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Let My Heart Not Become Blind

by MonThruSun

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    Lead singer Hans Bos of Soft Parade returns with a new album under the name MonThruSun. After an inspired collaboration with Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) that resulted in acclaimed albums ‘Pure’ and ‘Get Well Soon’, Soft Parade stopped in 1996. Bos always kept the music alive and now the hiatus is broken with a dazzling collection of new songs. “Let My Heart Not Become Blind” reveals a loving view of the world in which the tent canvas reveals through its holes the starry sky – a feeling of being connected.
    The album was recorded in Amsterdam IJland and Americain Studios with Tinca Veerman (vocals), Robin Berlijn (piano, guitar), Dick Brouwers (bass), Eric C. Maas (also Soft Parade, bass), Leon van Egmond (trombone), violinists Antonio Pliz and Robert Uchida, Robijn Boekelmans (cello), and Imke Jansen on viola.


    Together with drummer / producer Remko Schouten (Stephen Malkmus, Zzz, Bull) and supported by these wonderful musician friends, Bos delves into pure, poetic words. With a voice as clear as Bowie and warm as Stuart Staples, he soothes the modern soul. Listen to a song like the hope-driven ‘Moon’; or ‘A Hole in Your Head’ that takes you to the bottom of your mind. The catchy ‘AWeSoMe’ will be stuck in your head, and after the grand finale of ‘Home’ a warm light continues to glow.
    The music on the album resonates with artists like Adam Green, Spain, Pavement, The Velvet Underground, Tindersticks and – why not – The Beatles.

    Videos
    A selection of directors, filmmakers and animators created videos for each of the songs. The makers are Bara Lockefeer (Sorry), Willem Jan Bloem (Make Wishes), Eric Maas (Hole in Your Head), Stanley Kolk (Family it’s our Blood), August Swietkowiak (Inking Black), Susanne Engels (Moon), Jessica Gorter (Awesome), and Marjolein Hendrickx (I Can Be Who I Want).
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1.
Moon 01:57
When you fall from hi-end mission And end without sound Stand up and feel for ammunition Both feet on the ground And some say: kneel down That moon’s too high for you But stand up and breathe out Breathe in and be a balloon! When you reach your high position And you are looking around See that we all love you We’re a fan of your sound And some say: kneel down That moon is too high for you But stand up and breathe out Breathe in and be a balloon!
2.
Awesome 02:21
The city sleeps We are wandering the canals The water chimes our romance We make wonders of ourselves Never been so here and now Your smiling is burning in my eyes Not to fade into this darkness Not even then when I go blind And who will say that I am mad Fantasies in my big hat The stars that look at us instead Boats will take us to our bed A we so you A we so me (This is awesome, we are awesome you and me) A we so you A we so me (This is awesome, pretty awesome you and me) A we so you! A we so me! (This is awesome, we are awesome you and me) The Irish Coffees in the bar Made us open up our hearts No sleep until we are apart The bed is leaving for the start And who will say that I am mad Fantasies in my big hat The stars that look at us instead Boats will take us to our bed
3.
What a show Today I saw beauty And all I know Your face is smiling to me This is our life Glowing up Heat this balloon It’s going up So hi There you are Our veins are like rivers Coming from the same top Your beauty makes us givers This is our life Glowing up It’s a river It’s our blood It’s our life And this love Has lifted off From the start Will our love Never leave you and me Never leave … And every minute that our lives begin It goes on, it flows on It goes on, again It’s our blood It’s our life And this love Has lifted off From the start Will our love Never leave you and me It’s our blood It’s our life And this love Has lifted off
4.
Powerlack 03:00
Say something, make a mark now, It’s all in your hands. That hesitating, opinion shading I can not understand I can not understand Don’t you see that, the sheep are pushing Each other to the fence And that behind the iron lining lies the bottomland Oh my lord, the water is breaking A million babies, dancing and shaking Playpen cities, popping and a rolling This is crazy, are we really awake? Cause you Lack the power to make The changes Cause you Lack the power to make These changes Do something, make a mark now This land is your land A levitation, drifting nation Dare to burn the sand Don’t you see the people rushing Along the streets alone Seeking for a great conductor Building a peoples home Oh my lord, the water is breaking A million babies, dancing and shaking Playpen cities, popping and a rolling This is crazy, are we really awake? Cause you Lack the power to make The changes Cause you Lack the power to make These changes
5.
You have a hole in your head You have a hole in your head Don’t forget that I said You have a hole in your head When I look through it I see When I look through it I see The room where you want to be But your eyes are closed You are sleepwalking You are sleepwalking And no one else will ring Because you took away the bell And you took away the phone And you took away the door And you took away the house And you forgot where you hid it
6.
Make Wishes 02:44
You have these great ideas Hear! The street is listening They. Will awake us here The morning will be singing New! Thoughts that jumped Out of your head While the rest was still in bed And the pieces came right falling in place Make your wishes and blow (Here you go, so much better than the day before) Make your wishes and blow (Here you go, so much better than the day before) You said remove the top Spit on the fire that is burning Then if it doesn’t stop The morning will be singing: Change! All these rules That aren’t yours Here and there blocking the doors And the pieces come right falling in place Make your wishes and blow (Here you go, so much better than the day before) Make your wishes and blow (Here you go, so much better than the day before)
7.
Things may go different than you think Sometimes I fall in and out of sync When I am down I search for anything laying around Sometimes I fall in and out of sync It happens easy with a drink When we lie down I search for anything laying around Something new 2x Or again you Will I find you again? The day that love fell on the floor Peeking through the small holes in the door When we are down we search for anything laying around Something new Something new Something new Will I find you again?
8.
Sorry 02:53
Yeah I’m sorry for everything you have seen So sorry for who I have been So sorry for never thinking of you Yeah I’m sorry for all the things I have done So sorry for what went wrong So sorry you had to live this through I can only say that I was dumb Thought that loving was this shade of numb Never thought of taking care of you Stopped whenever you wanted to go through Can it be that I was born a dick Thinking shame was a sort of foreign trick Yeah I am sorry Yeah I’m sorry for everything you have seen So sorry for who I’ve been So sorry for never thinking of you I can only say that I was dumb Thought that loving was this shade of numb Never thought of taking care of you Stopped whenever you wanted to go through Can it be that I was born a dick Thinking shame was a sort of foreign trick Yeah I am sorry Yeah I’m sorry for every word I have said And sorry for going straight to bed Now most of all for being sorry to you all day long
9.
I.C.B.W.I.W. 02:31
You sit on the fat boy He’s always there And blame the air con For the freezing air And I hear what you say But I am not listening Because I don’t need you to make me feel bad about myself That’s pretty well covered By me You, shitting on the fat boy There is always one And blame for the weather When the sun has not shone Because I don’t need you to make me feel bad about myself That’s pretty well covered By me I can be who I want I must not be who I am not Who I am I have forgot I can be who I want I can be who I want I can be who I want I can be who I want
10.
Inking Black 01:31
I am inking black I am inking black I can’t draw back to the white I had My thoughts are going mad I am inking black I am inking blue I am inking blue I can’t go back to be with you How I wish I knew I am inking blue I am inking you
11.
Home 05:10
Since I have known you life goes well Since I have known you life goes well You have saved me from a hell May this last for ever more No more demons at the door And the peace is in our home It will not leave us alone I take your image in my mind Let my heart not become blind Let my heart not become Let my heart not become blind The roads are always long The roads are always long Where you come from may be wrong And what you left may not be right Keep the love right by your side And the peace is in our home It will not leave me alone I take your image in my mind Let my heart not become blind Let my heart not become Let my heart not become blind Let my heart not become Let my heart not become blind

