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Fire in the Rose Garden

by Night Lunch

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1.
You know the feeling of love You know the one that’s true Oooo The kind that I got for you, baby 'Cause you know that I do Have the phrase tattooed On my breast My love is a rebel My love is a rebel My love is a rebel You know I'll keep us together 'Cause we got nothing to prove Oooo I don’t care if they think I’m crazy 'Cause I know that you do Have the phrase tattooed On your breast My love is a rebel My love is a rebel My love is a rebel My love is a rebel –
2.
I noticed it first At Josephine’s party Jimmy’s backyard, it was the same Your eyes light up everytime you hear her name I think you love her more than me I think you love her more than me And last night It was my birthday There was love in your eyes It wasn’t for me All that time I was blind, but now I see I think you love her more than me I think you love her more than me I know the apples from the trees I think you love her more than me –
3.
Bad Romance 03:18
Well, I’ve given you heart and I’ve given you soul So I can’t understand it I’ve given you sweat and I’ve given you toil So I can’t understand If you won't give love, I won’t take it Give me truth – I demand 'Cause I can’t understand it No I can’t understand Baby 'Cause everyday I give to your Bad romance And every flower I bring to you You don’t care I will never understand Who do you think I am? Well, I’ve given you wine and I've given you bread So I can’t understand it I’ve given you love and you’ve given me dread So I can’t understand If you won't give love, I won’t take it Give me truth – I demand 'Cause I can’t understand it No I can’t understand Baby 'Cause everyday I give to your Bad romance And every flower I bring to you You don’t care I will never understand Who do you think I am? 'Cause everyday I give to your Bad romance And every flower I bring to you You don’t care I will never understand Who do you think I am? –
4.
It’s a sad affair Came out of nowhere Baby’s gone to stay I just mean to say If I gave you roses in the sun Would you still be my baby? And after all that I have done Would you still be my baby now? I won’t waste my time If I get out of this town That won’t mend the break I just mean to say If I gave you roses in the sun Would you still be my baby? And after all is said and done Would you still be my baby now If I gave you roses in the sun Would you still be my baby? And after all is said and done Would you still be my baby now I really need your love (Be my baby now) (Be my baby now) (Be my baby now) (Be my baby now) Really need your love Really need your love Really need your love Really need your love –
5.
Tonight 03:21
Baby darling Well, don’t you cry I can feel the way you treat me Inside Screams “No” Let me know I’m not alone tonight And if you feel like I don’t mind Well, you know you’re out of feeling Inside Scream “No” Let me know I'm not alone tonight Baby darling Well, don’t you cry I can feel the way you treat me Inside Screams “No” Let me know I’m not alone tonight And if you feel like I don’t mind Well, you know you’re out of feeling Inside Scream “No” Let me know I'm not alone tonight –
6.
I guess I was a lonely boy Living in a lonely world I was thinking of all the places Of where we couldn’t go And I tried so hard to find a place I tried so hard But all I found was covered in rubble Yes, all I found were hidden treasures Yes, all I found was covered in dirt 'Cause I’m in the junkyard Of your love Of your love (Yeah, you put me in the trash) You put me in the trash (Yeah, you left me on the curb) You left me on the curb (Yeah, you left me in the rain) You left me in the rain (Next to the water of the drain) Next to the water of the drain I guess I was a homely boy Ah, living in a phony world I was thinking of all the places Of where we couldn’t go And I tried so hard to find a place I tried so hard I tried (I tried) So hard (So hard) But all I found were hidden treasures Yes all I found was covered in dirt Cause I’m in the junkyard Of your love Of your love (I’m not in your house) I’m not in your house (I’m not in your car) I’m not in your car (I’m not in your shed) I’m not in your shed (I’m not in your basement) I’m not in your basement I’m in the junkyard I’m in the junkyard I’m in the junkyard I’m in the junkyard Of your love –
7.
Stomach turning You feel sick Try and you try To restrict Tell yourself all those lies No, they just don’t stick It’s love It’s love It’s love It’s love Pins and needles It’s not fair Try to deny That you care But you’re vulnerable Nervous and scared It’s love It’s love It’s love It’s love 'Cause all and all it’s your desire You can’t put out a heart on fire You can’t douse the flames of love 'Cause even when the fire’s dying Even when the sparks ain’t flying You can’t put out the flames of love –
8.
God bless the one I love God bless the one I love God bless the one I love God bless the one I love God bless the mountains And all the flowers And every minute And every hour God bless the one I love God bless the one I love God bless the one I love God bless the one I love God bless the ocean And all the seals The sharks and dolphins The way I feel God bless the one I love God bless the one I love God bless the one I love God bless the one I love God bless the one I love God bless the one I love God bless the one I love God bless the one I love –
9.
What were you doing over there? Talking to that girl with the yellow hair? Tell me It’s time to be sincere Well, love is strange This is stranger I’ve had it up to here With the strange behavior What were you doing on the pier? Talking to that man with the yellow sneer? Tell me It's time to be sincere Well, love is strange This is stranger I’ve had it up to here With the strange behavior The strange behavior –
10.
Hangman 04:22
I was hung in the square of my town For my crime, I died I was seduced by the girl That I was made to hang In the square Two summer nights before How I long for her touch How I craved her embrace Even now that I'm dead Buried deep underground I am hers It was dawn When I first laid her eyes T'was then she cast her spell She was lost to the world Condemned with evil sin I could not comprehend her fate How I long for her touch How I craved her embrace Even now that I’m dead Buried deep underground I am hers –

