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Screen Parade

by Low Bote

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    "Screen Parade," the latest release by Low Bote, features a gatefold sleeve with hand-drawn illustrations and full lyrics in a booklet, to illuminate and accompany each song. Written pre-pandemic, the songs dive deep into our disconnection and angst in the digitally dominated world. Glimmers of hope sprinkled throughout.

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1.
Sonic 00:49
2.
Code Ready 04:10
Traded my soul for years I lost Buried my dreams deep in debt Figured we would always be together When the program was perfect Stealing pieces from the past Little things I liked the best Shy looks dangerous smiles Every result was full of lies Then a breakthrough dropped A mistake I could have caught It took some time to find it again My work began when I hit send Our dreams our heads our thoughts in moonlight Our fears our doubts our lives it’s not right When does it start to feel like we’re steady? It was true when I knew she was code ready These weren’t just my dreams I brought life to the machines In search of love that wouldn’t break Electric feelings I couldn’t fake Our dreams our heads our thoughts in moonlight Our fears our doubts our lives it’s not right When does it start to feel like we’re steady? It was true when I knew she was code ready
3.
All In 03:58
When did you start  - to feel afraid Lost your heart -  lost your way Keys to your heart, freezing your soul, feeling around in the dark, Writing lines, shouting plans, to the walls or in your hands Phony news, telling lies, planting bombs in your mind No chance, to turn away, exploding in your face every day A finger on the gun - no place to hide no place to run Tried making it right, tried keeping it straight Gonna build those walls gonna make them pay Words spill from the angry holes and land out on the street Never made sense at all they just writhe and squirm at my feet Sounds of empty thoughts, minds set on repeat Caught up in all those fears, alarms keep blasting in your ears You’re thinking that you won - you live with the damage done Using lies and promises like a drug Sell a cult of fear so the news can run You’re thinking that you won - you live with the damage done
4.
The Hatch 04:56
Snapped the cord from the wall threw my phone in the sink Picked the keys from the laptop tray and grabbed another drink Shook the screen like a bad bad baby Glowing faces in the void of the many They make me watch as it all falls apart again I want it I want it I want it The time the time the time slips My mind my mind my mind breaks With every time we pray  - to the digital life the digital Hell - in a touch screen - can’t stand to look away All you know -  is how to pray Deep Breath in the data streams focused on a bigger sight Faces bathed in digital gleam, we’ve given up without a fight Loud words when no one’s there Loading pages we stop and stare They make me watch as it all falls apart again I want it I want it I want it The time the time the time slips My mind my mind my mind breaks With every time we pray  - to the digital life the digital Hell - in a touch screen - can’t stand to look away All you know -  is how to pray Lashed up to the signal from the sky hardly time to breathe Instead of trusting yourself it’s all of us that you need Shook the screen like a bad bad baby Glowing faces in the void of the many They make me watch as it all falls apart again
5.
I am out in the streets, got something to say I am all over town, burned out on every face self-savoir - housing danger - building anger - we’re still here You seem so satisfied; to keep taking my mind No defense against the codes, designed to make me blind Silver towers in the distance, I need more resistance Passing out in your model 3 the future seems so vile I am out in the streets, got something to say I am all over town, try to find a quick escape self-savoir - housing danger - building anger - we’re still here Bleeding dangerous smiles, faking secret surprise Invasions from all sides, developing the lies Climbing hills I see it all like a plague No one can hear it when those earbuds dull the pain We can fix this ship we can take control if we let it go We can tear it apart we can get back home forget what you’ve been told I am out in the streets, got something to say I am all over town, burned out on this empty race self-savoir - housing danger - building anger - we’re still here
6.
Two Secrets 06:31
I was killing time, gazing into the sky, dreams of the past finally fighting back, Then the Cloud appeared, sending something out, a poison dart, to start the attack. It hit the ground, started spreading out, touching down, with a stain of dark, I started to shout, to anyone around, the sky just dropped a bomb on our town. The time was fast, looking into the glass, with nothing reflected back but digital harm Most fill the bottom line, don’t even know they’re blind, hypnotized by artificial life Those secrets, those secrets, burning the truth that we’re trying to save Those secrets, those secrets, tearing apart everything we’ve made Sometime last year, it became perfectly clear, that everything we knew was gonna change. I kept meeting eyes, strangers just walking by, searching for a sign that there was still hope.
7.
Spoiled and cold, craving the touch, of unlimited power Using the best, tossing the rest, like left over bones Electric wheels, spinning so fast, and driving nowhere Man and Machine, we don’t even see, it’s taking us over Living the data plan, knows where you stand, places you go Memories fade away, data hurricane, so much to know Craving a new start, saving the old heart, you knew them well Images fade, the hard drive gave, you’re told it’s a loss Binary fields, search makes it real, faces in disguise Something was lost, digital dust, to hold in your hand Not even real, nothing to feel, but everyone knows it Living the data plan, knows where you stand, places you go Memories fade away, data hurricane, so much to know Craving a new start, saving the old heart, you knew them well Some say they know, some say they know, know it well There’s nothing to know, no one to hold, an endless well Some say they know, some say they know, know it well There’s nothing to know, no one to hold, an endless well Wake up from the sleep, it’s just a machine, and so aware Wake up from the sleep, it’s just a machine, and so aware
8.
We Run 04:31
Well well shake me from sleep        Pull pull back from the deep Booze and lightning, love and hate Sun in the mirror as I escape We run Drive like demons into the deep Cold ground, open sky for our sleep The needle sinks it we were way too high The edge comes closer so we just fly away                    We run                            When those lights they find us            Keeping all of us on the run The laws they use to bind us Make the time we live feel wrong We fight the ones who jail us Our love will always roam The light feels like it tears us For us there is no home               

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Many dreams begin with sleep,
Fractured and fluid,
Leading to pictures and visions,
Blended from days living,
Chaotic slices calculated and alluring,
Practiced eyes align,
Locked on glass reflected fast,
As living passes by.

Fantasies past and future present,
Tailored for each mind,
Carving up the telling stones,
The pieces turning blind,
Interruption fulfills process,
Fingers flick and spasm,
What’s the harm in looking,
Glowing faces held and precious.

credits

released May 1, 2020

Engineered by Scott Thiessen at The East Bay Sign Company
Mastered by Bob De Wit at The Super Nova Studio
Music by Low Bote Copyright Mind Tree Music 2020
Thanks: Randy Castellon and The Meatlocker

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

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Low Bote San Francisco, California

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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