When you walk alone, you’re never lost. At least, that’s the operating prin… Read Full Bio ↴When you walk alone, you’re never lost. At least, that’s the operating principle behind Homeshake, the recording project of Peter Sagar. Over his first three albums, Sagar followed his own idiosyncratic vision, a journey that’s taken him from sturdy guitar-based indie-pop to, on 2017’s Fresh Air, a bleary-eyed take on lo-fi R&B. Now, with Helium, Sagar is putting down roots in aesthetic territory all his own. Landscape that he once viewed from a distance now forms the bedrock of his sound, and from here, he looks back out at the world as if through a light fog, composing songs that feel grounded and intimate, even as they explore a dispersed feeling of isolation.
It’s a feeling that comes through not only in the gauziness of the production, but also in the vulnerability of the songs themselves. Sagar began writing Helium shortly after completing Fresh Air, and in the middle of what he calls a “binge” reading of Haruki Murakami. It’s not hard to picture the narrator of these songs as a distinctly Murakamian character: He moves through time by himself, bemused by and insulated from a world he doesn’t quite seem to have been made for. Everyone Sagar encounters here — including himself — seems to be a step removed from present reality, whether by technology (“Anything At All”), solitude (“Just Like My”), or sweet fantasy (“Like Mariah”). The record is stitched together by a series of instrumental interludes, synthesizer explorations whose haziness adds to the suspicion that this is all an uncanny dream.
Which isn’t to say that Sagar is unmoored in his own world. In fact, much of Helium is the result of what he calls “a much clearer mental state” than the one he’d experienced shortly following Fresh Air’s completion. “I had a better idea of the sound that was working for this record and what it was turning into as I was writing the songs,” he says. That’s owing in part to the album’s genesis. Where his previous three records were recorded directly to one-inch tape in a local studio, Helium was recorded and mixed by Sagar alone in his apartment in Montreal’s Little Italy neighborhood between April and June of this year. Freed of the rigid editing process he’d endured before, he was able to lose himself in pursuit of tone and texture. “I didn’t have to book time, compete for good hours, wait on availability. I did a lot of it at home in the middle of the night,” he says. “It made me get more obsessive about details.”
A budding interest in ambient and experimental music — particularly Visible Cloaks, DJ Rashad, and Jlin — pushed him to tinker with the micro-sounds that surround the songs here. It’s a process he found creatively invigorating; even the tinkling boom-bap of Young Thug informs “All Night Long.” It’s a far cry from the chorus-laden guitars of his earlier work. “Ever since I started introducing synthesizers into my music, I’ve gotten more interested in texture,” he says. “I’d hit a creative dead end [with guitars], so synths took over.” The warm chords of a Roland Juno 60 form the album’s base, and gave him a clean palette with which to work. “No tape hiss, no humming power outlets and shitty mixing boards,” as he puts it. “Everything just came out nice and pure.”
Still, for all the growth it demonstrates and the ways it luxuriates in its discoveries, Helium is at its core a record that isn’t beholden to any particular set of sounds, textures, or instruments to get its point across. In that sense, it feels closer to the bone, at once assured of its vision and remarkably vulnerable. It’s perhaps our purest view yet of Homeshake’s home country.
It’s a feeling that comes through not only in the gauziness of the production, but also in the vulnerability of the songs themselves. Sagar began writing Helium shortly after completing Fresh Air, and in the middle of what he calls a “binge” reading of Haruki Murakami. It’s not hard to picture the narrator of these songs as a distinctly Murakamian character: He moves through time by himself, bemused by and insulated from a world he doesn’t quite seem to have been made for. Everyone Sagar encounters here — including himself — seems to be a step removed from present reality, whether by technology (“Anything At All”), solitude (“Just Like My”), or sweet fantasy (“Like Mariah”). The record is stitched together by a series of instrumental interludes, synthesizer explorations whose haziness adds to the suspicion that this is all an uncanny dream.
Which isn’t to say that Sagar is unmoored in his own world. In fact, much of Helium is the result of what he calls “a much clearer mental state” than the one he’d experienced shortly following Fresh Air’s completion. “I had a better idea of the sound that was working for this record and what it was turning into as I was writing the songs,” he says. That’s owing in part to the album’s genesis. Where his previous three records were recorded directly to one-inch tape in a local studio, Helium was recorded and mixed by Sagar alone in his apartment in Montreal’s Little Italy neighborhood between April and June of this year. Freed of the rigid editing process he’d endured before, he was able to lose himself in pursuit of tone and texture. “I didn’t have to book time, compete for good hours, wait on availability. I did a lot of it at home in the middle of the night,” he says. “It made me get more obsessive about details.”
