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Octopus

written and recorded 2014 by andrew salvner (aka pretzels malone)

the track art is the torn up backside of one of my favorite basement chairs.  my cat verbal (who ain't here no more) would go to town on my basement furniture.  we had a deal, and for his part, he did a good job of leaving our upstairs stuff relatively unharmed.  the chair from the pic is honestly not all that comfy, but i miss my buddy...and when i sit there i like to pretend that he's behind me going to town keeping his shit sharp.

the song has nothing to do with my cat.  i wrote it for a friend.

them words:
you gotta be stronger than your heart.  because he swears to you that he cares for you, but he's tearing you apart.

bonus stuff:  (who hoo...bonus!!)

there is another very different version of this song.  the music is much faster and completely backwards.  and the vocals are completely different.  i made a video if you want to watch :)

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=812962368731206

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-tibBKFeNQ

the acoustic guitar and bass lines were recorded on 4-track cassette.  i moved the tracks over individually to my laptop using audacity.  i did a ton of editing.  i then added the vocals and beatbox straight to audacity (using the 4-track as a vocal amp).

the first half of my pretzels page is pure 4-track recordings.  recently most of my recordings are much more like this.  some kind of weird in-breed of cassette and free downloaded multi tracker.

that's all.  i hope you feel bonus'd.  :D

tearing you apart

It Ain't Me Babe - Bob Dylan Cover

Long time, no see, welcome to my new EP!
Or at least the beginning of one ;)
Three instrumentals and three songs with SINGING?
It must be christmas.
yes.

Ok, I know I have been gone for over a year now, but I haven't been completely dead. I've made some music, most of them being fails or ending up as unfinished projects, but I haven't stopped creating! tHIS IS THE EVIDENCE.

(I must say,  I think I've found my style in music, and this "EP" shows it very well, in my opinion. 8-bit drums ,an ambient, looped guitar/ukulele riff + some weird synthesizer in the background that doesn't actually fit in ,and high cut vocals? Yup, I just exposed how I make music now haha oops.)

Uhm well, grab some popcorn or tea and please forgive me for not answering messages/ being gone so long.
Hope you like it, and if you do , make sure to tell me so i'll know to do more!

Have a nice life and stuff.
bye.

Mountains

In which my side project "unskulled" becomes my main style.

This song is a true story, it happened today ,as a matter of fact. 
I mean, I did get on the bus, but the bus driver basically denied me to get on because I had no money? such capitalism, much denied.
Probably not a personal attack, but it sure damn felt like it so you know here's a song about it, folks!

At this point, I should just make a bus concept album.

all my life has happened in a bus

step off the fucking bus. (we all just want to go home)

Secret Caves LoveSongs edition: Carrie, Simon, Joe, Caligula Jr

the night tide creatures
want your love
come see about 
the most beautiful girl
on the gallows
she’ll stroke your stitches
it’s never enough
so come ride 
the white lightning 
whip her shape shift
through the narrows

night tide creatures
hold my hand
oh! the chemical preachers
man bold double features
on shifting sand
night tide creatures
let me go
all the spidery teachers
with sickly stained features
spray “on with the show”

and you can 
flash that revolver, come on
and you can swear 
your broke heart
to the river
well she was here last night, yes
now she’s gone
the most beautiful girl
on the gallows
the most beautiful girl
on the gallows

night tide creatures
hold my hand
oh! the chemical preachers
man bold double features
on shifting sand
night tide creatures
let me go
all the spidery teachers
with sickly stained features
spray “on with the show”

and you can flash that revolver
come on

the night tide creatures
want your love
the night tide creatures
oh they want your love
oh they want your love

(c) 2017 by Secret Caves

secret caves

love song 666

The time was passing hopelessly slowly at that time.
I had too much free time on my hands, everyday.

My girlfriend said that you couldn't know the heart of others.
We broke up in a short time. But I got old as it is.

Long afternoon of 1984.
I was despairing of my youth.


I didn't know what I wanted to do at all.
But I had the time a lot. I was always bored.

I thought that the "future" would begin someday.
There was a war in Iraq. I was not interested in it

Long afternoon of 1984.
The future was hopeless.


I was living irresponsibly, so I became an unreliable man.
The future has already begun and I have no memories.

The boring long afternoon is still continuing.
I'm still playing a guitar and thinking about the love.

Long afternoon of 1984.
I was despairing of my youth.

Long afternoon of 1984.
The future was hopeless.

Long afternoon of 1984

Do you feel an ache,
an itch to make 
a bad mistake?
if I have to be alone
I'll find nothing
and lose myself
inside the void
ill find nothing but joy
I'll find nothing
and lose myself
ill find nothing
inside the void

I dont know what i'm doing
I can't keep up with the rest
with the rest of us
x2
I dont know what i'm doing
but i'm doing fine 
Don't know what I'm doing
Can I keep up with the rest,
with the rest of us?

I need a vacation
from myself.
i need a vacation
from myself.

vacation from myself.

Everything by me. 
"Woo"
Artwork : @Drodlaren on instagram
MUSIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEbwfxt1wWE

Slippery ice

Recorded in Terlingua Ghost Town church in Texas just outside of Big Bend National Park. This old run down church was open and empty and had that holy natural reverb so we crawled in like sneaky children and sang a song. 


Just Like Heaven (in Terlingua Ghost Town)

We're getting a visitor
She's allergic to perfume
so put on a lot before she comes here
not while she's here
Understood?
yeah sure 

Just left the group chat
got no attachment
but I got style

You can say that i’m petty
but all i do is smile

yeah, so it goes
my brain overflows
with conspiracies
(it’s okay)
that you don’t want my company

dissociation got me in different places
different levels
but i’m in heaven
can’t replace it
oh I try to escape it
but i just want to live here
in fear?

I wanna go
(can’t go)
(I don’t know what is real
I don’t what to feel.
In the trash,
a banana peel.) 

I see the appeal
I’m a banana peel

A music video for slippery ice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEbwfxt1wWE

Banana Peel (dissociation)

idk why i have an animal theme going on rn w my songs but

Octopus

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