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At Our Best

by Parachute Words

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1.
Shhh 02:24
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You said you need to pee I sure hope you're pleased Did it last enough? Lying naked here wondering Oh were we too loud Did the bed move much I'm glad the lights were out There's no going back now There's no going back now Where can I throw it away? I'm not getting up Without anything on I'll just hide it away Did I mess it up? I'll be better next time I swear I'll be better next time There's no going back now There's no going back now First impressions are hard to beat Taking off clothes seemed so easy Pink pale red all over heat I hope you're ok with all of me There's no going back now There's no going back now There's no going back now
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Laughter In The Living Room 02:46
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I hold your hand between the aisles You whisper back nervously For a second you turn around Our lips touch softly There are voices on the other side You glance back urgently We've got a second in the other room You're calm collected tongue into A pace a glance in the corridor A small chance they'll find out more Hear the laughter in the living room No one knows it's just us too Let me your only high Let me your only lie Only lie As our secrets start to fuse I can feel my body shaking You say it's exciting but don't do it again We walk back in separately Let me your only high Let me your only lie Let me your only high Let me your only lie Only lie
3.
Too Many Emojis 03:57
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I close my eyes when we kiss You say it's weird when I don't I carve our name on your desk You stick your gum underneath I squeeze your knee too hard You look away and start to smile I text you back too quickly You use too many emojis I keep a folder of our pictures You have a diary I can't see I feel the weight of your body You got something in your pocket I play with your hair while we talk You got to volleyball tryouts I show you the homework that's due You copy it down frantically I meet you back at the same spot You say no one is watching us I light a match in the dark You start to smile in the glow I go for football tryouts You wait for me in the library I hold my breath and count to 10 You look back at your magazine I strum away on your guitar You type away on your phone I read the Pitchfork headline You check our Bandcamp daily I'm bored in class and stare outside You look at me in the light I count the days we've been together You count the days we've been apart
4.
Poster Eyes 02:38
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I thought I wouldn't be to shy to undress by now I thought I wouldn't try to impress anymore Quiet heart quiet heat in the bedroom Getting lost under your t-shirt Love's the fear we can't hide Hope's sacrificial rite Your face your eyes Your voice your sighs Just go and get it Just go and let it I still hide under the sheets every time I still rush to get dress by your bedside Soft hands soft voice by the door I hope the stairs don't creak anymore Love's the lie that doesn't bend Hope's the crash you intend Your face your eyes Your voice your sighs Just go and get it Just go and let it I read the spines of your books every single time I stare back at those flat poster eyes Bare chest bare skin by the window I hope no one looks up from the street Love's the risk we embrace Hope will find another way Your face your eyes Your voice your sighs Just go and get it Just go and let it
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Soft Heat 02:44
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Reach out with my hand Feel the lines on your palm To scared to even try Felt the world spying in Even through the soft awkward heat I would never have let you go All my prayers have been answered now All my prayers See it all come to life Feel it all come alive I couldn't believe it I couldn't see Last time I felt those lines They were meet with wondering eyes I wish no one could see What would be of you and me Even through these slow summer days I hope to never let you go Filling up the trunk to go I just stood there See it all come to life Feel it all come alive I couldn't believe it I couldn't see
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Morning Commute 04:01
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I want to know where we stand Does it all get dropped at graduation The thought has come over me Delay school for a year or two To be with you and try once more More time to think by the coast Coast night drives I can do Do I head out west and start again? I want to know where we stand I can't let go of who I am It's a lot to face head on I thought we had so much time Time to think time to decide Decide between us and our lives Lives that head out west with your friends Friends who help friends who make amends I want to know where we stand I almost brought it up there and then Back at your place, in your room By your bedside, in between sighs Sighs of regret and being scared Scared to let go, scared to hold on I like commute I like the traffic I like the route I like the parking I like the stairs I like the trees I like office I like the food I like the plastic I like the carpet I like the desks I like the concrete I like the noise I like the noise I like the noise I like the noise I like the noise I like the noise I like the noise I like the noise I like the noise I like the noise I like the noise I like the noise I like the noise I like the noise I like the noise I like the noise I just want it all to stop
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Sometimes at Times 03:39
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Sometimes I get lonely Sometimes I get bored Sometimes I get corny Sometimes I start to snore Sometimes I call Sometimes you do Sometimes we write Sometimes we don't talk at all I'll drive just to see you I'll drive to pick you up I'll drive cause I want to I'll drive for the breeze I'll drive to get the supplies I'll drive with your older brother The wine made me steady The wine made me fall The wine made me happy The wine came back up The wine was your dads The wine made me want to die At times I think in passing At times it's all the time At times you're everywhere At times just for the moment At times I think it's all good At times I think I messed up At times I think in passing At times it's all the time At times you're everywhere At times just for the moment At times I think it's all good At times I think I messed up
8.
When You're West 04:53
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I used wait for hours for a reply Now I really struggle to keep up Sorry that I swear way too much But to be honest I just forget You tell me it means just so much To see Alex play next month You want to stand around and wait outside I'm good for the company, I'm good for the ride Don't shy away, Don't try to be Don't fade with me We've got the warmest summer on our lips I don't know what you're talking about We meet when our classes aligned You go over numbers twice in your head I really just need to write it all out Sitting on the floor by the gym I was surprised to see you closing in You wanted to talk right there and then I struggled to keep it all in Don't shy away, Don't try to be Don't fade with me We've got the warmest summer on our lips I gets really cold in here I don't know why the AC is always on If she comes to quiet us again I think we will get kicked out for good I'm sorry I can't help it My laughter tends to echo out Who knew that the library Would be the place to fall in love Don't shy away, Don't try to be Don't fade with me We've got the warmest summer on our lips The days turn around at alarming speed Will you still be here when the bell stops ringing I relive our conversations now Did I leave an impression way back then I hope you still call I really do When you're west and you got nothing to do But let's remember us at our best We still had moment way back then We still have the moment way back when We still have the moment way back when We still have the moment way back when We still have the moment way back when We still have the moment way back when We still have the moment way back when
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Dorm Room Recording 02:09
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Sometimes I just want to let you know Sometimes I just want to say hello You're only a text away from me You're only 600 miles from here The morning I woke up alone The distance never seemed so far before I wanted to text you back I wanted to write you something I would regret: "Remember the time I held you tight In your parents basement after our fight The cans were piled high across the floor The TV was buzzing a blue light You started to cry and you told me You never wanted tomorrow to arrive I never wanted summer to go awry" You never wanted tomorrow to arrive I never wanted summer to go awry You never wanted tomorrow to arrive I never wanted summer to go awry You never wanted tomorrow to arrive I never wanted summer to go awry

