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Band
Dave Anthony - drums
Neville L’Green - bass
Jimmy Leahey - guitar
Anna Anderson - keys
Crew
Dave Macarone - Producer / Editor
Josh Dyke - Technical Director / Camera
Cheryl Muller - Camera
Caleb Muller - Camera
Emma Muller - Camera
Calle Macarone - Set Design
Caroline Hamm - Hair and Makeup
Rick Mroz - Builder
Taylor Lee - Catering and Hosting
Watch the full “Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Record-Release Special" - lnk.to/EstherSpecial
Band
Dave Anthony - drums
Neville L’Green - bass
Jimmy Leahey - guitar
Anna Anderson - keys
Crew
Dave Macarone - Producer / Editor
Josh Dyke - Technical Director / Camera
Cheryl Muller - Camera
Caleb Muller - Camera
Emma Muller - Camera
Calle Macarone - Set Design
Caroline Hamm - Hair and Makeup
Rick Mroz - Builder
Taylor Lee - Catering and Hosting
As an art student at The Cooper Union in New York, Monique Auito, of The Welcome Wagon, passed the lonely hours in her studio listening to the calming crackle of cassette tapes her grandmother, Esther, had sent on which she’d recorded herself reading the bible. As a young mother, Monique had flown home from her grandmother’s funeral with a treasure trove of old magazine clippings, wrapping paper scraps, and invitations sent more than half a century before. Now, with her grandmother’s cassettes playing in the background, Monique began using pieces from this collection to create large-scale collages, beautiful, evocative, and almost haunting in their pastiche of the past. “Using the music as a starting point, I wove together any objects on hand that fit with the chords, the vision, the melody, the spirit of the songs,” says Monique, whose paintings provide the artwork for The Welcome Wagon's new album. Her grandmother, Esther, gave the album its name.
In this recording, Esther reads from Philippians, tells the story of a teacher named Coila Cook, and sings "Rejoice in the Lord Always."
00:47 Esther reads from the Proverbs
11:48 Esther reads from Psalms 23
17:11 Esther reads from Ruth
As an art student at The Cooper Union in New York, Monique Auito, of The Welcome Wagon, passed the lonely hours in her studio listening to the calming crackle of cassette tapes her grandmother, Esther, had sent on which she’d recorded herself reading the bible. As a young mother, Monique had flown home from her grandmother’s funeral with a treasure trove of old magazine clippings, wrapping paper scraps, and invitations sent more than half a century before. Now, with her grandmother’s cassettes playing in the background, Monique began using pieces from this collection to create large-scale collages, beautiful, evocative, and almost haunting in their pastiche of the past. “Using the music as a starting point, I wove together any objects on hand that fit with the chords, the vision, the melody, the spirit of the songs,” says Monique, whose paintings provide the artwork for The Welcome Wagon's new album. Her grandmother, Esther, gave the album its name.
In this recording, Esther reads from Proverbs, briefly falls asleep, inserts her name into Psalms 23, reads Ruth, and explains her relationship with the name Ruth.
Filmed in a retired Lutheran chapel somewhere in the swamps of Jersey, this special features songs from the duo's new album Esther, as well as some classics. Surrounded by friends and family in the audience, Monique & Vito are joined on stage by a host of talented musicians plus a few special guests.
