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Take 2.1 (2022 Mix)
04:03
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Think I'm falling in deep again
Back into that old state of mind
Now I'm losing sleep again
How long's it been, I've been losing time
Since I've come back to this dream again
Words flow through my head like neon signs
Take me through and among the stars and
Define me all over again
Don't see another wasted year
This time i feel it's going my way
Maybe morning's coming soon
To call me back awake
Voice is guiding me through the night
To a place where we can't be seen
Such a pretty face inside
Think you should hear it from me
For the first time ever
Things come together for me
Maybe I'll look back
At all the uncertainty
And look in the mirror
And see who I've wanted to be
For the first time ever
It all comes together
And it's all because of you and your words
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Trust '22
03:48
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It's time for me to go
I'll talk you through your
Hardships and heartaches
And we'll wait for hours
While you lay here
Leaning into me
It's that time, full of conflict
And feelings of uncertainty
And losing track
Of the answers that I thought I'd found
I adore this city but it's bringing me down
Just like LCD when he was around
And soon enough this will all be
A faraway dream
And I promise to never forget how this feels
The sky is fading and it kills me
The thought that I'll never feel this way again
Do you remember
The time we spent getting high on
Something that we'll never know
Or care about 'cause we lived in the moment
Would you believe that was only yesterday
I'm still lost in the memory
'Cause I know that soon it will be distant
I adore this city but it's bringing me down
Just like James back when he was still around
And soon enough this will all be a faraway dream
And the sun fell but it's still hitting me
Just as hard now as it ever will
And trust me when I say that I'll love it this time while I can
Now we'll watch as
The city lights fade out from view
For the last time now
And the next time I arrive
I'll feel absent of you
The next time I arrive I'll feel absent of you
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3. |
Apologetic (2022 Mix)
03:14
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I wish I'd have said sorry
When it was deserved
I don't know why I say it
Anymore but it doesn't matter now
'Cause I've found someone
And I've moved on from myself
At least that's what I say these days
Stealing things to say
When I think I'm feeling something
And it's worth taking from someone
That's said it better than I ever could
How many times
Have I said that I don't know
It's been so long and I still can't find
Anything new to say to you
I'm sorry for these things I've said
But never put to use
I guess a million apologies
Won't meet the worth of time with you
I wish I understood how to
Trust myself with someone else
But all I can do anymore
Is find some new excuse
But I'll find a way
To believe the things you way
Sometimes it's hard to accept
That there might be someone here
Worth living for
I'll find a new soundtrack
For the countless hours spent away
From the only one that matters
Help me make it through today
How many times
Can I lean on these trends
I've spent far too long avoiding
All these things I'll never fix
I'm sorry for the months I've wasted
Hiding from the truth
I guess a million apologies
Won't meet the worth of honesty
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4. |
Distant (2022 Mix)
03:02
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Doesn't it all sound the same
I guess we'll just never change
Something will fall in our way
No surprise
The distance is breaking me down
And the wind's all that keeps me here
And the feeling of the ground beneath me
Is all that's real
It was like the world was on fire
And left you lying on your own
Watching the sky burn above you
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5. |
Aside (2022 Mix)
01:25
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6. |
Soft Siren (2022 Mix)
04:29
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Cute thing
With a mermaid's voice
And a scarecrow's limbs
I'll give you what you want
If you'll only ask for more
Worry me
With your room to breathe
And your ocean's hair
You've got me where you want
Show me who you are
Spinning under
A spotlight sky
Speaking in tongues
Tell me not to cry
Keep me dry
Under rainy skies
Pale bright eyes
I just need you to say
I'll be here to stay
Because you care
Because you know me
This is more than human
Fall under a deep sea
Carry me away
Beyond the sands and waves
To leave the hurt away
We can hide away
Spinning into
Another light
Underneath the bridge
High over again
Carry me away
Beyond the sands and waves
To leave the hurt away
We can hide away
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It's time for me to go
I'll talk you through your
Hardships and heartaches
And we'll wait for hours
While you lay here
Leaning into me
It's that time, full of conflict
And feelings of uncertainty
And losing track
Of the answers that I thought I'd found
I adore this city but it's bringing me down
Just like LCD when he was around
And soon enough this will all be
A faraway dream
And I promise to never forget how this feels
The sky is fading and it kills me
