Embracing the spirit of sophisticated electronic anthems (think LCD Soundsystem meets Kate Bush meets Stranger Things), Sheenah Ko's Future Is Now delivers a thought-provoking record that will not only make you think and move but offers a cautious reminder to take advantage of the little time you’ve been given in our wonderous world.

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FUTURE IS NOW

The Future is NOW...TODAY

Written, performed and produced by Sheenah Ko 
Engineered, mixed, coproduced and bass by Ryan Battistuzzi
Mastered by Richard Addison at Trillium Studios, Montreal

Lyrics:
There’s no way I’m stopping when it feels right
Cause this life’s way too short
No more wasting my time
Cause I give it my all, every time
And I’m so exhausted trying to change your mind
Gotta stay wide open every time
‘Cause there’s no more living in the future this time

Give it away, you go all the way down (Today)
You sink right in, leave your past in the ground
Give it all ‘cause you couldn’t give more
You’re wondering why you didn’t see this before
The more we try is the better we get
And the bigger we stand is the bigger we get
Give it more cause we better believe
The more we give is the more we receive

Gotta stay wide open every time
Gotta feed the ocean that you’re building inside
And I’ll give it my all every time
‘Cause there’s no more living in the future this time

Wondering how we could ever give up
You gotta change your mind, gotta get unstuck
Trying to slow you down, staying stuck in your mind
Forgive the past and what’s left behind
The cycle goes on and on each time
You gotta get outside, a new paradigm
No more living inside, gotta move ahead
Gotta wake up now ‘cause it’s all we get

Wait so long I just wanna stay high
And do you feel like you’re living just to get by
If you embrace love, you will find that you can live it all
Make life bigger til it blows your mind
Will you widen your eyes til you see the sign
Can you give it all, give it all, do you see it now
You know I can’t stand when you’re wasting my time
You know I can’t stand when you’re wasting my time
You have it all, you have it all right in front of you
Got those dreams so I’m dreaming big

Today

Those dreams so I’m dreaming big (Today)
Oh oh, I’m dreaming big 
No doubt so I’m driving high 
Oh oh, I gotta try 
Oh baby, I’m dreaming big 
Those dreams so I’m flying high 
No doubt so I’m driving up 
Ooh oh, I gotta try 
Oh baby, I gotta try

Future is Now

Today

Written, performed and produced by Sheenah Ko
Engineered, mixed, coproduced, drums, percussion by Steeven Chouinard
Mastered by Richard Addison at Trillium Studios, Montreal
Bass by Christian Sean
Backing vocals by Caroline Tremblay, Laurel Sprendelmeyer and Sola Nkani

Future Is Now

Postcard from Saguenay

Written, performed and produced by Sheenah Ko
Engineered, mixed, coproduced  by Steeven Chouinard
Mastered by Richard Addison at Trillium Studios, Montreal
Percussions by Laurie Dubois-Bouchard
Guitar and bass by Christian Sean

By the way your hand’s tied, I can see that you are in it again
When you are that person that you always believed that you could be
We are never perfect, expectation leads to fantasy
As you lay your head down, can you let go of those memories
Beautiful and perfect, she is only a figment of your mind
There’s never quite an answer, life will always bring you further behind

Deeper and deeper
Deeper into your mind

Such a perfect stranger, let your mind create a fantasy
So beautiful and perfect, you let the dream take over again
Hold onto those ideas, things will always seem bigger than they are
The grass is always greener, so it keeps you out hunting for more

Deeper and deeper
Deeper into your mind

Perfect Stranger

Written, performed and produced by Sheenah Ko
Engineered by Ghyslain-Luc Lavigne
Mixed by Jace Lasek
Co-produced by André Papanicolaou
Mastered by Richard Addison at Trillium Studios, Montreal

Staring at the sun
Gave away all that you wanted

And the rain is here and it rained all night
I behaved like a bird that could never fly higher
Stayed on land with your feet in the sand
Cause you know what you are to me

Goodbye
There’s a light on for you

And the moon smiled down at you
Four walls we give our surroundings
And oh, by the weight of your eyes on me
You’re staring down from outer space

Goodbye

Your Stare

Brand new single from Sheenah's 2022 album, Future is Now
Available everywhere: https://found.ee/SheenahKo_Waterfall
Official music video: https://youtu.be/RxDKlUH4Uu0

Lyrics:
You have it all today
You have a gift to gain

Is it love?

See it’s you who holds it
Will you hold it tighter
Can you get into this
Need to see you want it
Feel the fire inside you
Get into its powers
Get into desires
Do you know how to let go and give in to the natural
You almost have it all
You could almost have it all

Live it up now, live it up now
Live it up, live it up now

You have it all today
You have so much to gain

Dive into her ocean
Can you feel her powers
Nature holds the patterns
Do you choose to see them
But you can’t believe it
When you open up, you’ll see

Love
Is it love

Credits:
Released April 8, 2022
Written, performed and produced by Sheenah Ko
Engineered, mixed, coproduced, drums, percussion and additional synths by Steeven Chouinard
Mastered by Richard Addison at Trillium Studios

Waterfall

Written, performed and produced by Sheenah Ko
Mastered by Richard Addison at Trillium Studios, Montreal

Antoine Vachon: Engineer, mix, additional production
Andy King: Trumpet
Maysun: Drums

Available on vinyl: sheenahko.bandcamp.com

Again we fall, why do we throw our lives away in these fields of time
Do we ignore what’s pure and real
Do you hear your heart, are you listening
In your eye
Do you see right
Can you take the ride and go with the tide, and live life so much easier
And we talk so much and we’re blinded by the fools of this millennium
And I see you’ve turned white, you no longer have stride with these changes in your
future

