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Rarity

by Clever Complaints

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1.
Missed 04:44
2.
To Reappear 04:27
Two years on, nothing done Two more years, then all gone Nothing wrong, no not anymore Yeah, I know, nothing left But why then, why's this left me feeling so sore? It's no game No, I knew there'd be no winner But I can't help feeling like I lost And besides I can't decide which one of us made it out better I'm hit but still hopeful, but maybe stubborn Hindsight's always clearest Two years on, stable enough then to reappear like a ghost, like something risen from the dead To years passed without me, I thought I survived this haunting That's up for debate I guess
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Broken twenty-something On my own & I had nothing So glad uncle saved me "Listen to me very carefully" "You can stay as long as you'd like, just do this one thing please. Don't leave your room after dark, it's for your own safety" I awoke to banshees and spirits Singing to the strangest music One of the voices stood from the rest And on that evening, I met Edith She was Dressed in flannel, covered in tattoos She died in '94 She must've had a thing for me, but me - oh man, I was all nerves Too awkward, one ghost asked, "What do you have to be so scared of?" I can't even talk to girls that aren't dead, do you see my problem? She said, "There's something that I need to tell you. Well, I'm kind of glad I died and met you." I said I don't know how else to say this, but I think I kind of like you, Edith. "The reason why we're still here, we all took our own lives to stay. We had found our home." "And I would love it if you'd choose to stay here with me. We could be together for eternity."
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At It Again 05:40
Well I guess it's just too easy For these thoughts to be My own worst enemy All of my good days lately Seem like such a rarity Overcast is all I seem to see But when I see the clouds part, when I step out from the dark, when I get yet another start But that'll never last too long, In my head it's already gone wrong, and I'm back where I began Goddamn it, I'm back at it again Nights of sleep without rest Every decision a second-guess One step forward, too many back One day I'll have had enough, "That's it, I swear to pick myself up And get everything back on track" "I'll clean up and start writing again, and then I'll do better to keep up with my friends I'll stop spending my days alone" They'll all be proud of me I know, Until self doubt begins to show, And I ruin my mood all on my own. Goddamn it, I'm back at it again How much of this is me? Could I really be Pinning blame too harshly? I've fucking had it with This endless self destructive thought process, I'm exhausted Goddamn it, I'm back at it again
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"This album is disgustingly good, with urgent and compelling lofi math rock and post rock sounds jutting out savagely from a deeply emotionally resonant core." - Strawberry Moon Records

Recorded throughout March-May 2018 in various small rooms around Williamsburg and Virginia Beach, VA.

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released June 25, 2018

Mike Dean - Guitar, vocals
Ethan Mackenzie - Bass
Brendan Helm - Drums

Lyrics by Mike.
Written + recorded by Mike, Ethan, & Brendan.
Mixed + mastered by Mike.
Artwork by Amanda DeVleeschower.
www.instagram.com/devleedoodles/

The three of us would like to thank
Jake Morley, Rishi Gupta, Sarah Rose, Duncan Holterhaus, Austin Milby, Hunter Gentry, our friends in Boxford, our friends in Talk To Plants, and all of our friends at the Meridian past & present.


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A three-piece proficient in sad, guitar-focused post-rocky walls of sound.

"post-stone mathy and delicious #rare" - Meridian staff, 2017

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