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San Fidel

by Quiet Takes

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I wrote San Fidel’s chorus on a desert road trip. I was singing to myself, driving past San Fidel, NM, searching for melodies. Later, I found a picture of an old San Fidel curio shop, & I started imagining what it would have been like to live there right when Route 66 was dying. Something is ending. You have no idea what’s ahead. San Fidel is for people slow dancing in that uncertainty, gathering courage for whatever’s next.
- Sarah M.

The San Fidel EP will be out 3/5.

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San Fidel
We couldn’t predict the weather
San Fidel
We couldn’t keep it together
San Fidel (Fidel Fidel Fidel Fidel)
San Fidel

When the tourists go home
we’ll plaster the bone
make do with what’s been forgotten
When the winter comes
we’ll be speaking in tongues
God only knows what we’re in for

Look down fresh-laid two lane
Tell me nothing will change
San Fidel

San Fidel
We never came out the wiser
San Fidel
The desert makes us all liars
San Fidel (Fidel Fidel Fidel Fidel)
San Fidel

When the map moves on
we’ll craft a new con
You can be the mark that I fall for
When the stars won’t come out
we’ll drown all the doubt
swimming in the acequia

Look down fresh-laid two lane
Tell me nothing will change
Call me by my real name
Tell me nothing will change
Stand up straight under the shame
Tell me nothing will change
Promise me
Promise me nothing

San Fidel
San Fidel
San Fidel
San Fidel

San Fidel
We never came out the wiser
San Fidel
The desert makes us all liars

credits

released February 5, 2021
Written by Sarah Magill
Produced by David Bennett and Sarah Magill
Vocals and keys by Sarah Magill
Guitars and bass by David Bennett
Additional keys and synth by Ian Thompson
Drums by Kyle Rausch
Percussion by Bryan Koehler
Engineered and mixed by David Bennett at Aorist Studios in Kansas City, MO
Mastered by Zach Hanson
Cover image by Shawn Brackbill

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Quiet Takes

Songwriter Sarah Magill makes music for feelers as Quiet Takes. A writer and wanderer, Magill has a nomadic creative practice and released her first full-length solo album (recorded in Eau Claire, WI, with producer Zach Hanson) February 2024.

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