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4​-​7 Company

by Päter

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1.
2.
1, 2, 3, 4 Shit, I left ‘em stranded, by now could be dead I’m just a nail mocked by hammering heads If I’m gonna bail then they’ll be free falling cause there ain’t no reason To be spinning and hitting on gullible me We’re running and begging to senseless machines But if he’s got a smoke then it’s meant to be Take it in, let it out before you proceed Wipe ‘em clean, wipe ‘em clean Oh nicotine hallelujah It’s making me feel like I knew ya It’s everything that I do to Keep me sane Nicotine hallelujah It’s all that I can think to do to I keep wondering if it will do And keep me rolling Well shit, I could be running in marathon races Be singing and dancing in warm lit up places Be meeting and kissing the beautiful faces But I’m stuck here in bed ‘cause I’m lazy as fuck And all of my family is out of luck ‘Cause their daughter ain’t making the family buck She could be stupid or maybe just stuck But I know my way out, just today’s not a great day To move, and to do All the steps to forget I’m a fool So I’m so, I’m so screwed Huffin and puffin, we’re all out of luck Nicotine hallelujah It’s making me feel like I knew ya It’s everything that I do to Keep me sane Nicotine hallelujah It’s all that I can think to do to I keep wondering if it will do And keep me rolling But if it keeps me skinny and it keeps me strong So life ain’t draining from my skin and bones Or maybe delaying the need to move on And keeping me around for the armageddon Nicotine hallelujah It’s making me feel like I knew ya It’s everything that I do to Keep me sane Nicotine hallelujah It’s all that I can think to do to And I keep wondering if it will do And keep me rolling
3.
I see it, I want it, it’s in my reach I know it, I got it, it’s up to me I feel it, the motion, it’s going But there’s something in the way A bit of broken soul Stepped on an open hole And down I go There’s something in the way A bit of aching heart Pierced by a poison dart And down I go God damn it, I had it, now where’s it gone? I search, I call, but it won’t come I stumbled, I fumbled, I killed the cat Now I’m crawling back But there’s something in the way A wall of painted glass I thought I’d make it past Turned out with gashes on my face There’s something in the way It’s saying not you, not today Don’t be crazy, you’re too fragile, too heavy, too lazy Oh-wah-oh Oh-wah-oh Oh-wah-oh Oh-wah-oh I knew it, I knew it, I knew it I knew it, I knew I couldn’t do it I knew it, I knew it, I knew it I knew it, I knew I couldn’t do it But there’s something in the way A bit of fighting fire A vestige of desire Oh shit, I can’t even give up right No, not today Still got a beating hope Still got a pulse, I know And I’ll run faster this time, here I go I want it, I want it, I want it I want it, I want it, I want it
4.
Slack jawed lacking ambition This room is a void of confusion Time was always an illusion This we seem to forget Fear, fear, fear of the dead Fear, fear, fear of the dead Idle prophets in caskets Worms that are knocking at their doors Hungry insects with headstrong prospects Taking what you thought was yours Fear of what was there before Fear of what was there before Fear, fear, fear of the dead Fear, fear, fear of the dead Fear, fear, fear of the dead
5.
Waiting. 03:32
Compression is the lesson Keep your body proud Connection is the question Please don’t think too loud We’re all waiting, waiting, waiting I feel concussive must’ve Lost my train of thought I can’t recall the fall Or is this still the drop? We’re all waiting, waiting, waiting No don’t go You don’t know What’s out there Rejection is relaxing Come enjoy the view Accept the satisfaction It will come to you Under decorum You’re deficient you are sin The itch continues But don’t you go giving in We’re all waiting, wai- Waiting, No don’t go You’re gonna make your mother cry And if you make it out alive You’ll eat yourself to death You’ll eat yourself to death You’ll eat yourself to death Well that’s all pretty but I’m not so fond of scenery And I don’t have a thing to lose so you don’t have a thing on me I’ve looked under my skin Seen the muscles on my limbs And I’m not sure but I have a suspicion That I know just what they’re wishing I’m gonna place my bets on something not yet tested Not yet blessed and not yet bested Not yet pounded and perfected, not yet Used up and dejected Keep your lessons to yourself But my door is always open if you find you need my help And just then I can feel my breath again I dive in To silence
6.
You’re not missing anything at all You’re not missing anything at all Nothing’s going on behind the curtain Everyone’s just waiting around You’re not missing anything at all You’re not missing anything at all Nothing’s going on beneath the fabric Everyone’s just fucking around All looking for love All undeserving All with one foot out the door Nothing that you haven’t seen before You’re not missing anything at all You’re not missing anything at all Sip your tea and count your blessings You’re not missing anything Sip your tea and count your blessings You’re not missing anything
