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Wet Matchbox

by grisa

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Lowlife 02:30
Lowlife Burning my eyes You said time would bring it down So why not tear it apart From now From now Lowlife Lowlife Lowlife Lowlife Burning my eyes Burning my eyes (Lowlife) Burning my eyes (Lowlife) Burning my eyes (Lowlife) Burning my eyes (Lowlife) Burning my eyes (Lowlife) Burning my eyes
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Expectations 01:53
Let me down But take me home I'll do better off alone So they say Life is short It's all unfair, it's all unfair, it's all unfair And if you loved me Why does it always hurt Shattered expectations and all again that's no one's fault Take me for another ride I won't say a word this time I'll burn for you I'll die inside It's all on fire, it's all on fire, on fire
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Pieces 02:16
Disrupting slow to pieces Like they have always done We're trapped inside a box there Your gaze is getting me down Down We've made it all by our hands Where time devours it all It's hard to turn and look back Your eyes are burning me down Down It's getting harder now Don't try to break the cover We both have a crown of ice We're trapped in our desert lives Where it just hurts all the time Time It's getting harder now

about

As quatro músicas de “Wet Matchbox” surgiram em momentos de coração apertado e nostalgia.

“Eu tinha mudado completamente minha vida mais uma vez e é inevitável, o tempo sempre passa e arrasta tudo consigo. Nas viagens de ônibus eu escrevi as letras de Lowlife, Expectations e Pieces que vieram em inglês a minha mente. Fui escrevendo e gravando tudo em um grupo de whatsapp que tenho só comigo, gravei as melodias cantando bem baixinho no fone porque geral estava dormindo no ônibus“.

Chegando em Paraguaçu, ela passou um dia e uma madrugada gravando e mixando as músicas no quarto, sempre em um take, geralmente o primeiro. “Sei que existem alguns erros mas a veracidade daqueles pedacinhos de áudio vale mais do que qualquer outra coisa“.

Depois ela levou estes pedacinhos de verdade para o Yann Dardenne no Estúdio Fiaca em São Paulo para mixar e depois para o Canil Recs em Juiz de Fora onde masterizou com Everton Surerus com quem Giovana já havia feito o EP “Caos // Mar Aberto”.

Com uma faixa instrumental e 3 com letras em inglês, “Wet Matchbox” é o primeiro lançamento no idioma que não é estranho para Giovana que sempre compôs em diferentes línguas.

O título do EP tem a ver com uma particularidade: todas as músicas possuem frases que remetem ao fogo. Além disso, as músicas são carregadas de uma confusão temporal, na qual passado, presente e futuro se confundem, marcada pela desilusão com a própria passagem do tempo em si.

As referências e influências passam por Ulrika Spacek, Deerhunter, Animal Collective, Beak> que segundo Giovana são nomes que ouviu bastante na época da composição do EP, além de outras influências perenes: “Eu tenho alguns álbuns e EPs preferidos que eu sei que sempre me influenciaram e nunca vão deixar de me emocionar, como é o caso do ‘His Young Heart’ e o ‘The Wild Youth’ da Daughter, ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ do Bon Iver e ‘Carrie & Lowell’ do Sufjan Stevens. Compositoras que me marcaram muito durante a vida além da Elena Tonra (Daughter e Ex:Re) são Anika, Nico e Angel Olsen“.

A capa parece foto mas é uma pintura a óleo da artista Gabriela Korr de Juiz de Fora.


[ENG]
The four tracks on "Wet Matchbox" came about in a nostalgic moment.

"I had completely changed my life once again and it's inevitable, time always passes and drags everything with it. On bus rides, I wrote the lyrics. I was recording everything in a WhatsApp group that I have all to myself, I recorded the melodies whispering on my phone because everyone was sleeping on the bus".

Arriving at her home town, Paraguaçu Paulista, in Southeast Brazil, she spent a day and an early morning recording and mixing the songs in her bedroom, always in one take, usually the first. "I know there are some mistakes but the veracity of those little audio pieces is worth more than anything else."

With one instrumental track and three lyrics in English, "Wet Matchbox" is her first release in a language that is not strange to Giovana, which is always composed in different languages.

The title of the EP has to do with a particularity: all songs have phrases that refer to fire. Besides, the songs are full of temporal confusion, in which past, present and future get mixed up, marked by the disillusion with the passage of time itself.

The references and influences go through Ulrika Spacek, Deerhunter, Animal Collective, Beak> that according to Giovana are names that she heard a lot at the time of the composition of the EP, besides other perennial influences: like Daughter, Bon Iver and Sufjan Stevens.

One may think the cover art is a photo but it actually is an oil painting by artist Gabriela Korr from Juiz de Fora, where Giovana lives now.

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released November 18, 2022

Composição: Grisa
Instrumental/Voz: Grisa
Produção/Gravação: Grisa (em seu bedroom studio, Paraguaçu Paulista - SP)
Engenheiro de Mix: Yann Dardenne (Estúdio Fiaca, São Paulo - SP)
Engenheiro de Master: Everton Surerus (Canil Recs, Juiz de Fora - MG)
Arte da Capa: Gabriela Korr

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