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Slight Delay

by Lo Carmen

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1.
Slight Delay 03:10
Well I know how you've woken up A pile of dishes and a empty cup But you feel alright If there's a slow return or slight delay Maybe it just wasn't meant that way And if my eyes fill up with tears Just look away there's nothing here to see If I give you another chance I'm afraid I'll miss another dance And I'm getting tired I hope that you understand I just couldn't make a stand this time I may be blind Sometimes its a slow return And sometimes you just gotta learn With downcast eyes and smilin' mouth You tell me you are heading south And I can't hitch a ride So if you find I slip away Please believe I'd love to stay I just have to go somewhere Somewhere else There's lots of ways a girl could end up And you should never pick a friend up When you ain't yourself So bring it on, bring all the noise Lock the doors and call the boys And if I'm wrong you're vilified I'll get in for a another ride with you With you baby
2.
I just want to sit in the sun I just want to sit in the sun Your own patch of grass Ain't so easily won And I just want to sit in the sun Trouble turn your back on me Trouble turn your back on me I've been looking in your eyes For too long it seems Trouble turn your back on me Sadness just walk away Sadness just walk away You've had your turn and you've had your say Sadness just walk away Confusion is just for the birds Confusion is just for the birds If you can't fight with rain You can't fight with words Confusion is just for the birds I know the things that matter I know the things that matter Your sigh in the night And a fresh pancake batter I know the things that matter Its a whole other world out there Its a whole other world out there Its not that I hate them Its not that I'm scared Its just a whole other world out there I just want to sit in the sun I just want to sit in the sun Your own patch of grass Ain't so easily won And I just want to sit in the sun I just want to sit in the sun I just want to sit in the sun
3.
You said you'd be awake long after me Then we lay down And you fell asleep I blow out the candles Cos I know you'll keep I wake you up at a quarter to three And forget everything No sign of trouble, no sense of time No questions here, we drink vodka and lime When you go you don't leave a scent Two nights in your town Two nights in my bed I've got no idea of what's in your head You leave nothing behind to remember you by Coins by the bed from when you spent some time Get a shiver down my spine And forget everything You sit on a chair, a hat on your head And rip a piece from your trouser leg You hold a brush with some aplomb You seem to fill up my whole room And nothing's ever gonna be the same You're moving through me Like a flame And I forget everything A little mark, where you pressed my flesh No court could convict you of tenderness You say 'take off my watch, I don't wanna know the time' You give me your wrist and I Forget everything Everything Everything Forget everything
4.
Little Seed 03:25
I showed you where the night winds blew You showed me you knew what to do A vicious little seed was planted And it grew Time dug in, it was diamond hard Rubbed against where we'd been scarred I put my weary hand in yours And we knew And all the talk got in the way Of everything we tried to say We used our hands to ward off the blow But you and me both know Once it's done you can't take it back Just sit back and wait for the second act Get outside into the light Don't think about that fateful night Running hot and cold and scared and bold Missing what you used to hold A love so hard without being told We stitched it shut Some things stick like glue I never wanted anyone like you Before All the water, we're surrounded Sometimes I think we must have drowned it By the river, by the sea Trying to wash away the fire in me Boys will come and boys will go But you and I will always know There's a place where night winds blow There's a place we shouldn't go Yeah I showed you where the night winds blew You showed me you knew what to do A vicious little seed was planted And it grew
5.
I was gonna love you boy But now I don't think I will I was gonna love you boy Only now I don't think I will Sometimes nothing comes from nothing Sometimes nothing ever will Don't hold it against me Not unless I ask real nice Don't hold it against me Not unless I ask real nice I was gonna love you boy Then I thought twice Nothing on my mind but trouble Nothing in my hands but pain Nothing on my mind but trouble Nothing in my hands but pain I know I'm good for something but I forget everything but your name I'm sleeping with my guitar I wake up in a sweat I think I found a song in there But I can't sing it yet I'm reaching for a pen I'm searching for the words Then I fall asleep again Cos everything just hurts I was gonna love you boy But I think it might be some kind of curse Yeah I was gonna love you boy I was gonna love you boy Now I don't think I will Yeah I don't think I will Yeah I was gonna love you boy Now I don't think I will
6.
