This is "The Album" so far.

We're putting studio tracks out in the order they are intended to be listened to. It's a concept album, it tells a story and uses the "hero's journey" as a template to do that.

The story is about you.

LIVE IN LIGHT - The album

Determined using "likes". Interesting list. Gives us hope for "album 2".

TOP 10 SONGS 2024

TRACK ONE from our concept album "The Chimps of The Future".

TRACK TWO: https://soundcloud.com/chimpsofthefuture/waterwitch
TRACK THREE: https://soundcloud.com/chimpsofthefuture/black-cat
TRACK FOUR: https://soundcloud.com/chimpsofthefuture/the-devil-lives
TRACK FIVE: https://soundcloud.com/chimpsofthefuture/man-with-exploding-brain
TRACK SIX: https://soundcloud.com/chimpsofthefuture/chimps-of-the-future-good-place-master-v2

LYRICS: 

Welcome to your entertainment for the evening
We're just here to check that you're still sleeping
Put your headset on, I'm gonna miss you when you're gone;
Where you're going there is no need for thinking...

This is The Roaring Twenties, some of us will never leave
This is The Roaring Twenties. And you will see things you cannot
Believe...

Blow your mind inside the need for connection
Which is worse, indifference or rejection?
Stare into the screen, keep your mind unclean
Your device is suffering from an infection, yeah, yeah, yeah

This is The Roaring Twenties, some of us will never leave
This is The Roaring Twenties. And you will see things you cannot
Believe...

Your leaders won your thoughts and your names
The awakening is rising in your veins
Stare into The Sun
See the darkness run
They all forgot: in this world, Chaos reigns...

This is The Roaring Twenties, some of us will never leave
This is The Roaring Twenties. And you will see things you cannot
Believe...

This is The Roaring Twenties, some of us will never leave
This is The Roaring Twenties. And you will see things you cannot
Believe...

©The Chimps of The Future Songs, 2022

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The Roaring Twenties

LYRICS: 

Green skinned and beautiful with long red hair
Eyes jet black with a threatening stare
Legs; long, sharp claws, thin black lips
Tight little cape flowing round her hips

She is a Waterwitch, yeah
I never thought of it, oh no
What, a Witch? Yeah?
I never thought of it, oh no!

She looked at me and she, read my mind
I looked at her I said; what did you find?
Had me that night and the very next day
Taught me to spell; magick with a "K"

She is a Waterwitch, yeah
I never thought of it, oh no
What, a Witch? Yeah?
I never thought of it, oh no!

Go get your broom and lets get high
Lift up your legs and touch the sky
Go get your broom and lets get high
Lift up your legs and touch the sky

Waterwitch, yeah
I never thought of it, oh no
What, a Witch? Yeah?
I never thought of it, oh no!

She said she came from Lemuria,
I looked at her and said are you sure yeah?
So she took me all the way to Lemuria and
She's definitely from Lemuria

I said: Waterwitch, yeah
I never thought of it, oh no
What, a Witch? Yeah?
I never thought of it, oh no!

TRACK ONE: https://soundcloud.com/chimpsofthefuture/the-roaring-twenties

TRACK TWO: THIS ONE YOU'RE ON NOW
TRACK THREE: Chimpsofthefuture – https://soundcloud.com/chimpsofthefuture/Black-cat
TRACK FOUR: Chimpsofthefuture – https://soundcloud.com/chimpsofthefuture/The-devil-lives
TRACK FIVE: Chimpsofthefuture – https://soundcloud.com/chimpsofthefuture/Man-with-exploding-brain
TRACK SIX: Chimpsofthefuture – https://soundcloud.com/chimpsofthefuture/Chimps-of-the-future-good-place-master-v2

Waterwitch

Are people honest;
Or do most of them pretend?
We believe in love;
Or is that something that we say?

Your memory, really is your best friend
But when the truth is hidden does it matter anyway?

Black Cat, tell us how it is; black cat, tell us how it is: I-A-O-U-E

Now the end is near, see how their faces speak of gloom.
Can you read their minds? Or do their eyes give you the proof?
We're falling down, we've walled a monster in a tomb!
As the animal screams, here it try to tell the truth...

All good people your time has come, all good people your time has come I-A-O-U-E...

(Art by Neil Carey; @mrbultitude on Instagram)

Black Cat

See The Lion at the bottom of the road?
Telling everyone he is made of gold?
Standing in the night when it's quiet and still.
Turn your eyes and look towards the hill...

We're going down in the ground where the devil lives
We're going down in the ground where the devil lives
We're going down in the ground where the devil lives
We're going down in the ground where the devil lives

There's a rock in a field just before the park
What they did up there has left a mark
It's where the burned the Witches in times gone by
It's where they took our sisters, to die

We're going down in the ground where the devil lives
We're going down in the ground where the devil lives
We're going down in the ground where the devil lives
We're going down in the ground where the devil lives

When the wind changes it blows your mind
There's a million rainbows in your lies
Can you hear the birds calling out your name?
The entire universe knows you're ashamed

We're going down in the ground where the devil lives
We're going down in the ground where the devil lives
We're going down in the ground where the devil lives
We're going down in the ground where the devil lives

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Fourth song in the series. It's a concept album, it tells a story. It's set in #Lancaster in the UK. The lyrics to this one put you outside The Golden Lion pub, at night, and take you up the road to the rock in the field just before the park which is there to commemorate the Witches of Pendle, "and all who were killed for their faith".