The thought that I'll never feel this way again
Do you remember
The time we spent getting high on
Something that we'll never know
Or care about 'cause we lived in the moment
Would you believe that was only yesterday
I'm still lost in the memory
'Cause I know that soon it will be distant
I adore this city but it's bringing me down
Just like James back when he was still around
And soon enough this will all be a faraway dream
And the sun fell but it's still hitting me
Just as hard now as it ever will
And trust me when I say that I'll love it this time while I can
Now we'll watch as
The city lights fade out from view
For the last time now
And the next time I arrive
I'll feel absent of you
The next time I arrive I'll feel absent of you
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10. |
Hazel (2020 Demo)
02:22
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11. |
Beside You (2019 Demo)
02:13
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12. |
Free (2022 Mix)
04:43
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I thank you for today
But I guess I'd better go
Intrigue is running thin
Nothing has to be for certain
But I feel it's time
Am I ready to move beyond you
A forty-day season
With a winter all the while
To last into the years to come
A new dawn bleeds in
From beneath the smokescreen
A reminder of the energy
Lost in the heat
Gone are the days
When I would love to be
With and just like you
I am free
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13. |
Steady Hands (2022 Mix)
03:50
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What did I want from you
You gave it all to me
All I ever asked you gave away like a dream
But still, it was wrong
Something was gone
We couldn’t outlast the ones with nothing at loss
And the silence was crushing you
There’s no one to tell me I’m wrong
And anxiety was nothing
But a force to tear us apart
All I owe you
Is all I am
You wrote it all to me
I never understood
I left so much to give
For everything you had
And everything
That fell into place
Is falling apart at last
I’ll be coming clean
Leaving lies behind
Our identities
Change with passing time
And some things are hard to define
I doubt we’ll ever know why
We only had to believe
And everything was clear to see
What did I want from you
You gave it all to me
All I ever asked you gave away like a dream
But still, it was wrong
Something was gone
We couldn’t outlast the ones with nothing at loss
And the silence was crushing you
There’s no one to tell me I’m wrong
And anxiety was nothing
But a force to tear us apart
All I owe you
Is all I am
All I owe you
Is all I am
How much can you take
Before you cave in
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14. |
Spiral (2022 Mix)
06:13
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And if you ever let this feeling fade
You just may get your chance to start again
The door has closed on your time
What's in your heart
But did you waste it
Did you find your answer
Are you any better off
Or closer to peace
Why have you run back
To all your old vices
Was it worth losing your precious breath
Was it worth losing it all
Body earthbound
I'm tied to the ground
And buried beneath
The forest around me
Life fills the land
As I'm too weak to stand
You won't understand
That I'm unable
And you can't stand me
When I'm unstable
The season is over
And all I've become
The sum of these lies
When the day is done
It's too late to run
It's too late to run
And still life goes on
Your wings will melt beneath the sun
Spiraling down from the peak of a bridge
Into the deepest ocean's trench
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15. |
Sentimental (2022 Mix)
02:32
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I have let you fall
But I won't lose it all
I won't die for this
Why have we come to this
I was selfish
But time is priceless
I won't waste it
Trying to change it
'Cause I can't change this
Or make it right
Tearing out a page
Rip out a chapter
It's unfortunate
The passion's only
Echoing around
Into the deep below
And nothing lasts forever
This I know, it can't be helped
And it's my fault
But I know that
It's what's best
In the end
Here I'm alone now
The choice was always here
But it takes more bravery
Than I could manage
All those days or years ago
Scanning over pictures
And the poetry of what's left for me
How lucky was I then
When I had and loved it all
More than you or I could ever know anymore
Lying on my own now
As the sky's alight again
And the irony is tangible
More so than what's left
That we can feel
I'll start again
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Fragile (2022 Mix)
03:00
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I won’t lie to you
But if you want me to
I’ll never let you past the face
That I put on for you
I told you I would give
You just what you wanted
And so I’ve only asked for more
So tell me
Why are we so far apart
Softly let me in to control
Your fragile heart
I’ll be gentle
As I know how to be
This dishonesty
Won’t let me off easy
To tell you the truth
It shouldn’t bother you
But how can you tell when I have never
Said it all before
I can’t be here for you always
But I can try
To make up the time
But I may have to lie
So tell me
Why are we so far apart
Softly let me in to control
Your fragile heart
I’ll be gentle
As I know how to be
This dishonesty
Won’t let you get to me
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17. |
