performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

michael ambro: guitar

paul ambro: guitar

dennis harvey: keyboards | voice

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition

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

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

michael ambro: guitar

paul ambro: guitar

dennis harvey: keyboards

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition | mixing | recording

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

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

michael ambro: guitar

paul ambro: guitar

dennis harvey: keyboards | voice

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition

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

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

michael ambro: guitar

paul ambro: guitar

dennis harvey: keyboards

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition

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

And so Frodo Baggins found himself within the gaping maw of Mount Doom with nothing but a thin slab of computer-generated rock keeping him from violent, flammable death. And Frodo held up the One Ring of Power above the fires that created the One Ring of Power, and spake these words:

Frodo: "Oh lord, bless this thine One Ring of Power, which is more powerful than all the other powerful Rings. I shall dearly miss this Ring, even as it has in the darkness bound me. It is a very naughty Ring, but it is also very, very pretty. I would like to thank my faithful Sam, dear old Uncle Bilbo, Old Gandy, the Academy, and all the little people under 4'3" -- Oh, I see Gollum is approaching with quite an ill-favored look in his -- Oh no, he has taken the Ring from me -- Oh, he seems to be dancing a happy jig on the edge of a green-screen precipice -- Oh no, he seems to --"

And the ring was destroyed.

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar | voice

michael ambro: guitar | voice

paul ambro: guitar

dennis harvey: keyboards | voice

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition | lyrics

paul ambro: composition | lyrics

jason harvey: composition | lyrics | recording

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

The corsair lacks resilience
The tempest holds no beat
Reginald stabbed the pavement
Digging for soil
But he only found meat
Cars don't take you dancing
Traps don't sprain your feet
The alcohol glare commodious stare
The burbage in the buttermilk stank like a modern calf
He passed through the doorway and spat
Like there was nothing else in his mouth
But she knew what she was after
Torches torches torches
Porches and corpses and gum
Porches and corpses and gum
Hugging like the sun
He hiccuped as if he meant to say
There is no other way
Your lips are getting louder
There is no other way

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

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

notes:

Written and recorded January 13-16, 2019.

may you weep among the silent golden rushes of the sun
may you sleep tossing dreams back and forth across the finish line
may you smile standing among the shadows of the spirit world
may you stare silently at the figures bowing out of the mirror
may you run slipping along motionlessly the ice cracking behind you
may you wind slowly in and out of a powerless movement of grace
may you swim dancing across the oceanographer's dreams you toss back and forth across the finish line
may you be small
may you be silent
may you be strong

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

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

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments

composition/production:

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

extra performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

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

performance:

anna harris: violin

dennis harvey: electronics

composition/production:

anna harris: composition

dennis harvey: composition | mixing | production | recording

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

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments

composition/production:

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

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