The Devil Lives

Man with the exploding brain:

Is there a reason, that we cannot find
Why all the people, are losing their mind
What is the truth, or is there no such thing
Can you believe, - in anything?

He's the man! With the exploding brain.
And he's worried. That he's going insane.
He is the man! With the exploding brain.
And he's worried -  he's going insane.

Outside his window. There are people to fear
Inside his house. There is no one here
Do not question. Cause they'll find you out
No thinking, thinking leads to doubt

He's the man! With the exploding brain.
And he's worried. That he's going insane.
He's the man! With the exploding brain.
And he's worried. That he's going insane.

'Now it's over we can be normal and new
We've got machines, to tell you what is true
We've done and said - things we all regret
So it's time - to forgive and forget

He's the man! With the exploding brain.
And he's worried. That he's going insane.
He's the man! With the exploding brain.
And he's worried. That he's going insane.

The Man With The Exploding Brain

You smoke like me grandmother!
Come on, take a big drag, like this!	

Hey hey - this is the life
Hey hey - this is the life
Hey hey - this is the life
Hey hey - this is the life

You take orders from a grasshopper?
And you listen to it hiss?

You take orders from a grasshopper?
And you listen to it hiss?

Hey hey - this is the life
Hey hey - this is the life
Hey hey - this is the life
Hey hey - this is the life

Lampwick (DEMO)

Make the trivial seem sublime, one last trip one last time, yeah...

DR LEARY - Chimps of The Future (LIVE) at The Golden Lion / Ginger Feather FM

LAMPWICK (PRACTICE)

I am the fish that learned to walk
I am the monkey that can talk
A genius without a brain
A heart beat that feels no pain...

So won't you please, please remember
This night with me

Oh I hope, you can remember
This night, this night with me

I don't want to know what you know
I don't want to go where you go
I don't want to see what you see
I don't want to be what you be

So won't you please, please remember
This night with me

Oh I hope, you can remember
This night, this night with me

Beautiful girl, so far away
I wanna see you, everyday
I see your eyes, your face your lips
When I'm with you, time just slips
Away, away, away

So I hope I can remember
This night with you
Oh won't you please, let me remember
This night, this night with you

'As sunlight obscures the stars
By day
So too does wakefulness obscure the fact
You're still dreaming

As sunlight
Obscures the stars
By day
So too does wakefulness
Obscure the fact
You're still dreaming...'

(with thanks to Peter J Carroll who allowed us to use his words at the end of the song)

--

AS PLAYED ON:

Beyond Radio
Chorley Hospital Radio
BBC Introducing

This Night

A nice fast and loose version of The Good Place recorded on a couple of mobile phones this week (17th SEPTEMBER) featuring Ralph on bass (Art Gallery) and Andy on guitar - he's here: https://soundcloud.com/andy-slatter

THE GOOD PLACE (LIVE) @ The Golden Lion Open Mic #LANCASTER

features Ralph on bass (Art Gallery) and Andy on guitar - he's here: @andy-slatter

LYRICS:

Nobody likes you, everyone loves you...

You smoke, like my Grandmother
C'mon, take a big drag like this;
You take orders from a grasshopper
And you listen to The Beatles when they hiss...

Hey hey, this is the life

Come with me down to pleasure island
I've been told that we'll all fit in there
Come with me down to pleasure island
Maybe we can find a billionaire...

Hey hey this is the life....

Little donkey, little donkey, little donkey, what's happening to me?

Lampwick (LIVE) featuring guests at The Golden Lion Open Mic #LANCASTER

The finished version of this song - recorded in a studio in Blackpool (the home of English rock) - will appear online on the 11th October.

FEEL ALIVE (LIVE) Golden Lion Open Mic

This is us writing about not being able to see people, just before lockdown happened... at the time we had no idea how much these words could and would mean.

Feel Alive - writing session - Nick Nick And Kat

FEEL ALIVE

Living these days, life is a maze, time keeps spiralling on
You can't see me, I can't see you,
Maybe that's the way it should be

Got to feel my heart break before I fall in love
Got to feel my heart break before I fall in love

Feel alive
Feel alive
Feel alive
Feel alive

Underneath The starry sky I'm beginning to feel
Electrified
I have No more Words to say
We used them all up yesterday

Got to feel my heart break before I fall in love
Got to feel my heart break before I fall in love

Feel alive
Feel alive
Feel alive
Feel alive

Living these days, life is a maze, time keeps spiralling on
You can't see me, I can't see you, maybe that's the way it should be

Got to feel my heart break before I fall in love
Got to feel my heart break before I fall in love

Feel alive
Feel alive
Feel alive
Feel alive

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Feel Alive

Black Cat (LIVE) K:KITCHEN RADIO / CHIMPS OF THE FUTURE @ THE GOLDEN LION OPEN MIC.

