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Don't you always say I need some sun,
Need some daylight, set the high-beams on,
Driving out,
Driving out,
Going to California
Gonna see the teacher,
The charismatic leader.

Three days Northeast/Southwest,
Where the time and space is,
Starving body, starving soul, starving head,
Pay no mind, the road erases.

gonna sit, sit, sit...

Driving out, 
Driving out,
Stay awake in these cornfields,
Stay awake in these cornfields,

Moonlight,
Heaps coals,
Of fire on my head, 
Stay awake for days,
And move things with our minds.

Inner monologue says I need a crutch,
To keep from tripping on the crooked cross,
Where the continent divides.
Whoever painted this double line,
Left the piss-mark of the true pioneer's son.

Gonna see the teacher,
The charismatic leader,
Stay awake in these cornfields,
Stay awake in these cornfields,

Moonlight,
Heaps coals,
Of fire on my head.



Need Some Sun

From 'The Books' - Music for a French Elevator and Other Oddities

A two LP 45 track collection of B-sides, soundtracks, and altered-found treasures from 'The Books' from 2001 to 2012.

'Egaberte' was one of four tracks submitted to the French Ministry of Culture, in Paris, for use in their elevator.

Now available at Temporary Residence http://shop.temporaryresidence.com/trr206

Egaberte

From 'The Books' - Music for a French Elevator and Other Oddities

A two LP 45 track collection of B-sides, soundtracks, and altered-found treasures from 'The Books' from 2001 to 2012.

'Hericlitus' was a track we made on North St. in North Adams, MA as part of a documentary film score, about the Biosphere 2 project in Arizona.  It was made to accompany a boat building scene.  The film was never released.

Now available at Temporary Residence http://shop.temporaryresidence.com/trr206

Hericlitus

When I first saw my love, 
She had her shoes in her hands,
Bare feet on the floor, ooh yes,
I've got to get inside her world.

I’ve got to get inside, 
Get inside,
Get inside her,
Good graces.

I wish I was a cherry tree, 
And every time she past she'd take a few of me,
Got to be inside her flower,
Old Man, you're gonna lose your daughter.

I’ve got to get inside, 
Get inside,
Get inside her,
Good graces.

Give me roses while I live, 
I live if it's me that you adore,
Useless are the flowers that you give,
When on earth we meet no more.


Good Graces

Artist: Zammuto
Title: Great Equator
Album: Anchor

Official Video:
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Release Date: September 2, 2014
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©2014 Temporary Residence Ltd. / Spirit Level

Special Edition Colored Vinyl with Hand Silk-Screened Cover available at:
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The opening 'Scratch' rhythm in this track was created using our technique of scratching patterns into the locked groove of vinyl records (watch the video here):

http://vimeo.com/72615472

Tour Dates (so far):

8/28   New Haven, CT   The Outer Space
8/29   Burlington, VT   Signal Kitchen
8/30   Portland, ME   SPACE Gallery

9/6   Montreal, QC   Casa Del Popolo
9/7   Toronto, ON   The Garrison
9/9   Chicago, IL   Schubas
9/10   Minneapolis, MN   Triple Rock
9/11   Omaha, NE   Waiting Room 
9/12   Denver, CO   Lost Lake
9/13   Salt Lake City, UT   Kilby Court         
9/15   Seattle, WA   Barboza
9/16   Vancouver, BC   Media Club
9/17   Portland, OR   Doug Fir Lounge
9/19   Santa Cruz, CA   Crepe Place
9/20   San Francisco, CA   Brick & Mortar
9/21   Los Angeles, CA   The Satellite      
9/23   San Diego, CA   Casbah
9/24   Phoenix, AZ   Last Exit
9/25   Tucson, AZ   Flycatcher
9/27   Austin, TX   Holy Mountain
9/28   Dallas, TX   Index Fest

10/26/14 Sun New York NY LPR
10/27/14 Mon Philadelphia PA Boot & Saddle
10/28/14 Tue Washington DC DC9
10/29/14 Wed Durham NC Pinhook
10/30/14 Thu Atlanta GA Drunken Unicorn
11/01/14 Sat Asheville NC The Mothlight
11/02/14 Sun Nashville TN High Watt
11/03/14 Mon Louisville KY Zanzabar
11/04/14 Tue Cincinnati OH Southgate House (Revival)
11/05/14 Wed Columbus OH The Basement
11/06/14 Thu Buffalo NY Sugar City
11/07/14 Fri Boston MA Great Scott

Lyrics:

Oh, my love
It's been more than fun,
We've been around the sun,
The moves we made were radical,
Gravity is only a theory,
In need of revisions,
And we'll keep on rising to better see, 
Where we're from,
Why have become, 
So afraid of change,
Why can't deserts handle rain.

