Sleep Talk

Shannon and the Clams - Sleep Talk

Taken from the album "Chorus." Out now on Slumberland Records.

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Philadelphia, PA’s Literature features Kevin Attics, Nathaniel Cardaci, Chris Schackerman, and Seth Whaland. Attics, who’d written for numerous music trades as a teen, met Cardaci and Whaland at the house venue they both operated in Austin, TX. Cardaci and Whaland each ran small imprint labels and, a million adventures later, the trio decided to form a band. Upon moving to Philadelphia the group befriended Schackerman who also joined the fold. 

In 2012, following a well-received single and a track on Gerard Cosloy’s “Casual Victim Pile II” compilation they released their debut album, "Arab Spring," which became a cult hit within the indiepop community. That album is sharp and immediate, almost mod-ish in its attack, but always tuneful and going for melody where it counts. They toured the US in support, and have performed with the likes of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Eternal Summers, Ted Leo, Sic Alps, White Fence, Gentlemen Jesse, Hospitality, and Brown Recluse. They also appeared on Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic.

In 2013 they released a follow-up 7”, “Tie Dye” and contributed a track to Esopus Magazine alongside artists like Jens Lekman and The Shins. They also played at that year’s NYC Popfest, which helped cement the buzz that was steadily growing amongst savvy pop fans. "Arab Spring" was treated to a re-mastered re-press, which followed the first pressing and quickly sold out.

Autumn of 2013 saw the band begin work on their second album, "Chorus," with lauded engineer Gary Olson (whose body of work includes records by Crystal Stilts, Mad Scene and The Beets) at his Marlborough Farms studio in Brooklyn, NY. As a beautiful autumn turned into one of the harshest winters in recent memory, Olson and the band began stretching out, enhancing the album with studio techniques dating back to the late 60s including true-tape flanging, sending vocals through Leslie speaker cabinets, and the same analog style of automatic double-tracking created at Abbey Road Studios.

The result is an album that is as immediate as it is timeless, full of effortlessly catchy and well-crafted tunes that echo pop legends like Smiths and Orange Juice. All of that time in the studio has resulted in a rich, considered sound that puts the band's arranging and playing front and center. "Chorus" is one of the most exciting pop records in years, and marks Literature at true contenders.

Literature - New Jacket

Tele/visions - Let Me Be

Amazon Hippie

lyrics:

and i'll go
i guess i'll push myself away
but i don't mind it cause i know
i know work i did will stay

2000 years and its today ill wanna stop
i'd fill the holes within my hands… 
space remains, nothing i drop

i went outside today
i'd let myself decay


swimming

Verse 1
Shadows bend across the sky
Whispers move but don’t say why
Every moment slips away
Night becomes another day

Chorus
Just beyond the edge of sound
No one there to pull me down
Drifting where the stars unwind
Leaving all the world behind

Verse 2
Signals fading through the air
I keep searching, nothing’s there
Faces blur and turn to stone
In the silence I’m alone

Chorus
Just beyond the edge of sound
No one there to pull me down
Drifting where the stars unwind
Leaving all the world behind

Bridge (Chant)
Echo fading, fading, slow
Spinning, spinning, let it go
Nowhere, somewhere, up there, gone
Nowhere left to carry on

Falling, sinking, crashing down
Thinking, blinking, no one’s found
Never reaching, seeking ground
Dreams of solid ground

Final Chorus
Just beyond the edge of sound
No one there to pull me down
Drifting where the stars unwind
Leaving all the world behind



Just Beyond (The Edge of Sound)

for track & field's summer compilation vol. 2

it was gone

Tele/visions - Drive

Comedown

Lyrics:
I just want to know
Where you went out
last night, alone.

And I just want to know
Do you still love me ?
Cause I don't know

Tell me, Does your love show ?
Tell me, Does your love show ?
Tell me, Does your love show ?

I just want to know
Do you still think of me
When I'm not home ?
And I want to know
Do you think of somebody else
when you're alone ?

Tell me, Does your love show ?
Tell me, Does your love show ?
Tell me, Does your love show ?

Tele/visions - Drive

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