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Alt Takes. Live Songs. Unreleased Tracks. (FREE)

by Dead Heart Bloom

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    Immediate download of the "Alt Takes, Live Songs, and Unreleased Tracks' series. Note: this series started in the summer of 2010 and is on-going. We'll release some more tracks soon. Be sure to check back!
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  • The entire Dead Heart Bloom physical product catalog including: the self-titled debut; "Chelsea Diaries"; the 3 EP seres ("Fall In", "Oh Mercy", and "Fall In"); and the latest release, "Strange Waves". Package includes free stickers (click on the image above for a larger photo).
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Must I 05:09
Must I seek trouble in life just to find something good? Must I speak in cynical lines just to be understood? Wait - there's a fire on my sleeve I've got a voice with which to sing and that's enough. Must we fake being afraid just to feel somewhat brave? Must we wake and suffer in chains just till we watch them break? Wait - there's a fire on the street it's making friends with all it meets and that is all I want. Cause that's enough. Must a life shudder and fade before we can know its name? Must it end just like song singing a sad refrain?
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White Lies 03:08
I seen the better life I seem so satisfied I see the bright side of a war, and more, I don't get sad inside I fail but at least I try I tell the truth but with a bit of all them white lies and cold eyes hid behind a liar's smile the teeth shined by a strange denial I feel so good and gone I sung my pretty song I feel the pulling of a strong desire to show you what I done to show what is wrong to tell you I can still command all them white lies and cold eyes hid behind a dead man's trial freed up by a jury of my peers denied I've read The Impersonal Life I've watched them words go by I've tried to make those maudlin thoughts apply So I don't get sad inside and fail, but still I'm trying to tell the truth with just a bit of all them white lies and cold eyes hid behind a mask that hides a soul that's been tried and cast aside with all them white lies and cold eyes staring down a loser's pride never knowing that's the way they're bound to watch it die.
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There’s a record playing down my hall, a new gothic blues that almost was, but I can’t hear all the chords. Now the record’s playing a perfect song, and what we would have done for just one, so I pick up my guitar. I won’t crawl out ever again. I won’t wait for it to begin, or cry for something that might have been. The record ends. It’s so dead and used up it won’t mend. So I won’t try anymore. We won’t sway ever again, we won’t let you fuck with our heads, or fight for something to never end. It’s not anger I’m feeling so please don’t misunderstand me when I say I don’t miss you no more.
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Sunday Sun 05:56
Oh Sunday sun fall on my wall wake me from that old forgotten love. Fly miles away that's where I'll stay as long as you light my way. Oh Sunday sun cry down my wall make the dark fade into the dawn. Run miles away if that's your way that won't abate your pain. Oh Sunday sun friend to all cast away all the pain we've known. Shine miles away bright, calm, and safe don't ever say you're gone.
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Oh brother of mine I know to well your kind: two wasted arms holding a world crumbling above, then letting it fall just because. Oh listen well brother of mine brother in blood, throw down that day that taught you to bend for bending's sake. That's not a noble way for a man to break, passing from hate to hate blaming a ghost for why it came. Burn brother of mine like five thousand suns shining high, and don't let your trials steal all the worth of your pride. Be secret and exult, because of all things known that is most difficult.
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Listen to one who knows, who's been there and back and knows where to go, what little I've learned I would like to share with you, come and hear. Follow your wildest dreams. Don't speak too loud, unless it's a scream. For your heart contains all the truth you will need go and set it free. But know when to pull your bets. Know when to smoke your last cigarette. And don't waste your breath, cause it's all that you get, go and tell all the people you love you'll never forget them. Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, I've done enough of that for both of us. Don't lie, don't lie, don't lie, cause a real man don't do none of that. But I am old and you are young, so don't go take these words too strong, you're eighteen, soon you'll know what I mean. Learn how to play the blues. Don't watch the evening news, whatever you do, always believe there's still good in the world if you care to choose it. Careful with all the girls. But know there ain't nothing so sweet to adore. If you feel the tears come to swallow your eyes, lesser men than you for love have died. Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, I've done enough of that for both of us. Don't hide, don't hide, don't hide, cause a real man don't do none of that. But I am old and you are young, and I speak a barbarous tongue. Those aren't my words, but, even so, they're true.

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ABOUT THIS SERIES

The time between finishing a record and its release can be an odd time for a band. Some bands immediately jump into writing for the next record, some bands begin rehearsing for upcoming live dates (figuring out how to play those 20 overdubs live, for instance!), and some bands just take a break from music all together.

But, that time can also be a chance to reflect on past material and “clean out the closet”, so to speak. Alternate versions, outtakes, B-sides, live tracks and the occasional gem that just didn't fit the feel of a record are all part of this process. After finishing the recording our next release for the better part of a year, we’ve decided to reflect on our own past material and “clean out the closet”.

In this spirit, we released a number of alternate versions, B-sides, and live tracks over the course of 2010 and 2011 leading up to the release of Strange Waves, and beyond. These tracks contain a little bit of each category and, if anything, shed a little light into the creative process. But mainly, we simply thought these were songs that deserved to be heard. We hope you enjoy the series…

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released June 7, 2010

Written, recorded and produced by Dead Heart Bloom.

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Dead Heart Bloom New York, New York

Dead Heart Bloom is the band formed by Boris Skalsky following the dissolution of his previous group, the Washington, DC- based Phaser quickly joined by guitarist Paul Wood. Since then, the Dead Heart Bloom live lineup has continued to evolve and includes former Longwave drummer Jason Molina. ... more

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