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ODD TIMES

by SHIJO X

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1.
Brink 05:23
BRINK Warm up all the muscles in my body There cannot be cold feet Warm up all the muscles in my body There cannot be cold feet It’s a good morning And the time is coming for me to do something It’s a good morning and the time is coming even if Sunday is boring I can feel the urge, my will is strong There is something good about it I convincingly stare at myself in the mirror I choose the right clothes to wear I decide to roll up my hair and my sleeves Tie my shoe laces I shake off all anxieties Warm up all the muscles in my body There cannot be cold feet It’s a good morning And the time is coming for me to do something It’s a good morning and the time is coming even if Sunday is boring I can feel the urge, my will is strong There is something good about it I convincingly stare at myself in the mirror I choose the right clothes to wear I decide to roll up my hair and my sleeves Tie my shoe laces I shake off all anxieties Warm up all the muscles in my body There cannot be cold feet I am ready now...I know I’ll begin tomorrow (x8) I am ready now...I’ll begin tomorrow (x2) I am ready now...I know I’ll begin tomorrow (x4)
2.
Fireflies 03:04
FIREFLIES Fireflies Sparkling in the corner of my eye Fireflies A thousand little twinkles in the night Like many urban fireflies The windows of the city light up When the sun makes way for the moon And behind the curtains the lamps turn on and off like a nighttime dance And I’m walking and I’m going through these nameless lives Fireflies Sparkling in the corner of my eye Fireflies A thousand little twinkles in the night Wait for me I’ll come to you The sound of the rolling shutters saves all the memories within Who lives in here? Who hides in there? So many looks, laughs, tears, fears behind the doors
3.
Spiral 04:00
SPIRAL My limbs are asleep My thoughts are fixed There is no way To wake me up So shake me If you think you can And my frozen eyes will be open wide These times trap me in a spiral (spiral) And I’m sorry but I’m loosing myself These times trap me in a spiral and I keep twisting Upside down 'n' loosing my bearings Up up up and down I don’t know where the ground is This is a trap for me I don’t know where I’ll be I’m in a bubble It doesn’t blow up So please be my needle So please just let me out I wiggle Yet I’m stable And the vertigo Is unbearable These times trap me in a spiral (spiral) And I’m sorry but I’m loosing myself These times trap me in a spiral and I keep twisting Upside down 'n' loosing my bearings Up up up and down I don’t know where the ground is This is a trap for me I don’t know where I’ll be
4.
Lapse 04:31
LAPSE Sleep tight I’m singing 'cause you’re tired But your mind doesn’t want to rest If the noises of the city get too loud, dear, please don’t mind I can feel the tension, tension in your thoughts, until you’ll let, let them go When the sleep will knock And suddenly the colors fade away (x2) And suddenly the colors fade away and your breath beats the time of the world Of the world....of the world A break when everything is suspended And everything is still changing, changing “Sleep tight”, they say, but it’s just the last goodbye Before you gently leave the lights Sleep sleep tight, sleep tight (sleep) Dear goodnight
5.
Origami 03:53
ORIGAMI Suddenly I heard a crackle My cup of tea started trembling Ding ding tinkling glasses all around Until I saw something like a gremlin All the paper that I collected All that paper defeated me All the paper that I collected All that paper defeated me Written pages became too many A giant monster on the sofa So I searched among the folds Round the corner Flatten to square Turn over and Fold in a half I followed the instructions And those few moves were enough All of my life was put down in black and white All of my life can be leafed through just in one night All of my life was in front of me Good and bad choices creased in my memory Written pages became too many A giant monster on the sofa So I searched among the folds Round the corner Flatten to square Turn over and Fold in a half I followed the instructions And those few moves were enough
6.
Zero 03:41
ZERO When the ceiling seems too low And the hours follow one another I collect my thoughts and pack my things Get a ticket, change the scene When the ceiling seems too low And the hours follow one another I collect my thoughts and pack my things Get a ticket, change the scene Get get getting away And the past vanishes into a plume of smoke While I’m painting this good view Using only some brushstrokes Forget the plans I learnt from you I’ll follow my way and go on and on While the wind messes up my hair Reshuffles my limits and blows hard until my lungs are full.. are full Station by station by station Wheels turn faster than worries By station by station Wheels turn faster than worries I let the noise grow over the voices over thoughts over all there is This noise repeats on loop and its vibrations measure my time Let the noise be the only thing left While this train brings me to you Forget the plans I learnt from you I’ll follow my way and go on and on While the wind messes up my hair Reshuffles my limits and blows hard until my lungs are full.. are full
7.
Parallax 04:39
PARALLAX I was looking for you but you were lost in your past You were looking for me but I was lost in my future, future We were like two parallel lines And we didn’t know if “everything would be alright” Like two parallel lines And we didn’t know if “everything would be alright” Alright [Fear was my limit and it was so vivid Fear was my limit and it was so vivid] x2 I was looking for you but you were lost in your past You were looking for me but I was lost in my future, future I was looking for you but you were lost in your past You were looking for me but I was lost in my future, future I was looking for you but you were lost in your past You were looking for me but I was lost in my future, future
8.
Tear 03:32
TEAR Comforting thought at the center of it all the air cools down for miles around fast scenery stops spinning a marble of stability pulls in everything in everything in everything [tilt your head watch me sideways straighten your back and find some quietness] x 3 tilt your head watch me sideways straighten your back and find some quietness shallow waters I've been avoiding suddenly surge stick to my skin keep me down limbs grow mangroves Comforting thought drops at the center of it all adds weight and purpose brings me focus [tilt your head watch me sideways straighten your back and find some quietness] x3 tilt your head watch me sideways straighten your back and find some quietness a marble of stability pulls in everything in everything
9.
Drop 03:47
DROP Comforting thought lost forevermore lost forevermore A marble of uncertainty pulls in everything a marble of uncertainty pulls in everything Air galvanizes down to every speck of dust air galvanizes down to every speck of dust [tilt your head watch me sideways straighten your back find some quietness] x 3 shallow waters I've been avoiding suddenly surge trip me over upside down my limbs feel numb [shallow waters I've been avoiding suddenly surge trip me over] x2 and upside down my limbs feel numb fast scenery spins furiously (x8) one last calming thought slips through the cracks on the wall my breathing once steady gets heavier and heavier through the cracks on the wall my breathing once steady gets heavier heavier and heavier tilt your head watch me sideways straighten your back and find some quietness
10.
Weightless 04:35
WEIGHTLESS When you left me here I heard your steps getting away in the fog And now I’m standing with all of this blue And some footprints in the sand Staring at the sea when it’s calm when the waves come quietly to the shore I used to float and let the currents take me away Away, so far away Away, so far away Drop by drop relentless like a leaking sink But now it’s easy there’s a lighthouse over there Have you walked the cliff alone Have you seen the break of dawn When the sun seems still and cold And not a living soul’s in sight Drop by drop relentless like a leaking sink But now it’s easy there’s a lighthouse over there Take away all of myself and leave me weightless take away all of myself (x6)
11.
Eleven 02:30
ELEVEN Postcards on my wall a uniform surface for the eye to wander to embrace boredom Annihilate emotion till something differs grabs my attention transfixed I stare at a piece of paper hanging on its side the sword of Damocles dangling over my head time slows down time slows down [Time slows down stops alltogether collapses on itself absorbed by one detail] x2 A white hair on a stranger’s head A freckle in his iris One untied shoelace An out of place tile The one fragment standing out becomes your horizon fleeting obsession fleeting obsession time slows down... slows down....solws down
12.
SPIRAL My limbs are asleep My thoughts are fixed There is no way To wake me up So shake me If you think you can And my frozen eyes will be open wide These times trap me in a spiral (spiral) And I’m sorry but I’m loosing myself These times trap me in a spiral and I keep twisting Upside down 'n' loosing my bearings Up up up and down I don’t know where the ground is This is a trap for me I don’t know where I’ll be I’m in a bubble It doesn’t blow up So please be my needle So please just let me out I wiggle Yet I’m stable And the vertigo Is unbearable These times trap me in a spiral (spiral) And I’m sorry but I’m loosing myself These times trap me in a spiral and I keep twisting Upside down 'n' loosing my bearings Up up up and down I don’t know where the ground is This is a trap for me I don’t know where I’ll be

