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Among Other Things

by Bella White

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Dishes 04:38
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Marilyn 04:50
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Numbers 04:28
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Rhododendron 04:48
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released April 21, 2023

Among Other Things

Produced by Jonathan Wilson
Recorded by Grant Milliken at Fivestar Studios in Topanga, CA
Mixed by Jonathan Wilson at Fivestar Studios in Topanga, CA
Mastered by Paul Blakemore at CMG Mastering

All songs written by Isabel Farley White.
Published by Isabel Farley White (SOCAN/BMI).

Photography: Bree Fish
Package Design: Sage LaMonica

Bella White – vocals, acoustic guitar
Jonathan Wilson – drums, percussion, B-Bender, National Resonator, electric guitar
Gabe Noel – acoustic bass, Ampeg Baby Bass, baritone guitar
Omar Velasco – nylon acoustic guitar
Buck Meek – electric and nylon guitar`
Patrick M’Gonigle – fiddle, violin, tenor guitar
Drew Erickson – piano, Hammond organ , string arrangements
Erin Rae – backing vocals on “Break My Heart,” “Dishes,” “Numbers” and “Marilyn”

Thank you:
First of all, I want to thank Jonathan Wilson so much for all the care and attention that he put into producing ‘Among Other Things.’ Because of his spirit and talent, this album took on a life that I could not have even imagined. And thanks for creating such a safe space to get creative and goofy in. Jonathan knows exactly where every sound belongs down to the finest of details. I was so inspired everyday working and collaborating with him.
Thank you to all of the amazing musicians who put little pieces of their hearts into these songs and gave them all the love that I could have only hoped for. It’s scary to hand your songs over to people that aren’t you, and everyone involved handled them so beautifully and with such care.
Thank you to my manager Abbie Duquette for being by my side and along on this journey with me. Thank you for being a deeply supportive and empathic human being who always has my back. I’m not sure what I would do without you!
Thank you to Eric Greenspan, Audrey Benoualid, and the rest of their team; Robbie Fraser, Jay Williams, Chris Hrovat, and the entire crew at WME; and Tom DeSavia at Concord Publishing. I feel so lucky to have such an amazing team.
Thank you to my sweet Angus Watt for being my sounding board and best friend throughout this whole process. From writing these songs to sending them out to be mastered, thank you for always being there to listen to me go back and forth and back and forth… You are grounding by nature and I love you very much.
Thank you to my mum, dad, and sister for literally being the best family ever and supporting me so much and believing in me over the years.
And a final gigantic thank you to Mark Williams and everyone at Rounder Records for being the reason this album happened. Special thank you to Gary Paczosa for lending his wisdom. I feel so lucky to be a part of this family. This is a team of people who LOVE music and art and are so competent at bringing it all together. Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

Artist Representation/Management: Abbie Duquette, Loudmouth Artist Management

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1. The Way I Oughta Go (4:11)
Yet another sleepless night, no dreaming.
I woke again to the absence of your words,
to a big old empty bed and the feeling,
I could scream at the top of my voice
and still I would not be heard.

And I know in the morning where you’ll find me.
Staring at the ceiling on my own.
Well, my momma fell in love in east Virginia,
maybe Richmond’s the way I oughta go.

I was raised on the trust and wishful thinking
that my momma instilled in me when I was born.
Well, sometimes it got away without my knowing,
but mostly it just helped me to be bold.

And now I’m so scared of what might happen.
Maybe I'm just too young to know.
For at least that’s what the people like to tell me,
especially the ones that I thought I loved the most.

And I know in the morning where you’ll find me.
Staring at the ceiling on my own.
Well, my daddy fell in love in North Carolina,
maybe Charlotte's the way I oughta go.

Now to me the word love has lost all meaning,
it’s just an empty sound I thought I'd always known.
For my daddy used to sing it to my momma,
but then he went and he left her all alone.

And I know in the morning where you’ll find me.
Staring at the ceiling on my own.
Well dreaming never met me in Alberta
so I packed my things Tennessee I did go.
Oh, dreaming never met me in Alberta
so I packed my things Tennessee I did go.

2. Flowers On My Bedside (4:49)
Well, I fled the town that I was born in.
I took no interest in staying, that I was sure.
I had not known this upheaval ‘til I saw the tower burning.
An unwelcome sight to most I know.

And, I've been contemplating,
is my shadow moving?
And does the light still catch your wall?
There's been a stillness here inside me,
but I can feel the heat now it's climbing.
Well, I bet it won't be long before it falls.

I’m afraid my glass is often empty.
It don't take me much to cry.
Maybe I would feel okay had I told myself
that it won't work out this time.
Well, I’m so good at spending all my love on
those whose love for me has dried
like the flowers on my bedside.

Well, I was happy to think of what we might look like.
Well, in July with our backs to the wall.
Now the thing that's keepin’ me here and so tired
is how fast people can change their minds.
I guess we all share the same ugly,
we are all just liars.

