Modern Architecture, by Swimming Pools And Movie Stars

Modern Architecture

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1.	One 04:33	lyrics	buy track
Brace yourself and come with me I want you be the first to see As we unveil the mystery All throughout the history The sun, the sun All I hear is harmony And all the endless melody In my head is symphony As I recall it vividly It’s on, its on Forget about the misery Throw away and set them free Who knows how long will be So lets have a taste before It’s gone, it’s gone Glide through air so gracefully As we reach the ecstasy Won’t let go so easily As we become an entity As one, as one
2.	Someone Like You 04:45	lyrics	buy track
Flying to the other world for something I must do Never thought I’d meet Someone like you I asked you out that night We hang for a week and two Never thought I’d stay Because of you We traveled miles from home Enjoying every view Living the good life Just me and you We kissed the night away We spent the whole week through Then I close my eyes I knew I love you Its time for me to go I never felt this blue Each and everyday Waiting for you Fate is on our side Now I know its true Never thought I’d be Right here with you
3.	Saturday 04:17	lyrics	buy track
Just another Saturday Let’s go out and have some fun Just another sunny day Let’s have fun while under the sun Just another getaway Let’s go out while night is young Nothing much I want to say All I want is have some fun All of these, are all I need All of these and more All of these, are all I need And more I feel this could be a lovely day
4.	Zac & Zoe 03:04	lyrics	buy track
Life would be sweet with Zac and Zoe Can hardly wait like everybody Since you’ve been gone Things wont be the same Without you Wish i have met my little baby That would've make me very happy Since you’ve been gone Things wont be the same Without you
5.	Stay 03:52	lyrics	buy track
Too many words Too many sentence Too many meaning That it makes me wonder I don’t mind is all I say Too many doubts Too many questions Too many things have been left unanswered I don’t mind its all okay Too many choices Too many voices Decisions I make led to indecisions In the end I prefer this way Too many reasons Too many seasons Too many things That makes me want them too much In the end I choose to stay I want to stay
6.	I Dig You 03:27	lyrics	buy track
I’ve been waiting for so long To meet someone, a girl like you Even I know its all wrong I don’t care, as long its you Feeling is getting so strong Can’t deny feelings for you I’ve been waiting for so long So long so so long I’ve been searching for so long Now you’re mine, coz I got you Even if they think its all wrong I don’t mind, as long its you Hope you get to hear this new song They may not rhyme, but they are true I’ve been searching for so long So long so so long I dig you
7.	Live Away 03:53	lyrics	buy track
Life begins to matter Since you came along No more stormy weather From the distant shore Wish that I could stay I can live this way Live away You’re all i ever wanted Dreams have all come true World is so much brighter The day that i saw you Wish that I could stay I can live this way Live away
8.	Stars 03:54	lyrics	buy track
The stars above Shine so brightly The sun above Burns so softly Night and day Days gone by Go so slowly Here you are You surprise me Like the rain

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Words & Music by Laurence Macaspac
All vocals and instruments in this album are performed by Laurence Macaspac except "I Dig You", bass performed by Droo Taruc.

This is the first album by Swimming Pools And Movie Stars, a collection of songs with heavy influences from the 80s post-punk New Order, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Echo and the Bunnymen to the early 90s shoegaze Ride, Chapterhouse, My Bloody Valentine, Moose, Pale Saints, Catherine Wheel, Adorable, Slowdive and The House of Love. Most of the songs were written during the 2020 pandemic.

"Primarily a solo project (or at least on this, their debut album), SP&MS is the work of a southern Californian named Laurence, who I've actually known of for a few years due to his being a regular at the Jigsaw shop. So since I already knew he had good musical taste, it was a pretty safe bet that I'd like the music he made, ha ha! His songwriting and playing definitely owes a lot to the first few New Order albums & "Darklands" era Jesus And Mary Chain, but also has additional elements of shoegaze - only more in a gentler, indiepop-inflected American style (ie. Aberdeen, Fonda, Brittle Stars) than the louder bands of England's first wave. As such, the songs here tend to feel light and airy, even when they're layered with synths and lightly-distorted guitars. And above this subtle backdrop, you'll find some truly wonderful guitar and/or bass melodies (courtesy of the band's other member, Droo) that add even more beauty to these already idyllic tunes!" -- Jigsaw Records

"Swimming Pools and Movie Stars is the project of California’s, Laurence Macaspac, who shows himself to be one of the finest modern proponents of all that is fuzz and distortion about much of the jangle-pop genre’s modern scene, whilst still being shrouded in a core that is all things late 80s anglophile.

Initially, the most driven and incessant of his Moden Architecture debut, can be heard in One, I Dig You and Stars. All swirling reverb and distortion, with a plethora of melodic riffs just about enabled to bubble their way to the surface, these tracks are the perfect mix of todays Cowboy Dinosaur / Vern Matz fuzz laden freneticism and the dank, darkness of Psychocandy era The Jesus and Mary Chain.

The album becomes incremetally less dank though and as it does, peels away different walls of sound to reveal other nuances of inner beauty. Someone Like You and I Dig You is everything New Order used to be at the start of their tenure, before they started cavorting with footballers and electro-pop. All electro-fuzz, brimful with faux jangled riffs, this is a sound that has tended to be ignored in the various ‘revivals’ that emerge every few years.

Perhaps the best of the album is the most candescent. Here Saturday, Stay and Live Away reduce the fuzz, distortion to something of a subsidary whimper, as the slight, beautiful, gaze laden jangled melodies that are so reminiscent of the recent Happypills sound, offer a caressing ying to the rest of the albums more driven yang.
As a debut album, this is as strong and as accomplished as it is possible to imagine and signals the absolute necessity of ensuring that every possible button is pressed to follow this band !" -- Janglepophub

Swimming Pools and Movie Stars are:
Laurence: Vocals, Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Droo: Bass Guitar

Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by: Laurence

All songs written by Laurence
Artwork & Design: Laurence

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released February 18, 2022

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Swimming Pools And Movie Stars, an indie/shoegaze band from Los Angeles, CA.

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