Band
Dave Anthony - drums
Neville L’Green - bass
Jimmy Leahey - guitar
Anna Anderson - keys
Special Thanks to guests
Joe Narciso
Ang Daniskas
Noma Ndlovu
Crew
Dave Macarone - Producer / Editor
Josh Dyke - Technical Director / Camera
Cheryl Muller - Camera
Caleb Muller - Camera
Emma Muller - Camera
Calle Macarone - Set Design
Caroline Hamm - Hair and Makeup
Rick Mroz - Builder
Taylor Lee - Catering and Hosting
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Stylings by Dynamic Creations Boutique
@dynamiccreationsboutique
00:00 - 3:25 “Up On A Mountain”
03:26 - 4:25 Intro
04:26 - 7:30 Special Guest Joe Narciso
07:31 - 12:02 “Isaiah, California”
12:02 - 15:15 Special Guest Ang Daniskas
15:16 - 18:27 “Matthew 7:7”
18:28 - 23:25 "I Know You Know”
23:26 - 26:45 Special Guest Noma Ndlovu
26:46 - 30:20 “Bethlehem, A Noble City”
Buy / Stream 'Esther' here: http://lnk.to/WWEsther
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Credits:
Directed by | The Craig Brothers
Produced by | We Are Films (wearefilms.com)
Cinematography by | Alex Craig
Gaffer | Scott Surman
Hair and Makeup | Tatyana Harkoff
Production Assistant | Jarmal Harris
Production Assistant | Christian Suarez
Stylist | Brynn Watkins
Extras:
Chris Himes
Tiffany Himes
Madison Himes
Maxfield Himes
Hudson Himes
Mirabella Himes
Winnie Watkins-Craig
Willa Watkins-Craig
Marlon Miller
Miriam Carrasquillo
Nalani Hall
Lux Hall
Jerico Abreu
Madison Wylie
Kenneth Geronimo
Anqi Zhang
Buy / Stream 'Esther' here: http://lnk.to/WWEsther
Listen to & download the single here: lnk.to/WWIsaiah
Animation by Brent Clouse
Lyrics:
Over your shoulder, fire And the setting sun
I could hear you sing
When you can’t see the stars It doesn’t mean they’re gone It doesn’t mean a thing
In the morning, by the fire, we’re going home
You’re an arrow, sei una gioia, you’re the sun
California, siamo amati, a summer home
You threw my golden promise Off the balcony
It doesn’t mean a thing
When you can’t see the stars It doesn’t mean they’re gone It doesn’t mean a thing
In the morning, by the fire, we’re going home
You’re an arrow, sei una gioia, you’re the sun
California, siamo amati, a summer home
Remixed by Carl Granberg
Lyrics:
How do you raise a confident and sensitive child?
Why would you cage an animal that wants to run wild?
Why would you dam a river, let the water flow through…
How do you?
Now I’m holding your hand while we walk to the park
I bring the light of the moon when your room goes dark
And you’re bending my mind into the shape of your heart
How I love you
Oh how I love you
When you feel embarrassment, I do too
When you smile with excitement, it’s mine too
If you’re shy in your sorrow, it’s my sorrow
This is how I love you
I do not live vicariously through you
You’re the most creative thing I do
If your eye is on tomorrow, my eyes follow
This is how I love you
Oh how I love you
This is how I love you
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals: Denison Witmer
Piano: Noah Gundersen
Strings, Vocals: Abby Gundersen
Mandolin, Electric Guitar: Aaron Campbell
Remixed by Carl Granberg
Lyrics:
I don’t have another choice
I’m living in the void
When I think about you lately
My head fills up with noise
You left here two months ago
I saw the hand of God swing low
And the garden I had planted
Was covered in the snow
How am I going to let you know that I need your love?
How am I going to let you go Catalina Love?
Everything around went black
I sat up in the flash
Was it just me who heard it?
Is it just me who knows?
There are things I’ll never say
It will always be that way
Forever in your memory
Forever on your face
How am I going to let you know that I need your love?
How am I going to let you go Catalina Love?
I have a special place
A place that’s just my own
My namesake’s ash and bones
Are buried in the waves
denisonwitmer.ffm.to/birdsofvirginia
Denison Witmer: "'Birds of Virginia' is a love song for my wife. The busy nature of our home means we are often caught up in just getting through each day - though I would argue that each small action we take throughout the day reflects the care we have for one another (pouring a cup of coffee for your partner, packing a child's lunch, or folding laundry at night). Each of us has an internal world - our own set of ideas, plans, and goals - that sometimes get put on hold or shifted as we focus on getting through the day-to-day. This song is a reframing of these daily moments that might otherwise feel mundane, as well as an acknowledgment and celebration of how expansive my wife is."
Lyrics:
I can fix your father’s chair up for you
I can paint the hallway in a day
I can drop the subject if you want to
I know how late is too late
Here I stand beside you in the market
Here I carry water to the bed
Here I make love with you like a prophet
To empty the thoughts in your head
You are the light of my home
You are the mother of my children
You are my calm and my wild
You are my everything
You are the birds of Virginia
You have a universe in you
A flash of bright in my winter
You are the birds of Virginia
One step at a time, love
Every day before me is a god
You can bury your face in my shirt
I won’t drop you, I won’t drop you
You’re so kind to me sometimes it hurts
Birds Of Virginia (Simplified Mix) LINER NOTES:
written by Denison Witmer. Havre De Grace Music Publishing (BMI)
Vocals: Denison Witmer
Piano, Keyboards: Thomas Bartlett
Vocals: Karen Peris
Electric Guitar: Don Peris
Produced by Reverie / itsreverie.com
Lyrics:
Oh Lancaster County
All covered in green
Was I born into you?
Were you born into me?
On the Susquehanna River
Inside a valley of stone
My need to go away
My need to come back home
I’ve been all around the world
I’ve seen a lot of things
Tried to open up my mind
And fill the space with empathy
I go everywhere with you
I don’t need to be amused
I go everywhere with you
I’ve been all around the world
I’ve seen a lot of things
When we talk about forgiveness
Which way do I go?
