Kanandah
by Ben Mason
ninibaseema
ninibaseema
I’ve been following Ben’s music since the 1st days of MySpace when SocialMedia was still new/ refreshing. I’d found his account accidently. The tune playing stuck in my head for weeks, it was so good, it made me come back regularly. Fast forward over 10years I still keep coming back in the hopes of discovering new material. Having enjoyed all of Ben’s work so far, Kanandah also delights my ears. It conjured a satisfied smile on my face with the very 1st note lasting throughout the album.
-
Button/Pin/Patch + Digital AlbumBuy the button, get the album!
I'll post you the pin and email you a download code!
Includes unlimited streaming of Kanandah via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 5 daysedition of 100Purchasable with gift card$15 AUD or more
-
-
Streaming + DownloadIncludes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Purchasable with gift card
$10 AUD or more
-
Full Digital Discography
Get all 10 Ben Mason releases available on Bandcamp and save 50%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Land Where the Sun Sets, Kanandah, Hunting, She'd Need a Heart, Holes and Corners, The Odessey Odyssey, Avoiding a Fight, acapulco volume 2 - PDX, and 2 more.
Purchasable with gift card$22 AUD or more (50% OFF)
1. |
|
|||
|
The border of a property
A hole where a fence ought to be boxing you in
Instead it stares you in your face
And dares to keep you in your place
You lose, it wins
And every time you step through that square gap in space
It'll peg you for a thief
But round pegs fit through square holes if they're small enough
Don't forget your long lost friends are still lost
|
||||
2. |
Sticks
04:07
|
|
||
|
Nine houses in our street
Ours separated by just two
Two widows, six families
And old Murphy with his cockatoo
We were destined to be friends
The same age, same grade at the same school
Same play date each weekend
Marco Polo in our above ground pool
Then we'd spend our afternoons
At yours, you Barbie and me Ken
You'd teach me what grown ups do
At night when they think we're all tucked into bed
We were six
Our first kiss
One weekend you never showed
Turned out your family moved away
You and your dad moved out of town
Your mum took your sister interstate
Those things you learned from watching her
Through your bedroom window after school
With the dad who lived next door
His bedroom window facing yours
I never understood just why
They separated you two girls
And how they chose who to leave behind
And if it shook your tiny worlds
You were six
And that shit sticks
|
||||
3. |
Like at First Sight
02:33
|
|
||
|
Do you believe in like at first sight
When you meet somebody and it just feels right
Coz I've a feeling that you and me might
Be good friends for the rest of our lives
Have you ever met somebody and it felt so weird
Like you've known them for a million years
And every bit of awkward simply disappears
That's me whenever you're near
Do you have someone you can call your own
Always ready at the end of your phone
To talk about nothing 'til the early morn'
Then meet for brunch and sit in silence some more
Do you have faith in forever friends
Some things break and are hard to mend
Friendships change but ours never ends
We take a break and back to normal again
But if you go away
For a week, a month, a year
I'll miss you every day
But when we're back together it's like we never parted anyway.
Do you believe in like at first sight
Coz I believe in like at first sight
|
||||
4. |
That Night
04:59
|
|||
|
Awake in the dead of the night
Opened my eyes like I'd been startled from my sleep
But I hadn't heard a thing
Just seven years old
Never been told everything that I should have known
About where I'd come from
Planned my escape from peril
I'd run straight down the hall unaware what I'm running from
From one end of my home
Down to your room
I hadn't a clue that I'd come face to face with all my fears
I couldn't look you in the eye
Just stood and cried
Till I was ordered back to bed on my own
To process things
That I had seen
When I walked in on both of you that night
Awake in the dead of the night
Opened my eyes like I'd been startled from my sleep
But I hadn't heard a thing
Twenty seven years old
It suddenly dawned on me what I might have seen
That night that I couldn't look you in the eye
Just stood and cried
Till I was ordered back to bed on my own
To process things
That I had seen
When I walked in on both of
You couldn't look me in the eye
Just stood and smiled
Like I'm the punchline of every joke ever made
I felt so small
Like nothing at all
When I walked in on both of you
|
||||
5. |
T Bus
02:33
|
|
||
|
From pure necessity
The Talbot family
Acquired a large automobile