7.
Moonshine 02:55
Moonshine Brightest in my lifetime Keep shining on me And I’ll keep my eye to the sky Moonshine Lightening up that dark night Don’t leave me alone In this house You’re my home Lost and found Sitting on the window sill Gripping on that magic pill This heaviness that keeps me still Oh moon Moon Moon Moon Take me away No I can’t No longer No longer stay Unrequited Unexplained Unaccepted Oh moon Moon Moon Moon Take me away No I can’t No longer No longer stay Unrequited Unexplained Unaccepted Moonshine Brightest in my lifetime Keep shining on me Keep shining on me And I will owe you my life And I will owe you my life And I will owe you my life
8.
Every waking hour And every waking day I see how time devours And I am more afraid I summon all my will I gather all my power But every waking hour I am more afraid I am more afraid The best of my intent The sum of all my age Is nothing in the face Of every waking day My reservoir of faith My beacon of desire Is nothing in the face Of every waking hour In wake of every fall The aftershock of pain Embedded in my veins And I am more afraid O canopy of will O beacon of desire Summon you I still My eyes with saline filled My rigor nearly killed In every waking hour
9.
I held myself in my own arms Said that it’d be over soon When I looked up it was all gone I never knew how big this room would be I threw myself a little chicken bone Allowed these teeth an inch I held my throat as I choked But I still swallowed it I did Oh my weary dog Thrown into the cold Thrown into the jaws Of the jaguar, pacing at my door I thought myself a merciful man To let what’s dead lie I told myself you’re doing it again Best run back and hide Oh my Oh my weary dog Thrown into the cold Thrown into the claws Of the falcon, circling the war Oh my naïve love So easily deceived What’s there now left of? Is there none for me? I taught myself A valuable thing Today
10.
Wasn’t there a time Or a day We spent chasing butterflies Must be nice Wasn’t there a park Or a place We would wander late at night Must be nice These days all that I know An endless itch in my coat These days covered in snow These days catching cold Wasn’t there a voice Or a face That could quell my beating heart Now so far Wasn’t there a song No, a name Somewhere right back at the start Or did I dream it? These days all that I know An endless itch in my coat These days covered in snow These days catching cold The feeling in my memory burns like Carbon oxide Formless but alive Alive
11.
4-7 Company 03:52
Take all my energy Let it out of me Let it breathe Take off the pageantry Hang it by the key For the hours in between And I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad As I thought I’d be No one inviting me No one fighting me Only a silent divide Can’t quite yet drift away Got nowhere to be Take my consciousness inside And I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad As I thought I’d be I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad I’m not as happy Then come the shivers Then come the ache Then come the critters Say I’m making a mistake Then come the worry Then come the fire Then come the madness And insatiable desire And then I feel it I nearly break Until I see it’s finally quarter past 8 And I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad As I thought I’d be I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad I think I’m happy Woo I think I’m happy, oh Keeping my own 4-7 company Keeping my own 4-7 company
12.
Oh twisted tree Oh frosty February Oh misty Monday morning Oh perjured flesh Poked at, painted and perfected Oh needless, heedless mourning I wanna peel this skin Reveal the without to within I wanna shake the dust held under I wanna break this wall Release the withheld To the withstanding wonder Oh mama’s child Shifting through me with that crooked smile Where have you gone a-missing Words left unsaid Weighted heavy on a weary head You’re thrashing, soaking, wishing I wanna peel this skin Reveal the without to within I wanna shake the dust held under I wanna break this wall Release the withheld To the withstanding wonder Wonder Oh beauty, oh Oh beauty, oh

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4-7 Company is about the hours between 4-7pm, after work and before the evening's festivies, when you're alone with your thoughts and anything can happen. It's a reflection on solitude, cycles, and relationship with self. Co-produced by Howard Redekopp and Päter in Nanaimo, BC.

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released April 4, 2024

All songs written by Päter
Produced by Howard Redekopp and Päter
Mixed by Howard Redekopp
Assistant Engineered by Shilo Preshyon
Mastered by Mariana Hutten at Lacquer Channel
Album Art by Wyndym Baije wyndymbaije.squarespace.com

Recorded at Menagerie Studio and Risque Disque on Vancouver Island, BC.

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