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Cool Down

by Bridal Party

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1.
Afterthought 03:05
Take off my shoes1 Open the curtains to check out the hotel view I’m almost home This weather has afforded me one more night alone I always dreamt of walking this walk I never meant to be an afterthought Untuck the sheets Turn on the TV for some company Too late to nap so I Steep my body in a lukewarm bath Staring at the interface of two ideals Drawn to the collective and the in-between This reflection cleared the way So my affinity to place Could settle like dust on the kitchen counter I settle like dust on the kitchen counter Like dew on a morning flower A hush in the evening hour I settle down
2.
Pool 03:38
Feeling kinda nervous Think I know what’s good for me now Nothing comes easy But I’m patient Feeling my own worth and Dwelling on what’s good for me now Nothing comes easy But I’m patient I’ve been swimming inside my own pool I just want to talk about it Running where I’m running to Some may say that’s overrated Feeling kinda nervous Think I know what’s good for me now Nothing comes easy But I’m patient Feeling my own worth and Dwelling on what’s good for me now Nothing comes easy But I’m patient I’ve been swimming inside my own pool I just want to talk about it Running where I’m running to Some may say that’s overrated Knocking on your door only takes me a minute How can I get out when I’m so deep within it? I’ve been swimming inside my own pool I’ve been swimming inside my own pool I just want to talk about it Running where I’m running to Some may say that’s overrated
3.
Cool Down 03:56
Two orchids on the watering wall We get what we want I suppose Blue petals in a cool repose Dawn’s coming up Dark decays Flower dew evaporates Is it over? Don’t tell me it’s over Spinning on the edges of time I can hear the room let out a big sigh I don’t wanna cool down I don’t wanna cool down I step into the quivering night Catch my breath so I don’t cry I don’t wanna cool down I don’t wanna cool down I love the people I pretend to know Burning in my damp clothes Put my hair up, neck exposed I chew on the ice at the bottom of my drink One more taste, one last sip I want it all I want it all Spinning on the edges of time I can hear the room let out a big sigh I don’t wanna cool down I don’t wanna cool down I step into the quivering night Catch my breath so I don’t cry I don’t wanna cool down I don’t wanna cool down Sun’s coming up Dark Decays The fantasy evaporates Is it over? Don’t tell me it’s over Spinning on the edges of time I can hear the room let out a big sigh I don’t wanna cool down I don’t wanna cool down I step into the quivering night Catch my breath so I don’t cry I don’t wanna cool down I don’t wanna cool down
4.
Complicated 02:47
Your name on my lips My ear to your station A natural fit but My patience is fading I’m treading on glass Carefully choosing Tryna help you relax Lose it, diffuse it Don’t you get exhausted? Putting me to the test It gets so complicated I’m tired of all this talking I’m doing my best Shouldn’t be this complicated This is not an exchange It’s not love between equals I’m gonna hide in this crowd ‘Til the path reveals Don’t you get exhausted? Putting me to the test It gets so complicated I’m tired of all this talking I’m doing my best Don’t make it complicated Don’t you get exhausted? Putting me to the test It gets so complicated I’m tired of all this talking I’m doing my best It shouldn’t be this complicated Don’t make it complicated It shouldn’t be this complicated
5.
Baby Anymore 03:45
I broke our favorite dishes to pieces Tried to put them back together with glue I know it hasn’t been very easy And our bed don’t feel big enough for two I don’t call you baby I been hung up lately I’m no heartbreaker But I don’t wanna call you baby anymore I learn to grow with you in the deep end Let my longing drip dry in the sun I love you in the pale hush of our evenings But what happens when a pattern comes undone I don’t call you baby I been hung up lately I’m no heartbreaker But I don’t wanna call you baby anymore
6.
Woke up at 6 AM For no reason But to watch the soft pink sky Floating on the ceiling I could still be dreaming I set the table For a simple lunch Put lilies in a milk bottle Just for fun The pollen stains my thumbs The days are vague, but they’re spacious When I read I stare through the page Decorate for the occasion Deeper need for a distraction Looking back, you know, I thought I’d changed But I’m just forgetting Soak me in persuasion Shallow puddle of reaction I admit that I thought I’d changed But I’m just forgetting Today I’ll write a list Of what I could give Tomorrow I’ll obsess about What I can get My priorities bend When this mood hits All that I find is Trouble with stillness Dare I take five? From this vicious design The days are vague, but they’re spacious When I read I stare through the page Decorate for the occasion Deeper need for a distraction Looking back, you know, I thought I’d changed But i’m just forgetting Soak me in persuasion Shallow puddle of reaction I admit that I thought I’d changed But I’m just forgetting
