sweetly selected | Jan 2024

From the album 'Bloom Off The Rose,' out July 16, 2021
Pre-order digital/vinyl:
alwaysyou.bandcamp.com/album/bloom-off-the-rose

Lyrics:
Your fickle eyes are casting shadows on the door
In darkened rooms with silver marbled floors
Your leopard coat it dangles weary on the stairs
Your body’s posed but you’re not there

Then your daddy came home while your head came undone
And your temper
Said i don't need for you to validate my life

Mother mary's old dress is caked in blood and oil
And unfettered

You'll regret those creature comforts in your life
Now i don't care what you do, and i don't care what you do
Just have it your way

Your hardened lines they shake the boy inside of me
Upon your back without a want to be
Envision all the things you'd do but wouldn't dare
You kiss her cheek and say a prayer

Then your daddy came home while your threads came undone
And you better
Say i don't need for you validate my life

You’ll be just like the rest if you can't save yourself
So you better
Ignore your sense when plucking people from your life
And i don't care what you do, now I don't care what you do
Just have it your way

Bloom Off The Rose

Have It Your Way

https://fitzthemouse.bandcamp.com/album/its-the-end-of-everything-all-the-time

stall out
bawl until you starve out
carve and eat your heart out
desperate to feed

or break out
let the feelings shake out
baby put the stake down
there isn't a need

vampire
step into this empire
sadness and regret
are yours to feed

succession
take all my depression
add it to your mess
did you get what you need?

love and passion
always so in fashion
your go-to reaction
comfort to seed

but ash and
needles in a trash can
never cure the past
it's just different disease

it's the end of everything, all the time

DEPRESSION VAMPIRE

Negative Space

Risk to my Reward

Mind Peace

‘Nan and Pop's house’ is a nostalgic folk song reminiscing about growing up and reflecting on childhood. Day's grandparents had a big impact on Him and His Nana's kindness and love still permeates His heart as He contemplates their life. The song also wrestles with how far away the past feels and the comfort which was so present as a child. It begs the question, 'where do we now find our comfort?'. 
The folky acoustic guitar with jangly reflective electric guitar creates a mood which brings memories to life. In line with a longing for the past, the trumpet croons of a more secure time. Day reflects on the times spent at His Grandparents, being scared of the lion roar that opens up many MGM films and finding comfort in the hugs of his Nana.   
Before the completion of the track, Day’s Grandparents passed away in 2023, within 3 days of each other. “From that point in time, the song really hit differently, playing it live or listening to recorded versions of it. It emphasised the aching of my heart for my Grandparents. I had hoped to finish it sooner, but somehow this experience has given the song a new kick. It’s hard to hear without tearing up.” This deep love of family and a longing to be reconciled with them, really sums up the track for Day. “I’ve never met anyone like my Nana, she went through the wars, she went through a rough relationship, and the whole time was concerned for others, despite her situation. That’s something I long to emulate, the love and care for others above oneself, is truly inspiring and I think is the definition of love.” 
The song was put together with Day and His band; it features Ben Humphreys on the electric guitar, Ryan Svendsen on the Trumpet, Rhyan Lyndon-James on Bass and Bvs, and Dave Rajendram on the Drums. Andy Lawson at Debaser Studio is the magic behind the recording and mix while Will at King Willy Studios is the mastering engineer. Robyn Paints is credited for the beautiful artwork, created from a picture from Day's grandparents property.
Paired with the beautifully crafted song, is a music video which was shot at Day’s Grandparents with real footage of His childhood at the same location. The film features Day reminiscing at His Grandparents property, juxtaposing a home full of life via archival footage, with an empty, lifeless house. The video was shot and edited by Rhyan Lyndon-James (Day’s Bassist) and Todd Pegrum.

Nan and Pop's house

Anytime

I Love My Television

Those Eyes

Those Eyes (feat. Zeph)

The water’s ruby
Fluid as it should be
Moving beneath me
Flowing through the streets streets streets

And I am emptied
Burned 
Traced line with charcoal at the turn 
Steady as it goes goes goes
This is my ghost

Im a stranger
A vacant savior
Your eyes don’t see me
I am unknown

And I am emptied
Burned 
Traced line with charcoal at the turn 
Steady as it goes goes goes
This is my ghost

Blue Sky, Red River

Charcoal

Apart

At The Window

Snake Eyes

Bleed (with TLo)

it_gets_worse_voice_memo_demo

SONG # 1 
with some love from RAIZER B. KIND
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

There’s a cigarette in my head
Too short to bid farewell
There’s a cigarette in my head
So long I’ve dragged too much

I’ve come too far to get rid of you my friend
I’ve come too far to get rid of you, I said

There’s a cigarette in my head
Burning out my deep regrets
There’s a cigarette in my head
It repeats my lonely beat

I’ve come too far to get rid of you my friend
I’ve come too far to get rid of you, I said

CIGARETTE

The Front Bottoms - Unknown Album - 00 - Twelve Feet Deep

Anytime

Cameron Sonnier

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