1. |
Taxicab
07:40
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TAXICAB
"part one"
alone
on a winding road to nowhere
alone
she sings her lullaby
what gives?
and what she'll take
she'll take from me
to steal
what she can't get, she'll steal
i sing
and therefore i am
i sing
this turkish lullaby
no love
she got no love from me
i beg
for her to go back home
i see familiar faces passing by
in this taxicab of life
i took
a drop of the golden moon
i look
across this empty room
i saw
ten million people passing by
i begged
for her to go back home
i see familiar faces passing by
in this taxicab of life
she's gone now
she'll never steal again
living in her own wonder
stealing her life from him
i look
out at the world again
i saw
a girl that looked like her
she cam
alone with a spoken word
i begged
for her to go back home
i see familiar faces passing by
in this taxicab of life
-1/12/92
"part two"
alone
i've got to let this go
give and take
she gave nothing to me
give and take
she took all that i had
i begged
for her to go back home
i see familiar faces passing by
in this taxicab of life
alone
i'm going alone
to get myself out of here
time
won't pass me by
for long...
-1/17/92
"part three"
i flew
across the fiery sky
i dove
into this slice of life
i saw
the empty bottle lying there
i begged
for her to go back home
i see familiar faces passing by
in this taxicab of life
she's gone now
she'll never lie again
living in devastation
chasing a runaway train
she's gone now
she'll never steal again
living in her own wonder
stealing her life from him
oh, i need something
i need something
i need this
alone
she wanders the streets alone
she sees
nothing
i want to find this key
i seem deranged
i feel estranged
she crawls back
don't see you strange
don't see you strange
living out of a flower
i don't know what you'd take
don't see you strange
don't see you strange
don't see you
i see familiar faces passing by
in this taxicab of life
i want
a million days alone
i can't
get the guts to throw the bone
i saw
her lying face-down on the road
i begged
for her to go back home
i look
out at the world again
i saw
a girl that looked like her
she came
alone with a spoken word
i begged
for her to go back home
i see familiar faces passing by
in this taxicab of life
-2/4/92
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2. |
Sleepwalk Sonata
01:10
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3. |
April Rose
04:40
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APRIL ROSE
april rose on a garden wall
spinning in the evening
at the candlelight ball
fortune measures higher
than the five foot snow
her rain, falling down
on the houses below
pedal on a medal
with a crimson bow
dancing in the aisles
of the dead show
barefoot fantasy
field of fire
pointing her nose
higher and higher
skid across the world
on a bed of ice
gonna wind up dead
if you don't think twice
my april rose, my april rose
slipping like a tourniquet
and cryin' aloud
she don't act guilty
but she don't act proud
fittin' in loose
with her gelatin hat
don't know how to get there
but she knows where it's at
askin' me questions
i don't know what to say
flyin' down south on a saturday
my april rose, my april rose
where am i now? god only knows
but if i crawl i might make it home
my april rose, my april rose
thinkin' like a baby
and actin' like a nun
i don't need another helping
i just had thirty one
got a pocket full of dynomite
i'm blowin' up the joint
the ace of spades is loaded
and it's not polite to point
gettin' tired in the desert
i don't know what to do
i guess i'll have another
and just think of you
my april rose, my april rose
what should i do, god only knows
but if i stand, i might not get home
my april rose, my april rose
the black sun of the navajo
is sweatin' on my back
all my guns are loaded
and i'm ready for attack
and now another greenville
and another magic mart
i got a half a pack of camels
and a cherry pop tart
roll a pair of sevens
the ace is flying high
if i miss the train to lexington
i know i'm gonna die
my april rose, my april rose
will we ever make it? god only knows
but if we wait, we'll make it home
my april rose, my april rose
april rose shining
like a galaxy to me
hangin' on the mountaintop
forgettin' about me
clear across the sand
i see the tracks she left behind
another hill to battle
and another gear to grind
send me up to heaven
coz i know what i'll do
conquer me a palace
i'll be waitin' for you
my april rose, my april rose
do you think about me? god only knows
when we're together, i'll carry you home
my april rose, my april rose
-8/31/92
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4. |
Sun 621
04:30
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SUN 621
sister, i can't let you go
the seams, otherwise
was a one-man show
don't you circle round me
don't you stand next to me
don't you think about me
don't you act upon me
take me home, my dear
sister, i feel so ashamed
now you're all on your own
and i can't take the blame
and i'm full of a few
looking down upon you
my dear...