I never meant to close my mind off
Make you pull water from a stone
Or watch me balance my commitments
And my desires to be free
You know I want that for you love
As much as you want it for me
I’ve been all around the world
I’ve seen a lot of things
When I look into your face
It’s like I haven’t seen a thing
I’ll do anything for you
I don’t mean to be confused
I’ll do anything for you
I’ve been all around the world
I’ve been all around the world
Denison Witmer: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Jessica Dobson: Electric Guitar, Bass
Nathan Yaccino; Drums
Abby Gundersen: Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Vocals
Thomas Bartlett: Piano
Devin Greenwood: Hammond B3 organ
Recorded at Studio Litho in Seattle, WA
Produced, engineered, and mixed by Andy Park
Assistant engineering by Sam Rosson
Additional engineering by Bobby Gentilo & Thomas Bartlett
Written by Denison Witmer (Havre De Grace Music Publishing - BMI)
Read missive here: asthmatickitty.com/the-welcome-wagon-share-new-song-and-video-i-can-cross-the-sea
Lyrics:
music & lyrics by Thomas Vito Aiuto
Verse: Eb, Ab, Bb
Chorus: Cm, G7, Ab (sometimes Cm, C#, Ab, B)
Verse 1 (5/4)
I can cross the sea
If you’ll come with me
Take a seat beside
We’ll cross this water wide
Chorus 1 (6/8)
I feel strong when we are together
Verse 2 (5/4)
I can cross the sea
If you’ll come with me
Storm and wind and waves
My courage melts away
Chorus 2 (6/8)
Down below the monsters beneath us
But I know they can’t come between us
I feel strong but still will you hold my hand?
Verse 3 (5/4)
I can cross the sea
If you’ll come with me
Take a seat beside
We’ll cross this water wide
Chorus 3 (6/8)
I feel strong when we are together
To take on the heaviest weather
I belong with you until we reach the shore
“I Can Cross the Sea”
Music & Lyrics by Vito Aiuto
Recorded May 2020 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, NY, overdubs recorded hither and yon
Produced and engineered by Jeremy McDonald
Vocals and guitar: Vito Aiuto
Vocals and charisma: Monique Aiuto
Bass: Jeremy McDonald
Piano: Evan Gregory
Lead guitar & drums: Anthony LaMarca
Lyrics:
Oh Lancaster County
All covered in green
Was I born into you?
Were you born into me?
On the Susquehanna River
Inside a valley of stone
My need to go away
My need to come back home
I’ve been all around the world
I’ve seen a lot of things
Tried to open up my mind
And fill the space with empathy
I go everywhere with you
I don’t need to be amused
I go everywhere with you
I’ve been all around the world
I’ve seen a lot of things
When we talk about forgiveness
Which way do I go?
I never meant to close my mind off
Make you pull water from a stone
Or watch me balance my commitments
And my desires to be free
You know I want that for you love
As much as you want it for me
I’ve been all around the world
I’ve seen a lot of things
When I look into your face
It’s like I haven’t seen a thing
I’ll do anything for you
I don’t mean to be confused
I’ll do anything for you
I’ve been all around the world
I’ve been all around the world
Credits:
Denison Witmer: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Jessica Dobson: Electric Guitar, Bass
Nathan Yaccino; Drums
Abby Gundersen: Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Vocals
Thomas Bartlett: Piano
Devin Greenwood: Hammond B3 organ
Recorded at Studio Litho in Seattle, WA
Produced, engineered, and mixed by Andy Park
Assistant engineering by Sam Rosson
Additional engineering by Bobby Gentilo & Thomas Bartlett
Art: Eric Fisher
Written by Denison Witmer (Havre De Grace Music Publishing - BMI)
Lyrics:
Roseanne I still hear your voice
It echoes from suburbs outside of Detroit
We packed our guitars and our clothes
And carved your friend’s minivan down the west coast
Birthdays and our friends’ weddings
We missed them all just to play and to sing
You can’t be in every place
You learn to extend yourself a little grace
Six weeks straight out on the road
Driving late after the shows
Sleep in places nobody knows
I would never trade the memory
But I would never say it’s easy
You called when your dad almost died
You moved back home and then you had a child
The way that you care for them both
Roseanne, I’ve been there
I know it’s no joke
My life is the same as before
One eye on my family
One eye on the door
You know what I’m speaking of
The sacrifice we make for the ones that we love
Six weeks straight out on the road
Driving late after the shows
Sleep in places nobody knows
I would never trade the memory
I would never say it’s easy
Written by Denison Witmer. Havre De Grace Music Publishing (BMI)
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals: Denison Witmer
Piano: Thomas Bartlett
Strings: Abby Gundersen
Bass, Keyboards, Programming: Andy Park
Vocals: Rosie Thomas
Drums: Nate Yaccino
Lyrics:
An American Foursquare
On a tree-lined avenue
What am I going to do now?
