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Strange Mornings In the Garden

by The Loyal Seas

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James Ingles
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James Ingles This album is just, at the risk of sounding old, delightful. It just feels like home. I’m not sure what else to say, I’m sure if you came at this as a fan of Tanya you will enjoy this loads. Beautiful record that deserves to be heard! Oh and that sunburst vinyl is just so gorgeous looking!
Johnny Giotto
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Johnny Giotto Loved the music immediately.
graham63
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graham63 Love to hear new songs from Tanya it’s such a beautiful voice that keeps giving and great arrangements throughout the album.
Thank you The Loyal Seas for this beautiful music. Favorite track: Driving With a Ghost.
Rich John
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Rich John The guitars on this track are sublime, and remind me of the end theme of "Friday Night Lights" by Explosions in the Sky Favorite track: Driving With a Ghost.
paul b
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paul b So happy that Tanya and Brian made a full length album! Two of the most complementary voices I've ever heard, and the light and shimmering sound of these songs is exactly what I would have hoped for. Thank you. Favorite track: You, Me, and the Sea.
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1.
Falling asleep on a floor in LA You saved me when you said we'd be okay So I kissed you and crossed the country in less than a day Silverlake to Tennessee to Maryland to New England I was there on the crest of the wave That landed you on the wrong side of the states Over the peaks, the canyons, and the plains So far away, so far from New England Mid-way down 8 I started wishing I stayed No love lost, lost boy 'Cuz you and I look so great the further I drive away No love lost, lost boy You and I shine so bright as soon as we're out of sight ooooh When we were young I made you a promise ring The metal was cheap, and it greened like Spring You left it on a rest stop restroom sink Somewhere in between Denver and Silverlake, by mistake Mid-way down 8 I started wishing I stayed No love lost, lost boy 'Cuz you and I look so great the further I drive away No love lost, lost boy You and I shine so bright as soon as we're out of sight ooooh Mid-way down Route 8 I started wishing I stayed 'Cuz you and I look so great the further I drive away And I think of you still, I think of you in the still of each night
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I'll paint for you though I've never painted before I’ll leave a mural on your wall Just to see your look of awe Once you know the tragic depth of my love I'll sing for you though I've never sung before I'll throw a concert in your hall Just to see your look of awe When you know the tragic depth of my love In the garden in the morning there is love I close my eyes and think what could've been but never was Just a hint of a thing That could have been These longer winters bring These longer shadows I'd have given everything Would it have mattered These longer winters bring... I'll dance for you though I've never danced before I'll pirouette until I fall Just to see your look of awe When you know the tragic depth of my love These longer winters bring These longer shadows I'd have given everything Would it have mattered These longer winters bring... Through the clutter, the clatter, the weeds Can you see the shining seeds Can you see the shining depth of my love See the drowning depth of my love I wished for you like I never wished before You came in dragging dirt and flowers on the floor And that look of awe These longer winters bring These longer shadows I'd have given everything Would it have mattered These longer winters bring...
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Early Light 03:02
I’m always tipped to the side, never aligned A heart apart I’m always a quick step behind A tick out of time A heart apart You might be well-advised to avoid me But in sunrise I want you to join me In this early light The best light for being alive Hope is the thing with bloodshot eyes Teeth-baring wild and silver-lined I’m all in but don’t hold me to it I might not get through it The harder part You might be well-advised to avoid me But with sunrise I want you to join me In this early light The best light for being
4.
There you are sunray So glad you made it through Your light is a shard in my eye, let me get a look at you I’m your house of mirrors Just as you are mine Every angle featured, every scar and bite There you are moonbeam It’s good to see you made it through Your light is a sword in my side Happy to be here with you I’m your house of mirrors Just as you are mine Every beauty spotted Every hidden side At the quick of the wick Where we burn our deepest blue In that dark and flattering light Let me get a look at you I’m your house of mirrors Just as you are mine Every sharded eye Every sword-ed side There you are Let me get a look at you
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Moths burn on the porch light tonight and every night We hear them fall like cotton balls Meanwhile there’s a ripe berry moon above But they fall for the nearer easy glow And isn’t that something like you and me Isn’t that something like you and me St. Mary let your long red hair fall down to us all We’d love to hear you laugh again Climb up St. Mary let your long red hair fall down to us all We’d love to hear you sing again Climb climb up In the great sky There are no lower lights There are no lesser lights There are no little lights If you can make it past your own guards tonight Close your eyes be still fall in just trust me on this ‘Cause isn’t that something like what you want Isn’t that something like what you want St. Mary let your long red hair fall down to us all We’d love to hear you laugh again Climb climb up In the great sky There are no lower lights There are no lesser lights There are no little lights Moths burn on the porch light tonight and every night Isn’t that something