7.
Daydream 03:25
30 degrees in the city Lay on my back in the shaded green 1 New message says “Do you miss me?” Well I haven’t been crying I promise I’ve been trying I’m stuck on my crush Wish me luck I’m so hot right now Caught in a tender circumstance Flushed with a feeling I didn’t know I had But the daydream never lasts Taken by the rosy blush of sunset Honestly I’d rather not go home yet Leave this familiar life I am not living Where I’m never ashamed to Stray from my commitments Tell me to come over Going nowhere Is so hot right now Caught in a tender circumstance Flushed with a feeling I didn’t know I had But the daydream never lasts Lifting my desire to the light So sorry I forgot about this side of me I can’t speak the language when I try Caught in a tender circumstance Flushed with a feeling I didn’t know I had But the daydream never lasts
8.
Just a Habit 03:36
I try and tell my mind to wait But memories melt to liquid I distill them into one mistake Glide into that vision Follow me To where it’s dark and sweet Thoughts like honey Why let this worry be comfortable It’s messing with my mood So mean to lean on the rules Ready for something new I know it never makes me feel good (I don’t like it) (It’s just a habit) Running through me like a ribbon in two (Leaves me divided) (I don’t like that) Follow me To where it’s dark and sweet Warming up to my enemy Thoughts like honey Why let this worry be comfortable It’s messing with my mood So mean to lean on the rules Ready for something new I know it never makes me feel good (I don’t like it) (It’s just a habit) Running through me like a ribbon in two (Leaves me divided) (I don’t like that) Untether from the chase Keep my window lifted The lure lets me down, anyway Why let this worry be comfortable It’s messing with my mood So mean to lean on the rules Ready for something new I know it never makes me feel good (I don’t like it) (It’s just a habit) Running through me like a ribbon in two (Leaves me divided) (I don’t like that)
9.
Close to You 03:10
Dim the light Only to withdraw By your side While I lay here with hesitation Alone Hurry out Into tomorrow Worried about How to satisfy these expectations I’ve borrowed But pleasure’s nothing to prove I’m your favorite fruit The impulse must be true You’re my favorite too And I miss being close to you. Talk and touch Simple ways to care Takes two of us Totally aware Of the desperations We share Pleasure’s nothing to prove I’m your favorite fruit The impulse must be true You’re my favorite too I’m caught up in what I’m supposed to do Pleasure’s nothing to prove When you’re my favorite fruit The impulse must be true And I miss being close to you
10.
Tuning in turns me into a sponge I see all the details I missed growing up Catching the whispers that roll off your tongue Stories are stones I carry in my cup Bearing witness, free of suspicion Now I’m in this, I feel the friction Dripping in regret for kissing him away from the crowd I walk on the shore and the ocean is sour It all feels so strange to me now Does it flow into the warmth of my shower It’s all the same to me now My intention exceeds my capacity Exposed in the cruel blue light Can’t cope with a casual tragedy Offer the excess to the gentle tide Holding the wrong hand Hoping they’ll understand I’ve got a good plan hidden in smoke Buried in sound I walk on the shore and the ocean is sour It all feels so strange to me now Is it a mirror of nuance in power It’s all the same to me now Strange to me now

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released February 15, 2023

Bridal Party is:
Suzannah Raudaschl
Joseph Leroux
Lee Gauthier
Jordan Clairmont
Adrian Heim

All songs written by Bridal Party
Produced by Connor Head
Mixed by Alex Gamble
Mastered by Elisa Pangsaeng
Artwork by Jocasta Clarke
Design and layout by Jonah Grindler and Gordon Cains

Recorded at Catalogue Studios in Victoria, BC

Special thanks to Connor Head for all his hard work, Beau Schultz, Phoenix Bain, Theo Hughes-Ridgway, everyone at Music BC and Tiny Kingdom Music.

This project was funded in part by FACTOR and the Government of Canada.

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