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Fiona Coyne​/​Fall Harder

by Skylar Spence

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Fiona Coyne 04:04
"my love’s on the silver screen, she’s always playing make believe and she’s got emerald eyes that let me know just what she needs it’s hard to show exactly what she means to me, but i’ll give my world, a girl like that don’t come for free oh darlin, won’t you believe me? i’ll love you till the record stops my love’s on the silver screen, the brightest star i’ve ever seen she takes me to a better place, she dances like i can’t believe it’s hard to show that every day feels like a dream but i’ll give my world to keep that girl right next to me "
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Fall Harder 04:42
she’ll lose herself in bright lit skies, she watches the sun go by and even if her love runs dry she’ll be there for the summertime but it chills me to the bone, that she might be the sweetest thing i’ve ever known and i’d rather be with her than be alone you’ve got me under your spell and baby, i couldn’t fall harder you know it all too well, baby, i couldn’t fall harder baby, i couldn’t fall harder she loves to leave me in the dark, she’s always a mystery but even in the pouring rain, there’s nowhere else i’d rather be and i know deep down inside, we were meant to be together, her and i but it hurts to sit around and wonder why you know it all….

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Following a collection of self-released internet mixtapes and albums as Saint Pepsi that garnered a cult internet following amongst the vaporwave community, Ryan DeRobertis signed to Carpark Records and changed the project's name to Skylar Spence, cementing the legitimacy of his young recording career. For his Carpark Records debut in August 2014, Skylar Spence took a step away from the more genre-shuffling styles of his Internet releases to focus his skills on high-power pop. The title track of the “Fiona Coyne” 7-inch is an uplifting tribute to fantastical romance and the joyous dreams pop culture can provide. Mastermind Ryan DeRobertis lays down a funky guitar riff and bass line of Chic-quality to tease our senses before tickling us silly with the chorus’ ecstatic horns. "My love's on the silver screen/ she's always playing make believe," sings the then 21-year-old songwriter, playing a bit of make-believe himself. The song, named after a certain graduate of Degrassi Community School, acts out the fantasy of dating a TV star and plays with the idea that music can be something of a catalyst for romance.

The b-side, “Fall Harder,” is a lovelorn hit about a somewhat unattainable beauty. “You've got me under your spell/ and baby, I couldn't fall harder,” DeRobertis sings over an Orange Juice-worthy riff and electronic subtleties like the sound of a Galaga battle. For this 7-inch, DeRobertis wrote danceable love songs with a nostalgic aesthetic to the production “because I think nostalgia is inherently narcissistic and I'm currently very into the idea of exploring the connection between nostalgia and narcissism,” he says.

These two singles would later appear on his debut album, Prom King, which was met with widespread critical acclaim. The buzz led to international touring, transforming Skylar Spence from a home-recording project to a four-piece live band, sharing stages with Madeon, The Knocks, and several festival appearances. Long out-of-print, "Fiona Coyne/Fall Harder" is available again on Baby Blue vinyl.

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released August 12, 2014

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Skylar Spence Brooklyn, New York

Skylar Spence is the continuation of Ryan DeRobertis’ Saint Pepsi project, which he started in late 2012.

In the years since, he’s rose to prominence as one of the more distinct voices associated with vaporwave corners of the Internet.

He began writing music at age 13, he hadn’t tried writing his own song in the style of his favorite music until “Fall Harder".
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