"Cargo" and "Constructions: Remixed and Dubbed" followed three years later.
It's fitting that Sofa Surfers, a band not at all afraid to switch up their sound, have entitled their latest album, "Sofa Surfers". It's sound is simple, honest and stripped down to the essence of the band; brooding and melancholy moodiness mixed with an angstful tension that at times comes dangerously close to boiling over.
Sofa Surfers familiar hip-hop/dub style has given way to a minimalized indie rock/R&B/Soul sound using sparsely arranged bass, drum and guitar with an R&B/soul vocal style compliments of Mani Obeya, but it retains the Sofa Surfers well-known personality. Describing this album as sounding "like a hardcore band after the noise has abated" is fair, but don't put too much weight into the "hardcore band" part of that statement because they sound much closer to Massive Attack than any hardcore band I know.
There is an evolution that occurs throughout the album, starting on the melancholy side, moving into angst and then back to melancholy. "White Noise" is a great lead track and soon to be released as the first single off this album.
"Sofa Surfers", an album referred to by the band as "the red album" is an intimate trip into a musical world Wolfgang Schlögl, Markus Kienzl, Michael Holzgruber and Wolfgang Frisch are proud to share, and rightly so; it's nicely written, richly emotional, and hard to define.
Premiere of their latest album "Blindside" is scheduled to 29. January 2010.
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The group then left Klein for Monoscope Productions, which released Blindside in 2010 as well as 2012's Superluminal and 2015's Scrambles, Anthems and Odysseys. Also in 2015, Sofa Surfers provided the music for the crime comedy Das Ewige Leben (Life Eternal). In 2017, Monoscope issued 20, a mix of original songs and reworked favorites in celebration of Sofa Surfers' 20 years together.
Formula
Sofa Surfers Lyrics
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The lyrics of Sofa Surfers' song Formula revolve around a feeling of being trapped in a formulaic society where everyone is trying to fit into preconceived notions of what is considered normal. The song starts by describing how everyone is trying to be the same and how the clones want to be like the singer. This is followed by a feeling of being stuck, how the individual can never be the same as everyone else because they hold onto the truth and grasp onto their youth.
The song describes the pressure to conform to society's expectations and how everyone wants love so much that they beg to touch. The singer then talks about how they have tried to be true to themselves and not fit into the mold but how they have had to bear the cost of being different. The song ends with the hope that love will heal our souls at last and let us live without the past.
Overall, Sofa Surfers' Formula is a reflection on the struggles of being an individual in a society where conformity is the norm. The lyrics offer a powerful message of hope and the importance of remaining true to oneself.
Line by Line Meaning
kick/snare/kick/release me
The song starts with the sounds of a drum kit, and the first line is a plea to be released from something, possibly a monotonous routine or a restrictive situation.
no peace/the clones they want to be/
The writer is unable to find peace, because everyone wants to conform and be the same, like clones.
you'll never find in me/they yearn to be the same/
The writer is different from the clones who want to be the same as everyone else, and will never conform.
how could they be so plain/they wanted love too much/
The writer questions how the clones can be so plain, and suggests they are merely seeking love and acceptance.
come here and beg to touch/i'll hold onto the truth/
The writer is inviting someone to come closer, promising to hold onto the truth, which might be the writer's sense of individuality or a deeper, shared truth.
and grasp onto my youth/repeated jealous phobia/
The writer wants to hold onto youth and vitality, but is plagued by a repeated fear of jealousy, possibly related to the clones wanting to be the same.
I know it's just a formula/what is normal?
The writer recognizes that the clones conforming and the writer's resistance are part of a larger formula, and asks what it means to be normal.
what everyone else is and you are not/when will there be something rare/
The writer is different from what everyone else is, and looks for something rare and unique.
you know someone has got to care/all that lingers everywhere is never-ending kick/snare/
The writer hopes that someone cares about the need for individuality in the world, but instead, what lingers is the never-ending beat of conformity.
insert sample here/i'll never be the same/
The writer inserts a sample into the song, before acknowledging that they will never be the same as the clones who conform.
i'm left with what remains/of what they thought was lost/
The writer is left with what remains of something that the clones thought was lost, but the writer never had in the first place.
i'll have to bear the cost/for years i tried to do/
The writer must pay a price for being different, and has spent years trying to do something that cannot be true.
all that could not be true/i'll have to learn to be/
The writer has come to terms with the fact that what they wanted to do cannot be true, and will have to learn to be something else.
what lurks inside of me/the way you once were with me then/
The writer reflects on what is inside them, and remembers how someone was close to them before.
reminded me you were a friend/and now that we've remained apart/
The writer remembers that this other person was a friend, but acknowledges that they have not been in touch recently.
i've found another's broken heart/alone i've cried and felt the pain/
The writer has found someone else who is hurting, and has felt pain and cried alone.
we'll have through life again, again/but love will heal our souls at last/
The writer and this other person will go through life again, but love will eventually heal their souls.
and let us live without the past/repeated jealous phobia/i know it's just a formula
Love will allow them to move on from the past and the writer's repeated fear of jealousy, which is just part of a larger formula.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: MARKUS KIENZL, MICHAEL HOLZGRUBER, WOLFGANG FRISCH, WOLFGANG SCHLOEGL
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snoopyoverthehills
whats the sample in the beginning??
Сергій Парфе
(to snoopyoverthehills, if he reads this one day:) I think the sample is from Fantasy by Maynard Ferguson
Colin Bobb
What's up?