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‘Thoughtless’ reflects on the fragility of boundaries, allowing people to take too much of you, and your own vulnerability disallowing you to remove yourself from these destructive situations.. Clara states: "I wrote this over a summer where I was totally adrift- it was quite a lonely time, and I felt that, in a bid for some kind of connection, I was making myself vulnerable to the wrong people. Thoughtless is a recognition of that unhealthy tendency in myself, as well as being about the way people can take too much of someone, without even realising.”
She also notes the influence of water throughout ‘Thoughtless’: ‘There's a lot about water in the song, about the sea, the waves. I grew up by a river in France, and I think have always felt most at home in landscapes with water nearby. It's a mixture of finding it comforting and familiar, but also being aware of the power of the current, the tide, or the swell, and feeling helpless and fragile next to them. The guitar part in Thoughtless unintentionally mimics the rise and fall of waves, and I like the way the melody floats above it. I remember finding it quite painful to write- it felt very raw. I was very into Sorolla’s paintings at the time, and the way he paints light - I wanted to do that with music, with my words.’
The single was recorded with producer Benjamin Spike-Saunders (Cruelty) and mastered by Alice Western (BUGS). Due to the constraints of COVID, this track was recorded and mixed remotely, being recorded alone in Clara’s bedroom and mixed by Ben in his, both of them playing a part in the arranging process. Piano, guitar and vocals were done by Clara Mann, with the fiddle played by Marika-Tyler Clark and Felix M-B on harmonium and second guitar. Due to this recording process, the songs have emerged as a natural and intimate reaction to her environment. Clara notes: ‘It was mostly just me and my mic at my desk, willing the neighbours to keep quiet through the takes. It was okay- just a bit lonely at times! ‘
lyrics
Soft,I will say it softly
Another time when you’re watching me
And wait til im on the straight and narrow right way home
Take your line from a child
Make him say it again
And I may live a long life
But time it goes quicker when we both keep quiet
And no , no more ways to say goodbye
Take the words off my chest, they are all I have left
And I may be Thoughtless,
When you put your arms around me are they wider than they feel
And I am a voice without a reason
I like to feel I’m needed but I think I want to leave
Shaped, shaped just like a shell boy
I open up and you help yourself
Away from anybody else
Once last breath to the sail
I’ll step under the swell for you
My love learned my mother tongue
And I didn’t even mind when he got the word for sorry wrong
And listening I caught the ends of songs I left unsung
I wrote another line for you but all my words were gone
And I may be thoughtless
When you name the things you love I am the spaces inbetween
And I am a voice without a reason
You’d like to hear an answer but I think I want to leave
And if i have a long life
I’ll turn myself around
And I’ll make it all alright
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