Relapse (2022 Mix)
02:04
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Take me back
Just take me back
I'm not fit for these days
I'm a weight on this world
So take me back
Just take me back
A shock of blue
In a sky only looking
For it's night
So take me back
Just take me back
Take me away
Take me somewhere nice
Somewhere better than here and now
Take me back
Take me back
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Life goes on
So easy to let go
Love will pass
All these highs could never last
It's no one's fault
But you're to blame
When I get caught
In this old game
What is it you have to lose to understand
Why it didn't mean a thing to me to comprehend
That it doesn't really matter now
And that we're all
So devoid of all conviction
As to let ourselves rest in pain
Resentment rides
On waves of stone
And icy blades
And cold steel thorns
To let you down
Like we all deserve
Such a cutthroat world
We're made to serve
And caring means patience
When time has run low
To let you move on
I may have to let go
To take back the times
That I admit to have loved
And all that we made
All that you made for me
What is it you have to lose to understand
Why it didn't mean a thing to me to comprehend
That it doesn't really matter now
And that we're all
So devoid of all conviction
As to let ourselves rest in pain
What is it I'd love to lose, love to forget
So that it won't mean a thing to me to comprehend
That it doesn't have to matter now
And that I'm not
So devoid of all conviction
As to let myself rest in pain
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Skyrise (2022 Mix)
02:06
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It's harder than you know
To live out these days
And let the grey skies go
But I'm content
Waiting for another skyrise
To guide me home
Only for a minute
I escape
I disappear
I'm none of your concern
Only for a night
I fall away
Fall out of the spiral
Out of the decay
It takes more strength than you know
To live out the day
And let the connections die
But I'm content
Waiting for another star's life
To take me away
Only for tonight
I understand
I forget
It's none of my concern
Only for the night
I'll be away
Fall into the moon above
Into the morning sky
Confessions never made
Confessions never heard
Beauties never made clear
And flaws that drown us out
Drown us in our doubt
Never loved and lost so truly
As when I was young
But we can start again
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22. |
Less Than Human '22
04:58
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Ordinary (2022 Mix)
03:16
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Just talk to me
I'm always here
In case you need a friend
It may be rare
But I can offer
Things I can't explain
Something conflicting
Misunderstood
We all take flight sometimes
I've got something
In my hand
That'll help us through these nights
You don't have to be alone
It's simpler than you know
Something all so ordinary
Will be there when you're low
You may not always need me here
I'm not your closest friend
But distantly I may still watch
When all your world breaks in
Perfectly normal
You understand
We all take flight sometimes
I've got something
In my hand
To help you through these times
You don't have to be alone
It's simpler than you know
Something all so ordinary
Will be there when you're low
We'll be there when you're low
We'll be there when you're low
Be patient, take it slow
You'll never be alone
The time won't let you go
I'll be there when you're low
We'll be there when you're low
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I need another reason
To stay around
When all the world
Will tear us apart
Don't you want
To close your eyes
And leave it all behind
I need another reason
To let you inside
When all you've done
Is shut me out
Don't you think
Some love could change
This world that takes
The selves we make
There's no one else in this life
More worth living for
Don't you care and understand
Everything that we've done for you
All we ever manage
Is a deathly spiral
In the hopes that
We'll all make it out someday
Pretend that you're moving on
And you'll be okay
I need another reason
To live in today
To look ahead
Shut the past away
When all that surrounds me
Is this dense air of dread
There's no one else in this life
More worth living for
Don't you care and understand
Everything that we've done for you
And there's no one here to listen
When you're crying out for saving
And there's no one here to care
There's no one here to listen
When you're crying for redemption
And there's no one here to care
When you've found your way back home
Do you think you're ready
To give up your life for this
In your empty joy
Empathy's another life away
All you need's a chance
To break away
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Hysterics (2022 Mix)
04:05
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Another year passes by
Half as much of my life
And I find myself awake
Just as if it's worth my time
And the nights never fail to reveal
This pathetic desperation
That I can't help but laugh at
When it takes its piece of me
Take your hysterics with you
When you're gone
They're unwanted
In this home
You don't have
To live like this
Don't let yourself
Settle for less
When the daylight rises
I'll think that I'm redeemed
But the night's still on the horizon
Steady approaching me
And it never fails to remind me
Of this pathetic fear of mine
