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Ghost Robot Ninja Bear

by Ghost Robot Ninja Bear

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1.
The Curtain Call That week just wreaks of something familiar But it was not me there on the screen Running through the hazy maze of history Goes to a guilt that screams out loud Give me something to hold on to Give me something that will make that night go by Give me something to hold on to Give me something to hold Justice dreams in my sleep don't translate to readers Even when the lines are all boiled down Maybe I'm the kid with the blurry vision Nothing's changed 'cause I'm still in that old, old house Give me something to hold on to Give me something that will make that night go by Give me something to hold on to Give me something to hold Give me something to hold on to Give me something that will make that night go by And though that was your final curtain call, you did your best my friend To give us something to hold
2.
Watching Me Watching You I keep more lists then people think So specific, all planned, I hate risks You're big brother on the outside door who wants in But it doesn't swing both ways You get your cut but you also want my pay Protected to the teeth just means that I'm weak  Too weak to get you off my back The camera's always on so we can't fight and I know it's on your mind You always say it's so much work from scratch, and is it really worth your time? We are the last to the party so here it goes But most empires end up in smoke You'll lead us right to the mob who's armed with stones I've got my hands up  The camera's always on so we can't fight and I know it's on your mind You always say it's so much work from scratch, and is it really worth your time?
3.
I Can't Decide I'm all out of time Probably for the best I'll step out of line Don't care what's next I just don't believe The songs that could connect The dots in this old house Could sound more incorrect I could burn it down Let that house just fall Rebuild it from the ground Still stuck behind my own walls Any Saturday night, any given time, you'll find me here I'll play the songs that you love, all the ones that you like, it's just a job to me I'll give it all that I've got 'cause there's no other way for me to be And don't feel sorry for us 'cause it's your happiest day of all your years
4.
5.
Pilots 02:10
Pilots All these rats won't give it up They'll eat the most spoiled parts Yet we still give it to them fresh In spite of our own empty hearts I've found the darkest place to hide Away from hipster lights Genuine days and plastic nights I'm not as as covered as I like Fly it in Crash and burn Maybe someday we'll learn Reach for the wheels that turn Grab hold of all those words That only tear us apart From the inside  Fly it in Crash and burn Maybe someday we'll learn
6.
Swamps of Nova Don't have to tell me this is more to the point than other things I have done It's built on something that is more than I wanted and less than what they love She says it's from the swamps of Northern Virginia How do you feel that it's dilution will one day own everything under the sun? You left me this to find But have we run out of time? My friends all say it's just a ride Things they were singing weren't all that easy to make out audibly Felt like a code not unknown yet special with familiarity I know it's from the swamps of Northern Virginia Still I'm convinced that these armies will march forward and make the genuine bleed You left me this to find But have we run out of time? My friends all say you must choose a side You look different in this light, you've found your fight But this doesn't mean your right, why you running tonight? You look different in this light, you've found your fight But this doesn't mean your right
7.
In The Helium Mines Weighted
8.

credits

released March 9, 2011

Ghost Robot Ninja Bear

Produced by Oscar Albis Rodriguez.
Recorded by Dave Snyder at Guilford Sound (Guilford, VT), Summer 2010.
Additional recording by Oscar at home and S6 (Greenpoint, Brooklyn), Geoff Kraly at home (Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn), and by J. Robbins at The Magpie Cage (Baltimore, MD).
Mixed by J. Robbins at The Magpie Cage, Fall 2010.
Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering (Chicago, IL), Winter 2010.
Design and Illustration by Ed Adams of www.flickertoflame.com

Oscar Albis Rodriguez - vocals, guitars, rhodes, synth, piano
Geoff Kraly - bass, synths, synth programming
Gunnar Olsen - drums
Jordan Melkin - guitars on tracks 1, 4, and 8
Shawna Potter (Avec / War on Women) - vocals on track 4
Brendan "John Hannah Legs" Coon (Ludlow Lions) - vocals on track 7
Al Fair (Nakatomi Plaza / Bridge and Tunnel) - vocals on track 8

1. The Curtain Call (Rodriguez/Kraly/Melkin/Enriquez)
2. Watching Me Watching You (Rodriguez)
3. I Can't Decide (Rodriguez)
4. Last Time We Talked (Small Factory)
5. Pilots (Rodriguez)
6. Swamps Of Nova (Rodriguez/Kraly)
7. In The Helium Mines (Rodriguez/Coon)
8. Obviously Midnight (Scarce)

All lyrics by Oscar except tracks 4, 7, and 8.

This record is dynamic and was made to be played loud, so turn it up (please enjoy responsibly).

Also, this is a very real document of us. Musicians playing songs the way we actually sound. No pitch correction. The most minimal and as usual, trivial (and quite frankly, possibly unnecessary) editing. Yes, there were punches, overdubs, comps and other production "tricks" (that have been around forever) but this is more real than probably 90% of records you hear being made today. Our favorite albums were produced this way and I bet yours were too. I'm not saying auto-tune or beat detecting is always bad (and I do think the studio can be an instrument in and of itself!), but I think it's important that we all continually try to better ourselves as artists and not rely on technology all the time. And it's hard; if you're already inherently a perfectionist (and I know many of you are because I'm one of them too) and you're "competing" with all these perfectly tuned, crucified-to-the-grid, slammed-to-the-limit radio hits then of course you'll want to open up Melodyne after vocal sessions, crank it during mastering, etc. STOP! Just let me hear you sing the damn song, please?

Thanks and love to J. and family, Geoff, Gunnar, Jordan, Shawna, Brendan, Al, Liam Hurley, Christopher Enriquez, Adam Christgau, Rachel Rubino, Beartrap PR, Flicker To Flame, Attica! Attica!, Greg Drew and Paul Schneider (both for much needed voice encouragement), bands and promoters that have hooked us up, basement show hosts everywhere, and to you. I know some of you have been right there with me on this crazy ride for the last decade or so with all the various bands and projects; thanks for sticking with me.

Special thanks to Dave!

Scarce and Small Factory are/were from Providence, RI. Their records Deadsexy and For If You Cannot Fly (respectively) were two of my favorite records when I was 15. Go check them out.

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