B i o g r a p h y (by Official Site)
Philadelphia-based Beauty's Confusion (Jenna & Skip) make music that rides a fine line between electronic pop and gloomy indie rock. Influenced by a myriad of sounds and styles, the duo has created music and words that break the hearts of those who listen. BC formed in late 2001 in Florida, originally as a trio. Playing largely in the punk/indie rock circuit, their sequenced Portishead/Hooverphonic keyboards and swirling Curve-influenced guitars couldn't have been more out of place. Perhaps this is why people took notice. The group released a self-titled EP in 2002. The EP was greeted with enthusiasm, appealing to an odd mismatch of indie rockers, new wave enthusiasts, goths, trip-hop fans, and hip-hop heads. After the release of their debut full-length "Breathe In" in September 2004, BC began to experience a steady interest in their music pouring in from the undergrounds of France, Australia, Singapore, the UK and Germany. Soon after, the group relocated to Philadelphia, to break into the NYC and Philly electronic and hip-hop scenes. It's been several months and BC is already hard at work on their second full-length, and focusing on video production for their live shows, and playing live in the Philadelphia circuit, both as Beauty's Confusion and as a side project. In a country dominated by teenage punk, run-of-the-mill acoustic rock groups, and disposable pop entertainers, Beauty's Confusion is a refreshing change. Europe and the rest of the world seems to have caught on to the downbeat electronic sound with earnest. It is the group's hope that someday America will catch on with the same level of enthusiasm. Time will tell.
In recent months, Beauty's Confusion have remixed several independent and well-known artists, including NYC's Sarah Fimm, Philadelphia's Daughter Darling, Scotland's Kosheen, Public Enemy, MF Doom, Tori Amos and Bjork. BC have also been remixed by the electronic music collective Bitstream Dream. The group has also provided musical scores for several independent films, including It/ll Be Better Tomorrow, a documentary on the life of Hubert Selby Jr. (Squitten Pix, LLC / Los Angeles, CA). If the sounds of Hooverphonic, Halou, Puracane, Blue Foundation, Baxter and Portishead interest you, you may enjoy the music of Beauty's Confusion. If you haven't heard of the group yet, chances are you'll be hearing about them in the future.
Projection The Wrong Way Stain Walls Silhouette Whirlwind City Faded Falling Moments Like These Innocence Destructing Windmills Blue Deluge City (Bitstream Dream remix)
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Breathe In
Projection
Self-insecurity Social loathing Despising the way i feel Everything's a dream And nothing is real If I understood your past If you would share more with me If you admitted you were happy If I told you that you make me complete If you could get past being freaked If only If any If something If nothing If
The Wrong Way
Don't take this the wrong way But you will never get The satisfaction you desire This is not a punishment It's just a simple fact When you try to find your happiness In someone who can't give it back You'll get burned And after one time Most would just say lesson learned But you keep Holding on Hope you'll break him down But you're the one who's breaking now Don't be so naive Don't be so naive It was only a dream How could you ever believe It was real Do you still believe in fairy tales, too Oh but don't take this the wrong way I'm not trying to put you down You've been doing that well on your own Living by the modern martyr's philosophy If you can't get love, get sympathy yeah Honestly, do you really need Somebody to put you on your knees You can take the fall But you're afraid to walk again Or will you break if you bend Don't be so naive Don't be so naive It was only a dream How could you ever believe it Don't be so naive Don't be so naive It was just make-believe Stop deceiving yourself And grow up, grow up I am not impossible And you are not a dream Nothing can compare To getting high on self-esteem Maybe I'll be your regret But you will not be my mistake You are just a lesson I refuse to learn until I Break Walk away, walk away, walk away Stain
Crowd around the city streets Lonely passersby Broken sidewalk Faded chalk outline Falling Fell into the past Forever to be forgotten Flash A memory A stain is all that's left of me Somewhere Maybe someday The movie in your mind will replay You will want me You will long for my kiss What you'll get isn't this You'll get a memory, only Cleanse the soul from tragedy A vision so surreal Search your mind for an answer Never to be revealed Screaming To reason with A soul which bleeds rejection Flash A memory A stain is all that's left of me Somewhere Maybe someday The movie in your mind will replay You will want me You will long for my kiss What you'll get isn't this You'll get a memory, only And as I leave you in disarray Forever in the hand of fate The memory of me will never fade The streets you love remind you of the pain Broken sidewalk A stain is all that's left A stain is all that's left
Walls
Turn off everything Turn out the light Turn off my thoughts for once Who needs this life Can't speak Can't hear Only the hurt is crystal clear Need you Don't hide When you're near me all is fine Face in my hands again These walls My only friend Face in my hands again For all time Silent room The light is out My thoughts are gusts of wind I'm full of doubt Don't care, don't know My only love who doesn't show And this is why All I ever do these days is cry Where are you Why won't you call Since you've gone I talk to the wall Face in my hands again These walls My only friend Face in my hands again For all time Silhouette Covering Cowering In the corner Of this room Unnerved Reserved Deserving This solitude Wasting Tasting Rejection Once again Trying To stop crying I knew It would end I don't wanna try anymore To be noticed If it all ends the same way Why even bother trying You're the last one who will hurt me I won't forget I'll disappear into the background I'll become a silhouette Giving up and giving in Is there any other way Losing hope Losing you I'll lose it all someday Someday, someday Maybe this is not so bad Being alone Staring at the walls for hours Disconnect the telephone But you don't cross my mind at all I'm alright Inscribe these words into my head Every night What a lie Giving up and giving in Is there any other way Losing hope, losing you I'll lose it all someday I can't explain it to you My heart is open like a book Why won't you take a look I feel like a fool A shadow in the midst Which you won't even miss I don't want to try anymore to be seen I'm invisible anyway I'm nobody's dream You're the last one who will kiss me I can't forget I've disappeared into the distance I've become a silhouette I've disappeared Into the distance I've disappeared Into the distance I've disapp.
