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Vol. 1

by Iris Waters

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2.
Apartment 02:59
I’ve been on a bender since I met you Although I haven’t left the bedroom, I’ve been scraping the walls for lead paint And rationing the remnants of fumes Threw all my clothing in your furnace Every thread rid of its purpose At the time I felt free And I guess I still should But I don’t No I don’t, no I don’t Another wasted afternoon The blinders don’t work for me like I’d prefer them to But fate keeps me breathing just as well as a womb So I clumsily decay into this bed like it’s our tomb ‘Till someone can wipe my slate clean, I’ll keep transferring debts till I find the one that forgets me A nail in the temple , or just faint memory, I can’t compare it to a feeling, but it cuts me down easy If I leave this room, I might not make it back alive I’m gun-shy, and I’m bat-blind; lifespan of a black-fly If I leave this room, I might not make it out alive So take the place you’ve set for me and give it to a passerby If I leave this room, good luck getting me to do the dishes I can barely clean the rags I use to clean my riches If I leave this room, it means I’ve made it out of a tar pit Roll me up in a carpet Please someone get me out of this apartment
3.
Now and then you must get tired Floating floor to floor Look for a room you have yet to haunt See, you’re just the flint to the fire Parading your skinny little fists, I marvel at the sight of it. No. I won’t forget about it I won’t forget about it, no I won’t forget about it when it goes It goes, It goes Forget the cautionary tales you’ve heard I’ve kept an open door For the visitors I won’t knowingly admit The only child of what’s transpired Adore the draining kiss That makes me forget my limits. No. I won’t forget about it I won’t forget about it, no I won’t forget about it when it goes It goes, It goes I won’t forget about it I won’t forget about it, no I won’t forget about it when it goes It goes, It goes I won’t forget about it I won’t forget about it, no I won’t forget about it when it goes It goes, It goes I won’t forget about it I won’t forget about it, no I won’t forget about it when it goes It goes, It goes
4.
Caravan 04:13
There’s an abscess in the temporary absences We grant ourselves, When stashes under mattresses deplete And spirit vanishes An absence of compassion Passing glances pass for interaction Defended the traps of this contraption Oh Now only for the sake of argument We’re all left bleeding by the monument With failing vision, willing to neglect what care demands Caravan I’ve a sickening suspicion that I soon won’t have a seat Clinging viciously to every bit of property Seething from the knuckles, Buckled under moonlit certainty In this ceremony It never occurs to me I’ve been complicit in a quick descent Less and less traction on the cold cement Another barrier to make for easier command Caravan Bleach and Riesling Peace isn’t easy Reason for being, not everything’s pleasing Nor should it all ever need to be peachy But don’t tell me we’re all trying completely

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released September 30, 2020

[Vol.1]

Track 1 written by Alex Laurie
Tracks 2 and 3 written by Alex Laurie and Milan Sarkadi
Track 4 written by Alex Laurie, Milan Sarkadi and Tyler Fyfe

Produced by Alex Laurie and Milan Sarkadi

Engineered by Milan Sarkadi
Assistant engineering by Darren McGill and Alex Laurie

Recorded at Union Sound Company, Dreamhouse Studios, Strange Sound, and the Apartment.

All tracks mixed by Milan Sarkadi
With the exception of Track 1, mixed by Alex Laurie

Mastered by João Carvalho

Artwork/Photography by Alex Bonenfant

Performed by:

Alex Laurie / vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, various synths, rhodes, piano, wurlitzer, sfx, drum programming, bass guitar, synth bass, trumpet, space echo

Dylan Burrett / bass guitar, arrangement

Gerhard "Daniel" Schlombs / electric guitars, arrangement

Jared Gershon / drums, arrangement

Milan Sarkadi / drum programming, arrangement

Aubrey McGhee / saxophone, arrangement

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