Goodnight Summerland
Album - October 13, 2023
All songs
Written by Helena Deland
Mixed by Sam Evian
Mastered by Heba Kadry
1. Moon Pith
Written by Helena Deland and Alexandre Larin
Piano: Lysandre Ménard
Engineered by Valentin Ignat
Produced by Helena Deland
2. Saying Something
Voice, guitar: Helena Deland
Guitar, organ: Sam Evian
Engineered by Sam Evian
Produced by Sam Evian, Helena Deland
3. Spring Bug
Voice, guitar: Helena Deland
Guitar, bass: Alexandre Larin
Drums, percussions: Francis Ledoux
Clarinet Bass: Matt Bauder
Engineered by Francis Ledoux, Sam Evian, Valentin Ignat
Produced by Francis Ledoux, Alexandre Larin, Helena Deland, Sam Evian
4. Bright Green Vibrant Gray
Voice, guitar: Helena Deland
Guitar, bass, drums: Sam Evian
Flute, clarinet: Matt Bauder
Engineered by Sam Evian
Produced by Sam Evian, Helena Deland
5. Drawbridge
Voice, guitar, piano: Helena Deland
Guitar: Sam Evian
Flute: Matt Bauder
Engineered by Sam Evian
Produced by Sam Evian, Helena Deland
6. Roadflower
Voice, guitar: Helena Deland
Guitar: Alexandre Larin
12 string guitar: Sam Evian
Piano: Lysandre Ménard
Engineered by Sam Evian, Valentin Ignat
Produced by Sam Evian, Helena Deland
7. The Animals
Voice, guitar: Helena Deland
Guitar: Alexandre Larin
Organ, piano, clarinet: Sam Evian
Drums: Booker Stardrum
Engineered by Sam Evian
Produced by Sam Evian, Helena Deland
8. Who I Sound Like
Voice, guitar: Helena Deland
Engineered by Sam Evian
Produced by Sam Evian, Helena Deland
9. Swimmer
Voice, guitar: Helena Deland
Synth, piano, field recordings: Ouri
Engineered by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh
Produced by Ouri
10. Night Soft as Silk
Voice, guitar: Helena Deland
Synth, drums, autoharp: Sam Evian
Guitar: Alexandre Larin
Drums: Booker Stardrum
Engineered by Sam Evian
Produced by Sam Evian, Helena Deland
11: Strawberry Moon
Voice, guitar: Helena Deland
Piano: Alexandre Larin
Engineered by Sam Evian, Valentin Ignat
Produced by Sam Evian, Helena Deland
The Animals
Music Video
Video:
Starring Helena Deland & Isaac Healy
Directed by Romain F. Dubois
Produced by Zion Saffer
Production Director: Joshua Rosenbaum
Production Coordinator: Jeremy Gribbin
Production Company: Neuf Cinq Films
Set Design: Mico Mazza
Stylist: Constant Chamberland
Cinematography by Ménad Kesraoui
1st AC: Arturo Fransolet
2nd AC: Geoff Mccaldin
Key Grip: Lucas Navennec
Gaffer: Eric Proulx
Swing: Maxime Frechette
Make-up Artist: Arianne Tremblay
Production Assistant: Evan Baird
VFX: Jordan Lavery
Color: Jerome Cloutier
Picture Car: Alexandre Bertomeu
Special thanks to Mels, Mels Post Production, CRCS St-Zotique, Dominic Bolduc, Route des Gerbes d'Angelica, Michel Bolduc, Consulat, Aaron Rosenbaum & Arthur Pronier.
Music:
Written by Helena Deland
Voice, guitar: Helena Deland
Guitar: Alexandre Larin
Organ, piano, clarinet: Sam Evian
Drums: Booker Stardrum
Engineered by Sam Evian
Produced by Sam Evian, Helena Deland
Mixed by Sam Evian
Mastered by Heba Kadry
We went up the mountain
Last Friday night
All of the animals
Were out in plain sight
They didn’t bid us to follow them
They didn’t hiss us away
No, to us, my love
They had nothing to say
And while you saw the tremor
And you saw the wings
You saw the glistening white teeth
I was busy with things in my mind
Things that I tend to
As though to survive
I’m not proud I was asking you
Do you dim yourself down?