I sold a house in the city
Moving back to the place I grew
What else can I say to you?
Now my new neighbors
Say the flowers on my south side
Are beautiful in the springtime
My brother and his family
Live three blocks toward the park
I see them every day
A little slow so I’m taking my time
A little slow but I’ll be alright
A little slow so I’m taking my time
A little slow, but it’s what I like
It’s what I need and like
I have to live in the moment
I have to move to the slightest touch now
Take whatever comes my way
Because the negative predictions
And the apathy are far too much
I chose not to live that way
A little slow so I’m taking my time
A little slow but I’ll be alright
A little slow so I’m taking my time
A little slow, but it’s what I like
It’s what I need and like
Are you implying that I’m not trying?
Like if you’re bored, you’re boring?
I see the point, but I’m all mixed up
I’d be lost without your love
I’m lost without you
An American Foursquare
On a tree-lined avenue
What am I going to do now?
Lyrics:
If you don’t reach me from the other side, you know how I react
You’ve gone to Paris with your mother
It’s two weeks until you come back
I rearranged all the furniture
Just trying to relax
And pass my days without you
I don’t mind the time alone
I need the space to clear my head
I wash the dishes in the sink and fold the laundry on our bed
I tried to follow an idea… somehow lost the thread
And that’s my day without you
Then I found your picture and I put it in a frame
Thought about how 10 years later, I still feel the same
Have the choices I made spilled our lives out on the floor?
Somehow convinced myself that I’m not welcome anymore
I need to see your hands, your eyes, your body through my door
Tell me I’m crazy
My love for you is simple and its true
I love you
written by Denison Witmer. Havre De Grace Music Publishing (BMI)
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Glockenspiel: Denison Witmer
Piano, Strings: Abby Gundersen
Fender Bass IV, Bass: Andy Park
Electric Guitar: Don Peris
Choir: Andy Park, Abby Gundersen, Nate Yaccino.
Lyrics:
How do you raise a confident and sensitive child?
Why would you cage an animal that wants to run wild?
Why would you dam a river, let the water flow through…
How do you?
Now I’m holding your hand while we walk to the park
I bring the light of the moon when your room goes dark
And you’re bending my mind into the shape of your heart
How I love you
Oh how I love you
When you feel embarrassment, I do too
When you smile with excitement, it’s mine too
If you’re shy in your sorrow, it’s my sorrow
This is how I love you
I do not live vicariously through you
You’re the most creative thing I do
If your eye is on tomorrow, my eyes follow
This is how I love you
Oh how I love you
This is how I love you
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals: Denison Witmer
Piano: Noah Gundersen
Strings, Vocals: Abby Gundersen
Mandolin, Electric Guitar: Aaron Campbell
Lyrics:
I can fix your father’s chair up for you
I can paint the hallway in a day
I can drop the subject if you want to
I know how late is too late
Here I stand beside you in the market
Here I carry water to the bed
Here I make love with you like a prophet
To empty the thoughts in your head
You are the light of my home
You are the mother of my children
You are my calm and my wild
You are my everything
You are the birds of Virginia
You have a universe in you
A flash of bright in my winter
You are the birds of Virginia
One step at a time, love
Every day before me is a god
You can bury your face in my shirt
I won’t drop you, I won’t drop you
You’re so kind to me sometimes it hurts
written by Denison Witmer. Havre De Grace Music Publishing (BMI)
Vocals: Denison Witmer
Piano, Keyboards: Thomas Bartlett
Strings, Vocal: Abby Gundersen
Vocals: Karen Peris
Electric Guitar: Don Peris
Mandolin: Aaron Campbell
Bass, Programming: Andy Park
Drums: Nate Yaccino
Nashville Guitar: William Fitzsimmons
Lyrics:
I don’t have another choice
I’m living in the void
When I think about you lately
My head fills up with noise
You left here two months ago
I saw the hand of God swing low
And the garden I had planted
Was covered in the snow
How am I going to let you know that I need your love?
How am I going to let you go Catalina Love?
Everything around went black
I sat up in the flash
Was it just me who heard it?
Is it just me who knows?
There are things I’ll never say
It will always be that way
Forever in your memory
Forever on your face
How am I going to let you know that I need your love?
