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Second Nature

by Lil Sluggers

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Drew Bligh
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Drew Bligh This is one of those special records where you have no idea what’s going to happen every 8 bars. It’s dynamic and fun, and drenched in uneasy drama. Super great stuff. Favorite track: Pulp.
bob sacamano
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bob sacamano what if rain-dogs-era tom waits' voice sounded great? feels a little like early leonard cohen too. in other words, fantastic songwriting/storytelling delivered tastefully (with a fair amount of surprises!) Favorite track: Pulp.
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1.
Pulp 03:34
The quarters get so close They leave no room for doubt But love and, but love and Ataxia, my friend Breathing down your neck again But love and fear go hand in hand You’re there and so is she Combing through hazy dreams For love and, for love and It’s nothing like it seems These bleak ontologies For love and fear go hand in hand You bristle at the touch Now open up The weight of every hope Now bearing down at once But love and, but love is Mangled with ignorance Deserves a second chance For love and fear go hand in hand But for true colors flown You weren’t like this before For love and, yes love and Is all that you’ve got left and now what scares you best Is love and fear go hand in hand You bristle at the touch Now open up
2.
Burn or Rot 03:30
Here it's burn or rot Taken what they say Hadn't any choice Over and over And over Here's it's burn or rot Any other way Turning out the same Over and over And over Over and over again Here it's burn or rot Never mind the pain Tell me what you said Over and over again What will we do when it comes to an end? Here it's burn or rot Couldn't get it straight Never had the time Over and over And over Here it's burn or rot Show a different face Turn another cheek Over and over And over And over and over again Here it's burn or rot Never mind the pain Tell me what you said Over and over again What will we do when it comes to an end?
3.
Your second nature and native tongue And other things lost when you were young They told you then, “Nothing happens completely” Everything that you feel now is fleeting Ambitious, cunning, prideful, and violent The shapes you took when you lost what you wanted Do you think you could ever straighten out? Has the work hardened you to someone else? You don’t need the words You said forgetting’s what they’re for You do what you’re told Now we’re none the wiser, but God we look old It can’t be right The sleeping sickness that tells you you’re hollow And missing gut that you never did follow But now you feel avolition fits you right Just another failing reeling through mind Your painted face and the teeth that you sharpen You’re taking joy in the process of hiding That control never works the way it seems The more you got, the less it means You don’t need the words You said “forgetting’s what they’re for” You do what you’re told Now we’re none the wiser, but God we look old It can’t be right
4.
I was born a colt with a dead black eye And I never knew why and I couldn't know why The weight of it all and the hollowed out sky And I never knew why and I couldn't know why My mother was sweet and she whispered to me I'ma buy baby a diamond ring The edges are sharp and the facets are true But diamonds don't tell me what she always knew We were knocked out in sweet summer air With salt on our skin and sweat in our hair The colt had grown up and found him a mare He never knew why and never did care His edges were sharp and luster had gone And diamonds forever were far too long There’s nothing ain’t ending as soon as it starts

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released July 27, 2018

Annette Tucker - Vocals, Guitars
Robyn Buttery - Violin
Daniel Rice - Accordion, Organ, Piano, Backing Vocals
Jacob Ott - Bass
Dan Deutsch - Percussion, Backing Vocals


Written by Annette Tucker
Recorded by Andrew Oedel at Ghost Hit Recording
Mastered by Kevin Butler at Test Tube Audio

Cover photo by IG: @arjology
Back cover photo by IG: @zg.jpg

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LIL SLUGGERS is theatrical art rock from MD, CT, and MA. The band is ANNETTE BEFORE TUCKER (Vocals, Guitar), DAN RICE (Accordion), CHRIS CONNELLY (Bass), and DAN DEUTSCH (Percussion). We love you VERY MUCH. ... more

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