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Alternative Rock

Epic track collection, Spring and Summer 2023

Now That's What I call Re-Ex Alt Rock Tracks

Rock and Roll

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IncelCore

Future Track Fifteen

"Estoy en un lugar sin atmósfera, polvoriento y rocoso".

VIDEO OFICIAL: https://youtu.be/oacDJkWNwFc

LUNA

Calle, ella,
Viento, yo.
El sol, la luz,
Agua, tierra,
Ella y yo.

Aire, ella,
Selva, yo,
El sol, la luz,
Agua, tierra y
Ella y yo.

Nube, ella,
Valle, yo,
El sol, la luz,
Agua, tierra y
Ella y yo.

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Sojue Stradac - Símbolos, signos y presentimientos.
Paulino Robles: Portada CD, Dirección y Producción de Video. #FotoBazarTulancingo
Reparto: Aysha Ix Tamayo Jiménez y Almendra Jiménez Valdés. 
Video grabado en Acayuca, Hidalgo.

¡Gracias amigos, es que su poder impulsa!

Producido en 100 Hertz Home Studio por Sojue Stradac.

SIMBOLOS

Luna

"Forever is not a destination; it's a journey without end.
So, Travel well, not just to reach a destination, but to embrace the experiences" Lloyd Khan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vPu6yLZ_Y8

Forever & Ever
"Forever & Ever" is a track that effortlessly blends jazz and house music elements.  The song starts with catch beats then Lloyd Khan uses brief instrumentation to give the song a feeling of complexity and depth. 

The ending of this song is particularly effective since it gradually fades away, 
providing a sense of finality and closure to the listener.  Emma Blair

From the creative mind of Artist Lloyd Khan giving a powerful mix of soulful & heartfelt soundscapes.

Lloyd born in the Far East (foot hills of Kalaw, Myanmar) came to the US when he was 14 years old and jumped head first into the Funk and Fusion Grooves of the time and managed to fuse eastern melodies from his past into his latest creations.

Trance induced Funk Grooves! "...Massive world beat percussion's, ethereal guitars and keyboards, alongside chants and the spoken word comprise this eclectic and intriguing blend of music... nothing short of an awe-inspiring experience - "

Genre: Avant Garde: Structured Improvisation

Forever And Ever

Music for Content Creators – DIRECT DOWNLOAD from SoundCloud!

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Track name: The Phantom Ship: RESURRECTION
Music by Michael Herter
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Classical Hip-Hop for Your project. Check out the combination of Bach organ, chor and modern beat!

This is a unique piece great for adding energy and power to your projects, full of bass and sounds to make your speakers shake!

do a remix, chop it up, extend it, use it how it is, its totally up to you, full of originality and dubstep flavour, sure to get heads nodding.

In my portfolio you will find not only the full version of this piece, but also short and loop versions.

d-moll; 4/4; 160 bpm

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The Phantom Ship Resurrection

The Phantom Ship: RESURRECTION

Copla Indie Rock con un toque muy personal. Sonido característico de " El Ñuki "

Desastre Por Dentro

Video Oficial: https://youtu.be/23zk-r7H_MI

GRILLOS

Sueño fugaz es hacia mí,
Y va a predecir que pasará.

Alto la luz, salga de aquí,
No hay nada más, no, no lo hay.

Grillos.

Grillo animal,
Vientre de sal,
Grillo animal,
Ojos del mar.

Grillos.

Escapa el agua, el refugio,
Busca atrás sobre sus pasos,
Simplemente recordaba estar ahí.
En un sentido su correr sobre la tierra,
Va dejando y dibujando en el tiempo,
Larga línea y va extraviándose el lugar, aquel hogar.

CREDITOS:
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¡Gracias amigos, es que su poder impulsa!

Producido en 100 Hertz Home Studio por Sojue Stradac 2021.

Grillos

Composed by 𝙉𝘼𝙍𝘾𝙄𝙎𝙎𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙎.
Featuring MrTrEEzUK.
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/vD2rb

You're going too far,
Because you can or do you want to?
Stuck in those old ways,
Or will you use your hands instead of words?
Well I hope that it keeps you up at night,
I hope that you run from the blue lights,
And never forget the sight,
Of the fingers that wrap around this reflection in time.

Well I hope that it keeps you up at night,
I hope that you run from the blue lights,
And never forget the sight,
Of the fingers that wrap around this reflection in time.