How am I going to let you go Catalina Love?
I have a special place
A place that’s just my own
My namesake’s ash and bones
Are buried in the waves
00:00 American Foursquare
04:27 Catalina Love
08:56 Confident Sensitive Child
13:10 Save Me From Myself
17:47 River of Music
21:14 Birds of Virginia
26:19 Simple and True
29:32 Roseanne
35:02 Robin
37:39 San Francisco
Lyrics:
We brought you into our lives hoping you
Would introduce our minds to something new
So far, its true – because you do
So we named you after your grandfather
You’re our red-bellied Robin in the woods
Your heart is good
You remind me of your mother
You’re nothing like your mother
You remind me of your brother
You’re nothing like your brother
Like a language I have spoken from my birth
Like a song where I already know the words
Like a language I have spoken from my birth
Like a song where I already know the words
written by Denison Witmer. Havre De Grace Music Publishing (BMI)
Acoustic Guitars, Vocals: Denison Witmer
Piano, Mellotron, Keyboards: Thomas Bartlett
Strings, Vocals: Abby Gundersen
Bass, Programming: Andy Park
Mandolin: Aaron Campbell
Count In: Ebbe Witmer
Lyrics:
Maybe I should book a flight to San Francisco
Rent a car and drive up through the redwood trees
Where they stand in silence high above my sorrow
There’s a message there for you and one for me
I see the child in myself as I get older
Still feeling every age that I have ever been
And I have joy when the light breaks through the shoulders
Of the Pacific giants swaying in the wind
I have a lifetime swaying in my mind again
I think I’m grieving the death of part of me
I think I’m leaving, won’t you come with me
I think I’m grieving the death of part of me
I think I’m leaving, won’t you come with me
It’s everything I’ve got
It’s not everything I need
It’s ok
I made my bed here, baby
This is where I stay
It’s everything I know
It’s not all that I believe
It’s ok
I made my bed here, baby
This is where I lay
Credits:
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals: Denison Witmer
Bass, Keyboards, Programming: Andy Park
Piano, Keyboards: Thomas Bartlett
Strings, Vocals: Abby Gundersen
Classical & Electric Guitar: Don Peris
Drums: Nate Yaccino
Written by Denison Witmer. Havre De Grace Music Publishing (BMI)
Credits:
Footage: Behida Dolić
Edited: Devin Greenwood
Color Grading: Ben Park
Lyrics:
I don’t have another choice
I’m living in the void
When I think about you lately
My head fills up with noise
You left here two months ago
I saw the hand of God swing low
And the garden I had planted
Was covered in the snow
How am I going to let you know that I need your love?
How am I going to let you go Catalina Love?
Everything around went black
I sat up in the flash
Was it just me who heard it?
Is it just me who knows?
There are things I’ll never say
It will always be that way
Forever in your memory
Forever on your face
How am I going to let you know that I need your love?
How am I going to let you go Catalina Love?
I have a special place
A place that’s just my own
My namesake’s ash and bones
Are buried in the waves
Lyrics
I don’t live alone
I have two children and a wife
When the day folds over
I don’t have much extra time
In my middle age
I do the math on give vs. take
And it still holds true that nothing lost is nothing gained
Save me from myself and love me
Like a child needs love
And a structure to their days
I see it all before me
Laid out in the simplest way
In the modern age
My addictions have me caged
And the social posturing
I feel cynical and vain
Save me from myself and love me
1-3 taken from 2009’s “Cut Me Down & Count My Rings” singles compilation, and 5-12 taken from 2019’s “Gathered Out Of Thin Air” singles compilation, both on Asthmatic Kitty Records. #4 isn’t on either of those.
Here’s the songs, with original recording dates, + times:
1. Plant A Little Fir Tree (2003)
2. The * That Moved-Around The Night (2003) 1:48
3. Home For Christmas (2008) 3:32
4. Star Carol (cover) (2007) 6:20
5. A Favorite Christmas Gag Gift (2010) 8:35
6. Öh, It's Christmastime Again! (2011) 9:46
7. The Cloud Became A Baby To Be With Us (2011) 11:32
8. Nativity Play Time Travel Tunnel (2012) 12:27
9. It’s Advent! Let’s Open The Calendar! (2018) 13:32
10. And Suddenly [Handel’s Messiah] (2013) 13:49
11. Nativity Costume (2000 Year's Eve) [2015] 14:06
12. All They That See Him Laugh [Handel’s Messiah] (2015) 16:21
#1 & #2 originally released on Nichole & The Dreamcatchers Christmas tribute “Krismus Karuls” in 2003 on Konstrictor Productions (KonProd).
