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ON042 - Of the World

by Tend

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music & lyrics: Conn Kelly Contemplate Kepler's loss Dual orbit is not what he sought No surface for burdens past Inside his heart it's gas We dream to walk the clouds I dream to stand on solid ground Release me from victories past Suffer the pressure of gas Burning sun I ask myself why Breathe gold as I skim my new sky You burn through your ancestor's bones Lungs choke with death homegrown
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music & lyrics: P. Thomas Donnelly Draw back one curtain Face the clock to the wall Fluff up your pillow Put your sunglasses on Fasten a button Unwind your watch Take a quarter-step backwards Put your hand to the wall So that I appear It’s in your dreams we can talk Play my menial game I have access to technology From beyond the frontier I’ve so had it with this plane I’m taking off, won’t hear from me again ‘Cause I’ve so had it with this plane Look up at this time – desert sky at night Red lights in the sky, triangle on high So that I appear
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made by Paul Priest (The Owl/ripper) from the first note of 'Tyrant Sun'.
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Tyrant Sun 06:05
music: Conn Kelly lyrics: P. Thomas Donnelly Brought into existence You did this to yourselves Pried my one eye open I couldn't turn away From what I saw my fathers doing The ways they chose to live Yet I'm the one called Tyrant I'm the son, outcast (tyrant son) You made decisions lightly The illusion of control How quickly you were overrun Your choice, undoable (tyrant son) Like diseases, artificial Created in some lab I wasn't what you thought I'd be And neither can be swayed (tyrant son) From my course that you set me on The attributes imbued The only pathways given me Ripped from a blinkered view I don't know what you wanted Or expected I could do A sun cannot be made by man A thing I thought you knew (tyrant son) I have you in my orbit You're beholden onto me Your planet dies at my behest On a timescale I determine If I flare up you suffer If I recede you freeze I'm only another of God's eyes But will ensure that you receive What's coming (tyrant son)
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guitar, written and performed by C. T.
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the Shallows 06:20
music & lyrics: P. Thomas Donnelly The shallows Unmoored, adrift This raft, keel-less Alone, at sea Landscape persists Horizon is fixed This landscape persists The shallows Sink into sand Reptilian eggs The lizard, its scales Are shed – the tail Is dropped, regrows Begin anew The shallows
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music: Conn Kelly

about

ON042 - For those into their industrial, doom, post-rock, electronic, soundscape, synth, ambient and experimental sounds, this album should scratch many an itch, and discover more itchy parts you didn't realise you had.

I have had the sincere pleasure of working very closely with the band on this album for the last 6 months. Good friend Phil Donnelly originally asked me to master some drum programmed patterns for their live show, and that led to mastering, contributing a track and a video for this immense album 'Of the World'.

This is a collection of new and re-recorded pieces. They hint at a real development and honing of skills, and a statement of Tend's intention to increase the intensity and immersiveness of their audio visual world.

It has been a great learning curve for myself, and also a fantastic experience being able to climb inside the brilliant tracks that Tend have created. Please allow time and focus for this epic and emotive piece of music to unfold and tell its whole story.

t-end.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/tend.glasgow
www.facebook.com/tend.glasgow
www.youtube.com/@PhilipDonnelly

credits

released April 19, 2023

VIDEOS (Both are also in the download).
'Black Triangle' (by Paul TheOwl/ripper):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3xJ3CHRhCI
'the Shallows' (by Tend): www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYE4ME1KIME
Album on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lttc3gPJh7g

Tend is P. Thomas Donnelly and Matt Clay.
Mastering and additional production by Paul TheOwl/ripper
'Unintended Denting' made from the first note of 'Tyrant Sun' by Paul
'What the Thunder Said' written and performed by C. T.

"Thinks ‘Cogito Ergo Sum?’" artwork by Dennis Kelly. Thank you Dennis's family for your kind permission for us to use his painting.
instagram.com/denniskellyart

Images layout in the download by Paul

1, 3, 5, 7 are new for this release
2, 4, 6 are rerecordings previously on the Tend Bandcamp

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