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Wooden Spirits

by Winter By Lake

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1.
Night Birds 05:37
This must be the place Beyond the mountains Black birds on fire Crossing the night You're speechless by the view The stormy weather, the sound of thunder Let it rain, let it I will eat your sun To blow on your land The blackness of my angriness Taking the roads to the dead cities Are you one of them ? Are you one ? The love is faded by the salt Of your tears on the pillow Hopes are thrown Winter by lake The frozen sky of my emptiness I'm a night bird the king of the city I deserve more Than the few seconds We share sometimes With the alcoholic blood Let it rain Let it
2.
On the shore The light off and on Where do you think, i am ? The moon brings back The ghosts in my brain What a mess And the noise of the waves Rolling under my feet Keeps me awake While the wind Pushing me away Did you see the snow falling on doomsday ? Endless stories made the universe Tiny parts of me Make their own now But it's alright, it's alright To falling apart Letting the space between us Melts on the ground The darkest hour is coming To take me The feeling of your silky skin And the smell you let in the bed Let's take the staircase behind the hold house I promise no one get hurt As the shadows going to the bright side The flood, the flood introduces the salvation Of the wooden spirits We float on a wild river In the cold, surrounded by the water Is there something to die for ? Only the sound of the kids
3.
The Fall 06:05
The water is a sin How does it feel ? The piece of wood Around the finger The gift of the soul Upon the bed Let us fall This is the end The end The amazing sound Of our hearts starts to stop Deeper under the silence Deeper under Under Upon the bed Let us fall This is the end The end At night tell me What the ghosts bring back To the soul, to the life Back, back, back to the dark To the light
4.
Old Tree 03:24
I will open your chest, love And blow all the dust on your heart I will open your skull, love And give your thoughts to the light Your light The old tree is burning after the storm This fire is like your words I'm becoming a drinker I'm buried in a box You've made with the old tree's roots Let it go, let it go, I will you do But you won't give me to the skies Dealing with the poison Dealing with my blood Am i just an other drinker ? You're looking for someone else Looking for a soul To keep in a book close to your chest Waiting for the rain to come
5.
Odd Fish 03:30
Walking deep in the sea Looking at the faces around me Wearing some dark clothes Trying to find the magnificent door To going through the edge of time The birth of the lies Calm down Did you ever try to smoke under the sea ? The air is running out Farewell, farewell my friend Calm down Open your eyes Let the nightmare behind Leave your bed Until The next struggle Odd fish Why are you so cruel with the little words in your mouth ? And the battle is coming soon To you I'm still dreaming and waiting for The riot
6.
Our Curse 06:11
Kitten is playing with a ball of yarn Waiting a man to come in his home A woman is crying alone Thinking of the day she had Life is a prison cell for her Workers would you join us ? To erase the lines on the wall Sing slow Our curse is sleeping Sing slow Don't wake up the king! And when our hands will rise Turning clouds into rain You will not have any tears to cry Father, where have you been ? Letting us to rule the world With no clues Mother, take care of the kind beings For the riot to come In our minds Joy rise Washing the lies Is it a dream ? It's so real The wall is down As you can see The rain bury our curse
7.
Taking your fears Won't change anything You are still living on the edge Losing yourself with someone else Once you kissed me A bullet in the heart Wooden spirits won't see The shelter of the blind The night covers the sky Strangers don't understand That the walls are painted in black Like the lines on the paper You used to fill When the dawn rise The cat open its eyes to hunt Downtown at night after The funeral of our love The best funeral ever Told the friends Keepers are waiting a sign To close the door I take a ship and sailing on your skin Taking my life, taking my mind Carrying the curse How does it feel to write that on your skin ? Write down
8.
Dead man's bones, you're coming With your white skin Dead man's bones, take me out of here Out of the night I can't see your face Only your skinny skull And the fear that you give Knocking at the gates Listening to the sound of my lost life Thoughts are blowing in my head Like a kid amused by the fire Dead man's bones, I will burn you Again remembering the old days Dead man's bones run away Before the devil's jaws gets you Hurry up my time has come Hurry up the day is done Knocking at the gates Listening to the sound of my lost life Thoughts are blowing in my head Like a kid amused by the fire The air is fading now Cause the unseen sins are over us We will find a home To protect us against the flood
9.
The war is over I put my brand new clothes on Walking on a highway With no directions in mind Soldiers keep struggle in the field I wish they'll find an exit to their life Today I cut The wire between us Open my wings And you old men You are on your way To see your love again And stay in the clouds with her You used to make me New toys with young branches Playing in the garden Making some noise again As I grew up I let you in a house With a cat And a fire to warm you I tried to be someone like you Taking care of the others Having a quiet life But it was different wars, different times The world is turning mad When i'm looking a picture of you I'm so proud to have A part of my blood coming from you I have to cut the link now And the last words are Thank you Old man