Oh baby won't you love me now?
You should've never have here tonight "my friend,"
I got big plans in store for you,
And when the sun would set on the other side of town,
I saw the light and it was red,
You better walk away now,
Or I'll be forced to turn myself into you.
Well I hope that it keeps you up at night.

You're going to far,
Because you can or do you want to?
Stuck in those old ways,
Or will you use your hands instead of words?
Well I hope that it keeps you up,
Or will you use your hands instead of words?
Reflection in time.
Or will you use your hands instead of words?
Reflection in time.

× × × × × × × × ×

Narcissists is a independent electronic music project from Preston, Lancashire. Established in 2022, and releasing their debut album Opening Move the same year.

Opening Move, combines retro influences with an energetic, modern rock sound, not disimilar from Harry Styles or The Strokes. 

Opening Move saw some exposure upon release on Wythenshawe FM Radio, The Amos Madra Show and Amazing Radio Afternoons.

In November 2022, performing live atop an art gallery in Manchester, Narcissists made their live debut at the ABC Building, playing on the roof of the gallery in the glass amphitheatre as part of an event organised by House of Art and Heads Magazine.

Narcissists were also interviewed and featured in an article published by Blossom Magazine, an organisation also based in Manchester.

In December 2022, Narcissists performed at The Ferret, a legendary live music venue in Preston, Lancashire. Supporting popular rock band Sugarstone in a bid to save struggling venues affected by the pandemic.

In 2023, Narcissists released King's Gambit, their second studio album. The album featured a post-modern, electronically woven sound. Drawing inspiration from a wide range of electronic styles.

Dark Skies was used as the official soundtrack to popular Internet soap opera "Skew Bridge," crafted by the team from award winning playwriter Jim Cartwright.

Reflection In Time (ft: MrTrEEz)

That Island

Remixed & Remastered 

Produced by- Microphone Mafia- https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/NbqjZYX2K9GhbXSa7


Cover Art by- E.PBeats-https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/UkrrULRGppuBaZuh7

Grave (Prod. Microphone Mafia)

You said you're gonna smash the industry
You believe in fairy tales and fantasy
You're lost in your asshole
You suck and you swallow
You rhyme note by note with a song somebody else wrote

You're too short
And you're ugly
You're on drugs
You're unfunny
You're too weird
And you can't sing
You can't write
You're annoying

You traced your music
I can't believe you're that stupid
You traced your music
I can't believe you're that stupid

You wore a leather jacket, smoked a cigarette
I guess for some reason that means punk's not dead
You're lost in your asshole
You suck and you swallow
You rhyme note by note with a song somebody else wrote

You're too short
And you're ugly
You're on drugs
You're unfunny
You're too weird
And you can't sing
You can't write
You're annoying

You traced your music
I can't believe you're that stupid
You traced your music
I can't believe you're that stupid

I Can't Believe You're That Stupid

What The Hell - Hunna J (prod. kilmlords beats)

Circle and Serpents 

Verse 1 

He was blinded by life’s dismay. 

His only focus, to survive the day. 

A recipient of a parasite, absent of soul, decency, deceptive fool’s gold. 

Though the circle stays small, approach with caution.  

To avoid the fall as it will test you often. 

Its prize is not your pocket change, instruments, or sterling chain. 

 

Pre-Chorus 

Can you sense past his eyes in the darkness of night? 

The serpent plans a move and waits to strike. 

 

Chorus 

Circle and the Serpent 

Can you see deceit 

Beware the serpent 

Don’t let it inside. 

 

Verse 3 

It will steal what’s closest, leaves its mark on the world. 

A filthy stain, God’s disdain, just a genetic mistake 

A friendship, it seeks, and then it breeds, plants its seed, its intent to forsake. 

 

Verse 4 

Righteousness is not its middle name, an average Joe, how its perceived by the blind. 

A story being told, to unravel, to unwind, just a plot about those it bought and sold without control. 

 

Pre-Chorus 

Can you sense past his eyes in the darkness of night? 

There serpent plans a move and waits to strike. 

 

Chorus 

Circle and the Serpent 

Can you see deceit 

Beware the serpent 

Don’t let it inside.

Can You See Deceit

Remixed by my good friend Kris Bolin of The Bawl Slant.  Check him/them out, great stuff!
https://soundcloud.com/bawl-slant?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Laminar Flow (KB Mix)

Laminar Flow KB

Mix needs titivation drums are too loud, great work on the vocals Kenna-Rae
Kenna-Rae's Profile: https://soundcloud.com/kenna-rae-877529657

Never Be Too Long - Collab w/ Kenna-Rae

Hop Scotch - Collab w/ Kenna-Rae

Country rap old school wildin 👀🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻❤️

Downtown After Midnight

Thank you for listening!

