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by Doomking

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/// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// I thought I heard a human voice on the pathway But it was nothing It was nothing As far as I could tell there was nobody there I saw no evidence of civilization way down there /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// ///
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/// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// Cold wind blowing over Alberta Becoming warm, traveling alone Sweeping past the homes, dark sense of foreboding Coursing through dim-lit eyes, waiting for something I was driving too fast over the hill I thought I saw a face on the side of the building I thought I saw a face inside the house /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// ///
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/// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// Calm and prostrate In the foul, foul creek In a tranquil watching state I do believe Unresigned and still Still as the moonlight And the roads that I drove upon Had crumbled and closed To the north there is a route I traveled in the summer And I witnessed everything Lingering between the stones At the bottom of the creeks bed Breathed by the trees and the atmosphere Petrified, and locked in a watching state Locked in a watching state /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// ///
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/// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// Distant horns War is in my heart /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// ///
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/// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// Soon Soon Soon the wave of thrashing bronze By the will of deathless gods I lay my head on ancient stone Far from the shores of my own home Haggard specters swirling down I'll join them soon Before the day lays to waste My body as it's torn away Before my sight begins to fade And the night closes in Did I lead us into ruin? Was I cursed beyond my mortal reach? Oh my desperate straits /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// ///

about

I wrote some songs in 2013. I always intended to record them properly, but they started to slip through the cracks once I moved. I felt I could not attain the appropriate volume which the songs demanded, fearing the neighbours would pound on their ceiling, or knock on my front door uninvited. However, these songs could no longer bear to be left unrecorded, and it started to feel a little unlawful. So now, recordings exist. I hope they delight you.

Love,
Jordan
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1. The One-Armed Man

Sometime in the early months of 2013 I was hiking some trails on the outskirts of Victoria. I started singing. I started to sing, "The One-Armed Man". In April 2016 I busted up my wrist. My doctor told me I should refrain from using it in any way, but instead I broke out the old Portasound keyboard and selected the glockenspiel tone. Because that's what rockers do.

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2. Former Inhabitants

In September 2013 I was hosting a house show and I really needed to have one more song ready. I was just getting used to my new surroundings in fernwood, but I was still hankering to write about cruising around in the Alberta winter.

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3. Almost Connected

In 2016, the pitch shifting option in logic sounded too cool with the Portasound brass tone.

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4. The Creek Near La Glace, AB

In May 2013 I moved all of my guitar amps musical equipment into a large basement near the outskirts of Grande Prairie, AB. I was starting to see the value in fuzzy, drop b guitar tuning. I went full basement-goblin style, huddling in the corner, strumming out lengthy, sustained chords. Didn't hear any complaints from the neighbors, I think they must like that kind of thing.

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5. Ogden Point at 11pm

There's literally weird sounds over there.

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6. Patroclus Fights and Dies

I wrote this one at the same time as "the creek", in a Grande Prairie basement. I was watching a distant lightning storm and reading the Iliad. This song is very inspired by the chapter of the same name.

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credits

released August 1, 2016

Performed and mixed by Jordan Soles
Mastered by Drew Harris

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