about

This is a bit of strange album for me. I wrote the first song ‘Too Many Emojis’ during the beginning of the pandemic and during the writing process, I created these two characters that live in the song. They are kind of an amalgamation of my experiences and just fun storytelling. After writing the first song, the other songs just kind of started appearing. These two characters provided a backdrop for so many other moments and situations that it made me feel like I was just documenting a phase in these two people’s lives. It was quite a relaxing experience in some ways. I had this wealth of stories to go into and escape to. I don’t think it was a coincidence that during some really stressful times for me I started writing songs about a completely different and nostalgic world.

I finished most of the recording some time around November of last year. All I was missing was to record Rosa’s violin parts. Due to pandemic issues we couldn’t meet up to actually record those parts. Things kept being pushed back again and again until one point I just decided that we should try to do it remotely. Rosa recorded her parts in her room while I did all the computer stuff on her laptop over Zoom. It was a fiddly and arduous process but little by little we got all the parts recorded.

The entire album is a lo-fi effort both through necessity and because of the concept. The entire thing is recorded as if the songs themselves were written by one of the characters from the songs. The last song on the album being the final song they will have ever written.

I could probably talk about the ideas in these set of songs for ages but I don’t want to go over other people’s interpretations of the stories and events that happen in the songs. So I will just leave it for people to make their own minds up.

I started using some stranger chords for these songs and I think the lyrical writing is a natural progressing of the type of songs I have been writing in the last year or so. A lot more detail oriented and experience driven then the more vague and abstract stuff I used to write a couple of years ago.

Towards the end of the mixing process, where I was stuck in my parent’s guest bedroom for a couple of months I started to really hate this album. It kind of happens with all the stuff I make, where towards the end you just want it to be over and move on to the next thing. But I think despite all of its flaws, in the future when I will have a little distance from these songs I will start appreciating them for what they are. I didn’t have any special or expensive equipment for recording the entire thing, I mainly used one microphone and one electric guitar along with my childhood acoustic guitar. So all in all for what it is, it probably sounds better than it should.

You can hear some of these songs in a more primitive form on my Bandcamp demo page, Parachute Turds.

I’d like to thank Ollie who provided the bass for all the songs here and did a wonderful job. I would also like to thank Rosa who was there while I was writing these songs and witnessed them first hand being created. She also provided her violin playing which I think in a lot of cases really enhance the songs on this album.

Lastly I’d like to thank Sam who mastered the entire thing and provided some great feedback during the mixing process.

credits

released April 23, 2021

Rosa Fisher - Violin
Ollie Cox - Bass
Martino Gasparrini - All other sounds
Sam Hendricks - Mastering

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Parachute Words London, UK

Indie rock from band London, UK.

Martino Gasparrini on vocals and guitar, George Harvey on guitar, Rosa Fish on violin, Lea Francis on drums and Ralph Heseltine on bass.

We write and record our music in the small spaces we can find along the way.

Started out as a solo project by Martino in 2016.

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