video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgShtme4v18

so much love/respect to jorge
j's original is a retelling of the classic indian love story that built the Taj Mahal, and we do a retelling of the retelling, rewriting the verses to english ones about the 16th c. queer love story of Sufi poet Shah Hussain and Madho Lal

to honor and help give voice to real present-day South Asian folks and their love stories, we’re asking anybody who digs the song to check out & donate a bit to Trikone, a group founded in the Bay Area that provides a space, advocacy and support for LGBTQ South Asian folks. http://www.trikone.org/index.php/about-us/donate

you told me clandestine history, a scripture from love made in verse
I could not believe you, I needed evidence first
of the love of principe shah hussain for the commoner madho lal
of the love of principe shah hussain for the commoner madho lal

taj mahal

there is a palace in heaven, where nothing ever happens
where some holy spectacle lies
like the love of principe shah hussain for the copper-eyed madho lal
like the love of principe shah hussain for the copper-eyed madho lal

taj mahalllll

Taj Mahal (Jorge Ben Cover)

"Skeletons" (and all of Pathology) was recorded and produced by T&W in our drummer Ian's bedroom.

iTunes Pre-order: smarturl.it/PathologyiTunes

If you like the song, we'd love it if you'd donate a little to Our Power Now (www.ourpowercampaign.org/campaign/) an amazing project to fight the climate crisis while providing good jobs in vulnerable communities.

lyrics:
Yeah you look good in that black light,
clothes gold like a mirror,
wanna see my reflection.
Your hands up like a question,
wanna get close,
whisper something awful,
I don’t think the sugar cube told it to me.

I know when they come to dig us up,
I know what they’ll find:
skeletons dancing,
at the scene of the crime.

Think I know what you're thinking:
I run my mouth too much.
"That's low-pH talk. Big visions, huh?"
Yeah well I see plastic and glass in shards,
actinides, twisted steel rebar.
They're gonna know us by the hell of it,
in that groove like a burial,
do you get down to it?

(chorus)

Skeletons

Second single off our debut album "Pathology" out 6/2 on Barsuk. PRE-ORDER album here: http://smarturl.it/PathologyiTunes 
https://trailsandways.bandcamp.com/album/pathology
http://bit.ly/PathPhys (Vinyl or CD)  

I don't know if you know
all I'm bound to tell you.
You said you'd wait here for me
but I've been looking elsewhere.
So much I wanted you to need me,
needed you to want me.
It can't be that hard
but you make it look easy.

Say you will
or don't say anything at all.

I don't know if you see
all I want to show you.
You always have an answer,
make me feel like I don't know you.
So much I wanted you to need me,
needed you to want me.
It can't be that hard,
but you make it look easy.

Say you will
or don't say anything at all.
I lose my reason.
Say you will.

Say You Will

Third single for debut album Pathology, out now. 
Bandcamp: https://trailsandways.bandcamp.com/album/pathology
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/PathologyiTunes
Vinyl/CD: http://bit.ly/PathPhys

Lyrics:
You say you might die if you don't leave LA
You know, I think you're not the first one to say that
But I like how you said, in those tomes you texted,
"The city is a diaspora onto itself." 
Kira, I won't say cheer up,
but you're all I see, even in your black on black. 

Climb down the jacaranda, no matter what they tell you. 
Don't entertain em, that's the danger. 
"So what?" 
So why pretend to love the sun? 

Don't totally know what you mean, but I caught your drift—
why don't we run away the day we turn 18? 
Kira, I won't say cheer up, 
but I've got a plan, I could tell it to you step by step. 
(chorus)

Jacaranda

our first new song in 9 years is out today. a groove lost and found at sea. 

