Pedro the Lion - Tall Pines (Live at The Crumb) @PedrotheLion

Pedro the Lion Listen/Buy:
Live at The Crumb - pedrothelion.ffm.to/live-at-the-crumb
Santa Cruz - pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

"Tall Pines" is taken from @PedrotheLion's new album 'Santa Cruz' and performed live for their digital EP 'Live at The Crumb' - out now via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFSVbbEwUJoDb7YtF6R8O-Qi
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFRgJiH5WSAm4as-Y2Y76Npe&si=wJK15drdQhkxOZ82

Filmed at The Crumb in Seattle, WA
Director of Photography: Chona Kasinger
Assistant: Ellanor Bazan
Audio Engineer: Andy D Park
Vocals & Drums: David Bazan
Electric Guitar & Backing Vocals: Erik Walters
Synth & Keyboard Bass: Rebecca Cole

Lyrics:
Riding in a moving truck again
Northern California dusk is barely hanging in
They need a music pastor at a church in Paradise
Here we come guys

Keeping my eyes wide open
For the long shadows
In the tall pines

Now what’s a winning twelfth grade girl want with a freshman
We took our shirts off in my bedroom, french kissing
Both lying to our parents

Keeping my eyes wide open
For the long shadows
In the tall pines

But it’s over now
I like it here anyway
Sunday church
Friends in the pews
What am I gonna do

Follow in my father’s footsteps
Or maybe music work I haven’t dreamt of yet
I hope it’s drumset

Keeping my eyes wide open
For the long shadows
In the tall pines

Dad waited til school let out
To confront his boss
For doing wrong
And it’s time to move again

#PedrotheLion #TallPines #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

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Pedro the Lion - Tall Pines (Live at The Crumb)

Pedro the Lion 2024-06-28 | Listen/Buy:
Live at The Crumb - pedrothelion.ffm.to/live-at-the-crumb
Santa Cruz - pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

"Tall Pines" is taken from @PedrotheLion's new album 'Santa Cruz' and performed live for their digital EP 'Live at The Crumb' - out now via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFSVbbEwUJoDb7YtF6R8O-Qi
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFRgJiH5WSAm4as-Y2Y76Npe&si=wJK15drdQhkxOZ82

Filmed at The Crumb in Seattle, WA
Director of Photography: Chona Kasinger
Assistant: Ellanor Bazan
Audio Engineer: Andy D Park
Vocals & Drums: David Bazan
Electric Guitar & Backing Vocals: Erik Walters
Synth & Keyboard Bass: Rebecca Cole

Lyrics:
Riding in a moving truck again
Northern California dusk is barely hanging in
They need a music pastor at a church in Paradise
Here we come guys

Keeping my eyes wide open
For the long shadows
In the tall pines

Now what’s a winning twelfth grade girl want with a freshman
We took our shirts off in my bedroom, french kissing
Both lying to our parents

Keeping my eyes wide open
For the long shadows
In the tall pines

But it’s over now
I like it here anyway
Sunday church
Friends in the pews
What am I gonna do

Follow in my father’s footsteps
Or maybe music work I haven’t dreamt of yet
I hope it’s drumset

Keeping my eyes wide open
For the long shadows
In the tall pines

Dad waited til school let out
To confront his boss
For doing wrong
And it’s time to move again

#PedrotheLion #TallPines #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

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“Modesto” on @kexp - full session out now!

Pedro the Lion 2024-10-30 | ...

Pedro the Lion - Taster (Live at The Crumb)

Pedro the Lion 2024-07-12 | Listen/Buy:
Live at The Crumb - pedrothelion.ffm.to/live-at-the-crumb
Santa Cruz - pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

"Taster" originally by @Grandaddy.

