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Serenest (a Long Play on Truth, Deceit and Souvenirs)

by the Model Spy

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    Album: Serenest (a Long Play on Truth, Deceit and Souvenirs)

    Label: Make Me Happy Records

    Release Date: 8 November 2019

    Produced by Chris Bekiris and Nikos Triantafyllou at Sonic Playground

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Spectacular 03:08
Truth is not spectacular with no flames, storms and tides It’s bizarre when two ends meet to make your life sound real Not spectacular With no storms and tides It won’t change your eyes As the book quotes somehow real As I used to think it’s real And truth is somehow bright Sometimes, from time to time It can squeeze you and drill you Make you suffocate and kill you Not spectacular With no storms and tides It won’t change your eyes In conclusion somehow real As I used to feel it’s real I have learned to live with that and this is sad oh this is sad You won’t get the fairest deal realize that this is real
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I’m going to fall asleep and wake up a fortnight later With swollen eyes and torpid feet I’ll find my way home I’m looking back but I’ll move on and in the state I’m in I will deny it all I want to stay some more, I’ve got to stay some more And when I open my eyes, I’m back at work back to my real life where I’m set to belong and it’s set to be long, where I’m set to belong Songs of hate and songs of love Movies that tell but know nothing at all Judges that mumble but don’t know how to fall Can you truly recall of how it feels to fall? And when I open my eyes, I’m looking old and that’s the price I pay for growing strong I need to feel me whole; I’ve got to feel me whole I’m gonna stay in bed all day I’m gonna walk the streets all night I’m gonna stay in bed all day I’m gonna walk the streets all night I’m gonna stay in bed all day
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When we look back to us and we flirt with our honesty Do you get what you need? Or do you eat yourself whole? After all what is true? Does it make any sense? Does your mouth really speak of the state in your mind? Please don’t try to explain That’s the way that it goes All is fine nothing’s wrong But we do it again When we look back to us Fall asleep with our memories Do you get what you need? Or do you eat yourself whole? After all what is true? Does it make any sense? Do you let yourself feel something more a bit more? Please don’t try to explain, That’s the way that it goes All is fine nothing’s wrong But we do it again
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This Song 04:12
Write your lyrics to this song Sing your story to this music Are you loveless or in love? Sing your side of what the truth is You sound gloomy you should stop This is not the way to grumble Well you said it’s not your fault Still I know you hate it all Do you really feel your needs? Do you really need this now? Sing your story cry out loud To the music that we play You could have all that you need But you’re a victim of yourself Even now you stand alone And you listen to your song Even now you stand alone And you listen to your song We are all in this together Money, sex, love, winding roads We are all in this together And we listen to same song We are all in this together And we listen to same song We are all in this together And we listen to same song
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So, I lost a pound and I'm thinner and I'm losing my mind and I'm walking on ice So, I'll move to a place where I can be both reluctantly happy and silently sad So, I lost track of time and I'm timeless still when it hits Monday I'm hating my guts So, I’ll move to a place where time has no sense it's always like Friday all day and all night I thought I'd stop and stay in bed I'd give it all a glorious end I packed my things, my heart and thoughts I closed the door and hit the road... …and I moved to... I don't need to drive, to fly or to sail I don't have to walk to get to the place It's all just a matter of timing and luck to abandon this state and never get back I thought I'd stop and stay in bed I'd give it all a glorious end I packed my things my heart and thoughts I closed the door and hit the road… …and I moved to... ...Athens, London, sun and moon cocktail bars and silk cocoons Underwater restaurants skyey bistros, dreamy lands Comfort thoughts and sober nights Pinko days and cuddly fights
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Souvenirs 04:32
I thought your love for me would never fade A few things live forever some may say It's not your fault that I am this way It's not your fault that I am this way If you want to play it by numbers go ahead You may collect the cards you need And stare at me with a smile or regret Stare at me with a smile or regret It's not a case of me or you a case of what becomes one or the other, or other It's just a case of me and you a way to spoil the future or take advantage of the past If you want to we can stay at my place If you want to we can dance all night and sink in untold joy Rather than living on pictures But only if you want to, if you want to Get into my car we will drive somewhere, anywhere, somewhere, anywhere, somewhere, anywhere, somewhere, anywhere, somewhere, anywhere, somewhere, anywhere Far away, far away, far away....
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Looks like it happened again Stole the beauty from the scene Moved me towards the unseen And so the story goes You can do what you want And may forget all the past No-one knows what is last No-one hears and no-one talks… …of what is bad and what is worse My own cling to my self-pity We may live in the same city but we live two worlds apart Hopes for blisses and wishes for kisses Bottles of Jameson and leftover dishes Trying to pick up my own few whole pieces But the view is stuck Yeah the soul is stuck To subterranean beaches Looks like it happened again Stole the scene of simple beauty Lead the way to insecurity And to wicked stupid lovesongs You can do what you want Be it so or be it not Give away all that you've got It will never be enough Same all and shame to all Nothing less and nothing more To perform the same old chores To lose faith in youthful dreams Hopes for blisses and wishes for kisses Bottles of Jameson and leftover dishes Trying to pick up my own few whole pieces But the view is stuck Yeah the soul is stuck To subterranean beaches Oh I want a change Oh I wanna change Oh I want a change Oh I wanna change
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I'm gonna sell my… I'm gonna sell my… I'm gonna sell my… I'm gonna sell my… I'm gonna sell my… I'm gonna sell my… I'm gonna sell my… I'm gonna sell… You’re wishing for a time when all that’s yours and mine is everything we need I’m gonna sell my car Get me a shooting star Create a starry trail to make your wish come true I'm gonna sell my house I'm gonna sell my kids I'm gonna sell my spouse I'm gonna sell my needs I'm gonna sell my friends I'm gonna sell my youth I'm gonna sell my dreams And then I'm selling you
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We may change on top of things But stay the same on our own base We fall in love, believe in dreams and truth is ours as we grow old So, close your eyes and you may see that dreams are for sleep and coats for rain Dreams are for us, dreams are for fools Dreams are for us, dreams are for fools
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I had bought me something nice and have kept it for some time A thing to remind me of a roughly aged time Buried forever deep down inside Let’s push all things forward