A budding interest in ambient and experimental music — particularly Visible Cloaks, DJ Rashad, and Jlin — pushed him to tinker with the micro-sounds that surround the songs here. It’s a process he found creatively invigorating; even the tinkling boom-bap of Young Thug informs “All Night Long.” It’s a far cry from the chorus-laden guitars of his earlier work. “Ever since I started introducing synthesizers into my music, I’ve gotten more interested in texture,” he says. “I’d hit a creative dead end [with guitars], so synths took over.” The warm chords of a Roland Juno 60 form the album’s base, and gave him a clean palette with which to work. “No tape hiss, no humming power outlets and shitty mixing boards,” as he puts it. “Everything just came out nice and pure.”
Still, for all the growth it demonstrates and the ways it luxuriates in its discoveries, Helium is at its core a record that isn’t beholden to any particular set of sounds, textures, or instruments to get its point across. In that sense, it feels closer to the bone, at once assured of its vision and remarkably vulnerable. It’s perhaps our purest view yet of Homeshake’s home country.
Fresh Air
HOMESHAKE Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Fresh Air' by these artists:
Art Rush What you need is some fresh air A little moment to…
BGourd Man I hate being so serious Sometimes you gotta chill right?…
Bracket It's hard for me to read your mind I'm too afraid…
Brother Ali Ant check this out I'm the luckiest son of a bitch…
Callaway Martin Even when I go out I stay inside Even when I know…
Canned Heat and Quicksilver Messenger Service Oh, what you do to me, oh, what you do…
Catherine Let me slip away I am not afraid, of what awaits…
D.I.S.L. Automatic 僕を手招きする 夜が始まり...終わる allurings of the dawn そして朝がくる 色が変わるほどに 君…
DAN.G What is he saying? I need fresh air Inhale, exhale, inhale, …
Elisa Some fresh air, to breathe in Take a chance, have a…
ENNOQ Look around you You see that clear running water, smell that…
French Montana 100 grand, rubber band A nigga low, a wanted man Sure you're…
Future Ostentação, palavra que eu gosto de ouvir Sayin' touch your …
I.D. Just a breath of fresh air is all I need…
iSeo & Dodosound I wanna dance, I wanna sing this song I wanna feel…
Joey Maxwell I know your sad but you can hide it with…
June Gloom You're candid camera and we're watching all day I keep on…
Killing Heidi No we don't know, no we don't know What went wrong I…
Lucky Dube I see people moving around They don know what they want They…
Maasho No, it ain't a waste of time I just really wanna…
Melii Melii, yeah Lo esperaba en la noche y lloraba en la…
Mr. Jello You can't change me But I'm willing to grow Tell me what…
QMS Oh, What you do to me Oh, What you do to…
Quicksilver Oh, what you do to me, oh, what you do…
Sloppy Meateaters The bottles freezing my ears are bleeding And I can't get…
Stay-C This is a story all about how My life got flipped,…
Swollen Members My name is, my name is And we made a…
Tobe Nwigwe Aight Southwest Look, if yo' messiah ain't melanated, ya si…
Vanishing Act It doesn't bring happiness Only a change they all regret T…
Vice Squad They told us no future and that's what we've got It…
Zachary Hartman When I look at you I see Everything comes back to…
Zap Euphoria I respect your art but I think its shit I know…
Zayn You could be a changed man if you want You could…
We have lyrics for these tracks by HOMESHAKE:
(Secret Track) If I gotta be Awake at night Can I skip the heat? A…
All Night Long Dressed up like I'm going out, I feel it and…
Another Thing Spendin' this time up Things are alright Here I am outside S…
Anything at All Everyone I know Lives in my cellphone No matter where I go M…
Brothers Brothers Why so still? Feeling empty Feeling ill Roll up One…
Call Me Up I can see the future, we'll be Living it up inside Making…
Careful what if things move quickly shouldnt they be slow bucket ful…
Cash is Money Oh No, No more, make it stop, one, two ahhh She's…
CD Wallet Sonys holding onto my head Address scribbled in ballpoint pe…
Chowder Hands are hanging lying in a box Breaking after seeing littl…
Don't Try The [?] Tells me whenever you've been crying And [?] better …
Doo Dah Holy moly, get a load of this cat Just woke up…
Every Single Thing (Hey, are you even paying attention to me right now?) Every…
Faded Maybe if I sat her Sat her on the side She could…
Gettin' Down Struttin' your stuff Pack [?] rolled up in a [?] But I've…