@PedrotheLion's new album 'Santa Cruz' - out now via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFSVbbEwUJoDb7YtF6R8O-Qi
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFRgJiH5WSAm4as-Y2Y76Npe&si=wJK15drdQhkxOZ82

Filmed at The Crumb in Seattle, WA
Director of Photography: Chona Kasinger
Assistant: Ellanor Bazan
Audio Engineer: Andy D Park
Vocals & Drums: David Bazan
Electric Guitar & Backing Vocals: Erik Walters
Synth & Keyboard Bass: Rebecca Cole

#PedrotheLion #Taster #Granddaddy #DavidBazan

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Pedro the Lion - Modesto (Live at The Crumb)

Pedro the Lion 2024-07-12 | Listen/Buy:
Live at The Crumb - pedrothelion.ffm.to/live-at-the-crumb
Santa Cruz - pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

"Modesto" is taken from @PedrotheLion's new album 'Santa Cruz' and performed live for their digital EP 'Live at The Crumb' - out now via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFSVbbEwUJoDb7YtF6R8O-Qi
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFRgJiH5WSAm4as-Y2Y76Npe&si=wJK15drdQhkxOZ82

Filmed at The Crumb in Seattle, WA
Director of Photography: Chona Kasinger
Assistant: Ellanor Bazan
Audio Engineer: Andy D Park
Vocals & Drums: David Bazan
Electric Guitar & Backing Vocals: Erik Walters
Synth & Keyboard Bass: Rebecca Cole

Lyrics:
Modesto isn’t boring like you thought it would be
Modesto it’s not bologna like you thought it would be
Modesto isn’t lonely like you thought it would be

At first I got a vacuum cleaner salesman job
For men I later recognized in Glengarry Glen Ross
I only sold one
She couldn’t afford it
She wrote out the check
And burst out sobbing

After work I hung out with my new church friends and traded stories
We decided I should quit and then we laughed and carried on til morning
Next day I got a part-time job at the local guitar store

Modesto isn’t boring like you thought it would be
Modesto it’s not bologna like you thought it would be
Modesto isn’t lonely like you thought it would be

I heard the perfect song at work today
Having asked if there were bands to see and spots to play
Jim said hell yeah then he handed me a tape

What I heard in my walkman headphones
Pacing by the speakers and PAs
Was a beautiful hilarious tragic mess
That sent tears streaming down my face
Grabbed me by the lapels, stood me up, and put a 4-track in my hand and told me son
Make all the messes you can manage to make

And move back to Seattle
Be the drummer in a band
There’s a girl from there that fridays on my lunch break
I write letters to
And I think she likes me too
And I'm gonna find out
I'm gonna go to bible college on my cousin’s dime
In my volvo wagon
Speeding up I-5

#PedrotheLion #Modesto #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

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“Tall Pines” live at The Crumb. #pedrothelion

Pedro the Lion 2024-07-11 | ...

Pedro the Lion - Spend Time (Live at The Crumb)

Pedro the Lion 2024-06-28 | Listen/Buy:
Live at The Crumb - pedrothelion.ffm.to/live-at-the-crumb
Santa Cruz - pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

"Spend Time" is taken from @PedrotheLion's new album 'Santa Cruz' and performed live for their new digital EP 'Live at The Crumb' - out now via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFSVbbEwUJoDb7YtF6R8O-Qi
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFRgJiH5WSAm4as-Y2Y76Npe&si=wJK15drdQhkxOZ82

Filmed at The Crumb in Seattle, WA
Director of Photography: Chona Kasinger
Assistant: Ellanor Bazan
Audio Engineer: Andy D Park
Vocals & Drums: David Bazan
Electric Guitar & Backing Vocals: Erik Walters
Synth & Keyboard Bass: Rebecca Cole

Lyrics:
Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the enemy

At college I started my own band
Then I dropped out to play shows
Found me a room where I live and rehearse
I'm pretty excited to see how it goes

Is what I would’ve said
To the cousins I love
At Christmas dinner when they asked me what I was up to
If I had courage left
Instead I told em I was teaching drumset

I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let myself let it in
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let myself

Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the enemy

Then when my mother pulled me aside
Looked me in the eye
Said why you saying that
You’re really doin the band
Don’t be ashamed of it

Back in my room
Drumming with Paul
He can rip it up like an animal
But when it when it was my turn
I couldn’t let go
Or get out of my head
Or into the flow

I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let myself let it in
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let myself

Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the enemy

#PedroTheLion #SpendTime #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

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Tickets for summer tour with @sqrrlflwr, @flockofdimesofficial & @DanielleDurackMusic on sale now.

Pedro the Lion 2024-06-13 | ...

