Saudade by Subterranean Street Society

Saudade:
‘Saudade’ is a word unique to the Portuguese language and closely related to the traditional fado (folk) music of the country. It expresses a feeling of longing, melancholia and/or nostalgia.

With ‘Saudade’, Subterranean Street Society has created an anthem that praises the tradition of folk music. The songs, written by Puggaard-Müller, can in essence be described as Dylan-esque. By incorporating horns, strings, choirs, samples, and soundscapes into their palette they are exploring new sonic territory. Being inspired by the recent work of Nick Cave, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens and Fink, the band has challenged themselves to take a more symphonic direction.

The seven songs that make up the album were written by Puggaard-müller in a turbulent period of his love life. While breaking up with his long-time dutch lover, he found himself moving from couch to couch through the city of Amsterdam. Should he stay or should he go back home to Denmark? The band was now his main love and reason to stay, but he also met a new girl in Amsterdam. Both this girl and the old love, are both well-known singer-songwriters, living on different ends of the city. This created a vacuum that made it difficult to start anew, and so a year into the new love affair, his inability to move on and commit to a new relationship, resulted in another heartbreak that sparked these songs into existence.

Tracklist

1.	Fado (Overture)	0:44

2.	One And A Half Men Tent	3:22

3.	There Is No Place Like Home (Intermezzo)	0:50

4.	Leaves Are Falling In The Summer	3:36

5.	He Said He Ran Away From Home 17 Times And Got Brought Back 16	1:16

6.	It's Me Babe	6:17

7.	Another Valentine (Part I)	5:20

8.	Fear Of Fond Farewells	5:15

9.	Saudade (Intermezzo)	0:35

10.	Another Valentine (Part II)	2:21

11.	Dylan Finally Speaks (Intermezzo)	0:29

12.	Songwriter Syndrome	5:56

13.	Second Singing Teacher	5:27

14.	Fin (Epilogue)	0:27

Credits

released February 11, 2022

All songs, except for track 8, written by:

Louis Puggaard-Müller

Arrangement: Ivo Johan Schot, Louis Puggaard-Müller, Joost Koevoets

Production: Ivo Johan Schot

Performed by: Subterranean Street Society

Lead vocals: Louis Puggaard-Müller

Backings vocals: Ivo Johan Schot, Joost Koevoets

Acoustic/Resonator guitar: Louis Puggaard-Müller

Piano: Louis Puggaard-Müller (Track 12,13), Ivo Johan Schot (Track 6,12)

Bass, electric guitar: Ivo Johan Schot

Synths, drones, samples*, soundscapes, midi: Ivo Johan Schot

Drums/percussion: Joost Koevoets

French horn/trumpet: Romain Bly

Trombone: Kobi Arditi

Strings: Yanna Pelser

Studio engineer: Floris Hagemans

Mix: Rutger Martens & Ivo Johan Schot

Mastering: Alex Geurink

Track 8: Fear of fond farewells

Written by: Jara Holdert (Lewin)

Arrangement by: Jara Holdert, Frank van Kasteren performed by Lewin / Jara Holdert, Frank van Kasteren

Lead vocals: Jara Holdert

Mandoline: Frank van Kasteren

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