With People, by Diane Coffee

With People

by Diane Coffee

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1.	Corrina From Colina 04:17	lyrics	buy track
We almost burnt alive Them all, the house, and I I built it all for you The fire was out of sight And the party was cool but it was you that I longed to know Corrina can’t you see the unfortunate evening show There was laughter then screaming Shadows cast on the ceiling gasoline and tequila nights Your love is hot and love is on the line Summers gone, we only have the night Now burn for me Corrina you are mine It swallowed all the hill It climbed the window sill It snuck into the house Water wouldn’t put it out My father covered it in sheets Told the crowd it was time to go Corrina leaving me in the afterglow I must be crazy Like ash on the breeze, I scattered it all I must be crazy Consume me as I'm burning Our loving is so hot
2.	Bullied 02:59	lyrics	buy track
You were big and I couldn't fight You knew how to hurt my body and mind I was attractive, I was kind of queer Who better to tempt my schoolyard domineer When Im nervous I tremble You're easy to fear All of my doubts, they shake me to the core I'm not ready to feel the floor I’ve been there before And I just can’t take anymore Of you When I was scared I’d run and hide When knocked to the ground, I’d try not to cry Change everything that I feel inside Still the boy and bully collide I'm nervous I tremble You're easy to fear All of my doubts, they shake me to the core I'm not ready to feel the floor Ive been here before And I just can’t take anymore Of you
3.	Diane Coffee, Deep Sea Diver - Forecast 03:46 video	lyrics	buy track
Let's never do this again But how about tonight We try to be friends Think that could be alright God I hate you Want to date you Lets drive to the park (Goodie) We’ll meet up with your friends But they're drunk on Patron They black out inside All at once we're alone Then we were making daisy chains And making out on the floor suddenly the heartache’s hard to remember So easy to ignore I fear I’m Wide awake In need of distraction Once again at the foot of your door You and I’ve Got a fatal attraction And I don’t sleep any more There's a party tonight Joshy says to roll through The band is alright I know you’ll be there too Shouldn’t risk it Wouldn't miss it I'll be there at 8 (Groovy) You see me looking sad I catch you on your phone the party lets our Once again we're alone Then we were singing Hurdy Gurdy Making love on the floor suddenly the heartache’s hard to remember So easy to ignore I fear I’m Wide awake In need of distraction Once again at the foot of your door You and I’ve Got a fatal attraction And I don’t sleep any more We could end a thousand times And I don’t think we'd ever be sure suddenly the forecast isn’t unnerving So easy to ignore I fear I’m Wide awake In need of distraction Once again at the foot of your door You and I’ve Got a fatal attraction And I don’t sleep any more
4.	The Great Escape 02:50 video	lyrics	buy track
Well I wanna leave this town Everything about it keeps on dragging me down And I might just drown But I’m looking for a lifeline, hoping that somebody's around I’ve got no money, I’ve no destination But I've got myself a Nissan, honey This town, one horse, backward, upside down And I, I am not where I belong Let's leave today The old blood faded away Riding free, I’m on the run There will be Golden Gates Listening to Lightfoot, Wilco, Joni, and Waits On my great escape Looking for a lifeline, hoping that somebody's around Am I asleep? Or over-caffeinated? Because I'm flying in my Nissan, honey This town, one horse, backward, upside down And I, I am not where I belong Let's leave today The old blood faded away I’m breaking free, I’m on the run
5.	Our Love / The Run 05:06	lyrics	buy track
Love, our love Sign, our sign For your fate, our fate I sing again Our love You better listen to me because I'm strong I don’t need to hide it away I won’t be fooled again, I'm not that easily played And I'll take a bigger cut, I'm not that easily swayed But I’m not unforgiving, no I’m not unforgiving I won’t be the one that you push around You don’t get to treat me this way I'm not a child
6.	Sharks 03:50	lyrics	buy track