about

Following the acclaimed Stories from Birds and Horses, Winter By Lake lets us discover Wooden Spirits, the sophomore album of this protean artist.

Wooden Spirits is an autobiographical fiction.

The winter inspiration of his first album gives way to Polaroids of those moments that arise unexpectedly in our minds: ramblings of the conscious and the unconscious.

Like the previous album, Winter By Lake has done everything: music, lyrics, recording and mixing. A course of two years in his Paris studio which began shortly after the release of Stories.

The album was mastered by Harris Newann (Constellation Label) in a process of sound quality against the current running at too high levels found in the current productions that tend to degrade the sound. To make it simple, strong doesn't mean better.

Wooden Spirits is a continuity in the approach of this rare artist, but a break in the current musical universe.

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released February 24, 2014

Music, recording and mixing by Winter By Lake
Mastering by Harris Newman, Grey Market Mastering, Montréal, Canada

Babysue
Totally cool and moody French groove pop. This is the second full-length release from Winter By Lake...and it's a keeper. The album features nine subtle voyages into the world of modern electronic pop. These songs are dreamy and direct, slightly commercial, but much more artistic in nature overall. We can't speak or read French, so we couldn't make out much from the press release that accompanied this album. But we were able to determine that the band is the solo project created by Nicolas Cancel. One of the reasons why Cancel's songs work so well...is the fact that they are presented so simply without a lot of unnecessary ingredients muddying the mix. The arrangements here are specific to each song...and the vocals are wonderfully breathy and hushed. If you're a fan of folktronica, dream pop, or electronica...there's a good chance you'll totally dig the nifty heady sound of these tracks. Our favorite cuts include "Night Birds," "The Fall," and "The War Is Over." Top pick.

Les Inrockuptibles
“(...)Le coeur de cette folktronica bat sous une fine couche de glace qui craquelle dès que l’on y pose un pied. Le Parisien avait déjà séduit avec un premier album charmeur, Stories from Birds and Horses. Il revient aujourd’hui avec ce Wooden Spirits envoûtant, aux humeurs à la fois douces et sauvages.” 4/5

Benzine Magazine
“Véritable artisan de la musique, Winter By Lake revient avec un nouvel album personnel et sensible, entre slowcore et électronica. Ou comment l’introspection permet d’atteindre des sommets…”

Magic
“(…) Le rendu sonore de Wooden Spirits est proprement incroyable, notamment dans l'imbrication entre instruments électriques et programmations électroniques. Les compositions sont pop et mélancoliques…”

Longueur d'ondes
“(...) Une poésie à l'anglaise captivante qui repose sur une certaine schizophrénie musicale. Cet album s'inscrit dans le style folktronica : l'hymne à la nature et l'appel au voyage touchent aux racines du folk tandis que les sons électro minimalistes s'invitent dans une atmosphère épurée. Pas étonnant que l'homme-orchestre soit féru de littérature japonaise ! Un album délicat qui reste fidèle aux valeurs du label : sobriété et sincérité… ”

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