New Again
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Phonosonics Rocksteady….
You know we put the horns on top
Then we come in with the two tonne one drop
Bass line pump, make my chest go thump
Take the voice up high
With melodies light as a feather
But the groove is a heavy weight.
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Take Me for Granted
03:06
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Verse 1
Heard a man sing a song today about puppy love
I guess that's a love of some kind
But I want a love like an old stray dog, a tough love
I want a love that's seen some hard times
So thank you for understanding
That I am through pretending
So go 'head and be demanding
Chorus:
Cause I want you to take me for granted
Girl give me all the love I can stand
I'd love for you to be my old lady
Cause I could love you 'til I'm an old man
V2
I know startin' out we thought we'd count days of bliss
Most days we just get by
But I'd rather count bills on the table dishes in the sink
Those are still days that you're mine
Chorus
It can't always be sweet nothings
Sometimes you're gonna yell
But I know I'll be in heaven
Even when you're giving me hell...
Chorus
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Get There Slow
03:54
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Well its a long walk home I suppose
We could call a cab but I would rather we don't
You see, I've come to love the calming bite
Of your hands in mine as we walk through the night
Oh I ain't one, one for wasting time
But it feels so good with you by my side
I can't waste my life
Watching the best parts slip on by
Missing the golden hours
Cause the goal's romanticized
And it might sound odd
I don't care if we get there at all
I'm telling you
I'd rather get there slow
I could count on one hand the times
I raced to the finish and it eased my mind
I ain't about to blow this one
You're all I need; my resolution
Oh when the clouds roll in and the light has lost its shine
I'd stand in the rain if we could leave it all behind
I can't waste my life
Watching the best parts slip on by
Missing the golden hours
Cause the goal's romanticized
And it might sound odd
I don't care if we get there at all
I'm telling you
I'd rather get there slow
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La Dama, La Isla
Eres mi querida nena
No importa vial idioma
The quiero amar con la lengua
Oh la dama, la Isla
Chorus:
Cause the tail of your love is an endless verse
And life is short so we can’t rehearse
When I wake in the morn I get my coffee first
And you kiss my face before I go to work
Anything you want baby say the word
Just come with me and you will see
Two hearts will correspond and beat in one harmony
La Dama la Isla
Tu est ma Cherie amoureuse
Mon ame extends votre Seul voix
Je veux savoir pourqoui mais je ne sais pas
Oh la Dama la Isla
Chorus
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Right when you knew you loved me
You should've picked up the phone
Before...I set my mind to moving on
You know that spark don't last forever
If you thought that we should be together
That's when you should've called
You had me on the hook, yeah
But never on your mind
and you were the one said "never gonna happen baby"
now you're steady tying up my line
Today your flaws are all that I remember
But there was a time I found you sweet and clever
and that's when you should've called
Ad libs
Rap:
I used to love someone
But she couldn't make up her mind
And that can make a person thoughtless and a little unkind
And she used to say mean stuff to me like:
"you're not the kinda man I'm gonna love you're the kinda man I'm gonna leave"
So I left
And I got to moving on, and I was feeling pretty good
Then she calls me outta the blue and I'm like
It's too little
too late
You just want a port for stormy weather
But back in the day I wanted to you forever
and that's when you should've called.
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21 Forever
03:40
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So here we are again
Talking from a distance on the phone
Seems not so long ago that I was at your door
Saying I'm late, I'm drunk, I'm sorry but I had nowhere else to go
But we won't talk about a pedestal
Cause I know it ain't where you wanna be
Perfection's not the kind of thing that I am looking for
Plus there must be a little bit wrong with you
If you're willing to be with me
Chorus:
So come and run, run
Oh Run come chase the night with me
But you and I
We can't stay 21 forever
But we can still have this night together
And life began to pass me by
As we grew up and did all the things that we were planning on
This speed's a funny thing that I can't get around
The more I chase a moment dear the more I find it's gone
But we won't talk about our love you know
It's getting late and we've got so much speedy work to do
But each workin day goes by I find a longing for
That melancholic slowness of one punch-drunk night with you
Chorus
Now I wonder to myself
Did you ever write that book of poetry?
