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Disconnect

by THE PERFECT KISS

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1.
Disconnect 02:50
I want to pause the world in motion And mute the chaos of this town I want to lose all sense of feeling And turn the future upside down I want to disconnect myself I want to disconnect myself I want to disconnect myself I want to go to some place else I want to disconnect myself I let you speak but I can't hear you The words you say don't mean a thing My open eyes are blind to see it What a day like this will bring I want to disconnect myself I want to disconnect myself I want to disconnect myself I want to go to some place else I want to disconnect myself I want to disconnect myself I want to disconnect myself I want to disconnect myself I want to go to some place else And put my troubles on the shelf I want to disconnect myself
2.
Flicker 03:30
I might be mistaken, but I'm reading signs That something's awakened, in your heart, in your mind? I thought it was over, but now it's unclear Where we are going, when you're standing so near... Is there a flicker of light up ahead? Is there a glimmer of hope in my head? Is there a chance that our love isn't dead? Is there a flicker of light up ahead? So sort this confusion, before it's too late Is this life or illusion? Your words don't translate Should I be leaving? Do you want me to stay? Your looks are deceiving in this game that you play... Is there a flicker of light up ahead? Is there a glimmer of hope in my head? Is there a chance that our love isn't dead? Is there a flicker of light up ahead? Is there a flicker of light up ahead? Is there a glimmer of hope in my head? Is there a chance that our love isn't dead? Is there a flicker of light up ahead?
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When you try to call, I let it ring so I don't have to talk to you And when you're passing by I wait a while so I don't have to walk with you 'Cause when you talk, I talk and then the silence kills the conversation It's like we try too hard to think and there's a hint of desperation 'Cause everything's awkward When I'm with you Everything's awkward D'you feel it too? It never used to be this way, we'd talk all night and we would laugh around But now you're into things that I've no interest in and so I have found Everything's awkward When I'm with you Everything's awkward D'you feel it too? Everything's awkward When I'm with you Everything's awkward D'you feel it too? Everything's awkward Everything's awkward Everything's awkward Everything's awkward Everything's awkward When I'm with you Everything's awkward D'you feel it too? Everything's awkward
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The bottom of your heart can be seen from where I stand The emptiness of your lines can be heard across the land The act it doesn't really wash at all I can see right through your transparent wall Because you're just like the moon Only reflecting the light that's done Yes you're just like the moon Night's imitation of the sun Confusion in your mind has left you in a permanent disguise They have bought what you’ve said, now you believe in your own lies The revolutionary claim is quite a sham You know it but do you really give a damn? Because you're just like the moon Only reflecting the light that's done Yes you're just like the moon Night's imitation of the sun You're just like the moon, just like the moon You're just like the moon, just like the moon You're just like the moon, just like the moon You're just like the moon, just like the moon You're just like the moon, just like the moon You're just like the moon, just like the moon You're just like the moon, just like the moon You're just like the moon, just like the moon Because you're just like the moon Only reflecting the light that's done Yes you're just like the moon Night's imitation of the sun
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Well I've been thinking lately that I should be moving on But I don't know what I'm moving to My friends are having babies and they're moving into houses Is this something that I should do? Will I still be clubbing at thirty? Will I still be dancing with a lonely heart? Will I still be clubbing at thirty-one? It's time I had a plan and if I saved up all I can Then maybe I can be grown up too? 'Cause I'm scared of getting older and still dancing drunk with strangers I should try and find someone new Will I still be clubbing at thirty? Will I still be dancing with a lonely heart? Will I still be clubbing at thirty-one? Now I'm waiting at the station for my taxi to arrive And take me back to my warm bed And there I'll do some sleeping and forget about the night And all the voices inside my head... Will I still be clubbing at thirty? Will I still be dancing with a lonely heart? Will I still be clubbing at thirty-one?
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Tell me what you did today It's so incisive what you say I can't wait to see your news Don't forget to send your views From you, to me I care about your daily life Although I've never met your wife Sounds like you're a big success Send me pictures of the dress From you, to me But please don't ask any questions You mustn't show any interest in me Ring them up and share it now Tell them when and where and how Send the image, send the link How'd you have the time to think? From you, to me But please don't ask any questions You mustn't show any interest in me I feel like we have met before Do I know you? I'm not sure All the details of your plight Tell the world on air tonight From you, to me Every time I'm turning on I'm glad you're there to right the wrongs Everybody wants to know Tell us now... And tomorrow From you, to me From you, to me From you, to me From you, to me From you, to me From you, to me From you, to me
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I Don't 03:54
There's a picture And it's telling me I could look like this If I wanted to There's a TV show And it's telling me How to be the best If I wanted to But I don't, I don't There's a magazine And it's telling me What I'm entitled to If I wanted it There's a radio And it's playing me Songs that I should like If I wanted to But I don't, I don't But I don't, I don't, I don't Is it strange that I disagree with your petty lies and your little schemes? Is it wrong that I disapprove of your money talk and your token dreams? I don't want to be part of this I don't want to be part of this I don't want to be part of this I don't want to be part of this I don't want to be part of this I don't want to be part of this I don't want to be part of this I don't want to be part of this I don't I don't I don't I don't I don't
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Nightflying 02:30
Far, down below I see people that I know Moving much too fast For fear of coming of last Mmm Far down below I see buildings that I know Gleaming much too bright In the darkness of the night Mmm

