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Operator

by Belle-Skinner

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1.
Mother Mary 03:56
Mother Mary, help me sleep dream the dreams that call from the deep 'though my darling demons reach and i lay awide awake and they take all the good that's come to me and they take all the good that's come from me Silent rocks the sleepy bough creature kisses on my brow no tomorrow here or now quiet nights and restless sighs and a million milky marble eyes and a million marble idol eyes Who will help me? I am fright never-ending is the night can't equate the hate for life so it burns but only as far as can go on display like raging stars and they're all in array like radiant stars Mother Mary, I am tired and I'm going out of my mind help me see the reason why Make it right, don't let me go and i never will leave my only home Make it right, I'll make the most to be finally free of what was lost Make it right, don't let me go And I'll never believe I am alone. credits
2.
Riding to Folly Isle/I'll be driving down to Carolina South, you see, I'm gonna make my way to Folly, oh, follow me We'll take the long road down to sea- side, by the quay Sun-drunken all the day and We can sleep for hours Beneath the creeping flow'rs Where Spanish moss and vine like fingers intertwine At last my heart's at ease My sorrows out of reach Far fronds of palmy trees My favorite Folly-- Beach-combing by the bay Sweet sand and surf that make you Shine a symphony Oh, how I'd love to sway in hammock, in harmony Eat grits and hominy and oyster, roasted, fried-- It's like I went and died and Woke up in heaven's arms Balmy weather warms and melts my heart into the Carolina blue- est skies you'll ever know and will forever more I never wanna go Away from Folly Shore. (cadenza) My heart is overflown I'll never be alone As long as I can go Back to my Folly home.
3.
Operator 04:14
How long before I can learn to cooperate my body aches? Hello, Operator: I need to sterilize I need to eliminate these body pains And I can't stand When I feel Hello, my name is-- I forgot, but yesterday I knew Cuz today I'm someone new I feel much better this way I'm surviving day to day anew Every day is something new And I don't feel And I don't think So get away from me I don't want you here I don't want you near me now I don't want you round I don't need you now Wait until I'm down Then you'll bring me down Then you'll bring me down And then I wake up How did I get so very far? I feel very, very far And for the first time in months I remember what my name is-- I don't like it And I can't stand When I can't sing
4.
Is this the place where people go to make peace and sweetly suffer for their sins? No matter where i start, I'm on the rack and pulled apart 'TIl I don't know where i end, where I begin You Don't know what it feels like To not know anything Maybe you do, you don't, you do, you don't So this is why they say the road's a narrow line Be careful or you'll fall right off the rim. And one by one, all down a line They seek to find an answer, a because People look at me with eyes that burn and i can't breathe And maybe we're all a little bit blinded by the laws Do they even know what it feels like To not know anything, or anyone, or anything, or anyone at all? Maybe they do, they don't, they do, they don't So don't look for me, 'cause I'm not here--why should I be? I have no hands, you know i cannot swim. Do you even know what it feels like To not know anything or anyone at all? And I can't seem to find a difference Whether I do, or don't, or do, or don't. Maybe you do, Maybe you don't...
5.
Tell Me 03:18
You weren't there, when I was here You didn't care--that much was clear That, and you just left me all alone The pain, neglect and emptiness And you'd forget, but then confess That sometimes it's too hard for you to phone Tell me, are we okay or are we not? Tell me, is it even worth a shot? I told you once, I told you twice I pleaded, then to my surprise I finally could tell you I wanted more You still pronounced we were alright And plain refused to make a fight Is there even something worth fighting for? Tell me, is it easy to get by? Are you far too lazy to even try? It's not working anymore And I don't think that it's worth it anymore We're out of time Tell me, where's the effort that you made? Problems don't just simply go away It wouldn't last, not for a bit We shared the past--and that was it. You had your chance but now I'm really gone.

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The London EP.

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released August 20, 2015

All songs written by Belle-Skinner (M.B.)
Produced/mixed by Rhys Maslen
Mastered by Oli Morgan at Fluid Mastering in London, UK
Recorded at Tech Music School London and Upstate NY
Engineered by Rhys Maslen (1), Patryk Narbut (2 & 5), Amanda Klinthall (3), and Olive Olin (4)

Guitar, Ukulele, Vocals: Maria Brosgol
Drums: Robbie Kuhn, Rhys Maslen (Mother Mary)
Bass: Noah Nelson
Keys: Adrien Pigeat
Trumpet: Patrick Hoff

Photography by Lyudmila Kapustina
Cover Design by Maria Brosgol
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A huge thank you to all of my friends and Techies who supported me and my work, to my bandmates, to everyone who worked on the record, to Harry Leckstein who saw my potential at showcase auditions, to Ray Tovey and Becky Jones for their encouragement and advice, to Ida Kudo for her infinite wisdom and creativity, to Vassar College's Fellowship Office and the Maguire Fellowship for giving me this opportunity which changed the course of my life (seriously), and to my mom, for everything.

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Belle-Skinner is an indie-folk artist from upstate NY/Bklyn who mixes mid-century pop with fingerstyle contemporary folk, and then makes you cry.

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