Because we get asked this a bunch via email or in person, I thought it might be helpful to throw up the tunings for all of our songs. It includes songs that are on our new, unreleased (for now) album, but sadly, not Ghost Cat, Thumbs, or At the Pool, because I can't remember them right now. Hope to find them soon. All of them are from lowest (thickest string) to highest (thinnest string). Sometimes mix-matched gauges of strings will help with sustain/tone. Have fun:
"The Sophisticate"
E
G#
C
G# (octave higher than first one)
F (three notes down from G#)
C
Songs - Kier, The Nights Were Walls, Tiger Trees, Expression Of, Imagining the Bodies, Skating with Girl, Aisha, Into the Arms, Sharing, Something I Learned Today (Huskers cover)
"The Sophisticate: Rascal"
E
G#
C
G
F
A
Songs - 3D Voices
"The Sophisticate: Pynchon"
E
G#
C
G#
A#
C
Songs - Lion Name, Play, Susie Jo, Completely, Very Very Librarian, Sometimes Sometimes
"The Lady"
B
C
A
C (I think an octave up, not positive off hand)
D
E (octave lower than standard tuning)
Songs - She Bears, Don't Worry, You're Prettier.
"The Lady: Rascal"
B
D
A
C
D
E (octave lower than standard tuning)
Songs - Fag Feels Good, I Think We're Alone Now, Iskra Goodbye, Infinity Caller
"The Nest"
B
F#
A#
A# (unison)
D#
D# (unison, where this D# is 13 notes lower than standard tuning E, not 1 note lower)
Songs - Dreamsucker, Acid King of Hell, CJ, Prom.
I think Ghost Cat/Thumbs/At the Pool are in a tuning that starts with
E
F#
A
...but I can't remember past that right now.
New Lyrics Pt. III - "Lion Name"
This song is in:
e
g#
c#
G#
A#
C
Capo 6th fret.
Oh, Lion Name
I can move like you
I can summon my mouth to cough
I can swallow flu
Vials in the rain
in the viler sun
They're collecting and spilling out
Breathing like lungs
Another exorcist and another one
casting us out
Tender underage under overpass
Basic cable beige
Basic cable trash
Demons in dads
See, Lion Name
You don't get too close
You don't talk like you used to talk
You don't invoke
Loser alleyway
Loser cul de sac
Ugly subdivision blues
Loser intact
Another exorcist and another one
casting us out
Bitter.
e
g#
c#
G#
A#
C
Capo 6th fret.
Oh, Lion Name
I can move like you
I can summon my mouth to cough
I can swallow flu
Vials in the rain
in the viler sun
They're collecting and spilling out
Breathing like lungs
Another exorcist and another one
casting us out
Tender underage under overpass
Basic cable beige
Basic cable trash
Demons in dads
See, Lion Name
You don't get too close
You don't talk like you used to talk
You don't invoke
Loser alleyway
Loser cul de sac
Ugly subdivision blues
Loser intact
Another exorcist and another one
casting us out
Bitter.
3rd Album Lyrics Pt II
Don't have a name for this one yet. Suggestions welcome.
Nothing's gonna harm you
cause nothing could
nestled in a Volvo
safe beneath hood.
Crosses over entrance.
Dreams a door.
Screaming Intuition
rise from the floor.
Sometimes this is why.
Sometimes this is why.
Talking like a weirdo
so now you're real.
Talking like a wisher
covered in appeal.
Nothing's gonna harm you
and nothing did.
Softer than a pillow
slept on by bad kids.
Sometimes this is why.
Sometimes this is why.
Nothing's gonna harm you
cause nothing could
nestled in a Volvo
safe beneath hood.
Crosses over entrance.
Dreams a door.
Screaming Intuition
rise from the floor.
Sometimes this is why.
Sometimes this is why.
Talking like a weirdo
so now you're real.
Talking like a wisher
covered in appeal.
Nothing's gonna harm you
and nothing did.
Softer than a pillow
slept on by bad kids.
Sometimes this is why.
Sometimes this is why.
New Lyrics to a New Song for our New Album
I think it will be called "Permission" (the song, not the album).
I was in hands.
Now understand,
that in those hands
I was a man.
I fell asleep
in vaguest arms.