It's only blood It's only hate See the boy in the mirror Hands are shaking What a big change she is making Heavy with all the risk she's taking Black and blue in the schoolyard Face is burning My how quickly all her friends are turning Just biting at the chance to hurt her Every part of me aches for you What you're going through can’t be easy But when they're treating you like they do You get so ocean blue Wounded, heartache, useless trauma Sharks are reacting to the blood taste in the water Power struggle, endless hunger Sharks are reacting to the blood taste in the water It's only life It's only fate She's dead in the water Feeling haunted Could not live the way that they wanted The righteous and the brokenhearted Buys a ticket to Boston nobody knows her, still they can smell the fear on her And the title wave it drags her under When a predator finds the prey, who’s the one they take? The beaten, broken All your hut comes back to you and leaves us ocean blue Head lifted You’re wounded and week, I know Fear surrounds you The blood rushes too The bite down, a reaction to the blood taste in the water
7.	Hollywood 03:11	lyrics	buy track
Dig your claim You can prove yourself in Hollywood Life just ain't the same, anywhere else you're misunderstood We'll get you in good company The light, the lime, your fortune is a guarantee I don’t think that I'm wrong Not too far gone Hold your breath Deep breath One last play You could turn the tide in Hollywood Like all your friends that stayed All the kids that did what you never could My god, let's get you paid There's still gold up in the Hollywood hills they say You got all the moves, the looks, the charm And they'll say who is this kid that we’ve been sleeping on? I don’t think that I’m wrong Not too far gone Hold your breath Deep breath It's only a shout away from here It's everything you want You better take it if you don’t want to disappear Hollywood is a battleground I don’t need to prove myself to prove I’m Hollywood
8.	Forever You & I 04:06 video	lyrics	buy track
You took me out of the city My hands cracked blue, feeling gritty And even this long haired hippie couldn’t lie He cried I’m not on my own Late night, get me into trouble Breaking in to skinny-dip at the Hair Pool And even this long haired hippie couldn’t lie He cried, “what am I to do? Am I the fool?” Put my head down Politics aside, we're so taboo But what is love? What is love? It's love that I wanted with you But I’m never one to say it's meant to be I don’t believe in fate anyway Even when we're dead you're still mine A company man they said, all the time This worlds a powder keg and everybody's gonna burn alive Forever you and I Small town try to keep a secret Soon enough everybody's gonna hear it "Lies” they'll cry One side Is it enough to just survive? I don’t know But I'll work my fingers to the bone to make it alright Its do-or-die, Its you and I A gambler losing his high But I'm never one to pray And as for God, I hope they’ll feel the same, by and by
9.	What Good Is It Now 03:40	lyrics	buy track
Could have been prepared, could have had a plan What good is it now? Did I act too soon? Did you understand? What good is it now? Please don’t leave Please don’t leave Capturing the dead, picture on the sill Our trip to the sea Broken on the floor, buried in our sheets Your smell haunting me Please don’t leave Please don’t leave I'm in despair My doubt is a vision of a ghost I can’t live without I still see you everywhere Brittle as a breath, naked as a scream The blue turn to grey I hear you in my sleep, wake me from a dream Im calling your name Please don’t leave Please don’t leave I'm in despair My doubt is a vision of a ghost I can’t live without I still see you everywhere Please don’t leave me in despair
10.	Song For David 04:20	lyrics	buy track
I stand in the courtyard calling your name, but nothing happens Where did you go? Oh David, where did you go? My David, where did you go? He stood like a mountain All the day long riding his Schwinn around Where did you go? Oh David, where did you go? My David, where did you go? Deep underground he retreated And now he examines the world up above Quite fascinating, he’s patiently waiting but I, I’ll keep the light on for David I want to be He wrote me a letter “Open your hand” is all it said to me What to do now? My David, what have I found? My David, what have I found? I want to be like you

