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Stalemate

by abrasions

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Stalemate 04:37
the wickedness that lies within our reason self preservation is the only law attend the daily mass or execution but skip out in time to miss the denouement our silent war is of private destitution the social contract’s poised against the fact the status quo demands no resolution assured the image will remain intact they’ll neither show nor tell of their dissonance to uphold their willful pride in old taboos and so your resolve dissipates a little bit more every day as you revise, and compromise until no matter which side you choose: you lose it’s wrong, and forged with secret hatred the ugly truth that lies within every act you’ve gone to a place of ancient regrets to contemplate all that’s lost for the sake of tact you’ll only see and hear the difference the errors you could not eliminate as on and on you rearrange the choices you have failed to change but they’re delayed, it’s far too late and no matter which side you choose: you lose
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Labyrinths 04:46
i lost you and now you’ll always haunt the hallways of my heart damned to dark dead ends and circular ways echoing sentiments and dreaming of exits back to the brighter days ere this fatal crime (lofty and sublime…) i can’t atone ere this punishment (atrophies in time…) i must face alone - fashioning this funeral guilt as a shroud i’m pacing down the dark corridors concealed in every crowd with dulled idealism, no destination and endless time in isolation for contemplation of my crime (i swear it…) - in another life another place i’d take it back if i could and in every time and in every space it haunts me as it should i’m sorry i’m so, so sorry for what i’ve done
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first single off of the full-length album, Lacerations, coming spring 2017
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released January 24, 2017

Stalemate

written and arranged by Jay Ericson
vocals, guitar, and synths performed by Jay Ericson
bass guitar performed by Jo Aguda
chorus guitar performed by Jay M Blanch
mixed by Christopher Jon for DARKVISIONMEDIA
remix by I, Parasite

Labyrinths

arranged by Jay Ericson
vocals written and performed by Jay Ericson
modular synths written and performed by Jared Warren of Voidtripper
mixed by Alaster of The Alien Element


all tracks mastered by Gregg Janman at Hermetech Mastering
hermetechmastering.com

artwork by Jay Ericson and Jared Warren
cover font by Josh Michael Tyler of Acclaim Nation

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abrasions Oakland, California

Industrial post-punk noise from the California bay area.

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