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earth to astronaut (LP)

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There’s a paradox In the paradigm and The entity to your identity Id is wild Scattered headlights litter the freeway here There’s a parallel In the paradise and your Misery is a mystery and So is mine Parted lips can summon the latent air and I care Once you’re in Will you want out Of the cult of paradise It’s so warm It’s so comfy Following your leader’s advice so Don’t think twice Every time the feeling hits words can’t describe Patterns so geometric, a perfect design Once you’re out Will you want back Into the cult of paradise It’s so cold It’s so toxic Drinking the poison and you Drink it on ice But it’s kinda nice Every time the feeling hits words can’t describe Patterns so geometric, a perfect design Words can’t describe The way you feel inside So you search for a color To make it all alright
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Yeah! You never look me in the eyes these days You’re so far gone You’re so far Yeah! I guess I’ll have to be the one to say What’s consuming you Is what you consume Two for my friends One for myself Yeah! You never look me in the eyes these days You’re so far gone You’re so far Yeah! I guess I’ll have to be the one to say What’s producing you Is what you produce Two for my friends One for myself If the future’s playing games with me? Who is the player playing games? It’s just the future playing games with me It’s just the future playing games Who is charging miscellaneous fees? Who is charging miscellaneous? I won’t suffer unnecessarily I won’t suffer unnecessarily It’s just the future playing games with me It’s just the future
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droves 05:42
The antique spine unfurls From spiral slumbers Props up the modern head An abstract blueprint Outlines realization All thoughts are catalysts Although It’s coming back to me in droves I know The roots have always been there Today It makes me happy just to play And say We all can share this room To let it grow You’ve got to drop that baggage Should you let it go? Can you let it go? To let it grow You’ve got to drop that baggage Are you letting go? Am I letting go? Am I truly letting go? Don’t be afraid to let it go Post-modern mind recedes In coiled futures Into the antique cave The tranquil surface Slowly ripples violence All change comes from within Understand I count my blessings on one hand Oh man This high won’t last forever Tonight I make a point to speak my mind In time So we can share a culture
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say it's so 05:12
Origin of all I can hear your call The sound’s resounding In my ample lung Messenger of might I can feel your light Shadows foreshadow Inadvertent shades If you say it’s so Then I guess it’s so If you make it so Then it will be so If you take it slow You can watch things grow If you don’t go fast You can make it last Altruistic son Shine on everyone and Expect Nothing in return Misanthropic man Can’t you understand People through peepholes are Moons through microscopes If you say it’s so Then I guess it’s so If you make it so Then it will be so If you take it slow You can watch things grow If you don’t go fast You can make it last
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choices 06:14
Everyone wants to be Beautiful & carefree But the universe has it’s ways Of stifling the plans we make Your charm is working now It is so persuasive I don’t have a choice I’m the one who made this The wheels are spinning now They are so persistent They show me how to behave They show me what to believe in The butterfly flaps its wing Altering everything The things you do The things you love Emanate to everyone Ooohss (bridge) Your buzz is wearing off It’s not so persistent Go clean up your mess You’re the one who made it The wheels keep spinning round They’re in full rotation They show me how to exist They show me life’s worth living Charms are wearing off They’re not so pervasive I don’t have a choice I’m not the one who made this The wheels keep spinning round They’re in full rotation They show how to be good They show me life’s worth living
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Live like you’re already dead Give like you’ll never get back Think like you don’t have a mind Play like it’s your last time You’re gonna push me to the edge of the Earth But are we really in it Or just a simulation? Guess we’ll find out! Live like you’re already dead Give like you’ll never get back Think like you don’t have a mind Play like it’s your last time You’re gonna push me to the edge of the Earth But am I really in it? Guess we’ll find out!
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falafel 03:38
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Out of the womb and Into the world I need some attention Give me your attention Oh ! Sex, money and drugs They’re never enough I need some attention Give me your attention Oh ! I’m not falling for your tricks Packing my bags Leaving for good Why should I invest If they don’t invest it back in me? Quit messing around Everything’s not fine Get your feet on the ground I need you here right now Put your pieces together cause Everything depends It’s now or never so Let it open up Quit messing around Everything’s not fine Get your feet on the ground I need you here right now Put your pieces together cause Everything depends It’s now or never Slowly start to cross the sea Slowly start to map the sea Slowly stain the sea Slowly start to test the waters We slowly start to test the waters
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unnoticed 06:49
Saw you with head craned down like Leaves of a dying lily Wondered what’s in the air that Made you slump brown & yellow Wondered what’s in the water Nurturing your wilted pose Thought if I took the time to Tend to you we’d both breathe easy Feeling low, how can I show You don’t have to feel like you’re unnoticed You don’t have to feel like you’re not there You can feel the weight lift off your shoulders You can live your life without a care Canopies cover the sun, light on the floor’s not the same as above After your stems stood up I Realized; what’s a plant Without a few buds to prosper All as one in a garden Without a few bugs & bees to Profit and share the wealth Thought if I let you know you’re Not alone we’d both be richer Feeling high, full of life You don’t have to feel like you’re unnoticed You don’t have to feel like you’re not there You can feel the weight lift off your shoulders You can live your life without a care A forest is more than the trees, the wolf that will grow is the one that you feed
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I know there’s more Than I can see All is layered Patterns warp and Patterns weave This intricate embroidery I know there’s more Than I can sense but Through my experience But it sometimes takes a Comedy To relinquish the rigid and Accept your place in the world The world I know there’s more That I could change More to sacrifice Movements wax and Movement’s wane in Liquid equilibriums I know there’s more That I could do To get through to you But it sometimes takes a Tragedy To see for yourself and Accept the ways of the world The world Redirect your rightful rage In good ways Propagate the unity Of humanity Remember how they did you wrong Keep on Organize and educate Don’t wait Don’t you wait for someone else To do what you can do yourself! Place yourself in someone else’s shoes Walk awhile and note the difference We’re few and far in between but You used to be you used to feel then Something happened to you Calculate the aftermath Graph Every point with precision Envision A world in which you want to live Give Carry on with confidence Don’t look back

