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Remember a Stranger

by motifs

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1.
Dawn 02:40
2.
Fluorescent 04:12
a man steps into his house he hasn’t been here in a while a man speaks, he reeks of rust fell asleep in the parking lot i was five you took me to the movies and your love is time in this front seat everything feels the same i was four all i saw was red paint all across our front door everything has changed drive away the clouds still look the same
3.
Valentine 04:59
come back, the door’s open concrete bare i wish you spent your last week home smoke from the incense smoke from your cigarettes are you happier? can’t hear you now framed up and motionless on our kitchen wall do you now drive the car we couldn’t afford? we’ve got no more days and i miss you how do i get used to an empty spare room? noodles for breakfast taste so cold lottery numbers in jotter books cubes of butter in the afternoon are you happier? can’t hear you now framed up and motionless on our kitchen wall do you now drive the car we couldn’t afford? we’ve got no more days and i miss you are you happier? can you hear me now it’s been three years since our last phone call do moon blocks tell you about the dreams i have of you as well? we’ve got no more days and i miss you
4.
Hourglass 04:18
and i don’t know where this road goes but i’ll take it far from here i don’t see familiar faces wherever i may roam uncertainty uncertainty everything I know gets blurry but i’ll walk to know the way i don’t want to think of leaving do I even wanna stay? uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty and i don’t know where this road goes (but i’ll take it far from here) but i’ll walk to know the way (do i even wanna stay?) i don’t wanna think of leaving (i don’t see familiar faces)
5.
Dusk 00:32
6.
Summersad 05:48
shifting feet and silence entity of tangled empty shells pictures of your younger self to an unintended recipient willing company of convenience you seek life but curse existence isolate and build resistance this time we wake to leaving choked up spite in softer sounds summer solstice is almost over now fall asleep to sorry endeavors your saccharine breath a frail lull summer solstice is finally over now i think you’ve lost some weight your hair still falls quite the same way last night i dreamt up a street i’d never seen caught up in some sort of misty conspiracy you seek life but curse existence isolate and build resistance this time we wake to leaving choked up spite in softer sounds summer solstice is almost over now fall asleep to sorry endeavors your saccharine breath a frail lull summer solstice is finally over now
7.
Lovelost 05:08
lost your way february haze do you miss the days we spent in the sun? what a shame could we wake up where we left again i’ve seen you before but i never got your name there’s a picture of you i found you’re sitting in the snow (with the woman you loved) i think about the world you saw before me to my great dismay it’s to you i have so much to say
8.
today is moving day no nightmares of your lover’s whereabouts no crying, holding your child cardboard boxes instead of a duffel on your shoulder, running out run to your mother’s house run from your mother’s house ghosts with no one to know enamored, not ready to go
9.
Spitzer 05:47
your hands are warm you just don’t know it yet white and blue and red white and blue and red blue star with a white snake the last time you remember a stranger you are full of color but out of sight you are free from prying eyes i feel like a fraying thread the rest of us walk around blind misplaced, displaced where was i again? destruction in my hands destruction with my hands i try to make things better but i only hold destruction in my hands destruction in my hands i try to make things better but i only hold where was I again? your hands are warm, you just don’t know it yet

about

'Remember A Stranger' is the debut full-length album by Singaporean shoegaze / dream pop band motifs.

The album straddles two themes of fading memories and coping with loss. The songs in this record tell a story of Elspeth's memories of growing up in Singapore.

The cover art draws parallels by capturing the nostalgia of childhood through the experimentation of colours and textures to generate a hazy vintage effect.
The original photo was taken off an island in Kaohsiung, Taiwan by the band's guitarist JJ.

Please enjoy the record and we hope our music connects with you in its own special way.

credits

released March 3, 2023

motifs is
Elspeth Ong: Vocals, Guitar
Jit Jenn Tan: Lead Guitar
Badrul Amin: Synths, Vocals, Guitar
Paul Yuen: Bass
Jolin Chiam: Drums, Percussions

Musical Contributions
Backing Vocals: Jean Ferry of FERS (Tracks 7 & 8)

Special Thanks:
Josh Wei
Snakeweed Cats (misstin, misseah, missfit)
Snakeweed Interns (Ariel, Jovan, Nicole)
JC Chiam
Collin Tan
Azfar
Darius Oon

Recorded: Snakeweed Studios, Singapore
Producer: Leonard Soosay of Snakeweed Studios
Mastering: Troy Glessner, Spectre Studios

Artwork: Jit Jenn Tan, Elspeth Ong
Additional photograph: Chantal Masson

Thank you to our families and friends for all your love and support.
And thank you Leonard for being there for us every step of the way.

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