Pedro the Lion - Teachers Pet [OFFICIAL AUDIO]

Pedro the Lion 2024-06-07 | Listen/Buy: pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

"Teacher's Pet" is taken from @PedrotheLion's new album 'Santa Cruz' - out June 7, 2024 via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFSVbbEwUJoDb7YtF6R8O-Qi

Lyrics:
All I know
I learned from failure
All I know
From eternally fuckin up
The teacher I go back to
Over and over

One more thing
All I know
I learned from wonder
All I know
From wandering in the darkness
But I won’t be overcome by it

How smart do I have to get
Before I'm allowed to graduate
Desperately I don’t wanna be
Teacher’s pet

Couldn’t focus on nothing
but drums and guitar
Couldn’t keep up with the homework
Dad tried keep me from falling too far
Said earn a 3.0 or wear a collared shirt
Wouldn’t dream of going all the way
But I still went too far with my girlfriend
Tell me you love promise you’ll stay
Treat me however you want then
I drove her mom's car without asking
Unlicensed I crashed it in traffic
I asked my friend to trade places
Cost all my savings
Years of payments

How smart do I have to get
Before I'm allowed to graduate
Honestly trying to give myself to this
Praying that I can get away with it
Desperately I don’t wanna be
Teacher’s pet

#PedrotheLion #TeachersPet #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

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Pedro the Lion - Tall Pines [OFFICIAL AUDIO]

Pedro the Lion 2024-06-07 | Listen/Buy: pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

"Tall Pines" is taken from @PedrotheLion's new album 'Santa Cruz' - out June 7, 2024 via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFSVbbEwUJoDb7YtF6R8O-Qi

Lyrics:
Riding in a moving truck again
Northern California dusk is barely hanging in
They need a music pastor at a church in Paradise
Here we come guys

Keeping my eyes wide open
For the long shadows
In the tall pines

Now what’s a winning twelfth grade girl want with a freshman
We took our shirts off in my bedroom, french kissing
Both lying to our parents

Keeping my eyes wide open
For the long shadows
In the tall pines

But it’s over now
I like it here anyway
Sunday church
Friends in the pews
What am I gonna do

Follow in my father’s footsteps
Or maybe music work I haven’t dreamt of yet
I hope it’s drumset

Keeping my eyes wide open
For the long shadows
In the tall pines

Dad waited til school let out
To confront his boss
For doing wrong
And it’s time to move again

#PedrotheLion #TallPines #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

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Substack: davidbazan.substack.com
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Bandcamp: pedrothelion.bandcamp.com

Pedro the Lion - Santa Cruz [OFFICIAL AUDIO]

Pedro the Lion 2024-06-07 | Listen/Buy: pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

"Santa Cruz" is taken from @PedrotheLion's new album 'Santa Cruz' - out June 7, 2024 via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFSVbbEwUJoDb7YtF6R8O-Qi

Lyrics:
First day of 8th grade
The stupidest backpack
Regretted it
As soon as I stepped out of the car
Neon green acid wash
To last me the whole year
I loved it in Phoenix at the mall with my Grandma
So I’ll never be cool here
It’s under the surface
With skaters and surfers
I crave an identity
That I can’t buy at Mervyn's
Escape to my headphones
But christian rock worship
Was starting to pale
To what I was immersed in
Magnetic vibrations
One with the weather
And the cold waves
A sea and a mountain
In their eroding embrace
Forever
Alone in my room with
A haunted religion
Wormwood and Screwtape
And a witch’s invitation
Tongues talking spirit
Kneeling to listen
A novel about demons
That christians weren’t missing
As kids we were taught
By the blood they can’t kill you
In this book they do
And I need to know what’s true
We live by the bible college
Dad had a job at
After school I would
Ride my bike to the Spot
Play ping pong with freshman
Just hit it all back
Don’t attack
They'll make mistakes
And start questioning everything
My folks went to school here
When they were just twenty
Started their romance
Waited til marriage
A shining example
Of what was expected
Allowed to have sex then
Can’t wait til I get there
Magnetic vibrations
One with the weather
And the cold waves
A sea and a mountain
In their eroding embrace
Forever

