1. Remind Me To Remember
I am a humble servant. I serve, myself.
I am a humble servant, don’t look at me, don’t look at me yet.
cause I can be better, better than that. I can be better. Yeah.
I can be better, better than that.
Don’t look at me. Don’t look at me yet.
In the morning I wake up, tears in my eyes
Every evening, I’m so blurry.
In dark I, I hold my baby so tight
Every morning, we’ll be cryin’, We’ll be cryin’
Throw yourself, throw yourself in the water if you want to get cold
Throw yourself, throw yourself on the fire, if you want to burn to death
Throw yourself, throw yourself at the crowd if you really want to get wet
Don’t look at me, don’t look at me yet
cause I can be better, better than that. I can be better. Yeah.
I can be better, better than that.
Don’t look at me. Don’t look at me yet.
I can be louder, louder than that. I can be louder. Yeah.
I can be louder, louder than that.
Don’t look at me. Don’t look at me yet.
from
This World Is Too _____ For You,
released March 22, 2019
This World Is Too _____ For You written & produced by Emily Wells
Chamber Ensemble arrangements created by Michi Wiancko
in collaboration with Emily Wells and commissioned by
Metropolis Ensemble & Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Liquid Music Series.
Andrew Cyr: Music Director
Chamber Ensemble arrangements performed by Metropolis Ensemble:
Violin: Katie Hyun and Grace Park (leader), Viola: Emily Brandenburg,
Cello: Michael Katz, Double Bass: Evan Runyon
French Horn: Laura Weiner, Assistant Musician: Daniel Castellanos
Chamber Recordings at Electric Garden Studio, Brooklyn, NY - Sept 7, 2018
Engineered by Christopher Botta with assistance from Jaclyn Sanchez
Additional instrumentation recorded by Emily
at her studio in Harlem, NY - June 2017 - Oct. 2018
Emily on synths, vocoders, drum programming, electric guitar, vocals + live drums: Hymn For the New World & Eulogy For the Lucky, violin: I Need A Placebo
Live Drums/Percussion by Shayna Dunkleman - recorded Sept 28, Oct 1-2, 2018
Michi Wiancko plays violin on Your Apocalypse was Fab
Mixed at Fer Sound by Christopher Botta and Emily Wells - Oct. - Nov. 2018
Additional mixing, editing, advice & insight from Jacob Plasse - Sept. 2017 - Nov. 2018
Assistance w/ vocal comping + critical listening by Samantha Nye - June 2017 - Dec. 2018
Mastered by Heba Kadry at Timeless Mastering - Dec. 2018
Album Cover: Installation view of Ugo Rondinone’s Seven Magic Mountains, 2016,
Las Vegas, Nevada. Coproduced by Art Production Fund & The Nevada Museum of Art. Photograph by Jonathon Lo