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Trophy

by Kate Davis

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1.
Daisy 02:57
I’m trying to think about dreams I’ve had Happy or sad or the middle Sometimes about you, with or without you Still leaving me in the dark I am dragging out, I am dragging out I am dragging out of bed But I’m still coming up, I’m still coming up I’m still coming up Daisy What was it you said when I stopped to listen I’ve poured over the pages you wrote This manual to help me get it together But you won’t hold my hand anymore I’ve been through enough, I’ve been through enough I’ve been through enough lately But I keep fucking up, I keep fucking up I keep fucking up Daisy Neither am I good nor pure Neither am I wise However I am willing To start from the ground up So I keep growing up When you had me living in a little greenhouse Starters in the basement at home What to do, what to say? Prepare me for that day And it made so much sense at the time I am questioning, I am questioning I am questioning the man But I keep fucking up, I keep fucking up I keep fucking up the plan Oh seed Pick your poison While you’re down there in the ground Father, father What do I do When you are not around And I feel like giving out And crashing down to the ground Backbone is battered as any But show me my roots Neither am I good nor pure Neither am I wise However I am willing To start from the ground up So I keep growing up I keep growing up I keep growing up I keep growing up I keep growing up I keep growing up
2.
Open Heart 03:51
Sit down in the waiting room Someone will be with you soon Write down your history As you remember exactly Deep breath Oh we’re taking your temperature now Hold tight Oh we’re taking an xray now I’ll send the doctor in He’s gonna wanna see this Critical condition We can’t dismiss this Deep breath Oh we’re cutting you open now Hold tight Oh we’re taking your heart out now Put the pieces back together Looks like it’s been shattered by a bad love Don’t talk shit, stick with this And next time you’ll get a better one Keep an open heart Keep an open heart Wake up wake up for me You’re gonna feel some pain It took us hours to fix The injury you sustained Deep breath Oh the signal is better now Hold tight Oh it’s about to be over now Sit up in bed for me Therapy should start You'd rather feel this pain Than have a broken heart Deep breath Oh this is your new life now Hold tight Oh it's about to be over now Put the pieces back together Looks like it’s been shattered by a bad love Don’t talk shit, stick with this And next time you’ll get a better one Keep an open heart
3.
Love me like a straight and narrow Love me like you love a friend Love me like a burning flare and I’ll find my way back again Treat me like a tender try Treat me like the lock and key Treat me in the way you’d say there’ll always be a place for me Leave the burning accidents to hurt the world behind Don’t settle there and crystalize them in your mind There’s clarity in space with stars to guide you through They’ll protect the key that I left out for you It’s not easy for two to love Lead the way for both of us Show me all the strength I need Devote your life to open road And you are destined to succeed Think about me when you find What you have been looking for Remember it’s a game That’ll always leave you wanting more Not easy to let you go into the night Not easy to let you go without a fight So Leave the burning accidents to hurt the world behind Don’t settle there and crystalize them in your mind There’s clarity in space with stars to guide you through They’ll protect the key that I left out for you It’s not easy for two to love Hold me like we’re only one Hold me like it used to be Hold me through the darkness But keep me with you in a dream
4.
The weekend before first semester ends We’re in Paul’s room pounding miller lights Listening to left speaker Marley And I wonder if he’s ever taken out the trash So I step outside to get some air Light a cigarette and see her walking there Stack of books and a command And she let herself into the dorm Didn’t see me beside the door I don’t wanna be a dirty teenage I don’t wanna be a dirty teenage I don’t wanna be a dirty teenage boy Suffice it to say she didn’t see me All of a hundred pounds and skinny jeans Reeking of tobacco and egg and cheese But in the moment the door shut she had become my world So I step outside to get some air Light a cigarette and imagine her there With a smile and her hand in my hand And she led us both into the dorm I was standing beside her for sure I don’t wanna be a dirty teenage I don’t wanna be a dirty teenage I don’t wanna be a dirty teenage boy I just wanna be your friend
5.
Animals 02:48
The concrete’s hard on the lion’s toes And the bones connected to bones But he pounces on it every day Sneaking on his prey The shark will swim in his saltwater pool In a penthouse on Madison avenue Poised, pointed forward he is ready For any trace of blood Flesh and bone Doesn’t even compare To the primitive hate and deadliest wares Of a 45 calibre gun Height awards the hawk the upper hand When he’s protected by the man And trained to target powerless persons And throw them all away
6.
Cloud 03:31
Seventeen I just wanted to be in love My very own whale song My one true hum I call for you Across the hill and valley too I put out a dream I hope it reaches you Lay on my back Feel your face in the cloud Time is fickle in the Space it allows It could be 24 hours till I See you Eighteen Wading through the sea of love Has become a chore A bore without you The alphabet Has everything you mean to me When you align four letters Perfectly Lay on my back Feel your face in the cloud Time is fickle in the space it allows It could be 24 hours till I See you What if I miss you at a highlight Or at a stoplight I’ll know I’ll know Will I miss you at the first light Or at first sight Lay on my back Feel your face in the cloud Time is fickle in the Space it allows It could be 24 hours till I See you
7.
I feel different today She must have made me feel this way When I look into the mirror I think I see what she sees It’s clear I kind of like myself Cause she likes me And since I think the world of her And she of me Then I’m exactly who and where I want to be I haven’t criticized myself There is no need I am stronger now Then I’ve ever been before I’ve never told you how I felt before Oh why have I not told myself before I love you Yes I love you I finally love myself Cause she loves me And since I think the world of her And she of me I’m exactly who and where I want to be
8.
I should have asked you a second time Were we on the path to true partnership? A name we used so they knew we were serious It’s what we told ourselves to feel responsible I dreamed of getting older with you each year on a Christmas card I never thought I’d let you down Too old to be searching for something better And now our little dog looks me in the eyes From my new single bed, single sublet Did you love somebody Did you need somebody Don’t remind me Did you love somebody Did you loose everything I forgot it rains nine moths of the year. When it rains it never pours, but damn I made a mistake on a night like this How about that for a reminder A slow and torturous trickle reminder I dreamed of getting older with you each year in the house we built I found a note Inside my coat And it said to die Window to a blank stare Slash across the chest Heart in a bucket on ice Did you love somebody Did you need somebody Don’t remind me Did you love somebody Did you loose everything
9.
Salome 03:09
I’m a sucker for your charm I can’t help but sing along To your song Hold your hand Soak up the sadness From your eyes don’t cry Play pretend friend This is your one woman show I’m hanging onto every word you craft Do you hear your name in god’s admonition Listen Salome Now you’re upright victorious and barefoot with my head in your hands I warned you of the evening’s malevolent moon She's taken total control over you But Salome Now you stand here in front of me paralyzed and unable to dance Your righteousness is a second guess Your audience begs the question What good’s a head That’s dead Princess take us down with the ship Salome Now you stand here in front of me paralyzed and unable to dance Your righteousness is a second guess Your audience begs the question What good’s a head That’s dead
10.
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Nothing lasts forever you can’t ever hold on too tight The skin will slip away and in no time we’ll see the light This is me calling cause I really wanna see you tonight This is me calling cause you really need to let me inside your heart No matter what you want there are never any guarantees But just before sunrise, you’re still right here with me This is me noticing that this time the stars have aligned This is me saying that you really need to make up your mind, this time Tell me what are you afraid of, why do you hide? Show me everything you feel and fear inside Cause I’m running, I’m running Meet me in the morning indigo skylight twilight Tell me what are you afraid of, why do you hide? Show me everything you feel and fear inside Cause I’m running, I’m running out of time
11.
St Joseph 02:22
Bury your saint in the ground Find someone who will buy your home And make it their own Say goodbye to your friends And wonder if you really ought Too see them again Big transitions Require Impulse actions Require Loss You will not miss the memories No comfort in those songs When you sing along You’re on your own, you’ve always been Fight back a tear and fear To shut the door Big transitions Require Impulse actions Require loss And Light And Love
12.
Trophy 02:30
I love you Like man loves A trophy Desire While I’m cleaning out the cup You’re bleeding away Its all carry out my love We’re hand in glove I’m toothy Mmm and you’re quiet They’re spying And you’re dying While I’m cleaning out the cup You’re bleeding away Its all carry out my love We’re hand in glove now I can’t hear you (Here you are but) While I’m cleaning out the cup You’re bleeding away Its all carry out my love We’re hand in glove now And I miss you Just wanted To have you (For myself)