So, did you hear my voice
or was it just something to look at?
Well, either way I expected more.
Now I'm going down in this spiral,
will you be glad upon my arrival?
Or have you already turned the key and locked the door?

Well, I’m afraid my glass is often empty
and it dont take me much to cry.
Maybe I would feel okay had I told myself
that it won't work out this time.
Well, I’m so good at spending all my love on those
whose love for me has dried
like the flowers on my bedside.
Like the flowers on my bedside.

3. Dishes (4:38)
I don’t not want to kiss you,
you can bet on it when I go I sure will miss you.
I don’t want to leave you.
No, I’m not gonna leave you anytime soon.

The sun lay light on my shoulder
as I was lying there on your couch.
reading a book about California,
how the sun’s hotter there down south.
You were stood in the kitchen doing the dishes.
Yeah, you were there in the kitchen, doing my dishes.

and I don’t wanna ask myself
what it is that I think I’m doing here.
I got so good at running far
from all the things that I set out to fear.
Like what I could be losing, I’m always losing.
And I don’t wanna lose again,
I don’t wanna lose you again.

What I found on that morning
in a quiet and loving bed,
another night spent on some sweet words
there was nothing left unsaid.
For that wine got us talking,
quickly we took to walking.
Yeah that wine was really talking.
mmmm.

and I don’t wanna ask myself
what it is that I think I’m doing here.
I got so good at running far
from all the things that I set out to fear.
Like what I could be losing, I’m always losing.
And I don’t wanna lose again,
I don’t wanna lose you again.

4. Break My Heart (4:12)
How do I go on?
Well, I knew I saw it coming.
It don't hurt less because of it,
it don't weaken the blow.
Well, I knew I was gonna love you.
For a while you thought you wanted me to,
oh, but now you've let me go.
You watched me burn out so slow.
Ohhh.

Well, I gathered the pieces
before you placed them all together.
Both in search of nicer weather
though our love was mostly warm.
The first time I met your family
I felt so scared that I could hardly breathe,
but you told me I was home.
How can all of this be so?
Ohhh.

I was always waiting for it to all fall apart.
You said you had one foot out the door from the start.
So it's almost like you meant to break my heart.
Ohhh.

When I asked to understand your leaving
you couldn't say why it was just some gut feeling.
Which makes it harder for me to believe then
you knew why you had to go.
Now you’re still sayin’ that you love me.
That's so unfair, how can’t you see?
Twist the knife and walk me home.
How could you not know?
Ohhh.

I was always waitin’ for it to all fall apart.
You said you had one foot out the door from the start.
So, it's almost like you meant to break my heart.
Ohhh.

Ohhh.

5. Marilyn (4:50)
I overheard a man talking to his friends
about some gal named Marilyn
He said she was cooking him a good dinner,
but he wished that she was thinner.
Well, I hated that man,
and my heart went out to poor Marilyn.

With so much love to give,
buying trinkets for the bathroom
and good wine for drinking.
But you see this man he was a menace.
He disregarded her presence
and I loathe him as he stands,
taking all he can get from poor Marilyn.

He was a nasty man.
He was a foolish man.
Often he did not seem bothered,
he was an undeserving father
with a cruel hand.
He was a mean old man.

All the time she spent
learning to love again
what he thought was awful
like her belly growing softer
after she birthed their baby daughter,
I still cannot comprehend
all the sadness that I feel for sweet Marilyn.

He was a nasty man.
He was a foolish man.
It was always one thing or another.
He was in search of a younger lover
to take his hand.
Oh, but no one can.

He was a nasty man.
He was a foolish man.
He was a mean old man.

6. Numbers (4:28)
It's not what I thought it would feel like.
The praise that's seeping in,
it goes as quick as it comes
like it's carried by some strong wind
and I know what it seems like.
That I'm thinking on leaving again.

Maybe I'm just a little shallow
and if it's true that still waters run deep
well then I've been swiftly moving.
Can the others see right through me?
My masquerades and my illusions
that I crafted so carefully.
Well, I’m just a broken illusion,
I'm not as tough as I oughta be.

Well, the flowers my mama bought me.
They only keep for two weeks
and then they just become another reminder
that he's never gonna write to me.
And I spoke my fears to my mama.
She said “Honey, just let it be.”
And then she sent some pretty flowers
with the hopes that my hurtin’ they would ease.

Well, you would think that I should feel happy,
but the truth is I feel spent.
And the numbers they've been climbing.
Just not enough to pay my rent.
I didn't used to think much of the numbers,
but now they're always racing through my head.
And I guess that I grew a little shallow
when I forsook the words that my mama once said.

Now my thoughts are slow and twisted.
And I can't seem to break them down
which leaves my words false in meaning.
I feel sad when I speak out loud.
I thought I was to be a better lover
when I got out of that town.
But I'm still no good in lovin’,
and lovin’ only leaves me losin’ anyhow.
Yes, I’m still no good in lovin’,
and lovin’ only leaves me losin’ anyhow.

