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In a time when not a day goes by without being exposed, often unintentionally, to the proto-punk radiation of small garage bands that mimic each other to exhaustion, it might be wise to start "taking refuge elsewhere." At least for an hour or so. Bergen-Norway. Just a few days ago there was a new all-time record for rainfall. A whopping 3000 millimeters of water, but people were more interested in the concert taking place in a small local venue. The Magnet, the musical project behind which the very pale Even Johansen hides, comes from a nation that continues to produce excellent songwriters, indifferent to the fact that the music world is currently helplessly taken over by frenzied electric guitars and very wicked hooded "THEs."
In Johansen's music (as well as in that of Sondre Lerche, for that matter) there is nothing particularly Nordic, quite the opposite. Warm and intimate atmospheres, all shifted towards orange and yellow: a small, mild sun that warms the brain. Somewhere I read that the Magnet "sound a bit like Radiohead without the paranoia." True. The sound is acoustic, with small fragments of minimalist electronics. Reverb is never excessive and there's a whisper that could be that of Nick Talbot, Samuel Beam, or simply the person you love.
You've heard it over and over thousands of times, yet each time it's a new experience. Each time, you no longer care about what falls from the sky outside. Whether it's raindrops or frogs.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Hold On (05:00)
These days I don’t see you walk to proud
These days I don’t hear you talk so loud
When you thought you’d soaked up all of the blows
You realized you were not even close
& it feels like it’s tearing you up
Feels like its wearing you down
You’ll get through this if you hang on
Cause the truth is you’re not alone
You’ll get through this if you hang on
The truth is you’re not alone
You’re not on your own
I see your face on every corner of every street
You spend you days just waiting for your next defeat
But I can only tell you what I know
And all I know is that I just don’t know
& it feels like it’s tearing me up
Feels like it’s wearing me down
I’ll get through this if I hold on
Cause the truth is I’m not alone
I’ll get through this if I hang on
The truth is I’m not alone
I’m not on my own
& you are not alone
It’s just hard sometimes to carry on
No I’m not on my own
& you are not alone
It’s just hard sometimes, so hard sometimes
But we got to hold on
03 The Pacemaker (05:06)
Slow down the pace
I have never known me this out of place
If stupid acting dumb, is ths shape of things to come
And I add up that sum
Then this is where I can’t get back from
Take my hand, I will follow
Only you can slow this down
Take my hand, and I will mellow
Cos only you can hold me like a tourniquet
& make me stay, here with you
No ego left to bruise
At least there’s something good in most bad news
I just don’t want to cruise
With anyone of all the young dudes
Cos round for round
Only uncool will travel on gravel ground
So take my hand, I will follow
Only you can slow this down
Take my hand, and I will mellow
Cause only you can slow this down
You can slow this down
So take my hand, I will follow
Cos only you can slow this down
Take my hand, and I will mellow
Cos only you can hold me like a tourniquet
& make me stay, here with you
05 All You Ask (04:08)
Close your eyes
and try to get some sleep
It's been a long long night
A clear blue sky and a warm summer's morning
is coming up at first light
So don't be scared if that nightmare takes flight
I'll be right here with you
'Cause all you want is
one simple restful night so
there's some point to this sleepin'
Yeah all you ask is
one simple peaceful night
where you wake up without weepin'
And you've lost
all your fear
Yeah you've lost
all your fear
On a night like this
where so much has been broken
and not a word was spoken to you
Like a feather on the breath of the morning
will never touch the ground
unless it is found...
Just like you
All you want is one simple peaceful night
So there's some point to this sleepin'
Yeah all you ask is one sigle restful night
where you wake up without weeping'
And you've lost
all your fear
Yeah you've lost
all your fear
07 Fall At Your Feet (03:27)
I'm gonna stay right here with you
'Cause you'll be giving up the secrets of your trade
And then put your little demon inside me
Til I'm made no less than utterly possessed
When you sing like an angel
And i fall at your feet
I guess things will never seem the same again
'Cause without you I'm like a torch without flame
Not a case of fair or unfair, not a case of truth or dare
But your nerve of steel is gonna make me kneel,
And its how I feel when
You sing like an angel
And I fall at your feet
09 Miss Her So (03:41)
I've worn out the sunset
I've worn out the night
I've worn out the daybreak
I've worn them all out
I've worn out my welcome
And I really don't care
'Cause I've worn out my patience
And not I'm just a little worse for wear
All because I miss her so
I miss her so
I can't seem to let her go
Sunday morning sky is blue
And I'm still in black
Nowhere is where I'll be
If she won't have be back
She wears a nightgown
On the other side of town
And all I've done is let her down
Wearing myself into the ground
All because I miss her so
I miss her so
I can't seem to let this go
And everybody knows it
Not everybody blows it quite like me
I miss her so
I can't seem to let this go
10 Jaws (03:34)
When the hungry jaws of lust bites down
On a wide eyed stupid boy
The yellow jagged teeth pierce through the skin
Puts a fever in the blood
I know I've only met you once or twice
But maybe you can help me out
'Cause I don't really want some good advice
Just some help to shed my doubts
So hold on
Hold out
Hold back and not let it slide
Don't want to put my name down
On the cast of another broken heart
It's just another fucked up thing
So hold on
Hold out
Hold back and not let it slide
It'll take a while before resistance isn't futile
'Cause those emerald eyes from the emerald isle
Makes me quiver, shake and smile
Hold on
Hold out
Hold back and not let it slide
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