#goodnight summerland

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Being drunk is the most wonderful thing because you can express your feelings freely, and then just say you were drunk

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Helena Deland | Saying Something

I know you are trying to be a friend, I hear you Knowing what to say isn’t easy Words feel like treacherous footing Slippery rocks, but believe me Saying anything might be crucial Stepping stones still hold together intervals Time acquired language It translated quiet things After the fact, into something louder Notes in the calendar, now appear some sacred map To time itself and what was planned ahead To time, what I could have said

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Helena Deland | The Animals

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Montreal, Quebec -- Helena Deland will be releasing her new album Goodnight Summerland this Friday, October 13 via Chivi Chivi. "Strawberry Moon" is the last pre-release single - a gorgeous acoustic track spanning just about 4.5 minutes long. The gentleness of the song really feels like a lullaby. "Strawberry Moon" strips everything down to just Helena Deland's vocals, an acoustic guitar, and soft keys, letting each layer really shine and echo. The song really embodies beauty in simplicity and you'll find yourself drifting into the song with each note.

Goodnight Summerland by Helena Deland

Headline Tour Dates:

11/02/2023 - Vancouver - Fox Cabaret 11/03/2023 - Seattle - Madame Lou’s 11/04/2023 - Portland - Mississippi Studios 11/06/2023 - San Francisco - Cafe du Nord 11/07/2023 - Los Angeles - Lodge Room 11/08/2023 - San Diego - Casbah 11/09/2023 - Phoenix - Valley Bar 11/11/2023 - Denver - Lost Lake 11/13/2023 - Minneapolis - 7th st 11/14/2023 - Chicago - Lincoln Hall 11/15/2023 - Detroit - El club 11/16/2023 - Toronto - Horseshoe 11/18/2023 - Brooklyn - Music Hall of Williamsburg 11/19/2023 - DC - Songbyrd 11/24/2023 - Montréal - La Tulipe 11/25/2023 - Québec - Le Pantoum 02/13/2024 - Baden - One Of A Million Festival 02/14/2024 - Munich - Milla 02/15/2024 - Berlin - Privatclub 02/16/2024 - Amsterdam - Paradiso Upstairs 02/17/2024 - Paris - Pop Up Du Label 02/19/2024 - Brussels - Botanique 02/21/2024 - London - The Lexington

Connect with Helena Deland:

Official Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

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Track of the day // Helena Deland - Bright Green Vibrant Gray

From the album Goodnight Summerland, out on 13 October via Chivi Chivi.

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Helena Deland, Drawbridge I Goodnight Summerland, 2023

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The AM: January 22, 2024

Former Constantines frontman and current solo artist Bry Webb calls in during hour three of this week's AM to discuss his new album and upcoming Calgary show. Before that, your usual mix of mellow moods, from neo-classical bassoon and accordion, to gentle acoustic ditties, to "maritime jazz" and other unclassifiable sounds.

Enjoy!

Listen on CJSW

Stream the whole episode on Soundcloud

Skip to just the interview

Spotify playlist (tracks from the last five-or-so episodes)

Hour One:

Grasslands Frank Horvat, Sébastien Malette • A Village of Landscapes

Ya Rayah Emad Armoush's Duos, featuring Francois Houle • Electritradition

Poeira Sam Gendel, Fabiano do Nascimento • The Room

London Tuulikki Bartosik • Playscapes

Dewdrop Coming Back to You Plains Apparition, Light Blending In • Window to the Soul

Phosphene Gregory Uhlmann • Small Day

Gloria Joseph Shabason, Nicholas Krgovich, M. Sage • Shabason, Krgovich, Sage

Detached Hauschka • Philanthropy

Xenon Arc sub lumen • Supercluster

Hour Two:

Archive Melodien • Morii

Relax With Me Easy Idiot • Stock Music II

Crushed Velvet Molly Lewis, featuring Thee Sacred Souls • On The Lips

Cruising Home Greg Foat, Ayu Salawu • Interstellar Fantasy

Maritime Jazz Cosmic Analog Ensemble • Les Grandes Vacances

Vampire SHOLTO • The Changing Tides of Dreams

Jandira Luiz Henrique • Mestiço

Pra Não Deixar de Sambar Luiz Henrique • Mestiço

Bossa nova for the contrails of my tears Rural Tapes, featuring Steve Wynn • Inner space music

Bright Green Vibrant Gray Helena Deland • Goodnight Summerland

Flowers on the Fire Escape MOONRIIVR • Vol. 1

(1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Days Gene Pitney • She's a Heartbreaker

Hour Three:

No Mast Loving • Any Light

Morgengruß Popol Vuh • Einsjäger und Siebenjäger

Bo Tequila Rei Harakami • 広い世界 と せまい世界

Let Me Know Hannah Miette, featuring Rozi Plain • Single

Modern Mind Bry Webb • Run With Me

I Saw Me Victrix • I Saw Me EP

Perfect Storm Jane Weaver • Love in Constant Spectacle

Nodos Radiotr​ó​nica • Single

Best For You and Me Helado Negro • Phasor

Just a Minute (Moon King Cover) Tess Roby • Ever New (Compilation)

Ameleon Mega Bog • Life, and Another

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Listen/purchase: Goodnight Summerland by Helena Deland

Another beautiful album on Bandcamp -- and I don’t say these things for effect!

