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Warm Corona

by Lyndon Blue

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1.
2-Pop 02:03
2.
Well it’s the blind leading the blind but you gotta cruel to be kind Where is the child that smiled? Where is the child that smiled? Well it’s the blind leading the blind (I can’t see, you can’t see) but you gotta cruel to be kind (take it from me, take it from me) Where is the child that smiled? (where is he? where is he?) Where is the child that smiled? (where is she, where is she?) Will you follow me, along? Will you carry me? Will you follow me, along? Will you carry me? Your page of wands? Now I’m six feet down And I’ve finished my rounds Check my pocket and under my tongue Do I hold that golden son? Will you follow me, along? Will you carry me? Will you follow me, along? Will you carry me? Your page of wands? Your page of wands
3.
Performance 04:06
Gold leaf Catch the light Match your voice Are you having a good night? No-one told you How to be a boy Except the ones You were right to avoid Performance, Performance, Performance Performance, Performance, Performance Performance, Performance, Performance Performance, Performance, Performance "Scrubs up!" Don’t drop the ball Settle on something Once and for all I’m early for the disco I’m freaking out in Coles Left my heart in San Francisco My lungs in Montreal Performance, Performance, Performance Performance, Performance, Performance Performance, Performance, Performance Performance, Performance, Performance Looking at your own face Looking at your own face It's looking kinda strange now It's looking kinda strange
4.
Only Connect 03:41
Slogging with you in the mud Feeling life inside the blood Grubby angels, feathers tangled Meet you at an obtuse angle Choke the words I ought to say Keep the honest thoughts at bay Fall into the yawning pit In between the words and it Was so indirect It’s what I’ve come to expect (Ooh, ooh Ooh ooh ooh) I’ll second guess and deflect I only wanna connect With you Close enough but not too far Baby you can drive my car Drive us to the ziggurat Bite me like a vampire bat Not a question of romance Just something in this weird expanse Real, unfiltered, apropos to finally letting go But it was so indirect So circumspect (Ooh, ooh Ooh ooh ooh) We are a doppler effect I only wanna connect With you The internet it looks so beautiful tonight Deep sea tapestry joined by a billion flashing lights But a campfire mystic said my life is an illusion Hence my confusion And then I woke up wrecked And put my nerves on cassette For who? (Ooh ooh ooh) Try not to overcorrect I only wanna connect With you
5.
Cobbled convictions, patchwork creed Syllables to live by and sew the seed A nagging doubt in the dead of night The alternative might be right What if I was wrong all along? I’m not like them, I’m ok A little cloudy but I’m finding my way No church, a question mark Might be voices in the dark, and I guess Non-violence, reform I wasn’t anyone before I was born Hard science, soft power and a Plant-based diet and a meteor shower, but What if I was wrong all along?
6.
After every next breath comes a bigger yell Get it out, get it out, get it out Spraying dirt and smoke as we dig our heels into the ground, in the ground, in the ground I’m refreshing my browser, I’m running late for the round, for the round, for the round Follow our shadows to the starting gate Hear the sound, hear the sound, hear the sound But we may never, ever, ever live a life of leisure Our parents' dreams never looked so good Come around, come around, come around Quit the circus for a simmering neighbourhood Settle down, settle down, settle down I’m alone at the bowser with the radio on, it crackles out “how soon is now?” I’m a bird of paradise, drinking patron and I’m talking to the ceiling But we may never, ever, ever live a life of leisure Spare moments turn into instruments Document the evidence: I’m having a blast, Feeling: loose bolts on a runaway train Catch our breath, hit refresh Again and again and again and again and Never, ever, ever live a life of leisure

about

Recorded between a backyard shed and a disused physiotherapy clinic in the suburbs of Melbourne, Warm Corona is a six-song arc of warped DIY pop, inspired equally by Australian post-punk experimentalists (Severed Heads, Essendon Airport, The Metronomes) and the wild, wide-eyed songwriting of favourites like Arthur Russell, Kate Bush and David Byrne.

Keeping busy in Australia’s underground music scene for the better part of a decade, Lyndon Blue is best known for subtly jazz tinged electronica project Leafy Suburbs, as well as playing live for notable acts such as Methyl Ethel, Darren Hanlon and Peter Bibby. Warm Corona though, represents the first musical effort released under Blue’s own name, spanning disco, lo-fi rock and even adult contemporary moods.

“The lyrics bounce from ancient architecture to social anxiety, creative optimism to self-doubt and at least one tarot card, tracing the ease with which we can feel despairing, emboldened or just plain mystified from one modern moment to the next. Is the “warm corona” the sun’s cosmic aura - an invisible force watching over us from on high? Or is it, after all, just an underwhelming beer from where you’d rather be?”

Warm Corona will be released digitally and on limited “corona yellow” cassette through Healthy Tapes on October 12th.

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released October 12, 2018

Music by Lyndon Blue
Cover art by Bradley Pinkerton

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