Albatross, by Tessitura

Albatross

by Tessitura

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1.	New Girl 02:23	lyrics	buy track
It looks like there’s no future But I know that’s a lie The faces of the universe Are staring in my eyes Someone take my pulse Cuz I must be dead I thought life was over But I guess I’m full of it You know I know there’s nothing wrong with Getting old But there’s just something special about Something new Wish that I had something To look forward to Seems like I’m searching on my own In fact I’m going home To sift through every rift until I find A way out of this bind Running out of time Gotta make up my mind This decision wasn’t in my vision It’s all being sold You know I know there’s nothing wrong with Getting old But there’s just something special about Something new Wish that I had something To look forward to New girl It doesn’t make much sense To drag everyone through this I want to see you read my mind In time to correct everything None my mistakes Would ever make a difference You know I know there’s nothing wrong with Getting old There’s just something special about you
2.	Dirty Candy Wrapper 03:45	lyrics	buy track
My heart is like a dirty candy wrapper Pick it up I’m feeling truth or a dare I wanna spin the bottle with you When there ain’t no one else there I don’t care what they say They’ll probably hate us anyways May as well feel pleasure for this pain I radiate benevolent proximity effects Some would call it conversation, some would call it sex This medicine is watering my womanly heart I’m feeling some kind of way I always keep such thoughts inside myself Don’t know why I don’t seek help, no We can’t go there today This object of desire’s getting higher all the time My heart is like a dirty candy wrapper Pick it up There ain’t no way in hell I got no right to tell or to sell you All these problems on my mind, yeah I’m feeling horribly lonesome Sorry if I bothered you I’ll just let myself out here I radiate benevolent proximity effects Some would call it conversation, some would call it sex This medicine is watering my womanly heart My heart is like a dirty candy wrapper Pick it up
3.	Silver Wife 02:41	lyrics	buy track
Come over here We’re gonna burn it down all day long There’s nothing you can do at all The thing that’s drawing you to me Is pushing everyone away I think it’s sick we’re sharing this I’m touching you all over This mistake it takes the cake and ruins everything Spinning round we found the sound just swaying in the dark This was all arranged at birth Your family gave you to me Now I do whatever I please Not going out at all I don’t claim to be ashamed of this I’ll take it to my grave I came up with angels pirates demons freaks and queens They taught me risk and not to accept silver money I’ve already got my silver wife It’s nothing you can take from me Decisions have been made for me I just wanna work it out You can’t even hear I can tell you everything that you don’t mean to me Sometimes cruel I play the fool explaining my mind Not waiting or restating my intentions at this time alone I’ve already got my silver wife
4.	Old Man 02:26	lyrics	buy track
Feels like I’m dying, man Not coming back from this alone Let me know when it’s over I’ll be waiting at the bridge Don’t trust the person who has no one Someday that will be you We should have listened to your message You had it figured out Your TV’s lying to you Yeah there’s something wrong with you If you can make a child Never live to be an old man I tell you something else is going on Far beyond what we have all been told Maybe there’s aliens invading our bodies Secret wars we ain’t supposed to see We will never be together The way we were before Such resentment dissipates Into neglected being When all that you got left is less than nothing That’s something All this time preparing for long life That’s right To find out the reality You might not be an old man Let me know when it’s over I’ll be waiting at the bridge We should have listened to your message You had it figured out
5.	Mysterious Stranger 04:45	lyrics	buy track
There’s no getting you out of me I can be your mysterious stranger This will be life long I wasn’t there for you when you needed me Don’t mean I can’t find a way There’s no getting you out of me When did I become so unkind? I’m a negative creep Disgraceful explanations and fear Will change us forever There’s no getting you out of me I can be your mysterious stranger
6.	Alternate Universe 03:08	lyrics	buy track
The trap we laid made it’s bait There was everything inside To show us where it’s from And the drawing that we stole Led us to an ancient glyph It opened up a wall inside my mind Maybe in an alternate universe We were happy now Everyone has learned their lesson there And everything’s beautiful We could be the dumping ground For all of their negativity But would someone explain this? Everywhere we went was jacked You could call it Jack attacked There was nothing left But the mirror that was left behind Opened to another world Where princes weren’t so bad The mirror’s broken Open season We see home Maybe in an alternate universe We were happy now
7.	Insidious Ways 02:51	lyrics	buy track
Everything you say, it’s got insidious ways Hateful words working poison straight into my heart So I become inured, like I ever really cared What everyone thinks of me, does it really even matter? I don’t know about you, but I done had enough of this shit There ain’t nothing to do, but for me to try to resist it I don’t know about you, but I done had enough of this shit There ain’t nothing to do but try Resist it one time, it’ll never be the same I’ve been making my dime on anything I can I don’t what to do, trapped inside this special hell I can’t even tell you what the fuck is wrong with me I don’t know about you but I done had enough of this shit There ain’t nothing to do but for me to try to resist it
8.	Circle the Drain 03:06	info	buy track
9.	I Don't Care 02:22	lyrics	buy track
Someone tell me what’s a human being? Except a monster bred just to be mean I search myself to see if I’m the same Turns out that I’m just like everyone else I looked inside and I don’t really care at all Don’t know how I got to be this bad I’m always making other people sad You might wanna stay out of my way In my hollow heart there ain’t a thing I looked inside and I don’t really care at all I didn’t think that I had it in me To treat you like an enemy Guess I didn’t know myself so well This disgrace has damned us all to hell I looked inside and I don’t really care at all
10.	Self Immolating 11:57	lyrics	buy track
I’ve gone from the one way You see me set myself on fire This self immolating No excuse I’m not relating Too much for me to unpack I spit these words right back out Give up please believe me No one will ever see me I’m looking right through you At the fabric of the universe The after image stares back It’s getting kind of hard to separate it I’m spent up feeling broken It’s heartless when I act this way Not mind or body Will save me from myself I’ve gone from the one way You see me set myself on fire This self immolating No excuse I’m not relating Too much for me to unpack I spit these words right back out Give up please believe me No one will ever see me It’s heartless when I act this way I’m spent up feeling broken I’m looking right through you At the fabric of the universe The after image stares back Not mind or body Will save me from myself

