xoxo low sensory version

by Star Matriarch

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A stripped down, 'low sensory' version of 'xoxo', the lush pop suite fit for an 'ethnic wedding' that came out last year from Star Matriarch. With only her spacious telecaster and teary mezzo, this track pulls at the heart strings in a way similar to Jeff Buckley at the Sin-e. A major departure from her more throaty, pithy ventures like "'Geisha' Means 'Open-Minded' or even "Joy 09", it's a good, beautiful hurt.

lyrics

We met just days after you got married
You said you loved her but I hoped it was in haste
We walked, drank coffee,
conversed
self-consciously

He was just as unavailable as you
He tried hard to take all I wanted for you
I wanted to please, to be what you've been to me

Oh you, you're a clown and you
know how to bring out the best in me
But you have a home that's too
happy for it be right
to let you know

Years pass, I'm still writing songs
Years pass, I'm so proud and I'm strong
I see you, I laugh, I am joyful
Then I cry on the phone

Yea, he is there to distract me at night
But he's not you
Though I enjoy him alright
I see you, I laugh, I am joyful
Then I cry on the phone

Oh, you. You're a clown and you
now how to bring out the best in me
But you have a home that's too happy for it to be right
to let you know

So you can never know
I will never tell
You'll never here me say
I love you

What would you say
What would you say?
What would you say
To me?

Oh, I don't wanna know

credits

released April 4, 2024
Carol Bui - guitar, vocals
Mixing - TJ Lipple
Mastering - Vlado Meller

Photo by Jamaal Davis
Collage by Carol

Recorded in February 2024 at Carol's house in Tacoma, WA.

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Star Matriarch Tacoma, Washington

Carol Bui, aka Star Matriarch, weaves experiences as a 'raqs sharqi' dancer, ex-whore, and ex-punk-wannabe into thrilling musical worlds with a delicate balance of raw power and vulnerability.

After a 10+ year hiatus, Carol returns with updates and additions to her 2011 LP 'Red Ship', slated for reissue in vinyl format on Exotic Fever Records sometime 2024 ... more

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