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Parks & Rec EP

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we’ve been noise machines since ‘85 nothing you could say would change our minds we dream in colour and speak in rhyme this is how we like to waste our time we’ve been noise machines since ‘85 we dream in colour and speak in rhyme nothing you could say would change our minds this is how we like to waste our time i see blue streaks of lightning across the black side of my eyelids i dream of all the different ways our synapses are connected high jacking the afternoon from tangible ambition to find a sound in which to drown is now our only mission we’ve been noise machines since ‘85 we dream in colour and speak in rhyme this is how we like to waste our time nothing you could say would change our minds
2.
Barcelona 03:53
marisa I say your predictions were fit 4 out of your 7 gems I reckon were a hit arrived at the hostel graffiti tonight a welcoming slum where all wandering strangers unite lyon, detroit, santiago an unlikely team we heard the echoes that drew us all down by the sea there’s drum and bass pounding a morse code that’s making me feel like you’ve got a hold on me tonight oh barcelona, you’ve got a hold on me tonight jug of sangria and moroccan paste under the stars on the rooftop a jam I still taste lyon brought the jazz and detroit brought the harps and until the sun rose arrago boulevard was ours lyon, detroit, santiago an unlikely team we heard the echoes that drew us all down by the sea la merce your streets and your people are making me feel like you’ve got a hold on me tonight oh barcelona, you’ve got a hold on me tonight
3.
New Tides 03:58
dark, dark, dark, the morning is stark but I have it in me to rise, to rise grey, grey, grey, awaiting the day I’m riding along the shoreline, shoreline 1,2,3 the boardwalk weaves leading into the sand pink, red, blue, I’m starting anew atop this barren beach stand new tides are coming in seagulls are circling and swooping new tides are coming in new tides are coming in 1,2,3 the board weaves tilt of the earth holds back the light 1,2,3 I’m starting for free pink, red, blue I’m starting anew Vamos agora comecar, como uma onda a rebentar Vamos agora comecar new tides are coming in
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carrying a heavy load i stepped into the empty night i got here on a greyhound’s back crossing lakes and rusty lands money is what built this town born of packed meat and demand and when the sun is water bound a steely wall of stone will stand greeting it most every morn with storeys tall and futures born i was there once just in time lake michigan in its quiet prime i sat in on some genius talk inside the walls of money’s hands the future’s looking awful dark i might just stick to songs and bands on the train back into town i saw through cracks the sun would drown soon a dreary place to be lake michigan is the darkest sea thinking of my only one while drinking in the public zoo i tried to call jeff tweedy twice i really needed some advice shakespeare sits in lincoln park looking unamused and dark wishing he was facing south to lake michigan and its concrete mouth
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the factory workers are working on this fake holiday the barbed wire fence is screaming “keep out and we’ll keep them in” my friends are making a b-line for the pond by the park where a waterfall can strangely take the edge off of this stark truth I’m facing as I bike through this city’s heart it’s all coming down starting with that river filled with shopping carts i lost my baby to a road trip headed for the east coast yesterday i woke up screaming silent because I won’t be getting laid my friends are making a b-line for the brickworks by the don they have a way of making two months not seem all that long it’s all coming down starting with those humble souls who think they’ve won well the lay of the land swept under your feet you can’t plant a flag in the dirt that bleeds that dot on your canvas from that constellation well that star is dead it never knew we were here you don’t blink when you make amends it’s all about to start again well the factory workers are working the barbed wire fence is screaming me I’m making a b-line because the oldest river’s burning

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Parks & Rec EP was recorded in the spring & summer of 2010 at Arnold's house, Benson house, Wallace house and Emilio's house

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released August 10, 2010

All songs by Parks & Rec
Recorded and produced by Emilio Guim
Artwork by Julienne Lottering
Layout by Parks & Rec
Alex Dodd plays accordion on Lake Michigan and piano on Lay of the Land
Parks & Rec is: Arnold Pereira (drums), Charles Tilden (vocals, guitar), Cristina Taborda (vocals), Eric Easson Hummel (guitar, mandolin, harmonica, vocals), Pierre Desjardins (bass)

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Parks & Rec Toronto, Ontario

Parks & Rec bring their indie rock craft wherever they go: the park, the concert hall or even your house. Their first EP shows a penchant for soaring, catchy hooks over driving rhythms; a wall of sound that alternates between delicate and thunderous. With Seeds Grown Here, their sound has evolved to deliver 7 heartfelt tracks, dedicated in loving memory of friend and band mate Cristina Taborda. ... more

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