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Life Goes On, Lyrics

Are You Lonely

Screen glows blue
In a darkened room
Welcoming light
In the growing gloom

Quiet as a black hole
Up in space
Cold and alone
In this empty place

Are you lonely
Like I am lonely?
Will you reach out, reach out
To hold me?
Tell me, are you lonely
Like I am lonely?
Will you reach out, reach out
To hold me?

Are you lonely
Like I am lonely?
Will you reach out, reach out
To hold me?
Tell me, are you lonely
Like I am lonely?
Will you reach out, reach out
To hold me?

Sending out a message to you
Hoping and I’m praying
It’ll get through
Oh oh oh
Sending out a message to you

 

— Anji Bee (BMI)

Life Goes On, Lyrics

It’s Alright

It’s alright, it’s alright, its alright with me

I got a way of being busy
There’s always something more to do
When I come up for air
It’s the little things that help me to get through

Like watching an old movie on TV (it’s alright)
Drinking a bottle of cheap Sonoma wine (it’s alright)
Cracking up on jokes you told a hundred times
Well, that’s alright, you know it’s OK with me
I said it’s alright

It’s alright, it’s alright with me

You’ve got a way of being distant
Something is always on your mind
When you come up for air
It’s the little things that help ya through the night

Like watching an old movie on TV (it’s alright)
Drinking a bottle of cheap Sonoma wine (it’s alright)
Cracking up on jokes you told a hundred times
But that’s alright, you know it’s OK with me
I said it’s alright

It’s alright, it’s alright, its alright with me
It’s alright

 

— Anji Bee (BMI)

Audio, News

Stream ‘Life Goes On’ on Spotify NOW

Lovespirals’ brand new 5th album, ‘Life Goes On,’ is available to stream on Spotify. We’ve been putting a little time into developing our artist profile over there, and plan to create more playlists featuring some of our musical influences and inspirations, so please “follow” us over there to stay up to date! Meanwhile, we hope you’ll find some tracks that you love enough to share on your own playlists, and that you’ll give our album a “thumbs up” on this popular streaming service. And if you’d like to pick up a limited edition eco-friendly CD, autographed by Ryan and Anji, you can still grab one of those from shop.happyhealthyvegan.org — the first 100 orders come with a ‘Life Goes On’ pin!

Interviews, News

Echoes Radio Features Falling You + Anji Bee

Falling You bandleader, John Zorko, joined Anji Bee in Lovespirals’ studio, along with fellow guest vocalist, Danielle Colbeck, to record an interview with John Diliberto for the nationally syndicated radio show, Echoes. This short artist feature focused on the new album, Shine, which has been getting a lot of airplay on the show recently. “World On Fire” featuring lyrics and vocals by Anji, has been played on Echoes programs 1732C, 1731A, 1731D, 1731A, 1725B, and 1723B. Though the feature already aired live on the radio, you can now listen to the Echoes Falling You Feature podcast directly from their website.

Shout out to Ryan Lum for technical assistance with the call-in interview set up, as well as the photo of John, Anji, and Danielle in the studio.

Video

“Motherless Child” Official Music Video

The first single from Lovespirals’ 2007 album, ‘Long Way From Home,’ was a heart-rending ethereal blues cover of the anonymous American spiritual, “Motherless Child.” It also appears on the ‘Motherless Child EP‘ released September 16, 2007. Anji filmed the scenes for this music video on a road trip to Sonoma County, California.

The ‘Motherless Child EP’ is available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Bandcamp and other online music stores.

Audio, News, Video

“Heartstrings” Single & Music Video Out Now

Part Dream Pop, part Americana, the new single from Lovespirals is considerably more upbeat than “Brother Against Brother,” the first single. Ryan juxtaposes driving blues riffs and dreamy shoegazer guitar, finding a delicious balance between his earlier Love Spirals Downwards work and more recent Lovespirals work. Anji’s vocals exude the confidence born from years of familiarity with the material, with a lovely harmony of her natural earthy tone and haunting upper register.

“Heartstrings” is a lovely high point in the tracklisting for Lovespirals’ upcoming 5th album. The song is a celebration of the duo’s creative connection and the love that goes into Ryan and Anji’s music. The music video, created by the band themselves, is a beautiful representation of the song, shot during the height of California wildflower season. With 3 years of experience shooting, editing and producing videos for their YouTube channel, Happy Healthy Vegan, this creative couple have created what is surely their best and most professional looking music video to date.

