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Little Bit a’ Love

by Denielle Bassels

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1.
I wanna be happy Never been much for gamblin’ Now I’m just ramblin’ Alls I needs a little bit of love Don’t need a whole lot of money Just someone to love me I just need some honey Oh a little bit a’ little bit a’ love Most of the time We are just children Afraid of our own loneliness Can’t find where we belong Oh I’m just saying The world is always changing A little bit of love goes far Oh find you a little bit a’ love, love A little bit a’ love That’s all I wanna have courage To face my fears and flourish Never miss a days worth Of a little bit a little bit of love So I’ll just keep on singing Til this poor heart is brimmin’ And maybe I’ll be swimmin’ In a little bit a little bit a’ love Most of the time We are just children Afraid of our own loneliness Can’t find where we belong Oh I’m just sayin’ The world is always changin’ A little bit of love goes far Oh find you a little bit a’ love, love A little bit a love That’s all I wanna be happy Never been much for gamblin’ Now I’m just ramblin’ Alls I needs a little bit of love We all need each other My sisters and my brothers Hands on hands all colours Oh a little bit a little bit a’ love Most of the time We are just children Afraid of our own loneliness Can’t find where we belong Oh I’m just sayin’ The world is always changin’ A little bit of love goes far Oh find you a little bit a’ love, love A little bit a’ love That’s all A little bit of love goes far Oh find you a little bit a’ love, love A little bit a’ loooooooove! That’s all
2.
In the shade You and I On the fairest day We stole The gold miners egg Not gonna stop When the honey’s runnin’ down Blowin’ through the trees Hand in hand two bandits goin’ Blowin’ free Hoooooooooo! The sun is gettin’ hotter Feeling high ah ah! Swing me faster til I’m swung Hoooooo! The gold flowing like water Im so alive ah ah! Don’t stop until we’ve won Don’t you know I’m a ramblin’ dame I got a wrangling rebel oh And we’re singin’ for the train now And I got, I got Melody ooh hoo, ooh hoo Melody ooh hoo, ooh hoo Melody oohh hoo, ooh hoo Melody, ahhhhh! Melody ooh , ooh hoo Melody ooh hoo, ooh hoo Melody ooh hoo, ooh hoo Melody We want it all We want it all Before the gray moon Before the sounds of summer Are stolen by the breeze Before we can’t remember I just want hear em’ sing Ooooo! The sun is getting hotter Feeling high ah ah! Swing me faster til I’m swung Oooh! The gold flowin’ like water I’m so alive ah ah! Don’t stop I got I got Melody Ooh Hoo, ooh hoo Melody ooh hoo, ooh hoo Melody ooh hoo, ooh hoo Melody O way oooh Came in at a brakeshoe And we got a black snake runnin’ Driver for my money And a beeline for the sea Sittin pretty on a train Now giddy up Feel the beat hit the crank When we pony up He’s got the rhythm oh Feel it in his bones He makes me weary go weeeeee
3.
I used to be the one who listened to her intuition I used to blend into my world like watercolours But now I seem made up of odds and ends and knots of dread I try to cope but everything I seem to do is simply Wrong wrong wrong wrong It’s scary in the dark but I’ll deny it Wish I was Home home home home Instead of trying to unravel this head I’ve got a brain of tangled thread And I can’t make heads or tails of it Hands and heart and eyes and feet It’s getting harder and harder to keep that beat It started when my tightrope snapped in loop dee loops And now I’m stuck inside a haywire roller coasters caboose My body’s whittled down to fight or flight there’s no more light Can’t fix this one myself (PLEASE HELP) Oh get me out of here it’s Wrong wrong wrong wrong scary in the dark but I’ll deny it Wish I was home home home home Instead of trying to unravel this head I’ve got a brain of tangled thread And I can’t make heads or tails of it Hands and heart and eyes and feet It’s getting harder and harder and harder To keep that beat Left is up and down is right I don’t see no end in sight Staring up from on the floor Cuz I can’t fight it anymore (Don’t you shut that door! Don’t you shut that door! ) Mind oh my mind oh! This mangled