Radar Stations
Zoe: bass, vocals, synth, string arrangement 
Adam: guitar, violins, harmony vocals, string arrangement 
Elise: violins
Kelby: drums


We don't remember the details
we remember how we felt
we felt the fog wrap around us
we couldn't see beyond our hands

Is it not real, if we can't describe it?
No one knows what we meant

We took our shoes and socks off
and listened with closed eyes
we were radar stations
angled toward the light

Zoe Guigueno: lead vocals (all tracks), electric guitar (6, 12), nylon string guitar (11), steel string guitar (1, 3), upright bass (9-12), electric bass (2-4, 8), piano (2, 3, 5, 7, 12), Hammond D100 organ (4, 6), dreamy bells (4), waterphone (8), penny whistle (6), programming (8), midi keys (8) 
Adam Iredale-Gray: vocals (9, 10, 12), electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 8-12), steel string guitar (3, 9-12) violin (7-10) programming (2, 8) 
Jason Burger: drums, percussion (3, 4, 6, 9, 12)
Kelby MacNayr: drums (2, 10)
Elise Boeur: violin (10)

All songs written by Zoe Guigueno except:
Benefit of the Doubt: Zoe Guigueno & Susanna Leberman
All songs arranged by Zoe Guigueno & Adam Iredale-Gray except “December” arranged by Zoe Guigueno
Engineered, produced & mixed by Adam Iredale-Gray at Fiddlehead Studios, Mayne Island BC & Toronto ON
Additional recording in Tofino BC
Mastered by Phillip Shaw Bova
Cover art by Emma Francis 
Photo by Aidan Grant
Album design by Elise Boeur

Radar Stations

Stingray
Zoe: electric guitar, Hammond tube synth, penny whistle, vocals
Jason: drums


Stingray in the swimming pool
someone broke a window
disapproving from our barstools

I'm feeling critical
truckin down a dirt road
I invited you
but you did not wanna go
stingray in the swimming pool

Zoe Guigueno: lead vocals (all tracks), electric guitar (6, 12), nylon string guitar (11), steel string guitar (1, 3), upright bass (9-12), electric bass (2-4, 8), piano (2, 3, 5, 7, 12), Hammond D100 organ (4, 6), dreamy bells (4), waterphone (8), penny whistle (6), programming (8), midi keys (8) 
Adam Iredale-Gray: vocals (9, 10, 12), electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 8-12), steel string guitar (3, 9-12) violin (7-10) programming (2, 8) 
Jason Burger: drums, percussion (3, 4, 6, 9, 12)
Kelby MacNayr: drums (2, 10)
Elise Boeur: violin (10)

All songs written by Zoe Guigueno except:
Benefit of the Doubt: Zoe Guigueno & Susanna Leberman
All songs arranged by Zoe Guigueno & Adam Iredale-Gray except “December” arranged by Zoe Guigueno
Engineered, produced & mixed by Adam Iredale-Gray at Fiddlehead Studios, Mayne Island BC & Toronto ON
Additional recording in Tofino BC
Mastered by Phillip Shaw Bova
Cover art by Emma Francis 
Photo by Aidan Grant
Album design by Elise Boeur

Stingray

December
Zoe- piano & vocals


Canadians
don't make such a big deal
of Thanksgiving
no one's traveling far

but Christmas
doesn't bring my family together anymore

it's easy to say
it's just another day
and we're not that religious anyway

other folks
really go all out
and it's easy to make fun of them
oh but you know why we make fun of people

we can't do Christmas anymore because
something is wrong
one of us is gone
and gathering without him wouldn't feel right

well I don't know how other people deal
with things that are so awful they're not real
every night I see his face
run to him with wide embrace
a safe place

it's easy to say
it's just another day
and Christmas is for children anyway

Zoe Guigueno: lead vocals (all tracks), electric guitar (6, 12), nylon string guitar (11), steel string guitar (1, 3), upright bass (9-12), electric bass (2-4, 8), piano (2, 3, 5, 7, 12), Hammond D100 organ (4, 6), dreamy bells (4), waterphone (8), penny whistle (6), programming (8), midi keys (8) 
Adam Iredale-Gray: vocals (9, 10, 12), electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 8-12), steel string guitar (3, 9-12) violin (7-10) programming (2, 8) 
Jason Burger: drums, percussion (3, 4, 6, 9, 12)
Kelby MacNayr: drums (2, 10)
Elise Boeur: violin (10)

