On May 3rd, 2022 Desire shares Escape, their new album written & recorded in Los Angeles & Palm Springs, California. Inspired by the ultra-vivid world of 1970’s giallo films, they wrote the soundtrack of their dreams using their favorite musical instruments: Minikorg, Jupiter 8, 909, Mellotron, Simmons Rhythm Modules, String Machine, a D-50 & Fender Rhodes.
House music rhythms provide the canvas for girl group narratives & a children’s choir to paint the picture. Throbbing synthwave & daytime drama soap operas all play into the color pallet of the album. The lyrics are sung in English, French, & Korean, adding even more drama to the mix. Through it all, there is the optimism of true love’s compass navigating us through all the chaos life has to offer.
“Telling Me Lies” intros with a faded electric piano, one of the anchors to Desire’s moody sound. The group manages to keep one foot in the discotheque & the other in the cemetery. In the distance, church bells echo in a call & response to the vocal melody chiming “Time After Time…Losing My Mind”. Accompanied by orchestral pizzicato plucks & tumbling 808 toms, it’s a tale of love & lust. “I Got Nothing To Lose…I Got Nothing To Prove…”
Written & Produced by Johnny Jewel Mixed by Vaughn Oliver Mastered by Mike Bozzi At Bernie Grundman Mastering
Look Inside My Eyes When You’re Telling Me Lies
I Got Nothing To Lose
Try To Run & Hide When You’re Broken Inside
I Got Nothing To Prove
Time After Time
Losing My Mind
Time After Time
Ooh Ooh
Time After Time
Losing My Mind
Time After Time
Ooh Ooh
You Take More Than You Give
You Take More Than You Give
You Take More Than You Give
You Take More Than You Give
You Take More Than You Give
You Take More Than You Give
Look Inside My Eyes When You’re Telling Me Lies
I Got Nothing To Lose
Try To Run & Hide When You’re Broken Inside
I Got Nothing To Prove
Time After Time
Losing My Mind
Time After Time
Ooh Ooh
Time After Time
Losing My Mind
Time After Time
Ooh Ooh
You Take More Than You Give
You Take More Than You Give
You Take More Than You Give
Give Me A Reason To Live
Give Me A Reason To Live
Give Me A Reason To Live
You Take More Than You Give
You Take More Than You Give
You Take More Than You
Give
Give Me A Reason To Live
Give Me A Reason To Live
Give Me A Reason To Live
Time After Time
Losing My Mind
Time After Time
Ooh Ooh
Time After Time
Losing My Mind
Time After Time
Ooh Ooh
I Got Nothing To Prove
It’s Your Turn To Choose
You Can Run
But You Can’t Hide
Look Inside My Eyes
Telling Me Lies
Time After Time
After Time
Telling Me Lies
