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SOFT

by Humble Humans

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    8-track CD version of the EP with both the single and EP versions of Dancefloor with Friends, Shit Done, Envoie Valser and Recipe for Disaster.

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1.
Dancefloor with Friends (New Orleans Version) 02:57
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Today we’re eighteen again, we’re immortal With nothing in our way to slow us down No game, no judge, no battle A rhythm starts and everyone understands There’s no other way than all in, heads, hips and hands There’s nothing like hitting the dancefloor with friends Nothing like busting a move with some of the best people around There’s nothing like hitting the dancefloor with friends So give us a beat and watch us move in For a moment let’s forget all bogged-down feelings And instead relish the thought we’re all extraordinary beings For they are oh so strong, these bodies of ours They are clear and bright, oh them eyes There’s nothing like hitting the dancefloor with friends Nothing like busting a move with some of the best people around There’s nothing like hitting the dancefloor with friends So give us a beat and watch us, watch us... Take it away! Let’s go ahead and get lost in the rhythm Dance to the beat of our own drum Let loose, let go of any reason not to feel whole Tonight we set our spirits free Reclaim our bodies in all their beauty Let loose, let go of any reason not to lose control There’s nothing like hitting the dancefloor with friends Nothing like busting a move with some of the best people around There’s nothing like hitting the dancefloor with friends So give us a beat and watch us, watch us move in, move in There’s nothing like hitting the dancefloor with friends So give us a beat and watch us move in
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Shit Done (Band Version) 03:36
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I’m a soft man In a tough world I understand What it means to hurt So I don’t talk down If I can help it To anyone Not ashamed of it The parts of me that are broken or chafed Hold hands with the parts unscathed They’re cards of the same pack And I just play them back to back I’m compassionate And I think it’s ok To choose it This kinder way to play So I don’t talk loud I’m a listener Only ever proud If it makes me better A better person More in tune With emotion More human And none of it gets in my way I get shit done I get shit done I get shit done I get shit done Some of the few things I know Are: reciprocity makes for good friends Self-servingness is a no As a means to any or all ends And a hurtful truth can be quashed By a well-meaning, innocent lie And our faults can be washed By genuine will to make things right So I want to make space For the freak To hold up their face To breathe, to speak Space for them, him, her For us all to try to shine brighter And I can write us a few songs To right more than a few wrongs You know what else? I get shit done I get shit done I get shit done I get shit done I don’t bend under pressure Not scared of getting my hands dirty if I must I just get the work done I don’t bend under pressure Not scared of getting my hands dirty if I must I just get the work done I don’t waste nobody’s time With drama, guilt and a bunch of excuses I just get the work... I get shit done That’s what I do It’s just, just what I do Damn right! I get shit done I get shit done
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Envoie Valser (Strings Version) 03:21
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J’ai tout prévu, les valises sont faites J’ai les billets en poche Deux allers simples à nos noms J’ai pas trié nos garde-robes J’ai juste pris l’essentiel Rien de chaud et rien de long Et s’ils disent qu’on est fous Je m’en fous Envoie valser les on-dit Les jalousies, et largue les amarres Envoie valser les rumeurs qui s’empressent Ça leur passera, viens, on part Demain matin, on se réveillera Sur une plage quelque part À l’ombre de montagnes Au silence d’une mer calme J’aimerais qu’on soit demain déjà Mon île est ton île Et ton île est mienne Envoie valser les on-dit Les venins, et levons l’étendard Envoie valser les rumeurs qui s’affolent Ça leur passera, viens, on part Viens, viens, viens Viens, viens, viens Viens, viens, viens Viens, on part, on part Viens, viens, viens Viens, viens, viens Viens, viens, viens Viens, on part, on part Et même s’ils disent qu’on est fous Viens Et envoie valser les on-dit Viens, qu’on s’évade, qu’on s’élance, qu’on s’égare Envoie valser les rumeurs qui s’entêtent Ça leur passera, viens, on part Viens, on part Viens, viens Viens, on part Viens, on part, on part
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Recipe for Disaster (Piano Version) 03:33
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We were all about notes and fax machines Swimsuits, sunglasses and baggy jeans Roof nights in sleeping bags, nestled tight And diving in the pool with the morning light Stumbling through your history of choices You danced, you were all eyes and poses You pushed me and pulled me back for fun I cut the cord before we got burned T’was a recipe for disaster T’was a recipe for disaster Sure was a recipe for disaster In a blur, body on body, skin on skin We were thrown off by a surplus of adrenaline From nothing to everything in a flash In a flash from burning to ashes T’was a recipe for disaster T’was a recipe for disaster Our moves were sweet and uncalculated What a shame it had to turn sour To feel emotionally assaulted Left us all predictably bitter T’was a recipe for disaster T’was a recipe for disaster So now I choose to be my own master My own master My own master

about

Recorded in Quincy-sous-Sénart, France, in March and April 2021.

credits

released April 23, 2022

Jonathan Meur: Vocals (1,2,3,4) / Claps (2)
Pierre Acourt: Piano (1,4) / Rhodes (2) / Keyboards (3)
Renaud Louis-Servais: Guitars (1,2,3)
Jean-Luc Pagni: Bass (1,2,3,4) / Banjo (1) / Euphonium (1,4) / Trombone (1) / Flutes (2) / Claps (2)
Laurent Locuratolo: Drums (1,2,3) / Tambourine (1)
Vincent Bernardon: Violin (2,3)
Stéphane Coueffe: Violin (2,3)
Agnès Davan: Viola (2,3)
Florence Hennequin: Cello (2,3)
Hippolyte Fèvre: Trumpet (1,2)
Matthieu Vernhes: Tenor sax (1,2) / Clarinet (1)
Jean-Luc, Muriel, Rémi, Louna Pagni: Crowd (1) / Chorus (1)

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Music and lyrics by Jonathan Meur (1,2,3,4)
Arranged and mixed by Jean-Luc Pagni (1,2,3,4)
Recorded by Jean-Luc Pagni (1,2,3,4), assisted by Rémi Pagni (1,2)
Produced by Jonathan Meur and Jean-Luc Pagni (1,2,3,4)
Mastered by Raphaël Jonin (1,2,3,4)

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Photography: Sofie Melin
Make-up: Olga Bordoni
Design: Jonathan Meur

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Huge thanks!
À tous les musiciens.
À Jean-Luc, dont le talent et la générosité ont fait tout la différence.
À Julie, Juliette et Claire pour les clips et les pochettes des singles.
To all the people who support me in some way.
À Nils.

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Humble Humans Paris, France

🌈 Quatuor parisien à la folk-pop poétique et multicolore de l'auteur-compositeur-interprète 🇫🇷-🇲🇺 Jonathan Meur. ✨

🌈 Paris-based band led by 🇫🇷-🇲🇺 singer-songwriter Jonathan Meur. We make bittersweet, poetic, rainbow-coloured, feels-inducing indie folk-pop. ✨

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