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about
I wrote this song when I was in North Carolina visiting my dad and my partner was across the country back home in the bay area. I had just fallen deeply in love with this person and they were all I could think about- being in the present moment with anyone else was out the window and I basically had hearts in my eyes. This song is about being far away from someone you really want to be next to and feed fruit to and hold hands with. We were only away from each other for a couple of weeks but we sent letters back and forth, and in one my partner actually sent a lock of his hair, a piece of paper with his spit and blood on it, and a circle that was labeled "my soul". So it kind of felt like a scratch and sniff of his entire being and was very comforting at the time. This song also dwells on the idea of being terrified of being so attached to someone and trying to remember the Buddhist ideal that attachment is suffering, but not really even caring about that anymore because I was so in love. This is definitely the most upbeat song I've written, and the "bop bop bop"s were my bassist Mayya Feygina's idea. I thought it was fun and added a bouncy element to it and sent the song in an even happier direction so I decided to keep them. Drummer Sam Jones played congas and tambourine on it, keeping the bounciness going.
lyrics
What's the difference between over here and over there
when I can see you on my screen?
I guess it would be nice, it would be really really nice
if I could feed you a tangerine
Scratch n sniff, scratch n sniff, scratch n sniff, scratch n sniff
All of the letters you sent to me
Your hands were on this little piece of paper
and now the paper’s touching me
Like being together
in a dream
Like being together
in a dream
Except in this one you can come home to me
Picking you a bouquet of flowers
but I know they’re gonna die
within a couple of hours
because I’m holding them too tight
Clinging to the thought of unattachment cuz I know everything will change
but clinging to the thought is still clinging to something
the way that works is strange
Tonight we’re together
in my dreams
Tonight we’re together
in my dreams
And when I wake up
you’re lying next to me
And when I wake up
you’re lying next to me
credits
released June 23, 2021
Written by Mae Powell. Produced and recorded by Jason Kick at Tunnel Vision in Oakland, California.
Mae Powell on guitar and vocals. Mayya Feygina on bass and vocals. Sam Jones on drums, percussion, vocals. Jason Kick on keys.
mae powell is on a mission to spread love and magick across all dimensions. singer, songwriter, rainbow entity!
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email: maenpowell@gmail.com
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