#PedrotheLion #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

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Pedro the Lion - Remembering [OFFICIAL AUDIO]

Pedro the Lion 2024-06-07 | Listen/Buy: pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

"Remembering" is taken from @PedrotheLion's new album 'Santa Cruz' - out June 7, 2024 via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFSVbbEwUJoDb7YtF6R8O-Qi

Lyrics:
In Seattle
Feeling settled for now
Got a guitar
On my lap on the couch
I hear piano
From my sister’s room
Dad wonders if I know how to tune

He doesn’t really play guitar
But he showed me several chords
So I could use em to write a song of my own

Remembering a good friend
From a couple towns ago
I sat trying to strum the chords
Started humming along

Feeling several emotions
That I usually try to avoid
Under the spell of your own sad song
Oh joy

Drumming in a band
Makin funny friends
Breathing oxygen
On the landline
Friend from Paradise
Is wondering if I'm

Just gonna disappear
And it hit me right then that I was
Told her I'm not proud of it
But I had to keep moving

#PedrotheLion #Remembering #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

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Pedro the Lion - Parting [OFFICIAL AUDIO]

Pedro the Lion 2024-06-07 | Listen/Buy: pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

"Parting" is taken from @PedrotheLion's new album 'Santa Cruz' - out June 7, 2024 via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFSVbbEwUJoDb7YtF6R8O-Qi

Lyrics:
Breakfast shift in the dish room
Sorting silverware
Through heavy tears
I missed a buzzer
The boss came back to scold me
Then he shifted gears
My family’s in a uhaul right now
Moving away from here
But I finally got some roots down
And I can’t leave senior year

I thought it would be different
I know we all did

Dreaming together again
Never knowing when it’s the last time

In several hefty garbage bags
I packed up my whole life
Loaded them with mom and I
For a rainy all day drive
Graduated yesterday
Said a hundred more goodbyes
You sweetly slept in the passenger seat
I gripped the wheel
Messed up inside

Dreaming together again
Never knowing when it’s the last time
Never knowing when it’s the last time

#PedrotheLion #Parting #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

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Pedro the Lion - Only Yesterday [OFFICIAL AUDIO]

Pedro the Lion 2024-06-07 | Listen/Buy: pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

"Only Yesterday" is taken from @PedrotheLion's new album 'Santa Cruz' - out June 7, 2024 via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFSVbbEwUJoDb7YtF6R8O-Qi

Lyrics:
Now you’re looking up
But that’s a very lonely decade in the rear view
And it feels like only yesterday

Still trying to shake it off
But memories have a way of sticking with
They ache like only yesterday

You try I know
But you haven’t found connection to hold on to
And it haunts you

So many places where you don’t belong
Can’t fight this feeling like you’re almost home
It won’t be long

You found a way to put it now
And your grief is not a burden, it’s energy
That burns like only yesterday
You got around to finding out
And you feel it more than ever
She’s the one for you
And she likes you too

So many places where you don’t belong
Can’t fight this feeling like you’re almost home
It won’t be long

A lighthouse and a satellite
Are making plans
Holding hands
Spinning wheels
I finally feel
Some sunlight on my face

#PedrotheLion #OnlyYesterday #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

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Pedro the Lion - Little Help [OFFICIAL AUDIO]

Pedro the Lion 2024-06-07 | Listen/Buy: pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

"Little Help" is taken from @PedrotheLion's new album 'Santa Cruz' - out June 7, 2024 via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFSVbbEwUJoDb7YtF6R8O-Qi

Lyrics:
Saw a new friend from church at the mall
Nervous he wouldn’t recall me
Bracing myself to feel invisible
That’s when he walked up and said something surprising
His mom said I could spend the night
Looking over at my folks
They said alright

Flipping through his dad’s LPs in his room
Recognized one from the movie
They showed us at camp about rock and roll
If you play it on reverse it says turn me on dead man
We got bored in no time
So we played the record forward and set the needle down

I couldn’t stop laughing
It’s my birthday too yeah

Treading water on the open ocean
Then you threw me out a life ring
All I needed was a little help from a friend

Back at my school feeling more like myself
Wandering the hallways in headphones
Singing along to the fool on the hill
That’s when this kid smirked
What are you doing
and do you wanna come surfing

