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head is swiimming (2012 bedroom recordings)

by Lady Lamb

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Juju Sophie
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Juju Sophie This album I also discovered through Ben. He often blares music out of his office. This time he called me in and made me listen to this 'demo' release and told me the story about a girl working in a video shop and recording in the basement. Not only a great story but also amazingly inspired. You can hear all the work, the discovering of sounds and visions Ally was going for. I am a big Beth Orton fan and for me, Lady Lamb might well become a Beth Orton figure of our time. She is amazing. Favorite track: shoulders.
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charity Intimate, raw, gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. If it was on vinyl I would actually die. Favorite track: bicycle.
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on the train a stranger's breath creeps into my chest and it's always startling when you call me by my name even though I consider you to be a dear friend Violet Clem, Violet Clementine Violet Clem, Violet Clementine, Vi The parentheses are your temples that I read in between the lines of Then climbed up the steps and left your sky-blues Oh, Vi I'm not dead set on what I'm meant to do Love of mine I'm trying to be true to you Carroll Street I come I leave your station time and time over But you've given me many a thing to soldier on towards These words in a row build me a home Beneath which I bury my bones Picturing you painting is what puts me at ease You have a way of getting yourself mixed into the songs that I sing If I'm peanut butter well then you're still aubergine And you'd fit real nice right beside me in this painting
2.
arms 05:01
tender heart how I miss your arms I don't feel like the cliff so much as the drop and our love hides away in a cave til it's safe for the light of day for the light of day and I can't recall anything at all before or beyond you into sleep I will fall in any bed, in any room the length of me lying the length of you and I'll take my bite of the apple and you'll take yours til we get to the core swallow the seeds til an orchard grows we'll climb our trees and there at the peak we will see just What We Are what we are Trading our soft serve cones for the rest of time.
3.
bicycle 03:35
please owner of this bicycle, see, I would like to make an offer the person that I love would really love your bicycle. Owner of this bicycle, I would like to make an offer see, the person that I love would really love your bicycle and I would do anything I would do anything to make it her bicycle to make it her bicycle feel my pulse her love I can barely dare to know feel my pulse her love I can barely bear to know and for all my hours for all my days my blood will run red my blood will run blue forall my hours for all my days my blood will run apple red my blood will run navy blue for all my hours for all my days my blood will run apple my blood will run navy for you, for you I said for all my hours for all my days my blood will run red my blood will run blue for all my hours for all my days my blood will run apple my blood will run navy for all my hours for all my days my blood will run sweet my blood will run sweetly so owner of this bicycle I'd like to make an offer see, the person that I love would really love your bicycle..
4.
shoulders 04:26
I won't believe you truly love me til you take me by my shoulders and tear me, tear me down the middle did you miss me? then show me how you kiss with primal intent the freckles on your shoulders in the light of the sun I am clean, I am crucified the freckles on your shoulders in the light of the sun I am clean, I am crucified and you lap of my blood cause I let you lap it up I am nothing and I am everyone you lap up my blood cause I let you lap it up I have love and it is killing me and you lap of my love cause I let you lap it up see my love as it runs from me and you lap up my love cause I let you lap it up feel my blood, feel it run through me this is a marathon to see who's less marred by the finish line we are headed to Coney Island when I leave you at the station what an awakening sensation I'm most alone when I'm alone with you I'm most alone when I'm alone with you I'm most alone when I'm alone with you So you lap up my blood cause I let you lap it up see it rust as it runs from me and you lap up my love cause I let you lap it up I feel it spreading the length of me and the freckles on your shoulders and the blue of my blood spreading the length of us the freckles on your shoulders and the red of my love spreading the length of us.
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super moon 03:39
maybe you resent me because it was partially my fault you drank all that Maker's Mark that January night and smoked one of your roommate's cigarettes a year and a half after you'd quit and it burned a hole in your favorite jacket. We got back to New England from Texas, staying in the house you grew up in: it was the Super Moon. We talked about going up to the roof with a blanket for the view. You asked me if I wanted to make out but you were only about a quarter serious..and you asked it with a kind of a half grin; I believe you were just trying to gauge my reaction. I don't know what to tell you: I love you no matter what you do or don't. I don't know what to tell you: I love you no matter what you do or don't even though you taught me how to hide behind my sunglasses. We skipped the moon that night, instead I drank too much red wine and I was laughing about my life on my stomach in the den on the carpet. You picked me up and tossed me into a bed and I curled up facing the wall when you climbed in to get warm and your skin, it was cold but I liked the way it felt even though you didn't mean anything by it. I don't know what to tell you: I love you no matter what you do or don't. I don't know what to tell you: I love you no matter what you do or you don't.
6.
howl close 04:04
take your tongue from off that blood I can't tame you and I don't mean to try but when you howl close to the ground I like the sound, I like the sound of you no cigarette can save me now nor has a cigarette ever known how and when you hold me close when you hold me close I am far away I'm far away But when you howl Close to the ground I like the sound I like the sound.
7.
winnie jane 03:33
Winnie Jane Pouring salt on slugs in the rain with a whooping cough Winnie Jane, oh Winnie Jane & on your coat: Is it jam or blood? Jam or blood silence is the only sound with which to describe the height of how my heart does swoon at the thought of you Madrigal in a wedding gown rowboat red & a paper crown Madrigal oh Madrigal & on the lake: Is it a swan or crane? swan or crane silence is the only sound with which to describe the height of how my heart does swoon at the thought of you Adelaide bee stings and stungs marmalade on the ladder rung Adelaide oh Adelaide and in your bed: Is it lust or love? Lust or love Clementine in the river drowned red with wine in a baptist town Clementine oh Clementine for Heaven's Sake: Were you lost or found? Lost or found Silence is the only sound Silence is the only sound
8.
you are the subject and you are the painter you are blonde (red) haired maid of the maker New York City loves us, New York City loathes us New York City wants to beat, bathe, & clothe us I have known you since the day I met you there was a light above your head You with your tangles, you are so lovely I would hate to hold you too tightly Life is not something to be mastered Spill your wine on the canvas, dip your hands in plaster It's okay, it's alright, one day we're gonna die It's okay, it's alright, one day we're gonna die It's okay if you make the most of your time Maybe I wouldn't know you from the desert Maybe I wouldn't know you from the sea Maybe I wouldn't know you from the sea it's only it's only because you are E v e r y t h i n g because you are everything to me. It's okay, it's alright, it's okay it's alright it's okay it's a l r i g h t.
9.
I took a walk outside today I took a walk outside today I took a walk outside today: it made me late You took a walk into the sea You took a walk into the sea I watched your cheeks go underneath: I walked away The trees look like my grandmother's fingers The trees look like my grandmother's hands you know when she takes off her wedding bands I saw so many pretty people I saw so many pretty people I saw so many people staring at their feet Look up look up look up The sky looks like my grandfather's eyes The sky looks like my grandfather's eyes when he's singing I took a walk outside today You took a walk into the sea I watched your teeth go underneath: I was too late But you look like you could be my friend You look like you could be my greatest friend You look like you could be my friend Don't go away Don't go away We could play our favorite records We could walk out on the icy rivers We could watch 'It's A Wonderful Life' on Christmas Eve.

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BEDROOM RECORDINGS
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debut studio album (out February 19, 2013) available on CD or LP here: www.badabingrecords.com/store/products/category/lady-lamb-the-beekeeper/

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released August 20, 2012

all songs written, performed & recorded by Aly Spaltro
*"walrus" recorded in Boston for Ourstage
art by Aly Spaltro

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Lady Lamb Brooklyn, New York

hi I'm Aly I'm v gay & p good at music

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