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the little italy demos

by Jonah Yano & Le Ren

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1.
it takes 2 03:40
you're sleeping in the bedroom I wait for you to wake well you sleep too deep for dreaming do you still think of me are there thoughts locked inside of your head are there things that are still left unsaid it takes two to make it through the tree outside our window is heavy with its fruit the branches hold the oranges they know they're bound to lose while I'm closing our blinds I take note of the ways that we have to let go it takes two to think it through had I known it would go so suddenly I'd stay still you could say nothing changes in front of you but I know it will had I known it would go so suddenly I'd stay still you could say nothing changes in front of you but I know it will it takes two to see it through it takes two to see it through
2.
when I make time for sunshine it'll brighten up my day I let it send me on my way I let it send me on my way and i give thanks for small change and a half a dozen eggs I let it send me on my way I let it send me on my way when I find my horizon line I turn it to a phrase I let it send me on my way I let it send me on my way objects of sentiment I put 'em on display I change the picture in the frame and let it send me on my way I let it send me on my way I let it send me on my way I let it send me on my way I let it send me on my way I let it send me on my way I let it send me on my way I let it send me on my way I let it send me on my way I let it send me on my way I let it send me on my way
3.
I've been filling up on the water that I was and the water that I am the water that I am I put the river in my mouth and I let it all drain out just to try and understand the water that I was and the water that I am aren't we all wells of memories felt can't you see water run deep if you keep it safe then I might let you trace the shape of the water in me I've been washing up in the water that I was and the water that I am the water that I am now I close my mouth and wait for my form to sublimate I begin to understand the water that I was and the water that I am the water that I was and the water that I am

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"warm, wistful, and quaint all at once" - HYPEBEAST

"softly lit tones with a jazz influence, his fuzzy, lo-fi sense of soul touches upon the intimate at every turn" - CLASH

“dreamy soul-tinged adult alternative songs" - ALLMUSIC

On the heels of an album with BADBADNOTGOOD and working with the likes of Clairo & Mustafa, Jonah Yano returns with another collaboration. This time with fellow Canadian and next door neighbor Le Ren. Lauren and I met in summer of 2021 when I was first living in montreal. We were introduced over text by a mutual friend of ours. A few weeks after we first met we decided to get together and try working on music together - I had just finished recording Portrait of a Dog. The first day we wrote together it went so well that we got together again the next day, and the next, and the next. I think over 2 weeks we must've spent at least 10 days writing songs together and recording onto my 4 track and computer. We've been friends ever since and are now next door neighbours. We live in Little Italy(hence the EP name) and our apartments share the same wall. The 3 demos on this are definitely the best summary of what we wrote together. And actually even though we live so close to each other, we haven't really gotten back together to write much since. I think these demos are a window into the short and special moment when we were on exactly the same page and wanted to make the same thing.

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released April 5, 2024

Written and performed by Lauren Spear & Jonah Yano
Recorded at home in Montreal, Canada
Mastered by Patrick Holland

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