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New Wilderness

by The Glacial Speed

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1.
Power lines draw an arc ‘cross the sky as red and rusty as blood. From the backseat I could theorize all those things to come. But beneath the pines, we committed the crime of being much too young to realize we had time on our side, but now that’s over and done. On fire escapes the whole city shakes as the air fills with dust It’s not hard to see that when we breathe it’s much too dangerous But you said to me that you had to leave and I said well if you must. But don’t expect me to ever grieve for the ending of us. The distance is getting further each day. The memories are starting to fade.
2.
Black Maria 03:44
Turning slowly towards the sun, to look back on all you’ve done. Tar paper covered walls couldn’t contain it all. Oh, Black Maria Beacon of the Garden State. The whole world illuminates. Pictures of butterflies and Ghost Dance before our eyes. Oh, Black Maria You built the lights that burned out the night And you made the waves that crackle and fade. Oh, Black Maria
3.
Hail to the rain, and to the day that we walk away. And we’ll celebrate our escape from this empty place. Hail to the snow, and to the glow after the show. And what we think we’re owed, it won’t cover what we don’t know. Here’s to the age of, never giving up. But this is the year of, more the same. Hail to the hail, the times we fail, the times we don’t succeed. Further up the trail we’ll discover where we’re meant to be. Here’s to the age of, never giving up. But this is the year of, more the same. Here’s to the age of, never giving up. But this is the year of, more the same.
4.
So close you can feel it when they turn their backs. I know excuses they don’t make up for facts. And they’ll do it again. It’s just too easy to... Come on, hang on to the things you never had and my attention. Come on, hang on to the things that make you sad and my affection. You said no love song would ever do, so I wrote this one for you. But you’re not even listening, and there’s just too many to... Come on, hang on to the things you never had and my attention. Come on, hang on to the things that make you sad and my affection. It’s starting to sink in, what we’re up against, what we’re up against. It’s starting to sink in, the ones that we call friends, the ones that we call…
5.
Tracers 03:33
Make me, don’t tell me when to smile. Maybe that’s just not our style. But if we don’t meet your gaze, we’re the ones who have to pay. What do you believe? Who are you to tell us how and where to be? We already occupy this space. No exclusions. This time you have been traced. What are you afraid of, my sweet side? If we don’t fit your definitions, you denigrate us and cover it with lies. What do you believe? Who are you to tell us how and where to be? We already occupy this space. No exclusions. This time you have been traced.
6.
I’m waking up from sleeping. I didn’t dream that you were keeping, A place for me next you, so now we’re one, when we were too Afraid to turn on the lights and see what kind of horrors might Be waiting there under our beds, we pulled the covers to our heads but Now, the sun shines through the shades, And we both awake, to find, that we were always okay. So we’ll dance as the stereo sings songs of love, and loss, and hope. And try to act like visionaries living beyond binary Systems like, wrong and right, and us and them, and day and night I count the stars in your eyes and in your arms I realize that Now, the sun shines through the shades, And we both awake, to find, that we were always okay. I don’t wanna go to sleep again, ‘cause I am already dreaming. And now, the sun shines through the shades, and we both awake, to find, that we were always okay.
7.
From the legion halls to the liquor stores, And the shopping malls to the reservoir, We are all searching for more, but we won’t find a single thing tonight. And the parking lot, pay phones, And the gas station to the mobile homes, We just want some place to go, but there’s no where that we belong tonight. Yes I am aware that there is no reason, But I’ll never know completion. And I’m lousy with your best intentions, And these secrets, I’ll surely tell. From the legion halls, to the liquor stores.

credits

released January 1, 2017

Recorded/Mixed by Jon C Terrones at Chez Woo II in Madison, WI -
Jun. 2016.
Mastered by Garth Mason, - Dec. 2016.

Ashley Altadonna - Guitar, Vocals
Christopher Van Gompel - Guitar, Sampler
Mike Carey - Bass
Kyle Martin - Drums, Percussion

Additional vocals by Dixie Jacobs on tracks 1,2,3,4,6.
Photo by Joe Kirschling.
Design by Ashley Altadonna.

THANK YOU (in no order):

The fans, the haters, Christine, Philo, Etta, Cecilia, and the extended
Carey & Granger families, Dixie Jacobs, Michael Marchant, Jon C Terrones, Garth Mason, Joe Kirschling, Maria Altadonna, DJ Hostettler, Haunted Heads, Jon Pajot, Josh Davis, Tony Weber, Isa Carini, Kim Weiss, Matt Slater, Jack Packard, Emily & Michael Agustin, Jesse Dorje Irwin, Katy/Kevin/Connor/Lucy/Casey Meyer, Tyler Maas & MilwaukeeRecord.com, Alex Pekka Hall & The Cactus Club, Body Futures, the rutabega, Liar’s Trial, SIN BAD, Erin Wolf & WMSE, Taylor Rick, Satan, Julie Persin, Russell Emerson Hall, Kerry Birmingham, Knuckles, Microwave, Beth Huybers, Kerry Nelson, Debbie Chole, Jennifer Reeder, the PRF, Sweetwater, and whip cream.

PRF (PRFBBQ.com)
Kyle Martin Makes Me Mad!
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