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March To The Sea

from Sonic Irony by Bricklayers Foundation

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I was really entranced by the Capote novel Other Voices Other Rooms around this time, and it, along with the then-current orchestral version of Mercury Rev inspired me big-time. I guess this is sort of Northern Gothic then. Just kind of singing abstractly about how I loved my home and was nostalgic for my still pretty fresh childhood. A little cheesy but OK. You can hear the mic cable knock over a small glass vase off the piano toward the end. Another track that's all me. We learned and recorded everything so fast that we would sometimes just leave things as-is without embellishing much. While we had access to four tracks, sometimes we only used three. I don't know why we felt we had to rush so much, but it makes for some strange and interesting listening.--Ross

I still love the fake ocean sounds from your keyboard, it's perfect –Adam

lyrics

It was life in the forest
Don't tell me
Remember the first time
Come down to the front line
Babies crying psalm

The life back home is real
So special
Trudging through the salt marsh
I was only a boy
It wasn't a crime

Feel your life slipping by
As the days goes dry
When you think you cry
Step off the train track
It's no use to you now
Tin soldiers in pursuit
I'm on my way

Stepping through the fields of years
You remind me
Call me to tell me
You have forgot me
The mind is funny sometimes

credits

from Sonic Irony, released April 7, 2003
Ross Howard- piano, drums, keyboard, vocals

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Bricklayers Foundation Chicago, Illinois

Starting in 2003 as a high school home recording project in Boston, Adam Cohen-Leadholm and Ross Howard reunited in 2009 in Chicago to again carry the flame for weirdo art pop everywhere. The 'Layers have a knack for unexpected melodies/chords and satisfying pop songs couched in shifting atmospheres. ... more

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