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Perennials

by KiloWatts & Vanek

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swiss_tr Once again the perfect balance between melody, the sung voice, progression and defining lyrics. Spellbinding knobtwitchery and penetrating enthusiasm. These are specialist times and this delivers on the moment. This album & partnership continues to be its own defining genre, a truly welcome position for any navigator. Favorite track: Nankurunaisa.
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Rageous I've loved this collaboration since its inception, and honestly didn't expect to ever see more from these two. What a pleasant surprise. Favorite track: One Day.
Arthur C
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Arthur C I can't specifically comment why I love *this* album because this album isn't out yet, but the previous two K&V albums absolutely slap and it pleases me so much that they're releasing another one because I'm an OG K&V stan from way back.
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Schuyler Brundage Thank you for making more music.
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1.
Maybe it's time to go head first down the rabbit hole Hold your breath and close your eyes And everywhere there’s yellow bricks smoke and mirror, parlor tricks And the wizard is a lie Just take the pills Just run the road Then fall until Your mind explodes Dive into the emerald green Disconnect from every screen You will be the lost one found The hurricane is in your head Be the glitch without regret And nothing holds you down Just take the pills Just run the road Then fall until Your mind explodes Just take the pills Just run the road Then fall until Your mind explodes I’m falling through the looking glass again Never know wherever I will end The land where fearless lions roam that’s the place that I’ll call home Just take the pills Just run the road Then fall until Your mind explodes Just take the pills Just run the road Then fall until Your mind explodes
2.
This is gonna hurt like hell so hold on tight You are not a hero There’s no giant here to fight Tilting at the windmills You’re jousting with your mind everybody’s laughing at you No one’s on your side But in the end, you’re not the crazy one because only you can see what’s going on You are the only one that knows the truth That everyone is blind, except for you And still you’re fighting dragons only you can see They hide behind black mirrors, pixelated fantasies You are ridiculed by hollow avatars Who all despise you, because you know exactly who you are But in the end, you’re not the crazy one because only you can see what’s going on You are the only one that knows the truth That everyone is blind, except for you You know how to cut the strings and break the mold This is going to hurt like hell so, hold on tight The only one who’s sane here is the one dressed like a knight
3.
A fractal life of hexagons and galleries far beyond what you can see A paper trail to no avail The mind’s a fog No catalogues Write yourself a way Tear out every page Raise the roof up high Turn yourself around Always stand your ground The world is on your side A fatal case of entropy stealing your eternity The chaos rains on your parade The light is strong though the hour is late Write yourself a way Tear out every page Raise the roof up high Turn yourself around Always stand your ground The world is on your side No time to hesitate No time to double take You never were the prey You were always meant to stay So, stay The world is on your side Fractal life So, make sure you survive Fractal life Raise the roof up high Fractal life Write yourself a way Tear out every page Raise the roof up high Turn yourself around Always stand your ground The world is on your side
4.
You are a controversy dressed in evening gown in boater hats and feathers, in silent walls of sound You are the canvas of a bright photonic mind a constant symphony at the speed of light You are dancing underneath electric skies You are pushing all our lows to greater heights Lost between the laughter and the tears You’re exactly where you need to be You are the dots connected, million points of art a flaring supernova, a universal spark You are the color that is hidden in plain sight and everyone around you knows that they’re alive You are dancing underneath electric skies You are pushing all our lows to greater heights Lost between the laughter and the tears You’re exactly where you need to be You are illuminated waves that come and go You are imagination, all we’ve ever known You are dancing underneath electric skies You are pushing all our lows to greater heights Lost between the laughter and the tears You’re exactly where you need to be
5.
Fernweh 06:07 video
Soon we’ll be free We will leave these lands behind No bended knees and no shackles on our minds We’ll head out to sea in search for better lives We’ll follow our dreams as we hope to turn the tide And oh, my love, don’t be afraid Just be brave and take my hand My love, we’ll ride the waves There is a place where the sun sets down to sleep We’ll be safe in the night and there’s always enough to eat The people are kind They have so much to share Our future is bright I can’t wait to get us there And oh, my love, don’t be afraid Just be brave and take my hand My love, we’ll ride the waves until we reach the promised land My love, don’t be afraid because the stars will light our path My love, we’ll ride the waves We have prayed so much We’ve endured enough We have paid our dues We will suffer through And oh, my love, don’t be afraid Just be brave and take my hand My love, we’ll ride the waves until we reach the promised land My love, don’t be afraid because the stars will light our path My love, we’ll ride the waves My love And no storm will run us down Don’t be afraid My love My love
