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Some guy This has a very special and personal place in my heart. It's like a simultaneous mourning of the past and plaintive celebration of what that past has led to, but also a celebration of the past and a mourning of the present, because life is such a delicate and ephemeral privilege. So much joy, so much sorrow, so much weakness, so much strength. I can't listen to this album without ending up a total emotional trainwreck, and I think that's the highest praise I can give. Favorite track: News.
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Jonathon Reed Country-folk album with some really moving tracks. The steel guitar is ever-present, lit with a sliding electric in the background and carried forward by the rhythm of the snare. Favorite track: Running Speed.
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Dr. Beaf I bought this album for the wonderful guitar work (see favourite track). However, after each listen there is just as much value in the entirety of the album. Well written music with great production. A wonderful example of producer & band in harmony. Favorite track: Back and Forth.
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1.
Well my mind's still limber but my heart's grown old From the time I left the only place I know And it makes me happy we didn't get let go I couldn't stand to see our love just decompose Now I've been walking home nearly every night And here's to everyone I ever loved but had to leave behind For the one thing I can't find though I've been looking half my life And it's damn hard to explain but I will try it if you like If you ask me once I'll tell you so That the blue between us never felt so cold And I miss the folk singers from the days of old When a three chord song could save your soul And no I'm never on time least that's what I'm told So why's everything feel like it moves too slow? And if I were scared I wouldn't let it show Cause if I die tonight I'm not going home Why's it seem so wrong to miss the town you love? When there's just one state that you cannot stop thinking of I wouldn't say I'm patriotic, but I think that's what I've become Sometimes it takes where you are not just to remember where you're from Was it my fault that I meant, every single word I said? When it told you it was not the end And if everything goes wrong, I hope we can get along If I lost you I would lose my best friend And now we're weathering the storm, side by side we're looking on It takes a certain kind of love to bear this load But it's not the tired romance of the open road
2.
Back and forth I'll go One day I may know What it's like to stay in one place But for now, back and forth I go Up and down the coast Highways get me lost But I never forget my home As I go up and down this coast Dreams may slow us down Real life beckons on But I will not live with regret always So our dreams may slow us down She has set me free To live and to be Though one day I may be by her side But for now she has set me free Back and forth I'll go One day I may know It was best that I not stay in one place So for now back and forth I'll go
3.
Saint Marie 04:20
Was it something I said? That made this seem like such a mess Told you I was content And you said that's less than perfect Now my hands are both tied But my arms are open wide And the demon by my side Well she is what I'll leave behind Now that things have improved Might be possible to lose Every ounce of what we knew tTill we're both drained of the truth Tread my feet in the road Watch them worked down to bone And the blanket is cold And i am more than alone Every hour you spent And every stitch you thread Made it easy when, when it was time To move ahead New machines, beauty queens Send my heart, out to see When you left, with no pretense Oh Saint Marie, just leave me be
4.
"Oh where did they go?" He cried outloud And he cried alone "This once was my home" A more terrible way To gain fame There's never been And never again, will he see them smiling And Lonesome George Where is the hope? I wanted it to stop I want to wake up From the pain Like the sting from a rain that falls every day And who are these girls? And what is this world? That flashes so Oh won't you all please just leave me be And Lonesome George One without a home What is the future for? Without someone to carry the torch
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If I was a salesman In a new town each year I'd write you a postcard Wishing that you were here And I'll be a writer And write on my own But twenty years later What the hell do I know? I could be a doctor With lives on the line But let down was never A skill that I prized Now that my best friend is across the ocean again I'm moving too fast to pretend And i'm too tired to stand, does that make me a man? No I'll stick to singing And write a sad song For every new lover That comes along And one day a father I'll learn to love someone else More than another Much more than myself Now every part of me, is saying to give her room to breath Except that my heart has no beat, though its moving my feet And I'm at running speed Well each and every blessing comes with, knowing what could be lost I'll try not to worry, but its nothing that time and the sun cannot solve Every night I've been dreaming still I can't recall a single one And that makes me nervous, cause if I'm not awake I've been sleeping too long
6.
Not Enough 04:08
I want to sleep Because it seems to me It's the only place Where you remain There is nothing to say (how are you tonight?) The same as yesterday (Where are you tonight?) That is not for you to know (Don't you ever miss me my dear?) You say That we're so young But I say our love Is old and wise From distance and the time There is nothing to say (how are you tonight?) The same as yesterday (Where are you tonight?) That is not for you to know (Don't you ever miss me my dear?) There are times when it's you i'm thinking of (Then what have you been hiding from?) But you should know, it doesn't mean that much (How can you be sure it's been three months?) Cause at the end of the day, when i still feel this way I'm afraid my love, it's simply not enough People tell me just to give it time I know they're right Yet still today I can't think that way How are you tonight? Where are you tonight? And will you ever miss me my dear?
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Promise 03:48
Here we are now in the backyard On the warm ground out at sundown But in twelve days I'll be halfway Cross the world, I'm too tired to be afraid You've got green eyes, I had foresight When I said we'd be good I was so right If we lay here, spend every day here Well our legs might take root and we'll grow dear I made a promise to you I'd protect you if I had to So the bad parts never get through From the outside into your life We can try but we might have some hard nights Now we can't speak 'neath the pine trees And I swear that there's air but I can't breathe I need your heat, I've got cold feet It's the thought that still makes this so easy I made a promise to you That we'd still feel brand new That we'd still feel something She's not too fond of history Hearing loud of abrasive speech She's unique in the way she eats oh yeah she loves me Why she does hell I cannot say I can't seem to stay in one place Always gone and I'm far away from the smile on her face Was it something that I couldn't say? Fast enough to get away And though I tried to make a clean escape You left me with an even break And i think I saw myself in you But I think you saw a proper fool And I know we broke every rule With everything we didn't do I'll remember every day If you remember every dumb mistake That you made cause you were late But its my fault I made you wait In this city I cant speak Well you know this place is killing me And it's harder to believe But it's hard enough to watch you leave
8.
Hell it was crystal clear Why you left me standing here But the wake you left behind It's got me swimming every night And I've got god on my side For the first time in my life I feel the rising of the sea, the waves keep crashing at my feet He's sent a flood to set me free I never knew how much it hurt But they say you have to learn If you're gonna write at all You won't know you're flying till you fall And my foods been tasting plain And the sky don't look the same How'd she take that away? Left me here in such a state, turned the blue I saw to grey It's never like the fights on the TV shows It goes down, in real life, so bad you're walkin' home Now I know, what it means to be alone Harder than your heart of stone, you don't want this heart of gold No you don't want this heart at all I guess I better write this down, so I know my way around And I can finally ask you how, you could stand and watch me drown I'll say the things I'm thinking now
9.
News 02:09
When I heard the news that you weren't coming home I fell down on the ground Then the news came in that you'd already gone I panicked to you on the phone Cause you were my best friend And that will not fade with time I cannot simply pretend That I've done much more than survive I think we both want The same thing But we see the same thing so differently And if you take my hand once again I promise that you'll believe But the more I think the less I know for sure Was I ever someone you adored? Hell was I wrong to love so blindly? Were my eyes shut too damn tight to see? No im just lost I've been kicked around And what I've found is that Every ounce of the bitterness Has gone away and so, what remains is the longing For yesterday

