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Scordatura_Perforations

by NEW GRASS

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1.
you write yourself into a hole i don’t have the answers pluck the words i cannot describe forget the tunes i washed in in the waves to wash it away i talked just like this thousand-mile stare eyes like knives it melts into the rock you aren’t welcome - stand up to the foe we are changed all at once we rushed in resist the shapes to choke on them the heart won’t heal when we’re misled you didn’t learn that from your friends reduced to fog scrape the christian smear bibles on the points of stakes you’ll die if you don’t grow doomed of the future, it resonates to the tune of the end of something sacred, what we hold dear you’re not safe here from the grip of its hands scrape the christian smear TY: Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Tom Holland
2.
commodify the marginalized? don’t think i don’t know what you’re up to! strip away the wisdom, add more ice to lesions diseased so many fought hard, names you’ll never care to know the cost of opportunity crumbles community we devolve like our enemies, oh my god populism strikes everything of grace permanence is seized - oh my god just like Leo says... it’s a whisper to the heart, never self-aware - oh my god our pain is for sale, our heroes’ legacies are dead the system sucks the soul - oh my god… cognitive dissonant, unconsciously incompetent fuck the machine always had you - our dada utopia degloving our future we relive our traumas all the time the cost of opportunity crumbles community we devolve like our enemies, oh my god the system sucks the soul, populism strikes populism strikes everything of grace a whisper to the heart, oh my god never self aware, this degradation is for sale TY: Alfred North Whitehead Leo says “No Shepard, No Pastoral”
3.
k-14_1.13 02:53
ruthlessly conditioned where are we going? we’re going mad… we don’t belong here don’t know what you see until you see it in context recollect until your heart sings we don’t belong here experience moves us forward deal with the whispers how you can if you don’t take action hate will rule the heart we will be stuck here forever lost forever
4.
i don’t believe in you our own house of prayer willingness to let it fall apart why can’t we build on the structure? not with tents, but with our hands i don’t believe in you destroyer of truth i don’t believe in you destroyer of truth immediacy overcooked a vicarious embarrassment may we do what we can with grace even with holes in the hearts i don’t believe in you aim to transcend yourself prevent another life of hopelessness i don’t believe in you but i can’t do this by myself
5.
Moksha 03:11
we are to bloom into the holy mess of knots in our stomach let go of the rope that holds us above what we don’t know (but we want to) we were meant to swim; children of the heat and wet some pads on the pond breathe belly out with love in eyes if we can even see at all …my heart unhinged this year, i’ve seen three fathers die and i wonder why i haven’t talked to mine bring me peace and confidence and strength for what’s next…. …at the end of main street there is a church from five generations before and everyone we know has lined the sidewalks with clapped hands and red palms cheering on formal white noise it’s a beautiful day new day rising it’s time to say goodbye but i’m not ready to die i’m not ready to die but i’m not afraid we are running along we are running as fast as we can it’s a beautiful day headed to the dreaded westward uphill battle beyond the mountains nothing guiding me to a light in the sky with safety or certainty it’s just you & i just keep me from the black lung pallbearer waiting at the end of my casket staring wide-eyed - deer bright keep trying to understand why we keep counting our steps… New Day Rising is a song by Husker Du
6.
Vidya 01:42
my blood when you come to a crossroads look below your feet aware of the soil and how it got there breathe peaceful positive and hopeful keep the candle burning one day we will be all washed from the land where we bury the dead, our seeds, our waste, to build our homes one day we might be abandoned by the rain, ocean and icebergs Evening sun recedent set my resting vow hold in open heart transcendental; transient ineffable passive nous all died yesterday today and will die again tomorrow rise above the rubble… educate… TY: Mark Hollis and the Reverend Pedro Pietri
7.
Kama 02:40
...je croyais entendre the raptured sound of your voice i’ve tasted the honey that falls from the hive veins ruptured at the ends ripple effect while i’m lifted up -steam- upstream i can still hear your call body of light take me to this place where we’re reborn embraced by a sound unconditional my body craves but i feel full the ocean, it cleans the stones in our hands, on our little crowns wipe the dead skin and scorn from our faces keep control of ourselves remember when it was easy? settle down and tell myself i love a woman (who loves me) breathe…. breathe…. TY: Aloysius Bertrand “I love a woman (who loves me)” is a song by Joan of Arc
8.
Caskette 02:58
Every nightmare that never came true Every dream deferred I see it in you Stagnant sagging heavy load Shatters only to explode Dry like raisins in the sun Fester like a sore and run Am I Letting go Or Just Dissociating I’ve killed myself a dozen times I’m still the boy who’s trapped inside Inspired by Langston Hughes and Carl Jung Lyrics by Bryan Kingsley
9.
organ solo 03:19

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For Jeron

Conceived, written, and recorded from January 9, 2012 to October 1, 2017 in Chicago, IL, Overland Park, KS, Kansas City, MO, and Philadelphia, PA and from February 16, 2021 to April 2, 2021 at The Hermitage in Bushnell, IL.

Background vocals for “k14_1.13” were recorded and performed by Aeryn Santillan April 3, 2021 in New Brunswick, NJ.

“Moksha,” “Vidya,” and “Kama” were recorded in July 2015 at The House on Main Street in Waldo, Kansas City, MO and self-released as Fake Drums on September 4, 2015.

“Caskette” was recorded at The Owlery in Chicago on February 8 and 22, 2013 with Seth Engel and May 16, 2021 with Bryan Kingsley. Bass for “Caskette'' was recorded December 3, 2016 at Michael’s House in Philadelphia.

“Scordatura_Perforations” was mixed by Bryan from April to May 2021 at his house in Chicago and mastered by Seth at Ohmstead in Chicago. With the exception of “op/we’re so fucked” and “Kama,” the rest of this material was intended to lay the groundwork for the follow up to Guillemet’s only EP, which never had a proper release.

Gratitudes:
Jodine Oquendo, my family, Seth Engel, Aeryn Santillan, Bryan Kingsley, Dylan Piskula, Zegema Beach Records, The Ghost is Clear Records, Bobby Johnson, Dave Cullen, Ruben Polo, Pierce Jordan, Mitar, Jeron Thomson, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, Tyler Cieck, Jesse Mowery, Joe Marcott, Evan Leake, Everett Craven, Charles Meyer, Luke Morse, Ricardo Mondragon, Derek Switzer, Kameron Canbaz, Rajiv Raju, Russell Harrison, Shaun Peden, Niall Ward O’ Brien, Coaster, Dead Sun, this place is actually the worst... and last but certainly not least, over and over again… <<Guillemet>> - this wouldn’t exist without you.

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released December 13, 2021

Credits:
Lucio Oquendo - concept, composition, lyrics, performance, engineering
Aeryn Santillan - background vox on "k-14_1.13"
Bryan Kingsley - vox and lyrics on "Caskette," mix engineer
Seth Engel - drum kit and recording engineer on "Caskette," mastering engineer
Dave Cullen - art director
Bobby Johnson - consultation

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