Give It To Me I wish you could climb inside my head So you could…
Haters I've been dreamin' lots these days. In a lot of crazy…
He's Heating Up! She's asking me over, so I told her I would Last time…
Heat It's so cold in the D tonight Better layer up, it'll…
Hello welcome Hello, welcome Hello, welcome Hello, welcome Hello, welcome…
He’s Heating Up! She's asking me over, so I told her I would Last time…
Home At Last Look at this place It's not how it used to seem They're…
I Don't Wanna Sticking over (cold weather?) No I can′t stand to be Always …
I Know I Know I Know i know i know i know why you've been speaking softly running…
I'm Too Young I've been up all night long [?] so strong Sick of this…
Inaminit feels like everybody knows something i don't know drag my fe…
Just Like My Guess it's been a few days now Since I left the…
Khmlwugh Something doesn't feel quite right My lips are dry, my shoes…
Khmlwugh# Something doesn't feel quite right My lips are dry, my shoe…
Like Mariah Don't mind me, I'm only sitting here Dreaming something up s…
Love Is Only A Feeling She's laying back feeling low I know how I put her…
Making A Fool Of You Girl, it's been a long time since we spoke Couldn't hear…
Moon Woman Here I am lonely out on the street Know one's around…
Move This Body Standing all alone in the corner It's something that I'm use…
Not U Wait a minute let me try and screw my head…
Nothern Man This is central control This is central control Standby Info…
Nothing Could Be Better I was sitting like I do Doing something slow Mentionin' she'…
Okay Hey what's up, my name is Pete How do you do? Yeah…
Other Than Walk a little different these days Seems like things are goi…
Passenger Seat elevator going down stairs going up feeling shy and walking …
SALLY Lately I've been at home going crazy Worrying about my baby …
Salu Says Hi (Um) (Hello) (Hello) (Hello) (Hey) (Hi) (Hello) (Hello) (Hel…
See Ya Oh, now I can feel it. Man, I can't. Oh yeah, I…
She Can't Leave Me Here Alone Tonight Just try to relax (Okay) I turn round, something's missing …
She Can’t Leave Me Here Alone Tonight I turn round, something's missing from my bed Hanging frown,…
Slow Baby, I know that you're lonely, things are moving slowly, o…
Smoke Wait for me The smoke is thick, my eyes are getting…
Spend It wait a sec tryina get it out but it hasn't left tryina…
Tenterhooks hanging on tenterhooks faking some tender looks tryina move …
The Shower Scene Oh, that's better I've been waiting all day for this Why don…
Under the Sheets Baby, I can see that look in your eyes And I…
What Did He Look Like That's right, yep I've just got... Oh, oops! (laughing) (Oka…
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TheSilversony
If you are too lazy to click on the description, as I am
track one . Hello Welcome (00:00)
track two . Call Me Up (01:04)
track three . Not U (03:32)
track four . Every Single Thing (06:19)
track five . Wrapping Up (08:55)
track six . Getting Down Pt. II (He's Cooling Down) (12:42)
track seven . Timing (14:45)
track eight . TV Volume (18:20)
track nine . Khmlwugh (21:17)
track ten . Fresh Air (24:52)
track eleven . Serious (30:59)
track twelve . So She (33:59)
track thirteen . This Way (37:26)
track fourteen . Signing Off
Artur Coelho Mendes
I put this to play while I took a hot shower. Suddenly, I could relax to the max, forget about everything that didn't belong to my internal world. I felt happy. I was sober, but not feeling like that.
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what a hell! i'm alredy going to took hot shower and chose that video!
Haywood U. Cuddleme
Who could have guessed that hipster music needed a serious RnB/funky injection? Homeshake is the wave of the future, this album is fucking gold.
Duncan McManus
@Greatest Ally Israel Man this album is way sicker than Midnight Snack. In the Shower is super timeless but Fresh Air is legit an unskippable album for 99% of it.
Greatest Ally Israel
Haha aren't you a little sensitive there? There are still some good songs on here just not feeling it as much as midnight snack or in the shower
Greatest Ally Israel
No, this is a step down from his earlier stuff.
Tineke Knol
this album's got those kinda songs that you wanna sing along to the first time you listen, even though you don't know the lyrics yet
Karlīna Jansone
this is so sexy that it is probably banned in Saudi Arabia and Texas
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Moe
Big Saudi Homeshake fan here wuddup