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Thumbs Up Peace Sign

by Denis Ovan

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1.
Do you know who I am Do you know who you are dealing with Because I haven’t got a clue And when I looked in the mirror I saw a potato And I’m not even hungry Or I was before I ate toast I love eating toast Let’s eat toast together Let’s go to Paris Let’s go to a greasy spoon To the clean air in the forest To the bottom of a rock pool I’ve remembered who I am But I would like to forget Be a beautiful idiot A magnificent moron Like a clear night sky Like new white trainers Like Swimming with manatees A Rebel with a dustpan and brush A bottomless brunch that you share with everybody Everybody is the perfect size and shape to fit into the future The future is the perfect size and shape to fit over the past The past is the perfect size and shape to fit into my mind My mind is the perfect size and shape to fit into a potato Say perfect size and shape one more time and I will kill you kill you with kindness kill you with flowers and cheese And everything you hold dear Do you know who I am Do you know who you are dealing with Because I have forgotten Was it a potato in the mirror The perfect size and shape to be a human To be a human The perfect size and shape to be a human To be a human be a human To be a human human potato
2.
Seagulls 04:37
Day Dream by A S J Tessimond One day people will touch and talk perhaps easily, And loving be natural as breathing and warm as sunlight, And people will untie themselves, as string is unknotted, Unfold and yawn and stretch and spread their fingers, Unfurl, uncurl like seaweed returned to the sea, And work will be simple and swift as a seagull flying, And play will be casual and quiet as a seagull settling, And the clocks will stop, and no one will wonder or care or notice, And people will smile without reason, Even in winter, even in the rain.
3.
Sun Sticks 03:12
sun sticks to shining faces to sand in socks to panting dogs to wind breaks and To sunburnt shoulders sun sticks me to you to him to her to them to us to cans and cans and cans and cans to jokes written on the back of filthy white vans sun sticks to toes out sun sticks to lilos sun sticks to sun hats sun sticks one to all and all to one sun sticks the leaves to the trees open windows to the breeze hanging baskets to the bees and screams to the wasps sun sticks to the lost sun sticks to the found sun sticks the flightest feet firmly to the ground sun sticks a buzzing sound in the ears a promise of forgotten fears and cans and cans and cans and cans in the park sun sticks a blur between the day and the dark like nothing ever ends like foes become friends like corners become bends and sun sticks the ribs together sun sticks here to there and wherever there’s a glimpse sun sticks it’s nose in and that is that sun sticks the disappearing sun sticks the fat cats and rats to the fingers and thumbs to the happy and glum to the thuds, bleeps and clicks sun sticks sun sticks sun sticks sun sticks
4.
The Pebble 02:38
how many hundreds of thousands of years did it take for you to get so smooth and yet I want to refine my mood in a matter of minutes and I’ve got so many feelings I feel things deeply I shout at the tv I can’t suspend my disbelief when I know the world is revolving before my eyes and it could all be better if we tried if we all shouted at the tv if we felt things more deeply put a pebble in your shoe put a pebble in your pocket feel how smooth it is that’s how little you should forget every single edge has been obliterated by some wave of resistance some grit of persistence chipping away until all that’s left is smoothness incarnated let’s not be deflated by all that work feel the pebble and Be the pebble in your pocket under your pillow up your nose in your fruit bowl next to the keys where’s my bloody keys next to the pebble feel the pebble become the pebble how many hundreds of thousands of years did it take for you to get so smooth
5.
looking forward there will be lying on the lawn there will be pub gardens there will hours spent in rock pools there will be biscuits endless biscuits there will be transparent glances there will be reason and nonsense for everyone there will be every reason to love you there will be every reason to be loved there will be insects buzzing at the window there will be glasses of water that taste of dust in the morning there will be odd figurines there will be things on the mantel piece that you picked up on your walk there will be shoes with holes there will be the sun in your eyes making you see colours through closed lids there will be dancing in the morning there will be things hidden in wardrobes and attics there will be open doors in the middle of the night there will be ignored requests there will be blood on tissues there will be sand in sandwiches there will be dancing at bedtime there will be sunburn there will be numb toes there will be blue moons there will be bad throws there will be wet Wednesdays looking forward there will be that sinking feeling there will be walking home together there will be sweet tea there will be cold cold water there will be staring at squirrels there will be forgetting to do that there will be smiling to do this there will be hair cuts there will be crap excuses There will be laughing there will be incredulous snorts there will be crossed legs there will be mixed reports there will be sunny intervals there will be dragonfly wings there will be wind shelters there will be a bucket full of tadpoles there will be being with you as the wet dog sighs there will be late late nights there will be white white lies there will be holding your hand there will be hearing you sing there will be chips and chips and chips and chips and chips and chips and baked and mashed looking forward
6.
Seagulls 04:37
Day Dream by A S J Tessimond One day people will touch and talk perhaps easily, And loving be natural as breathing and warm as sunlight, And people will untie themselves, as string is unknotted, Unfold and yawn and stretch and spread their fingers, Unfurl, uncurl like seaweed returned to the sea, And work will be simple and swift as a seagull flying, And play will be casual and quiet as a seagull settling, And the clocks will stop, and no one will wonder or care or notice, And people will smile without reason, Even in winter, even in the rain.
7.
stop me if I’m wrong meet me on the crazy paving wearing jelly sandals in the morning mist the sea fret i feel submerged behind the scenes not playing bongos not eating kiwi fruit or not dancing tango maybe drawing a wombat with a 5b pencil instigating a cat nap fighting off a cold by walking in concentric circles at the end of your elbow a crock of gold mould sold to the lowest bidder the worthy kidder of innocent victims the tie dye pilgrims the gong bath children the strictly informal this is not the new normal this is not the new normal this is the pretend to be in free fall but be clinging to a ladder made from good gut bacteria and local vibrations immodest libations and flowering wisteria arched around a stained glass posterior its high time we broke the seal shaped piggy bank brimming with lucky pennies found on pavements those small 5ps that no one likes and the one and two rupee Thumbs Up Peace Sign

about

Hello, my name is Denis Ovan.
I am the perfect size and shape to be a human.
I would like to let you know that you are too.
I have made some music about my experience.
It has themes like seagulls, lockdown, optimism, babies, pebbles, sunshine, confusion and honesty.
I like the idea of ‘no filter’ culture.
I do not give a fuck but I care deeply.
Everything will be OK.
I live by the sea.
I feel old but I have the enthusiasm of a puppy.
My stream of consciousness is strong and it pulls me along.
I like music and art that engages people with ideas and doesn’t take itself too seriously.
I like thinking.
I like acting without thinking and then thinking about it.
I like Talking Heads.
I like DIY everything.
Did I mention I swim all year round, la di da.
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Denis Ovan is the creation of Oliver Briggs and Simon Lord. The pair met in Margate having both relocated there, down-from-Londoners. Oliver set up a charity to provide art and music facilities and education for local young people. Simon helped set up the charity’s recording studio and the pair began swapping ideas. Simon introduced Oliver to his own music which he releases on a DIY label called Chalk Sounds. 

The pair used the lockdown situation to ignite their collaborative project ‘Denis Ovan’. They combine the art-pop experimentation of Talking Heads, the musical magpie smorgasbord of the Beta Band and the lyrical dexterity and joie de vivre of Alabaster De Plume. DIY culture is close to their hearts, they believe: make something from nothing, share your art without inhibitions, empower everyone around you, everybody in/nobody out.

This approach extends beyond the music to making their own videos, artwork and plans for live shows with more akin to performance art than the traditional band set-up. 
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released July 3, 2020

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