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Disturbing Body

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Pressed at 45rpm on standard weight black vinyl. Housed in matte-flood printed jacket. Includes handmade lyric booklet. First pressing limited to 200 copies.

    Includes digital pre-order of Disturbing Body. You get 4 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    digital album releases August 11, 2021
    item ships out on or around October 1, 2021
    edition of 200 
    Purchasable with gift card

      $27 CAD or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Pre-order of Disturbing Body. You get 4 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    Purchasable with gift card
    releases August 11, 2021

      $9 CAD  or more

     

1.
Searching for reasons that you stay away Searching for your disturbing body Searching for your disturbing body The math doesn’t add up when I do it alone How many paths travel you home? Disturbing body luring me How does the wind code your mystery?
2.
In needing the antidote Look for the bitter part of the fruit After all the nights so sweet I walk in the street Alone with my tune I savour the bitter part of the fruit You walk on the riverbank You’ve got a friend with you Notice how the light turns blue And something inside Whispers and sighs You’re tasting the bitter part of the fruit
3.
Sun-Spotted Apple
4.
Bluebird
5.
Inertia of a Dream
6.
Flowers 02:19 video
Flowers on the body dead Flowers I sent Powder on the eyes of them They’re too young to die Dying makes a sort of paste It’s good for the eyes Dying makes a sort of cloud It broadens the sky Dying makes a sort of sound It darkens the night The night was a warning For my paciful eyes Heard through the shadows You’d worn a disguise
7.
Salt or Sand
8.
Our Breath 03:06
Wrote a prayer To sing inside my head Touched the wall Forgot that I am small Was alone Found the white hair in my comb And knew the mountain Continued to grow And I thought that perhaps I could join it We dip so low To reach the bottom of the well Singing quiet prayers Underneath our breath Our breath Our breath Our breath Swallows dipping low into the well The search for water causes strange behaviour Eating curdled milk and bread When will we feast again Tied a bracelet onto your wrist With a bell that I had kissed But the bell it froze And went silent in the mist We dip so low To reach the bottom of the well Singing quiet prayers Underneath our breath Our breath Our breath Our breath
9.
Last Sip
10.
Midnight at the Station

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These songs, for the most part, have to do with the heart.

credits

releases August 11, 2021

Ryan Brouwer (flugelhorn / trumpet): 1, 2, 3, 6, 9
Josh Cole (bass): 1, 3, 4, 7, 8
Nick Fraser (sampled drums): 5
Thomas Hammerton (keys): 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9
Blake Howard (percussion): 1, 4, 7, 8
Karen Ng (alto saxophone): 10
Sandro Perri (synth): 5, 8, 10
Steph Yates (guitar / vocals): 1-10

Songs by Steph Yates
Produced and mixed by Sandro Perri
Engineered by Scott Merritt
Recorded at The CottAge in Guelph Nov 8-10, 2019 & Jan 13, 2020
Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering

Photography by JG + SHI
Makeup & hair by Jess Cohen
Sculpture by Steph Yates

Thank you:

Sandro Perri, Scott Merritt, Algis Vaitonis, Scott Thomson, Donna Yates, Bob Yates, Greg Yates, James Irwin, Tyson Brinacombe, Rosa Aiello, Bry Webb, Jonathan Shedletzky, Karen Ng, Josh Cole, Blake Howard, Tom Hammerton, Ryan Brouwer, Sue Merritt, Natalie Logan, Emma Howarth-Withers, Sara Bortolon-Vettor, Emma Bortolon-Vettor, Lanny Gurr, Jade Perry, Jenn E Norton, Carly Hunt, Patrick Cruz, The Kazoo! Crew, Steven Yates, Scott Haynes, Jenny Mitchell, Ray Mitchell, Danny Paillé, Yuula Benivolski, Starr Wolf, Gnathan Campagnaro, Rich Burnett, Kia Iverson, Heather Prouse, Pentagon Black, Julian Holman, Anna Bowen, Curtis Walker, Max the cat

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Cots Montreal, Québec

Cots is the debut solo project by composer, singer, and guitarist Steph Yates.

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