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Bliss

by Jonathan

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Andrea
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Andrea Each song is unique masterpiece, as You all are. Favorite track: Paperman.
Ema K.
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Ema K. Since I discovered Jonathan cca 5 days ago, I play this album on repeat.
It is absolutely obvious that they are very experienced musicians but what really got me is the enthusiasm and energy of a rookie band. And of course, deep and rich voice of the lead singer paired with honest lyrics.
I consider this to be my greatest music discovery of this year. Favorite track: Paperman.
Vanja
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Vanja Maintaining that dark, melancholic lining present in most indie music, they counter it with bursts of energy to create a harmonious and well balanced combination of the two opposing worlds. A refreshing record. Favorite track: The School.
Matia
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Matia just a brilliant powerfull song! Favorite track: The School.
Branimir
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Branimir A chilling performance by a promising croatian indie band, making a impressive debut with their 12 track album, Bliss.

With a sincere and catchy sound to the album, they bring out the best indie music has to offer. More to the fact, their grand debut came playing as a supporting act for The Editors, where they made quite a impression.

If you're in need of change from the usual dullness that catches up after a while in the same genre, Bliss is the fresh solution you absolutely need to hear. Favorite track: Pictures.
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    "Bliss" is maybe best described as dark-lens optimism - there is an honest undertone of pain and angst in almost all of the tracks - which allows for a punky vibe - and a surge of energy and hope which leaves you blindsided.

