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Vs. Gravity

by Cfit

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1.
Whitecoats 06:34
a fanned array of options a cooling sigh replies in spite whitecoats are getting nervous of all these lies that bind us to each other now tell the kids you've fallen seasick then run and hide 'til i've hit five pick a point on the horizon relax your eyes the sky tonight reads like the history of light for all the basic chemistry the clockwork choreography the flames are licking at our feet cos we're so clearly missing something we telegraph our insinceres we kid but always on the square our scars are spilling at the seams revealing every missing something we've had our fill of soft defeats still glowing, gamefaced, building rafts from debris of our old cities in need of any little something we've studied all the souvenirs compiled the memories of years somehow we keep returning here where we're so clearly missing something obvious
2.
vs. Gravity 04:24
is it safe? have you fashioned a way to render the centre of brutal mistakes and replace all the space left with beautiful fakes until no one can tell the difference at this pace which we've been hacking for days but for every gimmick or trick of the trade from releasing the ballast to cutting the brakes we just can't seem to shake this in a vault with a very short fuse lit knowing if we're meticulous, we could get away with this if we just keep our stories straight but my empathy is diminishing you would never quite believe how many people i've found waltzing around with a smile on their face and their feet on the ground while we're here fighting gravity we take it pretty seriously here's the thing we've been capturing flags closing in on a decade, it's starting to drag even though from the start you've shown nothing but heart there's an art to maintaining a functioning spark so do you really love anything you've done? do you really have faith in anyone? if you can muster a yes I'd suggest that the best course of action's to sack up and stick to your guns in the catapult with a lit lightbulb over your head singing "swing for the fences, son! fuck 'em if they can't take the joke" me, i'm staying vigilant, on the front foot with a constant policing of this little niche that i've carved praying for the strength to let my children starve i'm right here fighting gravity counterpunching reality holding back the tide
3.
for all your infrared and echolocation you still can't walk your way out of a paper maze why not allow yourself this simple celebration? cos everything that can go wrong is probably gonna so... cut up all the pieces edit out the sequences that you can't stand to look at anymore learn to turn your blind eye on to all those things you should ignore for all your infrared and echolocation you still can't walk your way out of a paper maze why not allow yourself this simple celebration? cos everything that can go wrong is probably gonna so... 25 a second keep your senses guessing bury the lead with everything perspective just be more selective when it gets terrifying i can still remember how you used to hold my head above the water til the tide was turning that can be recovered we could find each other we could start again for all your infrared and echolocation you still can't walk your way out of a paper maze why not allow yourself this simple celebration? cos everything that can go wrong is probably gonna so... i'm at a loss and if this is the cost that's alright, it's just change blindness i'm at a loss and if this is the cost it's alright i won't fight it
4.
all your silken fraying wires radiating out in all directions now shoot static through your temples when they kiss corroded scarred connections try and dull the endings of nerves that once fired instinctive coded signals ricochets reflecting every buried poisonous transmission they echo help is never coming are you anybody's favourite person?
5.
i would end this year if i weren't out of do-overs but i'm fresh out of do-overs and i'm saddled with something sick it's got me acting unbearably open these days i would end this year if i thought it would mean something but it feels like we're freefalling and the grandkids are starting to kick and i won't ruin another birthday plan we could end this year so the odds can do what the fuck they choose i built my bed around you and i will lie in it but we freezeframed a season so i can see no reason we can't end this year we could end this year we could end this year on a high
6.
Whipjack 02:29
i'm a line horizon wide trying for all encompassing spreading pretty thin you're a constellation placed to warn us off the reef inches underneath the surface we could take forever weigh our worst against our betters or we could take the evening and just swan around the garden cos forever mightn't mean anything in the scheme of things there was this single summer that extended so much longer than the rest of the whole year and somewhere in the static it's just richochets repeating cos you know it might just mean everything
7.
