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Tri​-​State

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1.
Jessica walks home so the kids on the bus can’t see the little house, the house where she lives with her mom and sister Morningstar tells me to hold his denim jacket, at the football game warns me that I best not drop it You're gonna get yours You're gonna get yours You're gonna get yours I’m gonna get yours Donnie Lee lives in a double wide behind the crab house Deals dime bags, while his mom waits tables and cries her eyes out On the bus, Chester hands me a colorful cassette tape Candy Apple Grey, some years later he blows his father away You're gonna get yours You're gonna get yours You're gonna get yours I’m gonna get yours Hide in a hole in the ground while the hawk in the fog circles round Blank eyes in the vicious wet gray so tough yet but it makes you its prey By 20 you fear you’ll be done trapped in the vortex route one and you’ll stay I’m the one who’ll bring you flowers, I’m the one who’ll walk you home Catch a ride on my bright future, not too tight now, it’s only a loan Your gonna get yours Your gonna get yours Your gonna get yours I’m gonna get yours too
2.
The weeds wave in the yard I didn’t get very far Still stuck in park Waiting for it to get dark I was humming along Listening for a song Keeping my head down My eyes on the ground At the end of the day It was all different You weren’t here And then you were You come from the past You come from the future You weren’t here But now you’re always here Times when we’re apart I forget my heart Though when we fought Never gave it too much thought I was drivin' along Listening for a song Eyes on the road Fast as I could go At the end of the day It was all different You weren’t here And then you were Come from the past You come from the future You weren’t here But now you’re always here Try to stay awake Every breath you take You get further away Closer to the day I was strummin' along Tryin' to write a song My eyes on my hands So much for my plans At the end of the day It was all different You weren’t here And then you were Come from the past You come from the future You weren’t here But now you’re always here
3.
Search Party 03:57
Last night I laid For days It seemed In pure silence No moves No sounds No pain Or proof That angels Would find My light Some day Oh lord this is my day Oh lord this is my day Oh lord this is my day Oh lord this is my day 
In fields below The snow Are those Who will find me Good souls I’ve known All my days With no clue Where I went dreaming No news No time To wait Oh lord this is my day Oh lord this is my day Oh lord this is my day Oh lord this is my day And the sun takes its place again As the moon whispers goodbye my friend Starlight it fades Away It’s day Outside me Oh what One life Can bring Won’t you just Take me Cold snow I’ll go Away Oh lord this is my day Oh lord this is my day Oh lord this is my day Oh lord this is my day
4.
This one chews her hair, but when she sings you know she just don't care This one chews his hands, he's got those Jeff Spicoli bangs This one spits and growls, dreaming dreams of dinosaurs and owls They all have golden brains yes they all have golden brains Now I'm feeling like I never felt, Dealing like I never dealt Smelling like I never smelt, Dwelling like I never dwelt Walking like I never walked, Talking like I never talked I'm lying lying lying, Compromising mising mising With you Stuck in the middle with you Now we got to muddle through This one kicks and runs, eyes blazing like twin suns This one knows just how you feel, use his superpower to heal This one has no clue, but her mind is cutting through They all have shimmer souls yes they all have shimmer souls. Now I'm feeling like I never felt, Dealing like I never dealt Smelling like I never smelt, Dwelling like I never dwelt Walking like I never walked, Talking like I never talked I'm lying lying lying, Compromising mising mising With you Stuck in the middle with you Now we got to muddle through Kids are in the street shufflin their feet just getting to the inside Kids are in the hall making sense of it all as they head to the outside, Muddle through Now we gotta muddle through
5.
Back Before 03:57
Back before you were you, before I was me We would walk through the woods And lie under the trees Didn’t matter who knew Anybody could see Back before you were you Before I was me They're always sayin' how everything changes If it doesn’t change, only dies So I empty my head and fill up these pages I can look myself in the eye Back before I lost track, when I was ageless Know what I know now and what I did not know then Days dragged along, nights were contagious And the start was so close to the end Back before you were you, before I was me We would walk through the woods, lie under the trees Didn’t matter who knew, anybody could see Before you were you, before I was me Before you were you, before I was me
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All those miles ago, on a straight flat stretch of road Staring at a phone pole wire, waitin' to be a liar Boundin' o’er the main, in the dark and in the pouring rain Over the hills, and higher and higher, me and my Country Squire It was time to let you go I was the last to know Pull the plugs and take the plates Toss the keys and seal our fate There were things I didn’t fix, til the rust ran on the bricks Broken windows and leaky tires, rotten spark plug wires But we always rolled along, til something else went wrong I left a lot to be desired, me and my Country Squire It was time to let you go I was the last to know Pull the plugs and take the plates Toss the keys and seal our fate Now my memory’s up on blocks, full of weeds with broken locks Spare parts in a cardboard box I see your face in a dusty mirror, now it seems so clear I’m the reason that we're sittin' here Oh the gate goes side and down, side and down Side and down, Side and Down You left me behind, you didn’t think I’d mind I was too young to be retired, my license was not expired You were gone in a cloud of smoke, left me here to choke I left a lot to be desired, a simple Country Squire Me and my Country Squire A Simple Country Squire

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Debut EP from Jersey indie rockers. Hooks, harmonies, stabbing guitars, tangential arrangements, and stories from post-youth.

"This is a terrific record, a six-song EP that neatly draws inspiration from Nineties alterna-rock without sounding dated or derivative. There are elements of REM jangle-pop, Dinosaur Jr., Neil Young (with Crazy Horse) and the muscular, intelligent midwestern garage-pop and alt-country twang of Eleventh Dream Day. The guitars rumble and roar, the drumming always keeps things moving forward, and the vocals and lyrics bring a perspective you just don’t find in younger bands. Well worth checking out." - Jim Testa, Jersey Beat

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released May 24, 2013

Produced by Tri-State and Scott Anthony
Recorded and mastered at The Viewing Room by Scott Anthony
Cover design and photo by Brady McNamara

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Tri-State New Jersey

An indie rock band from Essex County and Asbury Park, New Jersey. Hooks, harmonies, stabbing guitars, tangential arrangements, and stories from post-youth.

B. 2010
D. ?

Brady McNamara - drums
Tom Lucas - guitars, vocals
Julian Brash - guitars, vocals
Scott Stemmermann - bass, vocals

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