Transgression got the best of me
Anyone with two eyes could see
Forever in the in-between
Forever down
Forever
Another dull eternity
The whole world rolling under me
Won’t learn to turn the other cheek
Won’t settle down
No, never
Will I be satisfied nor leave well enough alone?
Another’s eyes to meet
Grim symmetry
The man I’d like to be
A guillotine
The stranger on the street
A feeling of incompleteness
Washes over me
Over everything
Another obvious trap door
Yet I am falling through the floor
My friends and neighbours are appalled
Forever in
The cellar
Another bar, another night
One more attempt to be polite
These sneaking feelings won’t keep quiet
But I will try because I
Fear that it gets less clear the the more it is explained
Another’s eyes to meet
Grim symmetry
The man I’d like to be
A guillotine
A stranger on the street
A feeling of incompleteness
Washes over me
Over everything
The Reds, Pinks & Purples invoke a very particular moment of the post-C86/Sarah Records outpost of “college rock” before grunge became the de facto form of “alt rock”. This is pop music like they don’t really make it anymore: Catchy, gloomy, literate, jangly, artsy, occasionally frivolous… like some half-remembered video from the Dave Kendall-era of 120 Minutes. Snuffy Spiderlegs
L.A.'s Smokescreens recall the moment when post-punk transformed into indie pop on their David Kilgour-produced full-length. Bandcamp... New & Notable Sep 3, 2020