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i only remember the good parts

by orchid mantis

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parksie more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more Favorite track: good news.
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timidweeb this album develops a pensive bittersweet place with enigmatic, comforting grief. it is warm, intimate, and sad at the same time. thank u for such an atmosphere :) 8/10 Favorite track: only here for you.
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Chihiro_Spirited away i listen to this album in my bed, reading favorite books in my bed. it's very comfortable. i am Japanese, so it's glad to be Japanese lyrics in a songs.
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  • ORCHID MANTIS TAPE BUNDLE

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    light as leaving
    orchid-mantis.bandcamp.com/album/light-as-leaving

    visitations
    orchid-mantis.bandcamp.com/album/visitations-3

    a field with no edges
    orchid-mantis.bandcamp.com/album/a-field- with-no-edges

    i only remember the good parts
    orchid-mantis.bandcamp.com/album/i-only-remember-the-good-parts

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1.
good news 01:41
i drove back home and called your phone you said that you're fine i miss you all the time stay right there i'll see you soon thought this through i've got good news don't think it's broken i'll see you soon i'll make it through you told me you're just fine but i miss you all the time
2.
come over and we'll stay up too late for us like how it was i saw through all of this doubt to trust you to turn around when you talk to me i don't know anything is that what i mean? just wasted energy all of my dreams here and anywhere drift incomplete don't know if it's there
3.
i wish you knew me better maybe we'd be together someday the tide is gonna change sleep on an empty stomach because you no longer want to see me in a different way in another life i play the husband to your wife and hold you until we fall asleep it's over, i know it is it never even started because i could never be enough
4.
high time 02:00
for some reason i don't know what to say you're still holding onto older memories and you take the places and turn them to stone so you can remember how not to get hurt but i'll still be certain that nothing is worth just closing the curtain and locking your doors think it's high time you got your prize
5.
so tired of this place i'm only here for you listen to the tv drowning out the room going through the repeats want the best for you glow just like a phone screen new years '22 never felt so lonely i texted you that night it wasn't meant to be goodbye why does it feel like dreaming if there had been no meaning? it's beginning and ending
6.
get back 01:34
i won't get back i told you that it comes and goes with time you know i won't get back to anyone i won't get back to anyone the lights turn black to red i saw my friends go dark again i won't get back to anyone i won't get back to anyone
7.
in my head 02:04
don't say you like him better like him better know it's all in my head it's in my head don't go i can't explain it can't explain it watch your shows wear your clothes i think i know i think i know
8.
falling out of love with living on my own there's something i don't know there's something i don't know it's a place we can't go there's some things we'll never know signal breaks before the tone think i'm losing all my hope is this in the past or can i still get back tell me good things never last all you have to do is ask me what's it take what's it take
9.
heartache 02:12
it's just something that you said it's just something that you said out of focus as it goes would you notice and it's far too dark ahead you can't see it turning red its a reoccurring dream couldn't tell you what it means is this heartache how it is is this heartache how it is just to be here to be living to be living
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11.
remember that time i hurt your feelings i didn't mean to make you feel things i know you like to be like a rock you'd rather die than think about 虫のように小さい 埃みたいに部屋に浮かぶ 真面目すぎにならない 考えすぎないように (small like a bug floating in the room like a piece of dust don't become too serious try not to think too much) i went outside and i saw a dog it looked like you it had some socks on turn off your brain and turn off your clock i know you like to be like a rock
12.
give me one good reason to trust you baby i know you wish i would tell me all the ways you would love me better than anyone else could i wish you would i wish you would prove to me you could be the one my forever you said you're looking for someone to rely on and care for and when you say this around me you make it seem that you want me i've had the fairest share of people who pretend to be there for me won't you help me believe you could be a different story so give me one good reason to trust you baby i know you wish i would tell me all the ways you would love me better than anyone else could i wish you would i wish you would prove to me you could be the one my forever
13.
i'm sorry that i'm too much we can talk through all of it soon it's easy conversation when it feels right when i wake up it's cold out and i miss you and i miss you in two weeks i'll be somewhere new and i miss you and i miss you
14.
drove back 01:44
(drove back ... drove back) (said that you're ... said that you're)

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Daydream Records and Start-Track, May 2024
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This buried gem of the late 90s Atlanta DIY scene marks a very special release for the Orchid Mantis label. Recorded in '96 by reclusive lo-fi artist Blue Noon, 'i only remember the good parts' is a collection of muted, introspective lullabies assembled and delicately restored from their original master tapes. This is a remarkable discovery considering most of Blue Noon's catalogue had been lost in the aftermath of a foreclosure on the artist's residence due to their infamous disappearance in '97.

Fortunately, the artist's former home was recently sold by its subsequent owners, resulting in an auction which miraculously included a large cardboard box marked only by the cryptic phrase "two weeks left" scrawled hastily in black sharpie. An unnamed music journalist who attended the auction quickly realized its significance, knowing the residence's previous history. Sure enough, the box had been pulled from a shelf in the attic, untouched for over 15 years. The additional presence of a Tascam 4-track tape machine and condenser mic suggested this attic had been the recording space where much of Blue Noon's catalogue was recorded.

The conspiratorial types attracted by this enigmatic artist will no doubt find further lyrical material to support the strange and far-fetched theories that have circulated regarding Blue Noon's disappearance, which include debt evasion, a desperate PR hoax, or even the involvement of an esoteric procedure from obscure early-internet forums called the "Possession Pact." Audio restoration hobbyist Thomas Howard, who mixed and mastered the release, can attest that there is a haunting aura embedded within the original tapes.

Howard asserts that the audio began to affect his dreams, among other bizarre claims. In his own words, "I spent about 6 hours straight one night mixing the album, and after a while, I could swear the lyrics changed entirely, almost as if they'd been reversed. I couldn't make anything out, but as crazy as it sounds, it started to feel as if they were responding to my thoughts." Curiously, Howard cut ties with the label shortly after conveying this to our staff, and has been unreachable since.

We're delighted to share that in loving tribute to Blue Noon's legacy, a selection of notable indie musicians have built upon three unfinished instrumentals from the era to bring them into 2024, almost as if the anonymous artist had never left.

credits

released May 17, 2024

Written and recorded by T̶h̶o̶m̶a̶s̶ H̶o̶w̶a̶r̶d̶ Blue Noon in Atlanta, GA, featuring contributions on tracks 3, 11, and 12 as listed below:

Vocals written, recorded and performed by Sign Crushes Motorist on "Another Life"
Vocals written, recorded and performed by Mei Semones on "Didn't Mean"
Vocals written, recorded and performed by Jordana on "My Forever"

Mei Semones appears courtesy of Bayonet Records

Mixed and mastered by Thomas Howard

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