Slower now,
We go around the sun,
Now life's a kind of condensation,
A certain type of rust, 
Bad vibrations shake the coins across the table,
Oh, here it comes,
I try to hold the reins,
with these folded paper hands,
and plan on shifting sands.

Oh, Great Equator,
City of sound, 
All we have in a single frame,
For the first time,
Oh, my loves, I wish you could see,
What I've seen, 
Or should I spend my days, 
In empty pyramids,
And do what the echo-chamber says.

Great Equator


Artist: Zammuto
Title: Hegemony (feat. Daniela Gesundheit of Snowblink)
Album: Anchor

Release Date: September 2, 2014
Pre-Order on iTunes Here:

itunes.apple.com/album/anchor/id888864804
©2014 Temporary Residence Ltd.

Special Edition Colored Vinyl with Hand Silk-Screened Cover available at:
zammutosound.com/physical-store

Tour Dates:

8/28 New Haven, CT The Outer Space
8/29 Burlington, VT Signal Kitchen
8/30 Portland, ME SPACE Gallery

9/6 Montreal, QC Casa Del Popolo
9/7 Toronto, ON The Garrison
9/9 Chicago, IL Schubas
9/10 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
9/11 Omaha, NE Waiting Room 
9/12 Denver, CO Lost Lake
9/13 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court 
9/14 Boise, ID Boise Contemporary Theater
9/15 Seattle, WA Barboza
9/16 Vancouver, BC Media Club
9/17 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
9/19 Santa Cruz, CA Crepe Place
9/20 San Francisco, CA Brick & Mortar
9/21 Los Angeles, CA The Satellite 
9/23 San Diego, CA Casbah
9/24 Phoenix, AZ Last Exit
9/25 Tucson, AZ Flycatcher
9/27 Austin, TX Holy Mountain
9/28 Dallas, TX Index Fest

10/26/14 Sun New York NY LPR
10/27/14 Mon Philadelphia PA Boot & Saddle
10/28/14 Tue Washington DC DC9
10/29/14 Wed Durham NC Pinhook
10/30/14 Thu Atlanta GA Drunken Unicorn
11/01/14 Sat Asheville NC The Mothlight
11/02/14 Sun Nashville TN High Watt
11/03/14 Mon Louisville KY Zanzabar
11/04/14 Tue Cincinnati OH Southgate House (Revival)
11/05/14 Wed Columbus OH The Basement
11/06/14 Thu Buffalo NY Sugar City
11/07/14 Fri Boston MA Great Scott

lyrics:

Artist: Zammuto
Title: Hegemony
Album: Anchor

Release Date: September 2, 2014
Pre-Order on iTunes Here:

itunes.apple.com/album/anchor/id888864804
©2014 Temporary Residence Ltd.

Special Edition Colored Vinyl with Hand Silk-Screened Cover available at:
zammutosound.com/physical-store

Tour Dates:

8/28 New Haven, CT The Outer Space
8/29 Burlington, VT Signal Kitchen
8/30 Portland, ME SPACE Gallery

9/6 Montreal, QC Casa Del Popolo
9/7 Toronto, ON The Garrison
9/9 Chicago, IL Schubas
9/10 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
9/11 Omaha, NE Waiting Room 
9/12 Denver, CO Lost Lake
9/13 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court 
9/14 Boise, ID Boise Contemporary Theater
9/15 Seattle, WA Barboza
9/16 Vancouver, BC Media Club
9/17 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
9/19 Santa Cruz, CA Crepe Place
9/20 San Francisco, CA Brick & Mortar
9/21 Los Angeles, CA The Satellite 
9/23 San Diego, CA Casbah
9/24 Phoenix, AZ Last Exit
9/25 Tucson, AZ Flycatcher
9/27 Austin, TX Holy Mountain
9/28 Dallas, TX Index Fest

10/26/14 Sun New York NY LPR
10/27/14 Mon Philadelphia PA Boot & Saddle
10/28/14 Tue Washington DC DC9
10/29/14 Wed Durham NC Pinhook
10/30/14 Thu Atlanta GA Drunken Unicorn
11/01/14 Sat Asheville NC The Mothlight
11/02/14 Sun Nashville TN High Watt
11/03/14 Mon Louisville KY Zanzabar
11/04/14 Tue Cincinnati OH Southgate House (Revival)
11/05/14 Wed Columbus OH The Basement
11/06/14 Thu Buffalo NY Sugar City
11/07/14 Fri Boston MA Great Scott

Lyrics:

Try to make it look like an accident,
Cold wind blows all around a magic ball,
When you looked down, 
You made it look just like you'd gone away,
But I can feel it all,
Yeah, you looked down, 
You made it look just like you'd gone away,
I can feel it all,

Hegemony  (x42)

Try to make it look like an accident,
Cold wind blows all around a magic ball,
When you looked down, 
You made it look just like you'd gone away,
But I can feel it all,
Yeah, you looked down, 
You made it look just like you'd gone away,
I can feel it all.

Hegemony

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She leaned against the wall,
He came in for a kiss,
In her hands she held a pen knife,
Stuck between his ribs,

Some of you take him by his cold white hands,
And some of you take him by his feet,
And throw him in the deep, deep well where,
He should be,
Henry lee

Come down, come down now,
Alight upon my knee,
A man who kills his own true love would,
Kill a little bird like me,

If I had my bend and bow, now,
If I had my arrow and my string,
I'd shoot you through your soul and your yearnings,
Would be in vain,
Be in vain,

Lie there, lie there, lie there,
'til the flesh melts off of your bones,
The shallows don't know you anymore,
Now the crabs crawl out of your skull,

Some of you take him by his cold white hands,
And some of you take him by his feet,
And throw him in the deep, deep well where,
He should be,
Henry Lee.


Henry Lee

Don't Be a Tool

I met her on an airplane,
50,000 feet high,
Complained about the champagne,
She had a sparkling whine,
We talked about the plan of the city,
And how she could have done it better,
She was so profanely pretty,
You could tell she was a money getter,

She told me, "Buy low, sell high,
This valley got made by raining money from the sky."
She said, "Buy low, sell high,
Even if the thought of spending your life here makes you wanna die."

It's gonna be alright if we keep sub rosa,
It's gonna be alright if we keep sub rosa,
It’s gonna be alright, underneath a hung rose all night,
Don't wanna be alright, underneath a hung rose.

I met him on a bullet train
He was the ammunition
You could feel the room shift,
When he made decisions, 
You could see his head split open,
Half man, half man,
He had no use for the real estate, 
He was the middle man.

"Buy low, sell high,
This valley got made by raining money from the sky."
"Buy low, sell high,
Even if the thought of spending your life here makes you wanna die."

It's gonna be alright if we keep sub rosa,
It's gonna be alright if we keep sub rosa,
Don't wanna be alright, underneath a hung rose all night,
Don't wanna be alright, underneath a hung rose.


Electric Ant

Artist: Zammuto
Title: IO
Album: Anchor

Official Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETMhibbH2bA

Release Date: September 2, 2014
 iTunes Here:

http://smarturl.it/Anchor-iTunes
©2014 Temporary Residence Ltd.

Special Edition Colored Vinyl with Hand Silk-Screened Cover available at:
zammutosound.com/physical-store

Tour Dates:

10/26/14 Sun     New York NY      LPR
10/27/14 Mon   Philadelphia PA Boot & Saddle
10/28/14 Tue     Washington DC DC9
10/29/14 Wed   Durham NC         Pinhook
10/30/14 Thu     Atlanta GA          Drunken Unicorn
11/01/14 Sat       Asheville NC       The Mothlight
11/02/14 Sun     Nashville TN       High Watt
11/03/14 Mon   Louisville KY        Zanzabar
11/04/14 Tue     Cincinnati OH     Southgate House (Revival)
11/05/14 Wed   Columbus OH    The Basement
11/06/14 Thu     Buffalo NY           Sugar City
11/07/14 Fri        Boston MA         Great Scott
11/08/14Sat       North Adams MA   The Elks
lyrics:

Set, I'm gonna fit right in when I put on my good clothes,
All I gotta do is pick six digits then I'll live among the innermost,
Another cannonball, waiting for the axe to fall on the shit catapult,
people say I ain't got no soul, but who knows.

