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Retrospective

by blackbear + the surf bums

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Terri
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Terri Amazingly crafted songs, beach & surf element def there but also many other stylistic elements that make it a fun & interesting listen all the way thru. Favorite track: Elated.
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1.
Geep Rangler 03:42
Hey, hey Today we’re gonna surf away Our problems Oh no You make me feel so cold I took a trip To the beach Sand on my feet Warm summer heat We’re all okay As long as I don’t have to deal with you anymore I swear to god that I am fine Hey, hey I hate the world you made For me So love me Baby Don’t hurt me I’m lonely Don’t hurt me, baby You just don’t understand The world does not revolve around you But you’re so vain you think it does You just don’t understand The world does not revolve around you I’ll catch a wave and we are done I’ll wave my hand and we are done You just don’t understand the world does not revolve around you
2.
Lost inside my mind Without a modicum of time No one to tell a riddle Or twist a clever rhyme There’s only me here There’s only me here Oh, you know I took the long way home Once upon a time in a story land of mine I took the longest way back home To see if I could find A fairy or a dragon… A fairy or a dragon Rainy days and lazy nights Make me feel at home again Searching for that greater high Makes me feel at peace again Please don’t take my life away Please don’t take my booze away Let me do this all myself Let me do it all myself Oh you know I took the long way home You know I took the wrong way The wrong way Looking out the window Wishing I were back at home with you Rustic country roads Have got my head all spun around I been lonely since I saw you in the third week of the summer I just wish you knew my number so you’d call
3.
It's not you it's what you do to me, to make me feel, the way I feel inside, my head again tonight. I'm just a man that can't control the heart that beats inside his chest, but oh, I'm thankful that I have one. I'm all but certain all the fluids, that occupy my brain, are bubbling like a sewer when it rains. Some call it love I call it other drugs, I'll rig myself for you, then I'll shoot you up and smile, I'm not lovesick anymore. You were over by the western sea, you hand that lipstick straight to me, Needle point sting like an angry bee I'll follow those tracks to the western sea. You'll See. Dancing in the summer soft kisses in the rain it's another day, another day, another day, another day. Break apart and piece together everything you said to me. Lies after lies after lies after travesty. . Feeling like the winters coming everyday, looking like it's coming real fast like a freight train. If you were thinking I was missing you then you were right. All I wanna do is hold your hand in the moonlight. My lonely head at night, drowning in your lakeside. I will always love you. I won't ever leave.
4.
Walk Run 03:36
In the bewitching hours I feel you, well inside my bones. Gripping to the soul you've come to know. But I don't ever want to wake, in another blood-soaked room, singing now my friends are dead, and I guess I'm coming soon. Who are you to tell me who I am or what to do? Suits and ties, freak me out. Khaki slacks like heart attacks, steal the souls of average jacks who see the green and can't look back. Family friends and favorite pens, stupid shoes and cooing hens, Xanax bars and 9-5, can you die if you're never alive? Walk run here we go. Beautiful as sadness, Washing over me. Visceral the feelings, Drips from all the trees. Feeling is a sign that maybe it's just nice to be, Life is made of water, when I push it, it just comes right back to me. Everyday is what you make. It's okay don't be afraid. Life is water, it's not glass, push it you will always come right back.
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Looking out the window, staring at the pain. I'm in love with all the spiders let them carry me away. I said if you know in your heart then there's no reason to explain, don't let the riddles of the mind reflect the image on the page. When I leave, there is no guarantee you'll find me I'll be floating on a way amidst the helpless and the dying. Let me leave, so I can live extraordinarily and I'll always be a daimon, and I always be a diamond. Humans have the power to create gods, using words to express their wisdom, of greater being Cultural zeitgeist, Running off and getting married to the times, she's getting married to the times. Cultural zeitgeist, running off and getting married, to the time, she's getting married Open up your third eye Cultural zeitgeist, Running off and getting married to the times, she's getting married to the time. Cultural zeitgeists, running off and getting married, to the time, she's getting married the veil is all covered in her blood; she's been murdered by the times. What a crime! What a crime! Read about it in the times. All New York is in a tiff but tomorrow they'll be fine, mind you money equals time. Have you heard about the crime? Money equals
6.
Time in the garden Turns into nothing Apple of my eye Turn into something Under your blanket, out in the freezing, always be easy. I've got a spirit, Her name is grieving Always in excess Always deceiving I met an angel She's made of diamonds I've got an angel She's made of diamonds I aint got no time, to listen to you whine, I've got a spirit to hold onto Opened up my eyes, to the mirror in my mind Oh, you are traversing, the memories I've long since left behind.
7.
Sometimes, I like, stormy weather. It seems to bring in the bigger waves. High tides, red sand, run away. Come now and chase down the hurricane. Big waves remind me of better days. My god resides in the lower sea. Sun dress, great thighs, golden hair. No care she takes care of me. Now I'm as high as a summer kite, Strung out about to be free, No shirt my shoes in the old van, Just me the gods and the sea. Surf away today, baby. Surf away with me. Tongue-tied, eyes on the biggest wave, my life has led me to thee. Feels like the waves gonna get me, now I will always be free.
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Elated 02:28
Oh, you make me feel so high I feel elated I feel amazing I feel so happy You make me happy I feel ecstatic I’m flying high You make me cry I’m just so happy So happy Oh, pass that over here So I can feel so happy Oh, you make me feel like I’m the only one in mind The feeling that I need When I think I lost my mind
9.
Red Wine 02:58
Oh we’ve grown up, now we always drink red wine. And we wait for the train by the magnetized rail line And we all live in boxes with all that we need And everything’s simple without seasons and I don’t need you All I need is your love and affection Or maybe, I need you and your love and affection Your love and affection I need you Cause iving in shells You’re so cancerous always Biting and holding my neck You’ve got me in your claw But it all seems so okay Till you slit my throat open and drink the blood, baby You’re a vampire, maybe And I know that you drank all of my red wine Cause it’s written across your teeth And in the place that you slept last night When I know that you weren’t sleeping with me Oh, and those slits in your eyes Are devil-wide And shining on me And I don’t know why Or how I got roped into that Tell me one thing Oh, Why is it so impossible? For you to see that Drinking all of my red wine And spitting it out in my face Is never gonna teach me that I need to change
10.
Great White Moon Heal me, hold me Be my teacher Be my guide I will love you ever and always goodnight. And isn't it so beautiful When everything aligns Every little star Has a single Space and time When everything aligns Galaxies around us Are seemingly inseparably Entwined (Spanish) In the heavens My life has meaning At night my soul supersedes my body Blowing kisses at the moon Makes goodnights for me (French) Where are you from? Would you like To dance with me In the perfect moment Is it your place or mine The heart has it's reasons Which reason knows nothing of You are, for me, the most beautiful Let my kisses be the words of love I don't say. Great big space Holding my hair back Red hot sun Filling my void Great White Moon Loving me always Big black hole Kissing my hand Cool blue wave Indian sunset Flower in hand Coming Undone Feeling My love from far away. (Latin) With you or me Love conquers all Even in death love survives (Spanish) In the heavens My life has meaning At night my soul supersedes my body Blowing kisses at the moon Makes goodnights for me
11.
Malaga 04:08
Float through time Never mind it’s all the same Peace in the sky Means all the god are on our side It’ll be okay Look the ocean in the eyes Never be afraid to speak your mind Find a pretty girl Fall in love and build a home Don’t be alone Stay in touch with all the years that turned to rust They all made you You don’t need to build a park They’re made from all the rain And a couple seeds So, when you have the time Remember all we have is time And you’ll be free And always stay relaxed remember everything will pass Just let it be… So take me away to Malaga Take me away to the land of the setting sea Happiness is not contentment Throw away your old resentment Please, live in harmony Eudaimonia Let it be…
12.
If these eyes could scream They’d sing please just let me be I always find that all the best things in my life Are always simple Behind a razorblade it’s always red tomorrow Don’t cut yourself Always live in sorrow Just let it bleed You take all the time you need Creeping and crawling On your knees For me please don’t let it bleed Don’t you know your ABC’s? It’s simple Throw away your razorblade Save it for another day You don’t have to die today Never should it end that way When all your work is done You’ll move on Play like you’re dreaming Anywhere you want Don’t you feel much better, dear? Love is in your heart Home is where you’re happy Ever since the start Don’t you feel much better, dear? Love is in your heart
13.
No more sunshine, till we reach dry land No more oceans, when we see the sand Oh, It’s just a feeling Fire drenched and standing cold Is this oven, hot? Some people ride in cars Others take the see Weeping sounds from laughing deafs, Never are they bored I wanna play your party I wanna play it for free Go to bed in the morning I wanna have a good dream Spider webs and country bliss Fifty yards of flag Horizontal way of living Married to the grass Sometimes I get So lost I think That I can be found Other times I feel so found I could get so lost It’s just a feeling

about

This album was recorded over a few years in Nashville, Tenn. and Cleveland, Ohio. The earliest songs "Geep Rangler" and "Elated," were recorded in a small dorm room by Greg Scheckler and feature all three founding members; Ricky Hamilton (The Nico Missile), Carter Luckfield (Dionysian Mystery) and Jared Chapman. The songs "Tandem Danderly's," "Malaga," and "Stormy Weather,"were recorded in Cleveland at Wild Lion Studios for the "El Año Del Surf." LP. All the songs featured on Soft Kisses In The Rain EP were recorded at either Elberta or 15th Avenue South In Nashville by Chris Worley and Greg Sheckler. The album has been curated by founding members and has been remastered by James K. at Bad Racket Recording in Cleveland, Ohio. Electric Lady Love, Red Wine, and It's Just A Feeling were recorded at sessions during the making of Soft Kisses. We would like to thank our dedicated fans for encouraging us to compile this record. Thank you.

credits

released February 11, 2016

Ricky Hamilton -- Vox, Songwriting, Lyrics, Drums, Percussion
Carter Luckfield -- Guitars, Songwriting, Bass, Various World Instruments, Keys, Melotron, Backing Vox, Arrangements
Jared Chapman -- Bass, Songwriting, Vocal Arrangements and Harmonies
Chloe Kat -- Backing Vocals on Electric Lady Love
Kinsey Brown -- Backing Vocals on Stormy Weather

Recorded by -- Greg Scheckler and Chris Worley.

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