Recorded May 2017 at Silver Bullet Studios.
Engineered and mixed by Chris Teti.
Mastered at Sun Room Audio
Art by Connie Sgarbossa
Thanks: Boy Nirvana, Noah Jacques, Derek Pyle, Dana Lockwood, Chris Teti, Hampton/Sarah/Zack/Olesya, Michael Siebert, Mia Soza, Jordan Perkic, Perennial, Space Camp, Half Cloth, DRUG
credits
released August 25, 2017
Lyric references:
FLESH REBELS
"Pour old wine into a new bottle" - Marty Ehrlich
"Flesh rebels" - from John Adams' opera, "Nixon in China"
"Fresh beginnings for fresh sins" - from Britten's opera, "Peter Grimes"
"Tropical storms..." from John Adams' opera, "Nixon in China"
"The glory of God is a human fully alive" - St. Irenaeus
"Shake out the earth" - from John Adams' opera, "Nixon in China"
"Let the heart burst" - from John Adams' opera, "Nixon in China"
"Your phony Clash mania has bitten the dust" - from "London Calling" by The Clash
FRESH BEGINNINGS FOR FRESH SINS
"Fresh beginnigs..." - from Britten's opera, "Peter Grimes"
"Hey bloodsucker" - from "Damn Bloodsucker" by Jaks
"Life shouldn't be about putting up walls" - from "Walls" by Detonate
DIEGO GARCIA
"Diego Garcia" - the military black site in the Indian Ocean
"Our life was slow, food grew heavy in the sun" - Adrian Mitchell
"First they tried to shoot the dogs" - David Vine
RUST IN AUGUST
"Start spreading the news" - Sinatra's "New York, New York"
"These vagabond shoes are longing to stray" - Sinatra's "New York, New York"
"I made it here so I can make it anywhere" - Sinatra's "New York, New York"
"It seems to me that I am eating memories" - Baudelaire in "Un Hémisphere dans une chevelure"
WITCH DANCE
"A bird's heart still beating" - from Dvorak's opera, "Rusalka"
NUMBED MONOTONY
"How our picture frames are like the axis of the globe" - from "All Things Considered" by The Mad Conductor
INSTANTLY BLACK THE GOODNESS
"I cover it up with a laugh or two..." - from "It's No Use" by Silent Distortion
FORGET YOUR ENDLESS LONGING
"Out of love for the truth..." - Martin Luther
"I have held many things in my hands..." - Martin Luther
PSALM EXPLODER
"Like a fish cast out..." from Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle"
"Shake hands. Shut up. And walk up the mountain" - Charles Ives
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