Lazy Afternoons [Alt-R&B & Neo-Soul]

Don't Speak

My Best Step

Ama said

I'd Be Lost

DIFFERENCES

Lyrics:

You know me well
Still hard to tell
What’s going on
Cause I fall from grace
Each and everyday
Oh drop the hat
But I don’t wanna lesson
No, I’m only confessin’
That I might just be

A difficult love
A difficult love
A difficult love
I’m so difficult

Cause when I’m rocking the place
I’m never far away
From a mess again
(Mess again, mess again)
But you stay by my side
I’m left wondering why?
Cause I know that I’m obsessive
(Oh I’m obsessive babe)
But you are my main obsession
(Ooo)
Still I might just be

A difficult love
A difficult love
A difficult love
I’m so difficult

(Difficult)
Ooo but am I pushing you outta reach?
(Difficult)
Tell me baby how long is my leash?
(Difficult)
Ooo well tell me how long?
Oh how long?

Oh but I don’t want any lessons
I’m only now confessin’
That I might just be

A difficult love
A difficult love
A difficult love
I’m so difficult, difficult
(Oh I’m a difficult love)
A difficult love
A difficult love
A difficult love
I’m so difficult

Liner Notes:
Written and Composed by Ivan Hartle and Matt Storm
Electric Guitar | Lead/Backing Vocals by Ivan Hartle
Conga | Electric Guitar | Backing Vocals by Matt Storm
Drums by Trent Otter
Bass by Yamil Chain-Haddad
Engineered | Mixed | Produced by Matt Storm
Additional Engineering by Rory Macdonald
Mastered by Greg Mindorff at Suite Sound Labs
Recorded at Electric Maple Tree
Cover Design by Evan Miller

Difficult

My World (beyond)

Disarray

Devotion & The Black Divine

Green Juice

Fly Away” is a breezy, soulful celebration of love that feels effortless and grounding all at once. Over smooth, airy production, TAVE and Tia Gordon weave intimate melodies about feeling truly seen, cherished, and at peace in someone’s presence. The song blends tender lyricism with a weightless groove, evoking the calm rush of ocean air and the golden glow of a connection that feels destined. It’s both romantic and freeing—capturing that rare kind of love that lets you breathe, dream, and fly.


TAVE - Fly Away ft Tia Gordon Snippet

Silver Lining

It’s a Pity
Lyrics By: Thomas W. Peterson AKA RedHeart 
 ©COPYRIGHT 10–18-2025 All Rights Reserved ©

[Verse 1]

Lead:
Girl, you know I tried to make you see,
You’re the only one that means the world to me.
But love can fade like the evening sun,
When hearts play games, and nobody’s won.

Background (soft “oohs” building):
Ooh… yeah, yeah…
Nobody’s won… nobody’s won…

Lead:
Now I’m standin’ here, alone and blue,
Dreamin’ of the things I used to do with you.

Background (echo):
(With you, baby… with you, baby…)

Lead:
It’s a shame, it’s a cryin’ shame,
Love’s the fire, but I took the blame.

Background:
(Oh, what a shame… mm-hmm… love’s to blame…)

⸻

[Chorus]

Lead:
It’s a pity, baby, oh, it’s a pity,
We let love slip right through our hands.

Background:
(It’s a pity… such a pity…)
(We let it slip away… oh, baby…)

Lead:
It’s a pity, honey, oh, what a pity,
We forgot what the heart understands.

Background (layered):
(It’s a pity, yeah… oh, such a pity…)
(Heart understands, but love demands…)

⸻

[Verse 2]

Lead:
I see your face in the midnight rain,
Hear your laughter in the sweet refrain.
We had a rhythm, girl, we had a song,
But the beat went quiet when it all went wrong.

Background:
(Ooh, had a song… yeah, had a song…)
(Oh, but it all went wrong…)

Lead:
Now I walk these streets where our dreams used to shine,
The echo of your love still walks in time.

Background:
(Ooh, walks in time… still walks in time…)

Lead:
Every step I take, I hear your name,
Darlin’, it’s a pity — ain’t love a game?

Background:
(It’s a pity, such a pity…)
(Love’s a game, love’s a game…)

⸻

[Chorus]

Lead:
It’s a pity, baby, oh, it’s a pity,
How we lost that sweet harmony.

Background:
(It’s a pity, ooh, such a pity…)
(Lost our harmony, yeah…)

Lead:
It’s a pity, honey, oh, what a pity,
When forever turned to memory.

Background:
(It’s a pity, what a pity…)
(Oh, forever turned to memory…)

⸻

[Bridge – Call and Response]

Lead:
I gave you my heart, my soul, my all—
Background: (You gave it all, yeah, you gave it all…)
Lead:
But love came tumblin’, love came to fall—
Background: (Love came tumblin’ down, oh, yeah…)
Lead:
Now I’m wishin’, baby, wishin’ you’d stay—
Background: (Wishin’, wishin’, wishin’ you’d stay…)
Lead:
Before our dreams fade away…

Background (full harmony swell):
(Away-ay-ay… away-ay-ay…)

⸻

[Final Chorus]

Lead:
It’s a pity, baby, oh, it’s a pity,
How we let that love slip away.

Background:
(It’s a pity… ooh, such a pity…)
(Love slipped away… love slipped away…)

Lead:
It’s a pity, honey, oh, what a pity,
When the sunshine turned to gray.

Background:
(Oh, sunshine turned to gray, yeah…)
(It’s a pity, such a pity…)

⸻

[Outro – Fade Out]

Lead:
Oh, darlin’, it’s a pity, yeah…
Background: (It’s a pity… such a pity…)
Lead:
Wish I could hold you once more…
Background: (Hold you once more… yeah, yeah…)
Lead:
Girl, my heart’s still at your door…
Background: (Knockin’, knockin’, knockin’…)
Lead:
Oh, it’s a pity… yeah… yeah… yeah…
Background (fading):
(It’s a pity, such a pity…)
(Love slipped away, ooh, baby…)
(It’s a pity… yeah…)


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Mac Miller - Surf

Born and raised in Vancouver, B.C., Ivan Hartle is a musician who molds a vintage sonic aesthetic with modern elements.  Pivoting from a successful United States college baseball career into music, he’s been featured as a popular and emerging artist by DailyHive Canada. His bluesy, soul singer-songwriter stylings are drawn from the classic sounds of Sam Cooke and Otis Redding, to new age artists like John Mayer, Amos Lee, and Leon Bridges. Ivan’s memorable live act is flush with melodic grooves and strong, soulful vocals.

Ivan burst onto the Vancouver music scene with gigs at The Imperial, Biltmore, Fox Cabaret, Guilt & Co., Railway Club, Fortune Sound Club, and many others. He’s been featured on notable festival line ups including Rifflandia, North Vancouver Shipyards Festival, and the Surrey Fusion Festival. Other career highlights include touring Western Canada (Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver Island + more), opening for Jon and Roy, and headlining the McPherson Theatre in Victoria in 2022. 

Ivan's received national CBC radio airplay (You Got Me, More to Find), and also the Netherlands' national NPO radio 2 (You Got Me). With well over a million streams on Spotify (680k+ for “Feelin’ Like”, 150k+ for “Love in the Lead”, 90k+ for "Shine"), and various Spotify editorial playlist streams (Blues Roots, Retro Soul, Mellow Morning, Chilled Roots, Retro Pop + more), he's poised for continued success with the release of his first full length album "A Place to Stay" on December 15th, 2023.

Difficult

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