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’SURRENDER’ TO REALITY WITH ASTRID CORDES
With the upcoming release of ‘Baby’s Still Asleep’, Astrid Cordes is ready to share the final part of her widely renowned EP-trilogy. The lead single, ‘Surrender’, is a euphoric alternative pop-journey into the acceptance of reality and a both chaotic yet amazing new life.
“I've never experienced anything that activated all my emotions at once before I had a kid. Suddenly, everything seems impossible and still completely obvious, beautiful and terrifying. It empowers you, gives strength and makes you more vulnerable than ever – it’s everything and nothing at the same time. Nothing's what it used to be, however, everything's the same.”
This is how Astrid Cordes describes her experience of becoming a mother. It was an experience so life changing and inspiring to the Danish singer and songwriter that she bravely wrote songs that embrace both the beauty, misery and change of the torn time Astrid was going through. The result is an honest and complex portrait – a coherent body of work collected as an ambitious EP- trilogy.
Originally written on a harp, ‘Surrender’ is the captivating lead single from Astrid Cordes’ third and final EP. She miraculously transformed the strings into a playful synth-theme on top of an unstoppable kraut-rock beat while lively piano parts and horn-sections build the crescendo of a euphoric outro.
"’Surrender’ is about living your life instead of longing for another. If you lose yourself to dreaming, you wont go anywhere in reality. On the other hand, I believe that if you surrender to reality, no matter how unfair or chaotic it may seem, you’ll find, that there’s an actual possibility to grow, play and live - and for dreams to come true," Astrid Cordes says.
Released in May, the organic dark-disco inspired alt-pop single, ‘Stop Dreaming’, told a bittersweet story which makes ‘Surrender’ the perfect follow-up. ‘Stop Dreaming’ was widely acclaimed internationally and supported by more than 20 blogs and media from across the globe.
’Surrender’ will be followed by the release of ‘Baby’s Still Asleep’ out on September 13th. The final EP of the trilogy will also be highlighted by a nationwide tour of Denmark later this Fall.
lyrics
You can have my body
What a small price to pay
I never used it for anything important anyway
You can have my name too
I'm not gonna use it anymore
Leave it on your tongue, ready to call you can have it all
You’re an army
You’re an ocean
You’re a hurricane in slow motion
You’re a straitjacket
You’re my four leafed clover
You’re a thief
You’re a feather
Won me over
I Surrender, I surrender
I don't remember
my last cigarette
Funny how I thought
it’d be impossible
to forget
Imaging my surprise
when I found that water tasted the same I was so sure
So sure it would have change
I thought everything would change
You’re an army
You’re an ocean
You’re a hurricane in slow motion
You’re a straitjacket
You’re my four leafed clover
You’re a thief
You’re a feather
Won me over
I Surrender, I surrender
I Surrender, I surrender
I Surrender, I surrender
credits
released August 25, 2023
Lyrics & Music by Astrid Ingemann Cordes, Alexandra Kwast, Raphael Tschernuth og Jacob Nymark Brøndlund
Arrangement by Astrid Ingemann Cordes og Jacob Nymark Brøndlund
Performed by:
Astrid Ingemann Cordes - vocal, synth
Jacob Nymark Brøndlund - drums, guitar, synthesizer
Daniel Brandt - bass
Christian Balvig - piano
Production: Jacob Nymark Brøndlund
Mix: Jacob Nymark Brøndlund
Master: Joel Krozer
Recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark
Since 2014 Astrid Cordes has been known as one of two vocals in the Danish duo Shy shy shy. Now she has put the sweet indie
pop aside to make room for a new solo release which points in a more gritty and unpolished direction.
The songs are still steered by Cordes' charismatic voice and talent for telling stories, but is set in a darker, more guitar driven, mature and uncompromising environment....more
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