Six strings of pleasure Can't begin to measure The hours that I waited For you tonight All stations to you That's what my darlin' said But he can't catch that train to me 'Til somebody's dead Six strings of pleasure And each a small sin The days are so long I don't know where they begin Six strings of pleasure One for each finger And one leftover Over which to linger Hands running like water Over my skin If you knock in the darkness I'll let you in Six strings of pleasure One for each night Three for the moments I counted tonight I hear a train rumble Three nights vibrate Six wheels are turning Five minutes late Blame it on the living Blame it on the wake Six strings of pleasure Is all I can take An airstrip that's calling And last train gone This spell has me falling Down like a stone Six strings of pleasure Five minutes late For arms long-awaited Three nights radiate
7.
No One Knows 05:03
I've known you a long time Since way back when Still feels like a crime But then again We were always friends We've been in your town In your bed Probably said some things We never would have said Anywhere else But here we are And there we are I was holding him And you held her Til I caused a stir Thats the way it went The way it goes Now I'm holding you And no-one knows And all these hands And these nights All these ways to make it right Now you're holding me And we're feeling alright Closer now than we've ever been I feel your blood Beneath your skin And wonder where you've been You make me blush I'm taking off I think I've found that thing you lost I just like the way you say my name And in a way It's so absurd Don't break the feeling With a word All these hands All these nights All these ways to make it right All these ways to make it right Now you're holding me And we're feeling alright In a way It's so absurd Don't break the feeling With a word
8.
Oh that one dreadful moment When it all becomes clear Some little demon just whispers in your ear Now you know and you knew That it had to come true You just did not think it would happen to you A self fulfilled prophecy Un fait accompli I just didn't think it would happen to me I stare at my hands My back's cold on the wall And I remain strangely calm In the midst of it all I never thought It would come down to this One anxious hour One drunken kiss No one looks right And no one is left You can't call it a crime Just a minor theft You can beat it down You can throw it away But you know in your heart That the thing's here to stay I stare at my hands My back's cold on the wall And I remain strangely calm In the midst of it all It feels like bad acid Yeah I'm out of my mind I just did not think that you were that kind One small omission One tiny lie A ball of confusion A tear stained goodbye I bring out the whips And I drag out the chains But I find myself singing The same sad refrain Don't worry baby You know you'll get yours It's something that's destined A matter of course Now I don't return calls And I keep the door locked And I don't want to hear Opportunity knock Breathe in, breathe out I believe that's how it's done If I stand up to go I'm afraid that I'll run I stare at my hands My back's cold on the wall And I remain strangely calm In the midst of it all
9.
I know you'll be my saviour I know you'll be my ruin I know your arms are waiting As I step into the room There are bombs exploding And debris in our wake And every waking moment Feels like tempting fate I know you'll be my downfall I recognise the tune I'll be dancing with you darling Under the light of the moon But I can't stand to see you like this tonight I won't cry for you darling I'm not built that way I'll keep an eye out for you If you're coming my way What's that noise What can it be Are they coming for you Are they coming for me What price would I pay Not to see you this way Those disco eyes they are killing me Those disco sensibilities I'm calling you I'm falling through Falling through Lets not waste our breath Lets not waste our time I'll be gone tomorrow But tonight will be mine Don't try to run Don't try to hide Don't give in Just go along for the ride Just go along for the ride So don't go down To the river alone I told you I'd hold you When your bird had flown What's that noise What can it be Are they coming for you Are they coming for me Come to me slowly Don't drag it out I want you to show me What its all about Come to me slowly Don't move so fast I got a feeling this feeling Is gonna last Just go along for the ride Just go along for the ride Let's not waste our breath Let's not waste our time Tomorrow I'm gone Tonight will be mine Don't waste your breath
10.
We lay by the river Watched the sky turn from blue to black Made it hard to find our way back And the moon it guided us And everybody made a fuss With torches and such And then there was a long drive home And we got pulled over by the cops It was a long drive home And it was time to go to bed There was no more to be said We lay by the river And we laughed a little Then it grew cold And the night felt so old And I knew it was time to go to bed It was time to go to bed We talk a lot in our fashion What does it all mean Suddenly I don't feel so serene When the dust settles And your conscience is eased It'll be time to go to bed And we left a trail Everywhere we went And it was worth every cent Now its time to go to bed We could've slept there all night Could've waited for the morning light But it'd still be too late It was just time to go to bed There's always gonna be a daybreak You're always gonna have to justify yourself to someone But its a little too late now It's time to go to bed There's nothing more to be said It's time to go to bed