about

TESSITURA

ALBATROSS

I tried a different approach with this group of songs. Instead of programming every song out in advance, I played every tune off the cuff, just tearing through riffs with nothing but a click to guide me. The first tune was "Old Man", dedicated to Mark Waldrop.

I started this group of songs in March of 2018 right after the deaths of Mark Waldrop and Paul Sulek. I had just come back from tour with Mammabear, and had quit the band upon our return to Atlanta. So, I was very disappointed, and grieving.

I got Dave Miksch, Jenn Beierle, Nick Nickerson and Shane Patrick to help me record over it, but for the most part the lyrics weren't done. Then COVID-19 happened, and I was feeling some kinda way, so the lyrics just poured out of me one week in mid-March of 2020.

I quarantined myself at Diamond Street Studios and worked on the record. Later, I was able to bring in players one at a time to contribute. Billy Fields, TT Mahony, Spencer Garn, Rich Morris, James Barron, and Alex Teich came in and laid down features.

Then Billy improvised a compelling reprise for "Self Immolating" and I got everyone above plus Jed Drummond, Lightnin' Ray Jackson, Jake Cook, John Pierce, Graham Dowdy, Michael Jordan, Marty Brozge, Isaac Bishop, Daniel Moll and Naomi Lavender to throw down on that 19-piece pile of gumbo, one at a time, and played "cadavre exquis" with the results.

credits

released November 22, 2020

Matt Greenia: Bass, Guitar, Vox
Shane Patrick: Drums, Percussion
Jenn Beierle: Keys on "Old Man", "Self Immolating"
Alex Teich: Keys on "New Girl", "Self Immolating"
Rich Morris: Keys on "Mysterious Stranger", "Self Immolating"
James Barron: Keys on "Alternate Universe", "Insidious Ways"
Billy Fields: Keys on "Dirty Candy Wrapper", "Self Immolating"
TT Mahony: Keys on "Insidious Ways", "Dirty Candy Wrapper", "Self Immolating"
Spencer Garn: Hammond on "Silver Wife", "I Don't Care"
Jake Cook, Graham Dowdy, Jed Drummond, Lightnin’ Ray Jackson, Michael Jordan, John Pierce: Additional Keys on "Self Immolating"
Isaac Bishop, Dave Miksch: Additional Percussion on "Self Immolating"
Marty Brotzge: Additional Bass on "Self Immolating"
Daniel Moll: Additional Guitar on "Self Immolating"
Naomi Lavender: Additional Vocals on "Self Immolating"

Recorded and mixed by Greenia at Diamond Street Studios
Assistant Engineering from Brent Hopkins and Alex Teich
Mastered by Spencer Garn

Album artwork and concept by Terp Vairin

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