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delusions

by Kibi James

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1.
bender 02:03
I want to spend the afternoon Mattress in the living room with you Delusions of grandeur A necessary bender I surrender To all of the colors The sole sign of my life It's all that I worship The light in the darkness The anchor im letting sink in Deeper and deeper and then I feel the light of love To hold me close and tender I surrender To all sorts of colors There's no time to be sure Can you wake me before tomorrow? Can you make me a real home?
2.
i know 03:37
Searching all the time Don't know what I'm trying to find Placing all my attention On the ways the days relate Finding out that every word I say is a contradiction Multitudes of you and me You don't owe me consistency There's just so many ways to see their true But they're watching you Taking note of every move Just try not to think about it Now and I know just what I know So to understand me Understand that I don't want to feel so known Don't simplify the ways i'm trying so hard to feel it all And I can see the world is changing right before my eyes I’m changing too So separate illusions of me Thats what im tryna do Don't you know I see Your desire pierce through me With the every question That you pose so casually Could it give you some clarity or some peace and understanding now But they're watching you Taking note of every move Just try not to think about Now and I know just what I know So to understand me Understand that I don't want to feel so known Don't simplify the ways i'm trying so hard to feel it all So I can see the world is changing right before my eyes Im changing too So separate illusions of me thats what I'm tryna do
3.
fuerza 03:08
Far down that road I suppose I better make a run for Now I won't wait To escape I've got to find my way out To live there's a price you must pay What do they know They just go where they're told Try to tell you that heaven accepts those who give their souls Si ya lo se Que tu crees Soy tan inocente Yo camino al lado de esta fuerza contra mi What do they know They just go where they're told Try to tell you that heaven accepts those who give their souls I tried my best To make the rest of this madness make sense So we can get by on our own It's not a fantasy This is the way of living for you and me One day plants will grow upon the ashes of the world we know
4.
testament 02:51
How can I know What it is I'll worship next Love done my way That shit is a sacrament I close my eyes No testament to follow Rather be broken than Have anything that's hollow And I know I can’t always find What phantom feeling I've been missing Is it only me stuck wishing How can I stay Watch while you devour me Love done my way That shit is a fantasy
5.
right now 04:09
Sometimes these words can be so hard to find I'd like to take a walk with you sometime And let the pavement take the place Of all the things that i could say They will come and go it's true But for now i'm here with you There's no use in saying out loud And my thoughts pass like the clouds But the truth is coming out now No one knows you better right now Like I do x4 Know you like I do I see you come home so confused On the porch leave your dirty shoes Wondering what it's all for There's a world behind the front door There's no use in saying out loud And my thoughts pass like the clouds But the truth is coming out now No one knows you better right now Like I do x 4 And no one knows you quite like Like I do And if you feel alone sometimes Like I do Want someone to hold you Like I do They already love you Like I do Tell me where to go i'll follow right now
6.
mister g 03:59
Mister g won't you please give me the key now 10 feet tall painted walls your blue arms to wrap around Maybe we did look like trouble So we said we’d give you double Now you let it rain inside Under the plates the roaches hide If there was a way I could be understood I'd show you the way we’ve been living I know you don't see me as more than a means To make your life feel so easy Mister g won't you please fix our machine now Wind blows through the living room There’ s no one to save us now Maybe we would smell like flowers If you would just fix the shower Now you let it rain inside Behind the walls more life to find If there was a way I could be understood I’d show you the way we've been living I know you don't see me as more than a means To make your life feel so easy Could you admit to the evil you brought cuz ur so nice it's deceiving It's yours but this home is the place that I wrought You gave me the key mister g X5
7.
go outside 02:22
I want to go outside I want to feel the changing tide That pulls me away My flesh to see the light of day But when I try to leave I always fall down to my knees The world brings so much sorrow I'll try again tomorrow No podría haber imaginado Como es que todo ha cambiado tan rápido Mi corazón no pudo soportarlo Yo escuché un golpe en mi ventana Yo salte a ver si tú estabas Fue una rama, tan sencillo Lágrima ha caído De repente, a través de mis lágrimas, aparece forma curiosa. En ese momento me olvide de mis sueños dolorosos. Serio y gentil, se acerca invitándome a su calidez. No tengo más remedio que abrirme como un sobre y dejarlo entrar. La luz de la mañana trae nueva percepción y anhelo. Es pura luz. Es puro amor. intentare de nuevo hoy
8.
Ephemeral sight Here on this night I found something to believe in Just a feelin’ I can simplify I love the way you look tonight Over candle light I hear many search the world to find What you're bringing into my life You're just the sweetest thing You're just the sweetest Could we try to make our own sacred place? Where time could never be borrowed So when I leave and you're here without me Part of us lives in this moment And this feeling I can simplify I love the way you look tonight Over candle light I met your eyes Yet another trance of circumstance Can this be real life You're just the sweetest thing You’re just the sweetest Intuition taking me Closer and closer to you Dizzy imagining all the things I wanna do with you The city’s changing fast hold me close it might not last The city’s changing so Just hold me close With this feeling I can simplify I love the way you look tonight over candle light I hear many search the world to find what you bring to my life You're just the sweetest thing You're just the sweetest thing The sweetest thing the sweetest
9.
a new day 02:49
Take away your hopes and motivations for This world a new day And we don't have to pay For our crimes So long ago were written down with histories That we cannot verify We cry out in this quiet desperation Wake up and go to work again today These ways they try to tame Will fade away Away So much time I've been looking for an answer And when it seems that all is faded grey I'm here for a new day Outside its storming First the light then the boom Moments of clarity I can see my family Holding me An action of insur gency They don't have the heart to see A new day
10.
shame 04:49
Drink some water when I am empty When the silence can feel so deafening And I’m running out of ways to make believe That all this water could ever fill me Waters true Not enough In the ground I could stop if I tried Pick me up I could find it All this shame I don't wanna fade away I want to laugh with all that I have I don't wanna feel so bad I dont wanna win the game I just wanna share the sun in your eyes I’m lookin’ I’m lookin’ I’m lookin’ that way X4 Waters true Not enough In the ground I could stop if I try pick me up I could find it All the shame I don't wanna fade away I want to laugh with all that i have I don't wanna feel so bad I don't wanna win the game I don't wanna feel the shame I don't need to be the one I just wanna share the sun I just wanna share the sun I just wanna share the sun in your eyes I’m lookin’ I’m lookin’ I’m lookin’ that way X6
11.
optimist 03:23
Would you hold me in your hand And take me where you can If we share we will always know just where to go So easily we hide Those facets of our minds Silently we ponder Our latest ideations Wondering how could it be When you came over to tell me all of your wise and delectable things Optimist How could it get any better? Hardly any storm that we cannot weather Together I know On the night I saw you there my heart wasn't fully prepared To sit and talk to have those conversations Looking toward your gentle gaze I leaned into know your ways I’d like to hear all your elaborations Optimist How could it get any better than this? Hardly any storm that we cannot weather Together I'm sure we’ll live so easily Take please what you need from me Forgetting what we ought to be Delusions keep on feeding me Together I know No need to hide myself away With you I always have a place Together we can ride this out I don’t have any room for doubt The sun will come and this I know There's always so much room to grow Please won't you whisper in my ear Those wise words I love to hear

