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Flamingo

by Pleasure Raft

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1.
Blame it on Winter 05:42
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I can’t settle down In the end I know I'll drown in you I have certainly lost In my own game of luck So i’ll drown My Sorry eyes For you Row me to the moon In a raft with no elbowroom Call me from the stars, from the stars Calling you Such a pitiful Memory of what I thought Would only hurt the ones Hurt the ones around us I’m still here waiting it out Patient like a prisoner slowly inventing a new sound The color crayons Calming me to rest Just read the instructions On the back of my chest
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Words 04:49
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Answers always On the tip of my tongue I fell in love for just a moment The choices were wrong A dessert growing in the sea It whispers secrets in its sleep And it takes me back to start To shake things off I began to worry you were mistaken me for Someone else I slowly realize the words you’re saying are only to hurt yourself I’m old enough to know that where you end Is not where I begin You end Is not where I begin I was cutting corners It made matters worse And I drew it by memory In the end it was a curse A dessert growing in the sea It whispers secrets in its sleep And it takes me back to start To shake things off I began to worry you were mistaken me for Someone else I slowly realize the words you’re saying are only to hurt yourself I’m old enough to know that where you end Is not where I begin You end Is not where I begin Was it true? Was it love? I don’t care anymore Was it true? Was it love? I don’t care anymore Was it true? Was it love? I don’t care anymore Was it true? Was it love? I don’t care anymore I began to worry you were mistaken me for Someone else I slowly realize the words you’re saying are only to hurt yourself I’m old enough to know that where you end Is not where I begin You end Is not where I begin You end Is not where I begin
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Tinfoil 03:47
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All of our rules got lost in the dust from the thunder You saved all my tears in a jaw made of tinfoil from leftovers well it never gets to me oh you say I was the one but you jaw seemed out of place and you looked into the sun knowing rockets never race so many fears in our gutts makes the world go under never I thought waking up with the moon burning sonder oh you say I was the one but you jaw seemed out of place and you looked into the sun knowing rockets never race Oh sometimes I scream Just to see if I feel this way Really feel this way
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Maybe I Was Wrong 03:32
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When I felt to the floor I caught a glimpse, blinked it out Swept under the couch My thoughts Got chained to the walls While driving your car With the doors left out But maybe I was wrong When I heard, you cry fake love Maybe I was wrong But I’m sure I can dry you off Maybe I was wrong At least not delusional Maybe I was wrong But I know your skeletons I know I ought to let loose And scream that the love that you burned Was too hard and frozen Trust me I’ll sleep through the rumbling noise While riding your car With the windows down But maybe I was wrong When I heard, you cry fake love Maybe I was wrong But I’m sure I can dry you off Maybe I was wrong At least not delusional Maybe I was wrong But I know your skeletons Have bells on their toes But now I know that the dice I’ve rolled The second you tore us apart Will bring you back to start And it gives me the chills To slowly invert And learn that the heartbreak that you yearned Wasn’t pure and simple Like mine Cause I’ll sleep thorugh the rumbling sound While riding your car With engines off But maybe I was wrong When I heard, you cry fake love Maybe I was wrong But I’m sure I can dry you off Maybe I was wrong At least not delusional Maybe I was wrong But I know your skeletons Have bells on their toes
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Josephine 03:20
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I’m counting footsteps In the snowpits While your heals were breaking loose You were blinded By the headlights Contemplating your next move I know this fight I’m never going to win You keep drawing me in With your eyes Josephine I met you once Now where did you go? You sold me the sun to buy the moon Josephine I took you home Without any doubt You covered your eyes and healed your wounds Josephine You kept me waiting For the sunlight To set down behind the sea I remembered In the meanwhile That you kept a part of me I know this fight I’m never gonna win I’m writing down your name and it rhymes with Josephine I know you see the Clouds on the horizon I know you know it is true A marathon of feelings will collide I told you once bitten Twice shy Josephine I met you once Now where did you go? You sold me the sun to buy the moon Josephine I took you home Without any doubt You covered your eyes and healed your wounds Josephine Josephine Josephine Josephine
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Color Blue 03:43
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I’ll settle down this time I have a feeling Without doubt It’s true It’s singing me to sleep No counting sheep I’ll set it free for you You all want something I don’t really have You all want something I don’t really have You sold me to the moon And let me sleep a cocoon with you You told me to be loved To be loved But no one knows me like I do You all want something I don’t really have You all want something I don’t really have And when copper burns With no other color Than blue I hope that you find love And to be loved Cause no one knows you like I do You all want something I don’t really have You all want something I don’t really have
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Social Media Misuse 05:00
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I’m the ghost in the horisont of your dreams I’m the ceiling of all your lost regimes And I hope you remember That everything I lost You won’t find Oh no, my head is loose In my own dimension Lurking from the sewer Heartbreak But at least there are no more smiles For me to fake Im okay But in love with social media misuse Maybe you should know that I’m in love again With this new season of a show that never ends Cause I know you remember That everything we hid You flushed out Oh no, my head is loose In my own dimension Lurking from the sewer Heartbreak But at least there are no more smiles for me to fake So true I pretend Im dead But Im still watching you Im okay But in love with social media misuse Cause I know that it’s pitiful But it’s the only for me To reach you Oh no, my head is loose In my own dimension Lurking from the sewer Heartbreak But at least there are no more smiles for me to fake So true I pretend Im dead But Im still watching you I’m okay But in love with social media misuse I’m okay But in love with social media misuse I’m okay
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Arizona 05:00
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Oh I met you in the winter And my skin was falling off Oh I blamed it on the weather Even though I know I was wrong Oh but I cannot help the things I say when your around Your mumbling words And crumble sounds It only leads me too I drew a parallel sea When I fear the things I know I have learned to love Carried away In an everlasting Scared of all the tongues Breaking it down Into avalanches Soaking from the top Only to swim in the arizona falls Oh you broke me in the summer And the birds were howling on Oh I blamed it on the season Even though you know I was wrong But you cannot help the things You say when I’m around My mumbling words And crumble sounds will only lead you to I know I can’t lie When I feel like letting go I can’t help you out Learning lessons on a cloud I will wait it out And it feels just like the moonlight is Fading away Oh it feels just like the moonlight is Fading away

