Song written by Andy Armstrong / We Speak in Colors
Recorded and produced by Warren Pryde in Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Official video filmed and edited by Kensei Kataoka in Osaka, Japan
Song art by Dave Watt

WORDS:

“Is the one without a balcony ok?
I’ll show you my favorite spots in Coeur d’Alene
Half an addy perfectly timed out
Out of body / I was watching myself somehow

Drove til we hit the beach

Let’s get married just for a little while
We’ll call it off when summer comes
And I’ll find a place to rent month to month
A little studio / third floor walk-up

Runnin' Rita / I dread the comin' down
By the casino / a cake walk across town
Read my palm can you see the constant clouds?
What made me think of you?
Can’t drown it out

Drove til we hit the beach

Morning mass / the mystique
Under an overpass on a weekend in DC
Tunnel vision led me
What language do you speak?

Is this scene in your movie?”

Coeur D'Alene

written by: a. armstrong / j. bindley / m. marsh

produced, engineered, and mixed by mike marsh at paper mill studio in east nashville. 

words:

in a storm that brings no rain i sin without a sorry
i'm a songbird with no voice / i feast but still i'm starving
i've been devoured by the desert / stuck scratching in the sand
too wide-eyed by my wanting to know a river was just ahead
see i'm a war without a purpose / just tree amongst a forest
i'm all gospel i'm all bad news / a lost and lonely tourist

my mother she always told me, "boy, you shine"
i never believed her / just like my father i lay down and die
my mother she always told me, "boy, go shine"
i never listen,  keep on a missin a train gone by

oh lord, i'm just not sure what i do or don't stand for
will i get through those gates? / if not, is there a side door?

my mother she always told me, " boy, you shine"
this time i'll believe her, c'mon brother don't lay down and die
my mother she always told me, "boy, go shine"
this time i'll listen, wont keep on a missin a train gone by

oh ashton, i'm askin / please tear down this prison of mine
i'm married to the medicine / i'm a mountain no one should climb

devoured

i've been out here for god knows how long and all those black bears, they are comin on. 

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produced by steve soboslai at modern short stories studio. 
singing on the bridge by caleb cordes of sinai vessel.
drums by grady saxman.

black bears

written by:

andrew armstrong
steve soboslai
troy bugosh

words:

i haven't seen color like this in weeks
like the morning when you wake after a good stoned out sleep
i haven't been moved like this in months
like a quiet drive downtown / nothing but the evening's hum

the difference is i wanna exist with my ghosts
if i could pick up my cross and believe in my bones
i was put here to be something for someone more than me
for christ's sake quit helping me pound nails in his feet

i haven't felt like this in years
like when the wind hits your face and it all becomes so clear
let's take a little walk around my head
c'mon and open every door
i'm an island nothing more

the difference is i wanna exist with my ghosts
if i could pick up my cross and believe in my bones
i was put here to be something for someone more than me
for christ's sake quit helping me

if the holy land does call, i'll expire 
yea our time will be all
hey jerusalem, let's sing
i am the new king

the difference is i wanna exist with my ghosts
if i could pick up my cross and believe in my bones
i was put here to be something for someone more than me
for christ's sake quit helping me

HOLY LAND

i've crawled through a cave or two / it's been awful dark in here
thank god for dumb luck a few have woken me up / i can't escape that year

i'd kill for a view of the river with you
chicago you make me weak
i bounced off you and shot straight to the moon
bye bye, gravity

not now, daisy / put the top down, baby
it's hot / i could care less
not now, daisy / my head's too hazy
hold up, are we there yet?

me i was a bucket seat on a ferris wheel all broke down
for a decade now i've spun no one around
no new loves or families

i swear i saw a fire in a forest painted black
so i followed the gleam / wait where were we?
whatta ya know / i lost track

not now, daisy / put the top down, baby
it's hot / i could care less
not now, daisy / my head's too hazy
hold up, are we there yet?

me i ate the machine / by that i mean it swallowed me
don't come around here / don't come around here
come on, they're just being kids / how could you resurrect someone like this?
don't come around here / don't come around here

bye, bye gravity

recorded the summer of '15 in nashville, tn at red act studios
produced, engineered and mixed by edsel holden
mastered in foundsoundation studio in new york, new york by jesse cannon 

vocals / acoustic guitar: andrew armstrong
bass: nick byrd
electric guitar: christian baracks
drums: dylan white
weird sounds: robert plackmeier

most of the time i give in and take that ride / whatever works, who cares?

i tally ‘em up, every problem / keeping score for a lopsided game 
as i walk to the asian market just to see a familiar face 

most of the time i give in and take that ride / whatever works, who cares?
the irony of being all alone and trying to part the red sea / oh well, who cares?

will i ever be cool with mondays? / will i ever step up to the metaphorical plate? 
the holy trinity is saving face

most of the time i give in and take that ride / whatever works, who cares?
the irony of being all alone and trying to part the red sea / oh well, who cares?

it costs me a lot and there’s a paper trail to prove / that i wasn’t me and you weren’t you

whatever works

neighbor girls

mile marker 110

recorded/produced/engineered/mixed by mike marsh at the papermill in nashville, tn and by steve soboslai at modern short stories in pittsburgh, pa.