My Vedic friend
who never ends.
My head the cop
is mouthing off,
learned how to talk,
and's mouthing off.
But Vedic friend with
another lesson
to teach to cop,
this one's from the top.
I'm made of milk
I'm made of meat
I'm made of laughs
I'm made of sweets.
We're separate
but that's alright.
I'm eaten cake,
you're purple rite.
You grip me good
and shut me up
and soothe my gut
more than enough.
The rain is fun
and cop could play,
but deepest blues,
so stays away.
I am protected.
Cop is digested
in Vedic friend
who never ends.
I was in hands.
Now understand,
that in those hands
I was a man.
I fell asleep
in vaguest arms.
My Vedic friend
who never ends.
My head the cop
is mouthing off,
learned how to talk,
and's mouthing off.
But Vedic friend with
another lesson
to teach to cop,
this one's from the top.
I'm made of milk
I'm made of meat
I'm made of laughs
I'm made of sweets.
We're separate
but that's alright.
I'm eaten cake,
you're purple rite.
You grip me good
and shut me up
and soothe my gut
more than enough.
The rain is fun
and cop could play,
but deepest blues,
so stays away.
I am protected.
Cop is digested
in Vedic friend
who never ends.
Prom is out TODAY
When I was young, and still sometimes again, I would obsess over albums for days or weeks or even months at a time. I hope that we made an album like that with Prom, that at least someone can obsess over in their bedroom or dorm room or office cubicle or whatever. Here's the tracklisting with a comparison to a song off an album I/we obsessed over at some point (mostly Smiths stuff). Oh, and you can download the last track "3D Voices" off our Bandcamp.
1. Tiger Trees - Our "A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours"
2. Prom - our "Shoplifters of the World"
3. Expression Of - our "Bigmouth Strikes Again"
4. Imagining the Bodies - our "Sweet and Tender Hooligan"
5. Skating with Girl - our "Perfect Circle" (REM) or "Red Apple Falls" (Smog)
6. Psychics - our "Unhappy Birthday"
7. Aisha - our "This Night Has Opened My Eyes"
8. Into the Arms - our "Death of a Disco Dancer"
9. Sharing - our "Kicker of Elves" (GBV)
10. Don't Worry, You're Prettier - our "Sleepy Joe" (Smog)
11. 3D Voices - our "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want"
Enjoy!
Favorite Smiths Lyrics Pt 1
"Drink, drink, drink and be ill tonight, from the on you left behind" - "Unhappy Birthday"
"Time's tide will smother you, and I will too." - "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore"
"And the pain was enough to make a shy, bald Buddhist reflect and plan a mass murder. Who said I lied to her?" - "Stop Me if You Think You've Heard this One Before"
"Leave me alone, because I'm alright, dad. Surprised to still be on my own." - "A Rush & a Push and the Land Is Ours."
"I doused our friendly venture with a hard-faced three-word gesture." - "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish"
"When you lay in awe on the bedroom floor and say 'Oh, oh, smother me mother.'" - "Rubber Ring"
"The sun shines out of our behinds" - "Hand in Glove"
"Boot the grime of this crotch, dear" - "Sheila Take a Bow"
I mean, they're all great, so it's hard to choose, really, even within songs. Plus Morrissey lifted a good fifth of them, artfully of course. But oh well. They are, and always be, good when you're lonesome.
Some Things I'm Randomly Missing about Our Friend Ariel
I've been really missing our friend Ariel lately. Here's some of the things that are coming to mind right now:
His random ideas for bbq's, including octopus.
His wanting to cook dinner for people a lot, including on my birthday (I wish I'd let him).
His getting me a cake for my birthdays anyway.
His absolutely winning smile.
The way he looked when he had a mustache.
His excitement over so many things.
His ability to quote Simpsons with me, specifically his impression of "It's great to be here, Krusty."
The time we let him drive, on tour, for about 10 minutes, before Emily woke up because he kept hitting the rumble strip.
His love of soda.
How tremendously caring he could be.
The time he got a bit nutty and pantsless backstage at a show in Philly.
The times he'd call me late at night when he couldn't sleep.
His support.
How much he loved helping out bands he loved.
His wide-eyed child-likeness.
I miss him.
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