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Happy New Year

by Stanley Brinks

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1.
Happy New Year 04:47
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the old year is gone, the old year is gone the old year is gone, the old year is gone the old year is gone, it was a good one for some the old year is gone, the old year is gone odeh odeh odeh bah mbah, odeh odeh berem bah mbah i'm wishing you all a happy new year i'm wishing you all a happy new year may the shadows of the past just disappear i'm wishing you all a happy new year you in your corner of the room you, hanging out on the square you up in the sky with the moon you with your hands in the air i like it like this, i like it like this i like it like this, i like it like this i like it like this, with a hug and a kiss i like it like this, i like it like this
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That's The World To Me 03:00
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all my castles have fallen apart and into the sea and it's not like i have a home, not like i have a family all i have is my love for you and that's the world to me that's the world to me lay lay lay lay lay lay lay lay now this life is neither a game nor a five o'clock tea and this planet is all over the place as far as i can see all i have is my love for you and that's the world to me that's the world to me and the heart is a wonderful thing if you let it be now i'm listening to the river and the wind in the tree all i have is my love for you and that's the world to me that's the world to me
3.
Take Heart 02:58
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take heart, at the end of the day take heart, it's a long long way take heart, 'cause there is no end take heart, and do it again it is better to be simple very simple most of the time it is better to be simple and have little on your mind it is better to be simple to be gentle and meek it is better to be simple every day of the week stop wasting your time with sober people, it's wrong stop wasting your time they don't know what's going on stop wasting your time with sober people, it's lame stop wasting your time now get off that train they want to make new war we're not playing anymore they want to make new war we don't want no war
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Humdrum 04:00
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hum drum, life is humdrum hum drum, life is no fun you get yourself a basket, fill it up real quick you get yourself a basket to go to the picnic you get yourself a basket, fill it up real quick but life is no picnic you get on the bus, and you show them your ticket you get on the bus because you wanna play cricket you get on the bus, and you show them your ticket but life is not cricket you learn all the rules, then you learn them again you learn all the rules because you wanna play the game you learn all the rules, and you learn them again but life is not a game tah duh deh deh doom dah deh tah deh doodeh doomdeh tah duh deh deh doom dah deh dah deh doodeh doomdah
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Only With You 05:42
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only with you i'm myself only with you i'm myself not around anyone else only with you i'm myself deh deh deh dam, deh deh deh deh deh deh deh dam, deh deh deh deh deh deh deh dam... deh deh deh deh and the mushrooms they grow on the ground the mushrooms they grow on the ground you only have to look down the mushrooms they grow on the ground but if you're gonna go well, i don't know 'cause only with you... and the mangoes they hang from the tree the mangoes they hang from the tree only for you and for me the mangoes they hang from the tree but if you're gonna go... the sun puts an end to the night the sun puts an end to the night to give us its heat and its light the sun puts an end to the night but if you're gonna go...
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To Play 03:39
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all the little children they want to play to play, to play, to play to play all the time, and every day to play, to play, to play in the day, in the night in the dark, in the light and the women and the men they want to play to play, to play, to play with nothing too serious to think about or say to play, to play, to play in the day, in the night in the dark, in the light and you wonder what it was that you've been trying to find and you wonder what it was that wasn't here all the time in the day, in the night in the dark, in the light and the spirits of the dead they also want to play to play, to play, to play their own eerie mysterious way to play, to play, to play in the day, in the night in the dark, in the light
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Everyone You Know Is Asleep 03:22
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i walked into the Polish building you had to be Polish to get in well i'm not but i did so i'm telling how i walked into the Polish building and i was woken by the moon blue light all over the room now i've got rings round my eyes like a raccoon 'cause i was woken by the moon padda dadda dadda pah pah padda dadda dadda pah pah padda dadda dadda pah paddah dah padda dadda dadda pah pah now everyone you know is asleep tick tick tick tick beep beep they're not even sleeping so deep everyone you know is asleep the heart is a wonderful thing it makes you like a bong and a bing it makes you wanna dance, it makes you wanna sing the heart is a wonderful thing it makes you like a bong and a bing...
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Play With My Heart 03:40
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i used to walk with a woman in Cologne she kept me company, and i didn't feel alone but you played with my heart, kid play with my heart is what you did now when i'm reading on the train, and i'm focused on my book sometimes i put it down, just to take a look but you played with my heart, kid play with my heart is what you did and when i'm flying high above the ground the earth is big and flat and tiny and round but you played with my heart, kid play with my heart is what you did and the story made sense, and the theme was groovy and the movie was fun, if you're gonna like a movie but you played with my heart, kid play with my heart is what you did
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They Are Coming For Me 04:02
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they are coming for me from the sky, the land, and the sea hear the river and the wind in the tree they are coming for me when all hope is gone i take whatever is left when all hope is gone i take whatever is left i'm just trying to have a life like anyone else when all hope is gone i take whatever is left there is wine and whiskey, tequila and gin there is wine and whiskey, tequila and gin and all manner of fluids to drown your sorrows in there is wine and whiskey, tequila and gin now when you look at me with your eyes so kind when you look at me with your eyes so kind i haven't the shadow of a worry on my mind when you look at me with your eyes so kind
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Out Of My Heart 05:47
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the blue was pastel and the red was crimson the blue was pastel and the red was crimson the blue was pastel, and the red was crimson we built ourselves a castle, and a little kingdom but the castles too are falling apart and i want you out of my heart i want you out of my heart i want you out of my heart tah dee doom doom tah dee doom deh tah dee doom doom tah dee doom dah tah dee doom doom tah dee doom deh tah dee doom doom tah dee doom dah it's hard to catch a feeling when it's fading away it's hard to catch a feeling when it's fading away it's hard to catch a feeling, when it's fading away it always starts fleeing when you want it to stay i know that you do and, sure, it's alright but i want you out of my heart i want you out of my heart i want you out of my heart tah dee doom doom... the dream was a dream, i could have it all the time the dream was a dream, i could have it all the time the dream was a dream, i could have it all the time you were a queen, and i was a lion now that the dream is through we need a new start and i want you our of my heart i want you out of my heart i want you out of my heart tah dee doom doom...