and it's one for the money
and two for the show
three to get ready
and four to go
but tonight, you better
leave this boy alone
sister, don't you seem so afraid
you left them all hanging
at the last wood parade
now you've run out of time
and you've stepped out of line
you've figured the signs
and you've taken what's mine
take me home, my dear
and it's one for the money
and two for the show
three to get ready
and four to go
but tonight, you better
leave this boy alone
sister, i can't let you go
you're talking in circles
and you don't really know
it's the end of the line
and i'm feeling just fine, my dear
and it's one for the money
and two for the show
three to get ready
and four to go
but tonight, you better
leave this boy alone
-6/21/92
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5. |
The Green Song
05:59
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THE GREEN SONG
she looks through any window
she walks through any doorway
lady, give me your surprise
angel with long blond hair
she floats around everywhere
lady, take my hand tonight
oh, and i can see her
oh, and how i love her
she stands on the highest mountain
she lies on the lowest bank
lady, give me your surprise
she's like a miracle
she's like a heaven-send
lady, take my hand tonight
oh, and i can see her
oh, and how i love her
one day we'll hold each other
like the way we used to know
lady, give me all your time
but if we pass each other
like two passing ships, you know
lady, take my hand tonight
oh, and i can see her
oh, and how i love her
oh, this gold and silver shine
oh, this golden band that
marks this love of mine
someday we'll see each other
staring eye to eye to eye
lady, give me your surprise
but now i'm flying solo
staring from the other side
lady, take my hand tonight
oh, and i can see her
oh, and how i love her
one day, you'll take my hand
and cross this never never land
lady, give me your surprise
but when we find each other
we'll know that if you know, you know
lady, take my hand tonight
oh, and i can see her
oh, and how i love her
this man is crying silent
this man is all alone
lady, give me your surprise
but we have such precious time
before we're all alone, alone
lady, take my hand tonight
oh, and i can see her
oh, and how i love her
one day we'll both grow old
and cross this barren desert world
lady, give me your surprise
yeah, love don't come that easy
and love is what we both shall need
lady, take my hand tonight
oh, and i can see her
oh, and how i love her
-August 1991
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6. |
Flash In The Pan
04:41
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FLASH IN THE PAN
i've travelled for a hundred miles
can't live for many more
the dirt is grinding in my skin
and i'm still taken from before
leave an empty letter
to address my view
it seems like the world is empty
and shallower than you
there is a light
emerging from a shadow
in the forest dew
there is no sight
in the evening
but a hundred trees
we cannot fight
the powers overcoming
you and you and you
we can't tell what's right
or good or bad
we judge the only few
i've opened up a thousand
rays of light for the summer
there's few who've turned to me
in need of life
over in the valley
there's a hundred points of view
at my table
i will live my life through you
i can write so many words
but the picture's sometimes lost
i can take advantage
at someone else's cost
i can pinpoint all the errors
it takes to be a man
but somewhere down the line
it's all just a flash in the pan
-1990
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7. |
(_____)
02:59
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(___________)
when our brothers took arms
and gave their farewell
to die in the midst
of this raging hell
we roll on...
as we die in the grey
shadows of today
we return...
to aid the weak
we raid the free
to die in the hands
of the promised land
appeals to some
not me...
where did our freedom go?
why has the world gone mad?
why do we live as brothers in arms
to die for the freedome that we never had?
