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1.
THANK YOU. WE NEVER REMEMBER TO SAY THANK YOU SO NOW I SAY IT EVERY TIME I WALK INTO A ROOM. ALL THIS TIME HAS GONE BY BUT WE NEVER COULD BREAK THROUGH THE ICE. AND IT’S TURNING AND IT’S TURNING. ALL THE LITTLE THINGS WE NEVER DO. AND IT’S TURNING AND IT’S TURNING. EVERY PROMISE THAT WE MAKE GETS BROKEN WE’RE LOST. WE DON’T CARE ANYMORE. IT FILLS OUR HEARTS WITH JOY TO BREAK BREAK THROUGH THE SILENCE AND STEP INTO WHAT WE WERE MEANT FOR EXILED FOR NOT BEING FRIENDLY. WE NEVER LEARNED HOW TO PLAY ALONG. EXILED WITH OUR HEADS IN THE SMOG FOR TRYING TO TOUCH THE FACE OF GOD. AND YOU SEE IT AND IT COMES AND GOES BUT YOU NEVER REALLY GET AN ANSWER. AND YOU SEE IT AND YOU KNOW IT AND THEN IT’S GONE NOT LIKE WE’RE NOT THERE ANYMORE AN EMPIRE BORN IN A BEDROOM TO WAIT, WAIT TIL IT’S QUIET THERE’S SOMETHING I’VE BEEN MEANING TO ASK YOU. MEET ME FOR A PINT. THE RECEIVERS AND THE DANCERS. ON THIS SOLEMN NIGHT. BAD JOKES TOLD BY OUR FATHERS WHERE AN AGING NATION GATHERS IN FROM THE UNFOLDING UNKNOWN. DON’T YOU WANT TO BE EXCITED?? DON’T YOU WANT TO BE EXCITED?? DON’T YOU WANT TO BE EXCITED?? WATCHING OUR FAILURES FROM THE SIDELINE. SO MEET ME FOR A PINT. WHAT WE BEGAN CANNOT END HERE ON THIS AUTUMN NIGHT.
2.
WE WERE WALKING IN BALBOA PARK WITH MY HEADPHONES ON IN THE SUMMER OF 2006 MY BROTHER’S TRIPPING ON THE AGAPANTHUS SURVEYING THE DAMAGE FROM THE SUNBURNS ON HIS SKIN IT WAS HOT SO WE WROTE BAD POETRY THOUGHT WHY HASN’T SHE CALLED ME GOT EVERYONE’S SYMPATHY TURNED IT IN FOR SOME AIRPLANE MILES THEN JACK RUBY CAME IN LIKE A TRAINED ASSASSIN AND HE SAID AT SOME POINT EVERYTHING STOPS BLEEDING YOU GOT NOTHING YOU DON’T WANT. WE SPENT ALL WINTER HIDING UNDER OUR COVERS LIKE WE WERE BACK IN 1974 WE MADE IT THROUGH YOUR OIL EMBARGO AND YOUR HAZARDOUS CARGO NEVER BLEW UP AT OUR FRONT DOOR MICHAEL LANDON SAID WE SWIM IN OUR UNDERWEAR BUT EVERYONE CAN SEE THE TEAR IN THE PAIR HE’S SPORTING WE’RE LOOKING THROUGH LAUGHING AT HIM NAKED ASHAMED OF HIS SAMENESS HE GOES RIGHT ON BY US SAYING AT SOME POINT EVERYTHING STOPS BLEEDING YOU GOT NOTHING YOU DON’T WANT. I GOT A HAIRCUT AS AN OLIVE BRANCH TO A CRAWFORD RANCH MAN WHO TOOK ALL OF MY CASH ON HAND THE HEAT DON’T GIVE A DAMN AND SUMMER NEVER ENDS THESE ARE YOUR COLLEGE YEARS AND YOU BEEN ON YOUR OWN ENDLESS BUS RIDES DELAYED BY CELLULAR PHONES I’M STRANDED IN BERDO IN A POLO SHIRT I GOT THREE DOLLARS LEFT BUT A MAN JUST ASKED ME FOR TEN I SAID TO HIM AT SOME POINT EVERYTHING STOPS BLEEDING YOU GOT NOTHING YOU DON’T WANT AT SOME POINT YOU SHOULD JUST THINK ABOUT SLEEPING IN YOU GOT NOTHING YOU DON’T WANT.
3.
IN YOUR BACK FORTY THE AIR SO STICKY CUTTING WOOD BUT TOMORROW I’LL BE THREE THOUSAND MILES FROM EVERYONE YOU KNOW SLEEPING WITH NO SHEETS HOPPING PINOT ISLANDS EVERY SUMMER DREAM ENDS WITH OUR KNEES IN THE REEDS SO SLOWLY SLOWLY... YOU DON’T EVEN FEEL IT YOU DON’T EVEN NOTICE NOW I’M LEAVING THE BREEZES THE BELL CLANGS TWICE DISTANT ULTIMATE GUIDES TO NOWHERE SPECIAL WE ALL WORE PURPLE STRIPES EVERY WARM AND WINDY NIGHT ALONE ON THE SWINGS WHISPERING WHISPERING... THEY’RE YOUR DREAMS I CAN’T STOP YOU FROM WANTING TO LEAVE THEY’RE YOUR SLEEVES I CAN’T STOP YOU FROM WANTING TO LEAVE EVERY MOMENT IS A GIFT WE SET OURSELVES ADRIFT I’M LEAVING THE BREEZES
4.
Blades 03:14