Treading water on the open ocean
Then you threw me out a life ring
I was getting pretty used to drowning
All I needed was a godsend
All I needed was a little help from a friend

#PedrotheLion #LittleHelp #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

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Pedro the Lion - Itll All Work Out [OFFICIAL AUDIO]

Pedro the Lion 2024-06-07 | Listen/Buy: pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

"It'll All Work Out" is taken from @PedrotheLion's new album 'Santa Cruz' - out June 7, 2024 via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFSVbbEwUJoDb7YtF6R8O-Qi

Lyrics:
This won’t have to stay hidden forever
But it has to stay hidden for now
Maybe trading stories with a future friend

If I lay it down
And I keep my eyes on you
It’ll all work out

If I make myself friendly
If I put others needs before my own
Don’t let my heart be hardened

If I make myself friendly
Put others’ needs before my own
Don’t let my heart be hardened, Lord

#PedrotheLion #ItllAllWorkOut #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

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Here’s the #pedrothelion 1960’s #Slingerland set. Watch the full video on our channel. #drums

Pedro the Lion 2024-05-28 | ...

Pedro the Lion - 1960s Slingerland Drum Set (Rig Rundown)

Pedro the Lion 2024-05-24 | Hello friends, here’s a video where I talk about this very special 1960s Slingerland drum set that I’m honored and grateful to play.

White marine pearl finish / 20" bass drum / 12" rack tom / 16" floor tom

Our new album 'Santa Cruz' is out June 7, 2024 via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.

Listen/Buy: pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

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#PedrotheLion #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

Pedro the Lion - Dont Cry Now (Track Breakdown)

Pedro the Lion 2024-05-22 | Hello friends! Here’s a track breakdown of "Don't Cry Now" from our upcoming album 'Santa Cruz'!

"Don't Cry Now" taken from @PedrotheLion's upcoming album 'Santa Cruz' - out June 7, 2024 via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/watch?v=9Z-k7QO-x0U

Listen/Buy: pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

Lyrics:
If I don’t cry now
The trees’ll be sick
If I don’t cry now
The rocks will insist
I'm pretending to be someone else
If I don’t cry now

My sister and I snuck through the strange church office
Past the secretary’s desk
In her eyes I saw it
By “you poor kids” my face was set in a half smile
Having learned by now that frozen cheeks
Can sell my denial

If I don’t cry now
The trees’ll be sick
If I don’t cry now
The rocks will insist
I'm pretending to be someone else
If I don’t cry now

Watching the interstate go by
From the backseat window
Heart still soft
Eyes still wide
Head still on a swivel

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Pedro the Lion - Spend Time (Track Breakdown)

Pedro the Lion 2024-05-20 | Here’s a track breakdown of "Spend Time" from our upcoming album 'Santa Cruz'!

"Spend Time" taken from @PedrotheLion's upcoming album 'Santa Cruz' - out June 7, 2024 via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/watch?v=aBXtkiLy1B8

Listen/Buy: pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

Lyrics:
Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the enemy

At college I started my own band
Then I dropped out to play shows
Found me a room where I live and rehearse
I'm pretty excited to see how it goes

Is what I would’ve said
To the cousins I love
At Christmas dinner when they asked me what I was up to
If I had courage left
Instead I told em I was teaching drumset

I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let myself let it in
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let myself

Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the enemy

Then when my mother pulled me aside
Looked me in the eye
Said why you saying that
You’re really doin the band
Don’t be ashamed of it

Back in my room
Drumming with Paul
He can rip it up like an animal
But when it when it was my turn
I couldn’t let go
Or get out of my head
Or into the flow

I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let myself let it in
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let myself

Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the enemy

Follow Pedro The Lion:
Website: pedrothelion.com
Substack: davidbazan.substack.com
Twitter: twitter.com/pedrothelion
Instagram: instagram.com/pedrothelion
Facebook: facebook.com/pedrothelion
Bandcamp: pedrothelion.bandcamp.com

#PedrotheLion #SpendTime #TrackBreakdown #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

Pedro the Lion - Spend Time [OFFICIAL VISUALIZER]

Pedro the Lion 2024-05-09 | Listen/Buy: pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

