performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar | voice

michael ambro: guitar | voice

paul ambro: guitar | voice

dennis harvey: keyboards | noises | percussion | voice

composition/production:

jason harvey: composition

paul ambro: composition

michael ambro: composition

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

These initial exercises are all derived from simple proven methods to help us better gather whether you suck at your job
Please agree so we can monitor you closely
In each exercise, place an asterisk where your soul has been sucked out

(See aggressions we eat, they're like a crowbar to the jaw)
In the cage on the stage are the places where the hands fall together
In the lines on the page are the places where the hands fall together

(Why don't you stay and fuck up everything)
When you know it don't matter
If you will or you won't
Endure or cower
There's no sinking the boat

We think that nobody's home
We can assume that someone like you is alone
Didn't you abandon everyone and still expect to be treated like a superstar
The golden behaviors are all derived from number one: be successful
It is placed first because it's something you'll never be
So pay attention
Listen closely
In each exercise, place an asterisk on what might have been

When you know it don't matter
If you sink or you float
Punch a hole in the hull, smash the mast with your skull
There's no sinking the boat

When you know it don't matter
If you win or you choke
Take it out for a ride, tear it up from inside
There's no sinking the boat

When you know it don't matter
If you quit or you cope
Tell yourself it's a trap, make a mess of the map
There's no sinking the boat

When you know it don't matter
If you will or you won't
Kiss the captain goodbye, throw him over the side
There's no sinking the boat

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | lyrics | mastering | mixing | production | recording

And all these
Things I give you
Since you would
Put them to use
More than me
Let's remember
Battlescars
Ancient secrets
Hidden deep
Under mountains
Take in stride
All these footsteps
And release
Your combatants
Redirect
Take a moment
Of your time
Shrug your shoulders
Trace your steps
On the concrete
Treasure trove
Struck by lightning
Senselessness
All the habits
Bend and stretch
Breaking slowly
Catch your breath
Stop the taxi
Quick escape
To the phone booth
Once inside
Check for quarters
Juggernaut
All your faces
Avatars
Pick your poison
Whisked away
To the country
Clouds and calves
Cala lilies
Trace your steps
On the concrete
No one knows
How you got here
No one knows
You'll disappear
You were here
For a moment
And all these
Things I give you

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | lyrics | mastering | mixing | production | recording

FUCK TRUMP AND HER NEO-NAZI SLUMBER PARTY

performance:

matthew mccrary: guitar | voice

dennis harvey: backing voice | drums

composition/production:

matthew mccrary: composition | lyrics

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

dennis harvey: electronics

composition/production:

dennis harvey: mastering | mixing | production | recording

extra performance:

bob mccauley: keyboards

This track is a live performance or was recorded in one take.

slow it down
feels like a pressure point
feels like a compass is tattooed to your head
to your necktie
to your shoes
slow it up
you're a good guy on the inside
speed it up
you want it all
lucky bastard
you always get what you want

dreaming of new jersey

lift your head up and face the traffic light
you got to know, you got to do your thing
you got to make it to the border honeypie
you stop in at the rest stop
you got to get something to eat
and while you're there it all comes back to you
the polaroid, the microfilm and the .38 sitting in the glovebox
you wonder why you haven't seen but three cops
all the way from los angeles to fort knox
you got to get out

you and me
new jersey

speeding down
like it?
like the speed?
feels like it's happening
feels like any minute now
did i ever tell you that i love you
did i ever tell you that i'll miss you
when the bullets start, run away
i'll meet you on the other side
i'll meet you on the other side of the tracks

dreaming of new jersey

while you and me
to new jersey
go

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | lyrics | mastering | mixing | production | recording

extra performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

You stole miles of concrete intervening street
Wrapped it up and waited for the ground to sink
Waited with a proper drink

Attack the lights, roll initiative

Snuck it into the basement
Stuck it onto the wall with a pushpin

Break for the hall, otherwise you're caught on TV
Maps and blueprints crushed beneath the tires of a police car

Start the engine
Start the camera
Keep the camera on the car
Keep the guerney in the basement
Hide the money in the jar
Hide the liferaft in the backseat
Start the rescue
Start the war
Win the hearts of everybody
Keep the secret
Keep the score

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | lyrics | mastering | mixing | production | recording

extra performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

performance:

anna harris: electronics | violin | voice

composition/production:

anna harris: composition | mixing | production | recording

extra performance:

dennis harvey: electronics

extra composition/production:

dennis harvey: mastering | mixing | recording

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

michael ambro: guitar

paul ambro: guitar

dennis harvey: keyboards

composition/production:

jason harvey: composition

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording