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.​.​.​And the Sky

by Best Mann

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MCO 04:43
--- Now that you mention, I’m not sure I even know where to start Here is the room, we stained the walls Here is the street after dark Here is the ending So much quieter than I would’ve thought Molly came over-- I think I went overboard --- I watch the tv ‘till you show I bite my lip ‘till it stings I chase you out into the snow To see myself on the screen Oh it was real, oh darling Don’t misunderstand what I mean Molly came over-- I think I went overboard --- I cross the state I cross the ocean I keep you on my mind I paint the walls to sing your name I wash them clean by July No I ain’t leaving Swear that’s just the way it looks in the light Molly came over-- I think I went overboard --- I saw mother ‘cross the bar I caught the bite in her eye Can’t point the finger way I did Hate that I still want to try Blame me for fading Blame me for the love i wasn’t ready to find Molly came over Molly came over Molly came over ---
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From the Hip 04:19
--- December getting cold Unsteady I wonder When karma come to claim on the loan The car neck deep in snow Just bury me under Something that’ll melt on its own Is it all that hard to see me when I fold into the fade? Been known to swallow dark like its something to prove But Giving up that way Giving up that way Giving up ain’t hard to do --- Another weekend all alone All buried in covers-- Can’t find the time to follow nothing through Unsettled when I slow Too anxious to wander Still hold my breath each time I dance with you (You know it’s true) And I’m terrified of what it means when there’s nothing left to do ‘cause I can’t afford another fall No, I can’t afford another fall --- I can’t afford another fall No, I can’t afford another fall Will you call, Will you call, Will you… ---
4.
--- On the borderline, Crossing Jersey in a broken ride, She caught me with a paper smile An easy anodyne, But I was only listening half the time, So certain that we’d have a while Now I’m stuck on the way that she caught the light Figured by now I could get it right Shake my shit and learn to cope But I thought I was dying again last night Selfish the way I get so uptight, Caught my breath just like before (I falter on the safest ground) --- Turning over, Turning in the overflow, Unwind the story: She carried me home again. Ain’t it easy, Way we bend the ending so Unkind to holy: I stumble alone Hope I find my way home again. --- No glory hard to find: ‘Cross the room she’s singing’ “Lilac Wine” Like nothing ever came before I turn the other side, Turn again, I pray I’m goin blind-- I cannot own what I ignored But I couldn’t now even if I tried Hear it again and again each time Best days, I try to make the most Run to the city again each night Chasing a ghost to the rooftop height Pretend that we can see the coast (Coast won’t clear itself/she takes me down) --- Turning over, Turning in the overflow, Unwind the story: She carried me home again. In the morning Please just warn me ‘fore you go Unwind me slowly: I stumble alone Till I find my way home again --- Turning over, Turning in the overflow Keep me honest Keep me long as you can hold ---
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MST 03:35
--- If I were to sell you a lie then I saw it coming from a mile ‘cross the border; when you’re gone I only pray for snow Empty as hard as I try-- Flip through the photos to remind Where we could have bent the course Now nowhere left to go. --- Six month and still counting on The wing of the swallow in the night Keeps me up until I’m sure I can hear you from across the room Split ‘tween my lover & I & we’ve got a funny way of lyin’ ‘bout the empty in our home It’s the quickest way to feel alone --- Dipper watch me dig a deeper hole Dipper don’t you see the crater grow ---
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On the Line 04:33
--- she says she’s fine well i might need another minute heart on the line i unwind light speed to finish but still it’s better than it was before even when it falls apart end of july she drives back part of me with her parked on the 9 cry her name back into the winter she loved me better than i was before even when i fell apart --- drink till i’m dry hide the bones name me resistant she cross my mind i lie i still believe in distance just so much better than it was before even when it falls apart --- have i been away too long does she still keep my name pictured us growing old but i never learned to wait shouldn’t there be something more to faith than waiting on the fall apart --- she pours the wine i rewind her another dinner heart on the line she reminds me light in winter love her much better than i could before ---
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Modern Love 04:35
--- The modern love: Dilating stories to the bone It keeps you up Copperlined and hoping for the storm Set free Just believe Tomorrow bends to not alone. Just believe On the other side there's something more To the modern love --- The modern love Dialed in to tell me she was gone. Now I'm wired up Terrified that we were mortal all along Try to breathe Shake & drink & turn & call it something more Please believe How could I have known this would be for you before? This modern love. --- I don’t wanna die But I’m more curious now Seven circles past The last mercurial bow I dreamed of you again Woke up with dust in my mouth I dreamed of you I saw you again I’m sure of it now ---
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Like a Knife 03:23
--- Done what you done, what you done, did I play a part? Shame sneak up to the space that your leaving wrought There’s a way I can swallow the room without a second thought-- isn’t that such a wonder Come shadowbox like the fight ain’t already start Skin like a knife, I ignore, gotta speak my heart Take and I take and I still tend to fall apart-- Isn’t that such a wonder --- Hey, this ain’t the story that I thought I cry blind, but still I always play the part If we rewind, would I give up anything unfettered --- I fight the war like I know how a war gets won How many times did I cut and forget to run? Over and over and over and now you’re gone ---
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LittleHeart 04:31
--- i didn’t even cry ‘cause by the time he was gone i’d already imagined him gone for so long it’s hard to mark the time when they go & it changes the way that you look at the water changes the way that you wait for your lover to come home --- 94 july or so i’m told death has a way of taking away from the weather heard me say goodbye the story goes (with no one left to refute, for the better) it isn’t much but better than “We all go alone” --- or-- did I cross his mind? ---
10.
Gold 03:13
--- “when did it get so late” He asks the rain “i must have lost my head haven’t been sleepin’ lately think i’m crazy least i’ve heard it said & one time truth told slipped myself for a moment & believed we were growing old-- watched the morning till it turned to gold” --- “this is the part you’ll hear me fall apart each time that she’s away machinary bone all creak and groan & nothing left to say old lines retold she comes in with the morning to remind me against the cold ‘If we unwind No less to show Here for now, someday leaving In between’s where the livin’ goes’ watch us spin until we turn to gold ---
11.
And the Sky 07:04
--- there’s something in the way-- i wake up just the same but nothing starts hear him say your name fuck, i’m losing focus now it comes apart --- don’t know the way it went all the wires in my head begin to spark picture that i sent blooms around the edges story comes apart --- and the sky broke and the earth shook and even if it hadn’t i still would’ve known you were gone --- blood takes more than it gave cut ties between my name an the rest of me now i’m singing for the grave that’s a lie, i only sing when it comes apart --- and the trees fell and the birds left and even if they hadn’t i still would’ve know you were gone --- december, full of grace i’m cryin at the table still see you in her face thats a lie, i never see nothin’ comin’ for me-- only when it comes apart --- and the love went and the love came and even if it hadn’t i still would’ve know you were --- and i broke down and i broke down and i broke down --- drove past your place today eyes buried in my phone ---
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--- What makes this a marker Don’t miss her anymore Than I did in the morning Or the day before Some kind of an honor To pick yourself up off the floor & turn away from a warning To make it back from the shore --- I saw her face up in Boston Summer danced around the edge Choir sang in the market-- I didn’t know who to call ‘cause now her voice in my pocket Hollowed out and spun around and something less People thank us like we’re saviors And i accept it all --- She with all the color running halo round her eyes She could cut a line across the winter from the sky She would spark a fire just to prove we didn’t try & she is gone So what does that make me now --- Still I’m waking up beside the love she said I’d find Still I go to work without her running through my mind Still I keep on breathing, I’m not empty all the time-- This must be wrong Tell me how can it not be wrong --- Not so uncomfortable with loss As I am unsure what the cost has gotta’ be for me to leave With my hands still clean ---

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...And the Sky is the debut, self-produced LP by Best Mann (aka producer/composer/multi-instrumentalist Nate Mondschein). It's an album about family, and anxiety, and love, and ghosts, and things he can’t remember as well as he wishes he could.

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released October 25, 2019

All Songs Composed, Produced, and Performed by Nate Mondschein
Recorded by Nate @ Echo Base Production (Shutesbury, MA) and Andrew Oedel @ Ghost Hit Recording (Holyoke, MA)
Mixed by Andrew @ Ghost Hit
Mastered by Brian Lucey @ Magic Garden Mastering

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Best Mann Northampton, Massachusetts

Best Mann (the alter-ego of Massachusett-based producer/composer/multi-instrumentalist/Prince-devotee Nate Mondschein) is an obsessive over small moments. Merging Art-Rock aesthetics, Hip-Hop-adjacent pocket, and Folk-style lyricism, Nate tells stories about family, & anxiety, & love, & ghosts, and things he can’t remember as well as he wishes he could. His debut album “...And the Sky”is out now. ... more

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