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A Sound in the Dark

by Sandra Bouza

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The Bottle 03:11
The Bottle It was a high I would not forget anytime soon But I’ll be paying a lifetime for that first shot of you I could do without the pining and the constant reminders Every song it tells me where I wish I could be I wish I could be I got tired, I got out I put it in a bottle and I drank it down Not even a case of you is ever gonna do me good I got fed up I got out This ain’t the kind of living they told me about I could drink you down drink you down And never gonna be no I’ll never be good again First shaking in the morning like everybody’s talking about We look good me and you least till the sun goes down Now it’s corner to the highway, man it’s a replay Everybody’s ready to go again I can see, I can see where this is going So I’m going I got tired, I got out I put it in a bottle and I drank it down Not even a case of you is ever gonna do me good I got fed up I got out yeah This ain’t the kind of living they told me about I could drink you down drink you down And never gonna be no never be good again Ho-old on if I had it in me I’d go co-old I’d go cold She’s waiting in the water forgive me Ho-old on if I had my way I wouldn’t let the best days weigh me down I would let the worst days carry me Cmon carry me out I got tired, I got out I put it in a bottle and I drank it down Not even a case of you is ever gonna do me good I got fed up I got out yeah This ain’t the kind of living they told me about I could drink you down drink you down And never gonna be no I’ll never be good again Ye-eah Never be good again Ye-eah Never be good again Ye-eah Never be good again
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GOOD VIBRATIONS It was almost too easy, that look in your eyes That said I was almost home Home for the holidays, or maybe even home to stay It's been such a long damn time since I went away Now there I go again Trying to find that loophole To get me back around the bend To get me back to those good vibrations Yeah, to get me back in the mood To get me back home with you When home with you was someplace good I, I want to get it back I want those good vibrations I can't feel (I can’t feel) If the love we had was real I can't see If a light went out for you and me I can't know (I can’t know) If we've got something left to show for what we had Was it good or was it bad Wish it was easy going back To those good vibrations You gotta cut me some slack baby I always had a hard time letting go Especially when that home was someplace I have never really known It couldn't have happened all at once No, bit by bit we just seemed to fade Now it's three years down the road and tell me why the hell are you sitting so far away Well I was always was a bit of a fixer Trying to get my own shit together for the better of another chance, maybe someday soon But now I know we're slow dancing in a burning room You see it wasn't that I didn't believe you But any given day I was a shadow of virtue I was building you a castle outta flesh And setting myself on fire again and again I, I want to get it back I want those good vibrations I can't feel (I can’t feel) If the love we had was real I can't see If a light went out for you and me I can't know (I can’t know) If we've got something left to show for what we had Was it good or was it bad I wish it was easy I want those good vibrations I can't know, if we've got something left to show for what we had was it good or was it bad I wish it was easy going back to those good vibrations
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Sundown 03:47
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Shine 03:48
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The City 03:37
The City Thought that I knew the ways of the city Concrete and sidewalks they always find their way into my thoughts Thought that I knew the ways of the city But I was never 18 and never unseen by the thunder City lights don’t phase you no you take it like you see Driving yourself crazy trying to believe It’s only a phone call but it feels like demons at your door Somethings gotta give It’ll all make sense someday Thought that I knew the ways of the city Concrete and sidewalks they always find their way into my thoughts Thought that I knew the ways of the city But i was never 18 and never unseen by the thunder Twisting sidewalks trying to take this trouble outta me Landing on the same street everytime Where the vampires seem to live and breathe They wear me down Sweet talk the dark things Something’s gotta give It’ll all make sense it’ll all make sense someday Thought that I knew the ways of the city Concrete and sidewalks they always find their way into my thoughts Thought that I knew the ways of the city But I was never 18 and never unseen by the thunder Say what you will Every time I don’t think twice I rush in blind like a fool Say what you will Do you call this living Do you call this living Do you call this living Thought that I knew the ways of the city Concrete and sidewalks they always find their way into my thoughts Thought that I knew the ways of the city But I was never 18 and never unseen by the sunrise
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about

A lot of this album was inspired during an artist residency at Halls Island. The title track was inspired by a funny but significant story, when I went down to the water, late on a beautiful clear night, to go skinnydipping, and got scared by a sound in the dark and jumped out of the water and back up to the cabin. I was so annoyed that I let that fear take away a really beautiful moment, that I wrote the title track because I realized how many other moments in my life have been taken by fear. The rest of the album, I realize the more I listen to it, is all about strength. They are all about decisive action, moving through hard things, and breaking through to the other side. I feel like this is an album of empowerment.

The last song on the album is in Galician, which is the dialect of my father’s home, Galicia, in the North of Spain. I really wanted to pay tribute to that part of my culture, and it’s a cover of a traditional song done by one of my favourite Galician artists; Carlos Nunez. It’s a traditional romance that translates into “washerwomen of the night”. It is about ghostly women who are sentenced to wander in the night after causing abortions. I thought it was also an important song to do right now with women being sentenced to suffering as a result of our rights to our bodies being taken away in an effort to control us.

credits

released September 29, 2023

CREDITS
All songs written and composed by Sandra Bouza
Except
A Sound in the Dark - Sandra Bouza and Ross Hayes Citrullo
Sit by the Fire - Sandra Bouza and Ross Hayes Citrullo
Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
A Lavandeira Da Note - Galician Romance (Traditional, Public Domain)

All songs produced and mixed by Ross Hayes Citrullo at RHC Music
Mastering by Brett Zilahi at João Carvalho Mastering

Electric guitars by Ross Hayes Citrullo
Electric guitar on 'Sundown' by Evan Desaulnier
Acoustic guitars by Ross Hayes Citrullo and Sandra Bouza
Spanish guitar on 'A Lavandeira Da Noite' by Rob Tardik
Electric piano, Hammond organ and piano by Miles Evans-Branagh
Bass by Stacey Shopsowitz
Bass on 'Sundown' by Attila Baraczka
Drums by Simon Miminis
Drums on 'Good Vibrations' and 'A Sound in the Dark' by Adam Cannon
Background vocals: Selena Evangeline and Quisha Wint, and singing team 'Jorles; comprised of Lesley Bouza and Jordan Scholl Lead Vocals by Sandra Bouza

Gallego pronunciation supervision on 'A Lavanderia da Noite' by Guillermo Bouza Inspiration by Halls Island Residency, life, love, dogs and heartbreak.

Management and relentless support and encouragement by Ken Simms at ThinkTank Music Network

Photography by Jen Squires
Album art by Roberta Landrath

This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada's private radio broadcasters. Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radiodifas

Additional funding help by the families of all the furballs

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Sandra Bouza Toronto, Ontario

Most of the music we listen to never really gets under our skin. As pleasant and catchy as it may be, it skims along the surface, like a stone skipping across water. Every now and then, if we are really lucky, we encounter an artist like Sandra Bouza who gets right down into our blood and bones. An artist whose voice stops us in our tracks. ... more

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