Name: Minor Holiday
Duration: P00H04M07S
Description: This song came into being as the 2020 bushfires in Australia were nearing containment, but the threat of COVID-19 was suddenly looming. It was recorded throughout 2020 — in Portland (me), Los Angeles (Mathias), New York (Yoed, Jeni, and Lisa), and Sydney, Australia (Greta). It captures the growing numbness of a bystander to a series of global catastrophes.

Minor Holiday

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This song came into being as the 2020 bushfires in Australia were nearing containment, but the threat of COVID-19 was suddenly looming. It was recorded throughout 2020 — in Portland (me), Los Angeles (Mathias), New York (Yoed, Jeni, and Lisa), and Sydney, Australia (Greta). It captures the growing numbness of a bystander to a series of global catastrophes.

lyrics

Wake up and look out the window
Half the yard is burning and
The other half is covered in snow

Is it Arbor Day?
Is it Boxing Day?
I’m sure today must be a
Minor holiday

Season’s grievings to us, one and all
Once we get the hang of it
We’ll forget to get upset

Bearing each unsettling new pall
So adaptable
We’re so adaptable

So adaptable
We’re so adaptable
As the world is ending
We can keep pretending

That none of this will matter in an hour
First we lose the polar bears
Now we lose the flowers

Not a summer’s day
Not a winter’s day
Not a summer’s day
Not a winter’s day
Shall I compare thee to
The Judgment Day?

Is it All Saints’ Day?
Is it All Souls’ Day?
Is it All Fools’ Day?
Is it All Saints’ Day?
Is It All Souls’ Day?
Is it All Fools’ Day?

Is it Arbor Day?
Is it Boxing Day?
I’m sure today must be a
Minor holiday

And the world is ending
And we keep pretending
That none of this will matter in an hour

credits

released January 22, 2021
Music & lyrics by Stephan Nance
Arrangement by Stephan Nance

Piano/vocals - Stephan Nance
Percussion - Mathias Kunzli
Strings - Yoed Nir
Upright bass - Jeni Magana
Backing vocals - Greta Gertler
Clarinet - Lisa Parrott

Mixing & mastering by Thaddeus Moore, Liquid Mixing & Mastering

Recorded in Portland, Los Angeles, New York, and Sydney, Australia!

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Sparkbird, a.k.a. Stephan Nance. Chamber folk-pop. Pronouns: they/them.
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