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YEARS OF BAD NEWS

by BLIGHTS

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1.
BARRICADES 02:49
What’s on the other side? Both near and far The future holds to guarantees, alleys or boulevards Make plans to all meet there Take pains to stake claims there To a place without lock or key A lasting note to a future me Drown us all Build it new Drown it out Don’t look back Barricades won’t exist In a future that benefits In a future that benefits Barricades won’t exist There to keep strangers out Isolate and divide The future has no boundaries Fake lines surrounding me No walls no borders there Between us and them To a place without lock or key A lasting note to a future me Drown us all Build it new Drown it out Don’t look back Barricades won’t exist In a future that benefits In a future that benefits Barricades Won’t Exist
2.
TWIN LAKES 02:23
Dirt under nails and breaks cut short Give me 5 on pump 4 Next month we’ll be alright, forever Skinned knees and crooked teeth Bright White, Bright White Line the streets with trees Fill it with neighbors you’ll never see When the gravel got paved Memories of childhood games Character building sportsmanship Grass stained palms turned green Ill fitting suit says war with a grin Breakfast for dinner again and again When the world wasn’t big Make sure to be home before 10 Bright white, bright white Line the streets with trees Fill it with neighbors you’ll never see
3.
Don’t take, take on too much Devil’s in, in the details Take on, on the devil Details don’t take too much Say no with a smile Take charge of your loans Meet the love of your life Studies have shown Unplug breathe deep Perfection achieved This work life, 9-5 Living on nights and weekends If you’re lucky Balance unperceived 4 to sleep, 9 to work 4 for laps, 2 for free 2 to shop, 2 for you, 2 for me Just 1 for me Say no with a smile Just one for me Say no With a smile Just one for me Say no with a smile Just one for me Say no Just one for me Say no with a smile Just one for me Say no
4.
DOUBLE DOWN 02:35
We know the rules you put in place Pushed the paper, sealed the deal Shook hands and smiled behind money We know it’s all a fuckin’ ruse Double down, double down We know the names of those involved We’ll set it right what you have wronged It was you and you’re well aware The problem is is you don’t care Double down, double down Got not to show my labor Except your new BMW From what I see is you’re well off Then where am I, if not lost? Double down, double down You think it’s funny while I drown? Down down down down Scrooge swims in a pool of coin And I can’t afford my own gd rent Started ahead and say you worked hard Trust fund didn’t help at all I’m sure Choose to ignore what you can’t know You’re daddy fought for that 5 car garage Someone please explain to me Why some live hand-to-mouth While others make Hand-Over-Fist
5.
Got a years worth of bad news wrapped ‘round my head Scored and scarred bits and pieces That’s all you got still stuck in bed Great men make sacrifices It’s not you it won’t stop there Pentagon makes plastic cages Trapping people takin’ kids Oh you’re angry well let’s see it Can’t be that mad Get out of your head It ain’t some white guy dead Get out of your head It ain’t some white guy dead And you’re still stuck in bed And it’s all you got Can’t get ahead Let me tell ya Let me tell ya Get out of your head And we said never again Never again Never again Never again
6.
LIARS 02:46
Victims ignored, I’m sure Wow I’m not surprised Story’s filled with lies Buddies believe all that you say You get away okay Because you control everything I can’t believe you That’s true Spouting lies Telling untruths Discrepancies abound Your storys fake as fuck So are you Justice? Yeah right You’re as crooked as they come You like beer it’s obvious You said it so many times Yeah we heard you the first time Yeah we heard you the last time You get away okay Cuz you control everything I can’t believe you That’s true Spouting lies Telling untruths Discrepancies abound Your storys fake as fuck! So are you
7.
Stretch denim of a shit heel man Piled high in the collection Aggressively ordinary Roasted, fine, combed (And minted) Townie served and well offended Dimly lit with Preacher’s pride Clear browsers timed Cough kids can die Thankless smile is well intended Gran-ma and pa can die It’s fine it’s fine It’s fine It’s fine An empty man filled like a basement floor of Columbia’s favorite hairhole Suit, tie and gentle curves Tell the kids they’ll just get over it Like the rapes attached to all the kits Sick, tired and re elected You can die
8.
INSTRUCTIONS 04:25
Think you know what I want I don’t think that’s true Everythin comes in pink Or blue Don’t tell me what to think Don’t tell me what to do Don’t tell me who I am You have no clue As the baby boomers die One by one at a time The old ways with them Leaving us to be free Don’t tell me what to think Don’t tell me what to do Don’t tell me who I am You have no clue No one wins in a race to the bottom. As the baby boomers die One by one at a time The old ways with them Leaving us to be free No one wins in a race to the bottom.

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BLIGHTS are a 5-piece band that met and formed in Columbia Missouri USA. Their debut album 'Years of Bad News’ contains 8 songs about navigating life under late stage capitalism by saying no with a smile. It will be released on Phratry Records on October 1, 2021

BLIGHTS
Vox: Carlyn Hadusek
Bass: Michael Hopkins
Drums: Michael Quinn
Guitar/Vox: Shane Johnson
Keys and Sounds: Tony Irons

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released October 22, 2021

Recorded at Raptor Room Recording Factory by Michael Quinn
Additional tracking at Irons International
Mixed by Gabriel Molnar
Mastered by Blights & Lando
Front cover photo: Carlyn Hadusek
Back cover photo: Tony Irons
Layout: Tony Irons
Printing: Jerry Dirr

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