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Heza

by Generationals

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1.
Spinoza 03:29 video
I could not remember I said it in a whisper to myself I tried to get your attention you said it doesn't matter I could not remember I took a hammer to my health I cursed the walls around me You said it doesn't matter My big tom and guitar Remember all of those crowded bars Driving on snowy mountain tops Maybe skating or maybe stopped Over time, you might look back At what you might have said Over time, you might look back At what you might have said Holding on to what you used to be You got your name, you got your name Caught your reflection in the shop window Can't you see your world is crumbling in the melted snow Holding on to no one Holding on to nothing Don't deny it happened Don't deny me no
2.
I guess we are not going back are we? I can hear you talk to the mirror but I guess you don't talk to me I'm sick of it too Tell me- is it not getting any better? Well I guess it would have to be So please please please - One more time for me So when you talk to the mirror again You were never so quick to turn yourself in All of these paper tigers you know All of our good memories are from so long ago So please please please - One more time for me
3.
Say When 02:32 video
Old word is that you turned nose up Friends say that they don't doubt it But I thought it might be too soon to Cop to that but how about it I know that we don't talk about going back again What's the worst that could happen when you get the right amount Say when Don't forget you don't have to Kiss the ring they can't make you But it doesn't mean they don't hate you Just because you do I know that we don't talk about going back again What's the worst that could happen when you get the right amount Say when
4.
You Got Me 04:54
Waited months to say it Such a waste of time Gonna make you rewind, come back Gonna make you mine Every single night You got me aching all the time
5.
It's one wicked road you're gonna make it right You found your way to go you're gonna take that ride The miles are way too long, the stars are way too bright You're gonna wait too long to run away tonight Was it the things you heard, Was it the thing you say I try to find the words that made you walk away The miles are way too long, the stars are way too bright You're gonna wait too long to run away tonight Don't need to fight, the way they do You've gone home tonight. Put a light on. Me and my blue skies black Me and my blue skies black The Sun will make them dry. It's one wicked road you're gonna make it right You found your way to go you're gonna take that ride The miles are way too long, the stars are way too bright You're gonna wait too long to run away tonight
6.
I Never Know 03:14
I bet it don't upset you to see me get busted But I been listening to people that I trusted And I don't know I could believe you or leave you I don't know Who says it ever is about what came before you You get obsessed with it and I get to ignore you I don't know But what have I learned to turn to? I don't know Hold tight out tonight if I go home without you Then you can listen to what people say about you I don't know But I forget to let you I don't know
7.
Awake 03:34
Your friends they said to me That you were talking in your sleep About the promises you keep I know you drifted through the early years You could fight to pass the time When they found you, you were dealing with it fine Hard to tell you what it goes to Hard-earned paper, you're Holding on to It's all honest praise for the ways you make them do All the things you do Whats up with the waves out on the coast You say that's something I should know I think there's something they're not saying When you survive it all the same You're so impressed they know your name And you're in love with how they say it Hard to tell you what it goes to Hard-earned paper, you're Holding on to It's all honest praise for the ways you make them do All the things you do When they find you lying wide awake You're friends have gone away I overheard you say I see some waves out on the surf They know you finally found your nerve And now they wait for you to say it
8.
Kemal 03:09
You don't see me, you say you want them to Don't stop and don't turn the things you've all been through They saw most of it. What did they take you for They never wanted. They want you more They do it all the time They put it in your head They kept them all in line oh It's over They don't listen. You say you're coming back They finally lost it. They never think of that You saw most of it. What do they take you for They never wondered They do it all the time They put it in your head They kept them all in line oh It's over It's like a sinking stone Don't wait for what comes after You think you're on your own Don't wait for my reaction You're gonna take that back It's all they want from you You're gonna take that back No matter what you do
9.
I used to walk to corner of 4th and Chestnut I used to ring the broken doorbell and sit and wait for you You used to live there And you could do a Boston accent And I would tell you baby just stay and let me talk to you Tell me what I have to say If it's nothing, tell me that it's time to go Is it the omnipotence talking in your ear That makes you want to walk so slow I can attest to that, if anyone, I used to let you, I used to let you get to me Unless you don't know Sorry your tears still run And is your voice too young? I used to let you get to me And now you got a terrible way I really really have to know- Is it the omnipotence talking in your ear That makes you want to walk so slow Sorry it's just too much Still it's too close to touch I used to let you get to me And now you got a terrible way I really really have to know- Is it the omnipotence talking in your ear That makes you want to walk so slow
10.
Durga II 03:38
If there's something I don't say Give me til the words come easy and not a minute longer You've got to come my rescue once in a while I know you like to phone it in But can you give a little backbone to it? It'll go a long way So don't do it if you don't have to Everybody goes there sometimes Let it be a bad dream and wake up in a cold sweat I know you gotta do it your own way if you're ever gonna get through it Have you made your mind up yet? And if I give you til the words come easy Am I gonna be around to see the day? I can't tell you how to, you gotta be ready when the time comes running Even if I'm not coming So if there's something I don't say Give me til the words come easy and not a minute longer You've got to come to my rescue one of these days I know you like to phone it in But can you give a little backbone to it? It'll go a long way

about

Recorded in phases between Public Hifi in Austin, Bent Black studio in D.C., and the band's hometown of New Orleans, Heza finds Generationals more satisfied in songs that breathe and grow over time.

These songs show restraint, with the hooks developing in the spaces between sounds and an attention to rhythms and textures revealing a more patient band willing to dig for deeper gems than in their previous work.

Tracks like "You Got Me" and "Put a Light On" use minimalist electronic frameworks to match the intensity of more straightforward guitarwork on "Spinoza" and "I Never Know," all of them placing the focus more on layers and arrangements than to forcing the hook.

On Heza, Generationals aren't so much shedding their old skin as growing more comfortable in the one they've always inhabited.

credits

released April 2, 2013

Generationals are Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer.

Heza was written and performed by Generationals with percussion by Daniel Black. Engineered by Daniel Black at Bent Black in Washington, D.C., and by Brad Bell at Public Hi-Fi in Austin, Tx. Some recordings were engineered by Generationals in New Orleans, La. The album was produced and mixed by Daniel Black at Bent Black and mastered by Ed Brooks at RFI in Seattle, Wa., except "You Got Me," mastered by Rick Fisher at RFI.

Art and layout by Scott Campbell.

Thank You:
Kathryn Bullock, Dan, Faye and Julian Black, Amy Butterer, Owen and Jane Joyner, Will Joyner, Carla and Jay Widmer, Kyle and Michael Cash, Matt Lunsford and everyone at Polyvinyl Records, Sefton and Aimee Spangenberg, Jim Eno, Brad Bell, Paul Sommerstein, Gandhar Savur, Lyle Hysen, Lauren Bernal, Jeff Olson, Paul Colomb, Scott Campbell, Daniel Gill and Sarah Hogan at Forcefield.

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