YOU CALL NOT TO LISTEN, BUT TALK AND THE CRACKS IN YOUR VOICE TELL ME YOU WALKED THE WALK FROM A TO E, TO I, TO O
JUST ONE STEP FROM NOWHERE TO GO
I TRY TO REMEMBER THE WORDS
TO EACH POSITIVE SONG THAT I EVER HEARD. I THINK AND BEGIN WITH SAMSON AND FINN, BUT END UP WITH OBERST AND QUINN.
NO WORDS SEEM TO BREAK YOUR ACHING DESPAIR,
AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US IS EVERYTHING BUT FAIR.
I CALL CAUSE YOU KNOW ABOUT PAIN
AND MY RATTLING VOICE TELLS YOU I HOPPED THE TRAIN FROM X TO Y FROM WHY TO WHEN
WILL I GET TO SEE YOU AGAIN?
WE TRY HARD TO SMALL TALK AWAY
HOURS AFTER HOURS, DAY AFTER DAY
TRY IMAGINING CAPITALS INSTEAD OF SMALL TOWNS, PUTTING UPS WHERE THE PAST LEFT US DOWNS
YOUR WORDS FAIL TO BREAK MY ACHING DESPAIR
AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US IS EVERYTHING BUT FAIR BUT I'M OVERWHELMED, AS YOUR TEARS FALL LIKE RAIN:
WE'RE A SUNSET APART AND I FEEL YOUR PAIN.
Bluesy protopunk in the great Detroit tradition by the city's own the Stools, with dashes of the Stooges, Negative Approach, and the Gories. Bandcamp New & Notable May 25, 2023
A new track from this tough-as-nails Boston hardcore outfit has some words for men who would dehumanize women in the scene. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 21, 2018
Been waiting 8 years to hear Jack and Chicken bounce vocals off each other again. And holy shit is it worth it. If you have any hesitations about buying this, your reasons are 100% invalid. Greg Andersson