(Sharbaugh | Sobel)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, organs, synthesizers, and 'found sounds'
Mike Sobel [ https://soundcloud.com/mikesobel ]: guitar and synthesizer
Composed and Recorded ca. September 1, 2014.
sm13 [ARIA (C)].
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Music by Mike Sobel can be listened to here:
https://soundcloud.com/mikesobel

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"Thank you, Mike, for allowing me to adapt and produce this track."

~ Michael

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I've watched the sun kiss a thousand clouds
how long must I wait for you?
tongue-tied, beseeched, avowed
how far must I strain for you?
once drunk in endless light
now starving in your shadow
it lingers beyond farewell
leaving all earthly things fallow

fire creeps along my veins
heat wells within my heart
once I was on your side
now I long to tear you apart

there's nothing left to write
words fail me
adrift in a barren sea
I'm flailing
poised to dread the coming rains
and thunder
fearing this has been our last stand

racing behind my brow
empty dreams preoccupy
what was, what is, and what will be
tremble and ossify

fires creep along my veins
heat wells within my heart
once I was on your side
now I long to tear you apart

there's nothing left to write
words fail me
adrift in a barren sea
I'm flailing
poised to dread the coming rains
and thunder
fearing this has been our last stand

The Last Stand

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"The Last Stand" [Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Mike Sobel]

POP | SPACEROCK | AMBIENT | EXPERIMENTAL

the PERSON, the SOUND : Michael Ash Sharbaugh is a composer of music and poetry, a lead vocalist and synthesist who hails from Philadelphia, PA. Since 1985, Michael has released hundreds of recordings, but known primarily for his atmospheric pop ("Give Yourself Completely"), jarring spacerock ("Dying in the Killing Jar"), and ambient-experimental works ("Infrastructure," "point65c," "Three Aimless Clouds").

Michael's sound is a synergy of 'darkwave-y' electronica and 'trip-hop-y' psychedelia: bass-laden rhythms form the gravity for his own breathy vocals and his soundscapes of dizzying synths and 'found sounds.' His ambient and experimental musics are soothing, and somewhat 'alien' to the ear: they float and shimmer, meander, and -- more often than not -- haunt.

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the INFLUENCES : Duran Duran, The Weeknd, Blondie, Depeche Mode, Billy Idol + Steve Stevens, Stone Temple Pilots, Dead Can Dance, Siouxsie & The Banshees, This Mortal Coil, Air, Naked Eyes, Tears for Fears, Alice in Chains, John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, The Chameleons [UK], Brian Eno, The Cocteau Twins, ABBA, The Bee Gees, Claude Debussy, Frederick Chopin, Guillaume de Machaut, Early Music, Renaissance music, Baroque music, and Joe Meek.

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