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Starlight

by The Right Now

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    Starlight on vinyl. Colored translucent blue 150g vinyl record with special 12x12 insert. Digital download included with purchase.

    SIDE A:
    Love You Better
    Postcard
    Up All Night
    LOVE (Lets Me Know)

    SIDE B:
    If It Was You
    Too Late
    Starlight
    Hooked

    ("That's Enough" and "Everything Is Broken" are included on the digital download card)

    Produced by Vijay Tellis-Nayak in Chicago. Mastered by Rich Breen in LA.

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1.
I can’t stop even if I wanted to I can’t love you better No one ever could It’s just me in the city tonight I’ll be under the neon lights I can’t breathe I can’t see I’ve done all that I can To try and get you to understand Why can't you Hold my hand Let me take us all the way Let me take us all the way I can’t stop even if I wanted to I can’t love you better No one ever could Step back with this feeling inside Tell me what's living inside your mind Let's be Set Free I’ll give you the best things in life Your darkness and I'll turn it to light Why can't you Hold my hand I can’t stop even if I wanted to I can’t love you better No one ever could
2.
Postcard 05:11
It’s a shame that I can’t sleep Can’t dream of you at night No relief when the day comes Can’t stand seeing the light You’ve been away for so long I’m empty without you now I’ve tried my best but I Don’t think I can make it through without you Try to leave in the morning Get out of this house Take a walk in the neighborhood Think about what happened to us You’ve been my life for so long Gonna lose my hold on you The way we left it all I Don’t think I can make it through without you You don’t need to write me a letter You don’t need to sing me a song You don’t have to stand out in the rain All night long I just need a sign that you feel it Gotta show me you’re still there Just send me a postcard baby And I’ll know you still care You’ll still care Gotta be one of those days When the clouds won’t go away Are you looking at the same sky Is the sun shining on your face? You’ve been my life for so long I’m empty without you now The way we left it all I Don’t think I can make it through without you You don’t need to write me a letter You don’t need to sing me a song You don’t have to stand out in the rain All night long I just need a sign that you feel it Gotta show me you’re still there Just send me a postcard baby and I’ll know You still care We’re down to nothing This love is crumbling I know that we can make this into something You don’t need to write me a letter You don’t need to sing me a song You don’t have to stand out in the rain All night long I just need a sign that you feel it Gotta show me you’re still there Just send me a postcard baby and I’ll know You still care
3.
Up All Night 06:16
One touch from you is all I need to feel alive One look from you is what I want to see tonight Don't stop rocking me baby Don't stop making me crazy You know I am your lady and If you want it, you got it Every time we touch I lose control Just get next to me and lock the door It's keeping me up all night, up all night ‘Til the morning light One kiss from you can take me where I wanna be Living this moment with your body close to me I can't stop rocking you baby I can't stop making you crazy I know I am your lady and If you want, I got it Every time we touch I lose control Just get next to me and lock the door It's keeping me up all night, up all night ‘Til the morning light
4.
Tear it all apart That is what I do Never go too far You can never lose Been waiting all my life for a savior Just another lonely heartbreaker But I always knew That I’d find you Baby it’s true There’s nothing left for me to lose There’s nothing that I gotta prove There’s nowhere that I’d rather be Cause you’re my one and only You’re the only one I See how you look at me Lets me know it’s got to be LOVE Every little word you say Takes my breath away LOVE We should call it what it is We’ve been given a gift Baby I love That you’re all mine Been through darkness I was blind I lived another life before I met you We can talk about what I’ve been through But just hold me tight Hold me tonight There’s nothing left for me to lose There’s nothing that I gotta prove There’s nowhere that I’d rather be Cause you’re my one and only You’re the only one I See how you look at me Lets me know it’s got to be LOVE Every little word you say Takes my breath away LOVE We should call it what it is We’ve been given a gift Oh baby got to know it Oh baby got to show it All we need You and me Endlessly Baby come to me See how you look at me Lets me know it’s got to be LOVE Every little word you say Takes my breath away LOVE We should call it what it is We’ve been given a gift
5.
Every time I look at it I don’t know, I don’t know what to do And every time I cry about it Is this what we’re really coming to? Think that they can touch us And we'll just crawl away down on our knees Think that they can play us But we won't go away, won't ever leave Feel it on the left, feel it on the right Watch out baby it's dynamite Feel it in the day, feel it in the night Heaven knows that we must be right If it was you wouldn't you want to Burn it down to the ground? Tell me the truth wouldn’t you want to Tear it down to the ground? People on the streets Smoke and fire splashed across your screen But if you saw their lives Any other day it ain't a dream Living in the ghetto You just can't win, not even if you try I’m not gonna judge, no Cause everyone is trying to stay alive Feel it on the left, feel it on the right Watch out baby it's dynamite Feel it in the day, feel it in the night Heaven knows that we must be right If it was you wouldn't you want to Burn it down to the ground? Tell me the truth wouldn’t you want to Tear it down to the ground? Do what you gotta do What you got to lose I think you’ve earned it If it was you wouldn't you want to Burn it down to the ground? Tell me the truth wouldn’t you want to Tear it down to the ground?