"Spend Time" is taken from @PedrotheLion's upcoming album 'Santa Cruz' - out June 7, 2024 via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFSVbbEwUJoDb7YtF6R8O-Qi

Directed by Cody Cloud - codycloud.com

Lyrics:
Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the enemy

At college I started my own band
Then I dropped out to play shows
Found me a room where I live and rehearse
I'm pretty excited to see how it goes

Is what I would’ve said
To the cousins I love
At Christmas dinner when they asked me what I was up to
If I had courage left
Instead I told em I was teaching drumset

I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let myself let it in
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let myself

Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the enemy

Then when my mother pulled me aside
Looked me in the eye
Said why you saying that
You’re really doin the band
Don’t be ashamed of it

Back in my room
Drumming with Paul
He can rip it up like an animal
But when it when it was my turn
I couldn’t let go
Or get out of my head
Or into the flow

I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let myself let it in
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let it
I couldn’t let myself

Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the energy
Spend time with the enemy

#PedrotheLion #SpendTime #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

Follow Pedro The Lion:
Website: pedrothelion.com
Substack: davidbazan.substack.com
Twitter: twitter.com/pedrothelion
Instagram: instagram.com/pedrothelion
Facebook: facebook.com/pedrothelion
Bandcamp: pedrothelion.bandcamp.com

Pedro the Lion - Dont Cry Now [OFFICIAL VISUALIZER]

Pedro the Lion 2024-05-09 | Listen/Buy: pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

"Don't Cry Now" is taken from @PedrotheLion's upcoming album 'Santa Cruz' - out June 7, 2024 via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFSVbbEwUJoDb7YtF6R8O-Qi

Directed by Cody Cloud - codycloud.com

Lyrics:
If I don’t cry now
The trees’ll be sick
If I don’t cry now
The rocks will insist
I'm pretending to be someone else
If I don’t cry now

My sister and I snuck through the strange church office
Past the secretary’s desk
In her eyes I saw it
By “you poor kids” my face was set in a half smile
Having learned by now that frozen cheeks
Can sell my denial

If I don’t cry now
The trees’ll be sick
If I don’t cry now
The rocks will insist
I'm pretending to be someone else
If I don’t cry now

Watching the interstate go by
From the backseat window
Heart still soft
Eyes still wide
Head still on a swivel

#PedrotheLion #DontCryNow #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

Follow Pedro The Lion:
Website: pedrothelion.com
Substack: davidbazan.substack.com
Twitter: twitter.com/pedrothelion
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Facebook: facebook.com/pedrothelion
Bandcamp: pedrothelion.bandcamp.com

Two new songs coming this Thursday, May 9 @ 9 AM CT

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Let me tell you about the #PedrotheLion guitar. Watch the full video on our channel. #davidbazan

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Pedro the Lion - Santa Cruz (Vinyl Unboxing)

Pedro the Lion 2024-05-03 | Check out the fresh @PedrotheLion 'Santa Cruz' vinyl.
You can grab yourself a copy here: pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

Vinyl Variants
Polyvinyl Exclusive Early Bird: Cloudy Clear with Sky Blue & Pine Forest Green Splatters
Undertow Exclusive: Crystal Clear
Retail: Pine Forest Green

Our new album 'Santa Cruz' is out June 7, 2024 via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.

Produced by Andy D. Park & David Bazan
Lyrics by David Bazan
Music on all tracks written by David Bazan with Erik Walters & Andy D. Park
Track 5 music written with Andy Fitts
Track 7 music written with Charles Chace
Synth, drums, & vocals by David Bazan
Electric Guitar & backing vocals by Erik Walters
Bike by Sean Lane
Some keys on track 5 by Andy Fitts

Recorded, Mixed, & Mastered by Andy D. Park at The Crumb
Art Direction by Jesse LeDoux
Cover photos by David Bazan
Studio photo by Ryan Russell

Follow Pedro The Lion:
Website: pedrothelion.com
Substack: davidbazan.substack.com
Twitter: twitter.com/pedrothelion
Instagram: instagram.com/pedrothelion
Facebook: facebook.com/pedrothelion
Bandcamp: pedrothelion.bandcamp.com

#PedrotheLion #SantaCruz #DavidBazan #VinylUnboxing

Pedro the Lion - Meet Benny Davis (Rig Rundown)

Pedro the Lion 2024-05-02 | Let me tell you about the @PedrotheLion guitar.