And I find it so hard forgetting
That it's taken its piece of me
Take your hysterics with you
When you're gone
They're unwanted
In this home
You don't have
To live like this
Don't let yourself
Settle for less
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Have you been awake all this time
Is there a way to put this all into words
Will I make it to the end this time
We're not the type to understand how it works
Was there a time when I never cared
Or wanted something more than fiction
Was there a time before I was found
When I was something less than human
No one has to know
Who we are
I'm not sure who I am
In your arms
There's something in the way
I'm paralyzed
Turn and look away
Don't trust my eyes
Have you been dreaming all this time
Is there a way to make you understand
Will I make it out once again
You're not the type to know who I am
Was there a time when I'd given up
And wished all the world to get over
Was there a time before I was found
When I was never more than sober
No one has to know
Who we are
Reasons I should stay here
In your arms
Fear is rushing back
Your heart is high
Imperfect I abandon
My disguise
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27. |
Ephemeral (2022 Mix)
02:43
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You tell me it's so far away
And you're not ready
It doesn't have to mean a thing
Cause I'll still be here
As long as we're under this sky
We're still together
And when you're close enough
You'll find it never mattered
Just sit here and breathe with me
Let me reach you across the sea
Worlds can't tear us apart
Only the love will hold out
Tell us what we need to hear
Truth is ephemeral now
Help us deny all of our fears
We're better off without them
Misled in all the greatest ways
Words are the method to your scars
Let's conceal them all the same
Never let them fall apart
Just sit here and breathe with me
Let me reach you across the sea
Worlds will tear us apart
Love can't always hold out
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28. |
Beside You (2022 Mix)
04:44
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Seated just out of my peripheral vision
So I have to turn my head
To get a glimpse of the magnet force
That reeled me in so quickly
Loosen the reins
Let us roam free
Like the curious creatures
We're meant to be
Hear me when I say it was worth it in the end
Someday I'll tell you my story
Someday we might just be friends
Someday we'll fall in each other's path
Collide like the world at the end
I think I wanna know about you
And I think I care about you
And I want to be beside you
I want you to know you're loved
Like you deserve
Oh you said you think I'm alright
Well I think of you just the same
What a nice little formality
The clever little games we play
Freely associating thoughts
Running through my head
Like the waves along a sea that never ends
I'll write you all my life story
So we can be what I think is friends
Someday we'll take our separate ways
Let's make the best of now while we can
I want you in my life story
Cause I think you need more than a friend
I'll make sure we never have to part
Together until the end
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29. |
Homely Bliss (2022 Mix)
05:11
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Do you think it's time
To leave it all behind
And take it from the start
Do you think we're ready
And stable enough
Or will we only fall apart
We're something to be proud of
Walking in the back of
A hero's triumphant kiss
We've got a little home
A story to call our own
In each other a homely bliss
I know it's hard
Believe me, I don't understand myself
But I want to know you
I want to help you know yourself
Do you think it's right
To step into the light
Or will it blind me again
Can't waste all my time
On if it's wrong or right
To look past a lonely night
I'll take another chance
Looks like I'll never learn
What's worth putting up a fight
False promises
Never to be forgiven
But we can pretend to forget
I know it's hard
Believe me, I don't understand myself
But I want to know you
I want to help you know yourself
I know it's lonely
Believe me, I understand it all too well
But I want to love you
I want to help you love yourself
I don't know myself
I don't know you anymore
It's put me all through hell
But what have I been searching for
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And if I lose myself
Won't you promise
To let me find you again
Let me sit with you
At the edge of the world
And look out into the stars
Ahead into our future
A sea that never ends
You just don't see it yet
Follow me into the dark
Rub your eyes and look again
All the colors will show themselves
From deep into my heart
As we start over again
I can't take this from you
It's my job to advise you
And yours to despise me
I have to let you down
My wall is up against you
And you can't get a word in
I can't let you in my head
It's my pleasure
In my attrition
And all these things you've said
Fall out of me
Lost in indecision
So tell me why
You only ever catch my heart
When we're all too far apart
And tell me why
You only ever call my name
When I've given up
And tell me why
You always seem to catch my eye
In a dream and leave me to cry
And tell me why
It never feels the same
When I'm trying my hardest to daydream
You're not alone anymore
Don't concern yourself
With what you can't control
There's no time in this life
To wonder what went wrong