Maybe I don't wanna know it's better in my head
Cause there's a line about you longing for the life you spent with me
Chorus
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Rebecca
02:33
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Chorus
Rebecca,
the only thing this groove is missing
Is the shaking of your skinny behind
Rebecca
I've been waiting and working
And
I just can't get you off my mind
Hey, man who's that girl with the microphone
Talking bout stop the war
Hey, man who's that girl with the megaphone
Talking about feed the poor.
Girl you look like an activista
O quizas una feminista
And if so que este
lista
Pa la gente
va a resista
Cause I've been looking all over town
For a woman that don't let the man get her down
And I like the way you're leaning if you know what I mean
And even with your love you give it so liberally
Chorus
Hey (ooo)
Je l'ai be
aucoup voyagé
And everywhere I go I take the thought of loving you and yes I know
that
Hey (ooo)
Je ne vais pas oublier les mots importants que Manuel el médico loco
me dijò
que
Hay que recordar
Donde està la coràzon
La dejé en Santa Clara con Taimí y F
lora?
O la llegue està contigo
right now, ahora cause
There was no music til I heard the sound
When you said hey darling
I want you around
And you've saved me from myself so miraculously
From here on out baby it's just you and me
Chorus
Pick it up now
Oh yeah Rebecca
I'd know you by any other name whoah Rebecca
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Me and Mrs. Jones
We got a thing goin' on
We both know that it's wrong
But it's much too strong
To let it go now
We meet every day at the same café
Six-thirty and no one knows she'll be there
Holding hands, making all kinds of plans
While the jukebox plays our favorite songs
Me and Mrs., Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones
We got a thing goin' on
We both know that it's wrong
But it's much too strong
To let it go now
We gotta be extra careful
That we don't build our hopes up too high
'Cause she's got her own obligations
And so, and so do I
Me and Mrs., Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones
We got a thing goin' on
We both know that it's wrong
But it's much too strong
To let it go now
Well, it's time for us to be leaving
It hurts so much, it hurts so much inside
Now she'll go her way and I'll go mine
Tomorrow we'll meet
The same place, the same time
Me and Mrs., Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones
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New Again
04:24
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You watch him board that train, cross the River
He saves up all his love, but he won’t deliver
He’s so tired, when he looks at them, all he can say is: “I’m doing the best I
can”
Double life for life even if he was willing is just enough to break a man
The road to hell
Is paved with good intentions
Well then this dead end road he’s walking down
Must be paved with old conventions
He says “I don’t know just who I want to be
But I don’t wanna stay the same.
Cause it’s that man gets caught in the Work-a-day
Has only his self to blame”
Chorus:
But I got to believe, it’s not too late
To Turn it all back around
Make it new again
Make it new again
You watch him get that look,
far off away
Before he left the stage, when he used to play
Before love, loss, death, taxes and reality
But he’s the last one left standing who thinks it’s a privilege to call himself a workin
man
It ain’t hard to tell
He ain’t up for conversation
He’s looking back on bar
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room melodies
Like some glorified salvation
He says “I don’t know just how I lost my voice
But I know it ain’t really gone
And if I push myself to that breaking point
I must just break into song”
Chorus x 2
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Well evidently I was wrong
Had my hopes up for way too long
I thought I was singing your favourite song
But evidently I was wrong
Well I guess now this is it
All my hopes and dreams gone down a pit
You told me that I was full of it
Well I guess now this is it
All the times, we had together
Didn't matter on the weather
You were seeing someone better
Weren't you?
