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Backyard Sailing

by Emma Park

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Peti Around two years ago – Tuesday, December 13, 2016, to be exact – user /u/toeboy posted this album to /r/twinkledaddies; I haven't gone a week without listening to it since. Emotive, lyrical, intricate, cathartic, stunning. Favorite track: Packed like Parachutes.
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ike :) THE RIFF! THE RHYTHMS! THE SONG TITLES! Favorite track: Bubbles for Bathtime, Sleepytime for Dreamtime.
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Sam One of my favorite releases in 2016. Some of the most honest and heart-felt music you'll hear in the wide world. Favorite track: Weak Ends.
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Jared Montgomery The most honest emo album I've heard in a long time. Favorite track: Double Jump (There's Something Going Down at the Pancake House).
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moyha You're an amazing musician and your music makes me happy. Favorite track: Double Jump (There's Something Going Down at the Pancake House).
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we hear the truck resound (while) driving home bound. no one makes a sound as the silence starts to propound: "what is this? something's amiss. do you really care about these kids? don't build pyramids for those who are remiss. it's useless." through this subtomane we remain the same. driving through disdain, i hear the silence say: "listen, now. can you hear the row? don't you know they think you're middlebrow? is this fellowship really worth it? you could use a pinch-hit." my friends here; they can't hear anything that i'm thinking. so what is your stereo playing? i thought i heard you mislay a sobriquet in disarray (while) speeding down the freeway. is it too late? we hesitate far too often. southbound isn't home bound. yet we sail to reach unobtainable contentment and success.
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we lost our minds in the town that we grew up in. we wasted our time on the kids we went to school with. escaping the influence of the churches we found ourselves, together, playing music. just like old times; take a hit. pass that shit. hold it. bar the doors of the house that you grew up in. hiding from the step father you grew up with. don't you dare drive home. i know how much you hate him. "unhinged dialogue that permeates disrespect." why don't we tell ghost stories for hours? hiding/sitting about your house hearing noises that frighten us to the bone. who is screaming? you're keeping me up at night. you're so goddamn uptight. you've too much imagination. forgive my hesitation.
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GL!HF!DD! 05:30
it came to us as we returned; a rather paralyzing placard. tidings written out in ink. it wasn't hard to discern (so) i found everything that i could live without to sell to keep this place standing on its too feet. although, i can see it crumbling from within. honestly? i wouldn't be surprised if it fell. there's a lot for them to say. i'm just a visitor observing dismay. a cacophony of words. stronger than the blizzards in this town. i can almost hear the pieces falling around every single one of us in this house. yet we try to keep it from falling down at least for now we'll keep these people standing on the ground. it's far too much to think about right now. so let's enjoy the time we have right now. because in years this won't even matter. because in years we won't talk to each other. because in years we'll forget this even happened. because time heals all wounds they say and none of you really mattered anyway so good luck my friends! i hope to see you all again someday.
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Weak Ends 03:31
you can't get sober even if you said you tried all of your friends, what they say is right a plethora of words defines your speech a harbinger of negativity and i am sick of listening you always say the same goddamn thing you say everything will be just fine (but) i know you're lying. this fucking place is deafening we can't hear anything i can't hear anything i hate to be a burden.
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you bailed me out around this time of year my mugshot showed just how bad i look in tears the wind picked up and your smile grew it was then we knew that it was time to leave my hometown. just us three. we packed our bags and burned bridges our friends warned us of the dangers but we set sail anyway i've got it bad i've never moved away. you grabbed my hand and softly said that it will be okay. bigger cities, different places is this what you call running away? these thoughts are overwhelming, but i'm glad we didn't stay your heart is overtaking me (and) i think we made a mistake. but it will be okay. i thought we'd run away and we thought we were here to stay but the water was too deep so we drowned quietly. it didn't matter then and it doesn't matter now but we'll still make it out. right?
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i recall the bitter taste of adderall the smell of dust and paintings hanging in the hall. (and) those beatnik kids with such 'heavy opinions' are aggressive with their assumptions. and yet you sleep, but not peacefully. you said you dreampt of seven of men around your bed you slammed the door into his fist. that's what he said. those stories you wrote? (they) didn't come without consequence. you locked yourself in your apartment climbed to the roof and then jumped off it. and when you landed you broke your ankle and when you cried for help you couldn't find it. when they came, they took you away to a place where i knew you wouldn't feel safe. when i arrived your eyes said it all but i was pulled aside to talk about it. he said he knew me, but he knew my father. i answered his questions (for) he was just a doctor. and when i went outside there was snow on the ground the lot was empty (and) i couldn't make a sound she asked for a light i asked for a smoke she said "he'll be alright" i said "i don't know" you were the one to get me off my fight you said you gotta start doing something you packed your bags and clothes and hit the road. and when you returned you were dissociative. i went home my head hung low i lit up another cigarette
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it's an afterthought. after all, we let each other down by the time we'd reached our destination our tiny ship had already been warped by the storms we'd been through. so we began building a home upon the shore. we used our bare hands to build a foundation neither of us were architects but we were proud of our house we used it as shelter and it worked for a while but when the hurricane hit i was left outside (good ol' Alan Watts) i was a mess and the house we built for ourselves began collapsing at its foundation and i didn't see the debris til it sat about our feet it was then it became clear we both succumbed to fear and instead of looking it in the face you ran away like you always do. please stay this time. please stay. but you've already gone away.
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Fish Tank! 06:22
i can hardly see your face yet it's so hard to erase and the shaking in your voice is far more telling than you think my voice is shaking and you're not changing your mind change is coming and i'm done running away despite the hurricane, i'll stay afloat within this tiny sailboat our atmosphere had been crumbling for months and i didn't prepare for the storm no parables or miracles would save us i let the water fill my lungs blinded by the depths, i had lost you but i didn't know you'd already surfaced i felt my chest collapse within me and on the inside i was screaming and as you pulled yourself ashore i met with the ocean floor i've run out of things to say and we've said all we need to but still i go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and ON AND OOOONNNN

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Guitars, Bass, Vocals, and Programmed Drums - Chas Hollingshead

Mixed and Mastered at Randy's studio.

Artwork - Corey Purvis

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released January 30, 2017

first and foremost I have to thank Randy for letting me live in his home and use his studio so I could wrap up this entire project in the course of two months.

secondly, I thank Jeffery Fullmer for being at my side through thick and thin, although we don't always get along.

thirdly, I would like to thank Tim and Lisa Cretsinger (Rest in Peace, Tim) for helping me get out of my comfort zone and introducing me to the world of live music.

fourthly, the entirety of Off the Cuff, an improv troupe from Cedar City. they deserve my thanks, they helped teach me to leave my ego at the door and how to 'yes, and...'

i only hope you all can find peace and self-love through this record.

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Emma Park Salt Lake City, Utah

Emma Park began as the solo work of Chas Hollingshead.

In June of 2017, Chas recruited Jared Montgomery (bass/vocals), Fae Thayne(guitar), and Courtney Shane(drums) to fill out live shows.

Emma Park is currently based in Salt Lake City, Utah as of 2017.
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