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BADLANDS

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1.
The Falls 05:02
The Falls A little bit too much Is it making me true Bit of hard luck That’s you showing through We get a good day drunk Into the afternoon It doesn’t take much I’m over the falls with you It’s too early to freeze up But to late be through Under street lights You skin pale as the moon I could be half way Gone in a minute or two I’ll keep the place warm Just tell me what to do All this time you shouldn’t have I could be the lion I am your man You’re right, they bend in half, crooked or true these words are all we have I get as close to the edge of nothing as I can Without falling in Just to feel it Your together I know so it don’t make sense How someone’s gotta hurt To know they ain’t dead I watch that flame shrink Your eyes get wet Feel my heart sink as you tell me You got nothing left I get pulled apart, you try and force my hand You gotta let the dust settle before You can see through it You’re right, they bend in half, crooked or true these words are all we have I’ll put my time in, a night for every place you’ve never been I’ll be your tailwind
2.
BDSM 03:20
BDSM I miss my cellophane baby Queen of the underground lately Low light vision from a painting Tied by strange men Hand on the glass, the picture of class, straight to the heart The way our eyes meet, got struggling to speak it makes my knees weak I know it’s not about the money Got something special don’t we honey Under that mask you could be lovely The days are just a shadow I lick my wounds and howl For that unholy hour When you turn your light on Hand on the glass, the picture of class, straight to the heart. The way our eyes meet, got struggling to speak it makes my knees weak I miss my cellophane baby Queen of the underground lately Those heels got you looking stately I’d do anything. You got me living like a lantern I come alive after the suns burned They don’t know this kind of dream world They don’t know about you
3.
Ulysses 04:04
Ulysses Board up that hungry heart Drown it tonight like the last one Tie me to the mast in the storm Song at our backs A light on the shore You never squeezed blood from a stone Tonight you might try if you had one Fates become your gracious host Never to leave, never say no Lets feast like swine, break bread, drink wine Tomorrow can wait my dear You like the way your magic don’t work on me It’s just the party favors but I’ll never say Ten days we were blown off course Into the arms of these flower boys No one seems wound up about home Just fill my glass and let me sink like a stone Heard she can drink all day Got a thirst that could swallow the sea Mad as a cat in heat Drowns all the boys at the bottom of her drink Lets feast, like swine, break bread, drink wine Tomorrow can wait my dear You like the way your magic don’t work on me It’s just the party favors but I’ll never say
4.
1956 04:05
1956 October 1956 The air is still warm and the leaves Hang onto the trees in the yard Hang onto the trees in the yard I take your picture by the pool The sun on your back, you straighten your cap No longer a girl No longer a girl Everything they said well it’s all true From where I stand I can see You in the reflection of you You in the perfection of youth Tonight we might drive to the beach Follow the road to the coast And swim like fish in the sea Swim like fish A moment in time decades from now Someone opens a book, our picture falls out All of the words they’re breathed back to life But you and me we’re still gone You’re fond of wine and fast machines But you’d spend your days alone in a book If it wasn’t for me If it wasn’t for me I used to wile away the nights At all the cafés in town Working at getting tight Working at getting tight We trade the dirt for cobblestones I tell you I’d build you one and you laugh But I know that you know I know that you know Their names for us don’t make a sound The words are all dead but we know It’s us that’ll rest in the ground It’s us that’ll rest A moment in time decades from now Someone opens a book, our picture falls out All of the words, they’re breathed back to life But you and me, we’re still gone
5.
Caruso 05:08
6.
Make It Real 03:49
Make It Real So you’re back at it again Shut out the light and let the darkness in It’s been so long, that missing piece Your hearts been numb, now it’s starting to feel Now it’s starting to feel Lets make a deal So scratch your name out in pen Write it clear so we can be certain That burning want, that shuttered need That aching body, that hungry dream Hungry dream Oh I could make it real They say how do I know Oh you’ll know, you’ll know If you’d sell em down the river For a night to touch and shiver with her Then give my name a whisper They say how do I know You’ll know, you’ll know When you’re looking through the glass At the life you could’ve had But a deals a deal that’s the way it goes In the shadow of this love its cold lord I know it, like a desert moon Cast long as these rail cars rolling though In the shadow of this love everything pales I know Things die before they bloom Black magic babe, it’s got me ruined
7.
Wild Eyed 03:09
Wild Eyed Dear direction what have I done that you won’t speak to me Don’t know how we lost touch I miss our talks The nights we’d get no sleep The front lights on, door’s unlocked, I’m waiting for the phone to ring A quiet this loud it takes a bottle to drown and some pills above the bathroom sink Your hearts too old a burned out wreck Everyone’s had a ride no ones held on yet My body’s broke I’m tired to death You’re gone and the horse I’m whipping’s dead Left feet, last dance, skip beat, moment’s passed Long days since you left, in irons, aimless It’s coming on, shine a light around me The darker the night rougher the sea Wild-eyed like a dog that ain’t free The shorter the leash the sharper the teeth I miss that old pulse pumping free, I want those shits to give Miss being certain help me feel the way I did If I don’t make it, it’ll make me masterless Fortunes favor’s passed beneath this listless ship Left feet, last dance, skip beat, moments passed Long days since you left, in irons, aimless It’s coming on, shine a light, around me The darker the night the rougher the sea Wild-eyed like a dog that ain’t free The shorter the leash the sharper the teeth
8.
Tonasket Blues Three days we drive all night We keep it state side Through every dim lit town Let the tapes roll, let the record show Not even opera Sounds so loud So shame me for every transgress For all my habits that Let you down Watch the day wane Pull off the freeway Grab my arms and shake me In the back of a parking lot White bird take my love to her Don’t get lost along the way White bird it’s been a week I haven’t heard Is my love forgotten or misplaced Gently picking up antiques Swallowing sea breeze And the steam from the Tesaro Go where the road ends, make new friends We get a laugh track Just like a TV show Stop me if I don’t seem friendly It’s just a pattern One more for the road White bird take my love to her Don’t get lost along the way White bird it’s been a week I haven’t heard Is my love forgotten or misplaced The heat here, you sweat something fierce There’s still no cure for the Tonasket blues In the belly of a rusted bucket I sing the Tonasket blues

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Badlands was recorded in 2016 at the Barrington Estates in Comox BC. Album art/graphic design by Paige Owen.

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released February 23, 2017

Mixed and Mastered by Stuart Mckillop at Rain City Recorders
Recorded by Tyler Schwindt and Stuart Mckillop
Drums/Percussion by John Jeffrey
Bass by John Jeffrey
Synth by John Jeffrey and Justin Fleming
Guitar by Justin Fleming
Vocals by Justin Fleming
All songs written by Justin Fleming

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el palomino Vancouver, British Columbia

El Palomino is the creative efforts of Justin Fleming and friends, based out of Vancouver BC. El Palomino’s debut album Badlands, is a down-tempo drive through a soulful, sonic landscape. The album re-draws the boundaries of indie-rock to encompass the no mans land where soul, shoegaze, R&B, and dream-pop intersect. Justin has played in Vancouver indie bands like Run River and Library. ... more

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