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i knew a girl i didn’t know / then, everything was was beautiful / soon, every drink was fizzing flat / still she could dance for the thrill of it / for what it’s worth she tried to live/ tried to live among the parasites growing thin on baby fat / living life and living death / telling truth and telling lies / horror stories for lullabies / and when the past is wearing thin /she can just begin again / and so the girl is back again / as plain as day invisible / and though she said without a sound, she made a point impossible / though every dog is set to bite / and all the tongues are made to lash / a blinking eye can get escape / fixed in a light that starts to flash / there was a moment before the moment / before that time
working in the institution / where’d you get your big ideas? / mind pollution’s their solution / it’s enough to drive the kids to tears / na na na na na forget yourself / working in the institution / they’re quick to steal a good idea / distraction gets the best extraction / it’s as far away as it is near / every time you dare to dream / another vulture sees the perfect place to perch upon your back / the early worm that turns to steal the fickle future / lines the pocket with a little of what’s left / forget yourself / working in the institution / yeah, where’d you get your big ideas?
about
Double A-side single taken from the forthcoming debut album Tide of Men, which is set for release on 22nd September 2023 on ltd edition yellow 12" vinyl, CD and digital via Crackedankles Records..
credits
released August 18, 2023
TV FACE are: Steve McWade: vocals, guitar; Brigit McWade: bass, vocals; Neil Parker: drums, perc, vocals.
Music by TV FACE
Lyrics by Steve McWade, Brigit McWade
Recorded and mixed by Steve McWade
Engineered & produced by TV FACE
Mastered by Pete Maher
Artwork: Steve McWade
Source photography: Darren Green, Brigit McWade, Steve McWade
Source lidar scans: Steve McWade, Darren Green
Recorded and mixed winter/spring 2023 at Shireshead studios, and at home in cupboards, bedrooms, and bathrooms.
Thanks given heartily to: Alan Cox, Crackedankles Records, Darren Green, Rossi, Shireshead Studios, Mullen & Felix, our friend in high places (charley, dan, paul, rachel), Richard Turner, Stephen Holl, Dave Callaghan, Spike.
TV FACE are a postpunk noise rock gang of three from Lancaster, UK. Their forthcoming album Tide of Men was named album of
the week by Louder Than War and is out on Crackedankles Records in September 2023.
“It's music that smashes against the walls and floors and ceilings and changes shape upon each ecstatic, erratic, elastic bounce" (Louder Than War)...more
Visceral and brut-iful soundscapes arranged as amazing songs, with wonderfully opaque lyrics - no pronouns! A band that manages to create records that are as intriguing and powerful as they are live. TV FACE
Terrific, marauding post-punk that will thrill fans of Idles with its pairing of cutting riffs and wry spoken/sung lyrics. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 26, 2022