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City Of Gardens

from Romances You by Bent Denim

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  • Limited Edition 'Romances You' LP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Anette Records (anetterecords.bandcamp.com) out of Berlin has printed our debut album 'Romances You' on vinyl. The release is limited to 300 — 150 to be released in the U.S. and 150 to be released in Europe. The sleeves were beautifully hand-screenprinted in Germany, and the records were also pressed there.

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  • 'Romances You' CD
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Our debut album 'Romances You' on CD. Jewel Case.

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  • Romances You Cassette Tape
    Cassette + Digital Album

    Our debut album 'Romances You' on Cassette Tape made by Paco Tapes.

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about

Ben — "I found a Yamaha Dx7 on New Orleans Craigslist and made my brother pick it up for me. The abuse and exploration of this keyboard came together to form the basis of this song. The others sounds came because a friend of mine was housesitting a very large house in Dallas when I was home visiting family. That house had a Steinway grand in their marble foyer. I ended up recording grand piano to a few songs in this mansion. My brother added percussion using an really old and ridiculous drum brain borrowed from a friend. My verse is influenced by the fact that places and people rarely change. It can be hard to understand perspective but that perspective is generally unchanged for much of one’s life."

Dennis — "Flowers are very sexy with their pistils and such. The Dutch masters came about due to a middle classes desire to look at a flower filled still life paintings in their urban space. We share much in common with flowers, we too grow and need trimming. Watching flower bouquets in their stages of deterioration can be just as beautiful as their original display. Much like our love for others as we watch them decay.
Maybe it’s another song about Kyoto or HBO Sunday night programming. I really wanna travel to Japan."

lyrics

when you go to sleep i’m gonna try on your clothes
with both my eyes closed just so i can know
what it feels to be inside you
you’re a city of gardens
guarded but unopposed
i’m watering your ankles
and sowing your toes
i’m patient farmers boy

i’m attempting to kill off all your favorite characters


that city of gardens was savannah
and when i left it was frozen in amber
like my parents friends i envy them
all the same routines in their brainstem
and i should get to know your bearings better
all i know is the neon south

i’m attempting to kill off all your favorite characters

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from Romances You, released April 28, 2015

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Bent Denim New Orleans, Louisiana

Bent Denim builds beautiful, narrative- driven songs by swapping tracks over email between their respective home bases of
Nashville, New York, and New Orleans.

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