ERIS D (LIVE) at The Golden Lion

The Good Place turns into a cheeky jam with: Nick M on vox. Nick D on 12 string. Joe on 6 string. Andy on bass. And Krishna on cahon.

Keep music live.

Hail Eris, All Hail Discordia!

The Good Place | Chimps OTF & The Golden Lion Allstars

My new religion, gonna be on the news
My new religion, giving you the blues
My new religion, means you're gonna lose
My new religion, is one you can use...
My new religion - is coming for you!

MY NEW RELIGION (First go - practice)

GOOD PLACE (LIVE) K:KITCHEN RADIO

ERIS D - K KITCHEN RADIO (LIVE) 24

"What's The Truth When You Don't Know Who You Are?"

Colours of the world in black and white
The universe fills up with ineffable light
Movement takes this place into the night
Nothing here is ever wrong or right

Please awaken
Please awaken me

Please awaken
Please awaken me

What's the truth when you don't know
Who
You
Are

What's the truth when you don't know
Who
You
Are

All these things are true and they are false
Magick is both real and it is false
The demons in your mind are real and false
The angels in your heart are real and false

Please awaken, please awaken me
Please awaken, please awaken me

What's the truth when you don't know
Who
You
Are

What's the truth when you don't know
Who
You
Are


What's The Truth (When You Don't Know Who You Are)? - practice session with 12 string

Black Cat:

Are people honest,
Or do most of them pretend?
We believe in love,
Or is that something that we say?
Your memory,
Really is your best friend.
When the truth is hidden,
Does it matter anyway?

Yeah!
Black cat, tell us how it is!
Black cat, tell us how it is!
I-A-O-U-E

Black cat, tell us how it is!
Black cat, tell us how it is!
I-A-O-U-E

Now the end is near,
See how their faces speak of gloom.
Can you read their minds,
Or do their eyes give you the proof?
We're falling down,
We've walled a monster in a tomb.
As the animal screams,
Hear it try to tell the truth!

Yeah!
Black cat, tell us how it is!
Black cat, tell us how it is!
I-A-O-U-E

Black cat, tell us how it is!
Black cat, tell us how it is!
I-A-O-U-E

Yeah!
Black cat, tell us how it is!
Black cat, tell us how it is!
I-A-O-U-E

Black cat, tell us how it is!
Black cat, tell us how it is!
I-A-O-U-E

I-A-O-U-E

All good people your time has come 
All good peope your time has come
I-A-O-U-E

All good people your time has come 
All good peope your time has come
I-A-O-U-E

All good people your time has come 
All good peope your time has come
I-A-O-U-E

STUDIO VERSION: https://soundcloud.com/chimpsofthefuture/black-cat

Black Cat (practice - with Nick D & 12 string)

We did a gig in #PRESTON at a legendary venue; The Ferret.

This is how Man With The Exploding Brain sounded...

The Man With The Exploding Brain (LIVE) @ The Ferret #PRESTON

ASCENSION (LIVE) at The Ferret in #PRESTON

Waterwitch - LIVE - at The Golden Lion open mic

Incredible good fortune to all who attended.

Hail Eris, All Hail Discordia...

Waterwitch (LIVE at The Kanteena #LANCASTER)

Black Cat (LIVE at The Kanteena #LANCASTER)

The Devil Lives (LIVE at The Kanteena #LANCASTER)

The Man With The Exploding Brain (LIVE at The Kanteena #LANCASTER)

The Good Place (LIVE at The Kanteena #LANCASTER)

Eris D (LIVE at The Kanteena #LANCASTER)

My eyes are open; I'm coming home
My eyes are open; I'm coming home

Welcome to The Spider's Web
Wrap yourself inside the net
You're inside The Spider's Web
You can see everyone you've met

My eyes are open so I'm coming home
My eyes are open so I'm coming home

Her eyes are there in the streets
Watching you all wherever you meet

The Spider's there for your protection
Watching your connections

My eyes are open so I'm coming home
Yeah, my eyes are open so I'm going home...

Going home..
Going home..
Going home..
Going home..

The Spider's Web - a half song we're kicking about.

BEHIND ENEMY LINES

Chimps Of The Future are a band from Lancaster, Lancashire, North of England, UK, EARTH

BLACK CAT (live) CAVERN PUB #liverpool OPEN MIC

The Cavern Pub Open Mic, highly recommend you go there, was fun.

Eris D (LIVE) in #LIVERPOOL at The Cavern

I got a chip in my mind - it made me famous...

What's your status, do you have status? - jam/practice

STEEPLE (REPRISE) - jam/practice

JAM #23

Another song we're kicking around for the studio album. This is us jamming it out a bit...

Everybody knew - jam/practice/writing session

You've finally found us! We are Chimps of The Future!

We've got no promotional budget, we're doing this for fun, more people join us everyday, click follow and learn to sing along.

The songs on our album are arranged in a very particular order. It's an old rock tradition called "The Concept Album".

We also have a bit of work from our sister band K:KITCHEN RADIO.

Hail Eris, all Hail Discordia!

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