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Harsh Purple

by Ghost Cat

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1.
i've learned with everything take care, there are coffins in your hair a ghost inside your lungs always lying to me. oh... remembering ease you can agree on which one is broken, it's nothing to no one. when others had spoken you spoke for me, because i had no one. because i had no one. just one before i tear my... just one before i tear my... just one before i tear my face off. you didn't know you didnt... it's not like i meant it, all this time to me. it's hard not to want it, take the problems. keep pushing till you feel it still you find it hard to take. now you're waking up too late you're hearing all the bad news you're taking all the wrong cues and you're drawn in. remembering ease you can agree on which one is broken, it's nothing to no one. when others had spoken you spoke for me, because i had no one. because i had no one. it's not okay, it's never been. it's not okay, it's never been. it's not okay, it's never been. it's never been.
2.
way back, we go way back. all the questions that we studied for. when your eyes close you cover up your heart. these things can happen, or so i'm told... why are you asking? why are you asking? who wants to know? what does it matter? cause it's not enough to love when you don't make enough to live on. all the hours that we struggle for really show how good you are how much good you are for. really show how good you are how much good you are for. how good you are how much good you are for. what good are you for? these things can happen, or so i'm told... why are you asking? why are you asking? who wants to know? what does it matter? you see it deep behind their eyes like a lesion on the skin all the future we keep paying for. maybe you're right i should smile more.
3.
Utility Face 02:38
on the surface you’re sensitive you tell a joke and only laugh yourself your crooked teeth are still the same you were born with your dirty sole covered in diamonds and lemon. you’re hungry have some cake while we talk i doubt we will reach a decision still thirsty have a glass while we walk tell the joke about your fathers addition. and you walk away... and you walk away... and you walk away... and you walk away... secrets you can’t tell your friends you lie about it when your feelings end. knowing it will never mend you keep drinking more going out on limbs freaking out always short on time there’s this hold on you ever cross your mind? your lost teeth in the coal mine peel the paper off the wall trying hard just to feel safe you’re taking chances or nothing at all. knowing it will never mend you keep drinking more going out on limbs freaking out always short on time there’s this hold on you ever cross your mind?
4.
Homecoming 03:54
i know you and that’s half the problem in the time it takes to figure out yourself life changes one another, you can only say it so many ways... till you’ve run out of options it can’t wait there are better things coming. i promise you you’ll know love again in the silence are whispers of home saying, “come back we miss you your father he needs you your room’s just the way you left it.” hey we have nothing in common just get away we have nothing to talk about. you’d say, “you should have seen the way you looked at her.” you’d say, “you never thought that you’d see me this way.” that everything grew colder with each word nostalgia and absence as you reached for your jacket i hardly reacted and you said you’d hate to see me again you’d say you’d say. you'd say. you'd say. you'd say. say. pray you’ve got another thing coming can’t it wait? we have so much to talk about. can't it wait? you've got another thing coming. can't it wait? we have so much to talk about.
5.
Last Words 04:43
when you wake me from this dream whisper on my cheek hesitating sun filled morning will you carry it on? to those nights when its hardest? anticipating your hands in mourning. but you take me to nightclubs and criminal eyes they see right through me and drink like mine i’m sure you’ll lose yourself inside of someone else behind those bedroom doors. your echoing light will bounce off hallways that float around in my mind sentimental as always so i try to be kind i know you already know it you’re always there in my mind i know you already know it there’s always love in my eyes. there are lives i’m sure you wish were yours but you keep working hard to kick the habit you’ll never let me know who you really are all my friends say you’re crazy but i like you the way you are. i’ve got to write it down just try to write it down i've got to write it down. you’ll never let me know who you really are all my friends say you’re crazy but i like you the way you are. i like you the way you are. and at the end of the day we’re acting out like strangers over broken concrete we said shit we can’t fix in a 10th floor suite still covered in trash from five nights before there’s not much to drink and i feel all strung out your voice starts to crack as you struggle to say, "i think that i like you."
6.
Nightwalker 02:15
what for? there’s no future in this life no more decisions left or right we’re alive in the accident effigy of intelligence just before the feeling hits say i love you in all directions. for everyone you’ve ever loved there’s no coming back from what is done and you can’t go out unloved. you smile like a pacifist all the things that you can’t admit drink the blood of the anarchist unchained and infinite. we may never sleep again knowing it exists. we may never sleep again knowing it exists. we may never sleep again knowing it exists. we’re alive in the accident effigy of intelligence just before the feeling hits say i love you in all directions. you smile like a pacifist all the things that you can’t admit drink the blood of the anarchist unchained and infinite.

about

An album of reflection and redefinition for Ghost Cat, Harsh Purple examines the terrifying inescapability of our choices and the decisions that come to define us. Moments of definition, of turning points in a bewildering slew of crossroads. When love seemed possible (“Last Words”), when family felt like home (“Homecoming”), when disillusionment first sets in (“Lord of the Dank”). Harsh Purple pushes the boundaries of genre moving from ambient rock anthems to indie pop to discordant grunge punk without loss of purpose or intention. This is an intricate record that deepens and challenges you with each listen.

credits

released February 20, 2017

John Henderson - Vocals, Guitar, Synth
Shane O'Brien - Guitar, Vocals
Nick Osborne - Bass, Vocals

Sebastian Quintero - Drums
Karsten Andersen - Drums (Composition)
Daniel Columbo - Synth

Produced, mixed and mastered by Daniel Columbo.
Additional production by Ghost Cat.

Recorded at Iceman Studios, West Palm Beach, FL.

Photography by Chharath Chhay
Album Layout by Nick Osborne

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