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A
01. Moon 01:58
02. Awesome 02:22
03. Family, It’s Our Blood 03:53
04. Powerlack 03:01
05. Hole In Your Head 01:49
06. Make Wishes 02:45
Totale duur 15:48

B
07. Something New 03:39
08. Sorry 02:53
09. ICBWIW 02:31
10. Inking Black01:32
11. Home 05:11

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released March 5, 2020

Hans Bos vocals, instruments
Remko Schouten drums, percussion, backing vocals
Robin Berlijn guitar, piano, backing vocals
Tinca Veerman vocals
Dick Brouwers bass
Eric C. Maas bass
Robert Uchida violin
Leon van Egmond trombone, backing vocals
Antonio Pliz violin
Imke Jansen viola
Robijn Boekelman cello

Music, lyrics and arrangements by Bos
Produced by Bos and Schouten
Recorded and mixed by Schouten at Americain Studios and IJland Studios, Amsterdam
Original recordings by Bos at The Cookwood Dormitory.
Mastered by Schouten at Americain Studios.

Artwork KochxBos Studio Illustrations by Maisei Raman, MonThrusun logo by Nicole Siers.

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Thank you
A big Thank you Jamie Harrison-Maple for your opinion and help, Robin Berlijn for your artistic views, Robin Lemmers for borrowing the first drums, Tycho Fokkema and Eric Maas for textual help, and Gert Jonkers, Diederik Nomden and Wessel Fokkema for musical insights, And always Esther, Juul and Eva, Mees, Leny and family.
Let’s also do a backwards inspirational creative thank you to Eric Maas, David A. Stewart, Marcel Wanders, Jan Last, Jan Gosen, Mees Bos, Emo Verkerk and Peter te Bos.

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After alternative rock band Soft Parade (Stewart/Eurythmics) Hans Bos returns as MonThruSun with this album 'Let My Heart not become blind'. With a voice that is said to be as clear as Bowie and as warm as Stuart Staples's, Bos touches the modern soul. Intelligent lyrics and references to Adam Green, Velvet Underground, Pavement, Tindersticks and Beatles. ... more

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