6.
Too Late 04:18
Just a couple things on my mind Since I’ve been home Just a couple things I should say When we’re alone You had the nerve to come up to me Tell me how good I look, ask if I’m free What can I say? Look at my face You had your chance And I did my best But now it’s too late, too late Honey I can’t wait, can’t wait But now it’s too late, too late Honey I can’t wait, can’t wait Let me help you remember The things that you said If you thought I’d forget And it’s all in my head “I’ll be the only thing you’ll ever have” Look how tables have turned in the end I helped myself And found someone else You had your chance I did my best But now it’s too late, too late Honey I can’t wait, can’t wait But now it’s too late, too late Honey I can’t wait, can’t wait You should have realized what you had Before it was gone Now that I'm looking fine You're calling me, texting me All night long And if you think that I'm going home with you today Baby there's just one more thing That I have to say You had your chance But now it’s too late, too late Honey I can’t wait, can’t wait But now it’s too late, too late Honey I can’t wait, can’t wait
7.
Starlight 04:08
Are you living it up too fast? Living it up too large? Lied to I'll never bring you down Are you headed for another crash? Going the wrong way round? Tried to I'll always be around Talking bout what you need Living your life like a fantasy How many times do you have to bleed? End up on the ground Talking bout what you need Living in the dark I’ll make you see We can make it brighter We can make it brighter Starlight whenever you feel the need Look up high that's where I'm gonna be Starlight, shine bright I'm gonna be good for you tonight Are you thinking about your past? Dreaming of another life Cried to I’ll never turn away Talking ‘bout what you need Living in the dark I’ll make you see We can make it brighter We can make it brighter Starlight whenever you feel the need Look up high that's where I'm gonna be Starlight, shine bright I'm gonna be good for you tonight I’ll be there for you Shining bright and true Let go and come through What else can we do? Starlight whenever you feel the need Look up high that's where I'm gonna be Starlight, shine bright I'm gonna be good for you tonight
8.
There’s a new day coming along, my friends A time when you won’t have to step on your brother just to make your ends The people in need, the children that bleed On our streets every day We’re joining up our hands and we’re fighting for them You’ve been traveling in this world all alone Can’t seem to find a way, can’t seem to get along You don’t have to be alone anymore I’ll be there, I’ll be there I heard her talking on my ride home on the bus Lost her job, her home, and her food stamps, they ain’t enough “Please sir, is there anything you can give me?” She waited and I wondered is this how, how we’re supposed to Live our lives Is this what’s right? After 20 years I’m left in tears I’ve had enough It’s gone too far Let’s take it on Take it over now You’ve been traveling in this world all alone Can’t seem to find a way, can’t seem to get along You don’t have to be alone anymore I’ll be there, I’ll be there
9.
Just a little boy With dreams about the world Looking toward the city Doing what he’s told Big men on the street Fancy cars and clothes Green and gold and silver Everybody knows No one ever told him No one ever showed him Underneath the gold trim Everything was broken It’s time To set out on his own Off to make a fortune Off to make a home No lies He’s hustling every night Every deal that comes Don’t think about what’s right Shift into the fast lane Money, girls, some cocaine Cash will bring you quick fame Always sunny, no rain Time has slipped away You know how things can be It’s been too many years Since he's seen his family He’s driving on the streets Of the place that he once loved All the shops are shuttered Factories are gone And he had kept his head down Tried to make them all proud Never thought it would come round Even in his hometown
10.
Hooked 03:50
Coming for ya Know that I can’t live without it Talk about the way it makes me feel I’m crawling towards ya On my knees it feels like torture Talking bout the way it makes me feel It’s like walking on broken glass Sleeping on a bed of nails You got me I’m just so hooked on it No future and there ain’t a past I don’t know another way You got me I’m just so hooked on it You got my head in the clouds You got me turning it out You got me wanting some more Fiendin’ for it, fiendin’ for it I just can’t stop when I start Feel it all fall apart You got me I’m just so hooked on it Beggin’ and pleadin’ Don’t you know I’ve got to feed it It’s all about the way it makes me feel No heaven or savior Can make me change my misbehavior It’s all about the way it makes me feel It’s like walking on broken glass Sleeping on a bed of nails You got me I’m just so hooked on it No future and there ain’t a past I don’t know another way You got me I’m just so hooked on it It keeps me up through the night Keeps the hurt out of mind Taking control of my life Fiendin’ for it, fiendin’ for it I just can’t stop when I start Feel it all fall apart You got me I’m just so hooked on it