Our brand new album called ALTRUISM will be released on 23.6. at 20:00! Love yu.

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Lyrics:

The rebirth of the end
Came from southern west
Look at the painless road
The painless road of the end
Choose the time
Choose the time to rest

To rest (endless road)
The best (defines)
Endless road (defines the best)
To rest (defines the best)

Blind drivers drive the highway
Cup of tests made me blessed
Mirror's hands and highness
Is sneaking, snuffing your chest
Sneaking and snuffing your chest

Walk the endless road
But watch your step
Forget definition
Who knows you best?

Walk the endless road
You can never rest
Walk the endless road
Watch out for who's next
For who's next

For who's next
For who's next
For who's next
For who's next

ALTRUISM

veronica

Hear A Lick There A Lick - Robert Grigg & Combstead

Part of the album "Die Umrandung des Nichts".

"How can the nothing be described without describing something that is around this nothing?" Georges Perec

First Track from Album "Die Umrandung des Nichts"

How can one create space for the absent by the presence of sound? Christiane Hommelsheim sings and plays on sound objects, Ralf Haarmann electronics and mandoline. With a central interest in loops, they create intertwined acoustic layers.
#meditation #calm #emiliatorrini #loops #relaxed

Die Umrandung des Nichts

In the Inside

haarmannhommelsheim - In the inside

This Nocturne, or at least its main themes, represents my first true attempt at composing on the piano several years ago. I composed or improvised a bunch of fragments and musical ideas together with the basic framework of the Nocturne.

As I've already implied in the description of my Fantasy, the two compositions were once conjoined when I finally decided to separate them and develop them independently. However, besides sharing the same key, a lot of textural fragments are still shared that can be noticed, and I bluntly quoted the main theme of the fantasy as a homage to their shared heritage. Personally, I'm particularly fond of the A-major melodic line starting at 0:38, which I consider one of the smoothest and most beautiful melodies I've written so far. Considering the hammering intro, it is one of the last additions I've made for this nocturne, and it helped me with a lot of structural problems. As with my other compositions, further changes will likely happen down the line.

I dedicate this work to another of my great friends, Ivan Dadić, a masterful smith, who once gifted me a beautiful crusader helmet he crafted (he even took measurements of my head for the undertaking). I humbly hope this endeavor will honour the gift he blessed me with!

Nocturne for Piano, F-sharp Minor

A Miller has no dreams.
He can not hope to see every horse in every stream.
There's no need to spur.
A horse that's travelling, already up to speed.

Look to the stars.
Stare up all you like, but you'll never get that far.
Look to the sky.
You'll never understand. you're never gonna fly.

The kids dont think in dreams.
Taken, locked away, a never-ending scream.
A future made obscene.
Squandered on a stupid capitalist scheme.

The kids don't think at all.
Waiting for the day they're lined against a wall.
A conflict of the mind.
The world of black and white, pointed, erudite.

Look to the stars.
Shine on alkaline, you're just fine as you are.
Look to the sky.
You're never gonna know why the world is passing by.

While the miller told his tale.
The sword of damocles, descending, deft, unfurled.
The trampling of the damned.
Can you hear them fall? a back against a wall.

Look to the stars.
Climb up any height, the distance is too far.
Look to the sky.
Forget it ammonite. It's where they placed the bar.

Chase Thee Not! The Moon

Satoshi Nakamoto

Samples voices : « Gone too long » (Culture Code Feat. Donna Tella).

GONE FOR TOO LONG

Feel like I should be walking on the shores of Galilee 
But instead I'm in a prison built up in my infancy.
Thought I was like the young boy from the Empire of the Sun.
But that wasn't how they saw me.
And that's how I came undone.
I'm not the one.

Oh, my baby.
Lay me down.
Oh, my baby.
Lay me down.

A laughing stock. 
I can't smoke pot.
Three corners to sweep dust.
When you fall into black water, all your keys begin to rust.
You're not thinking on damnation.
Amongst the holes you're teetering.
A cage containing lightning bolts. 
Which somehow you fit in.
Forget your sin.

Oh, my baby.
Lay me down.
Oh, my baby.
Lay me down.

