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.

Michael
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noredirect/Highwaymen Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah Michael row the boat…
.michael. This is Michael Bublé wishing you a very Merry Christmas…
Alternative Depression Cult There are certain steps that we must take And when we…
an-cat-max Bus station. Four in the morning. An old man mopped…
Anna Bates Well, Michael's on the telephone There's a woman o…
Antigone Rising Driving down a dark road On the last night of his…
B. Snipes Too late, too late Think I found a new lane Mix the…
Bedlight for Blue Eyes Got the news the other day, a child's innocence taken away.…
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah Michael row the boat…

C. Layne Yeah my mind ain't steady I got the 9 all ready And…
Charles A. Lewis I've been up steady wasting time Without you by my side I…
Civilian The curve decsends to the street Where fifty mean at least A…
Crosby Nash I saw you there like a fire in the sky Then…
Dan Mills He ties his bags around his thighs Newspaper bags filled wi…
David LaMotte I've been watching you, the way you treat the ground Watche…
Emmanuel Horvilleur Es como vos, y como yo y como Michael Es como…
Ferdinand This is where I'll be So heavenly So come and dance with…
Fire & Forget There are times I never really meant to Go against the…
Frank Boeijen Michael ligt op de grond Als er boven zijn huis Een vliegt…
Franz This is where I'll be So heavenly So come and dance with…
Gaby Albrecht Wenn die Nacht oft so lang und so dunkel ist und…
Gem Club I watched when you move how the whole world moves in my…
Graham Nash I saw you there like a fire in the sky Then…
Grant Jenn Beautiful boy Sisters and mother and fathers adore Wishing …
Grems Michael, Michael Michael, Michael (Yeah) Michael, Michael Mi…
Harry Belafonte Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah Michael row the boat…
Highwaymen Michael rowed the boat ashore, halleluja Michael rowed the …
Isolation Years I woke up early dawn With an arch-angel by my feet Michael…
J Minus I saw you the other day It was your voice that…
J.R. Bohannon Uh... Before we close and take a few questions I just…
Jandek Michael, Michael Where are you now? [repeat]…
Jenn Grant Beautiful boy, sisters and mother and father adore Wishing …
Joan Baez In the time spent in the foggy dew With the…
John's Cottage Pick on Someone your own size Michael You're clearly out of …
Johnny McEvoy The curlew stood silent and unseen in the long damp…
Johnny Rivers Comes on like a flash of light Filling my life with…
Jordan Raycroft Hey Please loan me your heart. It seems I’ve broken mine. I …
Kas 1st Verse Feel like MJ when I’m faded I be surprised when…
KITCHEN - Franz Ferdinand This is where I'll be So heavenly So come and dance with…
L. Frank Michael is you, he has your face, he still has…
Larry Long Michael I met Michael when he was thirteen. Thirteen years …
Lopez Trini Michael, row the boat ashore Hallelujah (x 2) Sister, help…
Lords I cannot trust me a Knigge if it get delivered…
Luke & John (Woah) (Woah) Walk in get the money and I'm bouncing AC thro…
M.A. They saw your flick Claimed it was sick Michael Verdugo You …
Maggi Pierce And E.J. Pussy so wet Had to take a Swim Call me Micheal Phelps Guara…
Majk Spirit Podobný Bohu jak voda svätá, čo oživí (čo oživí) Podobný Boh…
Masters Apprentices Will you pray for me he said and sighed Will you…
Matthew McNeal I see you every morning When I'm washing my face I can…
Max Romeo (Reprise d′un spiritual traditionnel, chanson d'esclaves) M…
Michael She wrote "Dear Michael You'll probably never get this lett…
Michael Bublé This is Michael Bublé wishing you a very Merry Christmas…
Michael Jackson She wrote "Dear Michael You'll probably never get this lett…
Mid November Where did my mind go I just wanna feel like I…
Mikush Ah, Glory Grr-Pow, Timon Faceva freddo, non dormivo sul let…
Morrissey Michael's bones Lay where he fell Face down on a sports grou…
Nanci Griffith There's a light out on the freeway Says it's time to…
Nate & James I stand but not alone Our words rising to His…
No More Kings Here comes Michael He's got that look like he's in too…
P.U.C.K. I cannot refrain from spitting teeth from my mouth when…
Pacific Edge This is where I'll be So heavenly So come and dance with…
Pete Seeger Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah Michael row the boat…
phrases Oh uh oh There's no one in the world like Michael But…
Pierce & E.J. Maggi Pussy so wet Had to take a Swim Call me Micheal Phelps Guara…
Pony I walk the streets and watch the people Collected in large…
Prefab Sprout All the jobs I've ever held, positions I have known The…
q.luv I see myself in your eyes Your love keeps me on…
Qty Spoiled the evening, was busy turning on myself I turned to…
Red House Painters Michael, where are you now? Somehow in my excitement the la…
Remi Wolf Michael Hold my hand and spin me 'Round until I'm dizzy Loos…
Rika Zaraï Michaël est de retour, alléluia! Michaël est de retour et je…
Rob Zombie Deborah Myers "Halloween is coming, you have …
Ronnie N. Smith The Master's Touch where I reside I'm here to fill the…
S.O.P. Aye Aye Yeah Let's go Glock in my lap, blunt on my lip Fuck …
Sheff G (Great John on the beat by the way) Look Got one life…
Shu-bi-dua Hvem er solskin på en regnvejrsdag? meterologen som vi holde…
Sol Invictus Within the fire and out upon the sea Crazy Man Michael…
Son Of Sam I've been waiting patiently for this day to arrive and I…
Souljah Cu cu ah ah Nama gua Michael Temen-temen manggil gua Kandas …
Suzi Quatro Michael, It's final: Scratch off my insane gain. I bought it…
The B Movie Monsters No emotion or so it seems, His only motive is to…
The C.O.D's Look at the man in the mirror, he clean She not…
The Flaming Lips Mchael, it is time to wake up Sleepy Head It's time to…
The Frank and Walters Michael is you, he has your face, he still has…
The Hi-Lo's Me encontre por un camino talvez fue por el destino…
The Highwaymen Michael rowed the boat ashore, halleluja Michael rowed the …
The Kingston Trio Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah Michael row the boat…
The Lettermen Michael, row the boat ashore, Hallelujah. Michael, row the b…
The Lords I cannot trust me a Knigge if it get delivered…
The Masters Apprentices Will you pray for me he said and sighed Will you…
The Pain Let me tell you a secret Put it in your…
The Tokens Michael rowed the boat ashore Hallelujah Michael rowed the b…
The-Dream Why, why, why, why, why Sound like Michael, don't it? Why, w…
Tiffany Pollack & Eric Johanson Lay him on the table About 6'3 Military boy At the age of…
Trini Lopez Michael, row the boat ashore Hallelujah (x 2) Sister, help…
U.G.L.Y. I cannot refrain from spitting teeth from my mouth when…
V.A. L’ultimo raggio , mentre vedo passare veloce i miei anni…
V.I.P Aye Aye Yeah Let's go Glock in my lap, blunt on my lip Fuck …
Various Artists Our Lord, grant us good in this world And good in…
Би-2 Mask on, like Micheal Myers bitch its spooky season. I…
♪ Franz Ferdinand This is where I'll be So heavenly So come and dance with…
Franz Ferdinand This is where I'll be So heavenly So come and dance with…

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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