Our friends at Pavonine Packaging (pavoninepackaging.tumblr.com) brought our whimsical vision to life with four different limited-edition designs to honor each of the seasons we made love songs for on the album.
With fun "Calvin and Hobbes" inspired cover-art by Colleen Newell, a lyric book to read along with and admire Dani Blum's (www.daniblum.com) incredible pencil illustrations and of course the astonishing vibrant pop-up images in a hand made pocket-folded, string-wrapped package, these are unlike any CD package you've ever seen! These make for an awesome art-piece on a shelf whether closed or open and a great collectible way to remember the adventures that life brings us and to spur nostalgia and invigorate the magic of youthful wonderment.
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Sunny bright beams, lovely
Sundry light leaves lush green
Fuzzy stout bees garbed in sweaters,
buzzing 'round me, pollen peppered.
Budding blossoming flower,
fluttering gossamer wings crowd her,
fragrant grass mowed wafts by me,
faces pass on walks smiling.
In summary, say: “It's a summery day!"
Chipmunks lift up chins, some with spunk,
two cheeks stuffed!
They pick up limbs strung with nuts, then run,
to eat lunch!
Trickling stream beds tickling me when
dripping we tread, dipping feet wet.
Swerving birds sing chirping smoothly,
flirting, squirrels leap, bursting through trees
(much like children will when sprinklers
weep and leave that chill that lingers.)
In summary, say: “It's a summery day”
Homemade lemonade,
go and pay a quarter,
you predict a weak mix,
but it's the neighbors' daughter.
Cotton crafted clouds break,
now make a thousand shapes.
Forgotten sadness-shroud fades,
lounging in found shade.
A siren's melody incessantly is on your tongue.
Beside the ice cream off the truck you heard it from.
Time is suspended surely when relaxing,
(as you are when in your porch swing or your hammock.)
In summary, say: “It's a summery day!”
credits
from For a Year,
released October 22, 2016
Vocals & Lyrics written and performed by Bruce Pandolfo
Guitar & Back up Vocals written and performed by Johnny Paluszek
Recording//Mixing//Mastering: Franky Bones
Left-field rapper, slam poet, singer/songwriter, and author Bruce Pandolfo from Long Island.
Creating to connect. Obsessively exploring and creating art as healing and growing.
Deeply vivid/introspective lyrics populate this ambitious folk rock project. The arrangements span from mellow/minimal to rocking and grandiose. Consistently emotive, unique and sincere. Brilliance. AllOne
Progressive yet punk, aggro yet emotional. One of my favorite bands from Long Island and doing everything they can to live up to their name, raising money for causes and making badass music, AllOne