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Reflections Of A Lost Year

by The Groovy Nobody

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1.
Elevated 03:41
Drifting through my head I can barley feel the ground Think I’m moving to fast cause I can’t tell if I’m up or down I swear it’s been so long Time moves so slow when I’m with you Lying in my bed but I’m swimming through these walls of sound Too late to sleep I don’t think I’m coming down Drifting through my head I can barley feel the ground Think I’m moving to fast cause I can’t tell if I’m up or down Lying in my bed but I’m swimming through these walls of sound Too late to sleep I don’t think I’m coming down
2.
Am I Death 03:24
Look into my eyes Do you see death Or do you see through my disguise I’m on your side Someone’s just outside my door listening Just as my reflection shows is it me Am I death Am I death Am I death Am I death Am I death Am I death Am I death Am I death Through the window and out in the cold A figure standing there Beckons you on Someone’s just outside my door listening Just as my reflection shows is it me Am I death Am I death Am I death Am I death Am I death Am I death Am I death Am I death Come and walk with me Come and walk with me Come and walk with me Come and walk with me Who are you Who are you
3.
Just drive Where you want to go Just drive Where you want to go And I don’t really care Anymore No I don’t really care Anymore Don’t hold me back I hope you sleep alright Out in the cold Of your heart Given all that you’ve done To his already broken heart I hope you rot in hell Oh yeah right in hell Where you belong Yeah, yeah where you belong Where you belong Yeah where you belong Where you belong
4.
I get along with everyone Naturally And as the moon breaks through the clouds I’m drifting off to sleep And then I wake up There’s no place I’d rather be Than lost in my dreams So far away it seems In a perfect world I don’t wanna wake up I just wanna live I don’t wanna wake up I just wanna live I don’t wanna wake up I just wanna live I don’t wanna wake up And then I wake up There’s no place I’d rather be Than lost in my dreams In a perfect world When living in the clouds I don’t wanna wake up I just wanna live I don’t wanna wake up I just wanna live I don’t wanna wake up I just wanna live I don’t wanna wake up I just wanna live I just wanna live I just wanna live I just wanna live I just wanna live In a perfect world
5.
Trapped here in this box My decisions are not my own A voice just out of reach Replay the colorful flashing screens again Following along A swift descent and then now we’re gone Nothing’s ever the same Someone’s talking Just out of range to me To me Oh to me To me I fear for the worst This casualty, Earth Stepping into view Catastrophe you
6.
Everything I see is me Everything seems real or something between Fabricated worlds of light Pulsing through the fabrics of what is time Are you really who you think you are Are you just a product from a star Do you really trust all of the things you say Do you really feel all of this pain Meaningless does not describe The other side of what it is we can’t see Climbing it’s way up your spine Dissipating right before both your eyes Do you think that there’s a way back home From being lost out here in the cold But can you really trust even the smallest thing It all adds up till it’s all we know Touch the ground Feel the sun Be the world Turn to dirt Does it matter If there’s Something else Anyway
7.
I’m lost again I’m lost in my head Just waiting till I break free again Where do I run to When you’ve fallen apart all again There’s no easy way out when I’m lost in my head I’m lost again I’m lost in my head Just waiting till I break free again Where do I run to When you’ve fallen apart all again There’s no easy way out when I’m lost in my head
8.
Am I alone Starring at the ceiling still Am I alone Just waiting for the feeling still Here I am Like it or not I’m just a broken machine Vacant of dreams Unable to die Is this what we want Prisoner to a binary hell Of our own creation Unable to cry
9.
Give It Time 05:21
I feel ready for this one Changes new to come There is no reason to run It catches you in the end I keep lying to my self I know it won’t be just fine Sit out another year Just need to give it time Give it time Oh yeah give it time Give it time Reflections of a lost year Reflections of a lost year Reflections of a lost year Reflections of a lost year

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Marking the most surrealistic, at times somber, and notably most experimental release so far, Reflections of a Lost Year kicks things off by launching you into your subconscious stratosphere with an aptly titled psychoactive anthem, Elevated. Lead by an ascending motif that carries you off into the swirling soundscapes and fuzzed out guitars of neo-psychedelia ladened bliss. Meeting the end of the first track where the listener then is immediately thrusted back down to Earth, and into the catchy paranoia induced delirium of Am I Death, and the songs gloomy yet enchanting atmosphere.

Although this album has an overarching continuity in terms of sonic textures, and at times thematically darker imagery than prior releases, the songs were compiled at near random from the abundance of test recordings done throughout early fall and winter. These ideas stemmed from those test recordings, which were created to try new home recording techniques, and with no intent of becoming anything tangible or released into the world. But as interest grew from those who had heard the unpolished demos early on, it became clear there was something worth curating from the rubble. Creatively speaking, the lack of intent to create something meant for the ears of others may have been an added and inevitable benefit to some of the unrestricted authenticity displayed throughout the passages of the record.

This can be heard especially evident in the vulnerability of the third track Don’t Hold Me Back, which became a very quick chill inducing favorite among close friends. Seen as well from the deviations into more abstract experimental thoughts as the album progresses, we enter the albums second half with Everything I See Is Me, a song which existentially plays with the ideas that we are no different than the invisible energy that silently coils and flows all around us, this rock we stand upon and call home, and the star of our solar system. Truly is a hauntingly psychedelic auditory adventure that is likely to invoke the reflection of ones own existence, and the importance they hold in the grander schemes of the universes infinitely expanding clutches. From the jazzier influenced Lost In My Head, to even playing around with vocoder for the song Broken Machine, which sings about a sentient immortal machine that has outlasted humanity, the endings of the album contains some of the most exciting new material yet.

Overall showcasing the most noticeable evolution in both production, artistic style, and sonic fidelity that this project has seen so far. Beginning a shift into a whole new era for the Groovy Nobody, and a perfect display of foreshadowing for what is to come of future endeavors.

As we step out from the darkest shadows of a lost year, we shall face growth of new unseen proportions. Let those reflections enlighten to you the capabilities in which we are newly to reach. All that can be dreamed will be.

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released January 1, 2022

Written and recorded by Sam Larson 2021

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The Groovy Nobody Seattle, Washington

Musical ideas brought to fruition by the mystical mind of Sam Larson, the groovy nobody, and the tight-knit band of fellow whimsical music makers. Hailing from Snoqualmie Washington.

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