about

Alluvial Fans is an indie-rock band based out of Detroit, MI. It is the brainchild of Drew Bartosik (guitar, vocals), who began writing music for the first album, “Lag Air,” in 2015. After taking a few years to work on other projects, Drew began recording the album without bandmates in 2018. The group's forming happened as an appendage of that process. In fact, those religious among us consider the band's meeting to be proof of divine providence. Reduced to three clues the band's forming was a matter of, firstly, a broken down tour van, secondly, a salvaged show, and thirdly, a most indecorous doorman, which happen to be three distinct runes found on the walls of the famed Carlsbad Caverns of Eddy County, New Mexico. Ollie (drums, vocals) — at the time moonlighting for a punk band out of Maine — booked a tour date at Donovan's Pub in Detroit. On the bill was no other than Gil A.D. — the DJ moniker of Gilad Granot (bass) — and Drew Bartosik, playing solo with a drum machine, casio keyboard and pedalboard.

In not but a few months following that fateful show, Alluvial Fans was reborn from the ashes. Ollie moved to Detroit and was laying down drum tracks on “Lag Air,” and Gilad joined shortly after for local shows and tour dates around the Midwest. Following this string of shows, the band collaborated on the material that would become the band's second album, “Earth to Astronaut,” and the sound that would define a new generation. For that reason, “Earth to Astronaut” can be viewed as a debut album for the band as a unit. To celebrate that new found unity, the band recorded the instrumentals for the album live, in stark contrast to the first album, which was done piecemeal. The title, “Earth to Astronaut,” came about in one of Drew's famous dreams en route to a show in Cleveland. The most significant themes of the title were uncovered during a band meditation retreat in the Finger Lakes, namely: the juxtaposition of technology and nature, reorientation from independence to interdependence, and the consummation of reflection, solidarity, and devotion.

The DIY and DIT artist communities are a source of inspiration for Alluvial Fans. Creating inclusive and music-centric atmospheres for live performances is something the band looks to foster, whether it be touring DIY spaces and house shows, or having all-ages or free shows where as many people as possible can come and enjoy live music. The band also makes it a point to fundraise for charity and play charity shows when they are able to. With an awareness of the ecological footprint of touring and playing live music, a utopian vision of the band is to be part of a movement to start “green venues,” where entertainment can be enjoyed responsibly and free of fossil-fuels.

credits

released June 5, 2020

Alluvial astronauts are:

Drew Bartosik - Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Lead Vocals
Gilad Granot - Bass Guitar, FX Synthesis
Ollie Elkus - Drums, Backup Vocals

All songs written by Drew Bartosik
Arranged and performed by Alluvial Fans

Recorded by Drew Bartosik and Ollie Elkus
Engineered and mixed by Drew Bartosik @ Reverse Release Studios
Mastered by Erik Maluchnik

Album Artwork by Antoine Langenieux-Villard
Design Direction by Erik Jurvis

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alluvial fans Detroit, Michigan

alternate rock roll
melody laced distortion
sonic asylum for wandering eroding souls

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drew bartosik -
guitars, vox
ollie elkus -
drums, vox
caelin amin -
bass, vox
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