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‘Goodnight Summerland,’ an LP by @helena_deland cane out oct 13 💙 Helena is a wonderful artist, collaborator, singer, guitarist, person. thankful to have helped document this music. check out the first tune ‘bright green vibrant gray’ we built this arrangement around a single take that helena put down. it’s an arrangement i’ll always be proud of. rec/mix here at fc. mastered by @heba_kadry23w

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Summerland (2020)

A beautiful movie that takes place during the difficult times of the world war two. In this movie there is also a magnificent love story between two women that really touches you. And despite the incredible actresses and actors that have taken part in this movie, it is important to highlight the different scenarios that you can see on the film, because they are really something gorgeous.

Directed and written by Jessica Swale.

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Goodnight Summerland - Album by Helena Deland

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2023 Best of Cont...

Dancy/Electronic

Electronic music can get a bad rap, usually because of the bros it attracts but I can’t judge my taste based on other’s behavior. If that was the case I wouldn’t still be a Laker and Dodger fan but my fandom is truly selfish, I grew up with them and I am going to like them no matter what.  The Róisín Murphy’s Hit Parade kind of falls into this category. She said some insensitive opinions on transgender kid’s rights which I don’t agree with and I could go into a diatribe on separating art from artist and in this case, I definitely can separate the art from the opinion. This art is too good to ignore. If she wouldn’t have said what she said I know this album would be in most critics top 5’s.  DJ Koze and Murphy are a perfect team and this album has everything I love from this genre. What I love about this type of music is that it mixes familiar music I grew up with and the mysterious new sounds people are creating with technology. Avalon Emerson’s & The Charm is album that exhibits this quality more than any other this year.  Indie meets Electronic can basically describe all of these albums. Romy made a great dance record based on 90’s dance music but still feels current.  Tour-Maubourg Spaces of Silence was the last album I fell in love with this year but since I was first introduced to it by Antony’s year end list it has been on repeat. The beats put me in the right headspace every time I put it on.  James Blake’s Playing Robots into Heaven rounds out the list with his throwback to his roots.  I fell in love with this type Electronic music in the  2010’s thanks mainly to James Blake and it was nice to hear him return to form.

Five that Have to be Included

Deeper’s Careful! is the best postpunk album I have heard in long time. The Cure meets Television is how I’d describe it.  Bar Italia put out two albums with The Twits being the stronger of the two but Tracey Denim is also worth your time especially for Punkt.  They make good art rock like if Jesus Mary Chain met with of XX’s less electronic songs.  Jangle used to be a word I would use to describe the guitar tone I feel most at home with. I still love a good jangle tone see Duck Ltd. Latest single The Main Thing for a current good jangle. Shimmering is the new word to describe my ideal comfort music sound this year.  Sampha’s Lahai is shimmering and skittering in all the right ways, throw in Sampha’s angelic voice and you have one of my favorite albums of the year.  I always have to have a singer song writer in my year end lists, something about a person and their guitar/piano and introspective lyrics will always speak to me.  My favorite female singer songwriter of the year is Helena Deland’s Goodnight Summerland.  Beautiful piano folky female whisper vocals about the passing of time is something I’ll dive into every time and you should too.  Most underrated album of the year is Greg Mendez’s self-titled album.  All you need to know is if you like Elliott Smith, you should give this one a try. Gritty lyrics to tender ballads are the juxtaposition I need and this one comes in spades.   

Give them Their Flowers

The first playlist of 2023 I made was songs comprised of primarily female singers. I announced in January and am pronouncing 12 months later that the ladies led the way in 2023.

Mistiki, Boygenius, Kara Jackson, Sofia Kourtesis, and Margo Cilker are all worth your time. If you haven’t listened to Boygenius you are living under a rock and I can’t help you. Their EP is equally as good as the LP. I’ve never really bought into the Mistiki hype previously, I had her on a mix here and there but never dove in and shame on me for that, her latest album brought me in and I’m a huge fan now. My Love Mine All Mine is top five songs of the year.  Kara Jackson’s Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love was a revelation.  I wasn’t expecting to be floored the way I was with this album. She refers to it as Guitar ass music and I buy that.  A folksier SZA with just as poetic, if not more, lyrics. The closest to country on this list is Margo Cilker’s Valley of Heart’s Delight.  For any fans of Lucinda Williams this one is for you. Sofia Kourteis’s Madres should have been in the electronic section but honestly, I forgot about it for a second while I Was doing that part and just listened to it again tonight on New Years and it beat out Squirrel Flower for this place. In the same style as Tour-Marbourg this electronic album can set any night on the right track!

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Helena Deland | Strawberry Moon