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So Long, Leisure

by Dam Gila

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maxloebman Makes me swoon ;-) Favorite track: Keep It Lo-Fi.
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Oskar Soundtrack to my summer! Favorite track: Home Again.
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1.
History 03:23
Straight out of the womb I wasn’t crying, I was grinning Like somehow I knew everything would be good Forever... But now, out in the world Everything’s dying, and I keep trying But fool of me to think, I could do what I want Forever... Cause history is lost on me And I cannot see where to be And babe, I still think of you I know you do too, but what can we do? Alone it seems right, but it never makes sense Together... And since I’ve been alone, People are talking, talking... The kid he ain’t right, but he’ll never go out To get her... Cause history is lost on me But now I can be, who I want to be
2.
There’s no beginning Without an end to make it new There’s no forgiving Without a word to change your view But you say it’s right, that you can go loud into the night Just empty your mind, take all the bad and lay it out for all to see But you’ll let it be, when you... Look to the morning Nothing is missing All love is empty Without a touch of loneliness All love is fleeting With all kinds of ways to turn a mess And you say it’s fine, that you can go far and out of sight Just hang it all up, take all the sad and lay it out for all to see, But you’ll come around when you... Look to the morning Nothing is missing And we can be fine, we can go out and make it right Just open our minds, take all the bad and lay it out for all to see And we’ll let it be... Look to the morning Nothing is missing
3.
Home Again 04:20
It’s been living with me since we went away Tripping through my memory almost every day And I wonder if I’ll ever be Part of something just as free again Lately everything just seems to wash away Fading in the patterns of the day-to-day Seems we’re always talking up How we used to do it up And everybody’s down I can’t even hear the sounds when I’m.. Home again, feels like the end Mmmm lonely, take it from me Nights in the open air High in the rooftops, Lights, in the back and forth Years, just to be back here To be past here Home again, feels like the end Mmm lonely, take it from me
4.
A shot in the dark, never thought it would stick Now it’s up in the air and you can’t get a hit And it’s starting to give, but you’ve never been quick So you shrug it off again Somebody said, you can never go back But who’s gonna care, when you slip through the cracks? And you’re “not alone till you’re always alone” So you play it off again You got your head in the clouds Kicking once in a while, checking out And when you’re feeling so down You just fall to the ground and get another shot ‘Cause every time you try You get a little high And every time you lie, you shine, shine ‘Cause you’re lost but you don’t mind, never mind Nobody knows, how it comes and goes But everyone plays, Just as good of a show So you’re walking out, fine you’ve opened the door But where do you go from here? You got your head in the clouds Kicking once in a while, checking out And when you’re feeling so down You just fall to the ground and get another shot But when you’re down there You will always be there When you're over you will always beware And every time you try You get a little high And when you get to lie, you shine, shine ‘Cause you’re lost but you don’t mind, never mind – mind, never mind.
5.
Hide the day, you hide the night Down the ex you made your light Yea I know it’s dark and crazy now But I swear these things just take a while Far too late to start today, Far too late to feel okay, Though it’s said that life is just one long trip Where’s the fun if you don’t get lost on the way? Put your worries in your hands Feel the weight of it all Run your fingers through your hair Just to know you’re still there Boy you’re in it now, Let them know you’ll be here for a while Boy you’re in it now Let them know you’ll be here for a while Boy you’re in it now Let us know that you’ll be right here
6.
Do it, see through it, you know how hearts break It’s something deep in your sign Know it, you show it, you had me going, It’s nothing you even try And when you’re old and you get yours Will you ever learn? I’ll see it in the back of your eyes, It won’t ever die... Prove it, you’ll lose it, you’re never lonely You keep em coming on back Maybe, you’re crazy, and you can’t see it It's something deep in your mind Uh oh, you thought you had it figured out Uh oh, your little game But i know you’re only really into you Uh oh, i saw right through But when i think of tomorrow In my daze i’ll be dreaming of you All the times i couldn’t kick it Was i blind to try to see it through to the end?
7.
YesterLove 03:26
If you don’t follow, I'll feel so hollow The yester-you stands Glowing on the beach Knees in the sand, Stars in your hand The water was warm But I knew it wouldn’t last Fire and Ice Wondering eyes, again. If you don’t follow, I'll feel so hollow And all that remains Is buried under ground Deep in the sound There to be found The rest is in dreams Like mirrors in our eyes Smoke in the seams Always behind me Looking for a hint of love in your eyes I can’t say I should be surprised We’re breaking with the waves, drifting far away I’ll open up my mind to soak it all in From shared to scared it’s all in the air And every little thing feels like the world If you won’t follow, I’ll feel so hollow
8.
How can you go when you see I’m wrecked? Is it all just for show? Will it melt with the snow? Give me a sign i’ll be sure to find Cause i ain’t gonna try If it cuts in my pride Baby was on fire, said she was a loner Took her in my own never could crack the code But undivided kept me undecided I faked it for a while thought i’d go it alone But I should have known She said she’s not too young to die But she’s too hung up to try and she said “Oh, well i had only one and he walked out now I’m done Im so sorry that you came But you helped me ease the -“ Pain - the feeling likes to stay And I’m left out like a stray It’s just the winter weight There was a time when you held me up and we drank the same cup there was always a line Now you’re singing a song that i know by heart But the end’s at the start And it goes on and on Baby wasn’t open thought it was an omen Waited for a voice i never could let it go But so inviting kept me so excited Our bodies made it right so i left it alone But i should have known Said she’s not too young to die But she’s too hung up to try and she said “Oh, well i had only one he walked out now I’m done Im so sorry that you came But you helped me ease the-“ Pain - the feeling likes to stay And i’m left out like a stray It’s just the winter Wait - if i had only one I’d take it to the sun It’s so easy just to burn But i would find a Way - And I’m left out in the fray It’s just the winter weight
9.
Down On Love 03:57
we've been together for a long time what happened to getting on just fine? you say it's only wishful thinking I'm holding on to something short of a lie funny how you're never in it but you see all the things that are wrong and unfit you say you're lonely and if only but you’ll stand for nothing if you're sitting aside down on love maybe it's over and we don't know now maybe it's nothing and we can figure it out but you'll think it over till you're older you'll think of nothing till there's nothing around we need a shaking to awaken we need to fake it but you’re too stiff to lie don't make it easy just to please me it don't mean nothing when you're dead in the eyes down on love just cause you don't know it don't meant you can't show it down on love
10.
God 04:18
I've been searching Books and secrets But nothing’s changed mine An old man told me Till you feel it in your bones Till you feel it in your bones You won’t know god Keep us so low Get us so high But nothing’s changed yet Don’t ask me why Till you feel it in your bones Till you feel it in your bones You won’t know ‘God’
11.
If I stayed here long enough Would you believe that for a minute I really loved you? If I lay here long enough Would you believe that for a second I really cared? In spite, I’ll be off time And since you’re all mine, i’ll keep it lo-fi And mess with your mind And i’ll get on fine, cause i’ll be your light And since you don’t ‘care’, we’ll keep it right there, right there... If i had you off or on, I wouldn’t say cause i can play Either way… If i had to turn you on, I wouldn’t try cause if i did You’d run away In spite, you’ll wait in line and since you’re all mine, i’ll keep it lo-fi And mess with your mind And i won’t ask why, you play it so cool And who’s the real fool to get into you Into you.. And i get so lonely but i won’t say Cause you’d think it’s weird And i’d be a liar if i weren’t scared Of any tears… But i don’t care, just take me there, Just as long as you don’t leave me looking down Looking down Despite being off time, we’ll sync it up fine And if you decide to change your mind In the right light, between the right lines I can make time, to change your mind If it feels right, yea it feels right Higher than low, make it up as we go If you don’t ask why, i won’t ask why I just won’t care, if you just won’t care We’ll keep it there.
12.
Everybody’s talking at me Can’t hear a word they’re saying Only the echoes of my mind People stop and staring I can’t see their faces Only the shadows of their eyes I’m going where the sun keeps shining In the pouring rain Going where the weather suits my clothes Banking off the northeast winds Sailing on some summer breeze Skipping over the ocean like stone I won’t let you leave my love behind

