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The Laughing Man

by UNA

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Philippe W I hadn't heard a heart-warming trip-hopy album since the millennium. The Laughing Man waltz gives me a smile. Favorite track: The Laughing Man.
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The Astronomer He spins and turns the globe with sleepy eyes he reads alone looks through his lens observes the stars wonders what what you are No one believes what he believes studies apart sees what he sees looks through his lens watches the stars wonders when when he'll go that far what what will he find must he look so hard pane to lean upon through his glass one sees so far Come over please my side this once take one small look see what I see you might like this view of mine beautifully sad tortured but sweet What what will he find must he look so hard pane to lean upon through his glass one sees so far ©2012 Jennifer Nice and Richard Larsen
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We Are the Lonely When I fall And nobody is there to lift me I wonder if I still believe we are all meant to be loved loved I wonder if I still believe We are all meant to be Loved give me love give me pain give me your sun give me rain give me your look give me your sigh give me your garbage and your goodbye give me indifference give me your pride give me looooooove We are the lonely We swing on swings that no one pushes We hide in crowds behind the bushes The fearful ones that dance in shadows Glinpses of you Through drapes made out of hearts so hungry My eyes are bright with hope and wonder you can never see them or see me When I fall And nobody is there to lift me I wonder if I still believe we are all meant to be loved ©2010 Jennifer Nice and Richard Larsen
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The Myth 04:07
The Myth A tapestry of her tragedy A picture of a thousand words She showed the queen That he'd been mean Lies of her death Were absurd She wove the truth Of her stolen youth The queen saw all That had ocurred He seized the girl Cut out her tongue Philomena's wings clipped Like a bird He'll always blame her For his fury For his fear He'll always blame her Hurt the one You hold so dear He shut her up And locked the door Pretend her screams Could not be heard Releaseing gloom Her listening loom A way to speak She much preferred She had to tell Without a tongue She'd show the wrongs Without a word Once a girl And now reborn Finally Her story heard He'll always blame her For his fury For his fear He'll always blame her Hurt the one You hold so dear So near My dear ©2012 Jennifer Nice and Richard Larsen
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Out of the Dark Cement is not a place for growing flowers No shelter means no water means no power The boy who killed the farmer needs forgiveness He cries because he thinks that God now loves him less He thought he’d never find a friend He thought he’d never laugh again But life can find its way out of the dark Life can find its way out of the dark His life was nothing he could try and mend It seemed as though he’d reached his very end He found the sound of angels in the night They played upon the blocks with all their might He thought he’d never find a friend He thought he’d never laugh again But life can find its way out of the dark Life can find its way out of the dark They taught him sounds far lovlier and still Than weeping wives and angry men that kill Civil’s not so civil anymore Not when trying to dance above a war He thought he’d never find a friend He thought he’d never laugh again But life can find it’s way out of the dark life can find its way out of the dark life can find its way out of the dark Life can find its way out of the dark life can find its way out of the dark ©2012 Nice and Larsen
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The Laughing Man When he was boy He sat in the back And hid behind His smiles His hands were clasped His back was straight His feelings kept In files And all the while He wore his mask And never made a peep Before he let The tears befall He'd fall fast asleep The Laughing Man He'd trick us all Nobody see him weep He lived by the lake Alone with his dog In his dirty yellow house He wrote in his book In his tall thinking tree He'd write and write for hours And all the while He wore his mask And never made a peep Before he let The tears befall He'd fall fast asleep The Laughing Man He'd trick us all Nobody sees him weep He ran through the fields Through the thorns and the mud And kept his world from worry He'd clean all his cuts By the rock on the shore He never told his story And all the while He wore his mask And never made a peep Before he let The tears befall He'd fall fast asleep The Laughing Man He'd trick us all Nobody sees him weep ©2012 Jennifer Nice and Richard Larsen

about

Linked by fate and brought together by laser focus on storytelling through music, UNA is a ménage à trois of head, heart, and soul. With a barebones roster of Jennifer Nice on vocals, Richard Larsen on keys and production and Eddie Barajas on turntables, UNA imparts a larger-than-life sound on listeners, telling intricate tales in a direct, sensual and cinematic style.

Inspired by the present, the past and things as simple as a feeling, UNA is a spirited bossanova track inspired by an insufferable crime of passion; an opulent lullaby based on a grand Biblical tale; an anguished, orchestral trip-hop ballad about an unstable affair.

Could the magic of UNA be categorized into a genre? Maybe. Downtempo and electronica surely loom large in the trio’s repertoire, but so do blues, jazz, Latin influences, soul and funk; a retro-future sensibility with a sound firmly planted in the present.

Dedicated to borrowing from all genres to tell their stories, a throughline persists; earnestly sultry vocals, penchant keys, expansive basslines, blithesome instrumentation and cavernous effects forming a pleasing marriage between light and dark that drips with charisma.

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released March 5, 2013

(c) 2013 Nice and Larsen
Produced by The Mighty One
Recorded at The Mighty One Studios
Los Angeles, California

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UNA Los Angeles, California

Genre: Downtempo Pop/Trip-Hop

A new EP from the LA based post ménage à quatre, UNA, Hiss for the Fly, dropped March 22, 2016.

A foundation of electronica and hip-hop "profound, haunting downtempo grooves, and soulful vibe"

UNA is Jennifer Nice, vocals, Richard Larsen keyboards, Scott Eric Olivier, guitar, synth, drums, & turntables by Eddie Barajas
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