When there is
When there is no other way
When there is
When there is no other way

I do hope that we can be better than this
Can we find enlightenment from within
Cause we want it all and we want it now
And there is no such thing as the future
So we ignore the footprints in the earth as it shakes
Don’t you see we are all connected
In this wave we call life we are learning to ride
And trust in this universe

You will see
And you will see
You will see
When you’re awake

Are You Listening

Written, performed and produced by Sheenah Ko
Engineered, mixed, drums, percussion and additional synths by Steeven Chouinard
Mastered by Richard Addison at Trillium Studios, Montreal
Additional engineering, synths and production by Antoine Vachon
Backing vocals by Caroline Tremblay, Laurel Sprendelmeyer and Sola Nkani

Official video: https://youtu.be/E4UandGBAVQ

Lyrics: 

Are we ever gonna wake up
Cause it’s time we gotta change this
Are we ever gonna take this
So it’s time we gotta change this

Will we ever find an exit
When there is no way
No way outta here
We dug ourselves right in
Can’t see, can’t hide
But we know they can’t see right

When it crumbles, there’s no warning
So it’s time for a revolution
Can we walk away when there is nothing left to stand on

If you want it, you gotta change your mind
If you want it, you really have no time
Do you see, do you dream
See through wide eyes

Oh yeah

Now we’re waking up, gotta make it up
No more taking it, taking this from us
They do not think ahead

There’s no direction here
We gotta lead now
Gotta take control
We gotta multiply
For one, for all, for it all

Do they know, do they open up
Do they know, can they open up their eyes
Do we see, do we know what they’re after

There’s no exit here, gotta move alone
No direction here, we’ve gotta take control
I do not know how they don’t see this

Now they know that they can’t hide
Now they know that we’ll get by
Do they see they’ve left us with no choices

Do they see us now or are they blinded
Are they silent now, or do they shut their minds
Can you see, can you hope
Can you hold on here

Can you open up
Open up your eyes
Can you open up
Better recognize
Do they see, do they know
Who we are now

Do right and do

Do right, in no way, do you feel
Do you open up your eyes awake
Do you see, do you dream
Do you open up now
When you open do you see right
Will you open and let it inside
And you will, and you will
And you will see when you’re out here

Do right and do

Wake Up (Extended)

Written, performed and produced by Sheenah Ko
Engineered, mixed, co-produced, drums, programming by Steeven Chouinard
Mastered by Richard Addison at Trillium Studios, Montreal
Violin by Foonyap

Couldn’t hide it all
I see the way you move on
One more way you hide
You hide this from me
Stay

Ghost in your blood, a ghost on its way out
See the way your fears are moving
Will you, you see the light
We'll never ever see
That you’re gonna waste another day
That you’re gonna waste another year
Do you know you still think too small

When you look into your eyes
Can you see your vice

When you walk into the eyes of the ego
Do you look into the eyes of the ego
Will you open up your eyes to the ego
Do you see how low you go, go

I see right through your pain (your pain)
Still you hide while you’re still awake

Can you stand to walk alone
Do you see who you are those better days
Who you are when you’ve gone astray

And do you see
We could both be happy
Do not hide your mind’s eye
We could both be happy
Do not hide
Will you see the light
When you look outside you can free your mind

Eyes of the Ego

Written, performed and produced by Sheenah Ko
Engineered, mixed, coproduced and bass by Ryan Battistuzzi
Mastered by Richard Addison at Trillium Studios, Montreal
Additional guitar by Louis Fernandez

Sitting here confused
I wonder where you are
Did I scare you off
You’re so far away

Did I see things wrong
But my heart brought me here
How could it be so wrong
Lead straight towards you

Did I give too much
You said you’d want it all
At least you took it all
I thought that someday

We could have made it
I thought we had it all

Look where we are now
Look where we are now
Look where we are now
Look where we are now

Can I break the spell
Life has put me in
Will it ever end
Hoping someday

When we aim so high
We never look back down
Up into the sky
No one comes here

Looking down at you
Have I gone too far
Wondering are you
Hoping someday

I will come back down
And meet you on the ground
I will come back down
Come back down
And I will, I will come back down
Come back down, come back down

Come back down
Come back down
Come back down
(Will you come back)

Come back down
Come back down
Come back down

I never thought this would end
I saw it to the end
I saw you as my friend
I thought I had you

And here I am every day
Wondering what went wrong
Wondering why I try
Maybe someday

I’ve waited for so long
While you just give it up
Did you get away
Or did I let you

Pushing it more and more and more
I can not forget you
Pushing you further, further
Pushing you further away

How could I be so wrong
Pushing you further away

Give It All (Extended)

Sheenah Ko is a Chinese-Irish multi instrumentalist born and raised in Toronto who now resides in the Saguenay region of Québec. Best known as a member of the Besnard Lakes, she is an energetic keyboardist performing internationally with a wide array of bands. In 2020, Ko introduced her solo productions with her debut album Nowhere In Time. Her music video, Wrap Me Up, won a 2020 UK Music Video Award and a 2021 Juno nomination in addition to charting in the top 10 national college radio charts. Future Is Now is its 2022 follow-up, accompanied by an energetic and engaging show of vapor-pop, sometimes psychedelic, passing through portions closer to ecstatic dance, imbued with a jazz spirit that leaves room for the improvisations of Ko and her musicians. For those who like to smile, applaud, dance and let themselves be transported into a unique and stunning universe.