The biggest Green Machine
Our street had ever seen
To transport their decent family from A to B
From our bored depravity
Hatched an elaborate scheme
Less for fun, more coz we're just mean
We'd hide among our shrubbery
Laying in waiting
And when we'd see their bus leaving out we would spring
And ride it down the street
To the back clinging
Past the school grinning
For all of our friends to see
Hitch-hiking recklessly into the city
So, I'm sitting in my place
When rumbling through the gates
The guttural sound that bus creates
Jump to my feet and make chase
And as I pick up pace
The driver's eyes and mine meet in space
He hits the brakes
And I hit his bus with my face
Blood all over the place
Egg all over my face
No sign of my mates
And as I start to cry, he waves goodbye
|
||||
6. |
Gerry Built
03:44
|
|
||
|
Making things is easy if you've got the time
With a little bit of nous, build yourself a house
But with three young boys, a procrastinating dad
Trying to pave his way could take a whole decade
Pissing on a lemon tree can do some good
All that nitrogen compound, soaking in the ground
But if three young boys and their alcoholic dad
Start spraying it around, they'll burn it to the ground
I was doomed right from the start
With my Gerry built brain and disconnected heart
I don't blame anybody else
I wont complain, I built this life myself
Making friends is easy if you've got the time
That old gift of the gab, will keep them coming back
But with three young boys and a wife at her wits' end
Trying to keep a friend could send you 'round the bend
I was doomed right from the start
With my Gerry built brain and disconnected heart
I don't blame anybody else
I wont complain, I built this life myself
|
||||
7. |
|
|||
|
Retracing my path back through blackberries
I'm racing the dusk and my anxieties
The land where the sun sets
Commanded, be home by then
Back through that hole for more despair
Hopeless and helpless, holed up at home
My relentless tormenters wishing me gone
The land where the sun sets
A plan to be gone by then
Out to that whole world on my own
No voices to call me home
I get that I'm just a kid and I'm always scared of everything
I understand that I'm oversensitive, but you don't get to treat me like this
And I know that one day I'll grow up and I can choose with whom I live
But do you get that I'm still a kid and I wanna get away from here
|
||||
8. |
Always Alone
06:48
|
|
||
|
I've not travelled far, but you've come a long way for me
I've not battled not battled hard, but you bare the scars for me
I'm tucked in my bed, but you are the one fast asleep
I'm stuck in my head, hearing just one heartbeat
All alone. Alone. Alone, always alone.
|
||||
credits
released June 5, 2020
Produced by Ben Mason and James Cecil at G13 and Super Melody World. Mastered by Adam Dempsey. Artwork by Ben Mason.
Additional musicians: Lewis Coleman, Nick Murphy, Kelly Day, Madeleine Duke, James Cecil, Dave Depper, Darian Sahanaja.
Produced by Ben Mason and James Cecil at G13 and Super Melody World. Mastered by Adam Dempsey. Artwork by Ben Mason.
Additional musicians: Lewis Coleman, Nick Murphy, Kelly Day, Madeleine Duke, James Cecil, Dave Depper, Darian Sahanaja.
license
all rights reserved
tags
about
Ben Mason Melbourne, Australia
Ben Mason is a songwriter from Melbourne, Australia.
discography
-
Jun 2021 -
Jun 2020 -
May 2016 -
Jun 2015 -
Apr 2013 -
Jul 2013 -
Jun 2013 -
Mar 2011 -
Jan 2009 -
Jun 2012
contact / help
If you like Ben Mason, you may also like:
-
No Weapon But Love
by Icecream Handssupported by 5 fans who also own “Kanandah”
Such a joyful collection of songs. Nothing like quintessential Melbourne alternative rock to lift the spirits. Listening during yet another lockdown transports me to a band room in my favourite pub. Thanks for the music lads- looking forward to seeing you for real when we get outta here.
go to album -
Lost in the Woods
by the Smallgoodssupported by 4 fans who also own “Kanandah”
go to album -
featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 22, 2016
go to album -
The Melbourne artist puts a dystopian spin on bedroom pop tradition, his fervent lyrics undergirded by glitchy production and prog twists.
go to album -
featured on Bandcamp Radio May 27, 2014
go to album -
When I Was In My Room
by Charles Jenkinssupported by 4 fans who also own “Kanandah”
Listening to your new recording masterpiece as the sun sets over Coburg. Now, if I can only get the drummer rehearsing next door to keep the beat to your songs.
go to album -
Blue No More
by Gabriella CohenBen Wheeler uses an East German synthesizer and a Soviet flanger to create hauntingly weird yet bright and open electronic soundscapes.
go to album