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Songs from Night Lunch’s Fire in the Rose Garden (October 20th, 2023 via Mothland) could be described as lush flowers under the neon lights of a derelict metropolitan strip. On this sophomore long-player, the Montréal off-kilter pop outfit unveils chiaroscuro sonic palettes from a forgotten era, fully embracing yester-melodies, their harmonic counterparts, as well as a subdued Wall of Sound gleam shining atop arrangements spanning from early R&B winks all the way to post-punk stare downs.

In sharp contrast with their 60s via the 80s candy pop-informed sound, the four-piece sings about poignant tales of heartbreak and made-up thrillers of deceit, though also offering the occasional positively-charged message of love and trust. Whether playfully lamenting amorous debacles or solemnly rejoicing in cathartic joy, Night Lunch deals in advanced escapism, engaging with fantasies from a parallel timeline where love is an almighty fire, matching tattoos replace wedding rings, and roses grow in luxuriant landfills under the midnight Sun.

As an arbor to such imagery, Fire in the Rose Garden’s production is all at once genuinely simple and strangely over-the-top, showcasing immaculate, yet supple grooves for the bass to walk on, elaborate harmonic cathedrals where vocal, keyboard and guitar melodies linger along delicate streams of reverberation. The self-produced album sees Night Lunch unearth their D.I.Y. roots, all the while finding ephemeral peace amidst testing times.

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released October 20, 2023

Produced, arranged, composed & performed by Night Lunch
Saxophone on “My Love Is a Rebel” by Mitch Davis
Violin on “Hangman” by Lisa Maria
Recorded by Wes MacNeil at Cool Guy Studio in Montréal, Canada
& by John McColgan at JMC Studio in Montréal, Canada
Mixed by Luca Matteucci at Redroom Recording Studio in Pisa, Italy
Mastered by Nik Kozub
Artwork by Aya Miyake
Photography by Aabid Youssef

© 2023. Night Lunch. All rights reserved.
℗ 2023. Night Lunch, under exclusive license to Mothland.

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Night Lunch Montreal, Québec

The musical escapades of Night Lunch elegantly evade the standard tropes of modern indie music by dint of a verve that’s just quirky enough to deceive the unsuspecting ear. In the shadowy corners of a city where sin never sleeps, the bunch writes clair-obscur pop songs, in essence, engaging with romantic themes as well as with phantasmagorical imagery. ... more

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