Whirlwind They're coming around The words you've sent No changing your mind It's your only regret To live is to face your darkest fears Running away is what keeps you here It's because Of your lies I begin To find my way Only now Do I see In the distance Denial highway When I'm away You'll be lost In a whirlwind hate All the problems You create Can't you see It's just dead weight When I'm away When I'm away Don't try, don't try, don't try ... You've wasted away The time you've spent Judging with jealous eyes You can't forget You welcome the pain And live with fear As dreams begin to blur Stagnance appears It's because Of your lies I begin To find my way Only now Do I see In the distance Denial highway When I'm away You'll be lost In a whirlwind hate All the problems You create Can't you see It's just dead weight When I'm away When I'm away When I'm away When I'm away When I'm away
City
Memories Are fading You were once mine Never unkind A long sigh A soft caress Now a slience An emptiness I'm alone Staring through The past I knew I miss you Streets are empty Space surrounding Sighs soft lullabies Blurred reflection A passing perfection Scarring deep inside Need a place to hide From the rain The cold breeze Brings you back to me I smell you in the air I'm broken beyond repair Patience In short supply I can't replace you I wouldn't want to try I'm alone and maybe It's what should be Do you miss me Isolation will repeat I feel so incomplete Streets are empty Space surrounding Sighs soft lullabies Blurred reflection A passing perfection Scarring deep inside Need a place to hide from the rain Streets are empty Filled with millions Cold, with empty souls Searching everywhere Nothing's ever there The night inside me grows I disappear below Floating higher and higher A wonderful feeling Everything around me became suddenly Unreal As if in a dream Streets are empty Space surrounding Sighs soft lullabies Blurred reflection A passing perfection Scarring deep inside Need a place to hide from the rain Streets are empty Filled with millions Cold, with empty souls Searching everywhere Nothing's ever there The night inside me grows I disappear below
Faded
I'm waiting for you under blue christmas lights Trimmed the wick and lit the candle, scent you've always liked Seems like i watch the clock each hour Only two minutes pass And when you finally make it, I know Our time won't last So I wait Wait Wait For the next time I've been thinking so much about Our last conversation Even though I sounded mad You've always brought me elation I never meant to stale the air To cloud our communication Something about the tone of your voice Left my heart an abrasion So I wait for you So I wait for you So I'll wait forever Enslaved me And trapped me in this lethal cell Enslaved me I can't breathe The lies that you tell Enslaved me And trapped me in this lethal cell Enslaved me I can't breathe The lies that you tell Whatever hope was left has faded now By your cruel intentions Now the candle's gone and I'm still here I'm still here Enslaved me And trapped me in this lethal cell Enslaved me I can't breathe The lies that you tell Enslaved me I can't breathe This lethal cell Enslaved me I can't breathe The lies that you tell Falling
Sometimes I feel like Poetic words are just a waste of lines And never sung for me Sometimes I feel like Poetic words are made to hide behind This dim reality I feel Like the world is against me Every time I Look to the sky I Feel so lost And I don't know Where I'm meant to go Can't someone give me a clue Show me the road that leads to you, oh Sometimes I feel like Poetic words are just a waste of lines And never sung for me Sometimes I feel like Poetic words are made to hide behind This dim reality And I don't know Where I'm meant to go Won't someone give me a clue Show me the road that leads to you Sometimes I feel like Poetic words are just a waste of lines And never sung for me Sometimes I feel like Poetic words are made to hide behind This dim reality Moments like these
I swim With the sharks Playing in salt water It's cold and always dark I am All alone To live life on terms to call my own One day I went too far Swam in shark-finned waters In their net I was caught They stared at me so cold Their lives without meaning Their minds never grow You'd say I ran away While you stayed to play With facades in shallow graves This is not my scene It's your thing To be the life of every moment While I live inside my dreams Moments like these Revealing the true me Moments like these Seeing so clearly I hide with the ghost Playing in the darkness It's what i love the most I am all alone Enjoying the silence Enjoying my home You'd say I ran away While you stayed to play With facades in shallow graves This is not my scene It's your thing To be the life of every moment While I live inside my dreams Moments like these Revealing the true me Moments like these A side you will never see Moments like these Revealing the true me Moments like these A side you will never see