mastered by jesse canon at found soundation studio in brooklyn, ny.

bass- craig schlesinger
drums- mike marsh
guitar/keys- steve soboslai
singing- andrew armstrong

WORDS: 

i just want to sink right in to your bones
til i’m no longer me / just some new version of you
if someone is controlling me, they’re not playing nice
if i take this reality, can i get back all my lives?

there is no universe / i’m the salt of my own earth
i have never been the sun / i’m nobody’s no one

what if we’re not really where they say we are?
latitude and longitude replaced / all coordinates erased
thank god we ate the fruit on the tree
we would’ve escaped some cuts but think of the colors we wouldn’t have seen

there is no universe / i’m the salt of my own earth
i have never been the sun / i’m nobody’s no one
i’m flirting with empty / no thanks, i’ve been to that party
so what might you suggest besides “jesus” and “calm down just breathe”?

i saw myself as a kid / off alone on his own island
unaware of the ocean / it’ll cost
i saw myself as a kid / off alone on his own planet
unaware of space and time / get me out

there is no universe / i’m the salt of my own earth
i have never been the sun / i’m nobody’s no one
i’m flirting with empty / no thanks, i’ve been to that party
so what might you suggest besides “jesus” and “calm down just breathe”?

nobody's no one (latitude)

you are my sunshine (johnny cash version cover) 5/18

production/engineering/mixing/mastering: jake hanner

drums/percussion: jake hanner 
bass: rich condon 
keys/percussion: brian ganch 
electric guitar/background vocals: jon bindley 
vocals/electric guitar/acoustic guitar/piano: andrew armstrong

photo by katie krulock
layout/design by steve soboslai

this is all just too bizarre / how’d it get so dark so soon?
i was up doing god knows what / god knows why and with whom 

it’s all that i can do to pick the right door to the right room

a little luck and a dopamine rush / psychoanalytical
what do you want? / man, the training’s done
momma look, no hands

i can’t seem to understand if this is real or just a scam

serotonin sky / milligrams of something or other
c’mon it’s your life / i guess we get one, maybe more to come 

this is all just too bizarre / how’d it get so dark so soon?
can’t radiate / i’m a maze 
oh no, another great white whale

it’s all that i can do to keep up and not be confused 

serotonin sky / milligrams of something or other
c’mon it’s your life / i guess we get one, maybe more to come  
you made your classmates laugh / it was all numbers and system 
an unexpired pact you made when you were young / already written

bizarre

it is well with my soul (cover)

"chemical rain" was written as all my songs are: in chunks over time via archived subconscious thoughts and documented words/phrases that delight me. 

i want to see and feel everything there is to see and feel. hopefully this song evokes that yearning. 

we speak in colors is andrew armstrong

wespeakincolors.com

production/mixing: harrison wargo at badboxes studio in pittsburgh, pa, usa
mastering: edsel holden at red act studios in nashville, tn, usa
vocals: andrew armstrong
instrumentation/programming: harrison wargo (badboxes)

WORDS:

i've been makin my way across state lines
zigzagging so there's no trace
as for where i'll end up
in my instincts i trust

when will i arrive?
or wait, have i?
when will human and grid merge?
is this a parallel universe?

there's a faint glow spiraling through her brain
infinite swirl / chemical rain
irresistible / i feed
a slave to the spoon / i eat

i've been swimming out here for miles 
just talking to myself and the waves
as for where i'm going / i'll let the current have its way

when will i arrive?
or wait, have i?
when will human and grid merge?
is this a parallel universe?

there's a faint glow spiraling through her brain
infinite swirl / chemical rain
irresistible / i feed
a slave to the spoon / i eat
binary code / ones and zeros
take a look inside / have a last taste 
microscopic cells collide / engulf and intoxicate

you can't just drive off in the company car
an impulse retreat / leave the kids in the dark
you're tied to this machine and the momentum that brought you this far

there's a faint glow spiraling through her brain
infinite swirl / chemical rain
irresistible / i feed
a slave to the spoon / i eat
binary code / ones and zeros
take a look inside / have a last taste 
microscopic cells collide / engulf and intoxicate
no software update
the system can't communicate
guess what? / the bus is running late

chemical rain

WE SPEAK IN COLORS is Andrew Armstrong
wespeakincolors.com
Official Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag2Q7MRNHLs&feature=youtu.be

Recorded, mixed, and mastered in London, UK at Marketstall Studios by Mark Estall.

LYRICS:

What if someday we really find out? / I doubt it's what we think 
Oh, the possibilities
Lately I've been thinking I should sign out / just throw in the towel
Oh, but the places I haven't seen 

I like the colors of your sky now / don't isolate
Don't put your paint away
Even if I'm a little biased now /
I gotta say, "I hate the rain"

Oh, The Possibilities

indie-folk/rock



we speak in colors is simply the home of all things creative for me, andrew armstrong.  i am fascinated (maybe obsessed) with words.  

i grew up in somerset, pa: a humble, sad, and beautiful town.  i then lived in pittsburgh (what a place) for 6 years, with some scattered time on the fairytale island of nantucket, ma.  i now pay rent in nashville, tn.

troy bugosh is the other half of 'we speak in colors' by all intents and purposes. there would've been no direction or anything without him.

We Speak in Colors

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