THE BELLYACHERS (2006)
Sandra Mello: vocals, bass
Brian Mello: guitar, vocals, keyboards
Peter Craft: drums
Engineered+mixed by Peter Craft at Boxer Studios

The leaves give a splendid show
And shutters bang with applause
Summers gone
I knew this was killing me
Might have quit if I'd known it takes so long

So long is what you said
You left in so many colors
Orange and reds
Long days wore us out
Summer is gone, long gone

Did you have anything
To do with the birth in spring
Kind Regards
Grace is what's saving me
A check unexpectedly in the mail

What do I want to
Do before we die
I thank you and love
Us as we are
Summer is gone, long gone

Wish it were different
And that keeps me miserable, each little wish
Pushes into my side, burrowing deep into my discontent

Don't know what to do
With or without you
You left on a hum
A slow setting sun

What do I want to
Do before we die
Thank you and love us as we are

We Are

© 2006 Sandra Mello (Austin Mello Music, BMI)

2021 Remixes

We Are

Try not to worry
Even though the walls are closing in

Nightmare stirs me
From the jagged sleep I was walking in

I say I'm fine but it's a lie
Doing our best to get by
When this is done will crowded rooms
And morning suns appear
After the broken years

Nothing makes sense
And we watch each other on screen

Keep safe distance
From a world grown sick and mean

Brian Mello: vocals, guitar, bass XI, bass
Sandra Mello: backup vocals
Russell Tillitt: electric piano
Peter Craft: drums, percussion

Engineered & mixed by Peter Craft at Boxer Lodge (BoxerLodge.com)
Mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering
©(p) 2021 Brian Mello (Austin Mello Music, BMI)

After The Broken Years b/w Ghost Town

After The Broken Years

Troubled soul
Are you there?
I can’t hear you anymore

Empty streets
A siren prayer
Everyday a new war

We’ve all let you down
Turned the world into a ghost town
Everybody’s holding on for dear life
Every minute takes another dear life

Hopeless tears
Don’t you start
Or you might never stop

How are you?
Shattered heart
Emptied out with each drop

Brian Mello: vocals, guitar
Sandra Mello: backup vocals
Russell Tillitt: piano
Scott Cormier: upright bass
Peter Craft: drums

Engineered & mixed by Peter Craft at Boxer Lodge (BoxerLodge.com)
Upright bass recorded by Jerry MacDonald at Odd Fellows Recording
Mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering
©(p) 2021 Brian Mello (Austin Mello Music, BMI)

Ghost Town

THE BELLYACHERS (c. 2005)
Brian Mello - vocals, guitar
Sandra Mello - bass, vocals
Melody Baldwin Tagliere - acoustic guitar, vocals
David Phillips - pedal steel
Russell Tillitt - piano
Peter Craft - drums

Engineered & mixed by Peter Craft at Boxer Lodge (www.boxerlodge.com)
©(p)2005 Brian Mello (Austin Mello Music, BMI)

Remixes

Almost Miss Missing You

Brian Mello - vocals, guitar, keyboards
David Phillips - pedal steel
David Knupp - bass, upright bass, harmonica
Peter Craft - drums, percussion, Hammond B3
Sandra Mello - backing vocals on The Orchard

Engineered & mixed by Peter Craft at Boxer Lodge
Mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering

The Orchard

Fade To White

New Kind of Empty

The Shovel and the Oleanders

Charlton Heston
Kneels in the sand near a broken statue
Knows the sad truth
There’s no hell that we can’t get used to
Given the time
So put your hand in mine

Line up in the rubble to cast your vote
Or just leave a suicide note
Nobody wins so we can’t lose
Air is thick with the Eschaton Blues

Pillars cracking
Looks like it really can happen here
Did it ourselves
History bares it’s teeth and smells fear
The director lost control
So let the credits roll

It started as a joke ended in tears
We stumbled along for a few more years
Everything fell apart live on the news
In the ruins with the Eschaton Blues

Set Rome on fire just to watch it burn
Fell for the con because we never learn
Take a drink you can’t refuse
Tastes like ashes and the Eschaton Blues

©(p) 2018 Brian Mello (BMI)

Mellodrama

Eschaton Blues

Brian Mello - vocals, guitar
David Phillips - pedal steel

Produced by Brian Mello & Peter Craft
Engineered and mixed by Peter Craft at Boxer Lodge
Mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering
All songs written by Brian Mello (Austin Mello Music, BMI)
BrianMello.com / BoxerLodge.com
Wardrobe furnished by Botany 500

Howl Mountain

Love's Not Through With You

Sandra Austin Mello - vocals & bass
Melody Baldwin Tagliere - vocals & guitar
Brian Mello - guitar & keys
Peter Craft - drums

Engineered & mixed by Peter Craft at Boxer Lodge
Words & music by Sandra Austin Mello (BMI)

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