Well evidently I was wrong
Had my hopes up for way too long
I thought I was singing your favourite song
But evidently I was wrong
And you know that I will
Tell you no lies
Baby
Good bye
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Beautiful Things (Remix)
04:05
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Beautiful Things:
I’m up at 6 in the mornin
Running underneath the moonlight
Then I go off to work all day
Come home and write songs all night
People ask me like
“Why you work so hard?
(Work so hard)
Ain’t you done enough
Ain’t it time to let down your
guard?”
I wish they would understand
I’m trying to fill in the shell of a man
But what I wouldn’t give away
Just to be content on the day to day
Chorus:
So from here on out
I only
ever wanna make beautiful things
Til the hurt is gone
So from here on o
ut
I only ever wanna make beautiful things
From now on
Sure as the sun is shining
Sure as the rain does fall
And believe me where I come from
Baby the rain sure does fall
Just as sure people talkin like
“IT’S A tough old world
(Tough old world)
Ain’t the kind of place
I’d wanna raise up a little boy or girl”
But when the rain come like I said
We’ll put a roof up overhead
Cause ain’t no storm we can’t weather
Making beautiful things together
Chorus
Bridge
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Call and response:
Beautiful, beautiful things x 4
Only ever wanna make x3
Ooo
Chorus
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Worry No Good (Remix)
03:49
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Worry No Good:
Chorus:
The worry don’t do me no good no more (repeat)
Verse 1:
What do you think, says the bald man
Who calls himself my boss, “Am I right or wrong?”
I said you’re wrong (Wrong) in everyway
You’re so wrong, (Wrong) it feels so good to say
But then I stop myself I gotta learn to let go
Ain’t no use fussing about things that I can’t control
Chorus
Verse 2:
What do you think, says the smart man
At the dinner party, “Does that sound right to you?”
I said you fool (fool), that’s what you’re told to say
You’re such a tool (tool), repeating it every day
But then I stop myself I gotta learn to let go
Ain’t no use fussing about things that I can’t control
Chorus
Verse 3:
So be cool my man,
don’t sweat the traffic
If mister man up front needs that space so bad
just let him have it
Cause we’re all stuck on the road with this type of guy
He’ll take the low, you might as well take the high
Bridge:
And that’s one less inconsiderate motherfucker on the road today
And I’m just trying to get by with this
Worry in my way
Chorus
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about
New Again is the long-awaited full-length album from the Phonosonics. Since 2015 this Victoria, Canada-based Rocksteady and Early Reggae revival group has gone from critical darling and indie radio favourite to playing with such legends as the Wailers, Leroy Sibbles and Sister Nancy and features on some of the biggest Reggae radio shows on the planet.
Production began on New Again in late 2018. Giants of the Reggae world, such as Mr. Heptone himself, Horseman, Montreal’s Dr. Watson, and Roger Rivas of the Aggrolites were recruited for guest spots on the record. The original release was slated for mid-2020, but was unfortunately sidelined by the COVID 19 pandemic. To give fans a taste, Beautiful Things was released as a single, which has garnered a quarter-million streams to day. Against considerable odds, the group persevered and completed production in time for a November 2021 release.
New Again showcases the evolution of Phonosonics’ sound. The group began with producer and multi-instrumentalist Spencer Cleave playing all instruments on the recordings, and this album includes one final song in that format. This provides an interesting contrast with the remainder of the album which has a live feel, with some tunes even being tracked live off the floor as a group.
Ned Saric’s steady hand on the drum kit is felt throughout, but particularly on tracks like “Rebecca”, the album’s upbeat ska number. Luis Meneses, the latest addition to the group, brings a fantastic low-end compliment on bass. Co-producer Anthony Shackell adds soaring trumpet lines and contributes his songwriting talent with “Get There Slow”. Aidan Snider brings guitar and vocals to the mix as well as writing and singing lead for “I Was Wrong”. Elle Crossley’s pristine harmonies bring the vintage soul vibe to these Rocksteady classics. Will Lynch’s keyboard virtuosity is particularly felt on tracks like Take Me for Granted.
