once more with feeling

I have absolutely no clue why so many people end up on my blog through the search-term “deckchair orange stay lyrics”. Google has a strange way of working…
However, I thought of doing all of those a favor and posting the lyrics… also, you can read something on their latest record “The Age of the Peacock” here.

Deckchair Orange – Stay

Is this what you try or what you want to say
You cannot run away, turn back and run
So don’t pack don’t pack
Oh you should stay

Don’t leave, don’t leave
Just stay
It falls back on you
I won’t regret a word

Stay stay stay
You’re slowly drifting away (When we are breathing in)
You and I is what only can go wrong
Stay stay stay
You’re slowly drifting away (The air is getting thin)
You and I is what only can go wrong

You think your heart won’t be the same
I’m way over this I’m way over it
I had found myself in a place like this

I know that night caused you to sway
You cannot run away, turn back and run
In a place like this it wouldn’t be the same

Stay stay stay
You’re slowly drifting away (When we are breathing in)
You and I is what only can go wrong (The air is getting thin)
Don’t give up before dawn
Stay stay stay
You’re slowly drifting away (The air is getting thin)
You and I is what only can go wrong

Stay stay stay
You’re slowly drifting away (When we are breathing in)
You and I is what only can go wrong (The air is getting thin)
Don’t give up before dawn
Stay stay stay
We are out of sync in this play (When we are breathing in)
You and I is what only can go wrong (The air is getting thin)
Don’t give up before dawn
Stay stay stay
You’re slowly drifting away (Don’t give up before dawn)
You and I is what only can go wrong

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“Is this what you try or what you want to say / You cannot run away, turn back and run.”
Those are the first lines of the second single of Deckchair Orange‘s The Age Of The Peacock, their second album which was released last week. Let’s take a closer look at it:

The first song (and first single released), Dance With The Geeks, is the most danceable song, with fast metallic drums and a chorus to sing along to. When listening to Stay, you start to get the feeling that this record might be completely different from the first one. More profound lyrics which hint at a messed-up relationship that won’t work out (“Stay, stay stay / You’re slowly drifting away / When we are breathing in / You and I is what only can go wrong”), once again the vocal support of the drummer Wolf creating a much richer sound, and a short instrumental passage.
Then, there’s Go Go Go. And the first questions that come to my mind are: ‘Is this Deckchair Orange? Is this Alex’s voice?’ Yes, it is. But it’s different. Something has changed. It’s not only guitars and drums anymore. All of a sudden, there are electronic beats. Indiepop became Synthiepop.
While at the second half of Heartbeat, the synthesizer clearly sets in and once again reminds you of the evolved sound, No Regrets might be the one track of the record mostly in line with Deckchair Orange’s first one.
Coast To Coast continues the new found style – with an instrumental, keyboard-driven part rather than an old-school guitar solo.
Different to Hands, My Love refrains from a sing-along chorus, but focuses more on critical story-telling (“I heard the kids screaming / The other day but knew / They were only playing with their guns”).
After the failed lovestory of Ghosts, the record finds its end with Buzzing Air and its lively, upbeat piano sound and momentous lines: “I’m lost in possibilities / So give me reasons to decide”.

Conclusion: Deckchair Orange changed. The boys became men. The sound became more synthie-electronic and more rocking, new (digital) instruments appear, the lyrics are deeper and more meaningful. The soaking wet T-shirts and the theme park have been replaced by amazing artwork.
The Deckchairs try to underline their position in Austria’s flourishing indie scene, to find their niche beneath bands such as Francis International Airport, Ginga, Bilderbuch, Velojet and Garish – what they definitely manage with the new record.
For the fans of the old, catchy tunes like Solid Lie and Rose (as I am), it might take 3 or 4 times listening to The Age Of The Peacock to become accustomed to the new sound. But as soon as you are, you start to see the new potential, the new possibilities for even further development.
Only one thing that’s left to ask: How will they manage to get this sound across on stage? Will they need two Macbooks and three keyboards? Is it going to downgrade their live performance? Will it still sound as good as on CD?
Well, we will see. The best opportunity for that is at one of their album presentations in Munich (Feb. 19th) or in Vienna (March 2nd). More tour dates: check their Facebook page.

Since by now, you’re probably all excited to finally hear that new sound I’ve been trying to describe as good as I can – you can order The Age Of The Peacock here. And here’s their latest video for Stay, full of their pretty but quite battered faces:

DECKCHAIR ORANGE – Stay from Deckchair Orange on Vimeo.

Napster. Do you remember it? Napster was the first program I had for downloading music. Illegally. I stopped buying CDs, because (nearly) everything I wanted was available for free, and only one click away from me having it. In my hometown Kufstein, the only record store we had closed in my early teenager-years. There was no Saturn or Media Markt, and I was still quite suspicious of ordering records via the Internet.
However, I always wanted to also have every record physically. This is why I burned everything, and even created the cover exactly like the “real” record looked like.
Then, I moved to Vienna. I started going to concerts, and I started to buy CDs again. I realized that buying music gives you a good feeling, because you know that you’re supporting the artists, because it tells the artists that you appreciate their music, that they should keep going.
What makes me happy is when artists take their records as serious as I do. When they put hard work in the creation, when the whole thing is more than a 2-sided leaflet with some “Thank you” notes and a disk with a couple of songs on it. When you have the feeling that it’s worth every cent. Austrian bands are quite good in that. Just think about Toph Taylor‘s amazing CD-book or Destroy, Munich‘s latest release full of pictures and the images of handwritten lyrics. And on Wednesday, I found another piece of music no one should be missing in his record collection.

It’s the first EP of diver. Remember? Yes, it’s the band I’ve been enthusing about since last summer. I promised you to be hearing more of them. And I was right. After having played as support for Trouble Over Tokyo, they now opened for Francis International Airport. I was standing in the second row (as usual) and overheard some girls talking about how amazing they are, that the cute singer is Wolf from Deckchair Orange, and they even knew some song lines. Yes, diver are on their way to Austria’s indie-elite.

Their EP is a masterpiece of self-made artwork. A retro-style cover that has been sewed together by a friend of the band and a CD in the look of a vinyl disc. The 20 copies they brought to the concert on Wednesday were sold out in about 5 minutes, but they are already producing the next edition. So you can either write them an e-mail (wearediver (at) gmail (dot) com) saying that you really really have to have the record as soon as possible or you come to one of their next gigs (28.2. Scherbe/Graz, 14.3. rhiz/Wien, 20.3. Flex Café/Wien) and get it there. And until that, you can always listen to the songs on their Facebook page and take a look at the amazing pictures of the gig on Wednesday at the gap.