“patiently” is about making peace, learning spanish, and swimming open water. it's about the release of extending a hand, out of the throes of social isolation – a shore is in sight.

for years after we paused our band and tours, we moved hours apart. we kept writing solo songs but each struggled to finish them. we were pulled back to trails and ways.

when we started playing together again, building out a little studio in ian's backyard, “patiently” flowed together fast. keith's open chords on nylon guitar, ian's driving beat on live drums, the return of our deep bass and harmony master emma. 

we hope you'll bump "patiently” to dance in your kitchen, put it on for your surf crew and coworkers, and send it to pen pals in distant lands. we're back, with more to come.


Patiently

a dancefloor remix from Costa Rica of our song "Patiently” is born.

we first heard Barzo when his gorgeous remix of @karenylosremedios "Plexo Lunar” pulsed on KALX over the breakfast table. here was a rare remixer with a sense for uncanny percussion and breath in the beat. we wrote Barzo about trying a remix for us; he got back in moments.

a few weeks later, we heard a first draft; still unmistakably “Patiently", but with Emma's vocals warped into a hypnotic spell, a new bassline as french-house hooky as Daft Punk, a beat fit to spin you around under central american skies. stick around for sexy sax.

gracias @Barzotico! across borders, across oceans, music gets richer with collaboration – that can't be stopped.

Patiently (Barzo Remix)

Remix by Moscow producer Brutal Pony Riders, of our track "Say You Will", from our new LP Pathology.

https://soundcloud.com/brutal-pony-riders
https://brutalponyriders.bandcamp.com/
our new album: https://trailsandways.bandcamp.com/album/pathology

Say You Will (Brutal Pony Riders Remix)

B-side from the Pathology sessions

we were trying to disappear
so you'd hardly even notice.
in a darkroom with a constant light
we developed out of focus.
dani had his weeks away
and maya had her bracelets.
I would lie in cold, cold water
just to watch the heat escape it.

now I can't deny:
we made it
we made it out the other side

don't try to tell us it was all OK
now that we've adjusted;
we've got records of everything
it's what I put my trust in.
molly put up skin she couldn't have
don screenshot her violence.
I would lie about anything
I preferred it to a silence.

now I can't deny:
we made it
we made it out the other side


Escape

all of my life I have kept in the packing tape
selling my things so I keep them in quite a shape
were you looking for me or just really for my estate?
I wouldn't I wouldn't I wouldn't know the difference

I don't wanna l-, wanna l-,
wanna live without my things

my 1983 trec pro tour 614
my harmen cardon 2 50 watt 430s
and between me and what I keep for company
I wouldn't I wouldn't I wouldn't know the difference

I don't wanna l-, wanna l-,
wanna live without my things

guitars/lead vox: keith brower brown 
drums: ian quirk 
bass: kendra mckinley
guitarsolo: nate salman (waterstrider)
backup vox: keith, kendra, ian, madeline kenney, rebecca redman(drawing water, soar, coherence)
written by keith, recorded/produced by ian & keith

My Things

it’s a choice, you sure weren’t wrong about that
it’s a choice, what will you do about that?
it’s a choice, are you mad about that?

if you try to get happier, good luck
if you try to get happier, I’ll help 
however I can
you won’t find it easier
for long

it’s a risk, you'll never be what you’re not
it’s a risk, what will you do if it stops?
it’s a risk, you could just shake it right off

if you try to get happier, good luck
if you try to get happier, I’ll help 
however I can
you won’t find it easier
for long

guitar/bass/synth/lead vox: keith brower brown 
drums: ian quirk 
backup vox: madeline kenney, rebecca redman, ian, keith
synth: max miller-loran
recorded/produced by keith & ian
mastered by ian & bijan sharifi

Own It

Happiness

single for our album OWN IT, out 10/7. 

this song is dedicated to my men's group: love ya, boys.

it's my turn to check-in
how to begin to start
every part of me's moving
can't take it apart

I'm fossilizing
I wanna leave tough art
all I feel is the motion
can't take it apart

I'm done trying to polish up
who's perfect, perfect, perfect after all?
how could I get tight with you
without my flaws?

I'm in the shower
I'm gonna come out clean
let's do some slick behavior
lather rinse repeat

I love support groups
I like attention cheap
could you make selflessness
feel easier for me?

