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Every Road is a Good Road

by Blaine Todd

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1.
Beat Up Little Seagull 06:13
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Beat up little seagull On a marble stair Trying to find the ocean Looking everywhere I had a hard time in the city When I couldn't feel the sea Ain't no place to run to Nothing here's for free Cuckoo on the corner Waiting for the train Drunk and lying to his father Said I's sleeping in the rain Have you seen the faces Man, they have no eyes Hear the city's dyin I'm none the wise No it doesn't bother me none I know it's hard to live No it doesn't bother me none Get my sister Sandy And my little brother Ray We're gonna buy a pickup And haul us all away Gonna live out in the country With the mountains way on high I hope I make it back there Before my time arrives You know it doesn't bother me none I know it's hard to live No it doesn't bother me none
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Reach into the Red Sky 07:02
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Black birch bough Reach into the red sky Pulling down drunk birds Poised mid-flight Poised in dying light And hurtling back To Earth While terror steels the rabbit's eye Teeth, beak, hair, and wet Knuckling in the snow and Blued by the moon There cannot be more guessing Peeling back the horizon
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Town's Yawning 03:53
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This town's yawning I'm the only one awake Streets are whistling I light my fourth cigarette Think of my friends They were once not so dead What are they all thinking now I wish I knew One day I'll be Just a little stone No one will know That the stone had so much hope Anyway I'm always on the run That's something I hope to be remembered for The phone calls I never made The letters I never mailed The story I never finish telling anyone This town's yawning Let my dog walk me around He took a shit and people smiled I tried the same People frowned I guess this is an old dog town
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Digging Up Dead Wood 03:48
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I heard that you were hanging on The dropped edge of yonder Said you might be trading one Magic for another Maybe you don't have enough Sowing seeds of destruction Lining up your pockets With your balled fist buried in them Digging up dead wood Digging with a black dog Nothing ever bridged the gulf between them The one who stayed And the one who left for freedom I'm feeling eager To get back where the trees greet the sea again Digging up dead wood Digging with a black dog
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Dream Mask 03:40
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Before the snow Before the geese
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Every Road is a Good Road 02:51
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Some day You're gonna have to touch the world And although You are avid and aching Your affects Won't help transfigurate Some day I'm gonna teach you to hallelujah Into a black hole Or else a white wall Some day You may Find your own religion And I hope that Your search is all-devine That you find your way To the promise of the vine Cuz every road is a good road And every load worth the bearing
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Big Joe 03:41
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Death & the Emperor 10:00
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How Great 06:13
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about

Full Spectrum & Debacle are pleased to announce the return of close friend, Real Life Rock & Roll aesthete and longtime purveyor of the Infinite Future, Blaine Todd. Todd breaks his silence with the expansive Every Road Is A Good Road, his third proper solo release and first to be pressed to vinyl.

Taking its title from a personal mantra that Blaine has relied upon through the years to mark his high points and weather the lows, Every Road Is A Good Road was written in a manic burst of creative energy over the course of a single week. It took him some time to finalize these songs in the form you see presented here, however.

In order to mold this collection of raw sketches into a cohesive statement, Blaine needed to sit with them and contextualize what it was that he was actually doing. Having grown accustomed to performing in a number of bands throughout the Bay Area, he suddenly found himself operating truly alone following a brief decampment to NYC. The album became something of a salve for this dearth of creative outlets in an unfamiliar city, as he sought to burn off the sway of external influences and refine his own inimitable voice.

While parts of the record were recorded alone at home in both Manhattan and Alameda, California – or with friends and Full Spectrum compatriots in both Tivoli, NY and Littlefield, TX – Every Road Is A Good Road is perhaps defined by Blaine’s insistence on making this his first release largely produced in a ‘professional’ recording studio. Somehow, Todd managed to capture basic tracking for the entire album in just 24 hours. Afterwards, he felt fucked. Walking home from the subway at 8am the following morning, Blaine expected to experience some sense of accomplishment. Instead, he met the Brooklyn dawn in a fried and anxious state. You can feel this energy coming across in the loose, dragged vibe that carries through the album’s duration, drawing you deeper into Blaine’s dogged pursuit of raw self expression and ecstatic self discovery.

In the end – Every Road Is A Good Road embodies a ragged, tired psalms for the exhausted cowboy that lives within each of us.
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released May 24, 2019

at various moments throughout this record Brendan Landis played guitar drones and noise; Austin Glover played fiddle; Andrew Weathers played piano, drums, percussion, and synth; Seth Chrisman played the banjo and bells; and Gretchen Korsmo played percussion.

Infinite love and gratitude to Riva, Finn, and Tiny, and my family both natural born and chosen alike.

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released May 24, 2019

Engineered by: Adam Hirsch
Mixed by: Blaine Todd, Seth Chrisman, Nathan McLaughlin, Andrew Weathers
Mastered by: Andrew Weathers
Cover Art: Gretchen Korsmo
Photo of forlorn cowboy: Kevin Miguel Guzmán

Recorded in 2017-2018 at Figure 8 in Brooklyn, NY; Ordinary Dude Recording Services in Littlefield, TX; Cloud Nest in Tivoli, NY; and Tiny House in Alameda, CA

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Also involved in: Real Life Rock & Roll Band, Night Collectors, Andrew Weathers Ensemble, Common Eider, King Eider

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