All songs written by Zoe Guigueno except:
Benefit of the Doubt: Zoe Guigueno & Susanna Leberman
All songs arranged by Zoe Guigueno & Adam Iredale-Gray except “December” arranged by Zoe Guigueno
Engineered, produced & mixed by Adam Iredale-Gray at Fiddlehead Studios, Mayne Island BC & Toronto ON
Additional recording in Tofino BC
Mastered by Phillip Shaw Bova
Cover art by Emma Francis 
Photo by Aidan Grant
Album design by Elise Boeur

December

Queen of My Domain

Zoe – electric bass, dreamy bells, hammond organ, vox
Jason – drums, tambourine 
Adam – electric guitar


I was born an old soul
I was never a girl
I was cast in the wrong role
Never had my own room
we would put up a screen
call the doctor when need be

I met someone who was
not as mean as the rest
went and got me a white dress

but I see now
it never felt like home
never was my own

now I am the queen of my domain
nobody's taking that away
nobody's sweet talkin' me
I go to the movies on my own
paddle the Harrison on my days off

Got a job at the wheel
up each day before dawn
load the trailer and tarp on

pull a nine percent grade
to the crest of the hill
grab a half shift and gear down

used to haul way up north
now I do shorter runs
go to sleep in my own bed

cause I see now
what I needed most
was a real home

'n I am the queen of my domain
nobody's taking that away
nobody's sweet talkin' me
I go to the movies with a friend
paddle the Harrison on my days off

Zoe Guigueno: lead vocals (all tracks), electric guitar (6, 12), nylon string guitar (11), steel string guitar (1, 3), upright bass (9-12), electric bass (2-4, 8), piano (2, 3, 5, 7, 12), Hammond D100 organ (4, 6), dreamy bells (4), waterphone (8), penny whistle (6), programming (8), midi keys (8) 
Adam Iredale-Gray: vocals (9, 10, 12), electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 8-12), steel string guitar (3, 9-12) violin (7-10) programming (2, 8) 
Jason Burger: drums, percussion (3, 4, 6, 9, 12)
Kelby MacNayr: drums (2, 10)
Elise Boeur: violin (10)

All songs written by Zoe Guigueno except:
Benefit of the Doubt: Zoe Guigueno & Susanna Leberman
All songs arranged by Zoe Guigueno & Adam Iredale-Gray except “December” arranged by Zoe Guigueno
Engineered, produced & mixed by Adam Iredale-Gray at Fiddlehead Studios, Mayne Island BC & Toronto ON
Additional recording in Tofino BC
Mastered by Phillip Shaw Bova
Cover art by Emma Francis 
Photo by Aidan Grant
Album design by Elise Boeur

Queen Of My Domain

Benefit of the Doubt
by Susanna Leberman and Zoe Guigueno
Zoe: vocals, piano, electric bass
Kelby McNayr: drums
Adam: electric guitar, programming.

I am the type that gives the benefit of the doubt
maybe still, but I'm way more cautious now
my adult life has been the product roadkill of it

I was close to my parents
and we lived in a bubble for many years
We were happy and I was swimming in love

The years of crazy started when I found my dad dead
of a heart attack
on our family farm
and Mother died four years later

I was young when I married
and we tried to have kids for many years
I miscarried every time, and the marriage fell apart

After a time I met another man
I was head over heels for him
I didn't know you could be so broke that you would lie and steal
to get a fix
you never fix the past
you can't outrun the bad breaks
I believed
everything he told me
He drug me through the mud till I had nothing

I came home from the office
I had worked at the same place for many years
He was hanging in the hall
and I never saw such a peaceful look

