Alesana - Congratulations, I Hate You

Singer-songwriter Dakota Gallivan has announced the release of his debut album, Life Is For The Living, out on May 16. The album’s title and overarching message was inspired by a Langston Hughes poem: “Life is for the living/Death is for the dead/Let life be like music/And death a note unsaid.” Together, the songs represent Gallivan’s embrace of life in all its forms and phases, telling stories of love and betrayal, grief and ghosts, taking leaps and saying goodbye. They’re told through high energy rock with diverse arrangements, sweeping instrumentation, honest, vulnerable lyrics, and melodic hooks that stay with you. 

Written by Gallivan and recorded at yellow DOG Studios in San Marcos, TX, this ten-song collection was produced by Grammy Award-winner David Percefull and features a bevy of notable Texas musicians, including Geoff Queen on slide guitar and resonator, Carter Arrington on lead guitar, and Phil Hook on drums. Indie rock stalwart Bob D’Amico (Sebadoh, No Chief, The Fiery Furnaces) was also a key collaborator. 

Desert Passenger

From the extensive demo recordings I created as a university student around a decade ago, I've organized and selected 13 well-developed tracks. This collection will serve as the blueprint for my second album.

01 - Theme of The Last Person

🎵 Sick of this Life
By Mainside Project 

I am so sick of this life
It’s too hard to pretend
That everyone is playing nice
Can't you even understand?
It's so easy to define
How hard a heart is to mend
It won't take a while
Like people used to say

Life is full of thorns and stones
We have to drift through it all
And when the sky is full of tones
Our time to shine has come

People barely look at your face
In a rushed crowd of traffic
A million thousand hearts
Beating cold and automatic

How did we end up here?
When the silence feels so near

I am so sick of this life
It’s too hard to pretend
That everyone is playing nice
Can't you even understand?
It's so easy to define
How hard a heart is to mend
It won't take a while
Like people used to say

They say the best is yet to come
But I am waiting patiently
And even though emotions drown my head
Still I breathe through the uncertainty

I walk this road with shattered hopes
Still holding on to what I feel
Each lonely step just feeds the storm inside
Trying to believe that it’s real

I’ve lost some parts along the way
But something in me still won’t break
Hope flickers in the dark sometimes
And I refuse to fade away

I am so sick of this life
It’s too hard to pretend
That everyone is playing nice
Can't you even understand?
It's so easy to define
How hard a heart is to mend
It won't take a while
Like people used to say

Sick of this Life

A raw, intimate song about feeling trapped in hollow relationships and searching for a way out.

Empty Bounds

When your life feels like an endless "Groundhog Day" routine.

United Masters

Sleepless Nights

This is a song about having a good time with a Georgia Girl in Tennessee

Will Brisk - Georgia Girl in Tennessee

sarah (alternative)

Blur the Frame

responsibility won’t ever get the best of me
sands through the hour glass they won’t hold back
I’ll spend eternity recalling all the days gone by
the second hand spins faster, faster as we run out of time

fuck the future fuck the past live everyday like it’s your last
it’s our time take a stand life is short so don’t hold back 

we never asked for this no longer will we take this shit
don’t be afraid to take a risk in 
the end it will all be worth it 

every wrong turn brings me back to this place 
keep holding on and learn to embrace 

each step I take is one step closer to the end the sky is my limit as long as I have my friends 


Blur the Frame

muddymamba

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