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'One Summer' is the second single from the upcoming EP of the one-man project, The San Junipero Experience from Hungary. The man behind the project, Balazs Specker played and programmed all the instruments, did all the vocals, wrote the lyrics, recorded, mixed and mastered the song under the undoubted influence of summer-themed '80s hits like 'Cruel Summer' (Bananarama) or 'The Boys of Summer' (Don Henley) both lyrically and musically.
The song is a retrowave ballad about the feeling only summer can offer. An intangible impression that anybody can easily relate to but is impossible to clearly define. Words of someone having the time of one's life, waking up with the feeling of the promise of a new day, being able to start again with a clean slate anytime and chasing dreams at full power become alive in an audible way in this tune.
Stories long forgotten and memories fading away come around once more to give the last glimpse and say farewell before disappearing forever. Just like a worn polaroid image, an old tape left in a walkman for decades - or even the ethereal vocals in this song - their proof of existence is fragile and mortal as we are. But the memento lives on, until its words are spread and streamed.
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lyrics
[LYRICS]
One summer, that one or another I cannot recall the year
My summer-camp lover, that girl no other her memory belongs to me
Missing the chance to pause that moment left a raw feel in me
Totally frustrating, all the trouble making still best part of the year
One summer, can change everything
One summer meant all the world to me for real!
One summer, that heat will be with me
One summer, the vinyl loopin’ till I can breathe
Decades going further, summers getting colder cannot rewind the tape
Polaroids fading, the inner image changing no reboot no remake
Each and every morning the future was calling odds weren't high for me
Feeling the promise there's nothing you can miss burnt out through the years
One summer, can change everything
One summer meant all the world to me for real!
One summer, that heat will be with me
One summer, the vinyl loopin’…
Till I can breathe
Till I can feel
It shines on me, ooooh!
Each and every morning the future was calling odds weren't high for me
Feeling the promise there's nothing you can miss burnt out through the years
One summer, can change everything
One summer meant all the world to me for real!
One summer, that heat will be with me
One summer, the vinyl loopin’ till I can breathe
One summer, can change everything
One summer meant all the world to me for real!
One summer, that heat will be with me
One summer, the vinyl loopin’ till I can breathe
credits
released August 31, 2023
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Written and Produced by: Balázs Specker
Artwork (original photo by Fortepan) designed by enokdesign.
What a beautiful album!! 💗
i've been somewhat in a limbo this past year with synthwave. but this album has awaken me to the genre again! The flow and atmosphere is exactly what i needed. 😊 Adrianna
This is a great compilation! However, what's with the hyper-politicized track 5 and its “extremist” lyrics??—totally out of place (hypocritical for a traditional Christmas context) and that'll be dropped from my playlist. exsurgo
