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End Story

by New Lions

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1.
Difficult 04:25
SITTING PRETTY IN A COSMIC GRAVE WE ARE A SINGLE BEING SLOW AND FLICKER FORTH LOVE IN A VACUUM VAST WE ARE HERE AT LAST, OUR COURSES ALL THE SAME AND YOU SAT ACROSS FROM ME AND OFFERED UP A TALE I WISH YOU NEVER HAD TO OH BROTHER UNDER PENDANTS BARELY LIT SIFTED THROUGH DEVASTATING HOURS AS WE HIDE MEMORIES WE KNOW WILL NEVER NOT BE YOU SAT ACROSS FROM ME AND OFFERED UP A TALE I WISH YOU NEVER HAD TO IN A VACUUM VAST WE ARE HERE AT LAST OUR COURSES ALL THE SAME KEEP DISCOVERING OLD WOUNDS AND REELING WE TRIED TO DROWN SORROWS BUT THE BASTARDS LEARNED HOW TO SWIM NOW OUR BLURRED AND OUR GOOD FEELINGS CAN WATCH THE HEARTACHE WASH AWAY SOAKED HEAD TO TOE IN TOO MUCH EVERYTHING SITTING PRETTY IN A COSMIC GRAVE A CROSS SECTIONAL MAPPED OUT AND TIMED EXISTENCE IN A VACUUM VAST WE ARE HERE AT LAST OUR COURSES ALL THE SAME AND YOU SAT ACROSS FROM ME AND OFFERED UP A TALE I WISH YOU NEVER HAD TO OH BROTHER UNDER PENDANTS BARELY LIT SIFTED THROUGH DEVASTATING HOURS BECOMING CLEARER AS THE ICE ESCAPES WHAT WE NEED MOST NOW IS TRUSTED COMPANY AND GOOD HUMOR
2.
BEYOND THE NORTH LAWN NOW RESIDES OUR NEW BENEDICT AND PERSONNEL THEYVE GOT THEIR HANDS AROUND OUR THROATS AND SLEEPING WELL THE NEWS CYCLE FULL TODAY DISTRACT US FREQUENTLY THERE IS A LATENCY, LIKE IN A POSTCARD WAITING TO SEE JUST HOW FAR THIS WILL GO AND THERES ANOTHER EMPEROR WITH BRAND NEW CLOTHES IN THE NEWS TODAY REACTING RECKLESSLY ON AND ON DISTRACTED AS WE GO TIES THE BLINDFOLD AROUND LIKE IF OUR FRONT YARDS WONT BECOME NEW BATTLEGROUNDS NEWS CYCLE FULL TODAY DISTRACT US FREQUENTLY BEAR ON THE RISE THAT SHOULD UNSETTLE THE ROOM “I CARED BEFORE BUT THERES TOO MUCH TO PAY ATTENTION TO” YEAH KEEP LOOKING AWAY THEYRE GUNNA EAT US ALIVE WAS SO SO SO SAD BUT ALL THE CONTENT LEAVES US SATISFIED NEVER A CLEARER CLUTTER OF MANY THINGS KEEP SAYING IT WONT HAPPEN TO US IN YOUR PROUDLY AMERICAN VOICE / OH SAY CAN YOU SEE AN ABSENT MINDED COUNTRY UNTIL WE FACE IT LOWERED THE BAR WE GOTTA REPLACE IT BUT WE COPE WITH HEARTS AND LIKES AND ALWAYS WANT MORE ON AND ON DISTRACTED AS WE GO TIES THE BLINDFOLD AROUND LIKE IF OUR FRONT YARDS WONT BECOME NEW BATTLEGROUNDS ALL OUR FEARS ARE CLOSING IN, TO BE VERY AFRAID BECOMING COMMONPLACE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE
3.
Small Steps 03:36
WE LET THE DETAILS SINK IN / READ EVERY PUBLISHED ACCOUNT OF HOW THE WORDS AT LONG LAST ERASED FROM HIS MOUTH WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED THE BRICKS REPLACED THE VENOM AND SPIT ? WE REKINDLED QUIET WHERE HIS LANGUAGE CAME OUT LET US DREAM OF WHEN THIS CREATURE LEAVES LET US DREAM WONDERING WHERE ANXIETY WENT EVEN IF FOR A MOMENT WE REMEMBERED SUNBLOCK FOR OUR PALEST SKIN AND DADS GETTING DRUNK AGAIN ESCAPE TO THE SHORE SO POPULATION COULD BREATHE IN LESS SULFUR AND THINK ITS OVER I THINK ITS OVER LET US DREAM OF WHEN THIS CREATURE LEAVES WE’LL TRAVEL IN WAVES ACROSS STATES JUST TO DANCE ON YOUR GRAVE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU ROTTING AWAY OR WILL WE SEE HOW FAR IT GOES BUT THEN I’M REMINDED OF A FLAW IN OUR REASONING AS MUCH AS I’D LIKE TO THINK HE IS JUST ONE THERE ARE OTHERS IN THE FRAY ONE MAN DOES NOT STAND ALONE THERE ARE MANY OTHERS THAT ARE DIVIDING OUR HOMES WE DO NOT ONLY NEED A HURRIED GOODBYE YELLS IN MICROPHONE WITH A SALTY CLOSED EYE WE DO NOT ONLY NEED A HURRIED GOODBYE FROM THIS SORRY EXCUSE BUT ALSO HIS ALLIES WE SAT THERE FOR HOURS HOPING THE HOURS WERE NO LONGER SHIT / STILL STEADY TALKING THROUGH A BLUR OF ENDLESS DAYS BLAMING OTHERS FOR ALL OF IT WE SAT THERE FOR HOURS / EMPOWERED OUR MISERY WHAT SMALL STEPS COULD WE HAVE TAKEN TODAY WE SAT THERE FOR HOURS HOPING THE HOURS WERE NO LONGER SHIT
4.
Old Faithful 03:51
