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[vampirecowboy666]

Don't talk to me about Chase Atlantic if you don't know what CashMicheals & Vxsual means.

[lalihelen]

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[vampirecowboy666]

No angels callin

Barely form a sentence

[vampirecowboy666]

Can we just fuckin talk about how precious Mitchel Cave is?

[vampirecowboy666]

I just know for a fact that if they come up w a Favela mv THAT SHIT'S GONNA SET BARS

[janeblue22]

Album Review: LOST IN HEAVEN (2024) – Chase Atlantic

FAVELA

This first track has a beat that I find similar to “MAMACITA”. I think the correct term might be samba.

“We just touched down in Brazil”

According to Wikipedia: “Favela is an umbrella name for several types of impoverished neighborhoods in Brazil.” It’s essentially a slum or ghetto. As I am largely unfamiliar with Brazilian culture, I thought it was a girl’s name at first.

“No TSA when we land” 

Favelas are poverty- and crime-stricken places. Drugs and many illegal activities run rampant.

They played this when I saw them. I’ll admit it isn’t one of my favorites. But it’s an interesting choice for the first track. 

DIE FOR ME

The guys are experts in sexual lyrics. Filled with minor chords, the dark and mysterious ambience is tempting. The lyrics seem more explicit to me than they usually go for. I was surprised when I first heard it. In a really good way. The sexual metaphors are so clever and witty. They just hit you one after another. Don’t even bother counting how many there are.

“Chase in rotation, no Drake in her playlist”

I don’t assume this is meant to stir up or address any possible beef the band has with Drake. It’s just funny. It’s become one of the most iconic lines off the album, quoted by many fans.

They opened each show on their tour with this song. It was the first single off the album (although you could argue that “MAMACITA” was the first—it came out in 2023). I remember at my show, Mitchel walked out first by himself with a drink. Then Clinton, Kras, and their touring band filled the stage.

When they play this live, they pause just before the first chorus for maybe 8 (?) seconds. Then the chorus kicks in. It’s a trick performers sometimes do in an attempt to make everyone feels the chorus harder. I find that there can be an issue with doing this. The artists don’t know exactly how it will be received by the thousands of people in the room. Some people will be confused. Some will really enjoy it. Some won’t. I assume that the decision was thought through, and I think people liked it. Experienced performers know what they’re doing. Objectively, this trick has the potential to raise the performance’s vibe, or leave people with a question mark floating above their heads.

RICOCHET

Another single, and definitely one of my favorite Chase songs. The 12-second intro gets me so excited. 

“And I said I wouldn’t get involved / But fuck it, I’m a human being / I don’t like the way I’m feeling”

A sad, relatable confession of an element of the human experience. It’s vulnerable, and put simply like the words a child would use. The innocence is there.

The percussion leading into the first chorus is perfection. It’s just two or three seconds of triple-meter banging building up.

“Yeah, I’ll do anything to kill this pain”

I relate to this line from an ADHD perspective. My dopamine receptors are fucked. There are times when I feel so low I feel I really would do anything. The deprivation of happy chemicals is actually painful and it’s why neurodivergent people are more susceptible to addictive behaviors. So this line is validating to me.

This song includes a bridge to the second chorus, and it might just be my favorite part of the song. It brings you down with a low, pulsing beat. 

“Your life’s like a movie” 

This line begins that bridge. Sung by Mitchel, and repeated by a high-pitched voice in the background. It stops during the chorus then comes back for the outro and repeated by Mitchel again.

“I’m just so nauseous / These drugs I’ve been on, got me intoxicated / I’m intoxicated, I’m intoxicated”

Favorite part of the song right here. The buildup is crazy. Ironically, it makes my brain feel good. It’s mind-blowing in a way that makes me almost want to cry. Or explode. I’m not sure how to phrase it. The triple-meter percussion thing is used again here too. I could listen to this bridge on loop. The way the notes of the melody gradually increase is addictive.

“That shit’s in the past, can’t look behind me now”

This is present-day Mitchel talking. However…

“Sitting with my thoughts ain’t the remedy / I’m still knee-deep in this fuckery”

Getting clean is only half the battle. Your problems and pain still exist. The drugs never solved them. The line feels hopeless. Like there’s no solution. What are you supposed to do to feel better?