about

Singer-songwriter and cult anti-folk troubadour Stanley Brinks returns with Happy New Year, a 10-song collection of lo-fi gems recorded in Berlin.

Happy New Year is a warm and celebratory record. Over simple rhythms and minimalist arrangements, Brinks delivers lyrics that oscillate between surreal humour, earnest wisdom, and playful melancholy. Happy New Year features contributions from longtime collaborator Clemence Freschard, plus appearances from Jyoti Sekhawat, Monica Kremidi, Rachel Lipson, Irma Ignatavičiūte, and Elisa Aseva, weaving together voices from across Brinks’ musical community. Their harmonies lend the songs a communal intimacy.

Stanley Brinks is renowned for his unique anti-folk style: both playful and suggestive, insightful and entertaining. Brinks was born in Paris, France, in 1973. He studied a bit of biology and worked as a nurse for a while. Half Swedish, half Moroccan, strongly inclined to travel the world, he soon began spending most of his life on the road and developed a strong relationship with New York. By the late 90s he’d become a full time singer-songwriter – André Herman Düne – as part of three piece indie-rock band, Herman Düne. Several albums and Peel sessions later and after a decade of touring Europe, mostly with American songwriters such as Jeffrey Lewis, Calvin Johnson and early Arcade Fire he settled in Berlin. The early carnival music of Trinidad became a passion, and in the early 21st century he became the unquestioned master of European calypso, changing his name to Stanley Brinks. Under this moniker he has recorded considerably more than 100 albums, collaborated with the New York Antifolk scene on several occasions, recorded and toured with traditional Norwegian musicians, and played a lot with The Wave Pictures.

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released August 22, 2025

Featuring:
Jyoti Sekhawat (all tracks)
Freschard (all but 4)
Monica Kremidi (all but 4)
Rachel Lipson (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9)
Irma Ignatavičiūte (3, 6, 7, 9, 10)
Elisa Aseva (1, 2, 5, 8)
All songs by Stanley Brinks
Recorded in Berlin in 2025

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