6.
When you come around again Bring the better you I'll bring the better me We'll ride this out until in the end In the gold light of the day Don't lose sight of me I won't lose sight of you I'll hang on every word you say And maybe we said some pretty mean things You're stuck in my head I'm under your skin If this is the end then let it begin You can take or leave me, anyway Just like a wave I break And maybe we said some pretty mean things You're stuck in my head I'm under your skin If this is the end then let it begin I wasn't looking for anyone other than someone to hold up their end of the bargain I think our season is gone So when you come around again Bring the better you I'll bring the better me We'll ride this out until in the end And maybe we said some pretty mean things You're stuck in my head I'm under your skin If you don't want this to end, then just say when I'm calling it Yeah, I'm calling it...
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Milkweed 05:20
Nobody here to witness, we’re offline I came to give you something you won’t like Something pale and fluttering and Too late now to set it free and No one will be left standing whatever decide You run a long game honey and I don’t have that time But there’s a fire wire thin and humming Stitches us up even as we’re running Drags us back hissing and done In the peace of defeat The terrible peace of defeat And if the shoe fits if the shoe fits Wear it or burn it or break it in You never took a step that wasn’t already on your way My body’s not a poem today, my blood won’t sing No quivering flesh I don’t quiver for a damn thing And all good things race hard to the end And lift us up from the dust again Whatever we decide And if the shoe fits if the shoe fits Wear it or burn it or run with it You never took a step that wasn’t already on your way You raise a glass a fist a flag a kid a sail Then raved and railed against your fate (Let’s celebrate) And if the shoe fits if the shoe fits Wear it or burn it or run with it You don’t take a step that isn’t already on your way You raise a glass a fist a flag a kid a sail Then raved and railed against your fate This too one day will blow away One day will blow away Like milkweed on the wind You raise a glass a fist a flag a kid a sail Then rail and rail and rail against the fade
8.
We tore a seam Flatbush to Queens In the last of the great machines Rolled each other out like a riverbed Now I dedicate a day to every page To every word you threw my way Still following your paper trail I believe you thread the meridiens With every heart you’ve taken And store the bones in your hollow In your hollow And I will haunt the hollow of you I will haunt the hollow l chase your story down to where the river meets the sound And I will hold all the hurt I will hold you if it’s the last thing I do We’re the last of the great machines We keep our engines clean And our heads held high like thoroughbreds I believe in truth but I will lie to you And maybe that’s all I can do To steal the bones from your hollow In your hollow And I will haunt the hollow of you I will haunt the hollow I’ll chase your story down to where the river meets the sound And I will hold all the hurt I will hold you if it’s the last thing I do Don’t let me go, stay with me We’re the last of the great machines
9.
I wanted to tell you how much I love you In a verse or two, but that wouldn't do So I'm gonna write it out in big letters While the ocean and the moon swoon I fall out of the bar and walk back home to you Look at my face to see where I've been I've been to the party, and I'm staying in If I'm under cover then you'll never know Where I go, where I go Still, I wonder where you are, but I get it if you'd rather no one know Sometimes some souls are only meant to meet You, me, and the sea We're cold and we're lonely tonight Your lips are making shapes, those pretty shapes they make I believe we were stolen from the beautiful and green There's something in the way you say my name Like sun and mist in the morning after all of the rain Like a heart on a sleeve where there used to be a stain My arms are wrapped around you... We're cold and we're lonely tonight Your lips are making shapes, those pretty shapes they make I believe we were stolen from the beautiful and green You and me
10.
Love unsteady as she goes Sweeps a circle ‘round to keep us enclosed No quarter when caught in her spokes Spinning in and out of hunger and hope You always want to know how I’m doing Tell you what, I’ll tell you when I know If we come out of this alright Tilt your fine face high Drag the bow across the low notes And feel the hum Love unsteady as she goes Peels the roof back and lets in the snow Cover your head and hide if you like Better yet tilt your fine face high Open your mouth and let it keep you alive We’ll be the swimmers in the gold All my life waiting for a hand to hold Now you’re everywhere I go If we come out of this alright Tilt that fine face high So unsteadily we go Drag the bow drag the bow down the low notes And feel them hum We’ll be the swimmers in the gold All my life waiting for a hand to hold Now you’re everywhere I go

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The Loyal Seas is a new collaboration between Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses, Breeders, Belly) and Brian Sullivan (Dylan in the Movies). Their debut full-length features 10 glorious originals. Mastered by Sean Glonek at SRG studios (Juliana Hatfield, Waxahatchee, Julien Baker) with original artwork by Nicole Anguish at Daykamp Creative (Nada Surf, Superchunk, Letters to Cleo).

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released May 20, 2022

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The Loyal Seas Boston, Massachusetts

The Loyal Seas are Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses, Breeders, Belly) and Brian Sullivan (Dylan in the Movies).

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