“stay, won't you just stay? please don't leave me fighting off the shadows while you're away." day after day, going through the motions, swimming in caffeine, barely awake. i listen for her breathing coming through the tiny wireless speaker. headlights flicker fast against the black tarmac, then interstate 95, and i have never felt so alive as when we kiss goodnight. and the lights turn amethyst. it hits me like a fist. I am now a stranger in this world. the lights burn amethyst. the smiles curl dangerous. but i will keep my promise to my girl. in the crowd I am allowed to celebrate a fiction. facts just tether me to the ground. in surround, this brilliant sound. counting down the kick drum heartbeats left until I drown. the lives we build, their walls divide and separate those trapped inside. but not me. no, not tonight. just leave me to my own devices, i will thrive in my own crisis. my hands have come untied.
The experimental rock band's new record is as melodic and inventive as ever, but now with an even more honed sense of play. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 27, 2024