#1 was re-released on Sounds Familyre compilation “A Familyre Christmas Vol. 1” (2007)
#3 originally released on“A Familyre Christmas Vol. 2” (2008)
#4 originally released on one of Sam Billen’s Holiday compilations?
#5 originally released on “A Familyre Christmas Vol. 3” (2010)
#6 originally released on “A Light Goes On”” (2011)
#7 originally released on “A Familyre Christmas Vol. 4” (2011)
#8 originally released on “A Familyre Christmas Vol. 5” (2012)
#9 originally released on “The 10th Year of Christmas” Badgerland (2018)
#10 originally released on “Familyre's Messiah - Pt. 1” (2013)
#11 originally released on “Jolly Time” (2015)
#12 originally commissioned for “Familyre's Messiah - Pt. 2” (2015)
Some Links:
http://www.asthmatickitty.com
familyrechristmas.bandcamp.com
badgerland.bandcamp.com
sambillen.bandcamp.com/album/jolly-time
http://www.facebook.com/halfhandedcloud
youtube.com/channel/UC5RLt5gjTRlT3Ahm09fGqxQ
Follow Denison on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2KLUAa7
Instagram: instagram.com/denisonwitmer
Lyrics:
Lay me down on a river of music
And push me back out into myself
To the chime of a guitar
The shake of a drum
The walk of a piano
The voices that hum
Lay me down
Where would I be if I didn’t have music?
Light bending through the window
Red leaf in the sky
By the middle of week…
How much can I take?
Then a song comes through…
I know that I’ll make it
We live in a difficult time.
How do you want to live your life?
Where are you going to spend your love?
Isn’t that alone enough?
I’m having a difficult time.
How do I want to live my life?
Where am I going to spend my love?
Isn’t that alone enough?
Isn’t love alone enough?
Video by John Ringhofer and family, Helsinki, Finland, August 2019.
Audio recorded in 2015 by John at Bureau Of Radiophonic Research
(BRR), Helsinki, Finland, on ½" reel-to-reel tape (except for
Brandon's parts, recorded in Hixson, TN at Soft Hiss). Written by
John Ringhofer ©2016 New Jerusalem Music (ASCAP)
Brandon Buckner: Drum-kit & Lap Steel
John Ringhofer: Magnus air organ, synthesizer, vocals, banjo, etc.
with Ashley Eriksson & Eli Moore (+John), backing vocals.
This song, originally released with the zine "Morning Comes" in 2016,
is now collected on Half-handed Cloud's 60-song "Gathered Out Of Thin
Air," double vinyl non-LP singles collection (2010-2019) for Asthmatic
Kitty Records, out on November 15th 2019.
http://www.asthmatickitty.com
http://www.halfhandedcloud.com
More info here: ffm.to/angelo-tomb
Song and album produced by Thomas Bartlett.
Lyrics:
Thought I'd go and leave
Anyway
time recalls
All your life
All your life
All your life
You can't believe
That a match dipped
In gasoline
Has the power to lift
You from this dream
One I thought to leave
Now I'll go and lead
Anyway time recalls
All your life
All your life
All your life
All the pills were green
And I swallowed them inside a sea
Of mercury
Then the fire came and burned your mind
And drowned you deep
When I thought to leave
Anyway time recalls
All your life
All your life
All your life
The noose was clean
As I swung it on the blade on high
The fan did gleam
And it's revolutions turned my mind
Back indeed
When I thought to leave
Anyway time recalls
All your life
All your life
All your life
More info here: ffm.to/angelo-tomb
Song and album produced by Thomas Bartlett.
Lyrics:
If I was my father's son
Then I'd have to guess
That I'd be the only one
But he fell out years ago
Set off on his ride
Leaving California for
A young woman and a child
Mother said that I was wrong
He left her not me
A woman will come your way
To fill his broken piece
It was all you could take
Light will follow you through your day
Bird has flown
And you've gone
On your own
If you were your mothers love
Then you'd have to guess
That you'd be her number one
But she said that times were tough
When he lost his mind
Breeding paranoia and
Fear of her own kind
More info here: ffm.to/angelo-tomb
Song and album produced by Thomas Bartlett.
