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Middle class luxury

by Beau bandit

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1.
You never said before that you needed more, more distance and more time, you're shyer than I am. You're speaking with the voice of a sparrow through the noise, but I can hear it loud, even in the middle of a crowd. Those things that you don't show, I can see them grow. Another step ahead, and you will feel the waves from the sea. Another step aside, and you will see the forest from the trees. You're no longer a child but still got your baby face. I know you're gonna learn much faster than I've learned. There is a life to live and so much love to give, and so much to receive before we fail to breathe. Those things that you don't know, they will ebb and they will flow. Another step ahead, and you will feel the waves from the sea. Another step aside, and you will see the forest from the trees.
2.
I don't wanna be rude to you Reality is coming soon I don't wanna be rude to you, You're gonna love the big kaboom The bubble surrounds us all, we lose control of everything and everyone. Oh, the heat is on ! Bang on time, through ups and downs, we failed to mine cold water from the ice. Who's left to pay the price ? We dance to the rhythm of an ancient track it's a bad bad place to be at. I don't wanna be rude to you Reality is coming soon I don't wanna be rude to you Reality is coming soon Reality is coming soon You're gonna love the big kaboom Someone put a big dollar sign on Sunset Strip. You'd better send a souvenir, it ain't worth the trip. It's not a cruise on the Nile, it's a different style, more like partying at the spa of the Costa Concordia We dance to the rhythm of an ancient track it's a bad bad place to be at. We got to break down the door and then we'll find a way and play the way we choose to play I don't want to be rude to you Reality is coming soon I don't want to be rude to you, You're gonna love the big kaboom Hey Sweetie can you taste the waste ? Or feel the disgrace ? Who said we're running out of time ? The peak is hard to climb Don't sweat it if I give up, if I let us down, Like butter on a warm knife I melt and hit the ground I don't wanna be rude to you Reality is coming soon I don't wanna be rude to you Reality is coming soon Reality is coming soon I don't wanna be rude to you I don't wanna be rude to you You're gonna love the big kaboom
3.
Tell our friends I'm back in town and I'm really happy. Go tell them I'm another guy, No longer angry. Life ends up being a bitch when you cannot sleep, but now I'm done with all kinds of violence, I take my pills. Tell the other guy that I'm doing allright I don't really care for that kinda Romeo, but I know you do. I hope he's working out fine for you though he's no brand new. Tell the other guy that I'm doing allright
4.
I can believe in birds, I can't believe in angels I don't believe in girls and don't believe in boys I don't even try I know it's a trap. Only with time I 'll be the only bird to fly through the galaxies, I'm a little rocketship, I'm from a different species. You don't want to see who I really am I'm a David Bowie fan and I live up in the sky surrounded with love, surrounded with stars surrounded with love, oral sex and junkies, dressed up with striped panties, I'm a David Bowie Fan, I don't care what they say Beneath the Bebop moon or beneath the Mambo Sun I know it's coming soon.. What ? the day we'll find life on Mars ! I'm gonna meet Major Tom, I'm gonna put my helmet on. Now gravity is gone, I'm surrounded with love, surrounded with stars, surrounded with love, oral sex and junkies, dressed up with striped panties, I'm floating high above the dark side of the moon, the cosmos is my room, I'm a David Bowie Fan, I don't care what they say
5.
Houdini 03:30
Am I asking for too much when I’m asking for that much? Am I running out of breath when I’m running to your place ? I don't really feel that old, but it looks like what we’re told I’m not giving peace a chance unless Yoko cleans the mess unless we find what it takes unless Yoko cleans the mess unless we find what it takes Like Houdini at his best We're true believers, true believers I couldn't think of what to say when you asked « Why I wasn't trying? » I'm not such a clever guy, never know what I feel inside. I'd love to teach you how to change the world, but my lessons are left unheard. Time knows what really matters, Love grows as you count the days, Love grows in the rainy days Love grows as you count the days, Love grows in the rainy days Like Houdini at his best We're true believers, true believers
6.
I'm twenty 03:45
It's almost June and the summer's on the edge of falling on our heads. Pretty soon we'll be sleeping in the grass, A luxury of the middle class, and we could wait here for the most of our lives before a chance arrives. I'm feeling thankful today for the small things I see, Happy birthday to me. This is a day I'll recall when I'm weary and old , I'm twenty and free. The world is my oyster, but the future is unseen, in distant promises. Hope I'll have my time, my days, or my years of happiness and joy I'm feeling thankful today for the small things I see, Happy birthday to me. This is a day I'll recall when I'm weary and old, I'm twenty and free. This is a song I will sing when I've lost all my dreams after the spring. It's almost June and the summer's on the edge of falling on our heads.
7.
Porcelain girl You never lose control. You're so high on a pedestal that you could never hit the ground. I don't like you that much, but I won't leave you alone. Here you are sitting on your couch, hanging on to your telephone. I think that you deserve your 15 minutes of fame. That's a lot, but you shouldn't be ashamed cos' you're playing a shallow game. If you need a shelter, I can offer mine Now you know the screen's only a mirror, and there's no one to hear you cry. I think that you deserve your 15 minutes of fame. That's a lot, but you shouldn't be ashamed cos' you're playing a shallow game. Porcelain girl You never lose control. You're so high on a pedestal that you can never hit the ground.
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9.
If you love me you can do it If you love me you can leave If I love you I can stand it It doesn't have to hurt so badly My heart remains intact hope it all comes flooding back but the time is yet to come We all love those happy endings but we don't even try We go straight past pretending to the part when everybody cries My heart remains intact hope it all comes flooding back but the time is yet to come. When the honeymoon is over and the gift shop goes bankrupt You don't buy souvenirs If you love me you can do it If you love me you can leave If I love you I can stand it It doesn't have to hurt so badly My heart remains intact hope it all comes flooding back but the time is yet to come. When the honeymoon is over and the gift shop goes bankrupt You don't buy souvenirs
10.
I don't really know what I'm saying I don't really know why I'm singing it Because I don't know how to paint it ? Because I don't know how to write it ? Music is the blackest magic It really helps you soothe all the pain and sorrows, it takes you by the hand through the shadows. And sometimes when you're different and lonely You end up feeling like you need to hear something different and lonely, and it makes you happy Prince, or the King, or even Queen, all you people I've never seen You're like brothers to me, you're like lovers to me I don' t really know what I'm saying I don't really know why I'm singing it Because I don't know how to paint it? Because I don't know how to dance it? Music is the blackest magic It really helps you soothe all the pain and sorrows, it takes you by the hand through the shadows. And when you're desperate and laughing, and nothing really matters anymore, you're like a fish left on the shore, hoping the tide is coming Prince, or the King, or even Queen, all you people I've never seen You're like brothers to me, you're like lovers to me Prince, or the King, or even Queen, all you people I've never seen You're like brothers to me, you're like lovers to me