-August 1990
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8. |
Simone (part one)
05:30
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SIMONE (part one)
i woke a morning, fire and sand
smother me to heaven
hero and hand, my love
sit down
we go together one and the same
she never looked past
to catch a name
simone, sit down
no, i've never seen you before
i'll never see you again
back down
no, i'm not coming back for more
no, i'll never return
we go together once in a while
i can't stand up
against her vicious smile
my love, go on
i felt a silence shudder my brain
and left her cold
out in the burning rain
simone, go home
no, i've never seen you before
i'll never see you again
back down
no, i'm not coming back for more
no, i'll never return
i saw her weeping
like a newborn child
left out frozen in the wold
simone, sit down
no, i've never seen you before
i'll never see you again
back down
no, i'm not coming back for more
no, i'll never return
-9/21/92
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9. |
The Yammering Song
02:21
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THE YAMMERING SONG
I looked around her
and I saw that she was laughing out loud
aloud to nothing at all
but this I said I was a gypsy king
and that was just the life
the life I never should have lead
in this reflection
I saw images that were not my own
and so I cried myself to sleep
and dreamt of thirty years ago
when you all were strange
but never so bold
and aye im just a rambler
a man, a boy - that I cant decide
but this is all so new to me
what did you say when you walked away
and said that I could live
but all the same you walked away
I have never felt so old
decrepit but romantic
this must be a dream
and yet im never so sure
what it was you said
when you said goodbye
so as I sing this song again
i'll only think of
what this could have been
if it wasn’t just
the same goddamn thing again
-1990
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10. |
&
04:43
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&
i feel the weight of the world
pulling me into this starless night
a wooden cry can't always conceive
what this world is waiting for
no - i can't always run and hide
you can set me free
i never saw my shadow
standing in the deep fog
lying to myself
over and over again
one day i walked out on love
driven through the starry night
she never came back to her home
whatever is the price she paid
no - she was a part of my life
a life that i set free
i never felt my spirit
rising through the darkness
escaping this prison
i keep
i never felt the sorrow
i never felt any tears
lying to myself
over and over again
what's going on in my life
i never knew this message clear
what was this love in vain
scarred only by a dropping tear
no - i can never return home
a page torn from my life
i never saw the logic
defined in what you said
staring at myself
alone
i never saw my footsteps
running through the soft sand
escaping my number one
fear
i never saw my shadow
standing in the deep fog
lying to myself
over and over again
-October 1991
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11. |
Firefly
04:07
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FIREFLY
...poised on a pedestal of gold
a token at an auction, bought and sold
the severity of a poison kiss
and i stare in wild wonder of
her teary eyes and take her hand
and stare again at the pale blue sky
she glows like a firefly
in the summer night
i sing her a thousand songs
in the winter light
she speaks like
another broken phonograph
i see the light shine in her eyes
in this hazy night
i feel her now
in her waking eyes
the severity of a
poison kiss and
look around these
shapes she makes
a crazy, hazy
constant state of
constant state of
constant state of
bliss
she glows like a firefly
in the summer night
i sing her a thousand songs
in the winter light
she speaks like
another broken phonograph
i see the light shine in her eyes
in this hazy night
i gotta be her world again
i can see but she is still
so far away from me
i stare at a thousand
torn up photographs
and i try and put
my mind at ease
still thinking that
she's far away from me
and i don't know what i will do
she glows like a firefly
in the summer night
i sing her a thousand songs
in the winter light
she speaks like
another broken phonograph
i see the light shine in her eyes
in this hazy night
-August 1992
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12. |
Sign Of The Cross
06:02
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SIGN OF THE CROSS
so you ask again
what do you know?
did you look around
you and your head?
did you look around
for the message?
did you look around
the the dead?
did you look away
coz i don't know?
did you fry and melt
like i said?
i don't know this
i can never be sure
why do you trust it?
another bloody whore
tell me anything
that i don't know
so you ask me now
why do i care?
i say, you look
so incapable
standing there
with your arms out
standing there so full
is it something i said?
do you know your name?
why do you buy this come-on?
tell me anything that i don't know
did you look upon that number
flashing across the screen
and the man with the funny hairdo
on man, it's so serene
can you feel it?
how can you be so sure?