about

Kate Davis picked up a violin at age five, a bass at age thirteen. She entered the Portland Youth Philharmonic before puberty, the Grammy Jazz Ensemble before adolescence. By the time she graduated high school, Kate won the Presidential Scholar in the Arts Award and a full ride to the Manhattan School of Music. By the time she graduated college, ASCAP's Robert Allen Award and slots at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. As a young adult, the virtuoso claimed enthusiastic endorsements from NPR, MTV, PBS and BBC as well as coveted invitations to the stage from Herbie Hancock, Ben Folds, Alison Krauss, Jeff Goldblum and the like. Most recently, she co-wrote Sharon Van Etten’s hit single “Seventeen.”

Yet, Kate Davis considers her debut indie rock album her hardest-earned accolade to date.

Kate grew up as a jazz darling, but she grew into something significantly more dynamic. Days spent practicing and performing became nights spent writing — cathartic indie rock — music simultaneously informed by and rebutting of her training. Forbidden chord progressions emerged like diary entries, documents of an internal reaction to routine. Time intended for technique slipped into secret listening sessions of Beach House and Death Cab for Cutie. In the same bright, arresting croon that ignited her youthful stardom, Davis created confessionals.

Now 28 and audibly matured, Kate is prepared to properly share the artifacts from her late night craft, a full length reaction to ritual required of perfection, an outburst from the pedestal. Trophy will be released in the fall of 2019 on Solitaire Recordings. Throughout twelve tumultuous tracks, Kate poetically reflects upon the intricacies of what it is to live, ruminating on topics too close to her heart — identity, self-worth, loss.

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released November 8, 2019

Produced by Tim Bright
Engineered by Tim Bright
Mixed by Steve Vealey
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
String Arrangement by Kate Davis
Horn Arrangements by Kate Davis and Tim Bright
Kate Davis: vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, piano, recorder
Tim Bright: guitar (tracks 1-6, 8-10, 12)
Mike Riddleberger: drums (tracks 1, 3-6, 8-10, 12)
Alex Foote: guitar (tracks 1-6, 9, 10)
Conor Rayne: drums (tracks 10, 11, 12)
Savannah Harris: drums (track 2)
Marco Benevento: keyboards (tracks 2, 6, 8, 11)
Alyssa McDoom: vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4-6, 8, 10, 11)
Brooklyn Rider: strings (track 7)
Kalia Vandever: trombone (tracks 2, 8, 11)
Doug Wieselman: saxophone (tracks 2, 8, 11)
Mac Gollehon: trumpet (tracks 2, 8, 11)

Recorded at:
- Mission Sound, Brooklyn, NY
- Engineered by Oliver Strauss
- Trout Studios, Brooklyn, NY
- Engineered by Bryce Goggin
- Sixty Cycle Music, Brooklyn NY

Photography & Design: Holden Brown & Melissa Nelson

All songs written by Kate Davis, published by Kate Davis Music (ASCAP), Primary Wave Anthems (ASCAP), BMG Gold Songs (ASCAP)

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