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XVIII

by Johnny Labelle

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1.
The Dolphins 05:15
This world may never change The way it’s been And all the ways of war Can’t change it back again I’ve been searchin’ For the dolphins in the sea And sometimes I wonder Do you ever think of me Sometimes I think about Saturday’s child And all about the time When we were running wild I’ve been searchin’ For the dolphins in the sea And sometimes I wonder Do you ever think of me
2.
These eyes Locked into my eyes I couldn't help it this time It was inevitable I was holding court At the night of the world Until I fell Into oblivion One fall through the cracks That’s how the dark get’s in One crushing remark A crack in everything I’ll preserve your room I will make it beautiful The old one was messy And dull And from a catbird seat You’ll see The evening star Unraveling It’s there in the clouds Of afternoon skies It’s there in the fields Of hardship and troubled times
3.
AK 04:04
Undo the damage Deadcarpet eclipse I’m afraid of Americans That came in hot! Please, please help Slay, dragon mother He escaped from Hades A gift in secret Sealed on foreheads The mirror’s edge reflecting pool See the sign at action parks Cold slit trench Blind man’s bluff Tears in rain simulate For me there are Xperia Mars alien domes, Captain Oates Holes in rocks For me there are Self replicating Rule of nine Cartesian Planes
4.
In the Sun 02:54
In the sun Our bodies meeting How close to the sun? Before we get burnt I waited for someone a long time ago Is it worth it waiting all alone? The true misconceptions are those who have won An arrow is piercing the eye of the sun
5.
Run Run as fast as you can Leave forever Never look back Even if you have the chance Don't come back again Never return Don't look back For once in my life, I get away After a long dark age There’s so many dead buried under the street That sometimes I think I hear their screams Greek Dark Age
6.
It’s the beginning of the end Perhaps the end of the beginning In twenty-thousand years from now The earth will be a remnant I had a dream You were with me There is no ball & chain So let’s keep it up In twenty-thousand years from now The earth might still be spinning But everyone Ι’ve ever met Will be gone forever I had a dream A passing whim Flew over blades of grass, saw them bending All in one direction
7.
Visceral 03:03
Down to the seabed A floor made out of molluscs And tentacles emerging from The viscera I can be your identical Press the blade against my chest Caress me with your molests Our flaming hearts beating In synchronicity A light among them Brightened Nothing darker Than overexposure
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9.
Poseidonia 03:52
The dreams of the dreamer Are life-drops that pass The break in the heart To the soul’s hour-glass. The songs of the singer Are tones that repeat The cry of the heart ‘Till it ceases to beat. I want to die while you love me, While yet you hold me fair, While laughter lies upon my lips And lights are in my hair. I want to die while you love me, And bear to that still bed, Your kisses turbulent, unspent To warm me when I’m dead.

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A year after the release of his debut LP "Cold Fruit", Johnny Labelle returns with "XVIII".

In his sophomore album, the Athenian singer-songwriter dives into the world of a forgotten dream in search of lost meanings and forms. The 9 tracks of the record bring to the surface the remains of oblivion along with a personal reinterpretation of memory fragments.

The tracks were originally recorded as demos in mid-2019 and were completed with producer Vasilis Dokakis in 2020. This collaboration results in a blend of electronic pop with ambient and dark elements, based on lethargic synthesizers, cinematic strings and Labelle’s baritone crooning vocals that give the album a familiar and at the same time strange sense of pop standards of a previous century.

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released December 4, 2020

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Produced and arranged by Vasilis Dokakis
Mixed and mastered by Vasilis Dokakis
Vinyl mastering by Yiannis Christodoulatos at Sweetspot Productions

All music and lyrics written by Johnny Labelle except for
- Music on Greek Dark Age by Johnny Labelle and Vasilis Dokakis
- “The Dolphins” written by Fred Neil Published by Third Story Music Inc/BMG Platinum Songs US
- Lyrics of “Poseidonia” from “The Dreams of the Dreamer” and “I Want to Die While you Love Me” by Georgia Douglas Johnson (Public Domain)

Saxophone on “The Dolphins” by Chris Scott

Cover Painting:
He turned his face and heard one bird sing terribly afar by Sasha Streshna
66 x 66 cm
oil on canvas

Photographed by Yiorgis Yerolymbos
Graphic Design by Ira Stamatopoulou

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Johnny Labelle is a singer/songwriter and producer from Athens, Greece.

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