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woman, here

by Ada Lea

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oh, it’ll take the time it takes but it’s a friday night, I wanna get shitfaced oh, in the morning, I’ll forget this urge And step out of bed And stumble into some other trouble Cause i can’t be a woman here No i can’t be a woman here I know, i know Delusions get me to a place You just can’t understand And i will tell you Your baby’s alright she don’t need you tonight I can’t be a woman here No i can’t be a woman here I can’t be a woman here No i can’t be a woman here Cause I’ve got my mind and that’s all I need And my determination I’m going far, far as that’ll take me
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In a perfect world Where every headline reads “we laughed about it” And your mother sees through each moment And your eyes watch the screen Cause ceremony makes things look right In your childhood home, Father watching static And your brother phones Says he won’t be home for dinner Calling it back Cause even when i close my eyes i see it Turn your back On the world and then it turns its back on you In your small garage Car engine running old memories It’s the only thing That can lull you to sleep
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jade 02:37
Jade, with the flower in her hair Carves out some room for you And all felt still Jade, with the power in her stare Lowers you to a level And you’re not aware Two strangers find and turn on each other The person in the corner mistaking you for lovers, yeah Jade, it’s always the same name Beating in my ear Like a tiny drum beat, fuzzy dream
4.
oh, it’ll take the time it takes but it’s a friday night, I wanna get shitfaced oh, in the morning, I’ll forget this urge And step out of bed And stumble into some other trouble Cause i can’t be a woman here No i can’t be a woman here I know, i know Delusions get me to a place You just can’t understand And i will tell you Your baby’s alright she don’t need you tonight I can’t be a woman here No i can’t be a woman here I can’t be a woman here No i can’t be a woman here Cause I’ve got my mind and that’s all I need And my determination I’m going far, far as that’ll take me

about

Less than a year after the release of her highly-acclaimed debut album, what we say in private, Montreal, Quebec-based musician Alexandra Levy - who records and performs as Ada Lea - returns in early 2020 with a new four-song EP which acts as a bridge between what’s come before and where she means to go next.

A mix of both the old and new, the woman, here EP takes its name from a brand new composition recorded recently in LA with Marshall Vore ( Phoebe Bridgers, Better Oblivion Community Center). Perhaps her most direct work to-date, the new song offers a beautiful glimpse into the bold new chapter of Ada Lea. “I went to LA and recorded the song in a day and a half with Marshall,” Levy says of the song. “The writing and recording of this song happened like magic.”

Aside from the title-track, which is shared here alongside a raw and captivating demo version, the woman, here EP also offers two previously-unheard recordings from the what we say in private sessions, in the form of the reflective and melancholy ‘perfect world’, and the sparse and dream-like ‘jade’, which was inspired by a John Updike short story.

A fascinating glimpse behind the curtain, Levy says that the new EP should be seen as being “like a second cousin” to what we say in private. “We included the songs that we still felt close to,” she explains, “but didn't seem to have a place on the album.”

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released March 27, 2020

photo by Monse Muro

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