7. Rhododendron (4:48)
As I look out my window all I can see
is a bush of rhododendron flowers staring back at me.
And a mama robin. She is always working.
Bringing worms and bugs to feed her young
while the snakes and house cats are lurking.

All this time I've spent inside my head.
Well I’ve been hurting, is the world still turning?
For this weight I bare leaves me so damn scared.
I guess we’ve all been hurting like a little bird I'm learning.

Could I be a mother or a lover
to something greater than my own instinct to suffer?
And would a sheep run if she knew she was for the slaughter,
or would she simply let her soft wool warm her daughter?

All this time I've spent inside my head.
Well I’ve been hurting, is the world still turning?
For this weight I bare leaves me so damn scared.
I guess we’ve all been hurting like a little bird I'm learning.

Now if a mother were to stop working,
then her babes, they would die and the lamb did cry
when her mama's fate became certain.

8. Worth My While (4:54)
Ooooo.

Well, the rain was comin’ down
on the night I rolled into town.
I was wondering where you were sleeping.
Well, I left home, my dear, to find
a way to ease the trouble all on my mind.
So, why since then have I been hurtin’?

Well, I thought that once I got here I'd be certain
that it all had been for something worth my while.
I wanted your love,
but all you ever wanted is someone to touch.
And I don’t think that will be me this time.

I can't fathom any new words
to try to explain how much it hurt.
Just to spill my guts and you close your curtains.
Well, I know a hill that I could climb,
a place to go and pass the time
and wait for the day you say you’re sorry.

Well, I thought that once I got here I'd be certain,
that it all had been for something worth my while.
Well, I wanted your love,
but all you ever wanted is someone to touch.
And I don’t think that will be me this time.

Ooooo.

Well, I thought that once I got here I'd be certain
that it all had been for somethin’ worth my while.
Well, I wanted your love,
but all you ever wanted is someone to touch.
And I don’t think that will be me this time.

Oh, but I’ll sit and I’ll watch the rain fall tonight. Ooooo. Ooooo.

9. The Best Of Me (4:24)
There's a hand on my shoulder
and it's pushing down on
the light I knew before.
It all feels much heavier now.
I spent a lot of time thinking
that it was all gonna come easy.
I lost touch with the ways I'd been working,
learning how I was gonna get after it all.
But when the words don't come
I've got nothing to fall on.

Then it feels like I'm losing,
but in a different way
than I have in the past before.
I was in control until now.
I thought it would be much simpler,
less profound, something I could wrap my arms around,
like the thoughts I was having two years ago now.
It took the best of me to let them lay her body down
and I can't find a simple way to explain somehow.
Mmmm. Mmmm.

Then it feels like I'm losing,
but in a different way
than I have in the past before.
I was in control until now.
I thought it would be much simpler,
less profound, something I could wrap my arms around,
like the thoughts I was having two years ago now.
It took the best of me to let them lay her body down
and I can't find a simple way to explain somehow.
Mmmm. Mmmm.

Well, I can't seem to hold it,
all the space I made left with my pride when it walked away,
and I wouldn't bet on it coming back today.
I’m always tellin’ these sad stories
about the ones who always let me down,
and the list just keeps getting longer the longer i'm around.
Sometimes I wonder if I should've stayed down in that southern town.
Where the air felt so thick I was afraid I might drown in it.
Mmmm. Mmmm.

There's a hand on my shoulder
and it's pushing down on
the light I knew before.
It all feels much heavier now.

10. Among Other Things (3:01)
Green is a colour I've seen my mama wear among other things.
And lately I’ve felt the world so bleak, there's not a lot here for me.
There’s not a lot here for me.

It's a funny place, I've been thinking.
Maybe someday soon I'll stop falling.
Today I woke, but tomorrow I'll sleep
only to find someplace that I've not been.
For in my dreams the road’s less broken.

Well, I can't believe what's become of me,
was it just yesterday that I felt so free?
Now all I feel is a pain so deep, but it's for another, it's not for me.
It's for another and it's not for me.

Now, it's all just one big tricky thing
and I'm not sure where it starts or ends.
There’s a thousand ways that it could have gone.
so, what's the use of right or wrong?
Sometimes I think that I should have known.

How’d I end up in this selfish town?
Bet you didn't think I'd stick around.
Here the people smoke and the talk’s so cheap.
And over there no one's listening,
over there there’s no one listening.

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22-year-old singer / songwriter Bella White has a one-of-a-kind musical talent: a finespun breed of country/folk both fresh in perspective and wholly steeped in bluegrass tradition, despite her upbringing in the Canada. Her sophomore album, Among Other Things (Produced by Jonathan Wilson) unfolds with gorgeously textured layers encompassing elements of country, folk, indie, and classic rock. ... more

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