“I’ve been waiting for this record to come out for years, ever since I saw this band open for The Casket Lottery reunion show in San Diego. The album is exactly what I hoped it would be—an irreverent collection straddling the “post” of “post-hardcore.” Songs like “Enter Skramz Band” are what At The Drive-In probably would have sounded like if they hadn’t veered into a more commercial direction (no judgment, that shit was tight too). That clean edge dissipates at times to bring out some more chaotic and urgent Ten Grand-like shapes. Overall, this is one of the best new records I’ve heard in years. If this band breaks up instead of making new music, I will riot.” –Theresa W.
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lyrics
HEADS ON STICKS
We are bookkeepers
We travel the domain
We’re true believers
We notice missing grain
The trains ain’t coming
To save your greedy clan
Best get to running or we’ll bum-rush you right where you stand
Puffin’ on Contraband
We have a teacher
A book to guide our hand
A fearless leader
We preach across the land
The trains ain’t coming
To take your party home
Get gas and gun it through the heat, secret police’s zone
Bumpin’ To Each His Own
Aw here it comes
Aw here it comes
The trains ain’t coming
We put you on the map
So use your cunning or become another on the stack
Hope you’re all good with that
You all got waylaid
We peacefully beat on
Pray or say “Mayday!”
Just like you’re Mao Zedong
Those trains won’t save you
You people made your choice
Bulldozers pave you make a way through all that’s un-destroyed
Sorry about the noise
Sorry about the noise
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