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Softie: a person easily stirred to sentiment or tender emotion.
Jen (Sbragia) and Rose (Melberg, already in Tiger Trap) are two girls from Sacramento, who, even from their name, seem to have a clear idea of what their musical imprint should be.
More twee pop than indie pop, with the English blessing of Sarah Records, even though it was released in 1995 by Calvin Johnson's K Records.
From the cover, it feels like you're in Stars Hollow, but discogs says it was recorded in the midst of a Californian summer, even if the atmosphere suggests otherwise.
Fourteen little songs, including a cover by spiritual fathers Talulah Gosh, that don't differ from one another, drawing soft and melancholic melodies.
Fourteen brief diary pages written in a short time, but never in a rush.
Two electric guitars, that sound acoustic, and two voices that create naïve harmonies, mindful of the artistic legacy of the Marine Girls. An essential lo-fi, which needs nothing more: less is less.
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That's Amore
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
03 Heart Condition (02:22)
fireworks the night that we were going
to meet tiffany
flashbulbs popped and all the stars
fell into the sea
or was it a river you were walking
single file with me
oh my goodness what a charming personality
heart condition, you give me a heart condition
my days are full and nights are planned but I just
want to be with you
let's go out and shoplift low top converse tennis shoes
hey I heard your favorite colors
are brown and baby blue
or I mean it when I say that this
brand new love is true
heart condition, you give me a heart condition
my head is in the clouds and I'm not even tall
you're the one for me, boy there's no doubt at all
heart condition, you give me a heart condition
07 An Awful Mess (03:08)
somewhere beneath her taffeta dress
I think I see a heart shaped scar
somewhere inside her tiny wave
I think I see a tiny star
she's saving it up, it's pulling her down
she's saving it up, it's pulling her down
into an awful mess if you loved her any less
she would go
I know that she's done this before
with someone else, another place
that must have been the last time
that I saw a smile on her face
she's saving it up, it's pulling her down
she's saving it up, it's pulling her down
into an awful mess if you loved her any less
she would go
if you run away then she'll go there too
she'll be with you 'till the end of the world
and beyond
somewhere beneath her taffeta dress
I think I see a heart shaped scar
somewhere inside her tiny wave
I think I see a tiny star
she's saving it up, it's pulling her down
she's saving it up, it's pulling her down
into an awful mess if you loved her any less
she would go
09 Hello Rain (03:39)
packing boxes all night
reading letters from you for the last time
for real
leaving you behind was easy
now I know how little you feel
now I wasted all my wishes on you
I have nothing left to gain
so goodbye, wishing you well and hello rain
I made a paper boat and watched it going down the drain
so goodbye, wishing you well and hello rain
thought I'd thrown them all away
finding one last souvenir behind
my bureau drawer
feeling sad all on my own
I don't need you for that anymore
and I wasted all my wishes on you
I have nothing left to gain
so goodbye, wishing you well and hello rain
I made a paper boat and watched it going down the drain
so goodbye, wishing you well and hello rain
you can't stand to see me losing
all my precious sinlessness
now my heart is out of your hands
you couldn't possibly want it back
any less
now I wasted all my wishes on you
I have nothing left to gain
so goodbye, wishing you well and hello rain
I made a paper boat and watched it going down the drain
so goodbye, wishing you well and hello rain
goodbye, wishing you well and hello rain
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