DIDN’T FEEL A DROP OF RAIN DIDN’T NOTICE ALL THE WAVES YOU SAID YOU MADE SPENT ALL WINTER IN MY FAVORITE COAT TIME’LL TRICKLE OUT YOUR VAIN VAIN VEINS NOW EVERY RIDDLE ENDS THE SAME EVERY PEBBLE ON THE BEACH IS INGRAINED LEAVING HOME WITHOUT YOUR BLADES RIDE THE WAVES IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA WITHOUT DROWNING IF YOU REALLY WANT TO REACH SOMEBODY TONIGHT GET YOUR BLADES OUT GET YOUR BLOOD ON THE GROUND IF YOUR FRIENDS THINK YOU’RE WASTING YOUR TIME GET YOUR BLADES OUT TELL ‘EM WHAT’S GOING DOWN IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GET YOUR BLADES OUT GET YOUR BLADES OUT YOU AIN’T GONNA HEAR ME ROAR MAYBE YOU NEVER PLAYED A CHESS GAME WITH ME AIN’T HOW WE DO IT ANYMORE BABY NEVER LEARNED TO MASTERPIECE SO SAY THEY COME FROM OUTER SPACE THEY CAN SAY WHAT THEY WANT ABOUT ME THEY’RE LEAVING HOME WITHOUT THEIR BLADES THINKING THEY’RE THE END OF EVERYTHING WITHOUT REASON WE’RE SURROUNDED
5.
Eta Carinae 05:21
YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND MY HEART BREAKS INTERACTIVITY GO INTO A MELODY LIKE A DEAD LANGUAGE YOU CAN ONLY HEAR IN YOUR SLEEP AND IF THEY SAY WE’RE ALL BETTER OFF JUST BEING FORGOTTEN IF YOU WANT TO PLAY YOUR HAND BOY PLAY YOUR HAND ETA CARINAE I WANT YOU TO BLOW UP IN MY FACE NO ONE COULD REPLACE THE LIGHT YOU GIVE TO ME ETA CARINAE THAT OUR DYING BREATH COULD BE YOUR NAME WITH YOUR PERMISSION FOR OUR NEXT TRICK ALL OUR FLESH AND BLOOD WILL BE INCINERATED INTO STARDUST OH OH OH YOU BLOW EVERYONE AWAY IF IT ALL GOES DOWN LIKE YOU’RE PREDICTING IT WILL IF IT ALL GOES DOWN WHICH ONE OF US IS GONNA HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL THE SILENCE AND THE MADNESS I’M GLAD IT’S GRABBED US ETA CARINAE THIS IS THE LAST LOVE SONG I’LL SING THE LAST TIME I’LL CLAIM THAT I KNOW ANYTHING ETA CARINAE THAT OUR DYING BREATH COULD BE YOUR NAME THE STARS ARE BLEEDING YOUR HEART ERUPTING YOU THINK YOU GAVE TOO MUCH AWAY HYDROGEN TO HELIUM TO CARBON TO IRON THAT YOU WANT TO CONSUMMATE THE WAR IS OVER BUT THE PRICE WAS STEEP THE LIGHT TOO BLINDING BUT IT’S NICE TO THINK I’VE FOUND A LOVE THAT RUNS FAR TOO DEEP WE FOUND SOMETHING WE WEREN’T MEANT TO SEE
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Janus 04:16
JANUS SPEAKS FOR ALL OF US TELLING YOU WE’VE HAD ENOUGH JANUS KNOWS ALL THE THINGS TO COME THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH INFORMATION THERE’S ONLY NOT ENOUGH PERFECT INFORMATION LIKE GEESE BEYOND BIRCHES YOU CANNOT SEE THEIR COLORS WHAT ARE I BEG YOU WHAT ARE THEIR COLORS JANUS SPEAKS FOR ALL OF US TELLING YOU I THINK YOU’VE HAD ENOUGH JANUS PEELS THE YEARS OFF ONE BY ONE DO YOU THINK WE’LL LIVE FOREVER WHEN WE DISCONNECT THE FUTURE FROM THE PAST AND FADE TO BLACK AND IS ONE LIFETIME ENOUGH TO BREAK THE CYCLES THAT IMPRISON US WHERE JANUS SPEAKS IT’S LIKE GRADUATION AND NEW YEAR’S ALL AT ONCE FLOCKS SHED FEATHERS CAUGHT UP IN FORMATION WHERE ONCE IT WAS DECEMBER NOW ALIGHT THE BIRDS HAVE FLOWN AWAY AND JANUS MEDITATES MEDITATES

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released March 21, 2015

All songs © Niantic 2015
Recorded Jan-Dec 2014 in Altadena, Hollywood, and Simi Valley, CA
Executive produced by R.E. King and Justine Kaye
Released on Not Dead Yet Records

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Niantic Los Angeles, California

Chris McCartt; drums
Dave Riem; lead guitar, bass
Ryan Trask; vocals, guitar, bass

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