Pete Toigo, bass 
Vocals: Erin Pellnat and Chris Pellnat
Instrumentals: Chris Pellnat 

Better Smile 

Well I've doom scrolled enough 
I'm heading out into the sun 
Gonna smile along with the world 
Like I'm living in a Rom-com 
Like I'm living in a Rom-com 

Did the best I could 
With the headwinds cutting me off 
And though I know I should 
I'm still not giving it up 
I'm still not giving it up 

For what it's worth 
You're only here on earth 
You're only here on earth for a while 
Better smile 

Time to wear the crown 
I forgot I even had 
Got to re-stoke the fire 
Start it all over again 
Start it all over again 

Done some sketchy things 
I know I'm gonna pay 
But I've done some good 
A little more every day 
A little more every day 

For what it's worth 
You're only here on earth 
You're only here on earth for a while 
Better smile

Better Smile

After the Hole - Lyrics

All I seen is what I thought I would have seen
At the end all I found were other ends

Suddenly I know, you live to know after the hole

On the screech of the city brakes I heard your name
Feel as though we're living in a recurrent dream

Suddenly I know, you live to know after the hole

And the life is after the hole

And the life is after the hole

Strange Part of the Country

After the Hole

Bandcamp

Round Midnight - Lyrics 

Round midnight when the engine’s on
Lose my head from the rolling throng
Get my house out of the fire
Get my car out of the wreckage pile
Straight out of lullaby land 
Straight out of Birdland
Like waking up in the morning without my head in my hands

And I’m getting on
Well it’s been pretty long
And I woke up around midnight to see Charlie Parker fly in a saxophone
Well there's gold on the road

Round midnight getting, I'm just getting on with you

Charles Mingus
That’s so like Philly Joe Jones
Miles she likes your Miles Davis shit
Miles Davis shit 
Miles Davis shit 

Gone midnight and I'm just moving on 
With a couple of fellas with sticks and songs
Got my head into a St. Louis fire
Haven’t seen daylight for a couple of nights
Straight out of lullaby land
Straight out of Thelonious land
Like waking up without feeling like my head’s been up my ass

And I’m getting on
Well it’s been pretty long
And if I’m not home before midnight I'll be playing here with this whiskey and these songs
From somewhere out of the earth

Round midnight getting, I'm just getting on with you

Second cousin of the Dizzy man
And the nephew of the devil
A girl sent to me by the devil

I'm getting it on and I can’t do me wrong
Got jazz inside my vein now and the blues even comes out of my asshole
It's the door to my soul

Round midnight getting, I'm just getting on with you

Round Midnight

Strange Part of the Country - Lyrics

The night falls on Nong Bone town

Seventeen ladyboys and he are beating up small change Europeans
Someone gets drugged by three old ladies

This is a strange part of the country
This is a strange part of the world
This is a strange part of the country
And we are not welcome
We are not welcome

The night falls, I have no past

Twenty three hostess girls and me
The edge of the roads turn into decades rubbing against me

This is a strange part of the country
This is a strange part of the world
This is a strange part of the country
And we are not welcome

We are not well

This is a strange part of the country
This is a strange part of the world
This is a strange part of the country
But we are not welcome
We are not welcome

Dog Meat Stew - Lyrics

I just drank three bottles of the best excuse on the planet
Going back to Camberwell to sign on and then shoplift
Lost my dog after I smoked something I knew I shouldn’t have
Days that followed followed me and I was following the days

They saw you, they saw you, they saw you with her
They saw you, they saw you, they saw you with a girl

Neighbours said they thought we were dead, we only slept one hour a night
Working jobs that we both hate to buy some shit we don’t need
Dog meat stew from Mexicans who dig in trash cans for breakfast
Burglar alarms are disconnected when they want insurance

They saw you, they saw you, they saw you with her
They saw you, they saw you, they saw you with a girl

I knew her before the thing, I never knew her after
Don’t like too much noise and I don’t really like the weather
Changed my name to John Coltrane 'cos no one took my phone calls
Best times are always the ones that you just walked away from

They saw you, they saw you, they saw you with her
They saw you, they saw you, they saw you with a girl

Dog Meat Stew

Can't Stand That The Sun Goes Down  -  Sound test  2

Written by Damian Smith
Produced by Robert Ruby
Fiddle by Rachel Crick

It's a simple love song. Life is short, but today we have each other, so let's take advantage of the the time we have. Was going for an Appalachia / bluegrass feel on this one. This was a lot of fun to write and play. I hope you enjoy listening!

Sweet Mountain Air

Talk

Soften the blue 
By Florent Sivell

So you’ve returned to the great mystery
Leaving us behind in your mystery
So many questions swirling around in our heads
What could we have done, what we could have said

To try and get a little bit more of you
Cause of you, there was so little that we knew
To try and get a little bit more of you
Hoping to change the hue and soften the blue 
  
You were always a great charmer
In life you knew all the tricks to get a little further 
As we lagged behind, mesmerized and under your spell
Now we’re left to ponder, unable to draw from your well

To try and get a little bit more of you
Cause of you, there was so little that we knew
To try and get a little bit more of you
Hoping to change the hue and soften the blue

You can be sure my dear one that your memory
Will linger in our minds and hearts for eternity
How could we forget that hypnotic smile
That will always make our thoughts travel many a mile 

To try and get a little bit more of you
Cause of you, there was so little that we knew
To try and get a little bit more of you
Hoping to change the hue and soften the blue

Soften The Blue

“4 Stars - Q Recommends”
- Q magazine

From the album Strange Part of the Country:

w/ Grammy-winner Tchad Blake (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello), and bass legend Danny Thompson (Robert Plant, Nick Drake)

"One of the most original artists out there"
- Blues Matters magazine

Time Settles - Lyrics: 

And the decision made a hole, a vacancy in a vital inner chamber in my bones
This is what finally separated me from all my friends for whom I became skeletal

Time settles over me
Time settles over me 

And then the places I visit became the same inside world that I thought I was in
And like a fly scribbling the air I know neither the place nor what the hour is

Time settles over me
Time settles over me

And I, far off inside, was old

And now the years are closing in, each minute the last minute and following me

Time Settles

Singer-songwriter based in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, Florent Sivell is known for his well-established folk rock songs, influenced by Elliott Smith, Wilco, Sparklehorse, The Dandy Warhols, Bob Dylan, Neil Young Nick Drake, Serge Gainsbourg , Bashung, and many more. For the recording of his album BROKEN BOY which will be launched this fall as well as his single ANIMAL IN YOUR CAGE (8 August, 2022), Florent Sivell was assisted by the talented Montreal musician and producer Esther Spiegelman. The album BROKEN BOY is a stripped-down mix of folk rock filled with nuance, echoing his many musical influences, but with an authentic voice all his own.

Auteur-compositeur-interprète basé à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada, Florent Sivell est connu pour ses chansons folk rock bien établies, influencées par Elliott Smith, Wilco, Sparklehorse, The Dandy Warhols, Bob Dylan, Neil Young Nick Drake, Serge Gainsbourg, Bashung, et bien d'autres. Pour l'enregistrement de son premier album BROKEN BOY qui sera lancer cet automne et du single ANIMAL IN YOUR CAGE (8 Août, 2022), Florent Sivell était assisté de la talentueuse musicienne et productrice Montréalaise Esther Spiegelman. BROKEN BOY est un mélange dépouillé de folk rock rempli de nuances, faisant écho à ses nombreuses influences musicales, mais avec une voix authentique qui lui est propre.

Soften The Blue

Florent Sivell

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