Crackle on the line
Crackle in my chest
I called you twice today
Through a bent little wire
Your name came through
Like a song on tired fire
Half the words fell down
On the way to your door
But I kept on sending
Something kind, something more
If you heard me late
If you caught me low
Stay right there
Let the good part grow
Bad Reception, Good Heart
Bad Reception, Good Heart
I bend and I fade
But I still come through
Bad Reception, Good Heart
Bad Reception, Good Heart
A flawed little signal
With a kind heart for you
I talk in a blur
When the room gets loud
Truth gets tangled up
In the middle of a crowd
Still I hold your name
Like a match in my palm
Small but steady
Trying to keep you calm
If the line goes thin
If the night gets long
Lean on the part of me
That knows right from wrong
Bad Reception, Good Heart
Bad Reception, Good Heart
I bend and I fade
But I still come through
Bad Reception, Good Heart
Bad Reception, Good Heart
A flawed little signal
With a kind heart for you
I may come in broken
I may come in slow
Static on my tongue
But the feeling still shows
Hear me underneath it
Hear me in the rain
I keep one soft promise
Even when I strain
Bad Reception, Good Heart
Bad Reception, Good Heart
I bend and I fade
But I still come through
Bad Reception, Good Heart
Bad Reception, Good Heart
A flawed little signal
With a kind heart for you
- Lyricist
Nollis Fen
- Composer
Nollis Fen, Malon Greaves
- Producer
Elias Bront
- Vocals
Nollis Fen
Listen to Bad Reception, Good Heart by Nollis Fen
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Bad Reception, Good Heart
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Almost Clear Enough
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- 3
A Name on the Tape Case
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- 4
Your Voice Came Through Rain
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- 5
Kindness on the Wrong Frequency
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- 6
Tuning Myself to Stay
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- 7
Bleedthrough
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- 8
The Sofa Knows the Song
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- 9
Still in the Drafts
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- 10
Hold Still, I'm Fading In
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- 11
Somewhere Under the Noise
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- 12
Warm Enough to Answer
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"Drift & Warmth" is an analog soul / bedroom funk album that embraces imperfect reception
Nollis Fen does not sing perfectly arranged emotions
He sings kindness that never quite becomes words, longing that remains tangled in crossed signals, and body heat still quietly sounding beneath the noise
Not every true voice arrives cleanly
In fact, because the signal is unstable and the voice is slightly hard to catch, the listener leans in and listens more closely
That intimate distance becomes the warmth of Nollis Fen's music
