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Patti's Words

by Pina Palau

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Pina Palau’s new single, Patti’s Words, rolls along like a sparkling, crystal-clear stream down the side of a mountain on a muted, misty morning. It’s pensive, it feels light, and the longer you listen to it, the more hypnotic it becomes. By the end, when it finally unravels into something orchestral and sweeping; that’s when you realise that you’ve been getting drenched all along. 
 
The song was inspired by Patti Smith’s autobiography Just Kids. Inspired, meaning that: shortly after Pina finished the book, she stuffed her backpack full of clothes, grabbed her guitar case and flew out to New York. Although, the city she was looking for, with all its grit and decadent glamour, was nowhere to be found, the trip turned out to be nourishing in other very profound ways. First of all, it birthed this song! It also exposed the beauty hidden in the pursuit of the irrational and, with that, the notion that life, like the creative act, is often guided by a hidden internal logic that only reveals itself in hindsight. In that light, Patti’s Words isn’t so much a song about chasing “ghosts” or following in the footsteps of your idols, but a document of an artist coming into own: understanding their purpose and the hidden nuances of their craft. In other words, it’s a song about gracefully accepting “the call.”
 
Patti’s Words is the second single from singer-songwriter Pina Palau. It was taken from her upcoming debut album titled Illusion, set to drop in 2022. The record was produced together with Mario Hänni (Mnevis and ex-Drummer of Sophie Hunger and Pablo Nouvelle) and is best described as a labyrinthine journey through various shades and inflections of indie folk.

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A Chelsea morning is hard to see
Through yellow curtains light shines on me
I took the blues down to the 23rd
To follow Patti’s soothing word
 
Then silence broke somebody screamed
They’re murdering my dreams!
In a David Lynch movie scene
 
The ones in room 425
A mess left from last night
I guess they kept free love alive

They’re still running after money
And they’re still hungry for more flesh
The limousines still cooling in the street
That heart is throbbing still but it’s skipping beats

The man who stood at the front door
Told me something about a tour
As if I wanted to see more
 
He told me, ‘Child come step inside’
I ain’t no child and need no guide
‘Hey, thanks sir’ I replied
  
I slid my dreams in
Between Patti’s words
A scribbled note to self
For what a song is worth

When the wind began to fly
I sighed a shy goodbye
And walked into the night

Then these words rang in my ears
‘We are still here,
After all these years’

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released January 28, 2022

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Pina Palau Zürich, Switzerland

We live in an enchanted world, unfortunately way too often we’re too busy to even notice. It takes a special type of artist to draw back the curtain and make us recognise this magic nestled in the mundane. Singer-songwriter Pina Palau possesses this rare gift. Her songs obsess over the everyday: coaxing the poetry out of situations and characters that seem all too familiar. ... more

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