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Recorded in the dead heat of the New Orleans summer of 2019. Amidst the chaos of the world and it's mortality; these songs comment on the downfall of a society that should be howling to stop its own demise.

Recorded by Adam Escue
Mixed by Dre Perish
Mastered by Shawn Cutts
Artwork by Mute Neighbor

All songs written by Quarter Rats 
except "Daddy Never Understood"
written by John Davis, M. Perretta, Lou Barlow, Bob Fay

Daddy Never Understood

Cheap Date

Bad News

Lyrics:

Ya got yr credit card
Ya better cancel it
Ya credit card
Nothing left on it

Can't wait
Fall to pieces

Ya got yr credit card
Ya better cancel it
Ya got yr credit card
There's nothing left on it

Can't wait
Fall to pieces

Went digging for gold
You made just a hole

Wait. Fall to pieces
Can't. Yr gonna have to fucking wait
Fall to pieces

Pieces

Lyrics:

The terrible truth is that you won't get out alive
The terrible truth it's all been a pack of lies

The dead are awake

The terrible battle it will not suffice
The terrible battle it won't be quite as nice

The dead are awake

The battle is over
The dead are awake
The battle is over
The dead are awake

Dead Awake

Lyrics:

Raised in fire, dressed in black he took the ax
Maybe the way he showed his hand it was a fist
Battles from the break that's down below the wave
Rattles all the bells that sound out
Devil's on parade

That's the way it goes
That's the way he roars
That's the way it goes
That's the way he's got a 666 tattooed on his wrist

Last light is where he finds you deep inside
Black mass is just a concept type of paradise
Battles there's a pit just beyond the way
Rattles all the bells that sound out
Devil's on parade

That's the way it goes
That's the way he roars
That's the way it goes
That's the way he's got a 666 tattooed on his wrist

Lyrics:

Yr a man who thinks he's nothing but a big shot
Yr the one who thinks he's nothing but a big shot
Yr the one who takes what he wants
Taking off when there's more to be done
Yr the one who thinks he's nothing but a big shot

Scary if that's the way ya wanna be
Beast or man given the choice that's not enough
And that's a little fucked up

You think yr nothing but a big shot
Yr the man who thinks he's nothing but a big shot
Yr the man who just payed for his way
But never gave a single penance to slaves
Yr the man who thinks he's nothing but a big shot

Scary if that's the way ya wanna be
Beast or man given the choice that's not enough
And that's a little fucked up

Faked the plan
Takes as much as he can
Lost control
If that's the way it's gonna go
Too far to save, too hard to hang it up
And that's a little fucked up

Big Shot

The Quarantine Tapes are a recording session that took place during the great worldwide Covid quarantine of 2020. The songs' content reflects the chaos of the time and in some cases uses the destructive narrative of those who would surface to act irrationally during those times.

The sessions were fully recorded using an analog Tascam 4 track tape machine.

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New Orleans punk bunch from the block. David Vannatta smashing the skins with Dre Perish howling and crushing the strings. Get out of the gutter and poison the population!

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