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045: Hothouse Flowers

by CIVILS

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1.
Winter Of Early Bellow 00:38
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2.
Fraud 00:38
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Oh no i'm still feeling slain and i'm trying to find the words. and i know that they all disdain me and all the things that i've said and done or say and will do in the future but if no one stood at caustic odds and i had it all i know that i would just be wanting more i know that i would just be wanting more and everyone would know that i'm a FRAUD
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Arielle 03:11
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Perth Slumber 00:44
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What I Am 02:34
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You were talking real loud when you figured out what i am. You were staring at the screen and all your magazines and i can't, just can't. Though you left, you’re part of me and you are always there completely no, you will not ever be without my memory. So we split a cigarette and now i’m trying to forget what i am. And i am. You said you can’t recall what i ever said at all but i can, i just can. And i asked if i could stay, and you just turned away said i can’t, i just can’t. So i’m packing up my things and i’m grabbin my guitar i’m go a little farther out beyond the wedded wild i’m gonna see i’m gonna be within the oceanside or in the breeze i’m gonna be. i’m gonna be. i'm gonna. Oh you’ll see, you were always there, you complete me No, you will not ever be without my memory. And you leave with me You are always there completely No you will not ever be without my memory In time, yeah you grew with me, so i’ll see you on down the line.
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Passages (outwardly) 03:26
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Meansucker 02:15
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You want a back up now? i've got a couple of things you oughta know by now You wanna get around? well i think i might have a clue for you now I wanna go there, i wanna see my self alive My shelf life I don't mind the lies I don't mind your lies when i'm tied and dry You wanna talk it out? i've got a couple of things you oughta know by now You wanna come around? well i'm done, yeah i'm done you gotta figure it out I'm goin to Glow So apropos, i wanna know Do you think of myself leaving? Haleigh i wanna know Do you think of myself leaving? Oh please i just wanna know Do you think of times before we used to fight, i know we used to get around, we used to walk around but now i'm downtown, i don't know anyone here but you so i don't know what to do ... i'm just gonna stand in the corner and drink alone
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Cold Turkey 03:22
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Cold turkey, well i'm bitter, indescript Cold turkey, well it’s all been said to me It’s all been said, it’s all been said It’s all a rotten shame It’s all the same, it’s all the same You wanna know we're running from the same thing Cold turkey, well im brittle like a simp Cold turkey, it’s a hard act to follow, a hard act to follow Cold turkey, i’m bitter, indolent Cold turkey, oh when you can’t stop bummin' you can’t stop bummin around And it’s a damn shame, the way we waste all through our golden days like we’re running from a past life that we didn’t learn nothin, we didn’t know nothin, we didn’t learn nothin about. ah, we didn’t learn nothin'

about

"HOTHOUSE FLOWERS" is the 2nd release from CIVILS, a.k.a. Drew Kirby of Mothers and New Wives. Captured during January/February 2015 on a Tascam 424 cassette recorder, this material actually predates the debut Civils EP "Young But Ugly" - notable for being recorded in a day and largely made up on the spot. Naturally, the mileage-per-idea varied more on that release, as the songs that comprise HOTHOUSE FLOWERS boast more calculated and arranged styles that also commit harder to the genre-hopping idealism of the Civils approach.

"Winter of Early Bellow" drones & churns along like a crippled grandfather clock undergoing reanimation, chiming and climaxing to a fevered pitch before unleashing into "Fraud", a 38-second assault of lurching noise rock and fevered mania utilizing every decibel of sound a little cassette tape could ever hope to push out. It's the 3rd track before you hear anything resembling a traditional "song", and a traditional song it is - "Arielle" a dazed, slowburner in the style of the Beach Boys Left Out in the Sun For 50 Years (you know that band). "Passages (outwardly)" is an improvised acoustic guitar duet and the longest track here - but then "Meansucker" breaks that wide open with a 1:40 minute blast of sugar-sweet pop rock, moving through about 4 different hooks before giving way to the acid-fried country of closer "Cold Turkey".

"Hothouse Flowers" is full of engaging twists and packs a myriad of styles and ideas into 8 tracks totaling a brief 17-minutes. Grab your ephemera of choice & take the ride.

credits

released January 2, 2016

Everything written, produced & performed by Drew Kirby at Cave Sound in Athens, Georgia.
Except samples of Matt Anderegg singing on #1 and playing drums on #7.
Mixed & mastered by Drew at Cave Sound during winter 2015.
"What I Am" interpolates the "Shire" theme, originally composed by Howard Shore.
Artwork compiled & scanned by Drew. "Flower sketch" artist unknown.

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