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Disaster Fantasies CD will be in stores June 29 and on vinyl July 6, 2010 Order from Outside Distribution 1. Public Safety Management |
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© 2010 Selina Martin. All rights reserved. All songs by Selina Martin © 2010 SOCAN Produced by Chris Stringer Layout: Chris Peters We gratefully acknowledge the support of the |
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1. Public Safety Management Blind man with frozen features I feel it right to my toes, oh. It sits right under your nose, oh.
I've got the impulse to go, oh. Think tanks of shifting justice. I feel it coming for miles, I. It's just a new sense of style, I.
You've got a reason to hide, I. Blind man, blind man, can't see, can't see my escape plan. We've gotta get out of here. We've gotta get out of here. We've gotta get out of here. But the only road I see is cold & long, and built on bones of those who've gone ... Slide down, down the embankment. I feel it right to my toes, oh. It sits right under your nose, oh.
I've got the impulse to go, oh. .Always On My Mind Say a little word to me and make me want to follow you. I dance like a mascot, you cough like emphysema, and it feels like heaven when you’re around. Tell me, they can tell me that your kisses will erode me, I’ll stick with you until I become lonely and cruel as the ones you love. Lonely and cruel until I get mine. I’ll be your fool ‘til the end of time. Oh, you’re so cold. Don’t make my heart old. Don’t leave me alone here. Stay with me, my hands are warm, I’ll melt you down like butter. Cuz you’re always on my mind, always on my mind, that’s all. You’re always on my mind, always on my mind, that’s all. You’re always on my mind, always on my mind, that’s all. I will grow a woman’s thighs around you while you’re unaware. I will hold you tight with them ‘til you’re no longer there. |
Recording Disaster Fantasies I love recording. It’s the final pinnacle of years (for me) of distilling ideas: melodic & lyric & rhythmical. I get to invite people who I trust & who’s talent I believe in to bring their expertise & personality to my songs. Inevitably I fall in love a little bit with everyone who plays on my recordings. And of course long time collaborator & friend Annelise Noronha played accordion & added some superlative guitar licks. Then it was time for a bunch of excellent & exceptional friends to add touches of brilliance: Jack Breakfast on piano, Martin Tielli on guitars, Julia Hambleton on clarinets, Laura Barrett on kalimbas, Brodie West on saxophone, and Doug Friesen came back in to add trombone. Throughout the recording process I played a bunch of guitars, keys, musical saw & wine glasses. Stringer also played a big pile of guitars & keys & percussion. Some of the songs include tracking from the original demos I made on a digital 8-track recorder working at home and also with sometime collaborator Martin Tielli. There were some really exciting moments & oddball drum loops on these demos that I didn’t want to lose. Michael Phillip Wojewoda, who is a good friend & brilliant music producer, was kind enough to set me up in his studio for a couple of weeks around Christmas time so I could experiment with vocals: mostly harmonies & counterpoint vocals, but I practiced & recorded some leads also in the privacy of MPW’s coach house studio. Also it was there that I recorded the organ for Breathe In & The Hottest Day. Annelise, a tremendous friend/collaborator/player/producer/engineer, recorded my lead vox for The Hottest Day and Spider, as well as recording Jack Breakfast on piano and her own accordion tracks. Watershed was a last minute addition to the album. I wrote it as a segue but it ended up being a better ending. News of Her Death, which is a song about the loss of my longtime best friend, was initially axed from the record for compatibility reasons, but I didn’t want to let it go so I rewrote & reworked it in time to record it from top to bottom in the last week. Otherwise that last week in the studio was mostly devoted to Stringer making me sing leads till I almost puked. I ended up removing two tunes from the vinyl version of this recording so that there would be enough room per side to make it a really good sounding piece of vinyl. Vinyl comes with a disc anyway, so LP purchasers get the missing tracks on the cd. I think collaborating with Chris Stringer was perfect for this collection of songs. He seemed to know exactly how to realize my ideas, and the ideas he brought to the table were somehow intuitively perfect. This album is my most hard rocking & most accessible to date.
Exclaim Magazine
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No Form I've got nothing up my sleeve, I've got nothing. Take my pulse if you can clock it keeps me cold, it's slow but constant. I am stone cold but I will not fold. Lie in state in endless wait for something. Take this much it ain’t much all I’ve got is nothing no form, no form. Bobby, he’s an ordinary man.
Rape During Wartime I'm going out for some fun, with my loaded gun This ain't no party, oh no. This ain't no party, oh no. This ain't no party, oh no. This ain't no party, oh no. Oh invisible one you never have any fun. This ain't no party, oh no. This ain't no party, oh no. This ain't no party, oh no. This ain't no party, no foolin' around. I fall down, I'm still awake. I fall down, I'm still awake. I fall down, I'm still awake. I'm going out for some fun with my loaded gun 'cuz they took my mind & they took my stake and they fed me lines and they fed me cake & I cross the line & I make you pay & they close their eyes & they look away. I fall down, I'm still awake. I fall down, I'm still awake. I fall down, I'm still awake. Breathe In You fall into my arms like a landslide, Streamlined willow arms can hold a heavy load: Breathe in, breathe in, feels like dreaming, feel it. A nocturnal animal, those sharp claws All this shy and lone behaviour waiting for the walls to cave in in suspended animation. If you need a spine, I don't use mine. Breathe in, breathe in, feels like dreaming, feel it. The Hottest Day On the hottest day in the world I said to you a little word. It's a curse, it's the curse, and I did it on purpose. So hot so hot so hot so hot so hot … I whispered it but I said it clear. It lives in air inside your ear It's a curse, it's the curse, and I did it on purpose. Waiting for the storm. I'm waiting for loneliness to pour So hot so hot so hot so hot so hot ... I wasn't bad, but it wasn't good. You didn't cry, but I wish you would. It's a curse, it's the curse, and I did it on purpose. The Spirit of Radio
News of Her Death Silent & white as the moon is the world, as the world is in wintertime, oh. Silence is stronger than loudness but broken more easily. Easily. Nothing comes but something leaves me hanging there. And time goes by without blinking, ‘cuz it doesn’t know. And I didn’t think you were leaving. As far as you’ll ever go. I Know Dullness And I know Dullness, he's a man. And I can see him, the plain-clothed enemy. And I know Dullness. And I know Dullness. Oooh. And everyone who's on my street. Ba bad a ba ba bad a. And I know Dullness. And I know Dullness. Oooh. He seems like such a nice man, a secret little sick plan hidden in his eyes and victory in his smile. Thinks he’s gonna celebrate a little more grey.
Throw Me In The Water The day before the day I knew your name And underneath the moon & stars If you throw me in the water I can swim. Nights are like oceans, there’s room in my bed. If you throw me in the water I can swim. Trace a line and plot a course We’ll master all the elements If you throw me in the water I can swim.
Spider I used to have the patience of a spider. Was it you who made the earth spin faster? Make another coffee thick with sugar packed with leaving white with cream. I don't mind the life out here. Slow down. Slow down. Slow down Watershed Enter the hero. Enter the hero.
Selina Martin – vocals, guitars, bass, musical saw, wine glasses, Wurlitzer, Lowrey organ Chris Stringer – guitars, bass, synth, Wurlitzer, Mini Moog, percussion Annelise Noronha – guitars, accordion Doug Friesen – bass, trombone Josh Van Tassel – drums, cowbell Guest Musicians: Martin Tielli – guitars (tracks 1,2,4,9) Jack Breakfast – piano (tracks 2,7,9) Julia Hambleton – bass clarinet (tracks 2,5,10), “A” clarinet (tracks 2,10) Laura Barrett – kalimba (tracks 7, 8) Brodie West – saxophone (track 2)
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