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“...En 2020, en plein confinement, les premières sessions de travail sur les 1ers titres de Beau Bandit ont commencé. Il a fallu tout faire exploser pour mieux reconstruire. Trouver notre voie, et tracer les premiers traits, les plus importants, ceux qui sûrement nous indiqueraient la direction pour longtemps.
Nous avons donc très vite intégré au processus de création le musicien et batteur Romain Baousson pour avoir un regard extérieur. Déjà présent en studio en assistant de Ian Caple sur le dernier enregistrement de Santa Cruz, nous étions en confiance pour lui confier la réalisation future de l’
album, de l’enregistrement au mixage final.
Les chansons sont alors apparues doucement. Des premières ébauches voix-guitare à leurs derniers atours, les thèmes se sont révélés. Ca parlerait du monde qui nous entoure, et des effets intimes qu’il a sur nous.
Le 1er titre a prendre vraiment forme a été The Big Kaboom et son texte inquiet porté par des choeurs féminins joyeux et légers. Nous avons tout de suite senti que nous tenions quelque chose qui nous correspondait bien, quelque chose qui montrait nos différentes facettes personnelles. On parle beaucoup de politique entre nous, et en même temps on rigole beaucoup. On voulait intégrer ces tensions là dans notre musique.
Le passage en studio s’est ensuite déroulé entre avril 2021 et février 2023, et fin 2023 nous avons fait appel à notre ami graphiste Yoann Buffeteau pour nous concevoir une pochette d’album qui intègre tout ces thèmes et ces tensions contradictoires.”

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released June 7, 2024

Enregistré par Romain Baousson aux studios Cocoon et ZF-Prod
Mixé par Romain Baousson au studio Le Monde Perdu
Masterisé par Damien Tillaut

Basses: Jacques Auvergne
Claviers: Thomas Schaettel
Batteries: Alex Tual
Chant, guitares: Pierre-Vital Gerard
Guitares sur « Bette Davis eyes »: Marine Quinson

Percussions: Romain Baousson
Choeurs: Tiphaine Lemoux et Maëva Atusava
« A Forest from the trees »: trompette par Benoît Gaudiche

Arrwork Yoann Buffeteau

Une production Hasta Luego

Toutes les chansons :
Pierre-Vital Gerard / Pierre-Vital Gerard, Thomas Schaettel, Jacques Auvergne, Alexandre Tual
sauf Bette Davis Eyes : Donna Weiss / Jackie De Shannon

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Beau bandit Rennes, France

We are a band from Rennes, France. We're releasing our 1st album in 2024. We like to do things that are gentle, energetic, beautiful and sensitive, drawing our inspiration from a wide range of music from the 60s to now. But we're still committed to doing verses and choruses the old-fashioned way! ... more

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