Buy the new single & music video on Lovespirals’ Bandcamp to help fund the band’s upcoming 5th album

Video

“Sandcastles” Official Music Video

Enjoy this new video for “Sandcastles,” the epic closing track to Lovespirals’ album, ‘Free and Easy.’ Enjoy two gorgeous sunsets over the Pacific Ocean, shot at the pristine So Cal beach, Crystal Cove. The first sunset was shot from down on the beach, while the second one was filmed from up on the bluff. The second sunset is the most amazing technicolor sky Anji and Ryan have ever experienced, and it really brings the gospel like chorus and electric guitar solo of the end 3rd of this song to life!

MUSIC: “Sandcastles” by Lovespirals From the album, ‘Free & Easy’ (2005) Available at http://lovespirals.bandcamp.com Or iTunes, Amazon, Google Play or Spotify

News

KARMACODA ‘LOVE & FATE’ ALBUM FEATURES ANJI BEE

Bay Area band Karamacoda — long time friends of The Chillcast with Anji Bee and sometime collaborators with both Lovespirals and Anji Bee — have just dropped a new album called Love and Fate. Excitingly, Anji collaborated on a duet with band founder, B. “Naive” features lyrics penned by Bee, who recorded her vocals in The Chillcuts Studio with Lovespirals partner, Ryan Lum.

In an interview with Below Zero Beats B said:

“When we wrote our last record Eternal we asked Beth and Anji to join us on vocals for the track Love Will Turn Your Head Around and it was so magical, so beautiful, I wanted to recreate that experience even more”

‘Love and Fate‘ was released March 10, 2015 on Sola Musa Music.

A review of Love and Fate:

With Karmacoda‘s 5th full length album, B has firmly asserted himself as the driving creative force behind the band’s classic trip hop inspired sound. His smooth, calming vocals grace all 10 tracks on ‘Love and Fate,’ more than any of the previous releases. The loss of the band’s former diva, Heather Pierce, is made up for by exciting collaborations with a bevy of female vocalists including Beth Hirsch and Anji Bee, who were featured on Karmacoda’s 2011 release, ‘Eternal.’ Ms. Hirsch is featured on 3 slow to mid-tempo duets, including the heartstring-tugging, SomaFM chart-topping lead single, “We Don’t Have A Lot Of Time.” Long time friends of the band and fellow San Francisco artists, Tyler Stone and Artemis, contribute a track a piece, while the Los Angeles-based Shannon Hurley lends her voice to two tracks, including what might be the most classic Karmacoda sounding duet, “Shine Through.” While it may not be proper form for an artist to comment on their own work, I would be remiss not to suggest that “Naive” may be the most sexually charged of this unabashedly romantic set of songs. The closeup of an unfurling red flower bloom on the cover is apt symbology for the sensual sentimentality of the music enclosed, as well as the rebirth of Karmacoda itself after its own prolonged winter.

Read more about the release on Karmacoda’s site.

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Video

“Breath Of Life” Official Music Video

The B-side to Lovespirals’ new single, “Brother Against Brother,” is a dreamy, mystical, ambient guitar and vocal piece that was originally written for the opening sequence of a documentary film of the same name about the Mauli Ola Foundation by Michael Squier. The version of the song offered here has been slightly updated with additional vocals, guitar, and new production. The amazing time lapse video sequences were all shot by Michael Squier, some of which appeared in his film of the same name.

Buy the ‘Brother Against Brother’ 2-song single or the full album, ‘Life Goes On,’ featuring this song on CD or as a digital download on the Lovespirals Bandcamp page.

Blog, News, Photos

Back From Our San Francisco Trip

Once again, we had a blast with Karmacoda! It was an honor for Anji to share the stage with them for their epic remix of “Motherless Child,” and fun for Ryan to do a DJ set for the Harlot crowd. A few of the songs for the upcoming Anji Bee album were shared for the first time, which was exciting. Local friends came out to hang. Good times!

Susan Jennings & Anji Bee
Karmacoda’s Cheri & Heather with Anji
Lovespirals’ Ryan and Anji at Club Harlot
News, Podcast

Behind the Lyric Podcast features Anji Bee

Anji Bee discussed the lyrical back story behind Lovespirals‘ song “This Truth” on the latest episode of Behind The Lyric. She also talked about how the chart-topping Damien.S VS Lovespirals remix single came to be released by Loverush Digital in 2010. Hostess and show producer, Marcie Joy, plays the Adam Fielding Chilled Out Mix. Interestingly, Adam was also a guest on this episode, talking about his latest album. More great songs and stories are featured from Zoe Johnston, Maxx Hennard, Yavanndiel, Noah, and Marcie. Behind The Lyric airs on over 40 major FM and Internet stations worldwide, including The Movement HD, who recently added The Chillcast with Anji Bee to their lineup.

Hear Anji’s clip on SoundCloud:

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