Zoe Guigueno: lead vocals (all tracks), electric guitar (6, 12), nylon string guitar (11), steel string guitar (1, 3), upright bass (9-12), electric bass (2-4, 8), piano (2, 3, 5, 7, 12), Hammond D100 organ (4, 6), dreamy bells (4), waterphone (8), penny whistle (6), programming (8), midi keys (8) 
Adam Iredale-Gray: vocals (9, 10, 12), electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 8-12), steel string guitar (3, 9-12) violin (7-10) programming (2, 8) 
Jason Burger: drums, percussion (3, 4, 6, 9, 12)
Kelby MacNayr: drums (2, 10)
Elise Boeur: violin (10)

All songs written by Zoe Guigueno except:
Benefit of the Doubt: Zoe Guigueno & Susanna Leberman
All songs arranged by Zoe Guigueno & Adam Iredale-Gray except “December” arranged by Zoe Guigueno
Engineered, produced & mixed by Adam Iredale-Gray at Fiddlehead Studios, Mayne Island BC & Toronto ON
Additional recording in Tofino BC
Mastered by Phillip Shaw Bova
Cover art by Emma Francis 
Photo by Aidan Grant
Album design by Elise Boeur

Benefit Of The Doubt

From "Early Bird Special" by Michael Winograd & the Honorable Mentshn
Zoe Guigueno - upright bass

Lox Automatically - Michael Winograd & the Honorable Mentshn

From Micah Shapiro's album "Zeh Ha-Sha'ar"

Zoe Guigueno - arco & pizzicato upright bass

Zeh Ha-Sha'ar - 2023

Ashira - Micah Shapiro album

from Sadie Gustafson-Zook's album "Sin of Certainty"

Zoe Guigueno: upright bass

Sin of Certainty

Digestion - Sadie Gustafson-Zook

"Guacmaster" from the Faux Paws self titled album.

Zoe Guigueno - upright bass

The Faux Paws

Guacmaster - The Faux Paws

Living It Up (Peyman Salimi, ft. Zoe Guigueno)

Written by Zoe Guigueno

All instruments played by Zoe Guigueno and Alec Spiegelman, except 'Columbia Icefield', on which the drums are played by Dave Flaherty 

Produced, recorded and mixed by Alec Spiegelman at the Chamber of Commerce and the Webster House, Brooklyn NY 

Mastered by Christopher Andrew McDonald 

Cover art by Greg MacDonald 

Layout/text on front cover by Jenny Ritter

Graphic Design by Annie Aqua

Lyrics:
Coming through a Northern Ontario town
Coming through the barrel with the stag on the ground 
Coming through Algonquin, canoe by first light
Coming through a collarbone fractured on the ice

Coming home to find a punishment
Never aware what you’d done
Lacking the love of a woman
Never admitting the way that it made you feel

Coming through a chemistry college degree
Coming through the warehouse into the city 
Coming through a truck-driving job pays your loans
Coming to a church basement songwriter show

Coming to live on the lakeshore
Sleeping with fish on your mind
But you think of your father and sister
How could you go ahead knowing how they would feel

Somebody heard you at the open mic
Invited you into their life
You got on a plane for your first time
First time to swim in the ocean
First time to see Central Park
First time to lay with a woman
First time to tell anyone how you really feel

Northern Ontario

Written by Zoe Guigueno

Instruments played by Zoe Guigueno and Alec Spiegelman

Produced, recorded and mixed by Alec Spiegelman at the Chamber of Commerce and the Webster House, Brooklyn NY 

Mastered by Christopher Andrew McDonald 

Cover art by Greg MacDonald 

Layout/text on front cover by Jenny Ritter

Graphic Design by Annie Aqua

Lyrics:
Why do you love me, why do you treat me like one of your own?
Why do you feed me, why do you clothe me and give me a home?



