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Eight New Songs

by Iven

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Sleepcamp I love Isaac + I love Iven + I love Eight New Songs Favorite track: My Pretty Face.
keith
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keith I wish I could hold these songs in my arms. Favorite track: Dirty Room.
Jamison Barsotti
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Jamison Barsotti Found this gem through Bandcamp’s recommendations. My Pretty Face is a great song that sounds like a long lost track from Arcade Fire’s Funeral. The jokes about the heavenly choir make me laugh every time.

The rest of the album is great too. Favorite track: My Pretty Face.
Jess Awh
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Jess Awh Iven is my favorite rock n roll band this album makes me cry every time Favorite track: My Lord.
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1.
On This Roof 02:16
we worked on the roof all day / climbin up was kind of scary but i still felt mostly safe / my dad, from the front lawn, took a picture of me / I waved down from a high peak, that moment made me happy / i did an okay job / i was feelin kind of lazy so i didnt work that hard / i was sick all last week / caught me somethin nasty / though im feelin better now im still a little bummed out / there's this thought buggin me / what if everything that's happened is the best it'll ever be? / i know i shouldnt think too much / but i feel i'm getting old and old is older than it was / i know im wrong, i should be glad / on this roof i'm close to God and God is good so i'm not sad / i'm not sad / on this roof i'm close to God and God is good so i'm not sad / i'm not sad
2.
i tripped and i fell off the roof / luckily my body's dying proof / when i hit my skull won't crash in / i'll stand like nothing happened / even if my brains fall out of me / and it's my turn to walk into eternity / i am not scared of heaven cause i heard that it's grand there / how pretty is pretty / when you're livin' in god's gold city in the sun / how lucky is lucky / when the shinin light is touchin / your new face / i hope i hear the choir / who's singin Hosanna in the Highest / i wonder if they sing it forever? / if they do they better sing something better / i hope they have a couch there / so i can take a nap there / i'm sure i'd get real tired of listenin to that choir / how pretty is pretty / when you're livin in god's gold city in the sun / how lucky is lucky / when the shinin light is touchin / oh how pretty has my pretty face become? / i heard of a ritual passing / in some little holy passage / they strip your clothes right off of you / and drape you in light that's bright and new / i heard they take your face away / and mix it up with a lump of clay / cook it in a little oven / till the flaws and the scars fall off it / well, take it away / i don't like mine's current shape / it's getting older and it is losing its place / oh give me a face / bright and new like your grace / make me a photograph / in your whole holy name / how pretty is pretty / when you're livin' in god's gold city in the sun / how lucky is lucky / when the shinin light is touchin / oh how pretty has my pretty face become? / how pretty has my pretty face become?
3.
oh, i am stayin' out the heat / the shinin' light is killing me / the air conditioner's calling me inside / weren't you at my house last week? / you knocked but i was fast asleep / i'll leave the door unlocked for you next time / there you were, brand new face / shinin' bright like christmas day / what a miracle you showed up at my door / there is always a space for you in my favourite place / i do love you, i do love you / in my home today i woke up early / i'm hopin' that you'll come to me / i'm cleanin' up it looks real good inside / weren't you at my house last week? / well, come again i'm not asleep / i left the door unlocked for you this time / there you were, brand new face / shinin' bright like christmas day / what a miracle you showed up at my door / there is always a space for you in my favourite place / i do love you, i do love you / in my home / come around more often, you're my home
4.
Dirty Room 03:24
dirty room looks like me / be a shame to keep it clean / for right now it'll stay on the floor in its right place its right place / so much stuff around and it's part of me / i lay on the ground and i fit perfectly / when the carpet takes me in its perfect palm / my mess is a tomb and my love is embalmed / there's so much hiding under the floor / socks that i've lost and clothes i've ignored / all that has left is still here with me / old friends in hiding and old moments still living / all that has left is still here with me / nothing's ever gone and why would it be? / stuff always goes missing but it can't just leave / all that has left is still here with me / all that has left is still here with me / all that has left is still here with me / all that has left is still here with me / i'm surrounded by what used to be / it comforts me / it holds me tight / whispers to me sweetly almost every night / all that has left is still here with me / i'm surrounded by what used to be / it comforts me / it holds me tight / whispers to me sweetly almost every night
5.
The Train 04:03
