We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Helm

by YOU RASKAL YOU

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Purchasable with gift card

     

1.
I don't mean to be overprotective it's a solid fact that a helmet helps sometimes you had a dream then you went and wrecked it it's a solid fact that a helmet helps sometimes when you loose your mind who's gonna help you find it who's gonna take your side when you break your heart who's gonna break your fall who's gonna take that call when you loose your mind live can seem like some easy ride along the countryside on a sunny day but you can break down any time far from any town with not a living soul around who will be there darling when you're going down grab a hold of me don't let Old Gravity get the best of you
2.
with love 03:42
the rock crushes the scissors and the scissors cut the paper but how how how does the paper beat the rock she just wraps it up like a present in a beautiful color and pretty little card that reads with love I asked my brother I asked my brother why why in the heavens should I bother why should bother to multiply well he just points at the smile on his little boy's face and with the same boyish smile he says I rest my case the rock crushes the scissors and the scissors cut the paper but how how how does the paper beat the rock well I asked my sister I asked my little sister how how can you stand your hands to blister and your knees to bruise, how can you allow well she shrugs her shoulders and she rolls her eyes brother you might be older but you sure ain’t wise
3.
I don't need your company said the flower to the bee when love is sweet you come to me when it turns sour you just leave me I got no more honey for you we just can't seem to agree a sailor calling in the breeze north or south, west or east you're just gonna just blow me the way you please I got no more honey for you I need you love I need you love so bad but you still treat me like I’m some kind of fool and I just can’t have that
4.
eveyone’s trying in their own way turtle on it’s back jack rabbit running down the track everybody’s frightened saying their own little prayer before their own little shrine eveyone’s trying in their own way the muslims and the jews they all sing the blues everybody’s carrying carrying their own weight I have to carry mine gimme one open arm baby give me two I can't tell what I'm looking for but I know you lost it too eveyone’s trying in their own way the farmers and the miners the graphic designers everybody’s waiting waiting for the universe to sing and the planets to align everyone’s trying to start new day to make it through the night and wake up to a light that shines down on their face knowing everything is fine gimme one loving arm baby give me two I can't tell what I'm looking for but I know you want it too gimme me some lucky charm something to hold on to I can't tell what I'm looking for but I know you've seen it too
5.
just for me 04:22
6.
solid gold 04:48
7.
handle it 03:45
well I have been wondering all about this thing we got going on love is the the most wonderous thing but you gotta know how to handle it right true love and misery two apples fallen from the same old tree sometimes things blow the right way but they can blow up right on your face you gotta know how to handle it right you can make me so blue when you go that don't make it love that don't make it love I can hold you tight all through the night that don't make me your lover that don't make it love well I have been wondering all about this thing we got going on love is the the most wonderous thing baby if you know how to handle it right that don't make me your lover that don't make it love
8.
morning lover underneath these covers and these sheets we will stay the rest of the day in retreat morning lover we don't need to answer for this life we lead we both know it's shallow but it's sweet the rain may fall and the wind may blow we might be snowed in for all we know love will come in a different guise a different shape, a different size and to some love will come as a surprise so girl if this is fate our only sin would be to let it wait it's not too early and it's surely not too late the rain may fall and the wind may blow we might be snowed in fish in the water and the fish don't swim in the water and the fish don't swim

about

Helm:

Na twee warm onthaalde albums kiest YOU RASKAL YOU voor een radicaal andere aanpak op nummer drie: een gebalde collectie nummers in dezelfde sfeer geschreven en in één korte periode opgenomen. De mosterd wordt gehaald bij oude soul-, funk- en rocksteady-opnames.

Hun zoektocht naar de klank van de golden sixties brengt de band naar de befaamde Toe Rag studios in Londen. In deze analoge tijdscapsule (waar ondermeer Elephant van de White Stripes werd opgenomen) worden onder het waakzame oog van producer Liam Watson zes nummers van het album live op tape ingespeeld. Deze compromisloze old school opnametechniek werkt even bevrijdend als inspirerend.

Terug thuis, wachtend op de mix uit Londen, blijft de inspiratie nazinderen. In de Sputnik Studio in Schoten worden last minute nog twee extra nummers opgenomen. Eveneens volgens het Toe Rag-principe: live met de hele band in dezelfde ruimte.

Het complete album is doordrongen van een sprankelende feelgood sound, gedragen door spartaanse grooves. De geest van Pops Staples, Allen Toussaint of Lee Dorsey is nooit veraf. Het speelplezier is duidelijk voelbaar.

We horen droge bas en drums in de hoofdrol, spaarzame gitaarlicks, accenten op orgel of piano en veel ruimte voor de vocals. De contouren worden harmonisch bijgekleurd door een subtiele blazersectie en een vrouwenkoortje. Vooral de backingvocals zijn elementair. Ze voegen extra soul en gospel toe, maar zijn ook een graadmeter voor de groove: als de zangeressen spontaan meewiegen zit het goed.

Een compact album vraagt om en korte en krachtige titel. Helm verwijst naar het openingsnummer a Helmet Helps, en is tevens een saluut aan Levon Helm, de drummer van The Band, wiens groovy stijl een constant ijkpunt was voor de feel van de plaat.

Helm verschijnt op 5 februari 2016 en wordt verdeeld via N.E.W.S.

credits

released February 5, 2016

saxes: Marc De Maeseneer, Hanne De Backer
backing vocals: Prisca Agnes Nishimwe, Céline Angilis
producer, engineer: Liam Watson at Toe Rag Studio, London

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

YOU RASKAL YOU Antwerpen, Belgium

contact / help

Contact YOU RASKAL YOU

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like YOU RASKAL YOU, you may also like: