Buy the album at www.anniebaconandheroshen.bandcamp.com

All songs written by Annie Bacon (ASCAP) / OSHEN music
Except "No Clove Day" written by Annie Bacon (ASCAP) and Kyle Rasche (BMI)

Performed by Annie Bacon, Paul Defiglia, Thomas Bryan Eaton and Anson Hohne
Produced by Annie Bacon & Paul Defiglia
Recorded by Paul Defiglia with Kate Haldrup and Wil Tsyon at Daylight / Nashville TN
Mixed by Mike Clemow and Wade Strange at SeeThruSound / NY
Mastered by Piper Payne at Neato Mastering / Nashville TN

Storm

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All songs written by Annie Bacon (ASCAP) / OSHEN music
Except "No Clove Day" written by Annie Bacon (ASCAP) and Kyle Rasche (BMI)

Performed by Annie Bacon, Paul Defiglia, Thomas Bryan Eaton and Anson Hohne

Recorded by Paul Defiglia with Kate Haldrup and Wil Tsyon at Daylight, Nashville / TN
Mixed by Mike Clemow and Wade Strange at SeeThruSound / NY
Mastered by Piper Payne at Neato Mastering / CA

14 Worry

13 It's Okay

12 Love Can Mean

11 No Clove Day

10 Dance

09 Alone With Grief

08 The Island

07 It Might

Buy this song at www.anniebaconandheroshen.bandcamp.com

Written by Annie Bacon (ASCAP) / OSHEN music
Performed by Annie Bacon, Paul Defiglia, Thomas Bryan Eaton and Anson Hohne

Recorded by Paul Defiglia with Kate Haldrup and Wil Tsyon at Daylight, Nashville / TN
Mixed by Mike Clemow and Wade Strange at SeeThruSound / NY
Mastered by Piper Payne at Neato Mastering / CA

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06 Walk A Little Farther

05 California Heat

04 When Will I Learn

03 Can't Remember

02 Mist

01 Secret Broken Heart

lyrics:

It's the same, every time, every place, everywhere 
I am fine, works on time, no need to complain 
Then one day I wake and there's 
No ground beneath my feet 

On their sticks, on a stage, spinning plates, can't keep up 
Though I race all around, the plates come crashing down 
And the sound, the fear of 
Breaking at whispers 

I'm so tired (so tired) 
And wondering 
Who's gonna hire me next? 
And how much (how much?) 
Will they need to know? 
And how deep (how deep?) 
Will their searches go? 

If it's this hard to get to 30, jesus christ, 
There should be a trophy for this 
Carrying this fear . . . 
But I always make it through 
I always make it through

(c) annie bacon

credits:

from light to see dark, released 01 June 2012 
:: 
annie bacon: vocals, guitar 
Art McConnell: drums 
Elizabeth Greenblatt: backup vocals 
Cristian Hernandez: bass, additional guitar, keys, drum programming & string arrangements, back up vocals 
Matthew Souther: trumpets, and trumpet arrangements

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Annie Bacon and her OSHEN sing sad songs in the major key. 

The band has just completed their first full length album, to be released June 1, 2012. “light to see dark” is a lush, emotionally-driven rock album, bursting with honest, earnest energy and hinting at Americana.


There should be a trophy for this

Video: https://youtu.be/50dfeg2aGPo
The OSHEN: Paul Defiglia, Thomas Bryan Eaton, Kira Hooks, Jon Radford
Recorded at Sensitive Sound with Paul Defiglia, Nashville
Mixed by David Luke at Opus Studios, Berkeley
Mastered by Piper Payne at Neato Mastering, Oakland
Artwork by Cybelle Codish + Zack Vieira
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The first part's when you notice walls surrounding everything 
You wonder when they got there but the answer changes nothing 

In time you find the strength to say the word out loud 
You tell one person as a test you never tell it to a crowd 

And then you cry it out (the will to die gets a sliver of a doubt) 
And then you cry it out (the will to die gets a sliver of a doubt) 

Above all you've gotta hold on to this little thing I'll tell 
There's another chapter coming, there's a way out of the well 
You can wait for the ropes to drop 
Or you can wait for the will to climb 
One of them will always come given enough time 
Nothing stays the same 
I swear that on my grave 

The third part's tricky you can never tell when it's gonna come 
The walls start getting shorter and you start to see the sun 

Finally there's a reckoning this is where you need your friends 
It's time to do the work to find out how this chapter ends 

And then you cry it out (the will to live is finally winning out) 
And then you cry it out (the will to live is finally winning out) 

Above all you've gotta hold on to this little thing I'll tell 
There's another chapter coming, there's a way out of the well 
You can wait for the ropes to drop 
Or you can wait for the will to climb 
One of them will always come given enough time 
Nothing stays the same 
I swear that on my grave 

Above all you've gotta hold on to this little thing I'll tell 
There's another chapter coming, there's a way out of the well 
You can wait for the ropes to drop 
Or you can wait for the will to climb 
One of them will always come given enough time 
Nothing stays the same 
Nothing stays the same 
Nothing stays the same 
I swear that on my grave

Nothing Stays the Same

Nothing Stays The Same

The OSHEN: Paul Defiglia, Thomas Bryan Eaton, Kira Hooks, Jon Radford
Recorded at Sensitive Sound with Paul Defiglia, Nashville
Mixed by David Luke, Opus Studios
Mastered by Piper Payne at Neato Mastering, Oakland
Artwork by Christina E. Campbell www.christinaecampbell.com
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My mama said it’s not polite to stare but I did 
I stared at you the first time I saw you then ran off and hid 
In the shed in your back yard 

Thought I would die as the feelings grew 
It was how ten year old me figured out 
That love can really mess with you 

See my mama told me (but she was wrong) 
About all the good things in love songs 
She meant the best but left out the rest 
Now I’m learning as I go along 

My mother told me not to write on my skin but I did 
I wrote your name on my skin and I pushed the ink in 
With the edge of a safety pin 

Turns out that didn’t heal so well 
It was how teenage me figured out 
That love can really hurt like hell 

See my mama told me (but she was wrong) 
About all the good things in love songs 
She meant the best but left out the rest 
Now I’m learning as I go along 

Now skin to skin and eye to eye 
We're feeling so fine 
And I say, Ohhhhhhh 
This is what they're singing about 

See my mama told me (she wasn’t wrong) 
Bout all the things in love songs 
She wanted the best so she left out the rest 
She knew I’d learn it as I went along 
She knew I'd learn it as I went along 
And now I'm learning as I go along

Learning As I Go

The OSHEN: Douglas Allen, Paul Defiglia, Thomas Bryan Eaton, Jon Radford
Recorded at Sensitive Sound with Paul Defiglia, Nashville
Mixed by David Luke at Opus Studios, Berkeley
Mastered by Piper Payne at Neato Mastering, Oakland
Artwork by Karla Gallardo www.karlagallardo.com
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When I look back on things honestly 
I was wooed by how you looked at me 
And I fooled myself from that very first night 

They say Adonis would have envied you 
You were cut from stone that much is true 
And you were so hard to know 
But we got tangled up together 

It went on twice as long as it should 
I kept hoping it would turn for the good 
But when love exaggerates your highs and lows 
It’s a matter of time before it implodes 
I guess I wanted to love you 
More than I really did 

We lived on separate sides of the same room 
But still lost track of who was whom 
It’s amazing what you can assume 

I remember once when you were angry 
About that stupid room too messy 
And I asked myself “Do I wanna marry this?” 
No hesitation slowed my no 

It went on twice as long as it should 
I kept hoping it would turn for the good 
But when love exaggerates your highs and lows 
It’s a matter of time before it implodes 
I guess I wanted to love you 
More than I really did 

When it was done I remember thinking about 
How easy it was to get out 
I guess loved never burrowed in too deep 

Still I’ll never have such a lover again 
And if that’s what counts you were the best of men 
And I’ll save a thought of you for when 
I get to the other side 

It went on twice as long as it should 
I kept hoping it would turn for the good 
But when love exaggerates your highs and lows 
It’s a matter of time before it implodes 
I guess I wanted to love you 
More than I really did 

I guess I wanted to love you 
More than I really did

Wanted to love you more

Wanted To Love You More

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