maze of mine Help me I’m falling Into a field of mines Sound the alarms Oh I need a lifeline Won’t you pull on the thread Til it all unwinds Wanna shout wanna sing wanna say all the things I’ve been too choked up to say I wanna say em anyway Wanna shout Wanna sing wanna say all the things I’ve been too choked up to say I wanna say em anyway Say em anyway Mind oh my mind oh! This mangled maze of mine Help me I’m falling Into a field of mines Sound the alarms Oh I need a lifeline Won’t you pull on the thread Til it all unwinds Mind oh my mind oh! This mangled maze of mine Help me I’m falling Into a field of mines Sound the alarms Oh I need a lifeline Won’t you pull on the thread Til it all unwinds Wanna shout wanna sing wanna say all the things I’ve been too choked up to say I wanna say em anyway Wanna shout Wanna sing wanna say all the things I’ve been too choked up to say I wanna say em anyway Say em anyway
4.
Clouds blushing in the sky as the sun dies Leaning on the corners of a citrus sea Sailors delighted The captains gonna ride it Til he crashes his ship in something so sweet Oooh catch her and she gone The tighter you hold on to her The farther she gonna run Ooh catch her and she gone She settle like a feather Then she’ll blow Where the wind goes On a rock lie a captain and ship And the girl who caught him With hook and a stick Reeled him in With a wicked little grin An angel on her shoulder And a devil on her lips Ooh Catch her and she gone The tighter you hold on to her The farther she gonna run Ooh catch her and she gone She settle like the a feather Then she’ll blow Where the wind goes Where the sunset meets the shore With the waves kissing their toes Tangled bodies on the banks Forever in a moment Locked in arms that Won’t let go Leaning in heavy The scent of serendipity Four legs locked and Two minds blown She purrs,he sighs She smiles and there’s A tickle on her neck And the wind starts to blow Oooh catch her and she gone The tighter you hold on to her The farther she gonna run Oooooh catch her and she gone She’ll settle like a feather Then she’ll go Where the wind blows Stars crashing in the sky As the sun dies She takes his ship as he sleeps Leaving him with a hook and a stick It’s the captains turn To capture me
5.
Lazy Gazing 03:27
Days like this Cell phone off No to-do list Relax, Relax Let the sun in Shine your light on Birds singin’ in the lilac trees Flowers poking out their heads Like they wanna high five me (High five me!) High as a bird upon a wire Nothing but me and my own desires Lazy gazing, Lazy gazing Sun kissed and happy as can be Nothing but me in my hazy dream Lazy gazing All in a perfect day Just for me Here I breathe In air as sweet As honey bees Let your cares float Where the clouds go Stars shining in the deep blue sea Waves conceived by white dragons wings They ripple over my toes Cool water flows Cool water flows... High as a bird upon a wire Nothing but me and my own desires Lazy gazing, lazy gazing Sun kissed and happy as can be Nothing but me and my hazy dream Lazy gazing All in a perfect day Just for me
6.
Gone 03:44
I keep coming out swinging There’s always a battle on this road That’s my story I’d rather fight for love Than let it go So I keep holding on Hoping that one day they’ll be more I keep waiting But I don’t think I need to Anymore Long time wasted Holding on But the love Is gone gone Gone You once called me your angel Like I had some power to save your soul I believed that The light in me could guide you safely home But I’m not you’re angel I’m just as lost, as worn, as cold I’m not able To save you from your demons anymore Long time wasted Holding on But the love is gone, gone Gone I didn’t see the warning flags Now i’m just some bruises and bones and rags Too numb to feel a thing But I’m standing on my own two feet Not afraid to lose or win I Don’t know where I’m going But I’m walking away Long time wasted Holding on But the love is gone, gone Gone Long time wasted Holding on But the love is gone, gone Gone Long time wasted Holding on, But the love is gone, gone Gone.
7.
Big Bad Wolf 02:40