Oh, sister, mother, Mary. 
Won't you lay your grace on me.
I do not want your money.
I'm dismayed about this fee.
The foolish man puts effort into digging diamond mines?
Yet a wise man takes his gold figures and reaches for the sky?
And don't ask why?

Felt sorry for the workers.
Give them all your sympathy.
If they didn't need the money.
Oh, footloose and fancy free.
And they wouldn't need so of much it if they weren't all in such pain.
You must all go on holiday.
You must all buy cocaine.
If it's all the same.

Oh, my baby.
Lay me down.
Oh, my baby.
Lay me down.

Oh, my baby.
Lay me down.
Where's my money?
Play around.
Time goes by.
There's no win. 
Games to play.
Songs to sing.
See the sun is rising.
But your not asleep.
An uncertain horizon.
Nothing deep.
Oh, my lady.
Lay me down.
Oh, my baby.
Lay me down.

Oh, my baby.
Lay me down.
Oh, my baby.
Lay me down.

Oh, sister, mother, Mary. 
Won't you take this pain from me.
Because the route to your salvation seems delayed by infamy.
Oh, holy mother of Jesus. 
Won't you let me in the door.
I'm not asking to sleep on your bed.
I'm content with the floor.
I want some more.

I go to ground, then I hear you speak.

Oh, my baby.
Lay me down.
Oh, my baby.
Lay me down.

Oh, sister, mother, Mary. 
Won't you exorcise for me.
The ghosts all these winters spent in bleak despondency.
The holy men of the mountain.
They pass judgement down on all.
But they're not fooling anybody.
Waiting for the fall.
We missed their call.

Oh, my baby.
Lay me down. (Repeat)

Sister, Mother, Mary

Circling

We shouldn't have to fight.
The piles of skulls must show it.
Who cares who's really right?
Nobody really knows it.
The road out of this place.
Littered with bones like you and me.
The dreams that floated high.
Same as dreams that sink to ground.

This is a road to nowhere.
It's all a route to now.

A spaceman in the clouds,
knows that he matters nought.
A twinkling in the eye.
Your time has come around.
The bell tolls out for thee.
The bells keep ringing out.
The cowboys and the cows.
Are dust to blow around...,

This is a road to nowhere.
It's all a route to now.
We're all on a road to nowhere.
There isn't even hell.

I don't think on the world,
When I'm no longer in it.
and if I try to think on death.
I just can't see much in it.
I do not think of frying pans,
somebody making love to you,
I do not sit and think and about.
All the people waiting to die.

This is a road to nowhere.
It's all a route to now.
We're all on a road to nowhere.
There isn't even hell.

A Road To Nowhere

Music Production / Mix & Master: Giannis Sarikakis

What We Leave Behind

Sat and recorded this on my friends 5 string bass he lent me. Tried to clear my mind and come up with something distant. Hope you enjoy.

Begin again

Ragnar

Shadows Plays - Fleursonseaux
All rights reserved - © Copyright

Shadows Plays

HEART BEAT

Running Away feat. Kate Gala (Produced by King D Mr. Perfect)

Here is my new track. It's a dreamy pop ballad with beautiful female vocals taken from Loopcloud.

Listen with headphones...

"Save me Baby..."

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@constellation-lyra

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Constellation Lyra - Nightmares

Oh, I'm running with the white flag waving
In the wind behind me
Oh, nobody's gonna come and save me
No, not this time before I lose my mind

Hold on, lean into me
There's a love so high that we can't see
And it's holding us tonight
Yeah, it's showing us the light, yeah

I feel the sweet summer heat
And the way that you move
You got that thing over me
And I like what you do

I'm dancing all day, all night
Then I dream of you
Oh, I'm running with the white flag waving
In the wind behind me

Oh, nobody's gonna come and save me
No, not this time before I lose my mind
Hold on, lean into me
There's a love so high that we can't see

And it's holding us tonight
Yeah, it's showing us the light, yeah
I just need to fix a mix
Pills don't let me go

Get me in your car, go far
I'll hear you to the radio
If I break and let you in
Will you be my medicine

Oh, I love when you sing to me
Scary lullaby, lullaby
Oh, I love when you sing to me
Scary lullaby, lullaby

I feel the sweet summer heat
And the way that you move
You got that thing over me
And I like what you do

I'm dancing all day, all night
Then I dream of you
Oh, I'm riding with the white flag waving
In the wind behind me

Oh, nobody's gonna come and save me
No, not this time before I lose my mind
Hold on, lean into me
There's a love so high that we can't see

And it's holding us tonight
You're not showing us the light, yeah
I just need to fix a mix
Pills don't let me go

Get me in your car, go far
I'll hear you to the radio
If I break and let you in
Will you be my medicine

Hey!

