7" translucent blue mono vinyl EP including 4 songs form the album. Comes with a digital download of the full album as well. These records were cut on a mono lathe cutting machine from the 1940s, originally designed for the radio. They are recorded in mono at a lower volume than pressed records. Aaron Jennings at Listening Hat Records spends a lot of time getting these to sound as good as possible, and to my ears they sound great. But don't expect them to match the sound quality of the best 180 gram vinyl in your collection.
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lyrics
Took a lap
Around the life sized map
All frayed at the edges
By the boundary hedges
Where the pixels appear
And the compass line veers
Into the alpha glow
Sat alone
In the overgrown
As the moon’s light traded
With the sun’s light faded
When a glitch in the system
Revealed a hidden schism
And the seams began to show
In the grasses and in the trees
On the edge of the periphery
The cracks
Distract
Until the stitches are all I see
But I’m not gonna think about it anymore
Just want to sit and watch the way
This day
Fades from my display
As the hidden hand traces the rays
As the hidden hand traces the rays
The hidden hand that animates us
Also animates the stardust
Though I’m inclined
To think not so divine
As I examine its kludgy design
Could it be the engineering involved
Is all mundane now and pretty much solved
And now these gods unaware
Of the gray in my hair
And everyone's an NPC
Your very own creator
Master simulator
Is asleep
at the wheel
How does it make you feel
I’m not gonna think about it anymore
Just want to watch and mystify
The skies
Reflected in my eyes
As the hidden hand renders the light
As the hidden hand renders the light
Now the scene grows liminal
I lose my grip on traditional
And I surmise
I'm just copy with no original
I’m not gonna think about it anymore
Just want to sit and watch the way
This day
Fades from the display
As the hidden hand traces the rays
I’m not gonna think about it anymore
Just want to watch and mystify
The skies
Reflected in my eyes
While the hidden hand hides from me
The hidden hand hides from me
credits
from Let the Machines,
released January 7, 2023
lead guitar, pianos and synths by John Calvin Abney
The arrangements are complex and engaging, almost every song has a bridge that pulls you sideways in the best way, the lyrics are often simultaneously emotional and hilarious, and the strings, my God! John Brownell
MikeTV is always at the top of his game releasing music of insane quality AND quantity. This album is more Get Set Go greatness with catchy melodies and smart and sometimes crazy lyrics. UmbraeSoulsbane
What a trip this EP is. The arrangements here are off the wall. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed the different elements and layers that were added to each song.
At the top of the EP, the tone of the guitars made me stop what I was doing and appreciate the sound. I felt enveloped by warmth. That transition in the middle of Kellyanne felt like something straight out of the Beatles. Wonderful. I think the somewhat melancholic ending was a brilliant call. Fantastic time, can't wait for more. bradkallhoff
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