We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

BEHIND GLASS

from BUILDING A CATHEDRAL by STÄSJ

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €1 EUR  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    This album is a rock-opera covered in moss and lichen, a hypnotizing hymn that guides us through an expressive landscape of cathedral building. STÄSJ's refined vocals flow, meander, and pour directly into the soul through poetic lyrics paired with impressive yet delicate melodies and ever-expanding beats. With her album ‘BUILDING A CATHEDRAL’ STÄSJ has once again created a universe for us to lose and rediscover ourselves in.

    The album contains eight songs which together form a contemporary reflection on the human condition: the endless quest for growth and unavoidable need for change that define our era. They form a call to stage for cathedral builders, for people with a deep breath and an endless stash of stamina. Connectors that untangle the destructive and entangle the sustainable, the regenerative.

    The album on Vinyl comes with a beautiful inlay especially made for LP of the work titled ‘Cathedral’ made by Rotteveel Vermeer, inspired by the colorful yet delicate beauty of stained glass windows. Photography and graphic design by Studio Another Day.

    Includes unlimited streaming of BUILDING A CATHEDRAL via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.     ... more
    ships out within 5 days
    edition of 200 
    Purchasable with gift card

      €25 EUR or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The album on CD comes with a beautiful inlay especially made for CP of the work titled ‘Cathedral’ made by Rotteveel Vermeer, inspired by the colorful yet delicate beauty of stained glass windows. Photography and graphic design by Studio Another Day.

    Includes unlimited streaming of BUILDING A CATHEDRAL via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 5 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      €15 EUR

     

  • Other Apparel

    For all of you CATHEDRAL climbers. Printed by Groene Was.
    ships out within 5 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      €8 EUR or more 

     

lyrics

BEHIND GLASS

Doves are here
Or maybe ghosts
I sent you to the zoo today
To have some wild me at home

A new guest joins for supper
Words dressed up with smoking signs
Fingers acting slow movements
Eyes full of dark excuses
So I shift

The sweetest thing on earth
Got dizzy watching stars
Closed its eyes and fell asleep
At a distance behind glass

Love was here
Or maybe stones
I had to sell my wedding ring today
To take a bus trip for me alone

The scenery was wasted
I felt homesick for another life
Was waiting for the right one, the open one,
The willing one, the beam blazing light thrilling one
Asking why

The sweetest thing on earth
Got dizzy watching stars
Closed its eyes
At a distance behind glass

Doves are here

credits

from BUILDING A CATHEDRAL, released March 30, 2024
Written and composed by Stefanie Janssen
All tracks mixed by Richard van Kruysdijk
Mastering at Elektropolis by Uwe Teichert
All vocals by Stefanie Janssen

Nord Stage, guitar, piano stool by Stefanie Janssen
Recorded by Stefanie Janssen
Production by Stefanie Janssen en Richard van Kruysdijk

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

STÄSJ image

STÄSJ Amsterdam, Netherlands

The new era of STÄSJ is defined by ever-expanding beats, poetic lyrics, and sensitive ephemeral vocals. STÄSJ is a flowing river in this landscape, at times meandering, at times cascading, hypnotizing us with refined voice techniques and intricate compositions. The new album is a contemporary reflection on the human condition: the endless quest for growth and need for change that define our being. ... more

contact / help

Contact STÄSJ

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

STÄSJ recommends:

If you like STÄSJ, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Seafood Sam joins the show to discuss his newest album, " Standing On Giant Shoulders".
listen now