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Longtime Listener

by Longtime Listener

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1.
Only Child 04:45
Saves it all for homework Can't concentrate around others Gets him anxious And he speaks a bit too loud He reminds you of his father He cannot settle down You thought that he'd be taller But he's done growing now Wears a navy sweater Two sizes too big A hand-me-down demeanour But he's your only kid You never liked the way he always combed his hair Or how he squints a bit too often But he's the only thing that you've got in this world So you forgive what cannot be forgotten
2.
Any Day 04:20
Her son’s at school in Halifax, and her mother lives next door In the house that she grew up in, ’66 to ’84 Her father died in ’83, and mom’s 83 herself She’s talking to his portrait, the one that hangs above the shelf Remember when they found him in Tim Hortons sipping on a coffee that’d gone cold? He didn’t get why there was such commotion even after all that he’d been told Sleepless nights and cable fights kept her company for a while Then there came the phone call that forced her from denial Mom called in the afternoon, bothered by something She said the maid who cleans her curtains must have stole her wedding ring When it comes, it will not come down quickly It will eat at her like a child picks at his meal Any day could be the last she knows you Any smile could be the last she feels Everybody knows it, but no one says a thing As if putting it in words would only give the sickness wings Well, the doctor’s diagnosis is not something she’ll ignore She just doesn’t wanna hear it anymore Aaron booked an early flight when he finally heard the news At six was in the airport, by 10 was in the pews Strangers sang their platitudes as they filed in the door Swapping all the stories that they all had heard before She bowed her and Aaron leaned in closely “Remember what I told you when you left? That everything must happen for a reason Well, what’s the reason when it comes to death?” Everybody knows it, but no one says a thing As if putting it in words would only make the memories sting She’s not sure if she remembers what it was she thought before But it’s not the way she sees it anymore
3.
Small Talk 04:57
Say your name so I can put it to the face That stares at me when I’m trying to fall asleep With those deep eyes and that sly smile That black hair and those sunken cheeks Well, I’ve been sneaking glances now, honey And I’ve caught you sneaking, too So tell me what we’re doing here, baby I just wanna talk to you Just to tell you the time or if it’s raining outside Oh, I know it’s not the best we can do But if small talk’s my in, tell me where we begin Was only hoping for an inch of you I met you once in a dream We were standing in line and I cracked a joke There was some kinda problem and the cops were called You were waiting for me, then I awoke Well, I’ve been sneaking glances, now, honey And I’ve caught you sneaking, too So tell me what we’re doing here, baby I just wanna talk to you Just to tell you the time or if it’s raining outside Oh, I know it’s not the best we can do But if small talk’s the way, who am I to complain? I wasn’t hoping for an interview
4.
Devil's Deal 02:30
How do you tell if a dream is bound to die? It’s just as well that you quit before you began Before you get stuck playing gigs and peddling CDs From the trunk of your friend’s minivan Say a prayer from the dreamers For the punks and the schemers For the kids who won’t quit For the ones who still believe Where did it go, that old fire you had inside you long ago? Now a flicker not a blazing inferno You never really thought that you could pull it off, so let’s be real This is not a devil’s deal Say a prayer from the dreamers For the punks and the schemers For the kids who won’t quit For the ones who still believe
5.
It took me four days to wash the X off my wrist But I’ve yet to get you off of my mind And I couldn’t tell if you were honest with me Or just trying not to be unkind I’m frightened by what my mind can create ‘Cause I’ve got a habit of filling in the blanks Piece by piece, the puzzle I make Is not who you are; it’s not who you’ve been And I have only ever fallen for one thing
6.
Noises Off 05:01
We met in Portland, Oregon Three nights, then I was gone Was I just stringing you along? You helped me catch my early flight Seven o'clock to YYZ You nestled deep within my head Should we even be here? Twenty-two hours in Ithaca Eleven more in a car I'm not sure how it got this far I don't know how to break a heart I haven't got the wherewithal I've found it's not much fun at all Should we even be here? We took that test on a whim You lied, but I wrote my real address I still get letters in the mail
7.
Empty Eyes 04:41
I was in a grand charade carrying a cross I'd made 'Cross a stone-covered field Put it on my grandma’s grave so she'd think she's saved Then I got down and kneeled Into the ground, her lifeless body lying Gathered around were all those people crying With empty eyes Empty eyes were all they gave and all I saw I was one of them once, I could stare for months Statues and pictures and everything Clutching at a set of beads, praying a Hail Mary I tried to remember all my sins Into the ground, her lifeless body lying Already knew my stable faith was dying With empty eyes Empty eyes were all I gave and all they saw Who am I to make a scene? With empty eyes Empty eyes were all I gave and all they saw
8.
You and I 02:54
You don’t have to say it, you don’t have to say anything We tried to save it, but we both saw it coming for you and I You couldn’t contain it, shook you right down to the core You said, “Why won’t you talk to me? Why don’t we talk anymore, you and I?” It still eats me up
9.
Someone 06:24
You text me after midnight “Are you still awake?” Well, sometimes I pretend I’m sleeping But others it can’t wait All you need is someone I called you in the evening The day that your dad passed You told me that it’s all got you wondering How long you can last And all you need is someone You spent Christmas on your own again Dodging all your landlord’s friends Staying safely out of view Like the china they don’t use I know I could do better That I’m not at my best But sometimes when you just talk for hours I think I need a rest Forgive me, I’m half asleep And I can’t tell what you want from me All I need is someone What have they done to you? ‘Cause you were not born like this at all You don’t deserve this
10.
Disappear 04:31
When the sun goes down and there’s no one else around You think of it then when all your friends are having fun And you’re staying in but you’re not missing anything Now and again you wonder when you’ll go on the run from everyone Take me to a place where I don’t know anyone and no one ever phones Take me to a place where I can lay and be silent Put me on a boat or a spaceship, I guess even a moat might do the trick Put me in a lighthouse far away on an island and I’ll disappear When the days get long and shutting in just feels wrong Time and again you try and get that old feeling back but it’s just an act Take me to a place where I don’t know anyone and no one ever phones Take me to a place where I can lay and be silent Put me on a boat or a spaceship, I guess even a moat might do the trick Put me in a lighthouse far away on an island and I’ll disappear

