Landlines was a dream album to write and record. It speaks of the simultaneous loss of a fading technology and the relationships that started and ended on a dial tone. I hope it makes you think on those first numbers you memorized; what they meant to you then, and what they mean to you now.
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Deluxe 12" vinyl of my latest album Landlines. Pressed on black vinyl, heavy weighted 180g, with a beautifully designed insert holding all the lyrics.
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Deluxe 12" vinyl of my latest album Landlines. Pressed on black vinyl, heavy weighted 180g, with a beautifully designed insert holding all the lyrics.
Includes unlimited streaming of Landlines
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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lyrics
Throwing rocks at second floors,
the laughter made our ribs so sore,
that we laid down in the grass
to wait for our breath to come back
I’m not saying who it is,
Would it matter if I did?
We lived under power lines,
And never thought about the
Time won’t credit me the same,
like it did with you and I
This feels like a foreign play
with subtitles that I can’t find
I get lost, just to feel found
we were broke so we were bound
to run, run recklessly through town
I liked you then, I love you now
Take it, change it, make it like before
It’s haunting, taunting, why am I always wanting more?
A decade past, a lifetime down,
I flew back to our hometown,
where every address slipped my mind,
except the house with power lines
Now she’s sick, that’s why I’m here
the doctors talk but it’s unclear
And every tube inside her chest,
is making me now second guess
If time credits me the same,
like it did when I was young
this feels like a foreign play
translate what’s been going on
I feel broke, now I feel bound,
to say the least, I feel let down,
to say the most I’m finding out
I liked you then, I love you now.
Take it, change it, make it like before
It’s haunting, taunting, why am I always wanting more?
Why am I always wanting more
Why am I always wanting more
Why am I always wanting more
Why am I always wanting
Time to credit me the same,
like it did when I was young
this feels like a foreign play
translate what’s been going wrong
I get broke, now I feel bound,
To forever walk this town
head held high, I’m heading out
I liked you then, I love you now.
Take it, change it, make it like before
It’s haunting, taunting, why am I always wanting more?
Take it, change it, make it like before
It’s haunting, taunting, why am I always wanting more?
credits
from Landlines,
track released June 2, 2023
Produced by Jordan Ruiz
Mastered by Joe Hutchinson
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