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The O'Darling

by The O'darling

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1.
Venture Song 03:53
(Lyrics by J. Barry) sleep ma love, oh the low winds blow! sleep my love, oh to leave you here alone... a wooden box has got me by the throat. steady, my heart, we’ve got to get out and on with it steady! my heart breaks to give it all away but trust and tide and time wait for me, not to stay. it’ll be a while till i go home to break out these wounds of stone when i do you’ll see how i’ve grown. wishes with a rose to warm you in the snow i’d like to keep you out with birds and bees and places you would rather be, i know. so i’ll sing softy “the pipes, the pipes are calling...” i’ll sing so softly and guide your ears so you can hear us smiling.
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La Prairie 04:48
(Lyrics by C. Emond) la fillette sur la prairie prend soin d’ses chats et sa famille comme ma grand-mère a du faire et maman a aprit le ciel s’endore avec les petits tous tassés dans le même lit y’a d’la musique chez le voisin j’entends l’violon, leurs chants sans fin allons-y prendre un cou on est mieux parmi vous le ciel s’endore, on danse encore conte-moi ta prière, le long de la rivière
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Embroideries 03:55
(Lyrics by I. Maidstone) inside the capsule that was my mother’s under the table i sipped a smoke ring while hiding and looking for hooks and leads every informant, a face or fable caused an explosion and added 20 more stories with 20 functions i tried to sew shut my eyes and ears my head to my toes threatened me but the seams resembled dreamers and i was touched by embroideries knock at my door and interact with me crazy day babe, stackin’ up the sheets they’re all under the table they’ve covered me to my feet i cannot tell you ‘bout bells i’ve rung they rang too frequently wait! now i’m able to throw down the sheets give you my ears for your mouth then we’ll go to sleep sleeping with intentions is the sweetest thing thank goodness for you and the night dear under the bridge, a mirror of city beside the boys’ drawings i was silent forgot my mouth’s for moving every informant, a face or fable caused an explosion and added 20 more stories with 20 functions
4.
City Part 1 04:55
(Lyrics by J. Barry) snow breaks on a mountain top, sounds like it’s almost breathing. snow falls though it would not stop, i think it’s tired of waiting. high hills and a smoke pipe, branches with their wings tied, windows with frozen faces and little birds who didn’t make it. i lost! i admit it, i fold, i fold!! i lied to the city, i’m sorry. i’m sorry. my eyes turned the sky black. i got stuck in a railway track and when i awoke on the side of the road with blood in my ears, i was home.
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The Type 04:29
(Lyrics by C. Emond) she talks about herself and golden dust burst he spoke to her in a way she became that girl her mouth went numb his eyes shine wiped the troubled look right off my face threw a smile in its place damn. i needed some fresh air and on my way there i scanned the room for other casualties i’ve never been the type to hate i’ve never been the type to hate her for it i’m really not like that it’s never been like that it’s really not like that i’m really not so sure if he stood waiting for me i think he saw into my soul so before we get old we drove into the night and sang ‘til it got bright then there was sun
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(Lyrics by I. Maidstone) you’re a little blue these days oh sky! take a load off make yourself comfortable in my skin i’m a little blue these days oh sky! take a load off i’m gathering hostages in my skin then we’ll run through the woods with the animals while i’m thinking how in the world did i get to this place? i’ve made friends and made foes of the animals and they’re showing me the reigns and i can’t complain we’ve all made love to you on blue days oh sky! the altostratus well they sure have been good hostesses to my skin sometimes i grab at you these days oh sky! while folding time in piles and wondering ‘bout those little hostages in my skin do they want to... run, run, run. run through the woods with the animals while I’m thinking how in the world did i get to this place? i’ve made friends and made foes of the animals and they’re showing me the reigns and i can’t complain ever again
7.
(Lyrics by C. Emond) every day is a fight it reminds me of yesterday’s but stings like for the first time life is always harder in the morning when you should be bright like outside, can you push yourself to pretend? it’ll all work out on a good day i might have been happy today for a short while it’s slippery i need more than relativity to convince me that i’ll be fine cause i’m tired and i can’t make my bed fix my head but with the night comes some relief how heavy to carry the grief if i can keep it up throughout my dreams i might wake happy the moment lives more static free and time becomes of quality and this is where i make my dreams i hear music everywhere your fingers running through my hair and a soft peace washes over me
8.
Montréal 03:53
(Lyrics by J. Barry) you wrote it the best, you wrote it the right way. thought it out of school house, said it like a screenplay. you pulled up the sheet, i turned off the lightbulb. we put on our sunday best and kept out of trouble. i invited my friends, you invited yours and we got high and stupid and ripped up the floor. i’ve been digging down for days lamplight on my head in the tunnel we’d create slept for days fill it up with water till it floats me to the top where i’ll scream and flip and wander with a fresh screen on my fate you wrote it the best, you wrote it the right way. thought it out of school house, said it like a screenplay. but i forgot the words, then i lost my footing, muddled up my steps and gripped onto the roofing...
9.
Fire Fire 07:48
(Lyrics by I. Maidstone) when we burnt down the stable the leather singed our hands and we knew, and we knew, and we knew so we stared at the moon and i thought i could taste a fable in the cusp of my leathered palm and it whistled a song the horses i knew put bells on their brothers so they could hear each other fire fire we’re jumping in the water i pray that the cinders cling to each other mindless mares and their mothers cooked a meal by the ash and watched the sky flash they grew a taste for each other they wove their leathered palms into beautiful songs
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Buzz bonus 08:04

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All songs written and arranged by The O'Darling

Recording, mixing and mastering: Nathan Carter Moore
(www.ncmsound.com)
Editing: Colin Nealis
Artwork and Design: Anna Binta Diallo

The O'Darling is:
Ida Maidstone: voice, piano, glockenspiel, omnichord
Jennah Barry: voice, piano, glockenspiel, accordion
Chantel Emond: voice, auxiliary percussion
Olivier Cléments: flugelhorn, trumpet
David Barry: guitar, banjo
Colin Nealis: bass, violin, voice, banjo

Special Guest Musicians:
La Prairie - Drew Jurecka (violin)
Embroideries - Galen Pelley (drums), Aline Homzy (violin)
City Part 1 - Galen Pelley (drums), Aline Homzy (violin), Aurora Cowie (flugelhorn)
The Type - Galen Pelley (drums)
Oh Those Altostratus - Shawn Rompre (drums), Laura Bates (violin), Aline Homzy (violin), Drew Jurecka (violin, viola), Matt Mitchell (cello)
On A Good Day - Galen Pelley (drums)
Montreal - Shawn Rompre (drums)
The Type - Galen Pelley (drums)
Fire Fire - Shawn Rompre (drums), Aurora Cowie (flugelhorn)

Thanks to music, the ones we love, and those that love us back.

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released July 17, 2009

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The O'darling Toronto, Ontario

This pocket pop orchestra carries impressive restraint in creating music that thrives on subtlety, never overwhelming but yet always present.

Contrasting personalities and diverse musical sensitivities have shaped their unique sound evolving from an acoustic fairytale to orchestral alt-pop.
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