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Good Things Do Happen

by The Cameramen

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mraureliusr Awesome album. Almost like Radiohead meets Jets Overhead. Been listening to it quite a bit since I discovered them! Shoutout to Explosions&Fire. Favorite track: Drunken Serenade.
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Everything's moving So suddenly so quickly I don't even know where I'm meant to be I flail around Feeling overwhelmed and nervous Do I even deserve this? There's so much to see But you're all I can think about I just want to walk around Nothing better to do Take me into the town We'll fit right in Observing sea creatures Trapped in glass cages Just swimming in circles Whilst children are staring them down We walk down the isles Trading stupid smiles Well it's been a while But you're all I can think about I just want to walk around Nothing better to do Take me into the town We'll fit right in
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Blissfully 02:54
Do you recognise yourself? The mirror's reflecting someone else Well are you liking what you see? A prisoner of life wants to be free When I hear myself out loud I can't believe the things I say Something is taking over... Well I want to be naive again Blissfully ignorant Just wishing for things to change To see what that does Hindsight makes us feel so dumb One day I'll get me some and... Do you recognise yourself? My mind's obsessed with someone else Someone who I long to be Someone who I'll never be I'm not even sure who they are Well I want to be naive again Blissfully ignorant Just wishing for things to change To see what that does I've lost control of my thoughts Now the pressure's building up I want to be naive again Blissfully ignorant Just wishing for things to change To see what that does In the meantime I will find Stupid ways to cope Maybe I could just relax If I gave up hope
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We were both wearing white shoes Sat in the corner of the room Your head rests on my shoulder blade I feel your pulse, we beat away Our hair gets tangled strand by stand Our arms are weaved, you hold my hand The warmest arms with rolled up sleeves I hear you hum, I hear you breathe Things change and not always for the best way But I will stay until you inevitably get rid of me I'm not good at expressing my emotions But all I will say is that I'm so happy to have you In my life Do you think of me from time to time? Does it stick in your brain like it sticks in mine? Take your time You're not always going to get it right But I'll be by your side And I will try the best that I can to make things change And not always for the best way But I will stay until you inevitably get rid of me I'm not good at expressing my emotions But all I will say is that I'm so happy to have you In my life When we stare this close, we have cyclops eyes I see yours reflect mine, the horrific and divine You had no control over your grinning skull My blood beating faster than I've ever known And when I heard your voice Well there's no other quite like it You said things change And not always for the best way But I will stay until you inevitably get rid of me I'm not good at expressing my emotions But all I will say is that I'm so happy to have you In my life
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Our pulses connect, our heartbeats combine Our hair gets tangled, it empties my mind I hear every breath, I feel every movement No matter how tiny or insignificant And there's nothing I want more than this If only I could stay here forever Though it'll have to go, it will be missed It's not like it never was There's nothing I want more than this If only I could stay here forever Forever I don't wanna move, I just wanna stay here I don't wanna enter the real world again You relax my fears, you keep me certain If you could keep this up then I would be happy And there's nothing I want more than this If only I could stay here forever Though it'll have to go, it will be missed It's not like it never was There's nothing I want more than this If only I could stay here forever Forever Our pulses connect, our heartbeats combine Our hair gets tangled, it empties my mind I hear every breath, I feel every movement No matter how tiny or insignificant And there's nothing I want more than this If only I could stay here forever Though it'll have to go, it will be missed It's not like it never was There's nothing I want more than this If only I could stay here forever Forever
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Moonlit 03:40
I can't believe this is actually happening to me Is this just a dream? Is there any escaping? We spring to life It's so obvious, obvious, obvious Don't get absurd it's just chemicals reacting inside of us It's only human The pupils dilate in your unavoidable gaze I try look away, the colour changes in my face We spring to life It's so obvious, obvious, obvious Don't get absurd it's just chemicals reacting inside of us Still, to feel you in my arms Makes me happy You took me somewhere We're moonlit loons Looking for something to cling to And we'll find our way home Find our way home in the morning Just moonlit loons Looking for something to cling to And we'll find our way home Find our way home in the morning
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I never replied I didn't know the words to respond with When you reached me out of the blue Inside my mind, I hit rewind The past is overrated What's a boy to do? Well you can't rewrite All your history in your mind It's just keeping you awake at night It was what it was, it was what it was Nothing more and nothing less The neighbours kids jumped the fence To crash the party, break and enter I remember you felt so scared On broken glass I went with you to the emergency room Just to show you that I still care But you can't rewrite All your history in your mind It's just keeping you awake at night It was what it was, it was what it was Nothing more and nothing less Nothing more and nothing less I can be a dick, and I beat myself up for it And I know that you're the same, my love It was what it was, it was what it was Nothing more and nothing less
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Prospect Row 03:52
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Dreams 04:40
We raise our children to have dreams We raise our children to believe That they will all grow up to achieve The things everyone else can't achieve Do you feel so ashamed That life's not what you want it to be But the thing you're trying to flee Do you feel so ashamed You're not where you want to be And you're tired of trying to get to that place You need a job, you need a girl You need a house all to yourself In a neighbourhood that's doing well A neighbourhood with no houses to sell Do you feel so ashamed That life's not what you want it to be But the thing you're trying to flee Do you feel so ashamed You're not where you want to be And you're tired of trying to get to that place We all put a gamble upon you To see your potential through You did the best that you could do You did the best that you could do Do you feel so ashamed That life's not what you want it to be But the thing you're trying to flee Do you feel so ashamed You're not where you want to be And you're tired of trying to get to that place
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Dune 04:59
Gazing down into blue and grey I find myself within a dream I wish I could stay in this place Floating lost and hopelessly Forget about the passing time Dunes grow slowly toward the sky I'd always hoped this was how I'd fall When there's nothing to say at all When I was just a little child I would dream of these moments I was kept warm within the arms Of yet another hopeless It was everything that I wanted But I just couldn't handle it I couldn't help but let it go It's a feeling that I may never know Then I wake up and everything is gone Then I wake up and everything is gone Don't act suprised That's the way it's always gone A flash of light and a birdsong And reality has won

