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Hydranism

by Oracle Sisters

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hybbgo An exceptional and exellent album, where all the tracks are living in harmony with melodies and style.
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vaguegrant Delightful and timeless indie folk/rock. Well worth a careful listen. Favorite track: Hail Mary.
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ferment Magnifique album pour ceux qui continuent a rêver de pop, de structure, d'édifice ! des chansons fabuleuses..."cigale song" "sailor song" (par ex) sont extraordinaire, très bel album, j'espère que l'on ne perdra pas les Oracle Sisters trop vite, comme beaucoup trop de groupe perdu en projet solo ici ou la, il y a encore mille chansons a venir chez Oracle , mille façons.
Bravo Madame, bravo Messieurs.
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1.
I wanna be a tramp like you I wanna have all my tales broken just like you On and on and on it’s soon my love On and on and on it’s true you can make a fool of me you choose my love on and on you play the painted rules Better than an English man, the girl I see she understands I don’t wanna have any plan to do Midnight, break lights infuse I wanna be a tramp like you I wanna have all my tales told Just like you On and on the king he feels the same my love On and on and on you save the page You could make a fool of me you choose my love sugar coat or shake your cape and move Better than an English man, the girl I see you understand I don’t wanna hold any hand to fool Midnight milk white and blue I wanna be a tramp like you I wanna have all my tales broken just like you... bababadadabadada... Midnight milk white and blue I wanna be a tramp like you I wanna have all my tales broken just like you...
2.
Hail Mary 02:49
Whoever sets eyes on you with the ball and chain and the attitude says it’s true yes it’s true two records with the same old song and your grandma’s jacket with the pictures on that you drew yes you drew Hail Mary Don’t you want to buy me a new pair of high heel shoes? still reading what your idols said on your three post bed while the rave reviews come through oh come through outside is where the streets bleed red and it’s gone to your head nothing left to do oh it’s true it’s true Hail Mary don’t you want to buy me a new pair of high heel shoes? Hail Mary don’t you want to buy me a new pair of high heel shoes? come on won’t you find me dutch tulips and lay me in a field for the day so long it’s been good to know you can you hear them sing?
3.
RBH 04:16
Why don’t you say you’re sorry? I’ve heard it all before Way back beyond the rumours Time was on your side Always on the outside inside you a bright ballroom a dusty broom you’re not young anymore you got a new tattoo seems unassumed Waiting on an alibi a two way street a place to meet new concrete and you stand by the door so unsure silently Right beside her, right beside her, right beside her, right beside you... Tenors sing a lullaby by the score less is more This is a young man’s war throw flowers at their feet when will we meet the mirror speaks
4.
Hot Summer 02:22
I was alone on the boarded up street the closed signs swung like a poem here where the street sweepers sleep it was a hot summer I was feeling cool there was no one there knowin’ I was lookin’ for you Well the bars were all empty and the pavements were cracked and the river ran wild so I was fast on its track it was a hot summer I sang out of tune there was no one there knowing I was just a fool I’ve got burgundy blood, a tiger stone in my boot hip flask in my pocket we could dance on the roof it was a hot summer and I’m just a fool there was no one there knowing I was looking for you on the other side on the other side of the wild and true sages on the other side on the other side of a you it’s mind mazes It was a Hot summer I was just a fool I knew it right then but there was nothing to do
5.
Cigale Song 03:52
Use me but you just can’t make it right Sooth me and I’ll meet you at midnight Heart ache, the more that you taste of Them wild grapes the more than you want them The mind makes more than you take from it It’s a miracle fool Move me, and we’ll share the things we hide Now lose me, and we’ll find ourselves in time Heart ache the more that you taste of Them wild grapes the more than you want them The more makes more than you take from it It’s a miracle fool everybody everybody, everybody everybody loves, right through me, loves to sooth me heart ache the more that you taste of Them wild grapes the more than you want them The more makes more than you take from it It’s a miracle fool
6.
Peat fire morning buckets full Boots go clap under dressing gown wool Weather girl smiles with her bright blonde hairdo News ain’t good but the suns out soon How do you do, how’s about you? Evergreen sways in salt airs singing We ran like hell till we fell down grinning Over the hedge to the old bag neighbour With a face so sour we should go together How do you do? Hows about you? Old man winks with his eyes wide open Tilt of the head and into the bar room Preacher spits on the high street corner Of the firey pit and the island mourners How do you do? Hows about you?
7.
Big bad baby, did you bite your tongue? Eyes are gambling, though she’s half the fun. So big daddy, did you fire a gun? He’s got money but he’s always on the Run On the Run On the Run On the Run Dear miss Ruby, with her red dress on Walks the shadows though the light is gone. Blue jean baby with your silver charms Two times trouble Keep your lover in your arms In you Arms In your Arms In your Arms On the Run On the Run On the Run On the Run
8.
Paris III 03:36
oh my love oh my love distance to dust.. two way song two way song simple, sincere whatever makes you happy whatever makes you sad whatever makes you happy is a part of you
9.
Sailor Song 02:58
My heart is blue your heart is strange Let em loose the bar breaks the band I’ll be your fool you’ll be mine too let em loose the bar breaks the band soul fly who could decide? Hush little birdie til July So now, swirl of the kites What will it be past this June night? June Night.. My heart is blue your heart is strange Let em loose the bar breaks the band I’ll be your fool you’ll be mine too let em loose the bar breaks the band Well the sun peels back through the plains High wires, old weather veins Dog on a swing Rambling My heart is blue your heart is strange Let em loose the bar breaks the band I’ll be your fool you’ll be mine too let em loose the bar breaks the band Goodnight Scent of the pines Sing little birdie It’s July, July
10.
If only it was all lunch and jazz chords Lately, I’ve been your fool Skiffle and gruel I said open your arms Let in somebody new You always liked those songs That are so close to falling apart If only it as all harps and oysters I keep being your fool The kind you should lose I said open your arms Let in somebody new You always liked those songs That take you right back to the ... Crash go the plates All the band are late The dog is in the kitchen chewing fillet steaks And smoke has filled the room I’m your bakers dozen Pull me out the oven The six string banjo’s cheating Seven days are nothing How could i forget you? Lalalalalaalalala
11.
Modern Love 02:33
Modern love On your mobile phone In a dark room All alone Texting someone You used to know Modern love All alone Modern touch How you’ve grown Simple wishes A small fish bone Stuck in your throat You can cope with it.. Modern love Modern soul Temper tantrums Tarantulas Caught on a string You like to laugh It’s swinging back n forth And you smoke it all Modern pictures Vintage tone Modern love hold me Modern love told me Modern love throws me back in to the world again Take me back To the past Where we strolled on cobbled esplanades And the fun house mirrors Fade to black There were bulb lights flashin’ We paid in cash In to space And back again The old ones lose The children win And I see you smiling Your Cheshire grin On a tree branch swinging In the wind Whistle softly Old songs Of love You learned about The turtle dove And the glove makers All join in song About Modern thoughts And Modern love Modern love holds me Modern love shows me Modern love throws me back in to the world again

about

This album was recorded at the height of the windswept plague of 2020 on the island of Hydra, Greece in the Old Carpet Factory. The band found itself locked down, with no boats coming or going off the island. In this time, with the last sun kissed days turning to winter in the months of October and November. We sang in the ball room, dined in the old wine cellar and paced round the kitchen taking turns cooking 3 meals a day. We would turn off the stove or a cool a pot of boiling water if we wanted to record a vocal take. The old cobbled streets were our forum, and we would debate which way to go on our many walks. Songs were written as fast as we could, some new from on the island and some old were finished there. We met the ghost of the Old Carpet Factory. We gave her a name; we called her ‘Samandu’.Every time she liked a take the lights would flicker. That’s how we knew it was good.
She didn’t always flicker.
It was an ordinary time. It was a special time.
The album was later finished in France in 2021

credits

released April 7, 2023

Credits:
Produced by: Oracle Sisters & Maxime Kosinetz
Mixed by: Noah Georgeson in Los Angeles, CA
Engineered by: Maxime Kosinetz
Mastered by: Philip Shaw Bova
Cover art work by: Eloîse Labarb-Lafon
Graphic Design: Clément Johanet
Recorded at: Old Carpet Factory on Hydra, Greece
Overdubs: Yasmine’s Cabin & La Ferme Records, France

Musicians:
Drums: Cyprien Jacquet a.k.a 'Wend¥ Kill'
Bass: Jerome Goldet
Acoustic guitar: Christopher Willatt
Electric Guitar: Lewis Lazar
Vocals: Christopher Willatt, Lewis Lazar, Julia Johansen
Keyboards and Organ: Lewis Lazar
Piano: Reni Lane (on Tramp Like You, Hail Mary, Sailor Song & Lunch and Jazz Chords),
Lewis Lazar (on RBH, Peatfire Morning, Paris III, Tramp Like You and Prisoner of
Love)
Percussion: Julia Johansen and Cyprien Jacquet a.ka 'Wend¥ Kill'
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Special guests:
Saxophone and Clarinet on 'Hot Summer': Leonard Le Cloarec
Accordion on 'Hot Summer': Pierre Rioufol
Second Piano and Eventide on 'Tramp Like You': Joshua Rouah
Bass on RBH and Paris III: Lewis Lazar
Horn and Clarinet arrangement on ‘Hot Summer’: Lewis Lazar with Leonard Le Cloarec
String arrangement on ‘Ruby’: Julia Johansen
String arrangement on ‘Lunch and Jazz Chords’: Lewis Lazar

Special thanks to: 22TWENTY, Stephan Colloredo, Maja, Margueritte, Cosmo, Our Families, Harvey & Sarah, Theo, Roger Green, Yasmine & Sarah Lavoine, Arthur & Bamboo, Thassula, Bruna Albertini and Samandu for helping us choose the right takes.

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Oracle Sisters Paris, France

Based in Paris, Oracle Sisters is composed of childhood friends Lewis Lazar and Christopher Willatt, and Finnish musician Julia Johansen. Their debut album, Hydranism, is set to be released in early 2023. Recorded on a remote island during the pandemic, it embraces larger than life ballads, intimate folk songs, table thumping rousers and a vision of the world suspended in a timeless place. ... more

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