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1.
UMBRELLAS IN THE SUN IN THIS TOWN MANY PEOPLE DYING WITH THEIR YOUNG IN THIS TOWN IT'S ALWAYS UMBRELLAS IN THE SUN AND MISTER JOHN, HE WEARS HIS COLOGNE AND HE'S WEEPING HIS SONG HE SAYS: BOY YOU SHOULD BE CAREFUL, GENEROUS AND GRATEFUL BUT DON'T KEEP ME WAITING YOU WON'T HEAR ME COMPLAINING 'BOUT THE STATE OF PERPETUAL BLISS WHERE THOSE WHO LOSE ARE WINNING AND ALL THE CHILDREN SINGING ON AND ON, AND IT FEELS LIKE A KISS STILL YOU WANT IT LIKE THIS IN THIS TOWN MANY PEOPLE DYING WITH THEIR YOUNG IN THIS TOWN IT'S ALWAYS UMBRELLAS…. IN THE SUN IN THE SUN IN THE SUN HERE THERE, MAKES NO SENSE FIGURE OUT YOUR OWN WAY MISTER JOHN AND HIS SONG, THEY ARE HERE TO STAY GOD IS HERE, GOD IS THERE, GOD'S FOR SURE YOU KNOW? WIN SOME, BUILD A HOME, BUY YOURSELF SOME FINE DOORS, KILL FOR YOUR GOD, IT'S HEROIC, YOU'RE NOT A VIGILANTE AND I FIND IT IN THE BOOKS I SHED AND IT'S NOT SO HARD TO FIGURE IT AND I FIND IT SO DAMN SICKENING AND IT FINALLY STARTS TO RICOCHET AND I SHOUT IT, AND I SHOUT IT AND I SHOUT STOP KILLING ME…
2.
Communicate! 04:30
COMMUNICATE! THERE'S NO TIME TO FORNICATE TELL YOUR FRIENDS THAT IT'S TOO LATE MAKE A PROBLEM AND START A FUSS TELL YOUR FRIENDS THAT IT'S TOO LATE FOR US WHILE THE MOON IS GETTING SLOWER YOU GOTTA REACH OUT AND YOU'LL KNOW THAT YOU'RE SOMEONE WHEN YOU REACH OUT AND YOU SHOW IT THEN YOU'LL KNOW YOU WANT TO REACH TO SOMEONE AND TELL YOUR MOTHER: IT'S OK, TELL YOUR FATHER: SOMETHING'S GAINED TELL YOUR SISTER SHE'S THE ONE WE'RE ALL TRAPPED HERE, HAVING FUN SO... THERE'S NO TIME TO FORNICATE TELL YOUR FRIENDS THAT IT'S TOO LATE MAKE A PROBLEM AND START A FUSS TELL YOUR FRIENDS THAT IT'S TOO LATE FOR US THERE'S NO TIME TO COMMUNICATE... THERE'S NO TIME TO FORNICATE TELL YOUR FRIENDS THAT IT'S TOO LATE START A PROBLEM AND MAKE A FUSS TELL YOUR FRIENDS IT'S LATE FOR US SO.. THERE'S NO TIME TO FORNICATE TELL YOUR FRIENDS THAT IT'S TOO LATE MAKE A PROBLEM AND START A FUSS THERE'S NO TIME TO COMMUNICATE...
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Maggie 04:13
...AND I SAID MAGGIE, THINGS ARE FINALLY MOVING ON, YEAH THEY 'RE FINALLY MOVING ON... ...AND I SAID MAGGIE, SO SAD, MAGGIE MY DEAR...MAGGIE...SAID: IT'S TIME TO STOP ALL THIS PAIN PLEASE TRY TO MAKE ME EXPLAIN...
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Pictures 04:53
I 'm sure you known I'm so amazed to wait for you I make the face in the sun And then I wait until the night Oh I'm so amazed I'm just gonna let you know That I'm here and it's getting cold Four weeks are making me feel so weak Oh I'm so amazed I should have been someone Not down with anyone Complaining 'bout the rain Now that you fade You're fading away Fading with everything You 're fading with everyone Oh please can it wait... I see you bathing in our silly bath And you waist... I'm so amazed, that you...knew it all I need to say these words to shake it off Oh I'm so amazed I should have been someone Not down with anyone And take few hits of pain Now that you fade You're fading away Making me anything Making me anyone Now that you're gone... I can be anything Now that you're fading It's so amazing that you take Oh that you take me It's like I'm almost anyone And who should I become Who to praise to make it through 'Cause it's all you It's all you It's all you Amazed I'm laughin' in the rain I shoud feel anything I'm back with everyone Who see what I've become Oh I feel better days I'm just staring at the pain It's all that I can do 'Cause it's all you It's all you It's all you Amazed I'm laughing in the rain Oh be back today Please be back tonight Oh don't you become The past with everything I'm sure you're back today We'll laugh with everyone Aaaaaaaaaa It's all you It's all you It's all you It's all you Amazed...