Lyrics:
Not once
But twice
Walked into my life
And left
To find what you want
Back with
Your man
Who dresses up like John Lennon
And sings in
A Beatles cover band
He's drunk
You're too
He'll pull back
And hurt you
Fears just like a nightmare
To me
All the conti's far down the line
Have let in abuse of all kinds
Feels familiar and justifies
A sad urge to sabotage your own life
Now you think you're living it right
But you're not when you blow out a good man's light
You're a
Liar
On sale
For hire
But we know you work for free
Selfish
So true
Feel like I don't know you
And I never knew myself
I still
Love you
And I'd do anything to
Help you
Feel more at ease
To my own detriment
In codependent affluence
Comfortable
Living in a dream
More info here: ffm.to/angelo-tomb
Song and album produced by Thomas Bartlett.
Lyrics:
Wanderer
Just like a song
That's been rubbed out above your left arm
Full of light
Eager eyes
For the adventure of a lifetime
She's on the run
Who you running from?
It can't be me cause I'm no one
Turtle dove
Carried my love
And left it on the moon to shine
I'll try
My best to find some peace of mind
But the light fades to black
And you don't know where the exit is at
Wanderer
Labyrinthine fern
Planted in your dilated mind
Evil talk
Heaven above
Protect her in her darkest night
More info here: ffm.to/angelo-tomb
Song and album produced by Thomas Bartlett.
Lyrics:
Privy to a love that won't love back
All on the rising tide back home
All the lies my old man told
All the life left to live past
Heard an angel call my name at last
Heavy ocean came and pulled you down
Journey to the end has come at last
All on the rising tide back home
All the lies my old man told
All the life left to live past
Thought I found love
In Montecalvo in the daytime
Found her but she had another ex-lover on the side
Like a brunette blissed-out Alice in the moonlight
Living off MDMA and cocaine to survive
More info here: ffm.to/angelo-tomb
Song and album produced by Thomas Bartlett.
Lyrics:
All the light came on my way
From a once familiar face
Thought the love was here to stay
I could be wrong if I think I'll forget about you
Have you come to pacify
Let the haze enclose your mind
Just the way you pass the time
All the visions came in from the east and from the north
Future is the past and it's still knocking at your door
I could see you now
I saw my friend
She called my name
Or you propose the question to the history of refrain
Do you miss the time at all
Had a thought leave
as I fall
To make eyes
and close the door
More info here: ffm.to/angelo-tomb
Song and album produced by Thomas Bartlett.
Lyrics:
When the light revealed the dream
Opened the door
hoping to lean
And I gave my own life
And I gave it all to the wind
All for love
Gave that a try
Head on the floor
Most of the time
And I gave my own life
And I gave it all to the wind
Love
Loving is a new part of
And up until today I seemed to get away
I can see the stars above
Swirling around to say
Out went the light
As I leapt through the door
And I followed it home
And I did know why
I did know why
All the nights I'd been afraid
Living life just to fade away
But all the light laying in your eyes
Left me stunned in a pale surprise
Woke up within that morning just to turn back time
And get back in line
Her old man's driving the whip
Too much to bear
Rolled up a spliff
And I gave my own life
And I gave it all to the wind
Quite the type to treat you unkind
And take all your love
Most of the time
And I gave my own life
And I gave it all to the wind
Animated by Brent Clouse: brentclouse.com
Lyrics:
Love yourself
You are the one thing
I needed
Hold yourself
You are the one thing
You needed
Change yourself
Love yourself
Make a shelf
Put all the things on
You needed
Love myself
I am the one thing
I needed
Animated by Brent Clouse: brentclouse.com
Lyrics:
I will love you
I will love you with my whole heart
I will love you with my whole heart
I will love you baby
I will love you with my whole heart
I will love you with my whole heart
Say you love me baby
Say you love me with your whole heart
Say you love me with your whole heart
And you’re all I want
(I fell in love, I fell in love the moment that I met you)
And you’re all I need
(I give my life, I give my love, promise I will protect you)
And you’re all I’ve got
(I will not rest until I know the best is always with you)
And I still believe
(I confess the world’s a mess but I will always love you)
I will save you
I will save you from your sorrow
I will save you from your sorrow
I will love you baby
Even if there’s no tomorrow
Even if there’s no tomorrow
And you’re all I want
(I fell in love, I fell in love the moment that I met you)
And you’re all I need
(I give my life, I give my love, promise I will protect you)
And you’re all I’ve got
(I will not rest until I know the best is always with you)
And I still believe
(And I confess that I’m a mess but I will always love you)
Say you love me baby
Say you love me true
Say you love me baby
I go crazy, I love you
Say you love me baby
Say you love me true
Say you love me baby
I go crazy, I love you
And you’re all I want
And you’re all I need
And you’re all I want
And I still believe
Animated by Brent Clouse: brentclouse.com
Lyrics:
Love yourself
You are the one thing
I needed
Share of yourself
Show me the things that
You believe in
[Chorus]
Love, can you love yourself
Show me everything
every reason to believe in yourself
Make a shelf
Put all the things on
that you believe in
[Chorus]
Love, can you love yourself
Show me everything
every reason to believe in yourself
Love yourself
You are the one thing
I believe in
Love, can you love yourself
Show me everything,
every reason to believe in yourself
Make a shelf
Put all the things on
that you believe in
Love, can you love yourself
(you are the one thing)
Show me everything
(you are the one thing)
every reason to believe in yourself
(you are the one thing)
Animated by Brent Clouse: brentclouse.com
More info here: ffm.to/angelo-tomb
Watch studio version with Sufjan Stevens: youtu.be/h7uL65j63W8
Song and album produced by Thomas Bartlett.