My new album 'Santa Cruz' is out June 7, 2024 via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.

Listen/Buy: pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

Follow Pedro The Lion:
Website: pedrothelion.com
Substack: davidbazan.substack.com
Twitter: twitter.com/pedrothelion
Instagram: instagram.com/pedrothelion
Facebook: facebook.com/pedrothelion
Bandcamp: pedrothelion.bandcamp.com

#PedrotheLion #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

Pedro the Lion - Modesto (Track Breakdown)

Pedro the Lion 2024-04-26 | Here’s a run through of the song "Modesto" from our upcoming album 'Santa Cruz' where I isolate the different tracks (drums, synth bass, etc) and talk about certain aspects of making the song. Thanks for watching. I hope you have a really good day. - Dave

"Modesto" taken from @PedrotheLion's upcoming album 'Santa Cruz' - out June 7, 2024 via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/watch?v=OIJJBEBxUH0

Listen/Buy: pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

Lyrics:
Modesto isn’t boring like you thought it would be
Modesto it’s not bologna like you thought it would be
Modesto isn’t lonely like you thought it would be

At first I got a vacuum cleaner salesman job
For men I later recognized in Glengarry Glen Ross
I only sold one
She couldn’t afford it
She wrote out the check
And burst out sobbing

After work I hung out with my new church friends and traded stories
We decided I should quit and then we laughed and carried on til morning
Next day I got a part-time job at the local guitar store

Modesto isn’t boring like you thought it would be
Modesto it’s not bologna like you thought it would be
Modesto isn’t lonely like you thought it would be

I heard the perfect song at work today
Having asked if there were bands to see and spots to play
Jim said hell yeah then he handed me a tape

What I heard in my walkman headphones
Pacing by the speakers and PAs
Was a beautiful hilarious tragic mess
That sent tears streaming down my face
Grabbed me by the lapels, stood me up, and put a 4-track in my hand and told me son
Make all the messes you can manage to make

And move back to Seattle
Be the drummer in a band
There’s a girl from there that fridays on my lunch break
I write letters to
And I think she likes me too
And I'm gonna find out
I'm gonna go to bible college on my cousin’s dime
In my volvo wagon
Speeding up I-5

Follow Pedro The Lion:
Website: pedrothelion.com
Substack: davidbazan.substack.com
Twitter: twitter.com/pedrothelion
Instagram: instagram.com/pedrothelion
Facebook: facebook.com/pedrothelion
Bandcamp: pedrothelion.bandcamp.com

#PedrotheLion #Modesto #TrackBreakdown #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

Recording the synth part on “Modesto.” #pedrothelion #modesto #santacruz

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“Modesto” isn’t lonely like you thought it would be…. #davidbazan #modesto #pedrothelion #indie

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Pedro the Lion - Modesto [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

Pedro the Lion 2024-04-02 | Listen/Buy: pedrothelion.ffm.to/santa-cruz

"Modesto" is taken from @PedrotheLion's upcoming album 'Santa Cruz' - out June 7, 2024 via @PolyvinylRecords + @bsmrocks.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHViXH2XeFSVbbEwUJoDb7YtF6R8O-Qi

Directed by Cody Cloud - codycloud.com

Lyrics:
Modesto isn’t boring like you thought it would be
Modesto it’s not bologna like you thought it would be
Modesto isn’t lonely like you thought it would be

At first I got a vacuum cleaner salesman job
For men I later recognized in Glengarry Glen Ross
I only sold one
She couldn’t afford it
She wrote out the check
And burst out sobbing

After work I hung out with my new church friends and traded stories
We decided I should quit and then we laughed and carried on til morning
Next day I got a part-time job at the local guitar store

Modesto isn’t boring like you thought it would be
Modesto it’s not bologna like you thought it would be
Modesto isn’t lonely like you thought it would be

I heard the perfect song at work today
Having asked if there were bands to see and spots to play
Jim said hell yeah then he handed me a tape