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Hands 04:11
HANDS WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF WE COULD GROW WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF I NEEDED YOU WOULDN'T IT BE NICE WOULDN'T IT BE TRUE WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF ALL OF IT COULD DO FOR NOW... THESE ARE YOUR HANDS I'M TALKING TO THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M WONDERING WHAT I SHOULD FEEL LIKE THESE ARE YOUR HANDS I'M TALKING TO THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M WONDERING WHAT LIFE SHOULD BE LIKE... WHERE IS GOLD GOLD GOLD GOLD... IT IS SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD... WHERE IS SOUL SOUL SOUL SOUL IT IS GONE GONE GONE GONE WHERE IS GOLD GOLD GOLD GOLD... IT IS SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD... THERE'S NO SOUL SOUL SOUL SOUL ANYMORE MORE MORE MORE... THESE ARE YOUR HANDS I'M TALKING TO THIS IS THE LAST TIME...
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Paperman 06:51
PAPER MAN THAT SUMMER ALL HE WANTED WAS A MINUTE OF HER TIME BUT ALL HE GOT, ALL HE EVER GOT WERE LIES HE PLACED HIS HEAD BETWEEN HER PLASTIC THIGHS AND PLAYED HIMSELF THAT HE KNEW NOTHING ELSE BUT WHAT IS TRUE AND RIGHT ALL THE YOUNG MEN GROW HATE FOR THEIR FUTURE WIVES THERE'S A LOT, OH THERE IS A LOT GOING ON INSIDE WHO'S TO BLAME, IT'S SUCH A SHAME AND IT SEEMS ALRIGHT PAPER MAN PLAYED HIMSELF THAT HE SAW NOTHING ELSE BUT HER AND THAT NIGHT HE SAID: "THIS SURELY MUST BE FAITH THERE'S SO MANY THINGS I HATE FEELS SO NICE YOU HATE 'EM TOO THERE IS NO ONE ELSE LIKE YOU I'M FEELING SORRY FOR MYSELF AND CORRODING IN MY CELL I'LL CATCH THIRTY MILLION STARS AND PUT FIRE ON THIS TIDES IF YOU SAY YOU WANT ME TOO EVEN THOUGH IT ISN'T TRUE I SWEAR ON THIS FLESH AND BONES YOU'RE THE CROWN AND YOU'RE MY THRONE..." I TELL YOU THIS TIME BABY IT'S ALL LIES I TELL YOU THIS TIME BABY IT'S ALL LIES PA-PA-RA RA-PA PA-RA-RA-RA....... I TELL YOU THIS TIME BABY IT'S ALL LIES I TELL YOU THIS TIME BABY IT'S ALL LIES
7.
SWEAT ( 3 A.M. ) IT WAS 3 A.M. , I WAS WAKLING BY THE SCHOOLYARD "I'M NOT GETTING SMART THESE DAYS..." AND THEN I FELT MY NECK AS I WAS STROLLING IN THE SILENT BREEZE "IT'S INSANITY" - THEY SAY YOU KNOW THIS EVENING WON'T BE WASTED IF I PUT MY HANDS ALL OVER YOU AND IF THE PRESS COULD SEE HOW WE MAKE IT THEN I'M SURE WE'D MAKE THE PRIME TIME NEWS IT WAS 3 A.M. , I WAS WALKING IN THE SILENT BREEZE I FELT THIS UREGENT NEED, " SO SWEET..." I HAD TO TASTE MY SKIN, I WAS WALKING BY THE SCHOOLYARD I'M NOT GETTING SMART I WANNA SEE YOU MAKE ME... SWEAT SWEAT, GIMME GIMME I WANNA SEE YOU BABY I WANNA SEE YOU GETTING WET WET WET I WANNA SWEAT SWEAT, GIMME GIMME I WANNA SEE YOU BABY I WANNA SEE YOU GETTING WET WET WET WET... YOU KNOW THIS EVENING WON'T BE WASTED IF I PUT MY HANDS ALL OVER YOU AND IF THE PRESS COULD SEE HOW WE MAKE IT THEN I'M SURE WE'D MAKE THE PRIME TIME NEWS I WAS 3 A.M., I WAS WALKING TROUGH THE SODOMY SOMETHING WAS IN FRONT OF ME, BURNING RIGHT INSIDE OF ME I FELT MY SKIN WHILE WALKING BY THE SCHOOLYARD, SHAKING SO PECULIAR, LICKING MY OWN SWEAT... IT WAS 3 A.M....IT WAS 3 A.M....IT WAS 3 A.M....IT WAS 3..... I WANNA SEE YOU MAKE ME... SWEAT SWEAT, GIMME GIMME I WANNA SEE YOU BABY I WANNA SEE YOU GETTING WET WET WET I WANNA SWEAT SWEAT, GIMME GIMME I WANNA SEE YOU BABY I WANNA SEE YOU GETTING WET WET WET WET... 'CAUSE I COULDN'T BE ALONE....