Lyrics:
I don't have a car
To drive around in
I just have a heart
That I walk about In
I walk around
If I could I'd buy
You a house in laurel canyon
Underneath the moon above
In the shade of the mountain
I walk around
Life's been hard and you've lived a few
Did I give too much love to you
I'm sorry but it's what I had to do
You needed love
I needed you
Back in my hometown
Looking for a silver Honda
But there's too many all around
And I fear I'll never find you
Hoping that one day
I'll see you driving up my street again
On your grandpa's bicycle
With your long hair blowing in the wind
And we'll walk around
Listen here: http://smarturl.it/nyrmoa
Studio version here: youtu.be/ogs1oDDL4vM
Directed by Kenna Hynes / kennahynes.com
Additional Camera Operator: Adam Muro
Preorder/listen here: ffm.to/angelo-tomb
Song and album produced by Thomas Bartlett.
Lyrics:
All the love in your life
Is on my wall
And I felt that I
Couldn't fall
To be not with you still
When you're gone and I can't protect you
Though it's been a while
Tell me where that I should roam
Find a simple life
Somewhere far away from home
All the love in your life
Didn't last too long
And it broke my heart
To watch you fall
Oh baby you tried
Preorder/listen here: ffm.to/angelo-tomb
Song and album produced by Thomas Bartlett.
Lyrics:
Mother left you in the night
My father faded into the same light
Now we're both hoping to find someone
I hope you hear this song
And you leave your old boyfriend
Come back where you belong
In my arms
Kaitlin
All of the days and the nights
You and I and a dream in Ojai
Filling up both of our lives
with love
Sometimes you're like the wind
Like my mother sang in 1987
Now your life's sure to begin
All comes back to you
Wonder if you'll chose
Anyone to love
Now you're gone again
I gave all that I had to give
But I lost my friend
Just before the holiday
Unable to learn my own name
Or blow the wind away
What would you say
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Directed and filmed by Jess Calleiro.
Song and album produced by Thomas Bartlett.
Lyrics:
Been searching for someone of my own kind
Played it back and forth
Prefer to rewind
You've been living your life from the outside
Like a stranger inside of your own mind
Both been on the rise and fall
Buried in a tomb and lost
Like past visions of Osiris
Now
I walked into your life at the wrong time
Never quite been perceptive of real life
It was not your fault or a fault of mine
But it's hard to let you go this time
You were on my lap
I felt your heartbeat
As you pressed your chest hard against me
It was not of this world or of a dream
For the first time someone else loved me
Hear the 2007 original: youtu.be/9DPqg8Ti-N4
Hear Alec Duffy's song: youtu.be/P_VpBqHYv0M
Hear the Doveman mix: youtu.be/rvF_5_PbUPc
Hear Alec Duffy's song: youtu.be/P_VpBqHYv0M
Watch the studio version/music video here: youtu.be/gRkodAoRK34
Directed by Kenna Hynes / kennahynes.com
Additional Camera Operator: Adam Muro
Buy the LP here: akrec.co/akr138lp
Hear the studio version featuring Sufjan Stevens here: youtu.be/rdYCqDLafsM
Directed and filmed by Jess Calleiro.
Lyrics:
Time keeps on coming
I've been all around
I'll keep on running
Till time catches on
I've been on the run
Now you're back in your hideout
Never gave it all for free
Everyone was talking to ya
To ya
Time keeps on learning
About you and me
I'll keep on loving
Someday she'll love me
I'll love you for free
Now your heart has been broken
And you're miles off away
Now you can't find the right words to say
Once uphill you'll be fine
But your love's lost down the line
Hate to say I was wrong
Came into this life on my own
And I'll try
Yes I'll try
Hope for love
Turn out the light
And I gave my own life
My own life
My own life
He'll treat you unkindly
If that's what you want
But you'll stay inside me
Inside of my heart
Unbound at the start
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Song and album produced by Thomas Bartlett.