BATTLE THRU TIME
Fifth LP from ANECDATA, released March 12, 2020.
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TRACKLISTING
- Surrender When
- The Second Amendment
- Richard III
- You Decide
- Superelevator
- Tokyo Regret
- Ephemeral
- Super VHS
- Hardly Angels
- You’re Not Alone
- Phantom Time
- Until the End
Tracks 13-24 are instrumental versions of the 12 songs above.
Bonus tracks (only in Bandcamp full album download)
25. Diabolical Machine
26. Arecibo
Plus demo recordings of Tokyo Regret, You Decide, The Second Amendment and You’re Not Alone.
All songs written, recorded, mixed and mastered by D Satherley / Anecdata. Recorded between 2018 and 2020 in Glen Eden, west Auckland.
VIDEOS
LYRICS & BEHIND THE SCENES
surrender when i recommend, you lay your gun down and we can bend
palaver then, y tambien, you lay your gun down and we can send
the best of ours, the worst of hell, the rest in malice, and we can fend
off your best, off your rest, the rest embarrass, we have no regrets
surrender when i recommend, you lay your gun down and we can bend
palaver then y tambien, you lay your gun down and we can send
the best of ours the worst of hell, the rest in malice and we can fend
off your best off your rest, and post-insurrect we are all regret
i love the NRA, i love the NRA, yeah
they keep me safe from harm
i wish i had a gun, i could save the world, and i could save the world
me and my 45 could keep the world alive and
you wouldn’t have to fear threats from afar and here
i could save the world, and i could save the woorld
and if you had to choose between me and nukes, who would
you trust your life with now?
nukes or a madman with the power to kill and the power to kill you
i love the NRA, i love the NRA, yeah
they keep me safe from harm
i wish i had a gun, i could save the world, i could save the world now
why did it take so long to dig me up and rob me blind of my fame?
i was never gonna be your king too long
i was living dead ahead, to be fair forever
my kingdom for a horse
who messes with a king who left a string of family dead, rotting corpses?
are you not surprised to see me back alive?
supergrass’ man of war in the bones, sans flesh
my kingdom for a horse
where did you think i went? across the channel to france or germany?
i’ve been stuck here since before world war got foxed
oliver cromwell
none of them compared to me, richard III, old crouchback
my kingdom for a horse
YOU DECIDE
there’s far too much riding on this, far too much relying on this
whose idea was it to ask me ’cause i’m paralysed just thinking about it
i don’t know so you decide, so you decide what’s right
’cause if i can’t decide on nothing, nothing’s what we’ll be
so you decide what’s right and you decide who’s wrong
and you decide what’s right and you decide what’s wrong
the paradox of modern life is too much choice, none of it matters
whose idea was it to ask me ’cause i’m paralysed just thinking about it
i don’t know so you decide, so you decide what’s right
’cause if i can’t decide on nothing nothing’s what we’ll be
n/a
would you believe i’ve never seen tokyo? or any capital of the world
of course i have been to wellington, but wellington is hardly tokyo
this is my one regret
i haven’t got many regrets yet
can you believe i haven’t been overseas, unless you count islands
and i don’t, so why should you care a bit about my plans?
this is my one regret
i haven’t got many regrets yet
do you think i should start with this urge to go across the sea
do you think i should start with this urge to go across the sea
serendipity, ideas
i don’t know what to do or what to say
curiosity, i fear has been my perennial ephemeral
electricity in here
i don’t know just what to do or what to say
instability endears every one one to the critical parasitical
commonality, we fear in thrall to the criminal, hypocritical
electricity in here
i don’t know just what to do or what to say
negativity and fear, they rule, incompatible, ephemeral
you recommend instead i get out and make some friends to the bitter ends
an ephemeral, a mutineer
i can’t stand the smaller talk around the clock
we should not be afraid of foreigners, locals i know are just as bad as us
whenever i’ve been mugged out on the street i know what they’re not
they’re from the north island, they’re from the south island
they’re from the north island, they’re from stewart island
in case it wasn’t clear from what i said before, new zealanders are hardly angels eh
the land of the ‘long white cloud’, at least we’re not australians
we’re not as bad as them, we’re not as bad as them
there are no rules when you get on the road – the only law’s stay out of my way
it doesn’t matter what passport you’re on or if you can drive
we’ve all got a death wish, we’ve all got a death wish
they’re from the north island, they’re from the south island
they’re from the north island, they’re from stewart island
so you thought you might be home alone tonight
i’ve got news for you it’s not so black and white
and did you notice that i have time for you?
or does it mean nothing to be one of two?
aaah aaah aaah aaah
you’re not alone
If you’ve got a story to tell of history you might as well reconsider times and dates
they’re nothing but lies, correlations of our past
nothing good can ever last
why on earth are we so vain? they’re nothing but lies
i recognise you in me, i live inside you
i never noticed you there
there’s never been a master plan, no tricks for the age of man
what happened to the sceptical patterns of our minds?
i recognise you in me, i live inside you
i never noticed you there
a phantom time of the year