We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Countless

by Nennen

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $6 CAD  or more

     

1.
Here It Is 05:50
it's that time in the spring now everything's singing and I'm trying to listen I don't want to miss anything it's the height of the season o radiant June the city's awake now it's looking for you up on the mountain and down in the bars in the light of a moment of love in the dark I'd give anything for anything other than this but here it is I know I'm not your witness and you're not my muse you're just as gone as I am here now there's nothing as strange as the truth up on the mountain and down in the bars in the light of a moment of love in the dark I'd give anything for anything other than this but here it is when I wandered in circles you were there all the same just as patient in presence as you were fierce in the chase when I feel like a stranger lost inside my own shame I remember your kindness I remember your grace when I forget I love music when I forget my own name I hear you call me back... up on the mountain and down in the bars in the light of a moment of love in the dark there's an echo of you in this luminous bliss here it is
2.
Countless 03:25
I said you died so many times it lost all meaning became a sound the space you left is infinite there is no start, no end of it I sound it out hundreds, thousands, millions, countless this can't make sense I gave my body to the sky to the water that held me and in their depths I was infinite, for a moment I felt you close they set me down I let you go they hold you now
3.
I had a dream that we were playing music I had to leave but I wanted to stay tried to explain but you told me not to worry you laughed and said "I died, anyway" sometimes it feels like everything's important sometimes it feels like there's nothing to do up on Van Horne, I stay to watch the sunset light up the scar of my new tattoo the one we got for you and now I have your fox fur stole now I have your high heeled shoes these unexpected things you chose I know they should still belong to you so what do I do? when even now, I don't know how to write this song I'm scared of getting something wrong as though there's some right way to do this with you gone drinking from your coffee mug bathing in the fading light just as I was looking up a flock of autumn birds took flight if we have to let you go if we have to see this through at least I have the sad relief of knowing that you know that, too there'll always be a part of you with me
4.
Ruby 04:27
5.
I would have taken you dancing every night I had the chance to I would have stayed out late til they played your favourite one hit wonder to dance to would've memorized the stars in your eyes, constellations all your own if I had known you always loved to remind me that the bitter lets us taste the sweet it was never gonna last, forever was a vaster promise than the world could keep still, I could've listened to you talk for hours brought you flowers every time I came home if I had known hey darlin, would you dance with me? wherever you are, I'll take your lead close my eyes, take your hand trust my body, follow the band make my peace, release my fear I won't need it here I've never trusted a moment not to fall apart in my hands mind on the horizon, endless analyzing, waiting for the perfect plan and maybe it's too much to ask of you now to forgive what I didn't do but I hope you do hey honey, wanna dance with me? wherever you are, I think I'm ready close my eyes, take your hand trust my body, follow the band make my peace, release my fear I won't need it here one by one, two by two every star aligns with you point me home, hope I'll see you soon when the stars come down and the morning gets her crown just before the sweet surrender to the day I hear you say: can I take you dancing?

about

I wrote most of these songs after the sudden passing of my friend and bandmate Joni Sadler on May 30, 2021.

Just as our vaccines were taking hold, just as Montreal's glorious spring was cresting, just as it felt like the world might safely receive our cautious first steps into bars and studios and loved ones' arms -- Joni was gone.

In the weeks and months that followed her death, I wanted to stay present with the visceral reality of grief, without imposing meaning or forcing understanding onto it.

Writing these songs gave me a much-needed anchor. They allowed me to open up to the energy that circulates in proportion to the abundance of Joni’s life, to the space she created with her presence. Countless hours of loving space.

“Take You Dancing” was the last song I played for Joni when she was alive. She was an integral force in the communities and creations that I renewed my vows to through writing it, in the midst of the unknowns of the pandemic.

We will never be the same without her.

To learn more about Joni's beautiful life, visit www.jonisadler.com

Whether or not you knew and loved Joni, I hope this music can offer something to you.

Thank you for reading, listening, and supporting.

- Amy

===================

Thanks to Kathy and Doug Sadler, Richard Monette, Fred Casia, Aaron Vansintjan, Steve Newton, Corey Gulkin, Jessica Brown, Alex Macdonald, James Goddard, Graham Latham, Taylor Norris, the Suite 403 mates, Ragnar & Pan

Lucas, Tasy, Bev, and Omar, thank you for giving so much to this record, musically and beyond.

Ky, thank you for meeting these songs with your signature blend of wizardry, patience, love, and kindred understanding.

Joni, thank you for everything.

===================

Link to donate to Joni Sadler's memorial bursary at Concordia University: futurefunder.carleton.ca/giving-fund/joni-sadler-memorial-bursary/

===================

This EP was funded entirely out of pocket, and supported by the generosity of its collaborators. Every listen, share, and purchase means the world – thank you.

If you have the means and desire to further support Nennen and everyone who makes our music possible, you can contribute directly at paypal.me/findnennen

credits

released May 27, 2022

Music & lyrics by Amy Macdonald
“Ruby” was shaped with ideas and raw material from Ky Brooks, Lucas Huang, Tasy Hudson, Omar Husain, and Richard Monette

Amy Macdonald: vocals, piano, guitar, bowed cymbal (track 2)
Bev Ross: harp (track 1)
Lucas Huang: drums (track 3), cymbal (track 4)
Tasy Hudson: bass (track 3), synth & vocals (track 4)
Ky Brooks: synth & vocals (track 4)
Omar Husain: guitar (track 4)

Co-produced by Amy Macdonald and Ky Brooks
Engineered and mixed by Ky Brooks
Additional mixing on “Ruby” by Amy Macdonald
Additional engineering by Tasy Hudson, Omar Husain, and Bev Ross
Recorded at Hotel2Tango & The Welding Club in Montreal, & at home
Mastered by Harris Newman at Greymarket Mastering

Cover photo by Thomas Boucher

Contact: nennenmusic@gmail.com

license

tags

about

Nennen Montreal, Québec

≡ 𝖉𝖊𝖕𝖙𝖍 𝖒𝖊𝖙𝖆𝖑 ≡
♡ ᴊᴏɴɪ ꜱᴀᴅʟᴇʀ ꜰᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀ ♡
---
contact: nennenmusic@gmail.com

contact / help

Contact Nennen

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

Nennen recommends:

If you like Nennen, you may also like: