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If You Want

by Cloudbelly

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The first song completed for i know i know i know, “If You Want” is an impassioned conversation between two voices residing in the same body. The heavy, lumbering indie-pop groove anchors Corey’s ever-evolving lyric, as a pitched vocal hook questions both the speaker and the listener over and over: “why would you go?”

lyrics

Shit, I did it again
Left you closed in the cabinet
Breathing your shallow breaths
Counting on me to come find you
Now I wanna give you a chance
To say what you want to me
Love or antipathy
Crimson or curdled or crazy
Why would you go dark again?
You know what happens by now when you do that
Leaving me heartsick, and curled in the cabinet, you
Drunk on the glamor and gleam of some acrobat
With hubris like Icarus, clearing the parapet
If you want
Comfort that doesn’t go cold
Then you’ve gotta give it up
All that shiny stuff
It was never the gold we were told it was
Candle’s guttering out
And the shadows between us
Are tall as the palisades
History’s fixed: What is made cannot be unmade
But the gossamer thread strung between us is all lit up
Whisper a secret, dear: Tell it into your cup
And here in the dark, with my ear pressed against the rim
I’ll breathe in the quiet ‘till the string starts humming, with
If you want
Me to believe in your love
Then you’ve gotta set it down
The fix you think you found
You’ve gotta stop in the doorway
And turn around

credits

released January 12, 2024
-Corey Laitman: songwriting, vocals, acoustic guitar

-Sam Perry: songwriting, electric guitar

-Reed Sutherland: songwriting, engineering, piano, wurlitzer, OP-1, organ, electric bass

-Nate Mondschein: production, engineering, songwriting, drums, percussion, loops, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, piano, organ

-Cynthia Tolson: strings

-Andrew Oedel: engineering, mixing

-Anni Casella: mastering

-Recorded at Ghost Hit Recording, Echo Base Production, and The Barn.

-Mixed at Ghost Hit Recording

-Mastered at Shape Recording

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Cloudbelly Montague, Massachusetts

Cloudbelly makes indie-folk music––perfect for any occasion.

The band is currently gearing up for the drop of their sophomore record, i know i know i know, in early 2024.

Cloudbelly is:
-Corey Laitman (vox, guitar)
-Sam Perry (guitar)
-Nate Mondschein (drums/production) ... more

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