I DREAMT MY NAMESAKE HAD STAYED IN OUR HOUSE EVEN THOUGH NOW YOU DONT KNOW THE ADDRESS WE WITNESSED MORAL DECAY SELECTIVE MEMORY BRAIN AN ADJUSTED FAMILIAL STATUS OUR GUESTROOM A COLD LONELY MATTRESS LIKE OLD FAITHFUL STEADY SPEWING SHIT OUT MY OLD MAN THOUGHT THAT I WAS A GLACIER HE WAS MELTING ME DOWN I PENNED SOME WORDS FOR YOU SOME INCONVEINIENT TRUTH YOU HATE THE FACTUAL YOU FOUND IT SO MUCH EASIER TO LIVE IN YOUR BLISS ITS LIKE YOUR FATHERS NOT DEAD BUT HE IS BECAUSE WE GOT ZERO PROOF THAT HE LIVES LIKE OLD FAITHFUL STEADY SPEWING SHIT OUT MY OLD MAN THOUGHT THAT I WAS A GLACIER HE WAS MELTING ME DOWN YOU CLING WITH BOTH HANDS AROUND THE NEWSSTAND WROTE A HEFTY LETTER READS LIKE THIS IS THE END IF AND WHEN IT PASSES OVER AND SANITY WINS THINGS WONT BE ANY DIFFERENT THEN YOU CLING WITH BOTH HANDS AROUND THE NEWSSTAND THE 17TH AND LETTER LEAVES NOTHING TO PRETEND IF AND WHEN IT PASSES OVER AND SANITY WINS THINGS WONT BE ANY DIFFERENT THEN
5.
Doldrums 04:54
DATE OF BIRTH WITH THE DEADLINES AROUND AS I FAIL TO MAKE ANY MORE PROGRESS / AND WHEN THE FAMILY CALLS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER DAY JUST WANT TO PAUSE AND GET AWAY FROM IT WE’RE INTHE DOLDRUMS AND MAY BE STRANDED AS WE WAIT FOR THE NEXT BIG WAVE / THEY’VE BEEN HIDING AMONG US ALL WE’VE NEGLECTED TO SEE THEM / ONCE MONSTROSITIES NOW ALLOWED TO SHARE THE SAME FLOOR REFRAIN REFRESH CALLING OUT WHATS REALLY CAUSING DURESS WE ARE SCATTERED LONELY BEINGS INSIDE OF OUR SCATTERED LONELY HEADS FEEL SORRY FOR OUR DAUGHTERS EMPATHIZE WITH MOTHERS AND FATHERS NOT LIKELY WE CAN SHARE THE MORAL COMPASS OF THE MASSES WITHOUT REGRET / WHEN WE KNOW WHO AND WHAT, WHERE WE ARE THERE COULD BE A MARIA / NOT TO BANISH THEE TO LOVE AND SIMPLY ADORE WE ARENT GOING WE ARENT OUT OF THE WOODS JUST YET WE ARENT GOING TO LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT I CHALLENGE EVERYONE STANDING IN THIS ROOM TO NOT BE SO COMPLACENT / WE ARENT GOING TO LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT OH DARLINGS WHAT ARE WE GUNNA DO WHAT ARE WE TO DO WE NO LONGER ADHERE TO FEAR AND BEING SILENT
6.
Goodbye 05:28
THE MINUTIA IS VANISHING NOW THE DETAILS ARE LESS CLEAR MORE GREYISH HUES LESS DEFINED RECOLLECTION DESIGN HAS FAILED ME HERE BEGAN WRITING THIS SONG ON A QUIET GUITAR MELANCHOLY AND THE MELODY FIT AND THEN THE DAYS WHITTLED DOWN THE NOTES I ONCE THOUGHT COULD FILL IN THE VOID VOLUME DOWN THE MORE WE FAST FORWARD WE ARE CONNECTED SANS SAYING A WORD COULD HEAR THE STRENGTH IN YOUR VOICE WHEN YOU SANG LIKE A SUMMERBIRD AND YOU SOFTLY TOLD ME YOU’D GO AWAY FROM HOWLING TO GREY I WAS HOLDING YOU BACK MY FRIEND AND THEN THE DAYS WHITTLED DOWN ITS LIKE MY BASELINE ALWAYS ON THE MEND THE EXPLANATION SPATIAL

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End Story is the new album from New Lions, a band that grew from the remnants of songwriter Clair Morgan’s eponymous musical project. The culmination of two years is on display with this new offering. Ambitious songwriting, meticulous self-recording and rediscovering what it means to be a band in 2019 is the driving force behind this six-song collection.

A recording that finds itself in the darkness. A visceral reaction to social and political horrors while navigating thoughts of space and existence in dimensions outside of our comprehension. All while learning and coveting the relationships that mean the most to us in love and loss.

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released May 31, 2019

RECORDED AT TRIPLE STAMP PRESS IN RICHMOND, VA 2018-2019
ENGINEERED BY TROY GATRELL
PRODUCED BY NEW LIONS AND NODDERLY
MIXED BY ALLEN BERGENDAHL
MASTERED BY CARL SAFF
ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY NEW LIONS
UNTITLED DISC ARTWORK BY CHRIS CARREON @CEREAL_DEATH
VIBRAPHONE PERFORMANCE AND RECORDING BY ADAM TSAI

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Clair Morgan
Ashley Moore
Shannon Cleary
Casey Graham
Michael Satterfield

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