Riley Seiders - Trumpet

All music and other instruments by Ryan Zieminski

Originally released December 22nd, 2017. Written, recorded, mixed and mastered at Carpetland Studios in State College, Pennsylvania

Remastered at Headroom Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and re-released on June 13th, 2022

Mice

Carter Freije - Drum Kit
Riley Seiders - Vocal Accompaniment
All music and other instruments by Ryan Zieminski

Originally released December 22nd, 2017. Written, recorded, mixed and mastered at Carpetland Studios in State College, Pennsylvania

Remastered with John Ott at Headroom Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and re-released on June 13th, 2022

Rest in peace, brother

Desert Lullaby

Music and instruments by Ryan Zieminski

Originally released December 22nd, 2017. Written, recorded, mixed and mastered at Carpetland Studios in State College, Pennsylvania

Remastered with John Ott at Headroom Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and re-released on June 13th, 2022

Skateboard

Jack DiMidio - Vocals
Riley Seiders - Electric Organ
Tommy Gargiulo - Drum Kit
All music and other instruments by Ryan Zieminski

Originally released December 22nd, 2017. Written, recorded, mixed and mastered at Carpetland Studios in State College, Pennsylvania

Remastered with John Ott at Headroom Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and re-released on June 13th, 2022

Lyrics:

Genesung, Tochter der Schöpfung auch,
Aber auch du der Unsterblichkeit nicht geboren,
Dich hat mir der Herr des Lebens und des Todes
Von dem Himmel gesandt!

Hätt‘ ich deinen sanften Gang nicht vernommen,
Nicht deiner Lispel Stimme gehört;
So hätt‘ auf des liegenden kalten Stirn
Gestanden mit dem eisernen Fusse der Tod!

Zwar wär ich auch dahin gewallet,
Wo Erden wandeln um Sonnen,
Hätte die Bahn betreten, auf der der beschweifte Komet
Sich selbst dem doppelten Auge verliert;

Hätte mit dem ersten entzückenden Grusse
Die Bewohner gegrüsst der Erden und der Sonnen,
Gegrüsst des hohen Kometen
Zahllose Bevölkerung;

Kühne Jünglingsfragen gefragt,
Antworten volles Masses bekommen,
Mehr in Stunden gelernt, als der Jahrhunderte
Lange Reihen hier enträthseln.

Aber ich hätt‘ auch hier das nicht vollendet,
Was schon in den Blüthenjahren des Lebens
Mit lauter süsser Stimme
Mein Beruf zu beginnen mir rief.

Genesung, Tochter der Schöpfung auch,
Aber auch du der Unsterblichkeit nicht geboren,
Dich hat mir der Herr des Lebens und des Todes
Von dem Himmel gesandt!

...

Convalescence, daughter of creation too,
But you neither were born of immortality,
You were sent to me from Heaven
by the Lord of life and death!

Had I not caught your gentle gail,
Nor heard the voice of your whisper;
Then death would have stood on my prone, cold forehead
With his iron foot!

Indeed I would have drifted there,
Where worlds revolve around suns,
Would have joined the orbit on which the curved comet
Loses itself to the double eye;

Would have with the first blissful greeting
Hailed the inhabitants of the worlds and suns,
Greeted the countless denizens
Of that distant comet;

Bold youthful questions sought,
Full dose of answers gotten,
More learned in hours, as the long rows
Of centuries unravel here.

Though I would not have finished here,
What my work, in the blossom years of life,
With its loud, sweet voice,
Began to call to me.

Convalescence, daughter of creation too,
But you neither were born of immortality,
You were sent to me from Heaven
by the Lord of life and death!

(Translation by Jack Dimidio)

Harness

John Ott - Drum Machine
Sam Christensen - Electric Guitar
Joe Belle - Electric Guitar
Riley Seiders - Trumpet
All music and other instruments by Ryan Zieminski

Originally released December 22nd, 2017. Written, recorded, mixed and mastered at Carpetland Studios in State College, Pennsylvania

Remastered with John Ott at Headroom Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and re-released on June 13th, 2022

Terrain

Tommy Gargiulo - Acoustic Guitar, Drum Kit
Gabe Corso - Bass Guitar
All music and other instruments by Ryan Zieminski

Originally released December 22nd, 2017. Written, recorded, mixed and mastered at Carpetland Studios in State College, Pennsylvania

Remastered with John Ott at Headroom Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and re-released on June 13th, 2022

Bach Choy

Prelude (Flooge)

Ryan Zieminski - Music & Lyrics, Singing & Vocals, Piano, Keyboard, Synthesizer, Bass Guitar, Drum Machine, Recording Engineer, Arranger

Peter Favilla - Background Vocals, Keyboard, Synthesizer, Arranger

Riley Seiders - Background Vocals, Trumpet, Trombone, Euphonium, Arranger

Sophia Mazerowski - Background Vocals

John Ott - Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer

Matt Fuller - Graphic Design

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Growin' up in Alabama
Only five feet tall
He wore blue jeans cut above his knees
And performed down by the creek
Played his gun like a harmonica
He shot dogs, deer and sheep

He lived a young boys' dream
Hung out with Dan the taxidermy king
Wasting his time doing dumb things
And listening to stupid Dan speak

Neil doesn't fall (Neil doesn't fall)
Neil doesn't fall (Neil doesn't fall)
Neil doesn't fall (Neil doesn't fall)
In love

Their adventures got violent...

They were jokin' around
They were smokin' around
They were doing some light "B n' E"

Runnin' from the cops
Runnin' from the police

He didn't go to jail
He was just drunk n' breakin' into places
He didn't take nothin'
Dan's uncle pulled him aside and said
"Ditch all your friends and find a woman who won't lie to you"

Wah, Wah, Wah, Wah

Neil might fall (Neil might fall)
Neil might fall (Neil might fall)
Neil might fall (Neil might fall)
In love

Neil then met Shannon Linguine
After he'd worked his way around the city
They were down at the shore
She was wearing a bikini
(So pretty and skinny)

Neil built a sandcastle for Shannon Linguine
To prove he was crafty and he wasn't a weenie
He did so without even thinking and all he could really see is

"Livin' in the dirt, it ain't so bad
With a girl by your side and sand in your hair
The world we live in can be so great and kind
When you're livin' at the top of the real estate line"

Neil couldn't go out
He couldn't stay in
Things got rocky when the walls caved in

Neil doesn't fall (fall)
Neil doesn't fall (fall)
Neil doesn't fall (fall)
Neil doesn't fall (fall)
Neil doesn't fall (fall)
In love

Desert Rygon