Set, stagflating on the inside, another sunny day,
Gonna press the button over and over and I can’t wait for the eighties to be over again,
If I don't give it up, how they gonna trickle down, I put my shit on the catapult,
My face is just a stepping stone, could go to Canada, could go to Mexico.

Ooh, another hot night cinematic, brand new fully-automatic soul

muscle truck is just a metaphor

Set, invisible hands gonna pull all the money out,
Gonna take every red cent, why you gotta be so reticent,
People say you gotta learn to love the smell when you run the shit catapult,
People say I ain't got no soul, but who knows,
My face is just a stepping stone, could go to Canada, could go to Mexico.
 

Morning, 
Morning,
You don't need the medicine,
To see the grid lines.

Trying to sleep in a house with odd angles,
Please stop thinking,
Morning, 
Morning,
You don't the medicine,
To make amends.

Bent edge,
Admit you're powerless,
To your compulsions.

Morning,
Take a walk outside,
Morning,
Brain bleach genuine,
Wake up, 
With x's on your hands,

Morning,
Brain bleach genuine,
Morning,
You don't need the medicine.

Stop Counting

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sooner later gonna meet your maker 
oh yes sir, gonna meet her
oh yes sir, gonna meet her

what you do between now and then
gonna make it easy, gonna make it hard
gonna make it easy, gonna make it hard

everything you've seen, everyone you've met
some you can't remember, some you can't forget
some you can't remember, some you can't forget

forever days or forever nights
will it fade to black or will it fade to white
will it fade to black or will it fade to white

sooner later gonna be you time
maybe not today, but someday
maybe not tomorrow, but someday

you could look at it all your life
and never understand it, never understand
never understand it, never understand

sooner later gonna be your time

sooner later gonna be your time

sooner later gonna meet your maker 
oh yes sir, gonna meet her
oh yes sir, gonna meet her

forever days or forever nights
will it fade to black or will it fade to white
will it fade to black or will it fade to white

what you are, what you believe
what will you take, what will you give
what will you take, what will you give

Your Time

Four tracks from The Books first record, 'Thought for Food',  originally released in 2002.  I remastered the audio (slightly) and redesigned the artwork for the LP/CD in 2010, and it was rereleased on Temporary Residence in February 2011.

TFF 01 Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again remastered

Four tracks from The Books' fourth record, 'The Way Out released in 2010 on Temporary Residence.  I composed this record here in Vermont where I live now.

TWO 12 The Story of Hip Hop

Zammuto

Too Late to Topologize

Idiom Wind

Anchor

Veryone

My Dog's Eyes

Henry Lee (Trad.)

Smolt

It Can Feel So Good

Don't Be A Tool

Sinker

The Books -  'Classy Penguin' from 'Music for a French Elevator and other Oddities' available exclusively as part of the Books box set 'A Dot In Time'

Written and Recorded by Nick Zammuto, Paul de Jong and Mikey Zammuto.

Limited to 1000 copies: release July 24, 2012. Order while supplies last at http://temporaryresidence.com/descriptions/trr207.php    

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Classy Penguin

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When you're home
just wind on water
just do your job and let it go
you made your feelings known
and what else can you do or say

when you call
we'll talk about your pets
a play of light and shadow fair and generous
it underplays, it overplays
keep it simple
you've fallen down this hole before 
you always want a thousand more
we all become our opposites in time

your the anchor
the sinker on my line
you hold me to the river bed
a time to wait expressionless
don't care anymore
there is is no sleep there is no pleasure
I always want a thousand more

when your home
don't blame the lack of oxygen
don't blame the sugar
don't blame the yeast

Zammuto - Sinker

Our second album is called "Anchor", it comes out on September 2nd on Temporary Residence LTD. 

You can order the special edition colored vinyl at zammutosound.com


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