at the end of a long day / i'm digging up long ways till i poke out the ground / and i could let out a long sigh or scream for a long time / and let it all out / but we had neighbors we had neighbors / who could hear me shout / and they're on neighborhood watch / so they'd just call the cops to come and check it all out / coulda told ya it would be okay / but there are some lies I just won't say / like there's sunshine after the rain / or that tomorrow is a better day / oooooooo / when we cry it sounds like a train / oooooooo / on the way to the corner store i see furniture set out / and it could open its mouth up wide like a boat horn / and let it all out / but we had neighbors we had neighbors / who could hear us shout / and they'd throw buckets of rain outside / to make mildew and quiet us down / coulda told ya it would be okay / but there are some lies i just won't say / like there's sunshine after the rain / or that tomorrow is a better day / oooooooo / when we cry it sounds like a train / oooooooo
6.
It Had You 04:28
the sidewalk hit me like a comet / knocked my teeth into the air / i asked if you still loved me with no teeth / you said you didn't care / and i rolled off of that sidewalk / where my blood lives now with its new job / all without me / there's something in the air today / i know that you can feel it, too / it's shinin bright and swallowing me whole / i hope it don't get you / now you're screamin / and you're cryin / but my love I am not dyin / i am held by the horizon / that is rising above the mountain sea / like an orange grove / moving through me / something changing, peaceful and pounding / i'll be better than i had been / when i gave you fear like a fountain / when it had you / and it had you / there's something different in the air / it's me, my body in the wind / i live here now with my new job / and i can't wait to tell you where i've been / i hope you're listenin to me now / both hands cupped open beside your ears / if you would close your eyes and be so quiet / you can hear me comin' in / like a rose topped / by a dew drop / spilling open and letting my love fall / into your heart / like a fountain / like a word foaming in your mouth when / when you're sleeping / sleeping near me / hold me closer and hear my heart beating / do you hear that? / that's forever / and when i say that i mean forever / i am not here / but i'm with you / spread your arms and i'll fall over you / just like last week / could you see me? / i was the air moving through your bedsheets / when it had you / it had you / it had you / it had you / oh, and it had you
7.
My Lord 04:10
well, heaven came down fell with the rain / went & crashed right in the ground like a choo-choo train / i didn't have no sense about me so i went & checked it out / i got out of your bed, fell through the air / i floated till i got to heaven waiting there / it was flat as hell, musta crushed itself / it's a long long long way down / what a great secret / there's a mountain where the sea lives / and it's growin in front of me from the floor / someone on the peak speaks, / "i'm so happy you can see me" / I know you are, but what am I, my Lord? / well, terror came down fell through my veins / went & sank into my chest like the SS Maine / i didn't have no feelin in me when my feet stepped off the ground / i flew into the air up the mountainside / the wind kept blowin' up till we were high as high / i was soft as hell, like a newborn held / by a long long long long life / what a great secret / there's a mountain where the sea lives / and it's holdin me close up against its shore / someone next to me speaks, / "I'm so happy you're here with me" / I know you are, but what am I, my Lord?
8.
Waving Down 03:14
here's what was said / "off with his head now / he needs a face / bright as a day now / throw it in the cold / cook it till it's warm now / drape him up in light / bright that he shines now" / here what I said / "I need my head now / what a pretty place / but i can not stay now / throw me down below / i wanna go home now / take me to the roof / and i promise you now / that i'll hold you forever / i'll hold you forever" / i'm not sure what happened / but as i'd hoped and imagined / i'm living up back on the roof / i'm waving down to ya / i'm waving down to ya / and i can't believe that it's you / there's a home in your center / wherever you're sittin / and my home is inside you, too / i'm waving down to ya / i'm waving down to ya / and when i get back home to you / i'll hold you forever / i'll hold you forever

about

Eight New Songs was recorded very quickly with a lot of love.


Thank you to Ava. Thank you to my sister, Aynaka. Thank you to my dad, Brian. Thank you to Carmen. Thank you to Erich. Thank you to my brother, Ian. Thank you to Jacob. Thank you to Jess. Thank you to Hayden. Thank you to Hudson. Thank you to Joe. Thank you to my mom, Kara. Thank you to Kelton. Thank you to Linda. Thank you to Mia. Thank you to Mr. Walker. Thank you to Nick. Thank you to Nicky John. Thank you to Sam. Thank you to Winnie.


This album is dedicated to Jess Awh.

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released September 30, 2021

All songs and lyrics written by Isaac Q. Horton.
Vocals, bass, drums, guitar, Mellotron, and synths performed by Isaac Q. Horton
Recorded and mixed by Isaac Q. Horton
Mastered by Jake Keisler

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