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Hollowed Queen

by The Ticket

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1.
Preamble To The Body Before 01:19
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get your tickets eat your maker laces seducing veins pulsating within footsteps look left for the pen deftly smelling luscious loose lips peddling for petals in autumn drowning within the soils of romantic flotsam hooves and claws caressing our yen: rotten tarmac hollow queen you’ve ruined me canvas of late truancy moodily perched underneath crepe myrtles pissing upon well versed porcelain horse drawn carriages circling authentic theremins here and there again yesteryear aplenty questioning what’s in it for the answer do the ballet shoes make the dancer or are our hearts just chasing cancer why do i love you so and why is this not quite so random entranced not quite so random when she reprimanded not quite so random those ages he fancied her not quite so random, hallowed: i planned it and regardless, your seed has been planted nothing eases
2.
Basking Inside Metaphor Play And Burst Capillaries 02:22
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scuppernong vinaigrette via scents of succulents ripened to lighten the load, barrow bearing bricks born of charleston schoolyards where young lovers ran in rampant circles ‘round with authentic merriment here and there again fair ye well hopefully wholehearted still holding a snort of hendrick’s simply sipping staring at the ginkgoes going golden folding phantoms planted alongside high noon organs do you write anymore when you wake up from coming down do you tie your laces tight when stepping to this town do you die in the night rain yesterday drinking for the better do you know that i pray you will live forever but only if the grapes and morning glories grow by the porch side come summertime i’ve been lying a lot regarding how to paint guarded, masked and like barthelme “’i would pull down the very doors of heaven for a –‘ tuesday” nothing eases transition
3.
Enamel Clenched As Fingertips Upon Parchment Sheets White 'Til Soiled 02:09
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running 'round the cul-de-sac she shot me in the back scraps of indeterminate detour minutiae clueless lest the resting lavender languishes fangs penned and suit jackets listening thirstily with the gusto of leaves loafing pronouncing love in seasonal syllables such that door knobs hobble eyes peeled and reddened as oleander in heat eaten frozen from pewter pans more empty singing for tap shoes and aged carpet stains sutured under-appreciated rorschach paintings via october disgorging authentic virulence embarrassing here and there again highball fairing streets of gin grinning gregarious (smile for me, darling gone) and less than stereotypically geometric temperature-dependent children's blocks crossing cracked asphalt betwixt rim and enamel for another wasted rock's dig at us temporal planted why is my heart forged of parchment white until this art is forced god dammit prophet, what are you seeing god dammit phonetic, where's your meaning (i can’t breathe) god dammit canvas, where's her painting resonant hollow queen, my vantage you’ve seized (i can’t sleep) god dammit prophet, is that you leering god dammit phonetic, are you listening (i just seethe) god dammit canvas, who’s that brushing resident mistress of answers unquestioned (and i can’t blink) nothing eases transition like total silence

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Trick or treat, gin served neat.

The music and lyrics for this record were written and recorded in their entirety from the ground up on October 31st, 2013 in a single thirteen hour session.* It was then mixed and mastered over the course of two sessions throughout the following year, one in February of 2014 and one in October of 2014.

A Fella approved endeavor.
Thin Product Shun 2014.
Instrumentals copyright of Grant Wescoat Livesay and James Matthew Diffendal.
Lyrics copyright of Grant Wescoat Livesay.
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*Vocals for the final track were not recorded until October of 2014, despite being the first lyrics written. Fatigue laces her dancing shoes after thirteen hours of solid spontaneous studio composition.

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released October 31, 2014

James Matthew Diffendal and Grant Wescoat Livesay are also known as "The Ticket".

All instrumentals composed by James Matthew Diffendal (bass)** and Grant Livesay (keys, guitar, Ableton).
All lyrics/vocals written and performed by Grant Livesay.
Mixed and mastered at The Gales House by Grant Livesay.
Cover art arranged and photographed by James Matthew Diffendal.
Individual track art photographed by Grant Livesay over the year between the record's conception and birth.
**Except during the final section of track two, where bass was written and performed by Grant Livesay.

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Grant Livesay Winston Salem, North Carolina

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