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      • It Was the Moment (2024)
      • Ecstasy in the Shadow of Ecstasy (2020)
      • Exciting Times (2018)
      • New Decadence (2016)
      • Let’s Part in Style (2014)
      • Show Me The Face (2010)
      • Party Girl (2007)
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    Ecstasy in the Shadow of Ecstasy (2020)

    Release date: May 15, 2020

    Listen/download: Bandcamp   |   Order on 12″ Vinyl   |  Spotify

    Tracklist

    01. Art of Life
    02. Temptation
    03. Feel More
    04. For Old Time’s Sake
    05. Kiss
    06. Here’s the Part
    07. Mrs. Robinson
    08 Love from a Distance
    09. Life Is Coming Back to Me

    Lyrics

    Here comes a vision
    Dancing my way
    The cosmic giggle
    Invites us to play

    When you see a line
    A line that’s worth crossing
    You gotta cross that line
    That’s the art

    The art of life
    We belong together
    We belong together tonight
    In the art of life
    We belong together
    We belong together tonight

    A magic potion
    For me and for you
    Love is a dream
    Authored by two

    When you meet the eyes
    That make you wanna turn away
    Don’t turn away
    That’s the art
    The art of life
    It’s not everyday you get the chance
    To be joined in such a perfect dance
    So when the masterpiece offers you a hand
    Take a chance
    That’s the art

    The art of life
    We belong together
    We belong together tonight
    In the art of life
    We belong together
    We belong together tonight

    Something in me
    Something in you
    Would make a masterpiece
    Something in me
    Something in you
    Would make a masterpiece

    In the art of life
    We belong together
    We belong together tonight
    In the art of life
    We belong together
    We belong together tonight
    //

    Meet me by the tracks
    Love me a good degenerate romance
    With a side of class
    Champagne and oysters in the underpass

    Life is suffering
    But less when we’re skinny dipping
    Want you close to me
    But life is short so better make it three

    Why resist temptation
    I haven’t found a good reason
    Why resist temptation
    With only one life to live
    Why resist temptation

    Summer by the lake
    Carried away is never a mistake
    My romantic friend
    Romantic friend until the end

    I’ll bring my guitar
    A cozy blanket and a big cigar
    Follow the music stumbling in the dark
    Better to live too much than not enough

    Why resist temptation
    I haven’t found a good reason
    Why resist temptation
    With only one life to live
    Why resist temptation
    When I’m so happy to see ya
    Why resist temptation

    What’s worth more than feeling
    Right now can’t think so clearly
    What’s worth more than feeling

    What’s better than being swept away
    I swear I felt the hand of fate
    What’s worth more than feeling

    Why resist temptation
    I haven’t found a good reason
    Why resist temptation
    With only one life to live
    Why resist temptation
    When I’m so happy to see you
    Why resist temptation

    What’s worth more than feeling
    Right now can’t think so clearly
    What’s worth more than feeling
    //

    I was born for the road
    A guest in happy homes
    Suffer six days alone
    For a seventh day of passion

    Desire doesn’t change
    Not your status, not your age
    Only after a storm can you feel the sun
    Only after a storm can you feel warm

    Mmm I wanna feel
    Mmm I wanna feel more

    I was born for the road
    Wanna taste of every happy home
    Gotta spend six days alone
    For a taste of Sunday passion

    Mmm I wanna feel more
    Mmm I wanna feel more
    Oooh I wanna feel more
    Oooh I wanna feel more

    Only after a storm can you feel the sun
    Only after a storm can you feel warm
    Oooh I wanna feel more
    Oooh I wanna feel more

    Oooh I wanna feel more
    Oooh I wanna feel more

    Ecstasy in the shadow of ecstasy in the shadow of ecstasy
    Oooh I wanna feel more
    //

    The greatest joy is to begin
    But new beginnings getting scarcer every year
    I still recall back in the day
    Your eyes so beautiful I had to look away

    Now we meet, go for a walk
    But I know that the old you can’t be far off
    So how about after this stroll
    You and me get rock ’n roll

    My dearest friend sit on my face
    Sit on my face for old time’s sake
    For all the summers slipped away
    Sit on my face for old time’s sake

    The dinners get more civilized
    We’ve got more money and we’re all a little tired
    But she’s still there behind your eyes
    Back when each night revealed a prize

    We may have families and kids
    But we’re still gypsies within
    So crack a bottle and get set
    Because the show’s not over yet

    My dearest friend sit on my face
    Sit on my face for old time’s sake
    For all the summers slipped away
    The choices we can’t unmake
    For all our glorious yesterdays
    The summers forever slipped away
    For all the choices we can’t unmake
    Sit on my face for old time’s sake
    Sit on my face for old time’s sake
    For old times
    //

    We’ve been friends
    For a long time now
    Missed our chance
    For the window of romance

    I can tell
    Wouldn’t take much to get there
    Do you dare
    Let this glance become a stare

    Let’s kiss and see what happens
    Let’s kiss and see what happens
    Let’s kiss and see what happens
    Let’s kiss and see what happens

    Through the gate
    Of your prime real estate
    Oh the view
    Darling sure looks good on you

    Slow that kiss
    Feels good to be nervous
    I admit
    I could get used to this

    Let’s kiss and see what happens
    Let’s kiss and see what happens
    Let’s kiss and see what happens
    Let’s kiss and see what happens
    (I suggest)
    Let’s kiss and see what happens
    (I suggest)
    Let’s kiss and see what happens
    (I suggest)
    Let’s kiss and see what happens
    (I suggest)
    Let’s kiss and see what happens
    //