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Third LP from The Right Now

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released February 24, 2017

Stefanie Berecz: vocals
Brendan O’Connell: keys, guitar, programming, vocals
Chris Corsale: guitar
Greg Nergaard: bass
Lucas Gillan: drums, percussion
Jim Schram: tenor saxophone, flute
Caleb Mitchell: trumpet

Additional Musicians:
Vijay Tellis-Nayak: Hammond A100, piano, Wurlitzer, Fender Rhodes, Moog Voyager, programming
Lisa Fako: violin on Up All Night, If It Was You
Dominic Johnson: viola on Up All Night, If It Was You
Chuck Bontrager: violin, viola, octave viola on Up All Night, If It Was You
Bob Garrett: percussion on Love You Better, LOVE (Lets Me Know), If It Was You, Too Late, That’s Enough, Everything Is Broken
Hayden Ashley: synths on Postcard
Devin Thompson: vocals on Love You Better, LOVE (Lets Me Know), If It Was You, Too Late, Starlight, That’s Enough, Everything Is Broken, Hooked
Sarah Marie Young: vocals on Love You Better, LOVE (Lets Me Know), If It Was You, Too Late, Starlight, That’s Enough, Everything Is Broken, Hooked
Dee Adams: vocals on Starlight

Songs written by:
O’Connell: That’s Enough, Too Late, & Love You Better; O’Connell & Berecz: Hooked, If It Was You, LOVE (Lets Me Know), & Starlight; O’Connell, Berecz, & Corsale: Postcard; O’Connell, Corsale, & Gillan: Up All Night; O’Connell, Berecz, Gillan, & Nergaard: Everything is Broken

Horns arranged by Jim Schram

Strings arranged by Vijay Tellis-Nayak

Album Design by Rich Cole Design
Photography by Seth Thompson, Epiglotic Photographic

Engineered and mixed by Vijay Tellis-Nayak at Transient Sound (Chicago)
Produced by Vijay Tellis-Nayak

Assistant Engineer: Brandon Miller

Additional recording by Neil Strauch and Stephen Shirk at Shirk Studios (Chicago) and Chris Gelin (Chicago)

Mastered by Rich Breen at Dogmatic Sound (Los Angeles, CA)

Heartfelt thanks: DB, our rock; all our families and significant others especially Yvette, Lara, Paolo, Poppy, Mike O’Connell & Molly Ryan, Maritza, David, Angelene, Ryan, Mara Blumenfeld, DJ Mass Transit, Ray & Judy Nergaard; the extended TRN family including Chris DeRosa; the bands and clubs of Chicago that make this the greatest music city in the world; radio stations like 88.9 Radio Milwaukee, WLUW, WXRT, KDHX, and others that have supported us through the years; Terry and Bob Cole and the Colemine/Plaid Room Crew (Midwest Divorce forever, y’all); and our great fans that have stuck with us!

All songs ℗ and © 2017 Sweet Deebs Publishing. All rights reserved.

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The Right Now Chicago, Illinois

With three albums under their belt and songs placed in PS4 games and TV shows, The Right Now vocal-heavy soul music brings a bit of Chicago to fans all over the world. Contact info@therightnow.com for more info

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