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Buend​í​a

by Della Ray

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In the empire of the sun I saw you calling From the late afternoons that never end The world is burning, but you sit In every dream I ask myself, “What do I have to show for The way you’ve treated all the years?” And I say nothing but I see you To the end of everything
2.
There’s a face in the mirror and it don’t look like me There’s a song someone’s singing, but you don’t hear a thing And going backwards is never what it seems There’s a face in the mirror, it doesn’t look like me So filled with regret for something that hasn’t happened yet You never know, this could end well There’s a voice in the moonlight and you can’t see a thing There’s electro currents in the breeze And nothing here is what it seems There’s a voice in the moonlight and you can’t see a thing
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Collapse 03:34
In the humid sky, rich and low You wonder how, you wonder how The whole world could collapse so quick You wonder why, you wonder why He said, Don’t sweat the small things and you’ll find that most of them are And don’t go on waiting for your life to be born The evening lights its lamps again The music starts, your eyes well It’s a big world, take a big swig You watch it all melt to glass
5.
Flower Shape 02:37
I saw a shape outlined in flowers It watched my car pass by I see its face now, every evening In the colors of the night They swim The spring sun hangs no shadows Like summer’s haunted rain Electric sky and doors open Memories come again They swim away They swim away
6.
You saw the stars The band played The world echoed green You wondered at The sight of it Cruel, indifferent, or mean? I guess you could say You were lost against the rain You don’t wanna say to me the hard things You don’t always have to hold the world’s strings The sun falls The bells ring A bitter melody Remember when The world’s spin Would put you to sleep? I guess you could say You were lost against the rain You don’t wanna say to me the hard things You don’t always have to hold the world’s strings It spins away from you How things always come unglued You don’t always have to say the hard things
7.
Picturebook 03:16
Catch the light Inside a breath A picturebook Say you look like someone else Trace the lines Of where you’ve been A portrait of everything She walks alone Down painted streets Soaking in the rain Her soul comes and goes Through cracks in the night To somewhere no one knows What has been What could be Tangled in The same dream Trains go by In hollow night She walks alone Down painted streets Soaking in the rain Her soul comes and goes Through cracks in the night Down sleeping roads to dawn
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Electro 02:52
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Like A River 02:35
You say the river Can find the sea And like a river You will come to me Beyond borders And thirsty lands You say like a river Love will come to me Love will come to me
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I remember you from the long walk home The bells sing and the wind sweeps along The streets, the empty streets are golden memory Were you there? Did I forget again? I was on a different planet, but I’d carried you in My mind is racing deep in a dream You’re no further or closer than the night air to me And the sun goes down And your head spins round Feeling like the light won’t ever go out again Breathless stars that carry us home I am all the planets at all of their dawns The leaves rush down the streets Feel the air, taste its sting A river rising, winter before spring And days turn to dreams

about

Everything on Buendía, we did at home. It was the first time we've taken that approach in years. Maybe that's a fool's errand when you live across the river from Muscle Shoals, AL, but we did it. Nat's dad had given us his old Ludwig kit, so we setup our three microphones and got to work. Patiently laid out ideas and wrote in new ways, played every instrument, chased new sounds, went places sonically, lyrically, etc. that maybe we wouldn't have gone if we'd been anywhere but home. Dogs interrupted takes, work sessions ended because dinner was ready, or never started because the garden needed some work.

So things kicked off with the deep optimism of spring's arrival. Music sounds better when the world starts turning green. And it did turn green, exploded with life, even as the news got weirder and weirder. Turns out, March 1st, 2020 was a strange time to lock yourself at home to make a new batch of music. A few weeks later, everyone was at home.

We named it after the family from Gabriel García Márquez's masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude. One, because we'd always wanted to. Two, we are embracing the solitude of this moment. And three, it translates literally into "good day," and, frankly, this is an optimistic batch of songs. If you've made it this far, thank you for reading, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the record. Take a walk with it. Have your morning coffee to it. Your late night drive. Whatever. Do some life.

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released May 29, 2020

Adam and Natalie: songs
Adam: all instruments, vocals, engineering, mixing
Natalie: vocals
Jamie Sego: mastering at Portside Sound

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Della Ray is the world of Adam Morrow and Natalie Jensen. Dreamy rock. Music for living.

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