I'm done trying to fool you twice
who's perfect, perfect, perfect after all?
how could I get tight with you
without my flaws?

would you let me get loud with you?
would you let me break out with you?

I've turned a corner
I'm gonna prove past doubt
before you think I'm hopeless
you should feel it out

guitars, lead vocals: keith brower brown
drums, synth, backup vocals: ian quirk
bass, backup vocals: kendra mckinley
backup vocals: rebecca redman, madeline kenney
produced by ian & keith, mixed & mastered by ian

Get Loud

single off new album Own It, out 10/7. US & Canada tour 10/13 to 12/3.

there:
it’s either there or it ain’t.
sweat:
will you work for it, hey?
I know you’re trying hard;
every atom in your yard goes 
up

gotta feel your intuition
that’s all I, that’s all I know
gotta trust your own decisions
that’s all I, that’s all I

space:
I want alignment,
quantum phase.
stay
in my universe, wait.
I know you’re trying hard;
every boson in your star goes 
up

gotta feel your intuition
that’s all I, that’s all I know
gotta trust your own decisions
that’s all I, that’s all I know

want you all but 
not in submission
that’s all I, that’s all I know

-
synths, lead vox: keith brower brown 
drums: ian quirk
bass: kendra mckinley
guitars: nate salman (waterstrider), iq
backup vox: rebecca redman (drawing water, soar), madeline kenney
written by kbb, produced by kbb/iq, mixed & mastered by iq

Intuition

for ursula k le guin.

do you feel potential
ursula
to live like we're meant to
unrestrained with you

are you becoming satisfied?
does every year go faster by?
are you becoming satisfied?
does anything still change your mind?

I need some essentials
ursula
to take some air and income
I know from who, from who, from who, from who

are you becoming satisfied?
does every year go faster by?
are you taking it all in stride?
does anything still change your mind?

are you becoming satisfied?
are you becoming satisfied?

Ursula

Track two off the "Trilingual" EP.

Music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDr1hZUhoDc

show me your são paulo
I wanna know where you hide out,
where you paint graffiti--I'll follow.

show me shapes, spiral lines
I can't translate.
leave your mark, felt tip pen
your tag, my chest

I wanna tell you how you'll understand. I will:
nunca nunca
te esconder, desaparacer
nunca, nunca nunca

you tell me your city is only a maze
of walls and laws you just can't obey.
you can't write laws, and so--you paint
that tattoo, on the city arms,
on the city face.

I wanna tell you how you'll understand. I will:
nunca nunca
te esconder, desaparacer
nunca, nunca nunca



Nunca

Mtn Tune

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if you're still reading these letters I send
let me try to tell you what I can't defend:
my charcoal country;
my faith in man;
why I'm always asking you to run again

will you follow me across? (you know I'll have to think about it)
will you follow, loved and lost? (you know I'll have to think about it)
gotta run now, will ya come with me? bordercrosser, my bordercrosser
gotta run now, will you be my bordercrosser, my bordercrosser

I'll keep whistling on that tune we wrote;
for the hills we know
for our hollow homes
whether you come or you don't

will you follow me across? (you know I'll have to think about it)
will you follow, loved and lost? (you know I'll have to think about it)
gotta run now, will you come with me? bordercrosser, my bordercrosser
gotta run now, will you be my bordercrosser, my bordercrosser

meine liebe,
Katharine,
komm mit mir,
ich bitte dich

Border Crosser

Our 5 track "Trilingual" EP is available for FREE DOWNLOAD here: smarturl.it/f5p6by

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Written by Emma Oppen.
Recorded by Trails and Ways.
Produced by Akiyoshi Ehara from The Seshen: https://www.facebook.com/theseshen

Como Te Vas

Track four off our "Trilingual" EP.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxPYnkMvC5w

Written by Keith Brower Brown, sung by Emma Oppen.


Tereza

we're back :) first single "patiently" out now, more comin like a fresh wave

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