about

Pleasure Raft is ready with long-awaited debutalbum. ‘Flamingo’ is out January 20 on Celebration Records.

Pleasure Raft is the new musical output for Mathias Barfod, former lead singer in ‘The Attic Sleepers’. Where his former band The Attic Sleepers left, Pleasure Raft continues in a more rocking and energetic direction. The songs are based on his own personal stories and experiences and range from grandiose and spherical songs to small minimalist ballads. 


The album was written over 4 eventful years. Despite Mathias Barfod's life being turned upside down along the way, when his father passed away and then a long and exhausting covid-19 period, he has now finally reached his goal with his debut album. A debut album that draws on inspiration from Radiohead, Mew, Kashmir, Queens of the Stoneage etc.
The captivating melodies are piling up for attention from start to finish. This is an album you can listen to whether you're happy or sad, lying in bed waiting to fall asleep or on your way to school/work. 



Even though the lyrics were written over 4-5 years, during periods with breakups, moving to new apartments and a father who passed away suddenly, there is still hope and optimism to be found in the melancholic lyrics and the reverb-filled falsetto vocals.



Pleasure Raft was formed in 2017 and released the self-titled EP in 2019. Since then Mathias has been working on his debut album which is now set for a January 20 release on Celebration Records.

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released January 20, 2023

Lyrics & Music by Mathias Barfod Boll

Arrangement by Mathias Barfod Boll





Pleasure Raft is:

Mathias Barfod Boll - vocals, guitar & synth
 


Additional musicians:

Søren Buhl Lassen - synth

Asger Nordtorp Pedersen - bass & piano

Hans Henrik Thomsen - drums





Produced & mixed by Søren Buhl Lassen

Mastered by Brian Mørk



Artwork by Mads Aarby

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