and when it came to me it was like a fever dream it all disintegrated suddenly til all that i could see was decades of our dead clawing back our every step the weight accumulated til the fall got built into the jump you're keeping your head while i'm losing my mind saying "we can't keep retreading these tired desire lines" so i'll beat this new path repeating what you said: "it's only together we'll bury our dead" so from a lack of other options we accepted our own language cos it's a constant war on all sides i can't read the cues lately, can't see the signs i guess i accept that you cannot read minds but i'm trying to keep you in my line of sight keep this under your hat, but i think we just might turn out to be redshirts playing at spies and all of our fuckups, all of our lies can still be redeemed if we just keep our heads now it's only together we'll bury our dead i will not control myself i'll make mistakes but i'm making the best of a bad situation whitecoats are waiting for me to crack up i can't go of this i will not control myself let's make it clear this is the best of a bad situation and we can't sit waiting cos if we don't move now, we're fucked i will not control myself i'll make mistakes but i'm making the best of a bad situation whitecoats are waiting for me to crack up i can't go of this i will not control myself i'll make it clear this is the best of a bad situation so follow me over this one last cliff and we can be shot of this
8.
Serene 04:24
don't get me wrong i'm aware of the strength it must take to project this serene view and make it seem see through but i see the storm cloud that follows you around like a cartoon and i see the anvil shadow expanding it starts me off on one cos you're not having fun i know it's pointed its whole war at you since the old days down at the coal face with your imaginary arms race but i'm done pretending i'll ever be anywhere approaching how i feel about you so start me off on one cos if you're not having fun i'm not having fun but we could take a summer and build a shelter to protect from these cynical seasons so why would you gather yourself like an army when you are someone's favourite person? why do you carry your hurt like a trophy when you are someone's favourite person? why does it hurt you? why are you not bulletproof yet? you are someone's favourite person and if i can't fix this, then what am i gonna do, kid? you are someone's favourite person take care, take care you need to take better care of yourself take care, take care you are someone's favourite person
9.
All In 06:30
focus, idiot you make your move and i'll follow a moment's hesitation the switch from green to indigo with fistfulls of firecrackers i'm using every trick i know to build one perfect sentence that fills you full of chemicals and for the longest time it felt like i was paralysed but there are times i swear to christ your eyes can swallow rooms of light i need you to hide me even just for a few days the plates are slowly sliding all these islands into place maybe it's alright that your violence quells mine but your violin swell smile could set things right if i'm all gutters you're all stars
10.
Tickertape 04:33
we laid traps for the psychopaths (are we always gonna feel this? are we always gonna feel this way?) but you can't react 'til the flashbulb's flashed (are we always gonna feel this? are we always gonna feel this lame?) there's no tickertape parade no cause to celebrate all those promises we make they come from a good place won't be enough to save it we got lost when it counted most (are we always gonna feel this? are we always gonna feel this way?) our clever way back home is covered in these clouds of crows (are we always gonna feel this? are we always gonna feel this lame?) there's no tickertape parade no cause to celebrate all those promises we make they come from a good place won't be enough to save it
11.
we fall in love like collapsing infrastructure just to keep tabs on our debt annie says i shouldn't lead with my chin so i'm squaring my heels and adjusting my stance like a pro all the old standards don't meet the demands and the big hand's all little hand speed all my old enemies started befriending me and if you leave no note how am i to know if you're still alive? felt the first wave of shocks kick like a neurotoxon and i felt the knots in my stomach grow taut til i could see with such clarity how all my all enemies start understanding me talking a language that i thought only we could speak so i'll trust that your melody sings me away from the reef slowed down a landslide to stand like a real life but it's not the end of the world it's just a goodbye

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released April 3, 2020

all music & lyrics by noël duplaa
except Serene, music by noël duplaa and david cantan

recorded in cfit hq by noël duplaa and creamy sonic studios by noël duplaa and shane walsh
mixed in cfit hq by noël duplaa
additional mixing on All Hands Bury the Dead by david cantan

mastered by fergal davis at fergal davis mastering

photography and art direction by kevin goss-ross
makeup and wings by madonna bambino
featuring noah gray

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Cfit Dublin, Ireland

Cfit began in bedrooms and homemade studios, as a side project for Noël Duplaa evolved into a collection of woozy, bruised, melancholy anthems. Playing their first gig at Electric Picnic 2010 as a three-piece, Cfit expanded to a five-piece to play Hard Working Class Heroes 2010. They have been listed by State, Whelans, goldenplec and The Star as one of the most promising bands in Ireland. ... more

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