Lose My Mind

My remix of "Seawall" by Neev @neevdmusic

Caedmon Rigby
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Neev - Seawall (Caedmon Rigby Remix)

Lyrics by Pierrot B.
Music by Alexander A.(Guitar, Mainvocals), Alina D. (Guitar, Backvocals), Pierrot B.(Bass, Mainvocals)and Erik M.(Drums, Backvocals)

Produced by Lex Malone

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I've been drinking, all night long,
Look for answers, what went wrong.
There was an old man who sat right next to me,
He haven't said a word, it was the perfect company, and I thought,

[Pre-Chorus 1]
One more drink, okay, it's the last,
But I still haven't found the answers on the bottom of my glass!

[Chorus 1]
Sleepless nights, and empty dreams,
Forgotten heroes, and painful memories,
Burned flowers, pretended self-esteem,
The madness I call my life!

[Verse 2]
In the morning, I open my eyes,
Still confused and paralyzed,
I can't remember, it's like a disease,
To remind just one little piece of my memories.

[Pre-Chorus 2]
I've seen a lot of fights, and women in my bed,
But the reason to get up in the morning I still haven't found yet!

[Chorus 2]
I am calling but no one seems to hear,
The demons in my head, they won't disappear,
Like an outcast of an island full of pain,
The uncertainty between sane and insane!

[Bridge]
Shallow water, a fragile heart,
Painful awakenings, a life full of doubt,
You broke my heart, and stole my smile,
Raped my soul, and taught me to cry!

[Chorus 3]
I am falling, but never hit the ground,
The mess where I'm in, I only want out,
All these rejections, but I don't give a shit,
'Cause life goes on, and on, and on!

Melankoholic

First recorded in November 2022. 
From the album Salt.

It's a about living/being stuck in a small seaside town. For better or worse.

This new version was mixed and mastered by
Woods Studio Norway Mixing and Mastering 
www.soundcloud.com/woods_studio 

Lyrics

What I could have been.
Washed out by the salty sea.
Oh, it is just a dream.
A dream that's obsolete.

What a place to be.
A place where you can go and see.
The things that you could be.
All that you could dream.

Now you'll never know.
Anywhere's the way to go.
Oh, It's all for the show.
Now you'll never know.

Washed out by the sun.
This sun is just the current one.
The bun that traps the fly.
Now you wave goodbye.

Just wasted on the sand.
Wasted in a foreign land.
Wasted like you planned.
You wasted all your hands.

Time it ticks away.
Ticks away another day.
The days they will not stay.
The days they go away.

What I couldn't see.
Washed out by the salty sea.
Reminds me of the time.
I searched but couldn't find.

A scar that fades away.
Reminders of the former days.
The days that fade away.
The days they often change.

The salty sea imbibes.
More than you would care to mind.
You're full up to your eyes.
The salty sea revives. 


Salty Sea [2024 Remaster]

First recorded in September 2023.
From the album More Sponges.

It's a song about life and death.

This new version was mixed and mastered by
Woods Studio Norway Mixing and Mastering 
www.soundcloud.com/woods_studio 

LYRICS

We shouldn't have to fight.
The piles of skulls must show it.
Who cares who's really right?
Nobody really knows it.
The road out of this place.
Littered with bones like you and me.
The dreams that floated high.
Same as dreams that sink to ground.

This is a road to nowhere.
It's all a route to now.

A spaceman in the clouds,
knows that he matters nought.
A twinkling in the eye.
Your time has come around.
The bell tolls out for thee.
The bells keep ringing out.
The cowboys and the cows.
Are dust to blow around...,

This is a road to nowhere.
It's all a route to now.
We're all on a road to nowhere.
There isn't even hell.

I don't think on the world,
When I'm no longer in it.
and if I try to think on death.
I just can't see much in it.
I do not think of frying pans,
somebody making love to you,
I do not sit and think and about.
All the people waiting to die.

This is a road to nowhere.
It's all a route to now.
We're all on a road to nowhere.
There isn't even hell.