about

"It’s a myth that pop music is easy to make. I find it to be one of the most complex and multifaceted genres in music. The Adelaide, South Australia five-piece pop outfit The Cameramen seems to have done their homework on the pop genre and have taken many pains to get it right on their debut record Good Things Do Happen.

Let’s start with the positivity of the record’s title. There is a subtle irony which unfolds from this title as we hear the lush and well-orchestrated pop in the vein of so many acts of the past five decades. We get the more spectral piece of orchestrated pop “Drunken Serenade” which begins to show the far reaches of where The Cameramen is willing to explore, as they dole out Pink Floyd styled orchestration, which they continue to explore along with a bit of Pet Sounds influence on the slightly more playful and exhilarating roar of “Sea Creatures.”

The Cameramen is at their best when they concentrate on the orchestral swells combined with special oddities which again fall into the Pink Floyd vein later on the record as on the string driven “Dreams” which alone is worth the price of admission. Good Things Do Happen’s success can be linked to the orchestration of the songs, which boils down to five guys fine tuning their songs instead of just thinking ‘this is good enough,’ an attitude that unfortunately befalls many bands these days.

Good Things Do Happen is an album which deserves as much undivided attention as the listener has. The rewards will be worth it."

- Divide and Conquer Music

credits

released December 4, 2020

Musicians:

Richard Sallis - vocals, violin, accordion, orchestral arrangements
Daniel Altmann - drums, vocals, ukulele, glockenspiel, percussion
Tom de Prinse - piano, keyboards, synths, saxophone, melodica
Lenni Hemsley - bass
Randall Boland - guitar, vocals
Ashley Collins - vocals, synthesizers, keyboards
James Quentin Addison - synths, vocals, guitar, ambient sound
Aaron Williams - guitars, vocals, AA battery, trumpet

Songwriters:

These Dead End Towns (Collins)
Sea Creatures (Sallis)
Blissfully (Sallis)
Drunken Serenade (Sallis)
Pulse Connection (Sallis)
Moonlit (Altmann/Sallis/Williams)
Break and Enter (Altmann/Sallis)
Prospect Row (Collins/Sallis)
Dreams (Sallis/Williams)
Oxyphenbutazone (Sallis/Addison)
Dune (Altmann/de Prinse/Sallis)

Recording:

Recorded at St Michaels Lutheran Church Hahndorf, Explosions&Fire Laboratory, and Neidbau Records HQ.

Production by Richard Sallis, Joseph Cheek and Tom de Prinse
Engineering by Joseph Cheek, Richard Sallis and Lenni Hemsley
Mixing and mastering by Richard Sallis
Artwork by Jeanette Wildwood

Parts of the recording were made possible by a funding grant from the SA Music Development Office.

Contact: cameramenband@gmail.com

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