If it talks With a tongue made of silver Make your legs shake and shiver So bad your feet can’t walk If it walks With the feet of a dancer You can bet that the chances are They ain’t gonna take you far I was ahead You were a flag We had a crash And life was a drag I had to crawl Out of a pit You ain’t never gonna drag me Back down to that abyss Flesh and bone Like a child that aches to be older Thinkin’ age makes you bolder You’d be safer if you’d stayed home Ripe and round Like a warm peach Ready for the plucking Make a wolf feel lucky When a’ he come sniffin’ round I was ahead You were a flag We had a crash And life was a drag I had to crawl Out of a pit You ain’t never gonna drag me Back down to that abyss Then I awoke the high and mighty He said “Now you’ve gone too far” And when I saw the one before me He was a big bad wolf With some wide open jaws Red beady eyes Long dirty claws He wanna take a bite outta me Never let me down again Never let me down again Never let me down again
8.
Sadly, I don’t know how to be happy When you’re around I feel crazy Everything always feels wrong I only wanna sing my song Day ooh day oo day ooh Day ooh day ooh day ooh Day ooh day ooh day ooh Ooh ooh Wa ooh! Now I’m a number nine I’ve always felt it that way Each time I fall in line I make the same mistake Don’t settle down If you don’t want to Everybody wants to Settle down I only wanna sing oh Sadly, I don’t know how to be Happy, cuz when you’re around I feel crazy Everyting always feels wrong I only wanna sing my song Day ooh day oo day ooh Day ooh day ooh day ooh Day ooh day ooh day ooh Ooh ooh Wa ooh! We’re under lock and key We used to want it that way Now I just wanna scream Feel like a cat in a cage Don’t settle down If you don’t want to Everybody wants to Settle down I only wanna sing Sadly, I don’t know how to be Happy, cuz when you’re around I feel crazy Everyting always feels wrong I only wanna sing my song Day ooh day oo day ooh Day ooh day ooh day ooh Day ooh day ooh day ooh Ooh ooh Wa ooh! Somewhere theres a heaven A little piece of heaven Some for you, and some for Me. Day ooh day oo day ooh Day ooh day ooh day ooh Day ooh day ooh day ooh Ooh ooh Wa ooh
9.
I know I’m fluffy And I know I’m free I was born yesterday I was abandoned Under a tree What I’d give It’s just me and my Whirls So I look off into space For a minute… …. Take me home I’m so tired of being Alone And I know, I was just Born I still know what it’s like To be alone Light as feather My poor heart weighs A ton I’m under the weather Before my life has even Begun No hands, aint got no feet So look off into space For a minute… … Take me home I’m so tired of being Alone And I know, I was just Born I still know what it’s like To be alone These tears that I cry Keep stinging my eyes As I turn my face towards The moon My friend in the sky Says I’ll never survive If nobody takes me home Soon Take me home I’m so tired of being Alone And I know, I was just Born I still know what it’s like To be alone
10.
I’m the king of the swinger oh The jungle VIP I’ve reached the top Andhad to stop And that’s what’s bothering me I wanna be a human man cub And stroll right into town And be just like the other men I’m tired of monkeying around Oh Ooh bee doo I wanna be like you ooh ooh I wanna walk like you Talk like you do You’ll see it’s true ooh ooh ooh A woman like me Can learn to be Like someone like you Now don’t try to kid me man cub I made a deal with you What I desire is man’s red fire So I can be like you Give me the secret man cub Oh clue me what to do Give me the power of mans red flower So I can be like you oh Ooh bee doo I wanna be like you ooh ooh ooh I wanna walk like Talk like you do You’ll see it’s true ooh ooh A woman like me Can learn to be Like some one like you I’ll ape your mannerisms We two will be as one No one will know Where I end Or orangutan begins And when I eat bananas I won’t eat them with my feet Cuz I’ll have the power Of mans red flower I’ll have some etikeet oh Ooh bee doo I wanna be like you I wanna walk like you Talk like you do You’ll see it’s true A woman like me Can learn to be Like someone like you I wanna be like you Shoo day yoo n doo be doo Dee oob bee doo doo Scoot n doo dee you ba ya doo Oop ee oo, oop ee oo skeet doo n dee oo

