Do you do what you believe in
and believe in what you do?
the only time that I never waste
is time that I’m with you
if I go before you cut the zipper from my shirt
and make a blanket for your girl
and tell her it’s from the store
horizontal at home now
feuding in the store again
riding out some psychotropics
in the shadow of the World Trade
trying hard to understand the culture in my face
back in the shoes of the ghost I was
running fast through the jungle
home like Tim Robbins in Jacob’s Ladder
horizontal at home now
feuding in the store again
you don’t think you do less now
what you do used to mean much more to you
Up there with Joe's best -- it feels like it pulls from every record he's done before while still being completely distinct from any Cymbals record in the way it combines the psychedelia and accessibility with some of the lushest, most ornately arranged music I've heard. Plus the guitars still rock, the solos fucking slap, and the ballads somehow slap just as hard. The narrative based lyrics also hit a sweet spot in Joe's lyricism -- direct but inventive, descriptive and endlessly compelling. Emmanuel Castillo
The L.A. DIY mainstay offers a homespun collection of melodic tunes with occasional forays into noisier territory. Bandcamp Album of the Day Aug 18, 2021
Songs of timeless beauty and power in the mold of Vashti Bunyan and Nick Drake from enigmatic Los Angeles artist Shannon Lay. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 4, 2017