YOU

This is hands-down one of the most beautiful, saddest Chase songs. I’d put it in my top ten. It was almost like a spiritual experience to hear this live. It’s filled with regret, grief, remorse, shame, and love. “YOU” is one of those songs that makes you stop whatever you’re doing, stare blankly into space, and fall to your knees. This song commands your senses. (It also has a few Chase Atlantic easter eggs in the lyrics.)

“Yeah, it’s getting harder to move”

The track has a small, quiet intro that you can barely hear. The first chord sounds like the music is turning. Mitchel doesn’t beat around the bush and immediately introduces the song’s situation with this line.

“But you’ve been diggin’ up the truth”

He’s been found out, and this line makes it feel personal to the listener. He is singing, talking, to you.

“’Yeah, I don’t wanna stay and watch you die’”

I wanted to mention this one because it’s just simply put and brutally honest. No ornamental metaphors or anything.

“I’m using music to distract my fuckin’ mind / So / I wrote this song for you”

Mitchel both listens to and writes music to cope. There’s something about writing about your struggles that makes you feel like you have power over them instead of the reverse. By choosing to get close to it through writing, you conquer it in a way. You talk back to it. We all use music to distract our minds in some way.

“I’ve been having breakthroughs / And hoping you were proud, just maybe”

This is just damn sad. It makes me want to give him a hug. You can hear the childlike innocence.

“A thousand apologies couldn’t make up for the time that I’ve wasted”

I just. Yes. Wow. I feel this in my own way in all the time I’ve wasted in my own life. You can’t change the past. None of us have that kind of power. Even when we move forward, that reality still exists.

Finally, the saxophone outro is like a cry. And a hug. A gut-wrenching conclusion that carries the listener and offers a space to reflect on all that Mitchel has said.

DEMON TIME

“So I drown in Hennessy when the night calls”

This beat makes a reappearance in the next track. Both songs sound like they’re meant to go together. “DEMON TIME” is about Chase Atlantic’s rise to fame, it’s highs and lows, and feeling used. 

This song isn’t one of my favorites to be honest. Though I appreciate the reflection the guys share in the lyrics.

NIGHT CALLS

As mentioned, “NIGHT CALLS” is like a “DEMON TIME” part 2. It’s also the shortest track on the album. There’s a swoosh sound at the very start of the track imitating a sent text message.

“So what’s the point of hoping? Yeah / I’m barely even coping”

Simple, yet effective. The easy rhyme is nice to hear.

“Another drink and I’ma end up on the floor, yeah / So why the fuck you joking?”

A probable reference to the “DEMON TIME” lyric I quoted about Hennessy, and maybe the album’s last track titled “DON’T LAUGH”.

It’s a good song to listen to late at night.

DISCONNECTED

I like a lot of the lyrics in this. It’s a bop too. I take it it’s about dissociating or similar experiences.

“Why you talkin’ to me, baby? Talk no more / I can’t hold you, baby, my whole body’s numb”

Sad hours: open. I like the notes Mitchel hits on this line.

“You said, ‘The grass is always greener’, but the sky is gray”

Amazing. A masterpiece. Poetic. I love it. *chef’s kiss* This might be one of my favorite lyrics off the whole album. It makes you think about false optimism and stuff.

“Bitch, bitch, yeah, I feel disconnected”

This part startled me when I listened to the song for the first time because it just come out of nowhere, loudly, after a few seconds of silence. You think the song is over. And then Mitchel yells in your ear. Nice.

HOURS LOST

I love this song’s rhythm. It hits all the right spots in my brain. Good stuff. I like the play on words with how similar “hours lost” and “I was lost” sound.

“Breathe in, had to find a way to stop the bleeding”

The melody here combined with the bassline is a classic Chase move. How they switch up all the tunes in a song in a way that is unexpected and fits perfectly is just one thing that is characteristic of the band’s sound. You hear it in bands like Coldplay and The 1975 as well.

“I was lost, abusing that money, sex, and power, baby”

They do it again here. Is there a name for this thing?

