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The Projection People

by The Projection People

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1.
Spacefast 04:17
This is not the way to solace Only destruction down this path we see Slip off the plank of honesty Holds true I’ll still be here waiting for you So fall out and get lost in childish positions Who could live like this? Waste time our world will just race Angst and discomfort to all those around Silence can be bliss but never forever Sour in the air This place has surmounted So crawl out of the mute bid The eyes around cannot commit to this They’re washed out from the drought of A state of mind soaked in a fantasy Silence can be bliss but never forever Sour in the air This place has surmounted Judging by the fading colors Breaking the news never came so hard but now it’s over Would it make you slightly sad or is it still just about you? Can you step back more than just an inch from what little is expected? My time is over No more waiting for you
2.
Bad day when no one ever listens to you Wrote a word that never spoke a single truth We never really do what it asked us to Now phrases don’t belong to you Orchestrate the lines that cross over corners For the test that life defines We’re buying the sun We pay for something no one wanted to Spoke a word that never wrote itself into We always tried to do what it asked us to Bad day that no one listened to you Orchestrate the lines that cross over corners For the test that life defines We’re buying the sun All we feared is now holding on to you Only with the wages born a new All the straightened lines are walking in circles
3.
La Familia 04:17
Heavy is the crown theat lies on the ground And happiness is what it’s worth When we work together When we talk together Create, words, fight There’s a cold war in the air that’s confusing all that exist But I’ve found comfort within these walls of which these Echoed sounds are contained Blue-shot are the worried eyes Hidden back beneath these trembling hands Our unfinished phrases Nervous-natured cases Create, words, fight Help control this Won’t do this alone Still a cold war’s in the air and confusing all that exist But I’ve found comfort within the walls where all the Echoed sounds are contained
4.
Well above all the lazy heat But my leap is too low to cross stalling youth Come into the crutch of gaining grip Now there is no more excuse You'll just have to take it in But the truth can be refused You're always connected (real) Stock safety and keep the thoughts Resting on the ground If I start to lose then so do you We're always connected That's enough to motivate and Never fall behind Never cold, no wars Yet maddening and desperate (real) Welcome to the mold of a corner page You might stay awhile While I fold Always hanging listless shoe-ins
5.
Repent 03:39
6.
She builds a spark And piece by piece Gaining speed through the circles makes the circuit complete Safe to never burn yourself Watching every move It’s all I’m looking forward to Acending to a steady heat Losing patience when the minutes make a second repeat For all the fevered colours and every bit of animal Nothing’s quite as beautiful You might stay this way for once Coming around and we don’t make a sound but we all decide You’re holding the truth and because of you we’re satisfied Coming around and we don’t make a sound but we all decide You’re holding the truth and because of you we’re satisfied She builds a spark And piece by piece Gaining speed through the circles makes the circuit complete Safe to never burn yourself Watching every move Nothing’s quite as beautiful You might stay this way for once But to wait… Coming around and we don’t make a sound but we all decide You’re holding the truth and because of you we’re satisfied Coming around and we don’t make a sound but we all decide You’re holding the truth and because of you we’re satisfied
7.
Headlights 04:32
Welcome back to living in this world again Nice to see you running with the herd And we’ll welcome you back with open arms Don’t stray again We’re ashamed of living in this world of ours Our complaints will fall upon deaf ears And we’ll welcome you back with open arms Don’t stray again Be forward, for that path ended before it begun Be forward, for that field is dry Be forward, for that path ended before it begun Be forward, for that field is dry Please abandon treasured things To adopt what is lost to kings Don’t respond to their repeating themes Tied in a hundred ways and can’t keep my mind headlights on Tied in a hundred ways and can’t keep my mind headlights on Be forward, for that path ended before it begun Be forward, for that field is dry Be forward, for that path ended before it begun Be forward, for that field is dry In summer nights we’ll make a fire to stake the odds It’s the rules… (In summer nights awake while everyone is sleeping) (Nothing ever wakes them up) (Used to have to keep them up) (And I’ll try harder each day coz I’m a fool)
8.
The Spring 04:29
With reflections on the past and Visions of the future I stand on the edge of something new Will I walk forward or fall into uncertainty Or step back into a comfortable scenario Can I leave it all for the pursuit of happiness Or does it lie somewhere behind me Time wakes up these lies Defines the lines we stand on What about aching minds and sore hearts This fear lacks just enough to move on Your teething now and must proceed This fear lacks just enough to move on Regardless of the choices made I will never know the options As I lie awake at night and Think about what could have been Control our lives upon demand Just hold this down We'll all get by Is it so easy to live without regret Just hold this down We'll all get by Time wakes up these lies Defines the lines we stand on
9.
Etienne 05:53
The show is done Curtain is closed Last seat is empty Now alone Take it in once more My gleaming eyes swell to see what’s behind the light I know all too well the intention Glasses empty Take it in I always just knew this would happen A play where no one came I always just knew this would happen But the stars aligned tonight And no ones seeing it but me This feeling has got to stay I might focus the last resort I always just knew this would happen But the stars aligned tonight No ones seeing it but me No ones at the show
10.
Sunset 01:20
11.
Glass 05:27
Hard to move along everyday Hard to move along everyday Hard to sing along when you say It’s fine to verse a dead melody Fine to drink in all of your enemies Hard to move along everyday It’s hard to get along when you take Advice from suits built on dead-end streets Eyes kept dull from the road’s glare And you’ll use this change to walk the wire I’ll be numb as the line gets higher Hard to move along everyday Hard to play along when you still Stay bound to a throne made of paper trails Bound to speed I’d be careful Hard to move along everyday Hard to move along everyday It’s hard to be alone Hard to be alone Use this change to walk the wire And I’ll be numb as the line gets higher Use this change to walk the wire And I’ll be numb… Be forward, for that path ended before it begun Before it begun Be forward, for that path ended before it begun Before it begun Use this change…