about

"With this record, I wanted to make something raw and true. I recorded myself, singing and guitar playing and generally stomping a tambourine, all onto one track, then just added sounds and asked friends to add sounds, til it felt good. I wanted it to sound like old blues, coming from the valley below or from a voice whispering in your ear while yr lying down by the river. I wanted it to shimmer in the dark and tremble with love. I wanted to make songs that could be your friend, that you could sleep with, that could sit on yr knee and tell you everything’s alright. I hope they make you feel good, I really do, and thanks for listening.” LC

'A spectral temptress...' ROLLING STONE ****

'Dreamy, languid and raw … drunken, bluesy guitars and loose as fuck arrangements' LUCKY

'...spellbinding...' TIME OFF

'Velveteen vocals bubble through a pool of Barbarella’s matmos, backlit by Ry Cooder on mescaline, Tortoise-style keys and somnolent beats…Loene Carmen inspires devotion from hardcore bikers to art-house boys. Slight Delay, her second solo album, cements the myth in cherry red lipstick. Loene would have you believe this is the heady soundscape with which to drift into slumber. No way. This is the soundtrack for nights of sinful fucking. The kind you were always waiting for.' PLAN B

'Like a late night phone sex worker in a Sam Peckinpah western ... a bed of soft drumming and hypnotic, woozy slide guitar .. . allows Carmen to cast her spell with smouldering vocals, angelic chimes and xylophone. The Mess Hall's Jed Kurzel plays guitar and some Morricone-esque harmonica, X drummer Cathy Green plays some bass, and Dirty Three's Warren Ellis adds his magic touch on violin and mandolin ... exquisite.' THE AGE

'This album couldn't get any closer to you if the heavenly voiced Ms Carmen was whispering in your ear. Carmen has assembled a late-night, minimalistic collection of songs whose dirty blues accent is punctuated by languid rhythms, hypnotic guitar and violin lines and unexpected bursts of harmonica . .. artfully raw and relaxed.' DAILY TELEGRAPH

'Loene Carmen has fallen into some lost world where late night country rock is bound up in medieval chains. Mazzy Star springs straight to mind, but the flesh in Carmen’s voice and the huge spaces around it bring out other associations as well, most especially the sexy whisperings of Prince and the Rolling Stones at their loose and lazy best' Mark Mordue

'.. . a strum of guitar, a sigh of harmonica and a voice remote and confessional. Carmen’s lo-fi tales of love and lust sound as if they’re whispered from behind her bedroom curtain.' SMH

'…downright exquisite... so atmospherically laden that some moments are best described as humid, gasping for breath…' UTOPIA

'...dark and dreamy tarantellas...' DRUM MEDIA

'…a foray into the twilight zone that exists after the term “early hours of the morning” has lost meaning. ..the barest of loose limbed dirty blues. Cathy Green (X), Warren Ellis (Dirty Three), Kristyna and Jed Kurzel (Mess Hall) all keep their contributions mean and lean, leaving space for you to slide through the maze that Carmen weaves. A great place to get lost. ' CITY HUB

'Slight Delay' is a songbook of exquisitely mournful blues elements and intoxicating rock romantics. Against a backdrop of hypnotic spectral notes and minimalistic, loose and lazy guitar, Carmen plies late night smooch music, sexy whisperings and intimate shimmering confessionals, with something of the Gallic cool of Francoise Hardy, and the nouvelle chanson of Mazzy Star, feeding on a diet of fuzzy guitar fudge and vague hints of sour mash. .. Sometime in the not too distant future, the essence of 'Slight Delay' - lazy guitar, melancholic violin, and beautiful frailty to the seductive vocals - is going to be the 'trademark' sound and style that music critics will be referring to when they review future releases from Loene Carmen. And 'Slight Delay' may very well be the yardstick by which the same music critics will measure albums by other artists of this ilk.' MUSICWORKZ

credits

released August 19, 2004

Loene Carmen- vox, gtrs, tambo, beats, chimes, xylophone, organ, recording, art
Jed Kurzel - gtrs, vox, harmonica, organ, tambo
Warren Ellis - violin, mandolin
Cathy Green - bass
Kristyna - gtr
Aden Young - harmonica
All words & music: Loene Carmen
Mixed and mastered: Jorden Brebach
Recorded at Loose Connections, Sydney, Australia 2004

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With every genre defying record she releases; equal parts rolling narratives and slow burning supernatural sounds, Lo Carmen's reputation as a lyrical heavyweight continues to build. Her impeccably penned songs offer a compelling authenticity and fearlessness, carving out a true cosmic musical niche for herself. ... more

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