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Hold Please 01:14
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Aimlessly I wander through the streets Tonight, I chase the shadows at my tired feet My hungry heart, it flutters like a butterfly and all else loses meaning when you catch my eye Time’s standing still All that we feel is the thrill of romance There’s music right here between you and me so, come on let’s dance We swoon and sway the dark away The Capulets and Montagues are put to shame We rise and fly, escape our lives Tonight’s the night we’ll dance the stars out of the sky Time’s standing still All that we feel is the thrill of romance There’s music right here between you and me so, come on let’s dance It almost seems that this could not be real For, in your eyes, the world is just a dream Time’s standing still All that we feel is the thrill of romance There’s music right here between you and me so, come on let’s dance
8.
As I walk out one evening close the doors to my life say goodbye to the old times say hello to the night As I breathe in forever see the ocean of sky where the white whales are floating and no Ahabs in sight And if I want to, I can fly but I rather wait here for a while So, I stand here one evening in the twilight of worlds while the Sirens are singing I just think of my girl Because there’s nothing that I’d rather do than stand here waiting for you
9.
Here you go floating like a leaf Caught within a stream you whirl amongst the trees You will land your back against the ground The shyness of the crown is everything you see You’ll be there tomorrow a smile upon your face You’ll be there and all will be okay You’ll be there tomorrow with hope in every vein You’ll be there as the sun warms up your day On you go Living it all out loud persist without a doubt about what you’re here to do You’re the change the rise after the fall You color in the sky and blossom through it all You’ll be there tomorrow a smile upon your face You’ll be there and all will be okay You’ll be there tomorrow with hope in every vein You’ll be there as the sun warms up your day You’ll be there tomorrow a smile upon your face You’ll be there and all will be okay You’ll be there tomorrow with hope in every vein You’ll be there as the sun warms up your day You’ll be there tomorrow with hope in every vein You’ll be there
10.
Stubborn 03:56 video
It feels like you fade like you’re losing your soul And all the moves that you make move you out of control There is rage in your skin There is dust in your eyes But you keep up your chin You keep your face to the sky You’re so far from home You feel so alone but you’re perfectly fine Just keep struggling on stubbornly strong with a beautiful mind a beautiful mind and be beautifully kind You’ve got nothing to lose and you’ve got so much to gain As you weather the storm and as you conquer the days Every second a win Every heartbeat divine As you tussle and turn and you wait for your time You’re so far from home You feel so alone but you’re perfectly fine Just keep struggling on stubbornly strong with a beautiful mind There is more to it all though it’s still rather vague If you fight and you burn you will reach what you crave You’re so far from home You feel so alone but you’re perfectly fine Just keep struggling on stubbornly strong with a beautiful mind You’re so far from home You feel so alone but you’re perfectly fine Just keep struggling on stubbornly strong with a beautiful mind And be beautifully kind
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One Day 06:47 video
She wades through a storm She wades through the darkness of her mind Lost in a landscape Her thoughts are running out of time She scans the horizons in search of a lifetime long ago and prays for a way out but knows she must face this all alone And one day she’ll return with limbs of gold She’ll be part of all the stories once foretold She’ll be standing in the center of the light and she’ll guide you through the troubles of the night She moves like a whisper She lives in an unexpected smile There for a second and gone before you even realize There’s no way to reach her as she wanders the halls of a broken mind No way to retrieve her There’s no one home behind those eyes And one day she’ll return with limbs of gold She’ll be part of all the stories once foretold She’ll be standing in the center of the light and she’ll guide you through the troubles of the night Cruel is the night that tears your thoughts apart Leaves you behind with a scared abandoned heart One day she’ll return with limbs of gold She’ll be part of all the stories once foretold She’ll be standing in the center of the light and she’ll guide you through the troubles of the night One Day

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Perennial means persistent, enduring, constant, perpetual. Perennials are organisms that keep on returning; sometimes retreating underground, but always returning stronger, more vigorous.

KiloWatts & Vanek’s Perennials is for the ones that see the world through multi-coloured eyes; for the ones that believe in more than what all the screens can tell them; the ones that think forward instead of backward; the ones with unfaltering hope and the energy to still act. The excavators of beauty. The perennial roots of a humankind with kind humans.

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released October 11, 2022

Artwork: Reinardus (reinardus.com)
Mastering: Shawn Hatfield (audibleoddities.com)
Viola: Nils Bultmann
Addl Appearance: Adam Benjamin

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