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Blood Harmony

by Blanky

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landingstripgirl Lives forever in my subliminal dreamscape, as it’s often stuck in head. Duet vocals tingle the points. Swaying to the beat as I write.
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doulghh Melancólico, calmo, mas intenso e barulhento nos momentos certos. Se countrygaze for um gênero de verdade, temos aqui um bom exemplar - 8/10. Favorite track: Girl.
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1.
Third Estate 02:27
2.
Run Baby 03:13
Run baby run all around. Run round in circles, til' you figure it out. Everything you need is with you right now. All that time that you hold dear. Waste it runnin' around. Dream baby dream all about. The people you might meet in another town. Dream baby dream all about the people you could be without me around.
3.
Every once in a while I want to go somewhere. Every once in a while I feel down. Every once in a while I want to be with you. Every once in a while I want to get out of town. Sometimes I want my friends to come over. Sometimes I want them to go home. Sometimes I want my friends to come over. Sometimes I just want to be alone. Every once in a while I want to be someone else. Every once in a while I feel down. Every once in a while I can't see myself. Every once in a while someone new comes to town. Sometimes I want my friends to come over. Sometimes I want them to go home. Sometimes I want my friends to come over. Sometimes I just want to be alone.
4.
You know I want to be the real thing. I guess I want more than a maybe. I always think I'll do it better than the person next to me., Hoped I'd be lookin' at the truest. But it's just a pile of glass. There's a lot of broken mirrors in my future and my past. I just want to be happy. Let my dreams be in the past. But every time I give 'em up they are worse when they come back. I'm alway lookin' in the mirror. To catch a slip-up in my act. I know it started with a reason. But it's ending in regret. Was always lookin' to the future. Was never sure who's lookin' back. There's a lot of broken mirrors in my future and my past.
5.
I wanna see you smile. I wanna be there when you come back for more. I wanna root for you when you're playin' away. I wanna love who you are after you've been alone. I wanna meet with you on a sunny day. Brace yourself for the pain you will endure. Brace yourself for the people you'll become. Brace yourself for being no one. Brace yourself for another day.
6.
When I'm not there you spend all your time daydreaming. You see the things we'd do without distance between us. When I'm not there you float in oblivion. If I were there you know we'd sure be having some fun. But doing things seems contingent on having a witness. When I'm not there your life's a void of existence. When I'm not there is it easy to feel weightless? If I don't see you, are you content with nothing changing? When I'm not there are you dwelling on what's missing? All the fun you'd be having with someone doing something. You'd have started something from nothing during those years of indifference. if i were there you'd have made some decision.
7.
You fell to your death in your baby's arms. I guess that's one way to get away. I came alive when I took my life, auctioned it off to some lazy straightaway. You fell apart when he went underground. Who he was by the ocean he is not in the plains. Half of my memories didn't happen. I've lived three lives; lost three lovers that I thought would never leave. If there's some sleeve of tricks out there somewhere it's been hidden well from me. You came undone when they went that other way. You clenched your teeth but he couldn't hold his tongue. I was a victim; they were a promised one. I was freer than a summer tryin' to hand over the keys. If there's some sleeve of tricks out there somewhere it's been hidden well from me.
8.
I only smile when I'm feeling uncomfortable. If I was smilin' then I probably wasn't feelin' good. If I don't talk it's 'cause I'm wanting you to pass me by. I've seen enough like you to know that I should let you slide but everyday I'm always smilin' while I keep on trying to find that blood harmony. I'm sorry that we never got to make it out. You were an optimist; there wasn't much to talk about. You thought we'd get it there together; it might just take forever. You thought the stars would line up but they just said whatever. Tonight our chances went out dancing but you and I are stayin' in.
9.
Always keepin' it simple. Always stretchin' my patience. Say I been doin' pretty good when they ask how my day's been. I move in one direction. I've got a destination. Yeah I know where I'm goin' I just can't explain it. Going somewhere in secret. Even though you can't see it. You just gotta trust me. I'm pretty sure it's real. Always takin' it easy. All the people that see me. They smile briefly and then walk away. You wonder where I'm goin. I wonder the same thing. When ya ask where the days went I say the best haven't came yet. Going somewhere in secret. Even though you can't see it. You just gotta trust me. I'm pretty sure it's real.
10.
I always think I'm somewhere that I'm not. I'm always wonderin' what I forgot. They let me out before I was taught. My fear is my friend when I'm with you. The future looked good from back then. I'm always wonderin' when you'll come through. I'm never really sure what I should do. I started dreamin' before I could talk. My fear's in the back seat all the time. This dream could end before it begins.
11.
In a year or two from now I won't remember most the places that we've been. I won't remember I never told you what I needed. I'll just think from then on you did me wrong. And I know the outcome that I wanted is way way back the other way but it's like I'm staring out the window and I can't step on the brakes. I know just what I want and I want to tell you everything but even with frequent updates it'd be too much to convey so I just say nothing. It's like it's something in the past; unlike something happening. It's impossible to change so I start preparing for the pain. And I know the outcome that I wanted is way way back the other way but it's like I'm staring out the window and I can't step on the brakes
12.
Girl 02:31
Girl that's new to town. Whatcha doin' hangin' around. Girl that's new to town, how's it feel to be so scene? Girl that's new to town. No one knows your name around. Girl that's new to town, don't you got a plan to leave? I been wantin' to ask you what you're all about. Been wanting to know what it's like to be what you want. I've been wanting to go somewhere new myself. Been thinkin' about being someone new that I'm not. Girl that's new to town. No one knows your name around, girl that's new to town how's it feel? Yeah how's it feel to be so scene?

about

Blanky's new record 'Blood Harmony' was recorded on a half inch reel-to-reel tape machine in various locations around Lawrence, Kansas during multiple sessions from December of 2021 to April of 2022. The intent was to embrace a lo-fi recording production and to emulate some of the style and intimacy captured on select enduring analog classics such as Charlie Megira's 'The Abtomatic Meisterzinger Mambo Chic', The Breeders' 'Pod', and Roland S. Howard's 'Teenage Snuff Film'. The process of recording live to tape allows for the inimitable chemistry of players, the uncontrollable variables of a busy household, and the sound of rooms, squeaking chairs and peripheral noise to be captured in a way that the contemporary digital norm just doesn't. We've always loved those small details encapsulated forever in our favorite albums and we think some of that charm has been captured on 'Blood Harmony'. The record is a snapshot in time of a band that regularly shifts its form and embraces the coming and going of members and collaborators. On 'Blood Harmony' the core of the band consists of songwriter and guitarist Anthony Cunard, drummer Max Smith, bass player Maxfiled Yoder and multi-instrumentalist Edward Madill. They're joined by a handful of friends and contributors including Adam Brisbin (Buck Meek, Sam Evian, Dig Nitty) on pedal steel, Santo Rizzolo (Jackson Pines) on auxiliary drums and percussion and Luke Annis on various brass instruments. The record was mixed by Julian Fader in NYC and mastered by Amar Lal.

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released December 15, 2022

Max Smith: Drums 3,5,7,8,10; Vocals 2,4,10
Maxfield Yoder: Bass 3,5,7,8,9
Edward Madill: Guitar 3,5,7,8,9; Synth 1
Santo Rizzolo: Drums 6,11
Adam Brisbin: Pedal Steel 4,7,10,11
Luke Annis: Trombone 3,11; Trumpet 3,11
Mixed by: Julian Fader
Audio Mastering: Amar Lal
Cover Painting: Ian Felice
Album Design: Claire Monroe

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