A Road To Nowhere [2024 Remaster]

Down by the River, from Elyssia's concept album 'Arcadia'.
Marianne Lihannah - Vocals
Paul Landry, synths, bass guitar and electric guitar with Roland GR-55 guitar synthesizer

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All rights reserved

Arcadia

Down by the River

Down By The River | Arcadia|

Murder On My Mind

This is one of my softer songs, meant to be sung in front of an audience.  I wrote it when I was 18 years old, and recorded it 6 years later.

Copyright 1984
Remastered 2021

My Main Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SnyderRon

This song was recorded in 11 hours on a 4-track recorder in Sept/Oct 1984,

When I Met You

Ron Snyder - When I Met You (1984)

Hallowed- C.O.R.O.N.A

The Nashville troubadour takes listeners on a journey to the heart of American music.

Mark Henes has spent years performing around Nashville’s music scene, cultivating a loyal following with his genre hopping, Americana influenced sound.  Now he is finally ready to formally introduce himself to the world with the release of his debut album “Crystallized Reflections,” which features thirteen stellar tracks that touch on everything from country and soul to punk.  

Lead single “Ghost Train” kicks things off.  A haunted ode to lost love, the song takes its influence from the outlaw country of the seventies, with a hard edged sound held together by Henes’ booming baritone.  Mark immediately starts to show his versatility as he switches gears on album highlight “I Pray, I Pray,” in which he is backed by a soulful horn section.  The acoustic guitar driven “The Underground” channels Johnny Cash.  “I am traveling to the north country,” he sings mournfully, as a string section sets the mood behind him.

There are many artists out there who can play multiple genres, but very few who can do it as convincingly as Henes.  This is best exemplified by “Strip Me Down,” in which the young songwriter shows off a completely different side of his artistry.  An energetic pop punk song that would sound right at home on the Warped Tour, it shows Mark at his most confrontational, with a hook that gets stuck in your head right away and stays there for weeks.

Across thirteen songs, Mark rarely repeats himself stylistically, but the entire album is held together by his commanding voice and thematic consistency.  On “Arm Full Of Roses,” he slows things down again, with a comforting ballad that might have sounded at home on vintage FM radio in the sixties.  The reverb heavy guitars and doo wop harmonies enhance the retro magic of the production, before giving way to chugging blues rock of “Death Was The Penalty,” in which Mark plays the role of convicted criminal as a wall of guitars provides the soundtrack for his getaway.

By the time Henes gets to album closer “Tennessee Hills,” with its old time fiddles and banjos, the listener gets the sense they’ve spent the past hour or so driving slowly across the middle of the country, exchanging stories and songs with a childhood friend.  “Crystallized Reflections” is a truly one of a kind album from an artist who is just getting started on his musical journey.  

“Crystallized Reflections” is available everywhere Oct 30, 2020

Crystallized Reflections

At The Bottom Of The Ocean

Should've known right when I saw you
Been sending nudes since the start of high school
But I liked your hair, thought that you looked cool
But now I know that there's no fucking hope
I remember when my friend showed me
He pulled up your nudes on his iphone screen
I wanted to die, I wanted to scream
And in that moment I knew there was no fucking hope

The girl I like is the village whore
Now I don't want her anymore
The girl I like is the village whore
And I've never wanted to kill myself more

Been heartbroken for about six months
I really wish you weren't a dumb slut
We could've done cool things and had a lot of fun
But you went and crushed all my fucking hopes
You do dumb shit and fuck a lot of guys
Everytime I think about it I wanna cry
Wanna crash my car into a tree and fucking die
And every day I think I want to commit suicide

The girl I like is the village whore
Now I don't want her anymore
The girl I like is the village whore
And I've never wanted to kill myself more

Village Whore

LYRICS

Fuck optics
fuck all this
bullshit I 
still live in
Fuck optics
fuck all this
bullshit I 
still live in

You say the way I see this world is so absurd
I see the way you run this world no justice served...
so Fuck optics
fuck all this
bullshit I 
still live in
Fuck optics
fuck all this
bullshit I 
still live in

You say that I should watch just what I say,
I look around these streets disgusting and deranged...
so fuck optics.


Fuck optics
fuck what you 
hear I say
you don't like
Fuck optics
fuck what you 
hear I say
you don't like

Thousands of years all burned down with but a word,
one of these years oh we're all just gonna learn...
fuck optics.

Thousands of years all burned down with but a word,
one of these years oh we're all just gonna learn
Thousands of years all burned down with but a word,
one of these years oh we're all just gonna learn...
fuck optics.

Fakeout!

Fuck Optics

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