about

With People is both new territory for Diane Coffee, as well as a full-circle return to their roots. Shaun Fleming’s fourth album is their most intimate and personal to date, a collection of diaristic ruminations and contemplative observations of the people in their life, yet also feel universal in impact. Combining the breezy wistfulness of classic folk-rock with orchestral pop’s broad sweep, With People marks an exciting new era for Diane Coffee, chronicling an artist’s revisitation of their upbringing as they look at the horizon for what’s ahead.

The follow-up to 2019’s exquisite Internet Arms, With People came about in the early stages of the pandemic as Fleming’s songwriting took an unexpectedly personal turn. They began zooming in on not only their own emotions and experiences, but the people that have impacted their life—whether over an extended period, or through smaller, short-term interactions—many of the songs centering on a specific moment or memory from their own history. “It was a way for me to see all these people I couldn’t see, and to be with them in a time where that was impossible, in the form of song,” Fleming explains. The transportive nature of this creative process grew to encompass their upbringing in the suburbs of Agoura Hills, California, to which Fleming returned before recording as a way to recapture the feelings of their past. “Since most of the songs are about people from my hometown, I decided to fly out a week early and drive all around my old stomping grounds,” they recollect. “My school, all my childhood homes, skate spots…I took lots of pictures and even printed a few of them up to hang in the studio to keep myself in the right headspace. I wanted to feel super close to these memories.”

Once the songs started taking definite shapes, Fleming hit the studio with former Foxygen bandmate and production wizard Jonathan Rado (Weyes Blood, The Killers). “I left the demos a lot more sparse and open to interpretation than on past records. I really wanted to leave as much room for Rado to produce as possible,” they explain. The two fleshed out what would become With People in a series of sessions that were quick and artistically productive, bringing new nuances out of these ten songs as they worked together. “We wanted it to feel organic and in the moment, and to mirror the album’s lyrical honesty. It kept revealing things about me personally,” Fleming recalls about the creative process, “and the pacing of the sessions kept things fun, fresh, and open.”

The result is an album that sounds warm, nostalgic, and lived-in, like an old friend sharing closely held stories while sitting on a moonlit porch. The jangly pomp of “Forecast” addresses a turbulent on-and-off relationship (“Everyone has that one person in their life that never leaves,” Fleming explains) and features vocals from Deep Sea Diver’s Jessica Dobson, who proved the perfect match in the studio: “Our voices blended almost to the point where you couldn’t tell who was singing,” they recall.

Then there’s the bright melodic sunbeams of “The Great Escape,” which directly addresses Fleming’s Agoura Hills upbringing, and the complicated feelings that arise from returns and departures—the seemingly inexhaustible need to see more. “It’s about getting out of a small town. Agoura Hills felt small to us, and then when I was in Bloomington and writing this song, I thought ‘I gotta get out of this town as well,’” Fleming laughs. There are darker moments, too, like “Sharks,” a track whose sunny, Brill Building-esque melody belies a look at how trauma can beget trauma; the jagged, stirring “Our Love / The Run,” about learning to stand up for oneself in the most difficult of circumstances; or “Bullied,” perhaps the sweetest-sounding song about an adolescent tormenter ever laid to tape.

Although Fleming’s back in Los Angeles now, their time in Bloomington—a place in which they also ended up meeting their partner—directly influenced the orchestral grandeur of “Forever You and I,” a heartfelt ode to a loving relationship that underscores the intimacy of With People. “This is the first time I’ve done something so personal, I wanted to pull back the veil and share myself through these stories. These are a lot of the moments that shaped me,” Fleming explains while discussing the album’s overall arc. “That said, the stories are thematically universal as well.” Indeed, there’s a relatability that shines through With People, a sonically timeless, lyrically insightful album that serves as a reminder that through music, and in life, we’re never really alone.

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released April 29, 2022

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Diane Coffee California

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discography

With People

Apr 2022
The Letdown

Jan 2020
Internet Arms

Apr 2019
Peel

Oct 2017
Everybody's a Good Dog

Sep 2015
My Friend Fish

Oct 2013

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