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QUIET

by Seins

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1.
Pink Dress 02:47
2.
Overrated 04:07
And now I feel overrated One more time I lost myself, some other time I will have to show then, that I‘m human, too Why is it so hard for us? Do we have to create misery? Why do we never seem to learn? Even though we keep trying we‘re tired and start to give up And now I feel overrated And so I will let you down What if we just let it happen, the end will come, deeds will be done Under the bridge and over the rainbow, sooner or later we‘ll all be gone Some times I see, some times I don‘t, you have to tell me how you are When you get angry at yourself, you know that it‘s burning and it‘s time to get up And now I feel overrated And so I will let you down And now I feel overrated And so I will let you down
3.
Doing a miniature dance. Are you looking for change with your hands in your pockets and those are the front two pockets of your denim blue china made pants? With your hands in your pockets and those are the front two pockets of your denim blue china made pants. Doing a miniature dance with your fingers in the pockets of your pants. Oh come on, you‘re not talking to me like that. Now are you? Your fingers are doing a miniature dance Your fingers are doing a miniature dance Your fingers are doing a miniature dance Doing a miniature dance. Doing a miniature dance. The way I look back on this didn‘t seem that important with our hands up in the air we met dancing all night at the bar. With my hands up in the air going crazy in front of her the way we later left the bar my fingers dancing on her back with her bra. Looking for change, my fingers are doing a … Dialing her number my fingers are doing a … Let our hands meet so their fingers are doing a … quick little miniature dance My fingers are doing a miniature dance Your fingers are doing a miniature dance Our fingers are doing a miniature dance Doing a miniature dance. Doing a miniature dance.
4.
Hair Cut 03:43
5.
Ah … There must be more than this cocktail drunk blonde waitress more than you see that is bow down before we kiss Ah …
6.
The Party (free) 03:52
It‘s not the way you dress in silk I like your baby powder arm pits When you put on your body milk I like the way you stretch out for your feet It‘s not about the hair cut it‘s all about the body It‘s not about the way you talk it‘s how you rock the party Remember, it‘s allways about you even if I seem to ooh-ooh-ooh And baby don‘t worry ’cause shaving to me is not a necessity (not necessarily) It‘s not about the hair cut it‘s about the party It‘s not about the hair cut it‘s all about the body It‘s not about the way you talk it‘s how you rock the party It‘s not about the hair cut it‘s all about the body It‘s not about the way you talk it‘s how you rock the party
7.
I Leave 03:34
I feel a soft fading like I disappear from here We should get rid of time the bright sunlight is burning a hole in the sky Take my eyes with you have my ears to hear yourself saying „I‘m leaving“ when you cry my tears I‘ll leave from here I‘m feeding the horses but they all are turning pale Why am I as a black rabbits cowboy lying here with my back on a rail Take my eyes with you have my ears to hear yourself saying „I‘m leaving“ when you cry my tears I‘ll leave from here
8.
You‘re my shade in the sunshine we didn‘t get this far for nothing and key lime that‘s not who you are ’ wonder if I have the nerve to ask you out Maybe that‘s why it‘s not the least bit that I‘m proud Perhaps my body know how much it has to eat before I know how much it is that I have to work Please say hi to your husband I wonder if he hears You say he‘s a sweet guy with cauliflower ears Come and join us see some fighting in a cage Greased up bodies going crazy in a rage Perhaps my body knows how long I have to live before I know how much it is I have left to give My nose is bleeding blood dripping on your long pale legs Smell of iron and cheese hot sweat with a little breeze You know I‘m cheating but this fire‘s good to burn away my fear Salty sweet memories wide awake than they disappear You‘re my shade in the sunshine my only one, and devine This fire can save us You’re my shade in the sunshine my only one, and devine You‘re my shade in the sunshine
9.
Some days feel like lying awake at night I’m lying and I can‘t go to sleep I need a layer of dust to remind myself that I must clean up this mess Is heaven gonna be all blue and white What are you going to pray for tonight Do you feel it‘s time to say goodbye Do I think I’m wrong and you were right I need a layer of dust to remind myself that I must clean up this mess

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QUIET is the second release from Berlin-based set-up Seins, appearing on 12 „ vinyl, CD and as a download from June 6, 2014.

QUIET is an album of many influences, domineering clarity and many surprises – not just as far as the lyrics are concerned. A rare and sophisticated ride between rock/pop and electro. Strangely catchy melodies, skilfully ruptured time and again, are set in driving, rhythmically playful and wayward beats – sometimes reduced and then again massive.

Seins is not a band. Seins is not really a singer-songwriter project either, or someone who has cobbled up their music in the bedroom – QUIET is just too loud for that. And sophisticated. Yet, like some kind of kind of music auteur, reminiscent of the glory days of self-made filmmakers of the 70’s and 80’s, Michel Bo Michel wrote all songs and lyrics, did most of the producing and has started his own record label to be able to produce and release his music as independently as possible.

There is maybe an old school air about the way his voice takes effect on some of the songs, too, with its rare conspicuousness bringing to mind now almost extinct grandees of 8os art rock, like Brian Ferry, Robert Palmer or David Byrne. The very electronic instrumental piece Hair Cut in turn sounds as if the Jeans Team duly provided some raw musical denim. Heavy stoner rock elements (Pink Dress), distinctly finger-snapping party grooves (The Party) or meandering piano sounds (Iron and Cheese) are resounding elsewhere.

For the second album of his project founded in 2011, Michel didn’t really want go near guitars. Everything is in fact based on a few improvised drum grooves recorded in an abandoned studio. Electronic tuners and metronomes looped through guitar effects units had to pay for producing simple tones, and a Brazilian ukulele still had to take a punishing before genuine guitars were used after all.

Gaps were filled and left – and certain parts just come out of these gaps particularly well. For Michel Bo Michel, the songs are less about storytelling as they are about associative collages of images and lyrics, like half-watched Youtube videos that linger in your mind or odd snatches of memories recovered form some picturesque party or another, flashing before your eyes and ears...

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released June 6, 2014

Michel Bo Michel (vocals and all instruments)
Mizzi Blum (backing vocals on track 5)

Cover: »Untitled« © 2011 Andrea Winkler

Written, arranged and produced by Michel Bo Michel
Mixed by Peter Veismann (track 1, 2, 4, 5 and 8) and Johann Damm (track 6 and 7)
Mastered by Kai Blankenberg and Jens Dreesen at Skyline Tonfabrik, Düsseldorf

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SEINS was founded in 2011 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

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