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Apophenia

by Low Bote

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Apophenia, the third release by Low Bote, is a full-color CD gatefold with booklet. The inside panels and back cover feature inspired collage by Laura Thiessen with accompanying lyric fold out pages. CD's always ship with surprises!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Apophenia via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      $10 USD

     

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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Includes 3 panels of collage art made by Laura Thiessen for the album interior and back cover.
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      $10 USD

     

1.
Holo (Man) 03:26
I’ve been waiting for you to save me, then I remember I’m a wage slave, got the guillotines at the ready, start chopping away you never owned me! You don’t know how lucky you are, you might own the brightest star, it might suddenly come to an end yeah accidents can happen. Too many lies too many to count we lost track and we found you out, big dreams and we all pay for your whims and your plans and your ride. Hollow Man, Hollow Man, like a scarecrow high on a pole, a stolen suit without any soul, you’re a hollow, a hollow man. Tick tock your time has come, you can’t lose but you’ve never won, you forgot the means to an end yeah accidents can happen. Another pass to number one, it’s lousy here with developer scum, revolution has already come you know accidents can happen. Hollow Man, Hollow Man, like a scarecrow high on a pole, a stolen suit without any soul, you’re a hollow, a hollow man. It’s a fight for the worker with the machine, eaten up with endless hungry greed we’ve invented it now it’s what we need look at you, you’re the hollow man in me. You’re a hollow man, you’re a hollow man you’re a hollow man we take another stand, you’re a hollow man, you’re a hollow man, you’re a hollow man, we break free of your plan, you’re a hollow man, you’re a hollow man, another soul in your hand, you’re a hollow man!
2.
River Born 03:23
Who decides who we’re gonna save?! - Defending rights with a mouth of clay Can’t deny can’t deny it’s just a deadly door, Deadly competition is the mission that the dollar was invented for IS THIS HOW? IS THIS HOW? IS THIS HOW? HOW WE REMEMBER? A thousand tents on the riverbank It’s not the problem that you think Government whores are pay to play More lies and takes give me the shakes when will we say IS THIS HOW? IS THIS HOW? IS THIS HOW? HOW WE REMEMBER? Helicopters look like angels when you’re getting bombed by strangers All these pictures thrown together what’s the story what’s the answer Triple all profit on another war A vote just pumps the revolving door Must be the definition of insanity Keep trying to open a different door with the same damn key IS THIS HOW? IS THIS HOW? IS THIS HOW? HOW WE REMEMBER? Helicopters look like angels when you’re getting bombed by strangers All these pictures thrown together what’s the story what’s the answer All consequences are a zero sum game It’s time to fight back when enough is enough we say!
3.
We don’t know when it all might end, the beautiful feelings forever she said Every opinion on the merit of truth breaks away with no substitute When shadows fly and light is dim a mass parade will carry you in The old Gods howl and disappear the time for us is drawing near You cast yourself as the hero for now willing to die the reasons abound Ailing minds hear unforgettable sounds leaving the past where it’s buried We will be as one again before the end, all our beautiful feelings burn on again until the end Black curtains wait for a breeze to come hiding terrible writing on a secret wall Stolen footsteps from below, tell-tale hearts now quietly slow Secret lives create tragic souls, forgive the end as we get old Mysterious hands unbelievably cold the Maserati Curse has been foretold We will be as one again before the end, all our beautiful feelings burn on again until the end We will be as one again before the end, all our beautiful feelings burn on again until the end
4.
Urban Amore 04:53
I fall to my Knees in a Faerie ring under eucalyptus My fingers bounce along the knobby bark of the redwoods We take off at a gallop and run for the bridge of fog and meaning You smell my neck, I touch your face That’s how we say I love you. Even my brightest joy knows we can’t stay here forever; I swear I’ll cross the Golden Gate Bridge on my way to heaven. Icy winter-summer winds go rushing down the street Swirling clouds of ghosts and dreams so close that you can reach Serpentine and asphalt rise like ladders to the skies You take my hand, we leave the ground The ocean’s in our eyes. Even my brightest joy knows we can’t stay here forever; I swear I’ll cross the Golden Gate Bridge on my way to heaven. Another tertiary sunset purple orange and green Projected on your dappled skin I will never tire of this scene The City moves so fast and slow beneath our feet We’ve got hearts like combustion engines We run for the bridge to the beat Even my brightest joy knows we can’t stay here forever; I swear I’ll cross the Golden Gate Bridge on my way to heaven. I smell your neck I touch your face That’s how we say I love you.
5.
Fight Sounds 02:46
Say say -Fight Fight Fight – when does it change – surrender Television mind control a poison so great Closing borders safe inside we’re only here to wait Apprehension apprehension who do we blame Say say -Fight Fight Fight – when does it change – surrender They seek they find and twist like ropes They steal the empty heads and empty hopes Sharing fears and stabbing ears In tight succession Say say- fight fight fight - when we can change – surrender Contact made we just need time - to hear it out to heal the blind Say say - fight fight fight - when we can change – surrender
6.
In My Head 03:59
7.
Paper Wires 07:37
So intense, rubber pipes and paper wires, makes it hard to read what you meant I brought back my plans, even when it was expected, every stop was the last Laughing hands crying hands, soft inside my pockets, pockets made of gold I got so much soul, I got so much soul I can’t get enough to eat, so thin but never empty Got me naked holding wires that are wet, What you gonna give is what you’re gonna get Throwing matches in a gunpowder basket, What you gonna give is what you’re gonna get We came and went, slipping along like ghostly thieves, Never breaking the glass It came back spent, shooting stars that burn the sky, Falling hard Falling fast Got me naked holding wires that are wet, What you gonna give is what you’re gonna get Throwing matches in a gunpowder basket, What you gonna give is what you’re gonna get Fall-Thrill-Might-Kill --- Roll away and get your pleasure Steel-Rust-Sink-Dust - Invisible but all around you Break-Straight-Deep-Gound - Crazy dreams of muddy waters Sharp-Brand-Break-Stand- You can flee or you can fight The chains that bind you wrapped around your mind and heart The choice is clear its time to finally face the light

about

During the pandemic Low Bote kept meeting at our practice space close to the coliseum in Oakland. More often than not we were the only ones there, it was a strange and lonely time.
Things got weirder and streets got harder, life was a jumble of lines, images and colors.
The songs we kept playing were the ones we felt really good about, songs that might not seem to fit thematically but have become some of our best yet!

This became Apophenia - strange threads joined with odd statements that somehow fit together perfectly. Lots of passion and pleasure delivered with typical Low Bote flair.

We're so honored to have been able to collaborate with Laura Thiessen on the album art, her collage work fit perfectly with the songs and ideas.

credits

released May 31, 2023

Recorded and engineered by Scott Thiessen at East Bay Sign Company, Berkeley C.A.
Collage by Laura Thiessen @laurathiessenart
Mastered by JJ at Golden Mastering
Curse of the Maserati mixed by Kevin Ian Common

Music by Low Bote Copyright Mind Tree Music 2023

Iain Walker – Bass
Chris Romo – Drums
Mickey Ostermann – Guitar
Michelina Matarrese – Keyboards, Vocals
Dave W. Pankenier – Vocals

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Low Bote boil and churn through waves of post-punk and 90s alternative revival. Sparse arrangements crescendo to anthemic proportions, spilling awkward, beautiful angularity everywhere. Chugging with the dance rock survivalism of bands like The Pixies, Devo, and The Cure, Low Bote paint colorful lanscapes of cultural trigger points we can all get down with. ... more

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