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companion

by TRYAL

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1.
IAm 04:55
iamreallyinlove
2.
Companion 03:58
don’t you wanna keep a companion/all of your life? don’t you wanna keep a companion/all of your life? i think i could be your man/well don’t be mad i think i could be your man/well don’t be sad your companion (mating call) if this is what it feels like to be free/don’t leave me take it from me /i know where you go don’t you wanna keep a companion/all of your life? don’t you wanna keep a companion/all of your life? i think i could be your man/well don’t be mad i think i could be your man/well don’t be sad your companion
3.
Come On 05:37
you’re flesh and not/you’re hosting and gone my vision is blurring/detritus day one piece it together/can’t you see?/i followed you now it’s your turn to follow me/follow me/follow me day dreaming day is over/damn straight plan it with me in terms of sound/you’re perfect perfect all around/my visions are here to stay so try to see things my way come on and piece it together /can’t you see?/i followed you now it’s your turn to follow me/follow me/follow me day dreaming day is over/damn straight plan it with me see your future with me/tomorrow with me/see your future with me just take your hands/just take your life into your hands just take your hands/just take your life into your hands follow me/follow me
4.
In Trutina 02:16
In trutina mentis dubia fluctuant contraria lascivus amor et pudicitia. Sed eligo quod video, collum iugo prebeo: ad iugum tamen suave transeo. I am suspended between passion and virtue, but I choose what is before me and take upon myself the sweet yoke
5.
Road Game 04:31
who you gonna find?/where d’you wanna go?/how you gonna meet them? how about we fight?/maybe now we’ll know?/where should we play this Road Game Road Game Road Game Road Game how about we look?or should we/underneath ourselves/how could we what happens if i take/my heart back? what about my life/i want it/ do you want for yours?/you feel it let’s see how we play/out our Road Game Road Game Road Game Road Game the body doesn’t know/where i am taking it/the body couldn’t know so what i’ve got to do is sit with it it doesn’t it try/to see my point of view so all that i can try is/to see your eyes through you and play our Road Game Road Game I’ll never know the Road Game Road Game no I never needed anyone but you no I never needed anyone but you hold me closer than you’ve ever held me darling hold me closer than you’ve ever held me darling
6.
All that I know Is done today. And now that I’m here, I’m here to stay. I love the moonlight In my heart I feel the june light From my arms My arms fly Into a dream Forget the stop and peel the drop On endless streams Unfurl my glove From his fist let go of my heart, the fist let go of my heart, the fist let go of my heart, the fist
7.
Show Me 03:42
try to write without me/just try to be away/i am only human/but there are other ways show me a day/and i’ll be there/don’t want your name/i wanna stare into the space/between the lines/i’m sending out all my designs i want to be/your man you see/but i’ve been wrong/oh i’ve been wrong/yes i’ve been wrong oh i’ve been wrong/oh i’ve been wrong/oh i’ve been wrong blue paper chips on the ground/hexagonal motions/piece by piece is found dug away the dirt/look into my eyes/can’t you see my love/on the fireflies sing to the mirror close your eyes to the mirror sing sing sing sing sing
8.
Providence 03:26
Time won’t forget this/Time won’t forget this So don’t be afraid Just stay till you’ve made it baby Time won’t forget this/Time won’t forget this So don’t be afraid Just stay till you’ve made it baby

about

As a singer, Alex has a way of provoking two not-quite contradictory revelations in the listener. The first (and I think they probably usually occur in this order) is that this kind of highest-level artistic performance almost definitionally contains elements of the supernatural. The second is that to sing a song beautifully is an eminently human thing to do, as natural as breathing, a deep, flesh-and-blood expression of universal personness. More near-contradictions stack up when it becomes clear that his access to our shared primordial cosmic guts is exactly what sets Alex so far above the vast majority of singers in general; his ability to tap into some of the broadest, most common human conditions is what makes him so totally unique.
As a composer, same deal. An Alex Samaras song goes precisely where it needs to go in order to fulfill the promise it made us in its first fifteen seconds. Many of our world's songs, even some pretty good ones, seemingly come into being through nothing so much as the checking-off of a list of ostensibly essential components. By the end of one of Alex’s songs, we’re moved not only by the sheer good old-fashioned gorgeousness of the thing, but also, whether we know it or not, by the bone-deep commitment to its subject and content that wrought its lovely, unusual shape way back when it was born.
-Bram Gielen-

credits

released June 20, 2017

Vocals: Alex Samaras
Keyboard/Synths: Johnny Spence
Guitar: Owen Stewart-Robertson
Bass: Josh Cole
Drums: Evan Cartwright

Voices:
Ivy Mairi, Martha Farquar-McDonnell, Ghislain Aucoin (track 1)
Felicity Williams (1,3,5), Robin Dann, (tracks 3,5)
Thom Gill (tracks 3,5,8)

Recording Engineerz: Heather Kirby at Johnny's cottage, Leon Taheny at Candle Recording

Mixes: Leon Taheny at Union Sound Company (tracks 1-6)
Matt Smith (tracks 7-8)

Mastered by Fedge at Union Sound Company

All compositions by Alex Samaras except "In Trutina" by Carl Orff

This recording was produced by: Alex, Josh, Johnny and Evan and Heather and Leon and Matt

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TRYAL Toronto, Ontario

Charismatic compositions that treat electronic pop sophistication as a springboard for all manner of exploration. Lithe dream-like arrangements give way to peculiar lushness; beats dissolve into weightless melodies.

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