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songs of youth & innocence

by daniel b

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1.
wayside 02:02
i'll be on the wayside waiting for the breeze the one who never sleeps counting 'till the days i feel my foot bleed i'm walking down the street i think i waited one day too long i miss all i owned i'm turning right now to the wayside inn yeah, i'm turning in
2.
driving 04:04
i’m driving home driving alone i’m coming now empty house nobody’s there nobody’s arms my heart breaks it’s too late the tv’s on but i don’t care this life is not what i crave why you’re still on my mind my eye’s heavy and i feel so tired i don’t care what we left behind silently, i cry at night i don’t sleep cause i don’t have time with you still there on my mind a new day i stay driving in the same lane until i die or my car breaks why you’re still on my mind my eye’s heavy and i feel so tired i don’t care what we left behind silently, i cry at night i don’t sleep cause i don’t have time with you still there on my mind i never know where i go i need you now i'm running low i'm running low why you’re still on my mind my eye’s heavy and i feel so tired i don’t care what we left behind silently, i cry at night i don’t sleep cause i don’t have time with you still there on my mind
3.
emma 03:21
my heart’s jaded my arms grow tired the future’s faded but I don’t mind lonely faces in the crowd in the crowd am I fated to only see you emma in places in colourless dreams in empty faces that look down at me that look down at me it won’t matter who we are if I see you every time I get drunk yeah I won’t cry I swear I won’t cry am I fated am I doomed just for waiting just in flumes lovebirds singing I can’t carry their tune can’t carry their tune it won’t matter who we are if I see you every time I get drunk yeah I won’t cry it won’t matter who we are if I see you every time I get drunk yeah I won’t cry I swear I won’t cry it’s so wild to think of you now
4.
nobody 03:02 video
the days are getting short but I don’t mind the lines that lead me to this moment I can’t change in a minute but why would I still change my decisions yeah I don’t find the will 'cause I’m nobody I’m nobody nobody I'm nobody the rules that I break they come to the famed end nothing feels the same nothing makes the way for better days one last look in the mirror so who am I again? I’m nobody I’m nobody nobody I’m nobody I screamed out before that I’ll never now how to keep going on I screamed out before that I’ll never now what the hell is going on 'cause I’m nobody
5.
the sea 02:23
i feel so calm in this small town hearing sounds of roaring waves my childhood love met her yesterday she brought me back to the time when i felt safer and my dad was my upstairs neighbour and the sea and the sea kept secrets from me empty house i feel lost in this town that i have known people fade in the waves and my love takes me back to the time when I felt safer and my dad was my upstairs neighbour and the sea and the sea kept secrets from me when I felt safer my dad was my upstairs neighbour and the sea and the sea kept secrets from me
6.
towns 03:17
do you call your mother when she’s home waiting for anyone do you wait for the other day to be gone tomorrow’s son now we stay in different towns evening fades won’t you call her now do you call your father is he safe don’t waste another day do you feel alone an unbound train let him lead the way home now we stay in different towns evening fades won’t you call him now? call him now heal the morn heal the night the time is running child nothing more it’s not a fight call them now call them now now we stay in different towns now we stay
7.
eavesdropping on conversations past free falling from heaven takes no liars those stories old you should change them while anyone listens anyone cares for now, for now who will hold the pass so that no one comes boatman shows the way he’ll call for us time passes on each year is tired and the lune is gone sky without his pride and he cried who will hold the pass so that no one comes boatman shows the way he’ll call for us so can you hold on can you hold on can you hold on can you hold on who will hold the pass so that no one comes boatman shows the way he’ll call for us so can you hold on can you hold on can you hold on can you hold on so can you hold on can you hold on can you hold on can you hold on
8.
she took the chance and so did he with a clearer sense staring at a photograph of a younger self 'cause older days flowing in familiar stream made them see the darker theme pulling all the way silence it’s so strange tame it had to hate the change and unstained love won’t ever be the same tethered hope like a golden lining on china glass pulling on until the last pulling them together holding them together the gaps they amassed silence it’s so strange tame it had to hate the change and unstained love silence it’s so strange tame it had to hate the change and unstained love won't ever be the same no they won’t ever be the same
9.
promise 03:50
i think of all the lives the lives that have come and sometimes in the dark i cry for the lives that have gone an image in my mind hey grandpa it’s been years your face fades away but i won’t let it disappear i hold onto the words
 i said when i was young a promise to the gods and one promise to my mom i waiver the nights i waiver the days i wave with the cold lone arms i waiver this place i waiver the nights i waiver the days i wave with the cold lone arms i waiver this place
10.
i’m holding on when the wind blows i'm holding on to the past i can’t let go of the things that are not coming back i'm skipping through the pages i scribbled down in other state i saw your name for a while i felt like a child again for the last while for the last while and i can’t decide what hurts me more burning inside or memories old memories old i’m holding on when the rain falls one last cigarette is solace a thing when everyone’s left for the last while for the last while and i can’t decide what hurts me more burning inside or memories old memories old i felt divine the games that i played and if the world fades yeah if my world fades can i feel like a child again feel like i child again and i can’t decide what hurts me more burning inside or memories old memories old i felt divine the games that i played and if the world fades yeah if my world fades can i feel like a child again

about

since i first started writing songs when i was probably 15 years old i wanted my debut album to be a pure, acoustic-guitar-driven album made in a lo-fi, diy fashion, where i'd do the writing, producing and mixing. this idea was heavily inspired by the solo work of one of my favourite musicians at the time, John Frusciante, and it came back to life when i fell in love with Bon Iver.

"songs of youth & innocence" sums up the last 15 years of my life and is filled with nostalgia, melancholy and longing for something long gone. i believe these songs are the most vulnerable i've ever been, be it both in music and in life. i was trying to capture an intimate feeling, a communication between me and the music. the themes range from simple love songs, to coming to terms with loss, self-doubt and even death.

and why the name "songs of youth & innocence"? i tried to capture the mood of the album in a few, simple words and these felt just right. also, the more i'm thinking about it, it might've been subconsciously inspired by William Blake and his "Songs of Innocence and Experience" as well as by "Youth", a film by Paolo Sorrentino, which is one of my favourites.

i'm really proud of this album.
i hope you like it, thank you for listening.

credits

released January 26, 2024

written, recorded & mixed by Daniel Buc
mastered by Tom Karasek at Gargle & Expel (gaex.org)

cover art by Kvet Nguyen

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