There’s a big old clock standing above the door
at Smolenski’s funeral home
your babe was a rolling stone
that came to a rest and gathered no moss
covered in soot,
bouncing across another bridge he burned
I’m glad that you’re happy now in Connecticut
we talked the other night
and I could tell you’d had enough of it
but what I really wanted to say
is I love you for the way
you leaned into the changes in your life
you are my hummingbird
if there’s some truth to be known, it’ll be known
in the end we tolerate each others’ lies
my nails keep growing
I get busy and I forget to cut them
I’ve got a dad’s breathFrom cheap beer and cigarettes
but what I really wanted to say
is that I love you for the way
you leaned into the changes in your life
you are mine’
you are the beauty queen now lick your talons clean
you are the beauty queen and you left piss on the seat
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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