Apocaloptimystic, by The Crash Narrative

Apocaloptimystic

by The Crash Narrative

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Trillion This is a superb EP, you can hear the time that has gone into the production, so many little details. Andy Gibson is my favourite NZ musician - he's clever, unique and always delivers something interesting and good - he really knows his craft and how to put together sounds to make beautiful and artistic creations. Favorite track: Possible Worlds.

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1.	Horizon 04:03	lyrics	buy track
Block of clay, vision of form Moulding the future, instant by instant Method in motion, choosing to choose Beginning to move Burn the page, new words in the ash Unstuck from the ruts of a story that’s over The world as we know it, upon which we stand It’s beginning to move Suddenly seeing the world as a canvas Old deeds for old times New ways of being on the horizon New deeds for new times Only that day dawns to which we are awake The light for which we must fight is fading It’s fading If we stray, our spirits forlorn Believe in the promise of more day to dawn The morning exposes a path through the thorns New ways of being Thoughts dissolve Suddenly seeing New ways of being New deeds There’s more day to dawn
2.	Possible Worlds 03:05	lyrics	buy track
These End of Days I’ve been consumed By this unfolding demise But all I seek is a corner of peace From which to see a new sun rise All those years I wandered Earth Without a map for my return Running in the ruts, rubbing salt in cuts The soundtrack to which Rome burns I was out of my soul I was out Even though apocalypse is on its way I don’t want to think about it Out here in the garden a burden lifts As the light goes out in the West This might be the best of all possible worlds Caught up in the tangle of abundance I lost my way But here confusion clears A morning breaks my soul awake All these years I’ve wandered Earth Without an end to my desire So much fuel but not enough air To breathe embers into fire I’ve been out of my soul I’ve been out The path so long has been concrete covered Buried under a myth But out here in the garden a burden lifts As a light goes out in the West A culture laid to rest Giving birth to new possible worlds
3.	Affluenza 04:15	lyrics	buy track
The path was set, I just walked down Couldn’t think for myself, could not turn around But too much was never enough So I simplified, I simplified I’m walking down a new path now And I won’t turn around, I won’t turn around Too much is never enough So I simplified, I simplified If you wanted to go it alone You could start today We can make something new Out of what we have been made into We must create the path we take The burden is mine to not fall in line Too much is never enough So simplify, simplify Born into the West like you History has given us a silver spoon But too much is never enough So simplify, simplify If you wanted to go it alone You could start today We can make something new Out of what we have been made into But I have to go to work ‘Cause I feel this obligation To get more than I need To make me happy So I spend my life at work And now I’m so tired That I need to get away Step away
4.	Sleepwalk 03:58	lyrics	buy track
Deep time is crumbling quickly Through confusion of desire But surely it’s not time for us to surrender Surely it’s not time for us to surrender If we don’t change direction We’ll end up where we’re headed for Do we really know what we are in for? Could we really say we didn’t know? Like a snake eating its own tail We are a cancer cell that will grow itself to death We were born into the dream of progress And now we sleepwalk over the edge Over the edge Deep time is crumbling quickly Eroded by our great machines But surely it’s not time for us to surrender Surely it’s not time for us to surrender We were sold a dream of progress But now we sleepwalk over the edge We sleepwalk over the edge
5.	10,000 Years 05:24	lyrics	buy track
We get by with sleep in our eyes Feel cold all the time So we cook ourselves alive We cook ourselves alive When the internal heat Is turned down so low and tamed We cook ourselves alive 10,000 years from now They read a story of demise It seems slow to us now Primal scream What about our internal light?

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released August 10, 2015

The Crash Narrative are Samuel Alexander and The Andy Gibson Project.

All songs written, produced, recorded and mixed by The Crash Narrative
except Horizon written by The Crash Narrative with Charmaine Ford and Rebecca Redwood.
Mastering and additional mixing by Rohan Laurence.

Lead vocals, programming, keyboards, sitar: The Andy Gibson Project
Vocals, programming, guitars, keyboards: Samuel de Silentio
Drums: Kelly Ballard on Possible Worlds and Sleepwalk
Bass: Brendan Turner on Affluenza
Cello: Sophie Wells on Affluenza and Jack Hobbs on Sleepwalk
Violin: Hester Bell Jordan on Sleepwalk
Trumpet: Tim Baker on Affluenza and Daniel Windsor on Sleepwalk
Bass Trombone: Kaito Walley on Sleepwalk
Saxophone: Anantha Narayanan on 10,000 Years
Drum recording by Andy Gibson assisted by Thomas Voyce
Horns and strings on Sleepwalk recorded by Andy Gibson in the Adam Concert Room assisted by Aabir Mazumdar
Affluenza instrumental originally mastered by Chris Winchcombe at York Street Studios

Design and cover photography: Andrew Scrivener.

The lyrics of these songs draw on the following quotes: ‘The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off’, ‘Only that day dawns to which we are awake’, ‘There is more day to dawn’, ‘Old deeds for old people, new deeds for new’ (Thoreau); ‘You can always make something out of what you've been made into’ (Sartre); ‘If we don’t change direction, we’ll end up where we’re headed’ (Chinese proverb); ‘The best of all possible worlds’ (Voltaire).

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The Crash Narrative Melbourne, Australia

The Crash Narrative address the demise of industrial civilisation with defiant positivity but without false hope. This Melbourne / Christchurch duo create soundscapes of carefully crafted instrumentation with melodic vocals.
The Crash Narrative will uplift and inspire, offering listeners a sophisticated and diverse sonic repertoire that uses music to explore our ecological predicament. ... more

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