We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Even in Arcadia - a deserted person's guide to mountain life

by Angelos Krallis

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    this is a digital copy of "Even in Arcadia". Check out availability for the limited box set. For licensing or pre-orders of LP version and any other information, contact: krallisang {at} gmail.com
    Purchasable with gift card

      €8 EUR  or more

     

  • Cassette + Digital Album

    Quarantined home tape version of "Even in Arcadia", limited to 30 pieces // includes a postcard and digital version of the album

    Includes unlimited streaming of Even in Arcadia - a deserted person's guide to mountain life via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 4 days
    edition of 30 
    Purchasable with gift card

      €12 EUR or more 

     

  • 15 numbered, hand-crafted pandemic box sets containing only the essentials:
    -a cassette copy of “Even in Arcadia”
    -a download code for the digital version of this album
    -a cabot hand-sewn face mask with the inscription “Even in Arcadia”
    -a unique polaroid shot from the sessions
    -a page of the original handwritten liner notes
    -four postcards to send to your loved ones
    -a pair of gloves to handle all this

    Includes unlimited streaming of Even in Arcadia - a deserted person's guide to mountain life via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 4 days
    edition of 15 
    Purchasable with gift card

      €60 EUR or more 

     

1.
Pick Apart 02:52
come away oh human child all my problems start to pile once again foremost it all was mild then it started getting wild just like a ball and chain so I start to reconcile with a life that lasts a while and causes too much pain though everyone's arranged and filed captivated and beguiled I am feeling so restrained and I don't know what will come after those days that are covered with a dusty veil of haze but I guess there are not so many ways to know what to pick apart and what to praise underneath a foolish antic there's a lack that gets gigantic that's where the tension lies just before I start to panic I recall what made me manic did also make me wise I no longer agonize over things they're on their rise I'm somehow left in daze as you wait me to appraise I keep running through the maze you built up with your life and I don't know what will come after those days that are covered with a dusty veil of haze but I guess that there are not so many ways to know what to pick apart and what to praise I don't know when I will stop being with arrears with a life where I can't tell complaints from all those cheers those skies are laden but all in sudden all the truth appears
2.
3.
In Hope 01:16
on first hand not necessarily from love on second hand you stuck my face onto the windowpane I could live in hope I could live in hope
4.
Good Days 02:52
we had some good days my, oh my we had some good days under the sun's blaze weather's nigh in oh, so many ways then I start to blame the ax for causing all those heavy cracks I remember I'm a contender It's now or never I'll set us free so for this time, I'll blame the tree I'm having bad times yes for sure I'm having bad times that changes sometimes when I run dry I read between the lines the ax is blamed by default while I'm still searching for the fault then I remember I'm a contender It's now or never I'll set us free so now again, I'll blame the tree girl remember it was November you were so tender now I'm dismembered you disagree I'm sorry but I'll blame the tree
5.
through cloud hopeful with a slight gestation my neck's sometimes doubtful but yours, a constellation!
6.
if I take back my heart well what is going to stand still? I don't dare to see all the wrongs and that feels natural indeed the mankind and their noises is what grieve myself the most we are all alike a losing dice that just awaits to be tossed I raised a god ephemeral and I drag a pile of ghosts and I feel like an ocean wave without a coast to wash me off dead people stand beside me and I live in an early grave there's no one to rejoice in me and that is why I misbehave
7.
8.
well I had it coming although I plead and prayed for my forgotten hands why should I blame her for my impendent nights those nights will never come but the day dawned and it took me by surprise although I never knew this was a blessing in disguise if my years could come back like a fleeting bird I would track them down barefoot I feel like a landmark a cemetery of goodwill I hope that I'll atone today then the night came back and I start to lose control I never found a way for my long-gone soul tell me people if it's true and all that winter came on a summer day for my forgotten hands
9.
The Poles 03:51
bring me every single piece you used to love so dearly bring me those heavy thrills that only you can give provide me with a lucid dream that brings salvation nearly each one the "everything" for somebody else oh, I see those poles leaning on each other oh, now sing for me you son of tar and pitch oh, you forgot us, one after another oh, now you seek remorse into this word of glitch forget the storytellers that plot your life, yearly just show the skills that everybody speaks of invent me a new life that it will make sense so clearly patience you told me we are going to reach the peak oh, I see those poles leaning on each other oh, now sing for me you son of tar and pitch oh, you forgot us, one after another oh, now you seek remorse into this word of glitch
10.
1 & 20 01:15
11.
Misirlou 04:35
12.
Summertime 03:23
one of these mornings

about

This is my debut solo album “Even in Arcadia: a deserted person’s guide to mountain life”. It consists of 10 original space folk songs and ditties, as well as a couple of covers. It was recorded in a week during May 2016 at Rhoino, Arcadia, Greece (37°39′50″N 22°13′0″E / 6000 ft).

If you think escaping your familiar material ain’t an impossible task, I’m the one to reassure you that it is, even in Arcadia. I never knew from before though and briefly that’s the story behind my choice to record those songs as a mountaineer on Mount Menalo. What you’re about to hear is me, the deserted one meeting my voice.

The only specific piece of advice you can have on listening to those recordings of my short yet astonishing mountain life is that they address solely to the deserted one, the only real listener, inside the rural space.

This album may appear sad on sight, but don’t worry. It's in fact, a serendipitous souvenir of a rejoicing moment, from when I got even in Arcadia.

Working on this together with Iraklis was the only thing that kept me on track during the harsh April of 2020 that I’m not going to forget for the rest of my life. Consequently, I can’t be anything but extremely grateful for recording it, keeping it in the emergency cabinet, and breaking the glass on time.

This is my personal safety vest, and regardless of anything else, I share it with you. This is a young me I no longer recognize singing about stuff I can hardly remember. The one thing I do remember is that all songs were written back in the days for people who never perceived “outside” as a barely safe option and this album goes to them. Thanks to Iraklis and all the people that put their faith and effort into this. I hope you can get all the comfort I got from listening to it. Hold on and stay tight.

xoxo
Elevational Love

Angelos

credits

released April 30, 2020

all Music and Lyrics by Angelos Krallis
*except:
-Forgotten Hands - Music by Angelos Krallis, Lyrics by Angelos Krallis and Nikolas Kokolakis
-Missirlou - folk song
-Summertime - Music by George Gershwin, Lyrics by DuBose Heyward

Performed and sung by Angelos Krallis

Engineered, recorded, mixed and mastered by Iraklis Vlachakis

Produced by Angelos Krallis
-
Dedicated to the loving memory of my grandmother, Kalliopi

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Angelos Krallis Athens, Greece

Angelos is a musician and a visual artist, currently based in Athens, Greece

Available for bookings, licensing, collaborations etc.

contact / help

Contact Angelos Krallis

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Angelos Krallis, you may also like: