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Look Around / Little Bit

by Danielle Ponder & Karate Boogaloo

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1.
Look Around 04:05
So much trouble in this world Mothers hold your little girl Daddy sent so far away from home Brothers bound to be a rolling stone We all need love Feeling all the pain in the world Pride and evil seem to come first Understanding is a rare thing Lord knows we all want the same thing Who knows the way to heal this land Take me to the heart and soul of man Watching all the fires as they burn Money ain’t the thing that makes it turn We all need love Oohhh sweet mother How I long, how I long to know you Ohhh sweet lover How I long, how I long to hold you Ohhhh sweet mother Ohh how long, how I long to know you Ohhhh sweet mother Ohh I’m crying out I’m crying out for you. Look around, look around Look around, look around Look around, look around Look around, look around Look around, look around Look around, look around Holding all the weight of the world
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Little Bit 04:19

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New York singer and activist Danielle Ponder pairs up with Melbourne cinematic soul outfit Karate Boogaloo to deliver ‘Look Around’ and ‘Little Bit’, on limited edition 7inch vinyl for the collections of classic soul fans and afficionados everywhere. The haunting A side “Look Around” has garnered glowing reviews since its release in July and substantial airplay on KCRW, KEXP, BBC and Worldwide FM among others, and is now joined on the b side by the sweet and uplifting ‘Little Bit’.

Coming from different continents and different backgrounds was no obstacle to Danielle Ponder and Karate Boogaloo forming an immediate musical connection in the studio. The instant connection is obvious on both sides of the record, which were written and recorded in the same session. ‘Look Around’ is a brooding ballad reflecting on the times we live in, and the warm and soulful ‘Little Bit’ brightens the mood significantly with Danielle’s vocals reassuring “a little bit of love will make it alright”.

In Danielle’s words on ‘Look Around’: “fires were raging through Australia and smoke covered the sky. It felt like all of our human sins had gotten the best of us and we were paying a price. I didn’t know that when I arrived back home in the U.S, the world would only get darker. I feel like my past self wrote this song for my future self knowing what was to come.” This song would help Danielle through what has been one of the most painful years to be Black in America.

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released October 9, 2020

Engineered by Bob Knob
Produced by Karate Boogaloo & Bob Knob
Mixed by Bob Knob & Henry Jenkins
Mastered by Lachlan Carrick

Danielle Ponder - Vocals
Darvid Thor - Guitar
Henry Jenkins - Bass
Hudson Whitlock - Drums
Callum Riley - Keyboards

Photo by Brian Pollock
Design by Drez

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