Innocence destructing How do I have faith When I believe They will turn me down I try, I try to trust you But you never follow through Before I turn myself away For you Before I turn myself away For you I am not This isolated I am not This shy or strange or jaded I am innocence destructing Turn on you to force the change Turn myself into the victim Of my own creation I am disconnection central Lost the party on my line Too much longing in this distance For a new form of communication How do I have faith When I believe They will turn me down I try, I try to trust you But you never follow through Before I turn myself away For you Before I turn myself away For you I am not This self-defeating It's just A phrase I keep repeating I am innocence destructing Turn on you to force the change Turn myself into the victim Of my own creation I am disconnection central Lost the party on my line Too much longing in this distance For a new form of communication Communication I am innocence destructing I am innocence destructing How do I have faith I am innocence destructing I am innocence destructing Turn on you to force the change Turn myself into the victim Of my own creation I am disconnection central Lost the party on my line Too much longing in this distance For a new form of communication Communication Windmills
Another time, forgetting memories That dream my nights to day Shadow hands that trace in circles Feeling with no resolution Always half a turn away From being right here, right now Keep spinning And I'll stay Out of control Spinning and spinning Impossible I will only dream of you Impossible I will only dream of you Missing i keep missing I keep sleeping I keep hating I keep waiting I keep needing Without cause or reason To be justified Something changes Every time I turn to you I turn away I turn inside I turn into An empty page Just waiting For the words Waiting For the worst Spinning and spinning Impossible I will only dream of you Impossible I will only dream of you Impossible I will only dream of you Impossible I will only dream of you I will only dream of you I will only dream of you Spinning and spinning I will only dream of you Spinning and spinning I will only dream of you Blue deluge It was a chilly day in march When he let me down Just when I thought I knew The difference of boy and man He said his world never sleeps From his cyclonic mind Gone was a girl lured into his path In the dress of a different size With your pride alone you sailed away And never heard me say My heart is safe from where I'm standing Far away from you And if I get too close Then I'll be Drowning in blue His eyes to me had red A note of apology He said "I can't do this commitmentship My soul is running on empty" With your pride alone you sailed away And never heard me say My heart is safe from where I'm standing Standing Far away from you (Far away from you) And if I get too close then I'll be Drowning in blue My heart is safe from where I'm standing Standing Far away from you (Far away from you) And if I get too close then I'll be Drowning in blue
Non album tracks
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I'm waiting for you to be honest I'm waiting for your explanation Seems like i'm waiting forever Cause all you have fed me are lies I don't understand people like you I don't understand your objective Seems like you live to destroy me Sadistic hypocrisy You put me through hell and i let you Before i learned how to speak Drove me mad with desire Took advantage cause i was too weak Now the confusion has left me You're insane if you think i'll give in Solitude always kept me safe With the walls i build within All the years, been searching for something To open my eyes All the tears, been raining down The answer is inside the lie Hide There were times that i remember When we'd talk about forever And it all seemed so clear Paying rent was my only fear While staying here These days memories start to fade and Few are made to replaced It's only when you're here They all seem to disappear You're lying beside me Stop fighting This won't last, i won't have this ending Defend me I try to chase a new beginning Only to catch another fight If only i could explain Find the word right words So you'd stay You're lying beside me Stop fighting This won't last, i won't have this ending Defend me Letter
Touch me as if you meant it I burned the letter that you sent Your presence only amplifies The hatred i've been feeling Betray me cause it's all you know Layers of trust erode when lies are told It's so difficult to decide When to get away I'm leaving So save your lies for the next letter I'm gone I've never felt better Touch me as if you liked it I burned the letter that you sent Your words are fuel for the fire Your lies always inspire I'm leaving So save your lies for your next letter I'm gone And i've never felt better Microfilm
Desire traps you in my head I can feel you next to me in bed Thoughts of you fill my dreams at night Losing focus, you're objectified I apologize if my passion scares I can feel you when you're not even there Together in my imagination Never think of seperation Padded cell Softly sleeping Nightmare life Soothing dreaming Buried beneath the exterior Lies a broken little girl But i don't care to show you My twisted little world Collected photos in my bedroom hang above Always reminding me of unrequited love Padded cell Softly sleeping Nightmare life Soothing dreaming
Hotels
( Juliana Hatfield Cover )
I miss the sound of laughter The children down the street I may not find an answer It's only memories Hotels, hotels Welcome me when I need a home Hotels, hotels Days are getting shorter And the night wind in the trees And the soft skin on your shoulder And the way you wanted me Hotels, hotels Welcome me when I need a home Hotels, hotels Think of me when I'm leaving Will you give this to my mother Once again it's time to leave There's no ever after There's only in between Hotels, hotels Welcome me when I need a home Hotels, hotels, hotels Welcome me when I need a home Hotels