When you can't make it right
So tell me why
You only ever catch my heart
When we're all too far apart
And tell me why
You only ever call my name
When I've given up
And tell me why
You always seem to catch my eye
In a dream and leave me to cry
And tell me why
It never feels the same
When I'm trying my hardest to daydream
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It's hard to imagine you in anyone's arms
But it's harder to imagine you with anyone else
Do I wanna hear what you have to say
I may not like your answer anyway
Do I wanna face the truth again
Has it really been so long since the last time
Take my love
Don't take it away
It's got a heart of it's own
And it doesn't want to lose you
Hey, don't take
My love away
Hold me close and gently
Cause I'm always fragile around you
Take my love
Don't take it away
In the cold winter weather
Let me warm up beside you
Hey, don't take
My love away
Just give me a chance
It's hard to think that you might be just like me
But never willing to take it further than a memory
Do I wanna know what's in your head
Do you really listen to your heart
I don't know what I want anymore
But I know it's something to do with you again
Take my love
Don't take it away
It's got a heart of it's own
And it doesn't want to lose you
Hey, don't take
My love away
Hold me close and tightly
Cause I'm always softer around you
Take my love
Don't take it away
In the cold winter weather
Let me warm up beside you
Hey, don't take
My love away
Just give me one more chance
Please don't let me feel this love alone
I just can't let go, it's been so long and lonely
I don't think I know where I belong
And I just can't let go, I know I'm wrong
It's hard to take when I hear you call my name
When I know it's just another bored and lonely day
Will you ever let me in your heart
We can take it all back from the start
I'd give up anything, I'd give up all I own
To see you smile gently in my arms
Take my love
Don't take it away
It's got a heart of it's own
And it doesn't want to lose you
Hey, don't take
My love away
Hold me close and tightly
Cause I'm always softer around you
Take my love
Don't take it away
In the cold winter weather
Let me warm up beside you
Hey, don't take
My love away
Just give me a chance
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32. |
Lonely Union (2022 Mix)
03:14
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Time won't change some life in us
The way it changes what it makes
And what is made, the words that break it
All for one in lonely union
Simple as it is
To slip into unconsciousness
You have to live a volunteer
To make it worth the blood and tears
Yesterday will find its way
Into tomorrow anyway
And all tomorrow's loving
Gentle tears resolve the past-gone fear
If only we could open up their eyes
But they don't want to change
And it's okay if they aren't satisfied
We'll never change their minds
It shouldn't matter much to us
We're all together anyway
As far as that may be
It's still enough for you and me
We found a new start
And though we all are worlds apart
There's still a chance we'll find ourselves
And each other in our entropic love
Worlds apart within this world
Crushing distance tears apart
The ones that live inside us all
That search for others like them
A lonely soul is only disenchanted with the company they know
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Take me away into this world
Over the edge we once would roam
Waking up alone again
Ringing all around my head
In the end it's all the same
Cause I can't let you go
I won't beg you to stay
But I won't fade away
Gentle now
I'd give you anything
To see you smile
And take this love from me
Feel me now
Take what's left of me
I'd give you every first time
If it meant we'd last forever
So don't leave me behind
I know it's not meant to be
Us together
Why should I have to let you go
Why do you make me lose control
Feels like I only ever run in circles
Every time I break down again
I'll let you go
It's hard but it's for the better
I'll let you go
I'll be the best pretender
Until then I know
That things will work out for the better
I'll wear the facade
And lie to the mirror
All my life
To find you again
To find you again
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Prologue (2020 Demo)
04:31
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Stopping Clocks Aiken, South Carolina
The only band in Aiken, SC
www.youtube.com/@SleeperClique
Stopping Clocks recommends:
Member of Stopping Clocks, makes hypnagogic-type songs that sound like vignettes of natural landscapes
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Mice Seeing You
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Sibling of Outings, most recent project is warm and comforting instrumental electronic psychedelia
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Quality singer-songwriter from our local scene, one of the best drummers I know too
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Every Bird Ever [Album]
by Ilithios
The new record from Brooklyn indie group Ilithios is full of big-hearted songs with the hooks to match.
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Shoegaze and soft psychedelia hold hands on this mellow Canadian release which features some subtly great lead guitar.
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featured on Bandcamp Radio Jul 14, 2015
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