You give and you give and you give 
And I take and I take and I take
And I never give back

I asked your daughter “What can I do for your mother?”
She said you want for nothing, I don’t need to worry

You give and you give and you give 
And I take and I take and I take
And I never give back

Why do you listen to my stupid problems?
How do you make me feel so safe and warm?
You have such an open mind and sense of humour
 I hope to find with mine

I’ve been coming ‘round here since I was twelve
Tagging along, bumming rides and helping myself
Now fifteen years later I’m still hanging around 
Raiding the fridge 

You give and you give and you give 
And I take and I take and I take
And I never give back

Why do you love me
Why do you treat me like one of your own?
Why do you feed me
Pay for the movie and drive me home?

You give and you give and you give 
And I take and I take and I take
And I take and I take and I take
I take and I take and I take

Never Give Back

Written by Zoe Guigueno

Instruments played by Zoe Guigueno and Alec Spiegelman

Produced, recorded and mixed by Alec Spiegelman at the Chamber of Commerce and the Webster House, Brooklyn NY 

Mastered by Christopher Andrew McDonald 

Cover art by Greg MacDonald 

Layout/text on front cover by Jenny Ritter

Graphic Design by Annie Aqua

Lyrics:
Venus moved across the sun last June
Venus moved across the sun last June
A speck on my mother’s back
A speck on my mother’s sealskin back

I asked for the truth, she told it bare
I asked for the truth, she told it bare
He was a boilermaker with long blonde hair

Did you know, did you know you’d keep me?
Did you know, did you know you’d keep me?
Working jobs in small towns
Thought you’d travel the world ‘round
But you knew, you knew you’d keep me

I watched the yellow moon rise
I watched the yellow moon rise
‘Till I realized the tide had come up past my ankles
Clayoquot Sound, hold me by my ankles

Venus moved across the sun last June
Venus moved across the sun last June
A speck on my mother’s back
A speck on my mother’s sealskin back

Venus

Written by Zoe Guigueno

Instruments played by Zoe Guigueno, Alec Spiegelman and Dave Flaherty 

Produced, recorded and mixed by Alec Spiegelman at the Chamber of Commerce and the Webster House, Brooklyn NY 

Mastered by Christopher Andrew McDonald 

Cover art by Greg MacDonald 

Layout/text on front cover by Jenny Ritter

Graphic Design by Annie Aqua

Lyrics:
I will live here 
facing the icefield
I will write a song every day
I will warn friends driving from Jasper
Keep an eye on the road

I will stroke the soft green grass with the back of my hand
I will greet the first daylight as it touches the land

I will crouch down, ear to the river
Hear what she has to say
I will peer into the dark forest
Searching for other eyes

I will stroke the soft green grass with the back of my hand
And I will greet the first daylight as it touches the land

I will live here
And plant a big garden
Learn to shoot and skin a deer
I will be done with all of my service
All my children dispersed 

I will stroke the soft green grass with the back of my hand
And I will greet the first daylight as it touches the land
I will nod to the icefield when I open my door
And I will die an old woman in the mountain air

Columbia Icefield

written by Zoe Guigueno

Instruments played by Zoe Guigueno and Alec Spiegelman 

Produced, recorded and mixed by Alec Spiegelman at the Chamber of Commerce and the Webster House, Brooklyn NY 

Mastered by Christopher Andrew McDonald 

Cover art by Greg MacDonald 

Layout/text on front cover by Jenny Ritter

Graphic Design by Annie Aqua

Lyrics:
How do you go through life this way?
Like every day is a holiday
Like tomorrow will never come
Your back could never burn in the sun

Summertime puts a beer in your hand
Isn’t life grand?

How do you go through life like this?
Beautiful words won’t mend the rift
See how far you can make me bend 
And it happens again and again and again

Summertime puts a beer in your hand
Isn’t life grand?

How did you get this far in life?
Hacking through with a butterknife
Pick through your plate and take the best
And let someone else clean up the mess

How Do You Go Through Life This Way

Zoe Guigueno is a bassist & songwriter headquartered in New York City. A folk musician who went to jazz school, the music she creates has been described as “warm and inviting” and “slightly unpredictable” (sendmeyourears.com). She writes about people and places, aiming to shine light on the lesser known corners of the world & the trials of the everyday person. As a songwriter she has released three albums, and as a bass player has toured internationally for over 15 years.

Zoe Guigueno

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