    No one will ever know
    The life we shared
    The greatest romance of all time
    Our little universe, our family
    But now it’s only in my mind

    Our life may not have been unusual
    Like all the millions come before
    But to us it meant everything
    The greatest story ever told

    And here’s the part
    Where we are laughing
    And drinking champagne
    In a restaurant
    (here’s the part, here’s the part)
    Here’s the part
    Where we are dancing
    It’s like a postcard
    In my heart
    (here’s the part, here’s the part, here’s the part)

    I pass the buildings
    We once called home
    The blueprints burned into my dreams
    Where now new stories are written
    Our love just one of many

    Back when you looked just like a movie star
    And I was also not too bad
    I’ll keep that universe inside of me
    And carry on the best I can

    And here’s the part
    Where we are laughing
    And drinking champagne
    In a restaurant
    (here’s the part, here’s the part)
    Here’s the part
    Where we are dancing
    It’s like a postcard
    In my heart
    (here’s the part, here’s the part)

    Back when you looked just like a movie star
    And I was also not too bad
    I’ll keep that universe inside of me
    And carry on the best I can

    And here’s the part
    Where we are laughing
    And drinking champagne
    In a restaurant
    (here’s the part, here’s the part)
    Here’s the part
    Where we are dancing
    It’s like a postcard
    In my heart
    (here’s the part, here’s the part, here’s the part)
    //

    When did I become
    Mrs. Robinson?
    I was just a girl
    Now I’m a woman
    Just kidding
    Life has just begun

    Used to be the youngest in the room
    Don’t know when it happened
    But it happened way too soon

    Now they call me Mrs.
    While I’m contemplating kisses
    And a Mrs. gotta have a little class

    When did I become
    Mrs. Robinson?
    Used to like ‘em old
    Now I like ‘em young
    Just kidding
    I like everyone

    But to flirt with some would now be indecent
    So a woman’s gotta keep it
    Where a woman’s gotta keep it

    I remember what it’s like to be eighteen
    All those over thirty
    All looked the same to me

    But people don’t ever really change
    We all want to remain
    Players in the game
    But you gotta keep your schnapps
    More tightly under wraps
    And set a fine example
    For the young ladies and chaps

    When did I become
    Mrs. Robinson?
    I was undercooked
    Now I’m overdone
    Just kidding
    I’m still having fun

    So come on over son
    Cause life has just begun
    For me
    Mrs. Robinson
    //

    It seems a dream
    That we could be
    So far apart so suddenly
    How quickly life can change
    Into something very strange

    The spring has sprung
    But it’s no fun
    All our plans abruptly turned to none
    Now the sad songs of the war
    They seem closer than before

    I send my love
    Love from a distance
    I send my love
    Love from a distance
    I’ll see you soon
    When this is through

    I know you’re there
    Inside your room
    And I know
    You feel me too

    We’ll meet for lunch
    It won’t be long
    More sweet
    Now we’ve tasted things gone wrong

    Like those who lived
    In times of strife
    Who were once just like us
    Living the life
    But then the sad songs of the war
    They got closer than before

    I send my love
    Love from a distance
    I send my love
    Love from a distance
    I’ll see you soon
    When this is through
    But for now

    We share a love
    Love from a distance
    We share a love
    Love from a distance
    I’ll see you soon
    When this is through
    //

    Life is coming back to me
    Finally, finally
    Life is coming back to me
    Finally, finally

    I’ve been living under a rock
    I’ve been sick around the clock
    But life is coming back to me

    The days have been dull
    The evenings have been null
    But life is coming back to me

    I thought it might have left me for good
    As I knew it eventually would
    But it seems I may still get the chance
    To ask all those ladies to dance

    Finally, finally
    Life is coming back to me
    Finally, finally
    Life is coming back to me

    I’ve been lonely, I’ve been stressed
    I’ve been straight up depressed
    But life is coming back to me

    I’ve been down on my luck
    Forgotten how to fuck
    But life is coming back to me

    One winning ticket’s all you need
    And all falls in place suddenly
    Remember one winning ticket’s all you need
    And all falls in place suddenly

    Finally, finally
    Life is coming back to me
    Finally, finally
    Life is coming back to me

    Dream of tomorrow
    Something we can’t live without
    Comings and goings
    Keep breaking my heart
    Home is a memory
    Now gone with the wind
    I’ll bear the ending
    As long as something new begins

    Finally, finally
    Life is coming back to me
    Finally, finally
    Life is coming back to me

    Life is coming back to me
    Finally, finally
    Life is coming back to me
    Finally, finally
    //

    Credits

    Written and produced by Michelle Gurevich
    Michelle: vox, synths, classical and electric guitars, melodica
    Steve Fishman: bass on 5, 6, 7 // Larry Salzman: percussion on 1, 6, 7 // Gustavo Lopez Retamal: classical guitar on 1, 6 // Rob Calder: bass on 2, 3 // Leo Abrahams: electric guitar on 2 // Bart Dietvorst: electric guitar on 3 // Matt Davies: drums on 2, 5 // Esteban Vázquez: drums on 3 // Chaun Horton: drums on 3 // Oleg Maximov: classical guitar on 9 // Tim Isherwood: whistling on 9

    1, 4, 8 mixed by Michelle Gurevich // 3, 5 mixed by Chris Brown // 7, 9 mixed by Lisa Bregneager and Michelle Gurevich // 6 mixed by Peter Jensen // 2 mixed by Lisa Bregneager // 3 edited by Lisa Bregneager // Mastered by Kramer

    Album design by Michelangelo Greco. Album cover photo by Kiana Tajammol.

    © Copyright Michelle Gurevich