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[anamon-book]

V.A. - NG J.A.P. RECORDS、クラウンレコード ARIOUS COLLEKTIV FROM TRANS RECORDS

[keeptheworldoutside]

PREHISTORIC by Now, Now

I know this will mess things up tonight But god it feels so good to close my eyes I’ll say that I’ve been trying to move on We both know I’m not

It may be different now but the pattern won’t wash out Covers up our eyes, leaves us knots and severed ties We follow new lines

I would trade this sleep for you in a heartbeat  But this weather will not lift It leaves us shouting into cliffs without an echo  Each day you come closer So close I can almost feel your breath on my shoulders But I know if I turn around you might run away again Stuck like those prehistoric mammoths in the ice  Thaw me out and I won’t close my eyes Stuck like those prehistoric mammals in the ice Thaw me out and I won’t go to sleep tonight

[swarmborn]

Now, Now // Magnet

We were living inside but the winter followed me Formed a pattern from a single line Now I'm repeating everything

[soundandbeyond]

Album review: Now, Now - Saved

Written by Sara Arumetsa

Label: Trans-Records Release date: May 18th, 2018 Facebook | Spotify | Soundcloud | Bandcamp

Saved, the latest offering from American indie-pop outfit Now, Now, is in its essence an exploration of desire, sexuality, youth and flirtation. In comparison with the group’s previous full length effort Threads (2012), the new album feels different. Saved is more pop than rock, and its rather synth- than guitar-oriented, its atmosphere is warm and production polished. Even though the band now ventures in more electronic terrains, their pace has remained slow on Saved with songs tempos ranging from mid to slow. This means that even though the album shows romantic 80’s sensibilities, it’s not a dance pop record, and hence attracts with its clever hooks, drama-packed content, steady progressions, and instrumental and vocal tension.

KC Dalager’s voice is breathy, singing as if exhaling, she is proudly presenting a lack of force in her singing, or to be more precise, in her entire presence. There’s a captivating quality to her performance, Dalager shows that there’s a certain confidence in her awkwardness, an enjoyment of the tension she creates with on the one hand restraining her voice, but on the other hand lyrically putting it all out there. Interestingly, Dalager’s voice brings my attention to the body: the physicality that produces the voice in the first place. Voice is breath, and breath demands force, which demands labor. In the words of poet Wislawa Szymborska, Dalager “labors heavily so that” her weighty confessions “may seem light.”

The use of religious symbolic shows how there’s a redemptive quality to young love. For example, in the record’s title track “Saved,” Dalager is comparing her lover to a “holy mother” and to a “saint,” eventually concluding in a religio-romantic declaration “Oh my God, I’m saved.” On the same track, Dalager, however, shows how being left “fucked up” is deeply connected to being “saved.” With that she creates a beautifully tensioned juxtaposition, which characterises being in love: feeling safe and at the same time feeling in danger. In other words, that which can save you, can inherently destroy you. This nuanced tension also shows that Now, Now still leans toward the dark subject matter that defined Threads. Namely, the interconnectedness and interdependence of people, and how it can be a blessing and a curse at the same time.

[jenapaul]

(Trans Records)

[funeralparty-88-blog]

[finchfry]

I see you falling, we're inches apart. There are miles in between us, I still feel your heart.

Last night your lips touched mine like a strawberry, touches the ground, when it gets too heavy. When did this began to get so heavy?

You and me we were like morning coffee. We'd drink each other up and put more sugar in the cup.

Sleep it off until the morning, I'll be okay in the morning, when the sun rises. when the sun rises- to wake me up from this slumber that we have been under.

I don't mean to be a problem I just, wanna see your face in the morning. I wanna feel your hand against my cheek, see you smiling back at me, but I don't want to be a problem I just, wanna see your face in the morning.

[earjelly]

Trans Records - "Kanta's Theme"

Trans Records – “Kanta’s Theme”

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