you're a fool
your back is on the floor
tell me anything that i don't know
-10/13/92
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13. |
Laughter
03:37
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LAUGHTER
i see a camera
thrill - chill
a frozen spot in time
a smile is forever
a mountain we all climb
memories washed away
like the chill of an
autumn wind
my past has come
to haunt me
in this postcard that i send
send a letter
i need to know where you stand
life is a simple game
when we all go hand in hand
alone on a desert isle
i sit by the fire
and laugh a while
i can still remember
the wind would blow
we'd sit alone
i know, i know, i know
that time has passed me by
like a stranger in a crowd
the way we laughed at a time before
would never be allowed
send a letter
i need to know where you stand
life is a simple game
when we all go hand in hand
i know i might be late
but my time will never come
alone, i am divided
under the sun
under the river
where we both swam
under the lifeline
oh, how we ran
we ran - don't look back
if we can, we'd fade
it all to black
send a letter
i need to know where you stand
life is a simple game
when we all go hand in hand
i know i might be late
but my time will never come
alone, i am divided
under the sun
send a letter
i need to know where you stand
life is a simple game
laughing all alone
laughter - laughing all alone
-June 1991
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14. |
Fish
03:38
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FISH
fish, swim along in his school
conform and be cool
that's what the old ones said
don't betray me
don't betray me
fish tried to be free
no one will let him see
but the fish goes on with his plan
i see you standing there laughing
there's no one to laugh at but yourself
i will show you what you need to
surrender to love
but you live in, you live in hell
fish guides like a muse
for the others to abuse
but the fish, he still rides high
don't deceive the public
don't deveive your friends
don't deceive me
don't deceive yourself
you might want me dead
but i will not go away
i'll stay
you can kill me but
you can't take my pride
fish can't be robbed of his pride
he as nothing to hide
so the fish will remain for life
-May 1992
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15. |
Sarah Cinderella
09:23
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SARAH CINDERELLA
her stance is that of a fallen eagle
her cry is out of pain
torturistic melodrama
a victim in the rain
sadly, she crawls away
back to her lighted home
experimental tragedy
she lies in bed alone
and she thought
what life could be like
had she not lost her life
sarah cinderella
rags to riches and rags again
she has not one love
she has not one friend
sarah
a scream from her, i will not bear
her voice, mighty - her body, brave
will not witness callous in her
always took, she never gave
and she thought
what life could be like
had she not lost her life
sarah cinderella
rags to riches and rags again
she has not one love
she has not one friend
sarah
her face is worth a thousand words
all in anguish and sorrow
the only way we can turn her round
we must find the tomorrow
if tomorrow never brings
riches to her throne
don't look back and do not fear
she'll never walk alone
and she thought
what life could be like
had she not lost her life
sarah cinderella
rags to riches and rags again
she has not one love
she has not one friend
sarah
-July 1991
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APRIL ROSE
april rose on a garden wall
spinning in the evening
at the candlelight ball
fortune measures higher
than the five foot snow
her rain, falling down
on the houses below
pedal on a medal
with a crimson bow
dancing in the aisles
of the dead show
barefoot fantasy
field of fire
pointing her nose
higher and higher
skid across the world
on a bed of ice
gonna wind up dead
if you don't think twice
my april rose, my april rose
slipping like a tourniquet
and cryin' aloud
she don't act guilty
but she don't act proud
fittin' in loose
with her gelatin hat
don't know how to get there
but she knows where it's at
askin' me questions
i don't know what to say
flyin' down south on a saturday
my april rose, my april rose
where am i now? god only knows
but if i crawl i might make it home
my april rose, my april rose
thinkin' like a baby
and actin' like a nun
i don't need another helping
i just had thirty one
got a pocket full of dynomite
i'm blowin' up the joint
the ace of spades is loaded
and it's not polite to point
gettin' tired in the desert
i don't know what to do
i guess i'll have another
and just think of you
my april rose, my april rose
what should i do, god only knows
but if i stand, i might not get home
my april rose, my april rose
the black sun of the navajo
is sweatin' on my back
all my guns are loaded
and i'm ready for attack
and now another greenville
and another magic mart
i got a half a pack of camels
and a cherry pop tart
roll a pair of sevens
the ace is flying high
if i miss the train to lexington
i know i'm gonna die
my april rose, my april rose
will we ever make it? god only knows
but if we wait, we'll make it home
my april rose, my april rose
april rose shining
like a galaxy to me
hangin' on the mountaintop
forgettin' about me
clear across the sand
i see the tracks she left behind
another hill to battle
and another gear to grind
send me up to heaven
coz i know what i'll do
conquer me a palace
i'll be waitin' for you
my april rose, my april rose
do you think about me? god only knows
when we're together, i'll carry you home
my april rose, my april rose
-8/31/92
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17. |
If Only (bonus track)
05:26
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IF ONLY
with me, back then
the time had come
i never said a word
i'd only run
and change never could change me
i'd only think of what it could be
and when you looked at me
i knew it was time
if only i could tell you
