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Florist [Album]

by Ilithios

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1.
We’re going nowhere It’s cruel weather for days I know you're lonely You swore if you had some time alone You’d find the strength to make your life whole Another moment slips by and we’re still waiting for you So what's your secret How hard you say goodbye but it's feeling like a realness Far down in your bones I'm not your spiritual father figure Hide my face from all your pictures We’re different people different people Are we all packed up Where we go next we won't ever know I know it's lonely For strangers hoping to be a little less alone Without a plan to make ourselves whole
2.
Florist 03:51
You wanna go out tonight But I’m a terrible dancer You wanna go out tonight Don’t you know i’m a terrible dancer When you look closer Why don’t you say whats on your mind Tonight tonight (Don't wanna see this Don't wanna feel this) Oh I wanna be where you are Tonight tonight (Don't want your heartache I wanna be where you are Don't want your patience Don't want your fury Don't want to be the same so come and stay where you are with your new start are we new stars Im gonna find myself where you have hidden yourself Cause Your patient and I'm curious So move closer) Wont you look closer? Won’t you move closer? So you go out tonight Im a terrible dancer Still your voice shivvers my bones Wont you move closer (Don't wanna see this Don't wanna feel this) Oh I wanna be where you are Tonight tonight (Don't want your heartache I wanna be where you are Don't want your patience Don't want a savior Don't want to save your soul I wanna be where you are Are you inpatient? are you a florist? Do we arrange ourselves Or do we stay how we are Cause you're vacant And I'm curious So move closer) Wont you look closer? Won’t you move closer?
3.
O Hell 03:53
Darling / assuming were approaching the summertime Is it only patience thats keeping us both in line We count the seconds till / we see what still left outside We count the seconds till / were moving like an ocean and moon overnight And now were back in our house We make our proclamations Is this the mess were living in Is this the world were living in I am the mess you live with Mess you live with A memory Is just what you came for And im not the same anymore But αγαπη μου / (my love) It doesnt matter anyway We know its true We never mattered anyway We make our proclamations Is this the mess were living in Is this the world were living in I am the mess you live with Mess you live with So be here with me Is this the mess were living in Is this the world were living in Is this the shit were living with Is this the shit were living with It this the mess were living in
4.
P.Y.G. 02:56
Never gonna feel the same Never gonna call your number Could it really be that you left all your things and took off to return in the summer Do you wanna plant some lilies Do you wanna call me a pervert Do you think think the landlord knows were downloading porn on our neighbors wifi (We say our prayers now) Oh man you used to be a writer (We say our prayers now) You couldve been an excellent mother We say our prayers now It's too late to start on new plans At the end of the world On a follow up chance That we might feel better All stocked on cans now So pretty boy yeah Do u wanna polish yer guns now? So pretty boy now Do you even write your own parts? Pretty boy now. Do u wanna polish your guns now?? (We say our prayers now) Oh man you used to be a writer (We say our prayers now) You couldve been an excellent mother We say our prayers now It's too late to start on new plans At the end of the world On a follow up chance That we might feel better All stocked on cans now
5.
Do i let this go on Did i do this all wrong In a room full of strangers You appeared thru the fog its just like the old times And i see u move on And it gone in a blink of yer eyes I'm gonna let these things slide Its always best just to let things go by Come and show me your hands Im gonna show you how your fortunes goes bad When your heroes grow old And your fearlessness goes too U wanna be on your own And its gone in a blink of your eye But youve always been hiding Always Move on move on move on
6.
We used to play dumb Awake in dark rooms Your love is no fun Sometimes i'm no fun And U live ur life right Resisting all charms I got my head straight Were breaking no hearts and u moved to the country and Theres a song looped in the backyard So dont wait for me honey Dont wait for me I wish you would Wish you would So make the right move No time to play dumb Youre all ive wanted and there's just no time to wait around Lets leave the country Lets leave the city well live together And move wherever
7.
Santa Fea 03:25
You were driving late at night Smoke in the rearview and the loneliness is fine when ur searching for a breakthru well you never close your mind And your pain is like a bright light We we're dancing in the night And your name is Santa fea Η αγάπη μακρινή Το πρόσωπο σου φεγγει I can see it in your eyes And you say wont betray us Η αγάπη μακρινή Do you feel our suffering I can see it in your eyes And I know you see it in my eyes too When they found you in your bed Did they think you died too And we never read the news And we never turn the lights on when theres darkness in your room And the pharmacists and the bureaucrats after endless operations We can end your suffering We can end your suffering And your name is santa fea We can end your suffering End ur suffering I can see it in your eyes And I know you see it in my eyes too When we found you in your bed Oh we thought you died but After endless operations We can end your suffering We can end your suffering And my name is santa fea I can end your suffering
8.
I am so happy to be here right now This is the prettiest place on earth I am filled with optimism We no longer feel the panic of loneliness I love to look at pictures of my friends Our past is getting further away from us I am overcome with feelings of joy Let me show you Ill arrange it like a florist
9.
No regrets Haunting u This is an exorcism So eat your heart out So don't tell me nothings wild u can hide your face but dont hide ur smile Oh lover.. Ur such a pacifist Are you mommas boy With a crystal ball And ur visions blurred Such a vision such a vision Im gonna rattle your sabre Im not the prettiest girl but i know ur Not as well… all these visions all these visions Its immaterial Im a material girl In and out of ur mind Ur a child of mysticism Cause u work so hard Figuring out a perfect future And your friends still pray Bringing flowers for all ur occassions In my silhouette You can dress up all my features Are you mommas boy With a crystal ball And ur visions blurred Such a vision such a vision Im gonna rattle your sabre We may be sexual creatures But dont fucking touch me all these visions all these visions Its immaterial Im a material girl
10.
Is this our song now Is this the dance we do alone Is this the part we wipe out from our life These are the days waiting Our lovers Are playing dead we mean you no harm love Hey man the witch is coming home This is the finest spring weve known How dare you speak to her You basic Unkempt silly little boy You're such a basic little boy I'm sure you meant us no harm You're not ready
11.
All you're friends are out tonight But you're staying inside Say you've got shadows That follow home You were always far away cause Cause you never found your place Im the note you left behind In the home that you erase And your FB updates say that youre still alive But theres no proof of how you might still survive Oh well you were hiding so much beauty that i thought that i might die I know it makes no sense but broken hearts make sense no times I wanna watch you grow old Oh grow old Forevers too long Just tell me You are home tonight I'm yours tonight
12.
Buttons 03:56
U forget more with each day now But don't forget what u love U dont like flowers Don't believe in heaven too Were awakened by explosions In a dream both of us had died I Don't say what i think anymore Close your crescent eyes I dont believe in anything or anyone anymore All you space cadets How're you doing? We accept our new fates everyday So close ur eyes, pretend ur mine All this heartaches fine U dont even really know my features how could you push my buttons? Youre a memory thats going to be erased Και to ξημέρωμα μας φεύγει πώς φτάσαμε εδώ Δεν ντύνομαι στα σκοτεινά Και το πρόσωπο μου αλλάζει Σαν μια ιστορία απελπισίας αδιαφορεί Μονόχρωμη (greek // and dawn is escaping us How did end up here? I dont get dressed in the dark And my face is changing Like a history of desperation Indifferent, monochrome) Say your prayers with mine Nobody cares what we think anymore Im no florist im no painter Nobody says what they think anymore
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about

