RULES FOR LISTENING: PAY ATTENTION. THE WORDS ARE NOT IMPORTANT. HOW THEY MAKE YOU FEEL IS. EFFORTS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SOUNDS IN YOUR HOUSE. IF YOU ARE ALONE. STARE AT A DOOR LONG ENOUGH AND IT MIGHT OPEN. PLEASE KEEP ALL PARTS OF SOUL DOWN BETWEEN YOUR LIMBS WHERE IT BELONGS. YOU BRING THE FANGS, AND WE’LL BRING THE BLOOD. HEAVEN AND HELL ARE THE SAME IN THEIR OWN WAY. HOW ARE WE GOING TO LEAVE IF WE DON’T KNOW WHERE TO GO? YOU ONLY THINK YOU HATE EVERYTHING.THE TALE OF A GHOST IS HELD BY THE CRACK OF A BROKEN HEART, BUT YOU KNOW THIS, AS YOU LOST YOURS QUITE YOUNG. IT IS FOR THE BEST. WELCOME. XOXOCCULT. /\O/\
credits
released October 15, 2018 

EFFORTS IS: 

DAMNSEL - GUITAR + VOX 
ZACH GRACE - DRUMS + VOX +KEYS 
GEOFFREY MAYBE - BASS + VOX +KEYS 

I BOUGHT YOU A COFFIN WAS RECORDED/ MIXED/ MASTERED AT SELF HELP INT. STUDIOS IN NASHVILLE TN. FROM NOVEMBER 2015 TO OCTOBER 2018. IT WAS PRODUCED, ENGINEERED, MIXED & MASTERED BY ZACH GRACE (WITH THE BAREST HINT OF HELP FROM DAMNSEL & GEOFFREY MAYBE) THE SONGS WERE WRITTEN AND COMPOSED BY DAMNSEL, ZACH GRACE & EVENTUALLY GEOFFREY “MAYBE” OSBORNE.  

DURING THE RECORDING OF THIS LP THE BAND SURVIVED THE FOLLOWING HORRORS: LVL 12 LOCKJAW, A FAILING MARRIAGE, DEFINITIVE LOSS, THE DEATH OF A DOG, DEFINITIVE HAIR LOSS, BANDMATES IN JAPAN, BANDMATES UNSURE IF THEY ARE IN BAND, (2) CONCUSSIONS, AGONIZING ER VISITS, LOSS OF A TOOTH DUE TO CEMENT FLOOR, DEPRESSION, “BEING 29”, ATROPHIED MUSCLES, CRIPPLING HEMORRHOIDS, LOSS OF JOBS, INABILITY TO SING, “BEING 32”, DISCOVERING SOBRIETY, AND SOME GENERAL EXISTENTIAL ANGST.

COMEUPPANCE (EVERYTHING WILL BE WRONG & FINE)

6 PACK, NICE ABS!(TINENCE)

IT'S ONLY FEBRUARY

DIE RIGHT HERE

PICK UP YOUR TINSEL

PALE HORSE

TAKE OFF YOUR HELM

I BOUGHT YOU A COFFIN

YOU WILL LEAVE AND EVERYONE

Recorded at Self Help International in Nashville, TN.

Tinsel: Todd Michael Rogers
Glitter: Zach Grace
Silver: Jason Gilmore

Special Thanks to Jon Morgan & The Weapon

Pick Up Your Tinsel (Live)

THE FIRST EFFORTS LP NOW STREAMING WORLDWIDE (OR JUST STEAL IT FROM BANDCAMP)!⁣⁣
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WE MADE THIS FOR THE CREEPS, THE PEEPS, AND FANS OF THE CHEAP SEATS. COME JOIN US. 16 SAD SONGS IN 34 ANGRY MINUTES.⁣⁣
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WARNING, IF YOU LIKE: HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS, PUNK MUSIC, SADNESS ON A BIBLICAL LEVEL, BLOOD, OR THIS LOOKS LIKE A BAT TO YOU: /\O/\ ⁣⁣
…THEN THIS MY FRIEND IS THE ALBUM FOR YOU.⁣⁣