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So, one day, I thought: Hey, why not extend that original B.O.A.T.E.M. (Builders Of All That Extraordinary Municipality) theme song for the Boatem Crew that I’ve already iterated three times?

Scope creep got the better of me: while I iterated it (and extended it by eight measures) for the fourth time, I also hitched it up to the third iteration of the song and two other original songs with the intent to form a Disbelief-style five-movement song. However, something was missing… there weren’t enough unifying motifs throughout the whole thing, and there wasn’t quite any song that I had composed previously that fit the fourth, “resolution” phase. The solution? Compose another song – that’s where Moonfall comes in, incorporating a litany of motifs from the original B.O.A.T.E.M. song and mixing it with compositional elements of the others, forming a more suitable lead-up to the final phase theme in the process.

Art by Jas: https://www.tumblr.com/isjasz

Moonfall (B.O.A.T.E.M. - Phase 4)

🕰 Lip Service Serenade – For when your existential crisis wears eyeliner and watches the evening news.

🎸 Indie Rock × Jangle Pop × Post-Punk
📺 Mood: Bittersweet • Detached • Melodic Jangle • Echoes of Resilience

Ever stared at a politician's lips and thought, “This beat slaps harder than your speech”? Welcome to Lip Service Serenade — a melancholic foot-tapper for anyone who’s emotionally exhausted but still ironically stylish.

Picture this:
You’re sitting on a couch with commitment issues.
A lukewarm tea judges you from the table.
The TV talks nonsense, but those jangle guitars? Pure emotional literacy.

🧠 For fans of:
– Guitars that shimmer like your fading trust in democracy
– Lyrics that sip cold tea with you
– Beats that understand quiet rebellion better than your last date

Whether you’re slowly vanishing into a memory foam pit or just too emotionally fluent to yell at the news, this one’s for you.

🎶 Lip service, baby — sing me away.

Lyrics: 

He’s back on screen in a pixel suit
A halo made of static, a tie too mute
He talks like rain on a plastic sheet
But I just hear the humming of my heartbeat

I sip my tea, it’s gone too cold
The curtains dance like they're growing old
His promises break like Monday plans
But I just watch with folded hands

🎶 His lips move slow, like a vinyl glitch
Sayin’ nothing dressed up as a pitch
I don’t cry, I don’t rage — just fade
To the jangle hum of a TV parade
Lip service, baby — sing me away
In this bittersweet, post-punk ballet 🎶

My couch has grown a memory foam soul
Where I sink like hope through a rigged black hole
The world outside wears campaign masks
But I just count the lightbulb’s cracks

He gestures wide like a silent film
But the meaning’s thin and the vibe is grim
Still, I tap my foot to the distant lie
Like a lullaby dressed in suit and tie

🎶 His lips move slow, like a vinyl glitch
Sayin’ nothing dressed up as a pitch
I don’t shout, I don’t vote — just stay
With the jangle chords in shades of gray
Lip service, baby — fade me away
In this bittersweet, indie cliché 🎶

And maybe tomorrow I’ll care again
Trade silence in for a paper pen
But tonight he’s just a mouth on glass
And I’m a ghost with time to pass

🎶 His lips move slow, like a vinyl glitch
Sayin’ nothing dressed up as a pitch
I won’t dream, I won’t pray — just play
This post-punk hymn in my own delay
Lip service, darling — lead me astray
In this bittersweet, jangle ballet 🎶

Lip Service Serenade

From the album, Lousy with Sylvianbriar, out now on CD/LP/cassette/digital.

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Its first release for revered indie Captured Tracks. NYC band GIFT's "Illuminator" is a giant creative leap from the Brooklyn band's 2022 debut - the long-awaited payoff of an ever-growing musical and human chemistry as embodied by 11 sleek, often danceable and frequently mesmerizing songs. With new and unabashed inspiration from artists as wide-ranging as Madonna and MGMT, GIFT generates a dynamic genre fusion with just the right spritz of electronic elements and widescreen pop production techniques.

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