about

SERENEST

In loving memory of Nikos Manousakis ✿ Friend, Mentor, Pioneer, a True Inspiration


(A LONG PLAY ON TRUTH, DECEIT AND SOUVENIRS)...

For Konstantina & My Three Sisters ♥ For Anna & Andriani

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released November 8, 2019

The Model Spy are Vagèlis Kyriakákis and Konstantinos Vavousis

Music by Vagèlis Kyriakákis and Konstantinos Vavousis, except "Theme on Truth" and "Theme of Deceit" music by Chris Bekiris

Lyrics by Vagèlis Kyriakákis, additional lyrics on "Sweet Times, Shooting Star" by Aris Nikolopoulos

Guitars by Vagèlis Kyriakákis

Grooves and basslines by Konstantinos Vavousis

Arrangements by Vagèlis Kyriakákis and Konstantinos Vavousis

Synths, programming, additional arrangements, sound design and engineering by Chris Bekiris

Recorded, sound engineered and mixed by Nikos Triantafyllou

Produced by Chris Bekiris & Nikos Triantafyllou

Recorded, produced, processed and mixed at Sonic Playground

Mastered by Iraklis Vlachakis

Cover artwork by Dimitris Taxis, entitled 'Adaptation', 2017

Graphic artwork design and arrangement by Bob Panagos (cliqa)

Vocals on "Theme on Truth" by Miss Trichromi and Kat (Tango With Lions)

Vocals on "Spectacular" by Leonidas Oikonomou. Backing vocals by Miss Trichromi and Kat (Tango With Lions)

Vocals on "Chinaski in Vox" by Aris Nikolopoulos & Leonidas Oikonomou

Vocals on "Sense (All is Fine)" by Kat (Tango With Lions)

Vocals on "This Song" by Miss Trichromi

Vocals on "Bunchberry Hill" by Leon Veremis (a.k.a. Leon of Athens)

Vocals on "Theme of Deceit " by Miss Trichromi

Vocals on "Souvenirs" by Miss Trichromi

Vocals on "Subterranean Beach" by Jef Maarawi

Vocals on "Sweet Times, Shooting Star" by Aris Nikolopoulos. Backing vocals by Konstantinos Vavousis

Vocals on "The G.O. Theme" by Miss Trichromi

Vocals on "Theme from Souvenirs" by Vagèlis Kyriakákis



The Model Spy feel the need to distinctly thank Nikos Triantafyllou and Chris Bekiris:

“This album is equally yours as it is ours!”



The Model Spy would like to express special words of gratitude to Jeff Maarawi, Aris Nikolopoulos, Leonidas Oikonomou, Kat (Tango With Lions), Miss Trichromi and Leon Veremis (a.k.a. Leon of Athens) for giving the voice and life to the songs:

"Serenest would have been incomplete without your heartful participation and contribution!”



The Model Spy would like to deeply thank Iraklis Vlachakis, Dimitris Taxis & Charalampos Panagos for their artful work and contribution, past members of the band Ilias Sarris, Danai Economidou, Kostas Zafiriou & Thodoris Papastathis, former collaborators Steve Lado, Christina Kalogianni & Wally Salem, present partners in crime Ian Skiadas, Dimitris Lilis, Bill Polychronos, Dimitris Goneos, George Otemperis & Elias Kavalayios and everyone who kept reminding that there’s always the fine moment to eventually grab the pieces and make ends meet:

“Thanks for placing an essentially actual and/or plainly mental component in this!”

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the Model Spy Athens, Greece

The initiative is friendship. Music is the mean. Communication is the terminus ad quem. The Model Spy are a musical trio located in Athens, Greece. Vagèlis Kyriakákis, Konstantinos Vavousis and Kriton Bellonias love making music with a pop twist.

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