Ilithios, which translates as “idiot” in Greek, was born in Queens, New York. Raised between there and Greece by his Korean mother and Greek father, he perpetually found himself working to find how he could connect with any of the cultures of his blended background. As a result, he often leaned into differences, finding space where he could be himself in the uncomfortable cultural gaps he experienced. This search for identity forged a unique sense of self where the ability to perform helped to overcome insecurities, while his existence between cultures gave him an ability to view things from an askew perspective. The result is a larger than life, seemingly “pop” persona under which he’s able to smuggle a weary, yet uncynical, set of sensibilities.

Those who’ve seen one of the several livestream performances Ilithios has produced during quarantine recognize an artist striving to satisfy not only an audience, but his own desire to challenge himself to do something bigger and better than the norm. Each event– as much performance art as anything–is something of a crucible of musical and technological challenges, pushing the limits of what you might expect from the format.

Now, that desire to push himself has resulted in a full-length album called ‘Florist’–thirteen tracks, produced before and during the pandemic. The lead single and title track (as well as the accompanying music video), with its themes of feeling out of sync and never feeling satisfied or satisfying, perhaps perfectly captures both the persona behind it and the voice behind the album as a whole. The single also features additional vocals by Ana Becker, from the band Catty (which features Ilithios on bass).

Released by new labels Totally Real Records and Stereoactive Media, while also financially backed by Stereoactive Media–which in addition to being a label is also a new incubator supporting media and art of various sorts-Ilithios’ debut album is the first marker laid down in an already planned artistic journey that will rather quickly include two further releases that are already in the works.

credits

released October 23, 2020

All songs written, performed, and produced by Ilithios

Co-produced and mixed by Jeff Berner
Mastered by Carl Saff
Recorded at Cavebird in Brooklyn, NY

Additional playing/sounds:

Jeff Berner
- guitar on tracks 6, 7, 8, 11
- lap steel on track 3
- synth on tracks 7, 9

Rosie Slater - lead vocals on track 6
Bryan Thornton - guitar on track 3
Ana Asnes Becker - vocals on track 2
Andréa DeFelice - vocals on track 11, sound design on track 7
Amanda B. - sound design on track 7
Eftihia Nomikos - sound design on track 7

Cover photo by Andrea DeFelice
Layout and additional design by Jeremiah McVay & Bryan Bruchman

Special thanks to Hans, Benji, Gavin, Soft Glow NYC, Jeremiah, Bryan, Ana, Rosie, Don, Bryan T, Jeff, Maryanne, Jen M, Mom, Andréa, and all those who motivated, inspired, and helped with Ilithios. xoxoM

Released by Stereoactive Media + Totally Real Records [SAM002/TRR007]

www.ilithios.com
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