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The Fourth Wall

by Next.Ape

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1.
White Desert 04:33
all I hear is silence and the sand being blown I’m still waiting on a drop or I will turn into a stone white rocks all around me, burning sand under my feet, please don’t leave me alone, or I will turn into a stone you know I feel you you know I fear you and every time you see me leave you pull me back into you my white desert, anxious theater, no way around it, only me can face this shit. my aerie, my sanctuary, though just a little drawing on a cigarette packaging [take me now sip me now take me now sip me now take me now sip me now you want me here I don’t wanna go] all I hear is silence the sand is being blown ready to serve my sentence I will turn into a stone white rocks all around me, the calm before the storm, the day is almost done, I will turn into a stone
2.
Unfit Wing 03:11
hear me now one look back before you go read my lips remember what struck a chord a while ago how could you not notice that all along your eyes were closed it surely never crossed your mind that there’s a different reason why I hit you, why I scolded, why my eyes where dry I am an unfit wing that hits the fine glass ceiling as we fly until we find a game that pain will never gratify [there’s a glitch, here’s the switch, fever pitch, internal computer device is a witch double double the beats, triple triple triple the beats made me turn into a beast walking backwards up the streets flying flags, empty bags, number tags everyone looking at me look at ’em scumbags dissipate, fluctuate, eradicate the fate, (bait!) let me fix your smoking gun, and I’ll give you some time to run] in a river in an ocean an anticipatory notion will let me go I’m no longer holding on to the lotion and the sacred balm and healing voice of life below
3.
We can, we can, we can all do miracles try to imagine, it really works I do, I do wanna break these very walls who’s gonna join me, how many more oh yeah, oh yeah it’s exactly that you care oh, you got to be there, I know you care do it, do it, take all action, be aware times will be different, I know you care so be there, beware, raise word, do that!
4.
I see a red light from afar yet it is not a falling star I hear a noise it frightens me the only thing I want is us to flea no fence, no doors, dust on my clothes I don’t recognize the shape of a rose you say we have to leave tonight and I bounce my head left and right I see a red light from afar and I understand it all falls apart I hear a noise it frightens you trembling ground in my heart, we’ll make it through no fear, no hate, we’ll sleep soundly we just need to get across the border, my baby I say we have to leave tonight but you bounce your head left and right mamma I cannot breath darker is the sea so close to my future but it’s all a blur I see a red light from afar yet it is not a falling star I see a red light from afar and I bounce my head left and right
5.
L'Araignée 03:37
tell me something ordinary let the beast stay out of sight something dreamlike, not too scary reassuring it’s alright little spiders help me carry the weight of a lonely night quench my thirst and fill my belly black thoughts turning into white time’s a changing, hurry hurry is what they say but I don’t mind
6.
Lone Zest 03:48
holding like a child, oh dear let me hold the world as I used to be holding like a flame, oh dear let me hold the world as I used to be holding like a voice, oh dear let me hold the world as I used to be holding I will notice the smoke signals of your subconscious I grant permission to hug, squeeze, caress that’s why I’m here to live I will care and I will give, I will share your adorable fire
7.
Borderline 03:51
is it laughable to say the air is mine trees will grow just fine across your borderline are we animals enough to feel squeeze the rivers and the ponds forget how to freeze what great invincible flame will rise ahead to make you rinse your mind telling good from bad oh, don’t let it go, don’t let it go what an ordinary show from prophecy to wisdom into fraud all along will we be excused across the great divide responsibilities are they left behind look at what we misuse full on the beaten track will we dare to turn will we find a crack what great invincible flame will rise ahead to make you rinse your mind telling good from bad oh, don’t let it go, don’t let it go what an ordinary show from prophecy to wisdom into fraud all along
8.
light the space, imagine all beyond then try to embrace the magnitude of a place called home flow in time, never reach the shore then go and explore how long is a while when the moment's pure
9.
standing in the snow look at the stork she's early how could she have known a hemisphere away white as a ghost in marble a coral will fade but look at that man standing tall cracking of the ice the Arctic Circle collides with sweet summer skies softly whirls the sand the bee, perplexed as are we unknowing his land but look at that man standing tall
10.
Your Name 05:13
in my darkest hour every drop is sour and I recall your name on my brightest day life is a golden ray and I recall your name in times in between I’m playing the scene and I recall your name

about

After a first EP in 2019 and a beautiful international tour, Next.Ape present their new full-length album: The Fourth Wall.
Energetic, unclassifiable and surprising: this band « made in Europe » speaks to your guts.

The solid tone of the bass drum and the deep bass of the Moog embody the heartbeat of Next.Ape. Above, a crystalline and magnetic voice bewitches the audience like the chant of a 3.0 mermaid. The sound of the guitar and keyboards draw the imaginary body of this amazing animal in motion, which changes shapes and contours throughout the tracks.

You will probably recognize some of these influences more or less present according to the tracks: Bowie's "Blackstar" and Thom Yorke's "Tomorrow's Modern Boxes" albums; or the artists Son Lux, Sohn and Björk, just to name a few...

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released March 31, 2023

Veronika Harcsa - vocals
Lorenzo Di Maio - guitar
Jérôme Klein - synthetisers, Moog bass, additional perc
Cédric Raymond - synthetisers
Antoine Pierre - drums, vocals, electric bass
Ben Wendel - saxophone, FX
Marie Ghitta - viola
Anemie Osborne - cello
Paméla Malempré - additional claps

Music composed by Antoine Pierre (except 8 by Lorenzo Di Maio)
Lyrics by Veronika Harcsa (except 1, 4 by Antoine Pierre & 2 by Veronika Harcsa & Antoine Pierre)

Produced by Antoine Pierre
Recorded by Pierre Dozin at Jet Studio, Brussels (February 2019, October 2019, December 2020)
Additional recording by Pierre Dozin at Ubik Studio, Brussels (April 2022)
Mixed by Pierre Dozin & Antoine Pierre at Studio Panthéon, Brussels
Mastered by Mark Bihler at Calyx Mastering, Berlin

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Next.Ape Brussels, Belgium

Energetic, unclassifiable and surprising: this band « made in Europe » speaks to your guts.

After a first EP in 2019 and a beautiful international tour, Next.Ape present their new full-length album: The Fourth Wall.

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