“I don’t wanna live and die, I wanna live and live”

First time I heard this it was like an epiphany. He gets it. This is exactly how it feels. Honestly the whole bridge is so good. Chase is king of bridges.

The ending of the song has a lot of lyrics you can’t hear unless you listen closely. Or read them.

MESS ME UP (feat. Xavier Mayne)

This song’s construction makes you feel like you’re floating on clouds. I hadn’t heard of Xavier Mayne before. His voice is great for this song. He has writing credits too. He sings the first verse and chorus.

“Full of blood and soil, these flowers blossom / And I can tell they’ve been dying to bloom”

This is one of Mitchel’s lines. I just love the dichotomy here. This might be a reach, but “dichotomy” is also a botanic term for when a plant repeatedly branches into two equal parts. I don’t think flowers do that though. (I’m not a botanist.)

AMY

If you thought “YOU” was sad, meet “AMY”. She is one of the band’s saddest and depressing songs. There is no hope in it at all. Every single lyric in this is so good, I’d end up quoting them all. The chord sequence and the long notes on “Oh, Amy” feel like they’re pushing you down into a deep, depressive space. So much so that I’d give people who are sensitive to the topic of addiction a word of caution with this song. On the other hand, it may also be validating and helpful. Listen at your own discretion. It’s very well done.

DOUBT IT

This one is funky as hell. It digs at pretentious people. It kind of gives you a taste of what the next track is like. It’s another of the album’s singles.

“I got your girlfriend on my right side / She’s tryna joyride in the Audi”

A silly goofy line. If I could describe it with an emoji, it would be the sunglasses face one.

I didn’t become a hard-core fan of Chase Atlantic until the last year or so, but I’ve been listening to their music since around 2019. When the band released a teaser snippet of this song, fans online were noting that it sounded similar to a track the band released on SoundCloud in 2016 called “Know Me”. There are a few lyrics in “DOUBT IT” that are similar to “Know Me”, and the melody is similar too.

MAMACITA

I hate admitting that I didn’t really like this one at first. I love it now. It’s fun. It’s a shame they didn’t play it at my concert. I like how bouncy and quick it is. 

“She may not tell you the truth / But that doesn’t make her a liar” 

A fan-favorite lyric. It has you going “huh?”. I swear this band never misses. Insert another sunglasses face emoji.

This song was released over a year before the album, which is a pretty long time. The music video is hilarious and superb.

DON’T LAUGH

The last track on the album—it’s rather slept on. It’s different than the others. It’s simple and easy to listen to. The chorus plays at the end of the “MAMACITA” music video, which came out in early 2024. It’s got a kind of alternative-pop vibe reminiscent of the band’s older music. Love the saxophone interludes. I imagine listening to this song on a big open meadow on another planet. 

There’s a monologue at the end. I assume it’s the character Void talking to Aura.

“I had to become someone I didn’t want to be”

This is the line that makes me think it’s Void talking. 

I saw a clip from a meet and greet session at one of their concerts on this tour. Mitchel explains a little bit about the concept of Aura and Void. Is Aura actually good? Is Void actually bad?

[mistermixmania]

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[lucaram]

E s'egli imìta/La nostra oscurità, chi ci contende/Lo imitar la sua luce? La prima sensazione è di sprofondare il naso in una nuvola di polline sentendo Lost in Heaven di @francesca_w . Un sentore talcato e morbido. Poi si precipita in un giardino nascosto. Fiori d'arancio, gelsomino, yang, mimosa, magnolia si mescolano e stemperano con il pompelmo, l'eliotropio, le fave di Tonka. Se continuiamo a percorrere i sentieri di questo seducente Eden passiamo tra luci ed ombre, tra verde oscuro e smeraldo Tra sentori come il pungente e fresco coriandolo, il muschio, l'amaro vetiver che si mescolano a sentori legnosi come l'opoponax che insegue la ciste e si mescola al sandalo. Tutte essenze sacre. E tra le ombre forse la presenza di qualcuno (uomo? Angelo? Demone) perché si percepisce sia un sentore peccaminoso di cumino che speziato di cannella. #profumo #perfume #francescabianchi #lostinheaven https://www.instagram.com/p/B3wS6LEBKun/?igshid=1n84ux007hdiq