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released November 25, 2017

Written, recorded and produced by Longtime Listener
Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova
Album artwork by Mathew Borrett

Special thanks to my parents, Adam Rinaldi, Tylor Jay Santos, RJ Obina, Peter Katz, Josh Kunka, the Kunka family, Patrick Roccaforte, Nobu Adilman, and Daveed Goldman

Thank you to the members of Choir! Choir! Choir! who sang with me: Amy Korneluk, Barb McIvor, Cecile Choi, Cecilia Moorcroft, Chris Chin, Damon Li, Dave Tufts, Deborah Hochman, Debra Kaiser, Edie Kim, Jennifer Berney, Karen Stern, Kat Abraham, Kevin Friedberg, Krysti Allison, Laura Hayward, Lynne Provencher, Marine Gobert, Mason Wright, Mira Sirkis, Monica Radovski, Paul Robinson, Piper MacFayden, Renée Gomes, Simone Newstadt, and Sylvia Gibbons Visser

And, finally, thank you to my Kickstarter backers, without whom I couldn’t have made this album: Abdul Samadi, Adam Rinaldi, Alex Baldinger, Alex Rinaldi, Amy Korneluk, Andrew Cabaluna, Andria Knowles-Muller, Angie Gardos, Ankush Sondhi, Annie Milova, A. Navarre, Brady McLeod, Brian Anson-Wong, Caleb Dietz, Cameron Carr, Camilla Chaplin, Cecile Choi, Cherie Oldenburg, Chris Chin, Chris Ruffolo, Christina Gonzales, Claudia Krijger-Mullin, Daniel French, Dave Tufts, David Topping, Devon Daniell, Emily Landau, Erica Lenti, Eva Schäfer, Gabrielle Ene, Gil Rinaldi, Guido Popoli, Heidi Ebert, Hilary McLeod, Ingrid Rinaldi, Iradele Plante, James Sahlmueller, Jeff Chelsky, Jennifer Berney, Jennifer Cheng, Jessica Catton, Joacim Wängdahl, Joanna Celli, John Rugosi, Jonathan Goodwin, Josh Benton, Josh Kunka, Kevin Rabaja, Lara Marjerrison, Leen Kawar, Lisa Bellis, Lisa Coxon, Luca Raciti, Malcolm Johnston, Margot Biermann, Meena Bhardwaj, Megan Jones, Miguel Escobar, Monica Radovski, Nan Love, Patrick Roccaforte, Paul Jarvey, Pepper Ventresca, Rebecca Digby, Rebecca Lui, Robert Biermann, Rosa Mayer, Simon Bredin, Simone Newstadt, Sinead Mulhern, Sirena Ho, Sophie Holdstock, Steve Kupferman, Tim Falconer, Tom Weir, Veronica Maddocks, Vibhu Gairola, and Will Sloan

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Longtime Listener Toronto, Ontario

Longtime Listener is an indie-rock project in Toronto. New album, Tired Light, forthcoming in late 2021.

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