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Make Me A Pallet Fire On Your Floor b​/​w Local Clerics

by Self Defense Family

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1.
Can’t follow what the man says But I don’t the like what it portends so I watch what he clasps And I feel a bit sick So here’s the view from the tile Stomach pains I invited I’d prefer not to talk on the subject The gross corporal form Laid prone on the floor I’m happy to see myself out Should you sleep with anyone Make it an unlikely one And that favor I’ll return I can’t stand a dull story So here’s the view from the tile Stomach pains I invited I’d prefer not to talk about this Here’s the corporal form Laid prone on the floor I’m happy to leave Couple fights in a car Man gets out and walks Just that fast and he’s struck I’m envious still I’m envious still It doesn’t take much I lust for resolve It’s time to take off I’m bitter as brine
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Before you live. Before you’re tested, touched, lusted, or missed. Your opinion is… well, your opinion is. It’s a mental disease, needing people to agree, and you seem unwell. Ahead of life. Ahead of loss, grief, judgement, and time. Your tower’s fine. Your tower’s fine. I don’t listen to ads. I don’t listen to laws. So, who are you? I don’t listen to my folks. I don’t listen to god. So, who are you?

about

This recording was made on the stolen lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.

Recorded on a tour of Australia a few years back. A fun session with Neil Thomason at Headgap Studios. He was recommended to us on the strength of his old band, Ricaine, but his resume as an engineer is just as impressive.

Our friend Amy Muir (of Fourteen Nights At Sea) blessed us with organ on this one. And that's former Sydney resident/occasional promoter and now Massachusetts homeowner Jessie Maas at the beginning.

One of our members was left by their partner during the tour and the lyrics to 'Pallet Fire' reflect that circumstance. It was nice to sing about someone else's problems for a change. 'Local Clerics' is about as concise and clearheaded as I've managed to be on the topic of small minds. I hadn't revisited the song since the recording but hearing it now I believe it to be among our best.

Use of the Australian flag is contentious. We've opted to use the Aboriginal Flag for the album art. For the shirts attached to this release we commissioned James Vinciguerra of Total Control to design a new Australian flag. Hope you like it. Feel free to make it official.

Our cut of the money from this record is going to COVID-19 Victorian First Nations Mutual Aid Fund. Contribute independently if you can: chuffed.org/project/covid-19-first-nations-fund?fbclid=IwAR04grzEfqCP-z6WXID1CohsGkNw9orlugdXHLPp5VgER71UJCtUBI40a5c

credits

released May 15, 2020

Recorded by Neil Thomason at Headgap Studio, Melbourne

The ecstatic marionettes represented therein
Patrick Kindlon
Chris Tenerowicz
Benny Tate
Mary Brulatour
Alan Huck
Kai Stone
Amy Muir

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