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"... the sound settles somewhere between Yawn’s casual guitar scope and a jaunt on the sands of 1960s pop beaches" - CMJ
www.cmj.com/news/track-premiere-dam-gila-history/

"Between thoughtful lyrics, varied instrumentation, skillful arrangement, and radiant choral harmonies, there are moments to get lost in its blissful, beachy twang, as well as moments for reflection in minimal synth progressions" - Culture Collide
www.culturecollide.com/feed/detail/song_premiere_home_again_by_dam_gila#.VG4vI8khCOo

"It’s a kitchen sink, yes—vintage psyche, Grizzly Bear-esque moments, and acoustic strums like stumbling upon a lost Monkees b-side all fit into the tub—but the dishes are arranged accordingly by shape and size" - Impose
www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/dam-gila-see-it-through

"So Long, Leisure ... features 12 cuts that range from electronica to psychedelia to power-pop, all with a seasonally-disparate burst of sunshine" - Allmusic
www.allmusic.com/blog/post/album-premiere-dam-gila-aka-adam-gil-of-yawn-so-long-leisure

"This is one of those solo projects that actually might sound bigger and busier than the band with which it's affiliated" - Chicago Reader
www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2014/11/06/yawn-offshoot-dam-gila-airs-out-the-sunnier-side-of-psych-pop

credits

released November 18, 2014

All Songs Written and Produced by Adam Gil except for track 12 (Fred Neil, as made famous by Harry Nilsson)

Recorded at Ghareeb Studios, Rogers Park in winter-spring 2014

Mixed and mastered by R. Andrew Humphrey aka Telegraph Cables at Observatory Studios
www.facebook.com/pages/Observatory-Studios/134854889897204

Additional Personnel:
Sam Wolf - saxophone on track 9
Jordan Rose Collins Brzezinski - duet vocals on track 11
Ghareeb International Orchestra - strings on tracks 1-11

Album cover photo by Michelle Daniella Villarreal

Special thanks to Cullen Omori for providing shure microphones and a butt load of guitar pedals

In Memoriam of Feeltrip Studios (RIP T_T)

Released on Feeltrip Records, Chicago, IL [FT-800]
www.feeltrip.co

(c) Adam Gil (BMI)

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Dam Gila Brooklyn, New York

Dam Gila is the solo project from Chicago native and YAWN front man Adam Gil. In his first album, ‘So
Long, Leisure’ he explores the glam and soul elements of songwriting. Inspired by ‘60s and ‘70s greats
like The Mamas & The Papas, Harry Nilsson, Elton John, and T. Rex, he creates a lush and fuzzy dream
world dense with melodic hooks and synaptic harmonies.
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