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Selected by The Isthmus as the Best Madison Album of 2010

Madison Area Music Award Winner of the 2011 Electronic Album of the Year

Madison Area Music Award Winner of the 2011 Electronic Song of the Year for "Headlights"

"...as if they put the past forty years of popular rock into a blender and came out with something completely new and very, very tasty." -Rick Tvedt (Local Sounds Magazine: CD Review)

"This album is amazing..." -Kat Kosiec (Dane101.com: CD Review)

"You don't break ground in music if you're not willing to experiment. And you don't make the album of the year unless you turn your experimentation into a deeply satisfying listen. " -Rich Albertoni (Isthmus: The 10 best Madison albums of 2010)

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released June 15, 2010

Produced, engineered, & mixed by The Projection People

Drum engineering by Chris Shepard at Chicago Recording Company in Chicago, IL
Mastered by Mark Whitcomb at DNA Studios in Madison, WI
Photography by Anna Page Photography; location courtesy of the Al Ringling Theater in Baraboo, WI
Art Direction by The Projection People

Composition
All songs written by The Projection People
“Sunset” interpretation written by Victor Johnson Jr
Additional composition on “Headlights” by Joe Ramos
Additional composition on “La Familia” & “Always Connected” by Matt Schmidt & Carson Lawrence

The Projection People
Scott Cannaday: Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
Marc Claggett: Guitars, Samples, Sequencing
Tyler Commo: Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
Brad Hawes: Drums, Percussion, Samples, Sequencing
Kevin McDonnell: Bass Guitars, Percussion

Additional Musicians
Naomi Hasan: Violin on “Etienne”
Victor Johnson Jr.: Piano on “Sunset”
Joe Ramos: Vocals & Piano on “Headlights”

Special Thanks
Butt Funnel (for funding this record), Jason Sheridan, Jonathan Wheeler, Joel Shanahan, Desi Commo, Darwin Sampson,
Family, Friends, Lovers, and Listeners. Thank you very, very much for your patience, love, and support.

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A collaboration of like-minded gentlemen who have ingested each other’s combined interpretations of life and music and regurgitated them into a single projection.

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