This is to say nothing of the guest artists on this album: Leroy “Heptone” Sibbles provides a gorgeous rendering of the soul classic “Me and Mrs. Jones”; Roger Rivas of The Aggrolites contributes his amazing keyboard stylings to “La Dama, La Isla”; and Horseman and Dr. Watson round out a Dub Remix of Phonosonics’ debut single with “Dark-Haired Dub”.
All this adds up to an album of classic Rocksteady, Ska and Early Reggae music featuring Reggae greats from around the world. With gorgeous melodies, heavy grooves and a positive message, the Phonosonics want you to know that it’s never too late to turn it all back around, and make it new again.
Production began on New Again in late 2018. Giants of the Reggae world, such as Mr. Heptone himself, Horseman, Montreal’s Dr. Watson, and Roger Rivas of the Aggrolites were recruited for guest spots on the record. The original release was slated for mid-2020, but was unfortunately sidelined by the COVID 19 pandemic. To give fans a taste, Beautiful Things was released as a single, which has garnered a quarter-million streams to day. Against considerable odds, the group persevered and completed production in time for a November 2021 release.
New Again showcases the evolution of Phonosonics’ sound. The group began with producer and multi-instrumentalist Spencer Cleave playing all instruments on the recordings, and this album includes one final song in that format. This provides an interesting contrast with the remainder of the album which has a live feel, with some tunes even being tracked live off the floor as a group.
Ned Saric’s steady hand on the drum kit is felt throughout, but particularly on tracks like “Rebecca”, the album’s upbeat ska number. Luis Meneses, the latest addition to the group, brings a fantastic low-end compliment on bass. Co-producer Anthony Shackell adds soaring trumpet lines and contributes his songwriting talent with “Get There Slow”. Aidan Snider brings guitar and vocals to the mix as well as writing and singing lead for “I Was Wrong”. Elle Crossley’s pristine harmonies bring the vintage soul vibe to these Rocksteady classics. Will Lynch’s keyboard virtuosity is particularly felt on tracks like Take Me for Granted.
This is to say nothing of the guest artists on this album: Leroy “Heptone” Sibbles provides a gorgeous rendering of the soul classic “Me and Mrs. Jones”; Roger Rivas of The Aggrolites contributes his amazing keyboard stylings to “La Dama, La Isla”; and Horseman and Dr. Watson round out a Dub Remix of Phonosonics’ debut single with “Dark-Haired Dub”.
All this adds up to an album of classic Rocksteady, Ska and Early Reggae music featuring Reggae greats from around the world. With gorgeous melodies, heavy grooves and a positive message, the Phonosonics want you to know that it’s never too late to turn it all back around, and make it new again.
credits
released November 4, 2021
Spencer Cleave: vocals, sax, piano, organ, bass, drums, shakers
Ned Saric: drums
Anthony Shackell: trumpet
Will Lynch: Organ
Aidan Snider: Guitar, Vocals
Luis Meneses: Bass
Elle Crossley: Vocals
Songwriting Credited Individually
Recorded, Produced and Mixed by Spencer Cleave and Anthony Shackell
Mastered by Brock McFarlane at CPS Mastering
Spencer Cleave: vocals, sax, piano, organ, bass, drums, shakers
Ned Saric: drums
Anthony Shackell: trumpet
Will Lynch: Organ
Aidan Snider: Guitar, Vocals
Luis Meneses: Bass
Elle Crossley: Vocals
Songwriting Credited Individually
Recorded, Produced and Mixed by Spencer Cleave and Anthony Shackell
Mastered by Brock McFarlane at CPS Mastering
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Phonosonics Victoria, British Columbia
Phonosonics is Victoria, B.C.'s premiere Rocksteady and Roots-Reggae massive. Bringing an authentic interpretation of 1960's and 1970's Ska, Rocksteady, and Reggae, Phonosonics belongs on the record shelf of all enthusiasts of Jamaican music.
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