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Sea Level / Acorns And Beach Stones

by Steven Lambke

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Grain Sparrow The B-side is a wondrous slab of prog-polka (where polka = punk + folk + uhhhh...?). I've listened 40+ times by now and still haven't worked out the structure.
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1.
Sea Level 02:39
Eye level Sea level Evil all around me (I see evil all around me) You know what I’m after You know what I need Honey water when I’m thirsty (I see evil all around me) Sweet water Maple tree Hang on tight climbing bean! (I see evil all around me) Life among the ruins Life among the weeds Honey water, bumble bee (I see evil all around me) Blackberry bushes Falling leaves I see evil all around me (I see evil all around me)
2.
I recognize myself in you Like a mirror fogged by breathing Like a ripple in the water Like the universe unraveled at the edge Broken edges of the concrete And the spaces in between Narrow alleys. Rotten fences. Open window. Torn screen. Brave rhythm of our dreaming Like a wind kicking through the world Broken into pieces Acorns and beach stones I’m a prowling skunk and possum I avoid the light That would divide me Thing and shadow A blast of holy trumpets: The engine of the garbage truck Rain on the rooftop: The echo of a drum I can hear you breathing The great unyielding rhythm of your being Living and breathing A part of everything Running through the darkness Jumping over fences Living and breathing A part of everything And I can see you Almost clear Like a mirror fogged by breathing Wiped clean

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Sea Level / Acorns and Beach Stones is a two-song single released in advance of the album Volcano Volcano. Acorns and Beach Stones is a non-album track exclusive to this release.

SEA LEVEL
This is a party song for growing things. Among the ruins and the wreck. Hang on tight climbing bean!

ACORNS AND BEACH STONES
When the whole is incomprehensible we might try and understand it by its parts. Big things, like oceans and oak trees, remembered in some small way by the acorn or the polished stone sitting now on the window sill. Big things like “the world” or “nature”. I don’t like these words when used as if to refer to something completely separate from us, something that we might interact with, look at, or experience. Something separate that we might contemplate, exploit, or even love. I was looking for a language of relationship, of connection. A language that affirmed a shared existence. A language of mutuality.

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released March 25, 2022

Performed by:
Steven Lambke – vocals, guitars, percussion, melodion, recorder
Daniel Romano – drums, organ, vocals
David Nardi – bass
Carson McHone – vocals

Songs by Steven Lambke

Recorded by Daniel Romano at Camera Varda and at home in Toronto by Steven Lambke
Mixed by Steven Lambke
Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering

Artwork by Shary Boyle
Layout and Design by Paul Henderson

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