about

“Odd times” is SHIJO X’s last work, a complex an multilayered album that shows what the band has experienced all around Europe while writing it. Their sound is still influenced by electronic music and r’n’b, but this 3rd album has an even more modern feel and looks towards new musical possibilities. The “odd times” of the title refers to the way the songs are composed, using uneven times. The rythmical elements are uneven as well and were carefully chosen and combined in the precise way that balances everything. The final effect is even more baffling considering that this structure is perfectly mixed with elements that bring a melodic feel, like soft vocals and deep sound of the synths. SHIJO X, with their songs, have tried to put the listener in an altered state, which is the key to the comprehension of the whole album, odd meaning “not even” but also “weird”. Being out of balance and strangely “crooked” are recurring themes throughout the album. This precarious state can be as easily interpreted in a good or bad way, a duplicity mirrored in a way of looking at reality itself. “Odd times” shows clearly the very personal style of the band with the use of a mature and refined musical language and international vibes.

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released May 5, 2017

SHIJO X are
Laura Sinigaglia (vox)
Davide Verticelli (synth, keys)
Federico Adriani (drum)

Andrea Crescenzi has played bass on the album

Mixed and recorded by Davide Cristiani
@ Bombanella soundscapes
Mastered by Jim Blackwood
@ AZPM Mastering

Publisher : A Buzz Supreme
Copyright : Davide Verticelli

Produced by Davide Verticelli & SHIJO X

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