What I heard in my walkman headphones
Pacing by the speakers and PAs
Was a beautiful hilarious tragic mess
That sent tears streaming down my face
Grabbed me by the lapels, stood me up, and put a 4-track in my hand and told me son
Make all the messes you can manage to make

And move back to Seattle
Be the drummer in a band
There’s a girl from there that fridays on my lunch break
I write letters to
And I think she likes me too
And I'm gonna find out
I'm gonna go to bible college on my cousin’s dime
In my volvo wagon
Speeding up I-5

#PedrotheLion #Modesto #SantaCruz #DavidBazan

Follow Pedro The Lion:
Website: pedrothelion.com
Substack: davidbazan.substack.com
Twitter: twitter.com/pedrothelion
Instagram: instagram.com/pedrothelion
Facebook: facebook.com/pedrothelion
Bandcamp: pedrothelion.bandcamp.com

Pedro The Lion (SOLO) - Wolves At The Door Live in Studio

Pedro the Lion 2020-10-25 | Taken from a Twitch Livestream broadcast from Seattle WA on October 9, 2020.
Written and performed by David Bazan
With Sean Lane on bike
Live video effects by Terence Ankeny

The Original version of "Wolves At The Door" appears on the David Bazan album "Strange Negotiations."

Pedro The Lion (SOLO) - Hard To Be Live in Studio

Pedro the Lion 2020-10-25 | Taken from a Twitch Livestream broadcast from Seattle WA on October 9, 2020.
Written and performed by David Bazan
Live video effects by Terence Ankeny

The Original version of "Hard to Be" appears on the David Bazan album "Curse Your Branches"

David Bazan + Passenger String Quartet : Live Lincoln Hall / Chicago 11.16.2014

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Of Up and Coming Monarchs

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Pedro The Lion: May 2018 Tour!

Pedro the Lion 2018-04-25 | PEDRO THE LION ON TOUR // May 2018
with special guest David Dondero

May 8 : Vancouver BC - Biltmore Cabaret
May 9 : Portland OR - Revolution Hall
May 11 : Sacramento CA - Harlow's
May 12 : San Francisco CA - The Independent
May 13 : Oakland CA - Starline
May 14 : Los Angeles CA - Teragram Ballroom
May 15 : Los Angeles CA - Moroccan Lounge
May 17 : Solana Beach CA - Belly Up Tavern
May 18 : Phoenix AZ - The Crescent Ballroom
May 20 : Denver CO - Bluebird Theatre
May 21 : Fort Collins CO - Washington's
May 22 : Salt Lake City UT - Urban Lounge
May 23 : Boise ID - Neurolux
May 24 : Missoula MT - Top Hat
May 26 : George WA - Sasquatch Music Festival

BUY TICKETS:
pedrothelion.com/tour

Pedro the Lion - February 2018 Tour - Trailer #2

Pedro the Lion 2018-02-05 | PEDRO THE LION // FEBRUARY 2018 TOUR
with special guest Marie/Lepanto

BUY TICKETS:
pedrothelion.com/news/2017/12/5/pedro-the-lion-2018-tour

Feb 8 : St Louis MO - Old Rock House
Feb 9 : Kansas City MO - Record Bar
Feb 10 : Tulsa OK - The Vanguard
Feb 12 : Dallas TX - Trees
Feb 13 : Austin TX - Mohawk
Feb 14 : Houston TX - Rockefeller's
Feb 16 : New Orleans LA - One Eyed Jacks
Feb 17 : Birmingham AL - Saturn
Feb 18 : Gainesville FL - High Dive
Feb 19 : Orlando FL - The Social
Feb 21 : Carrboro NC - Cat's Cradle
Feb 22 : Atlanta GA - Terminal West
Feb 23 : Nashville TN - Exit/In

David Bazan : vocals + bass
Erik Walters : guitar + backing vocals
Sean Lane : drums
Abbey Simmons : tour manager + merch
Terry Mattson : sound engineer
Terence Ankeny : lighting director

Video:
Filmed and edited by Bandon Vedder
Audio mix by Chris Colbert

Pedro the Lion - February 2018 Tour - Trailer #1

Pedro The Lion Live Stream

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