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Like Before

by Non La

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1.
Dark Room 01:09
I got all I need in a dark room I found all my love in a dark room Do I digest you My family I feel safe in there Do you understand why I feel loved so do you Need to hear all my lies Do I discuss you Oh my love
2.
Hold Me Down 02:14
Take me in your palm I need it Take me in your arms I need it It’s taken me so long I guess there’s nothing wrong Hold me down I guess I liked it Hold my breath you made me feel it It’s taken me so long I guess there’s nothing wrong Save me from myself Now there’s no one else But you Take me in your arms I need it
3.
Every Lie 03:22
It was so good but then it got so bad Then got ok until you made it bad again We were at a party And you saw me From across the room And when you smiled at me I knew you were scared Cause I I know every lie you said To every one of our friends And I hate you I think I do At least I try to I guess I liked The way that you drummed I guess I liked How it felt like we had the same mom And now i’m so embarrassed Cause I let you sleep in my room And you made a mess of it And now I ask myself why Did I not mind When I know every lie you said To every one of our friends And I hate you I think I do At least I try to After everything you’ve done Ruining everyone Now I hate you I think I do At least I try Now do I try
4.
Hurtful 02:20 video
Please don’t be what I thought When I first saw you Cause it has already been Haunting me lately And I already have everything That I want and that I need Don’t be kind Say something truly hurtful And I will rest and slump into my seat Cause I’m getting tired Trying to be everything That you want and that you need I thought that I was done I thought so wrong and now what Please hurt me darling And I’ll be better One day
5.
What is it with me I don’t want to know This is it I’m happy At least I don’t want to know It’s taking every part of me to say no It’s taking every part of me to let it go It’s taking me under it’s weight all night and I’m taking it with me everywhere that I go I can’t let it show This is all I’ve dreamed of you’re more than I wanted It’s too good to be true You’re too good for me to be true It’s taking every part of me to say no It’s taking every part of me to let it go It’s taking me under it’s weight all night and I’m taking it with me everywhere that I go
6.
Forget 05:01
Could you forget all that you learned just for me I don’t want this to be how it ends for us too Take my hand Stay with me I need you You need me We’ve got so much more to do here if you let us be Just forget what you’ve seen please let go please for me Take my hand Stay with me I need you You need me Can’t you see What I see There’s much more More for you More for me
7.
Like Before 02:02
What does it mean If I don’t have it in me All of the time like before What does it mean If I don’t have you in me All of the time like before I know there’s nowhere I would rather be Coming home to you but not coming All the time like we did all before I love you deeply I want nothing more I know you more So much more than I did know you like I did all before Know you like I did before I know there’s nowhere I would rather be Coming home to you or some else Staying here in bed with you or him But it will be the two of us again
8.
When was the last time you screamed Why have you not thrown things to break Like you where holding my heart This is nothing like I have seen before Will you open up Like the earth beneath me Will you swallow me Like a tidal wave After you crash into my body Like something familiar, baby My whole life I stood upon a lake With only a thin sheet of ice Struggling to keep myself from slipping Watching as my parents break into the water Will you open up Like the earth beneath me Will you swallow me Like a tidal wave After you crash into my body Like something familiar, baby
9.
Running Out 02:48
Your arms around me You’re the one for me I’ll always wonder How you feel When your lips Touch mine Am I everything that you have been wishing for Or is it just too cold for you at night Is this the best or is it only good enough Do you wonder exactly like I do How long will this be I’m thinking I got my eyes on the clock You ask me what do I see And I say don’t worry baby Am I everything that you have been wishing for Or is it just too cold for you at night Is this the best or is it only good enough Do you wonder exactly like I do Am I running out of time
10.
You punched me in the gut With the way that you are And now I don’t know why I wonder where you are I was young I was fun I was trying so hard And you held my hand Through the mess So I still think about you Yeah I still think about you I was growing all the seeds Planting them in the back of my home Thinking how the future could be When I held you in my palm I felt you’re not the one Now I know how What I want wasn’t you But I still think about you Yeah I still think about you This is not a love song for you It’s for me I don’t know you anymore But I know me You were young you were fun I was dumb so dumb I still think about you And how you were so mean
11.
I know I got you Sleeping though my noise You sleep so soundly Do you get much sleep You take care of me I’m such a fool Cause I’m not always here And I know That I’ll be dust one day I forget always Yet you take care of me
12.
Matter 02:24
Don’t be so quick to walk away Because you matter to me I would not do the same to you Because you matter to me I’ve bit my tongue so much it hurts Because you matter to me And you won’t do the same for me Do I not matter to you

about

Building upon their 2021 release Not in Love, which largely focused on longing for a romantic relationship, Non La’s most recent album reckons with what happens when that desire becomes a reality. Like Before is a 12-track alt-pop meditation on long term relationships, the difficulty of recognizing care in routine, and the struggle to do better than whatever maladapted form of love your parents were modelling. Despite the universality of these themes, Non La brings a specifically queer focus to the genre including tracks discussing meeting your partner in a bathhouse and how/if to ever tell your family (“Dark Room”), and the conflicting insecurities (“Hurtful”) and reassurances (“Like Before”) that arise from non-monogamy.

As the crush of Not in Love deepened into the romance of Like Before, the band’s musicality has shown similar growth. Rich, nuanced, and more self-assured, the sound on Like Before combines the band’s notorious energy and grit with a new sense of tenderness, resulting in some of the most vulnerable and hard-hitting songs in Non La’s repertoire. From the soaring vocal melodies of “Into the Water”, to the dark, contemplative grunge of “I Don’t Want to Know,” Like Before is simultaneously intimate, loud, soft, and scathing. With this album, Non La provides another crucial contribution to Canada’s queer rock milieu.

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released March 29, 2024

Written and performed by DJ On
Recorded at choms
Engineered by Gal Av-Gay
Mix and mastered by Sal Duncan

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Non La Vancouver, British Columbia

DJ On - Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals

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