After a digital-only release in 2012, we finally have a (very) limited run of Anthems CDs. Act fast because there are less than 100 of these discs available. Take advantage of the CD offer to complete your collection of Marc M Cogman records.
Digipak, with cover art by Edward C. Simon.
Comes with automatic digital download of the album for your mobile device.
Includes unlimited streaming of Anthems
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 2 days
edition of 50
Purchasable with gift card
$12USDor more
about
In 2007, I received an antique typewriter for my 26th birthday. I immediately decided I’d try to write a song that referenced the gift and the girl who gave it to me, and I quickly completed a first verse all about the happiness I was feeling in the budding relationship. But after just one verse I stalled. A few months later, on the morning the relationship came to an end, I finally had my second verse. This has become one of the favorite songs (mine, as well as others) that I’ve ever written, and has been a fixture in the full-band sets since that spring of 2007.
I first demoed it at home in Venice the day I wrote it in June of 2007, and the first full-band demo was completed in July at the Fun-N-Only Room with Brian Moskin on drums, Giulio Carmassi on bass and piano, and Kelli Noftle singing backing vocals. The final version was done at Radar! with the addition of Steve McDonald on guitar, Frogs on bass, and Justin Siegel on drums.
lyrics
When the daylight broke, it stirred me from a dream, and I woke up at home with you lying next to me, and I had places to go, but instead I stayed to sit and watch you sleep. I had a tune in my head that I didn’t want to leave. So I sat up in bed and I pulled you close to me, and I hummed every note into your ear, into your memory to keep.
So sing, please sing those sad songs with me. When you do, my heart beats slow and evenly. When you do, I swear that fragile harmony is all I need.
In the night, a spell was broken, and tore me from a dream. And I woke up alone, no one lying next to me. And I had nowhere to go, but I still got up, ‘cause these days I can’t sleep. So I pulled out the old typewriter, the one you gave to me. And I wrote another song about our bitter history. And all the words we have spoken became melodies when I pressed down the keys. So will you still sing, please sing that sad song with me. When you do, my heart beats hard and rapidly. When you do, and I hear that fragile harmony, I almost believe it’s the only thing I need.
credits
from Anthems,
released March 6, 2012
Music and lyrics by Marc M. Cogman
Marc M. Cogman - vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine
Frogs - electric bass
Steve McDonald - electric guitar
Giulio Carmassi - piano
Justin Siegel - drums
Kellianne Noftle - backing vocals
Produced by Marc M. Cogman and Justin Siegel
Recorded at Radar! by Justin Siegel, Eddie Jackson, and Frogs, and Black Truffle Sound by Giulio Carmassi
Mixed at the Lily Pad by Frogs
Mastered at Beach Studio by Eddie Jackson
Lars Bygdén has a rich, evocative baritone, and it’s surrounded by lush ambience in songs sure to appeal to fans of Tindersticks. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 29, 2022
Released in 2001, “The Convincer” is a gentle gem in the Nick Lowe catalog; an anniversary edition provides opportunity for rediscovery. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 20, 2021
The Ohio songwriter navigates gender, queerness, class, and privilege through a powerful mix of country rock, folk ballads, and bluegrass. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 14, 2021
Irish singer-songwriter Sarah E. Cullen bares her heart over pastoral folk arrangements enshrouded in a dream-pop haze. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 29, 2021
Written as she was coping with an auto-immune disease, the new EP from Rachel Angel offers hushed, silvery ’50s-style Americana. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 23, 2020
