Not a Catastrophe

Released July 6th 2022 'Baby Don't You Know' is the second single of CIEL's upcoming EP "Not In The Sun, Nor In The Dark" out later this year. 

Production and mix by Steven Ansell
Mastered by Robin Schmidt
Written and performed by CIEL

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Baby Don't You Know

www.sweetheartalbum.com - "Turn Your Lights Down Low" appears on Sweetheart 2014, an adventurous Valentine’s Day collection featuring Jim James, Vampire Weekend, Fiona Apple, Phosphorescent, Brandi Carlisle, Beck, The Head and the Heart, Ben Harper, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Valerie June, Blake Mills, Bahamas and Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. Available February 4, 2014 at Starbucks and iTunes.

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I'm In The Middle Of A Riddle | Fiona Apple feat. Maude Maggart

I wrote Sober about the conflicting emotions you experience when your relationship with someone is based on no attachment and no expectations. It's about the constant push and pull, where every word and action can have a double meaning. Lyrically the song is about how, when you’re feeling lost, you attach your worth to their interest in you and do whatever you cannot to lose it. Sometimes despite all the warning signs that are there, it's hard to resist the sense of self-protection and direction that comes from placing your sense of self in someone else’s interest in you: you know you need to let go but just don’t have the strength to. Ultimately, I like to think Sober is a very relatable song that captures the emotional conflict we experience when we find ourselves in a relationship with a inevitable expiration date.”

Sober

Careful

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There is sunlight streaming in now
It’s soaking the sheets of my bed
There’s a ghost sleeping next to me
On my pillow she is resting her head

And it’s still early in the morning
There’s still time to get out unannounced
I could pack up my belongings
Before long, become a ghost myself

But I can hear it rearrange
The quiet sound of something out of place
And every sign is another sin
Still the hardest part of giving up’s giving in

I’ve been trying to find God
In a corner of a room in my house
And I can barely even speak to him
On account of all the blood in my mouth

But I can see it taking shape
The subtle way that my face turns away 
When I lie, but the greater sin is
That the hardest part of giving up’s giving in

But the stars outside
Look like streetlights tonight
They’re all I see
And In the pouring of the rain
I feel no pain
I feel nothing at all

I’ve been looking for freedom
In a train station underground
And from the top of a building
In the weightlessness when I look down

But I can feel it as it’s changing
The silent turning of the earth, 
Our aging light, but the only sin is
That the hardest part of giving up’s giving in
Yeah, the hardest part of giving up’s giving in

Nora

The Hardest Part

Building upon the tradition of both historic labels, FANTASY (est. 1949) and VANGUARD RECORDS (est. 1947) now primarily encompass rock and alternative releases. The label's roster includes both established artists such as Tedeschi Trucks Band as well as promising young talent such as the dynamic The Marcus King Band.

Brothers Max and Sol Weiss started FANTASY from their plastic molding business in 1949, and the label was historically a multi-genre, eclectic home for a diverse roster of artists local to the San Francisco bay area, and music ranging from rock to funk to jazz to soundtracks. Fantasy began hitting platinum many times over with Creedence Clearwater Revival in the late 1960s and enjoyed tremendous success due to iconic albums from The Vince Guaraldi Trio (A Charlie Brown Christmas), Tony Bennett (The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album), and many others, as well as soundtracks from Academy Award-winning films One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus and The English Patient.

I'm In The Middle Of A Riddle | Fiona Apple feat. Maude Maggart

Fantasy Records