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released April 26, 2012

Daniel Radin - Vocals/Guitars/Drums Etc
Danny Hoshino - Vocals/Guitars/Pedal Steel Etc
Marina Evans - Vocals
James Parkington - Backup Vocals
Ezra Weller - Trumpet
Will Radin - Drums On #3, 4, 8
Sarah Grella - Backup Vocals On #7

Mixing And Mastering
By Will And Daniel Radin At Lil’ Willy Studios
Recorded By Daniel Radin In Jaffrey, NH

Music And Lyrics For 1,3,5,7,8,10
By Daniel Radin (© D. Radin 2012)
Music And Lyrics For 2,4,6,9
By Daniel Hoshino (© D. Hoshino, 2012)

Photos And Art Layout
By Daniel Radin, Will Radin
And Victoria Krinsky

Many Thanks To:
Amy & Bob Radin, The Hoshino Family, The Parkington Family, Alex Caplow, Will Radin, Ben Truppin-Brown, Our Neighbors In Jaffrey, NH, Myron Zajack, The Boston College Music Department, Carl Dimow, Yael Shabani, Will Morningstar, Jamie Eblen, Zack Ezor And Everyone Who Contributed On Kickstarter
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The Novel Ideas are a country folk quintet of friends from the great state of Massachusetts. Featuring the voices of three different songwriters, The Novel Ideas create a blend of pastoral, harmony driven, and plaintive Americana.

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