about

Atlanta three-piece Kibi James announce their debut full-length album, delusions, out August 25th on Bayonet Records. Mari (guitar, keys), MJ Corless (bass) and Pomi Abebe (drums) join forces in crafting intoxicatingly dreamy melodies, their soft, siren-like voices sweeping you into their world as they bilingually share reflections on love in its many forms – romantic, familial, self – but most prominently the love that comes from their friendship. Co-produced, recorded and mixed by Drew Vandenberg (Faye Webster, SPELLLING, Toro y Moi) at Chase Park Studios in Athens, GA, and mastered by Heba Kadry, delusions is laden with vividly lush portraits of the places they call home – Atlanta, their music community, their physical house, and the sense of home they have in one another.

While the outside world is often a source of chaos, Kibi James finds security and intimacy in their shared domestic life together – the details of which come in the form of the intimate narratives and memories that make up delusions. From the manifestation spell for their now-apartment that’s included in the first verse of “mister g,” to finding homely solace in loved ones on “right now” and “bender,” the band’s ultimate sense of home is both fluid and utterly unshakeable, as long as they have each other. They harmonize in both English and Spanish as their voices softly intertwine, singing of their hopes for the future over hazy, treated guitars and the soft pattering of drums.

Their strong sense of unconditional love and mutual camaraderie keep them grounded, preserving the warm, optimistic light that has shone through every aspect of the band since their genesis. Corless says, “We're proud of where we come from and where we're headed. We're absolutely going to keep these delusions going.”

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released August 25, 2023

Written by Mari, MJ, & Pomi
Produced by Drew Vandenberg
Mastered by Heba Kadry

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