Do you say terrible things about me
When I’m not around?
You sweep a hand through the clearing
Say can’t you see?
There ain’t anything threatening you here
Least of all me
Put your life on the easel
There, right next to mine
We ain’t living like weasels
We don’t have the time, never will
All of the creatures made for the dark woods
Whooping, that’s what I heard
What if the easel fell over
And the paintings were burned to a crisp?
Nights like these I can’t quite tell
A fear from a wish
Strawberry Moon
Single - September 27, 2023
Written by Helena Deland
Voice & guitar by Helena Deland
Piano by Alexandre Larin
Engineered by Sam Evian, Valentin Ignat
Produced by Sam Evian, Helena Deland
Mixed by Sam Evian
Mastered by Heba Kadry
Midnight in June
Moonlight sweeping the room
Song of the loon
Alone here and talking to you
And tonight I can’t sleep
A thought keeps on wrestling with me
I want to play with it
Cradle it
Say
Love come to me
If I am ready
To surrender
I have worked hard
Protecting my heart
And I am tired
Give me a clue
Won’t you send me a tune?
Could it be
Things have been changing for me?
And tonight I’ll get no rest
A thought is sitting on my chest
I want to play with it
Cradle it
Say
I can tell you
No strawberry moon
Has ever been wasted
If it brought us here
And berries, my dear
They want to be tasted
Bright Green Vibrant Gray
Single - August 30, 2023
Written by Helena Deland
Produced by Sam Evian, Helena Deland
Mixed by Sam Evian
Mastered by Heba Kadry
Voice, guitar: Helena Deland
Guitar, bass, drums: Sam Evian
Flute, clarinet: Matt Bauder
Engineered by Sam Evian
You ask me what I'm thinking of
Immediately know because
I laugh and the way that I laugh means
It's something about you
The shimmer this days has
River to swim through
It's true, it's kind of funny
Take my hand and run me to the shore
Dune grass cool wind blows
I know what I didn't know before
Press the palm-size rock to your mouth
Its brighter colors pour right out
The view in the morning rain
Welcomes us like no painting
Bright green, vibrant gray and everything pulsating
Four hundred million years opened wide and no waiting
Rocks you keep in your car door
Have traveled through far more than your life
Windows down, you sing along
I don't think I've heard this song before
Windows down, you sing along
I don't think I've heard this song before
Spring Bug
Single - May 30, 2023
Written by Helena Deland
Produced by Helena Deland, Francis Ledoux and Alexandre Larin
Mixed by Sam Evian
Mastered by Heba Kadry
Voice and guitar: Helena Deland
Guitar and bass: Alexandre Larin
Drums and percussions: Francis Ledoux
Clarinet bass: Matt Bauder
Engineered by Francis Ledoux, Alexandre Larin, Valentin Ignat and Sam Evian
Recorded at Port William Sound and Flying Cloud Recordings
Bitten by a spring bug
It gets me every time
This year I'm on my own
And the buzz is all mine
When it starts getting fun
Its poison makes my blood rush
Past lives walk by and I blush
They ask to sit
I try leaving fast enough to outrun them
Remember that's a bad plan
Their thing, not mine
I can't decline
Stay just a little longer
Don't be none the wiser
And hey, as long as you don't keep me up at night It's easy
You can have one on me
Tell me "That's right:
It all counts,
The evasions
Every procrastination
After all"
Run down the same streets
I did last time it bit me
And time would act all funny
And I'd stand so still
For all its pauses
Time will buckle down and pass me
This spring's already a memory
And I should leave
Until I go
Stay just a little longer
So that I could never
Say "I could live without you"
Now all that I want to do is within you