Yes Very So, by Ian Daniel Kehoe

Yes Very So

by Ian Daniel Kehoe

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1.	Structured Silk 02:59		buy track
2.	IMO 04:52	lyrics	buy track
start at the start and at the end begin again within the circle of art is a gate to the infinite you can talk a big talk hangin with yr friends aint gonna get u nowhere unless you flatter it when your alone, say IMO, u look so good leave it to luck and your left with derivative lucky for us we can guide whats intuitive taste and instinct, the choices of a trade are what we're comprised of at the end of the day so u better say, soon as your alone IMO, u look so good
3.	J'taime Amen 04:27	lyrics	buy track
faith had lifted me again faith alone and nothing more i had faith in the way my brain makes harmony out of dissonance and yes i know i might be wrong about it but theres no doubt about this: to love is enough j'taime amen - again and again over and over till the end j'taime amen - c'est tous, c'est la, c'est vrais tomorrow and today must not gamble with ourselves must not gamble our nature odds of love become stranger the more we test it the less its felt its either one in a million or a million in one its either one in a million or a million in one, odds of love j'taime amen - again and again over and over till the end j'taime amen - c'est tous, c'est la, c'est vrais tomorrow and today one in a million / a million in one
4.	Umbrella 03:35		buy track
5.	Sweet & Sour 05:04 video	lyrics	buy track
every action has a consequence even the ones you don't do dedication and desire, haunting you when you don't move to what the heart knows is the centre of the heart, you start to lose truth and experience, objective reality, you see, tell us what we need to know: the less you hope the more you grow the more you do the more you see its gonna be sweet & sour hour after hour day to day week to week thru the window is the world the world is a window looking out it sees us looking at ourselves and looks back its a world of emotion... the weather is strong and the light is like a living thing the more you look the better it sings the light is like a living thing the more you look the better it sings the more you do the more you see its gonna be sweet & sour hour after hour day to day week to week
6.	Butterfly 02:39		buy track
7.	Yes Very So 06:02	lyrics	buy track
second after second like a deja vu truer than the sound of the initial boom naked as the sky when the new moon rises and theres nothing there leaf on the tree, fruit on the vine people on the street, words on street signs a world of physical things to remind us that we're there too all of this and not an ounce less (i declare it with every breath) Yes, very so Honey u know I love you in ways untold Yes, very so Very frequent, very often, very yes, very so it manifests in every regard you say "yes" and go forth unguarded rewarded every second you see and don't project yourself upon it undaunted, you arrive: nowhere different but someplace changed with the perspective of all things named at the center of your life whats near to us is beyond guess all you can do is be small enough to choose to say "yes" Yes, very so Honey u know I love you in ways untold Yes, very so Very frequent, very often, very yes, very so Yes, very so Honey u know I love you and i'll never let you go Yes, very so Very frequent, very often, very yes, very so
8.	Spec 3 03:45		buy track
9.	Art Work Circle 04:57	lyrics	buy track
no need for an umbrella when the sky becomes crystal clear no cause for celebration cos the end is the start and i've already been here before no more reservations, no more hesitation i used to get lonely now i never think about it i never doubt it at all art work circle no more hurdles no more obstacles, just... season to season, record to record, election to election, mother earth turning in an oval around the sun i don't know becomes of any of it i just want to be a part of our glorious lineage from the start on to the finish art work circle no more hurdles no more obstacles, just... remember to remember we forget we forgot that when the sky is clear and the sun is hot no need for an umbrella when a circle is what we got

about

On August 6 2020 Ian Daniel Kehoe released three full length albums in one day. Each of the albums inhabits a distinct world of sound (Lennon-esque balladry, guitar rock anthems, and disco pop respectively), matched by a powerful lyricism of curiosity and wonder. The 2020 triptych revealed Kehoe as a breathlessly creative mind difficult to pin to one genre and with an undeniable clarity of vision in his melodic and lyrical powers.His latest record, Yes Very So, arrives after this exploratory and prolific period, settling on a dialectical form of meditation and self-discovery, it reveals both Kehoe’s most gentle and jubilant sounds yet. Adopting a structure akin to Ryuchi Sakamoto’s work of the 1980s, the album balances evocative instrumentals and bold, melodic avant-pop, unafraid to guide the listener through an emotional and dynamic reconciliation of these two extremes.In its instrumental mode, the record is crystalline and languid, a palette of beautifully sequenced synthesizer pieces and warm, centered drum machine pockets. These pieces recall the striking beauty of Beverley Glenn-Copeland’s Keyboard Fantasies or Hiroshi Yoshimura’s Green, crafting living environments that unravel their sights with patience and astonishment.In its pop mode, the record is unstoppable. Drum machines barrell and strut, icy synths and foggy horns dance around Kehoe’s nimble and rhythmic vocals, landing hook after hook. Sonically it recalls the ebuillant dance music of Pet Shop Boys or Human League; music to lose yourself in dance. Lyrically, it eschews the disaffected irony of 80’s pop writing for something more lucid and philosophical, a sensual curiosity in how we make sense of our physical and emotional worlds.YVS. The record title takes form in the latent heaviness of abbreviated modern communication; an anchoring slogan affirming and declaring a love extending outward and enveloping inward. Arriving, ultimately, in repose.

credits

released July 8, 2022

Written, sequenced, performed, recorded & mixed by IDK

Trumpet by Riley Simpson

Lap Steel by Christine Bougie

Mastered by Marco Spaventi