what it means
if only i could tell you
how it feels
i always look back and
see the pain that we both knew
always another painful remark
from me to you
and now those days are gone
i look ahead to things anew
if you feel the way i do
you must feel something
if only i could tell you
what it means
if only i could tell you
how it feels
if only i could say those words
and not shoot them down
if only i could tell you
the way i feel when i'm with you
i waited so long
the time has come
i thought i'd
have to wait forever
i never knew how it could feel
to be on where i'm now
now, times may come
and times may go
when we're apart
i'll always feel the same
there's nothing that you could do
that could change my mind
don't let me go
if only i could tell you
what it means
if only i could tell you
how it feels
if only i could say those words
and not shoot them down
if only i could tell you
the way i feel when i'm with you
if only words were
as strong as my love
-September 1992
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18. |
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MYSTERY STATION
i saw the sky crashing down
i wept when you turned around
you said "don't you cry
i'll be back someday, oh my dear
i'll miss you - answer me"
i spoke but i said not a word
tears from the sky
and the wind is all i heard
speaking in tongues
i don't hear what you say
oh my dear
i love you - answer me
but don't say a word, my dear
don't cry again
just coz we're apart
doesn't mean it's the end, my dear
don't say a word
i roam but i can't find my way
i laugh but i don't know what to say
and i need you now like i did once before
oh my dear - i love you - answer me
don't say a word, my dear
don't cry again
just coz we're apart
doesn't mean it's the end, my dear
don't say a word
i knew you all too well
a tiny laugh and put me through hell
after all time, i still love you my dear
oh my dear - i love you - answer me
-October 1992
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19. |
Rain (bonus track)
05:16
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RAIN
on a saturday, so far away
insurgency - stay away from me
your spell has been broken now
now you must run
away from the world
away from your gold
bring it down
i love a rain
beating down on me
i love a rain
coz when it rains, i feel
so sing to me, rain
i've seen the one - the forgotten son
blackening - deliver this from me now
the chill is gone - what's right is wrong
what could i do to stay away from you?
stay away from me inside your rain
bring it down
i love a rain
beating down on me
i love a rain
coz when it rains, i feel
so sing to me, rain
your slithering sundance
setting the shores for the sorry-hearted
fools, fools i call them
fools, oh fools i say
and i can't tell if the
ivory gold in your eyes
could ever cast you away
drowning in the rain
if this is one, how can i run
to see you fall - bury you in gold
i've seen your kind - leave you behind
don't follow me, don't follow me
back behind your rain
bring it down
i love a rain
beating down on me
i love a rain
coz when it rains, i feel
so sing to me, rain
where did you hide, to be denied
i'll have you know that you are not the one
remove your disguise, reveal sad eyes
don't follow me. rain down on me
rain on me, rain.
-Spring 1992
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20. |
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THIS IS THE LAST TIME
this is the last time
i cannot explain
but when you come down too
this is not the same
this was your last chance
darling, head back home
i'll call you when i come to
if i'm all alone
i know, i know
don't talk that way
don't talk that way again
and i thank you
and i thank you
now look at what you've done
just leave me alone
this is the last time
don't see it anymore
and if you believe me
get back off the floor
this is the last time
fading every day
when will it come down to
those child's games you play
i know, i know
don't act that way
don't act that way again
and i thank you
and i thank you
now look at what you've done
just leave me alone
this is the last time
kings shall always fail
to cut this line i walk
dust shall block my trail
this was your last chance
now i'm on my way
i'll see you in good time
when i've more to say
i know, i know
don't walk this way
don't walk this way again
and i thank you
and i thank you
now look at what you've done
just leave me alone
this is the last time...
-December 1992
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Chris Anderson Alexandria, Virginia
I made my first album in 1992 and I just can't quit. This site collects what came before my recording style changed in 2008.
These are the records that shaped and guided me to the music I make now. Often flawed, always right. Newly remastered, with tons of bonus tracks, this catalog is my life story. A musical memoir in real time, ragged and as rough as I.
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Yucca Street
by Alexei Shishkin
Forged Artifacts announce the sophomore release, available on limited gold cassette, from lo-fi Portlander Alexei Shishkin.
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(the dog tape)
by Alexei Shishkin
featured on Bandcamp Radio Feb 10, 2015
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New York band The Big Easy make ultra-cathartic, catchy rock music that pulls from emo, indie, and pop-punk.
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Melatonin Doomsday Blues
by Strange Magic
Home-produced, sun-warped indie rock with wry wit and charming jangle from New Mexico's Javier Romero.
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This sextet from Belo Horizonte, Brazil merge lo-fi, folk, rock, and country to create an ethereal sound.
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Samira Winter forgoes her dream pop past for K Records-esque lo-fi recordings that foreground her lovelorn lyrics.
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