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FORMATS: 10" Mini-LP [Green Colour Vinyl] [Numbered Limited Edition of 500 copies] / Digital Mini Album

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THE PERFECT KISS is a new project led by the multifaceted Joe Moore, whom many of you already know from his “classic pop” facet fronting projects like THE YEARNING and Lia Pamina. THE PERFECT KISS is another exercise in composition and arrangements for our Brit, but this time with a radically different register. “Disconnect” is a mini-LP of electro-pop, recorded with only a keyboard from 1985 – the Yamaha PortaSound PSS-450, that his friend Jeanie Pugh’s father gave him. His companion on this new adventure is Holly Vanags, a singer from Faringdon, Oxfordshire. Her stimulating voice, delicate and intelligent, perfectly adapts to the musical and conceptual universe of THE PERFECT KISS.

Using only a keyboard to record the eight songs on the album had countless consequences. Obviously, it affected the sound of the album – minimal, delicate, but agile and with a profoundly pop spirit. The thing is Joe Moore reminds us more and more of Stephin Merrit, for his versatility, his openness and prolificacy. In fact, THE PERFECT KISS, somehow, reminds us of FUTURE BIBLE HEROES. Though it also reminds us of AU REVOIR SIMONE, LALI PUNA, and even THE HUMAN LEAGUE. Another consequence had meta-musical effects. By using a keyboard as the only recording instrument, with its presets, sounds, and programmed drum machine, they couldn’t use a computer quantifier. This means that the recording was deeply organic, and highly technically difficult as far as playing the instrument goes. All these limitations were also a creative challenge, and tracing all the sounds and exploring all the possibilities that this Yamaha could offer turned out to be a tremendously entertaining and fun for Joe.

In terms of lyrics: “Disconnect” moves away from the romanticism of Joe Moore’s other projects, to embrace a certain cynicism and disillusionment with today’s society. It is not in vain that the title of the album takes us to Henry Alex Rubin’s magnificent movie. This is an album of songs about avoiding the world that surrounds us (“I want to pause the world in motion, and mute the chaos of this town”), about not being part of the trends that others follow on social networks, TV, or the radio, that world that is always rushing and full of lies and superficiality. The only sincere love song on the album is “Flicker”, which looks for signs of hope and the possibility of a better future. A handful of outstanding songs that broaden the author’s musical personality, and where all his musical influences converge; from NEW ORDER to THE MAGNETIC FIELDS, without leaving out LADYTRON, SAINT ETIENNE, and PET SHOP BOYS.

Joe Moore confirms what a fantastic pop – in all its forms and colors – architect he is on this 10”, green, 500-copy numbered limited-edition mini-LP. And we still have more surprises coming in the next months, in the shape of songs and new projects; his imagination is infinite and his love of music even more so. Are you ready?

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released March 31, 2017

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