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MAMA I'M READY YOU GOT MY KNEES SHAKIN' YOU GOT MY NERVES BRAKIN' WELL IT'S YOUR ATTITUDE AND IT'S EROTIC TOO AND NOW, FREE OF THE SHIT THAT I EVER MADE MY LOVE, I KNOW IT'S TIME THAT YOU HAVE MY CHILD WE WENT SINGING AND DANCING, IT WAS FAITH AND THE SEX IS BETTER THAN GREAT 'CAUSE YOU, WANT ME TOO AND IT'S YOUR ATTITUDE AND IT'S EROTIC TOO YOU GOT MY KNEES SHAKIN' YOU GOT MY NERVES BREAKIN' FREE OF THE MY SOLITUDE MY FEARS AND WORRIES TOO YOU GOT MY KNEES SHAKIN' YOU GOT MY NERVES BREAKIN' AND IT'S YOUR ATTITUDE AND IT'S EROTIC TOO... UUUUUUU...MAMA I'M READY... I DON'T CARE FOR: RITA OR SANDRA OR FRIDA OR MIA OR JESSIE, ANITA, TARAH, MARIA, LARISSA AND JENNY, CHRISTINA OR TIA, ADEENA, ALANA, SUZY OR DEENA, TERRY, JANET, PEGGY OR SHEENA, RACHEL OR CASEY, BRITNEY, CACIA, CALEIGH OR CANDY, CAREN OR TINA, GABY OR GINGER, HANNAH, JOLEENA, TRACY, TAMMY, KATHY, SALENA, PAMMY, PATRICIA, REBECCA,CHRISTINA...
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XYZ 03:35
XYZ WAKING UP IN A SEA OF CIGARETTES WITH THE ROCK OF FICTIONAL REGRETS IT'S SO SAFE SO PLEASE DON'T LET ME KNOW WHAT IS REALLY GOIN' ON ABOVE BRING ME DRUGS AND BRING ME INFLUENCE WITH THE TWIST OF MY SWEET INNOCENCE MY SWEET INNOCENCE… ……………………… THE BUILDING BLOCKS ARE DEEP AND VERY DENSE LIFE'S A GOD DAMN DREAM THAT MAKES NO SENSE I'M WAKING UP AND I'M DISCOVERING IT KEEPS ME WARM IT MAKES ME SWALLOW IT MAKES ME SWALLOW IT UUUUU…MAKES ME SO MAD… THIS IS TRUTH, THE GAME IS OVER… UUUUU…MAKES ME SO MAD… THIS IS TRUTH, THE GAME IS OVER, OVER… OVER THIS GAME IS OVER IT CAN NOT DESTROY US IT IS NOW BELOW US FUCK THIS GAME IT'S OVER IT CAN NOT DESTROY US IT CAN NOT DESTROY US IT IS NOW BELOW US FUCK THIS CRAZY… DIVING TROUGH THE SEA OF CIGARETTES TROUGH THE SEA OF SPIT THAT'S ON MY BED I'M WAKING UP AND I'M DISCOVERING THAT I'M ALIVE AND I'M NOT SWALLOWING I'M NOT SWALLOWING UUUUU…MAKES ME SO MAD… THIS IS TRUTH, THE GAME IS OVER… UUUUU…MAKES ME SO MAD… THIS IS TRUTH, THE GAME IS OVER, OVER
10.
The School 03:55
SCHOOL NOW IT'S TIME THAT YOU REALIZE YOU SEE THE WORLD THROUGH YOUR FATHERS EYES IT'S SUCH A SHAME BE ASHAMED YOU'RE THE KING OF MORALITY CLOSING EYES ON BRUTALITY NOW THAT'S WHAT I'LL HELP YOU SEE SO GET ON YOUR KNEES SUCKER GET IN YOUR PLACE SINNER I'LL NEVER REAP WHAT YOU SOW YOU HAVE YOUR WIFE, KIDS AND ALL AND SPEAK OF LIFE THROUGH STOLEN WORDS IT'S SUCH A WASTE YOU SHOULD BEHAVE AND YOU LOOK AT ME AS SO YOU'RE THE ONE IN CONTROL BUT IT'S WRONG, IT'S SO WRONG, YOU'RE SO WRONG SO GET ON YOUR KNEES SUCKER GET IN YOUR PLACE SINNER I'LL NEVER REAP WHAT YOU SOW ALWAYS COMPLAINING AND CELEBRATING RUSTY FEELINGS INSTEAD OF BEGGING ME TO CUT YOUR HEAD OFF YOU SHOULD BE WAITING IN LINE FOR SUFFOCATING HOLD YOUR FUCKING HEAD LOW
11.
Love 03:15
LOVE SO THEY SAY IT IS NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK TO SO THEY SAY IT IS NICE WHEN YOU TALK TO A FRIEND SO THEY SAY IT IS NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE TO BE THERE WELL I GUESS IT'S THEIR WAY OF CARING AND SO, SO… AND I SAY IT IS NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE TO FUCK WITH WHO STARES RIHGT IN YOUR EYES AND KEEPS YOU ALARMED AND I SAY IT IS TIME TO HAVE SOMEONE TO FUCK WITH AND I'M SHURE THAT'S MY WAY OFF TELLING YOU ALL THAT HERE COMES: LOVE,LOVE,LOVE… SO PLEASE STAY IN MY ARMS, YOU'RE MY SOMEONE TO FUCK WITH MY WHOLE LIFE'S IN YOUR EYES THAT DON'T REALIZE THAT HERE COMES: LOVE,LOVE,LOVE…. WE CAN'T FEAR ALL THE TIME WE MUST SEE WHAT WE ARE IT IS FREE AND SO BIZARRE IT IS SO POPULAR YEAH, HERE COMES: LOVE,LOVE,LOVE..
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Wicked Games 05:46

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released May 19, 2014

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Jonathan Rijeka, Croatia

Jonathan is a band of five close friends from Rijeka whose paths crossed in 2011. Their music is maybe best described as dark-lens optimism - there is an honest undertone of pain and angst in almost all of the tracks - which allows for a punky vibe - and a surge of energy and hope which leaves you blindsided.

Ziro - vocals
Husta - drums
Nixon - bass
Rade - guitar
Tomo - guitar
Hrvoje - keyboard
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