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amillionscreamingvoices

by James Moats

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1.
Getaway 02:45
I get so hazy I'm thinking maybe it's just the end of the day But what can I do but just try to do the least I can get away with Getaway that's a good name for how I play this stupid game You think I'm creepy you should get to know me you'd have me put away You think I'm simple it should be so simple to put your finger on me But what can I do but just try to do the least I can get away with Run away that's how I stay separated that's why they say Getaway that's a good name for how I play this stupid game
2.
Construction 02:43
They're tearing up the road again outside my house So I write about construction and nothing else So bring your orange clay again You call that earth? Where I'm from, under the ground is black and brown Got to make room for SUVs Widen the lines Just take that mountain down put up a stop light They're changing Enka Lake again the secret's out Fill it with money to pave a parking lot Got to make room for SUVs Widen the lines Just take that mountain down put up a stop light
3.
Eyem 03:03
You come on and act just like you're acting You come on and give it to me straight, eyem You come on and LOL you're laughing You come on and bring your smiley face, eyem We can talk about our day as it happens Nothing really happens anyway, eyem Windows open to the outside briefly It would seem that I am still alive this day I come on and say don't shoot the messenger But I am never gonna send that message anyway, eyem We can talk all day about days that happened Nothing ever happens anyway, these days
4.
Steal Away 05:09
Stealing away, we're leaving I'll take the first shift driving while you wake up We'll turn the heat on low and crack the windows Would you care to choose some music? I can't - keep it up - I can't Someone may come by to see where we've been but they won't find anything There's only an empty shell, the skeletal remains of who or where we've been lately I need to - walk it off - some place new Portland or Tucson, San Diego's waiting Driving through Arkansas, it's early evening the highway is vacant as far as the eye can see The air is clean here, it smells like autumn the leaves have fallen for you Just like me Denver or Austin, San Francisco's waiting Portland or Tucson, San Diego's waiting

about

Recorded between 12/16/2007 and 12/20/2007 on vacation time.

I approached these recordings in a completely new way, using midi for the first time to track the drums, recording every live track using the Art Tube MP preamps, the guitars through the XLR line out of my Kustom '72 Coupe amp, doubling the bass in a stereo mix, a new mastering process consisting of compression and hard limiting, and powering out 5 songs in four days.

The idea was really to just get some recording done, trying out the midi setup for the first time, but when I finished, I realized that the tracks flowed together in a way that deserved to be documented.

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released December 20, 2007

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