all the lights out but a candle. 
You´re not alone, there are dozens of birds everywhere. 
Their amber eyes watching ruthlessly everything you do, 
they’ll peck your face if you dare 
to say his name. 

You stay in your flat with all the lights out but a candle. 
You´re not alone, you can sense a stranger creeping in the dark. 
He hides in the shadows, he follows your steps 
he whispers in your ear telling you to do things they make your blood freeze! 
Your mind flutters… 

You stay in your flat with all the lights out but a candle 
knowing that pretty soon the stranger will blow out the flame, 
the birds will devour your eyes and you´ll stay in total darkness 
in those hostile rooms full of danger, in total eclipse now that he´s gone. 

Your laughter makes my blood freeze, it feels like crying!

LIGHTS OUT

A version of one of our favorites songs by our beloved The Magnetic Fields. It was recorded in 2008 and it was only released in a tribute cd compilation  that was handed in their U.S.A concerts by a very determined-I must say-fan. 
This cover was unreleased anywhere else until now. We are so happy to share it,finally, with everyone. Even I had forgotten its existence. Enjoy!

TIME ENOUGH FOR ROCKING WHEN WE´RE OLD (The Magnetic Fields cover)

EVIL LOVE

Evil Love is a collaboration between Evripidis and His Tragedies and long-time friend, musician, and producer Odil Bright. Originally conceived as a track for short-lived duo EVIL, the song was written by Evripidis and produced by Odil. The vocals have been freshly re-recorded and producer Sergio Pérez (of Svper and key Spanish indie production maven) added the warmth of analogue vintage synthesisers  'Evil Love' is where Evripidis’ 50’s Doo-wop and 60’s girl groups-inspired melodies and chord progressions, meet Odil's cosmic, electronic soundscape. The lyrics allude to the cruel and fleeting nature of love and reflect on the possibility of its endurance.

Evil Love

Evripidis and His Tragedies is the alter-ego of Evripidis Sabatis. The "Tragedies" are the devastating, confessional, self-sarcastic and often darkly humorous pop songs that draw on his classical piano training, queer sensibility and storytelling skills to examine and ultimately own up to the vicissitudes of life. Evripidis' pop inclinations take us for a bumpy, dancey ride across the fine line between tragedy and joie de vivre. 
 A musician, writer and visual artist from Athens, Evripidis moved to Barcelona in 2004, started playing the piano and singing on his own in small bars and soon became a permanent fixture in the local underground scene as a performer, dj and independent promoter. With a plethora of local collaborators he released two albums (Evripidis and His Tragedies, A Healthy Dose of Pain), an EP (…And it Was Good While it Lasted Baby!) and music for short films. A third album (Futile Games in Space and Time), recorded between Barcelona, New York and Athens, broadened his sound and brought some international collaborations with artists like  Sarah.P and LD Beghtol (The Magnetic Fields). His fourth album (Mia Triti stin Cantina) was prompted by a tragic personal loss and marked a change of pace. It was sung in Greek and featured just a handful of musicians, amongst them fellow Greek artist Nalyssa Green.
 Until now Evripidis’ records have been piano-driven, multi-instrumental indie pop, steeped in melancholia but with a joyous beat, unconventional song structures, lush chord progressions and vocal harmonies. His forthcoming project strays from that former big-band approach, taking a sparer synth pop direction with songs in English, Spanish and Greek. In them he mixes once again his love of Doo Wop, Girl Groups, New Wave, Indie Pop and Bedroom Pop, this time with richly textured electronic soundscapes. After releasing Evil Love, The Reason and Your Dreams with that new sound, he is about to drop Melancholia, a new song and video, on Snap! Clap! Club.
 Evripidis and His Tragedies has played in international festivals as Primavera Sound, FIB, BAM, Indietracks, Eurosonic Noorderslag or Synch Festival, in museums like MACBA or Caixa Forum, in various venues in Spain, Greece, UK, Germany, France, U.S.A, Portugal and The Netherlands. He has opened for international artists like John Grant, Jens Lekman, Peter Bjorn and John or Arab Strap.
 2019-20 found Evripidis and His Tragedies playing Cologne Popfest (Cologne), Primavera Sound and Montjuic Castle (Barcelona), and CaixaForum (Madrid), alongside many online shows during the Great Lockdown, most notably as part of the landmark international Cuarentena Festival. He is currently putting the final touches on his latest collection of songs and is ready to face the challenge of what being a musician might mean in this new world.

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