about

Denielle Bassels' second full studio album, "Little Bit a' Love," is the anticipated follow-up to 2017's celebrated album, "What About Wool Wishbags," which received glowing reviews and airplay in Canada and beyond. Slated for release in June 2023, listeners can look forward to Bassels' emotive, musical journey as she pulls back the curtain to share her most personal struggles of loss and depression to her quest for purpose. Bassels beckons us to witness a poignant metamorphosis that is resoundingly triumphant. Along with her signature modus operandi of seamlessly weaving elements of folk, swing and blues, "Little Bit a' Love" demonstrates that the most profound love can grow and thrive under the toughest circumstances.

On the opening track, "Little Bit a' Love," we are transported to a street party in New Orleans where we find passersby joining in on this catchy folk swing original with makeshift shakers, cajón, and congas, played by Chendy Leon (Sultans Of String), and acoustic guitar by Thom McKay (Nightcrawlers). After, we all hop a swinging getaway train to old New York with "Pooter And Significo," and the saga of "Little bit a' Love" is born.

"My goal was to channel the great Nina Simone in the sense that she refused to be constrained by genre, always wrote about things that impacted her deeply and could affect change, yet always gave the song only what it needed and nothing more, or less. I wanted this album to be playable from a single voice on the streets of Paris to a full orchestra at Carnegie Hall, which meant a way deeper dive into the songwriting process".

Sonically, "Little Bit a' Love" is a new and exciting landscape for this ever-curious artist. While her previous album featured mad hatter arrangements and lush soundscapes, Bassels new volume of work has pushed far out of her comfort zone in both voice and orchestration. This time, she takes a more prominent role in production alongside co-producer Thom McKay (Joydrop, SATE). The result is ten thoughtfully crafted songs that are highly expressive and undeniably soulful, aided by a host of talented musicians, including Grammy nominated Drew Jurecka (Jill Barber, Dua Lipa), who also produced the seventh track, "Gone," Russ Boswell (Holly Cole), along with many of the same talents from “What About Wool Wishbags”; Scott Hunter, Andrew Scott, Andy Mac, and Jacob Gorzhaltsan with the addition of new band mate guitarist, Julien Bradley Combs.

Having begun the project in 2019, Denielle faced the challenges brought on by the pandemic and recorded much of the album in remote sessions. Producer Thom McKay then brought it together at Exeter Sound Studios in Toronto. This was a completely different approach than Bassels had previously experienced. "It was a blessing in disguise because I was forced to push past my limits (limits I set for myself!) and dig deeper into arranging and production. I started writing on piano, played more ukulele and guitar, and found an incredible producing partner and friend in Thom. It was a fun time making music, and I know it shows on the record.”

Sometimes tender, sometimes tough, but always with a flair for storytelling, Bassels makes a distinct departure from her previous work while still maintaining a cohesive connection to her listeners - long-time fans will appreciate tracks such as "Tangled Thread" and "Pooter And Significo" which evoke images of swing dancing in the Orleans summer heat, while tracks "Gone" and "Big Bad Wolf" bring us deeper into Bassels' world as if we are her confidante amidst the desolation of a cold Canadian night. With a renewed sense of self, Denielle Bassels delivers a distinctive album that manages to sound classic yet strikingly original.

Funded in part by:
Toronto Arts Council
Canada Council for The Arts
Ontario Arts Council

Many thanks to these granting organizations for making this album possible with a massive shout out as well to all my Indiegogo supporters. Thank you for supporting this album! xoxo!

credits

released June 2, 2023

Vocals: Denielle Bassels
Acoustic Guitar 1: Tak Arikushi (2,3, 10)
Acoustic Guitar 2: Andy Mac (2, 3, 10)
Electric Guitar: Julian Bradley Combs (4 - 9)
Upright Bass: Robert Lee (2, 3, 10), Scott Hunter (4, 5, 7, 9)
Russ Boswell (1)
Drums: Andrew Scott
Percussion: Chendy Leon (1,4)
Additional Percussion: Thom McKay
Background Vocals: Meg Contini
Vibraphone: Thom McKay (2, 7)
Rainstick: Larry The Rainstick Guy (4)
Clarinet: Jacob Gorzhaltsan (5, 10)
Saxophone: Rob Christian ( 9 )
Violin, viola: Drew Jurecka

Engineered by: Thom Mckay @ Exeter Sound Studios
Recorded at Exeter sound Studios, Catherine North
All Denielle’s vocals recorded at Exeter Sound Studios
Mixed by: Les Cooper
Mastered by: Phil Bova
Produced By: Denielle Bassels, Thom McKay
Additional Production: Drew Jurecka (as well as string arrangements on “Gone”)
Jorly Matheson

All Songs written by Denielle Bassels
except tracks 2 and 4 with Mike Mathieson
Track 10 by Sherman and Sherman

Album Art:
Photos: Jen Squires
Photo Art Direction: Lily Frost
Graphic Design : Denielle Bassels
Album Art Editing: Terri Winchester of TeeTubs Craft and Design

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Denielle Bassels Toronto, Ontario

Toronto-born, Indie Swing chanteuse Denielle Bassels is a rising star on the Canadian jazz scene. Her music is a potent melange of jazz manouche, blues, folk and pop delivered with a powerfully unique contralto voice that packs solid heart punches. The CD release party kicks off at Lula Lounge in Toronto on June 1st
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