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The Grand Stretch EP

by Shrug Life

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Stephen This is music with a blueprint. Editing/Mixing that doesn't detour but enhances the overall sound and keeps focus. Each instrument is showcased clearly, none out of sight. The feedback in Long Ball Game, the dampened drums in Funderland add up to a refreshing pop-style EP I can say is up there with potatoes in the Irish top 10.
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1.
Chewing Gum Breakfast (free) 02:42
Regret the events that can’t be retraced Like six missed calls from private numbers All those photos with thumb over lense… Near dead on a strangers couch again You can never pinpoint the part from pre-drink to down and out, Your shoes scuffed and your split ends pronounced in fear, Can you hear them say… Welcome to the wilderness years Telesales execs with fundraising peers Another toast to our bright careers Make a muted midday exit As you savour your chewing gum breakfast Wallet emptied of its paper possessions Y’can’t blame it on a double dip recession Still can’t remember last night’s session Bachelors of arts and cold calling Watch the clock and count the commission Sleepwalk through, the only ambition…
2.
Funderland 02:26
Distant dreams fight your present position Mopping floors in a Supermac’s kitchen Searching for some balance between What you are and what you might be The band’s been working on a second E.P It’s taken two years and you’ll sell it for free At least it keeps your little hands busy… And in some small part of your heart you’re Thin Lizzy. Amongst the pasty, pallid, punched out faces Comatose commuters from indefinite places On the green line home to broom closet bedsits Waiting for life to happen… The rents a steal at 800 a month You can switch on the oven without getting out of bed You can sit on the coin-locked washing machine Close your eyes - Think of Funderland Distant dreams, awkward ambition Never admit to the vaguest of vision 'Cause you want the things that can’t seen Trapped within this tired routine Trying to keep the lino clean You want the things that won’t be seen Trapped within this tired routine Tuesday supports in Fibber Magees…
3.
Playing the long ball game to your heart Distant and desperate and flawed from the start, but There’s never been a plan b So it’s hit n’ hope, it’s wait and see More Jordi Cruyff than Johan; The shadow of another man. Your fifth choice, on the bench Useful when there’s no one else… Playing the long ball game to your heart Basic, outdated and doomed from the start But there’s never been a plan b And you’ve closed me down so easily With my Kevin Kilbane conviction Graceless, slow-paced but persistent… My failure’s only 99 per cent So the willingness alone keeps me relevant If I could be just a bit more German A bit better at taking my chances If I could be just a little less Irish Less anxious in my advances… It’s not good enough to be your runner up anymore.
4.
Next month made up of masturbation Dirty talk for old frustration Curtains drawn in the afternoon Pity smothers any pleasure pretty soon, with the Sunscreen Song on infinite repeat Setting the trend for dressing gown chic, watching Jeremy Kyle and Dr.Phil all week Shout at the scumbags, cry with the meek It’s the kind of trash you seek at the peak of your weakness Have you proved your point yet? Rung out every last little drop of regret The next month passes in preparation Trying to improve, but too impatient, when you Text your ex It’s like running on crutches Rush to win her back but you buckle with the grudges ‘Cause you left your last fight looping on repeat, it’s the Unfinished argument you mutter in your sleep, it’s the First thought when she agrees to meet Should I set the record straight with a vitriolic speech? Should I try to cling on like some lovesick leech? Should I try to be a man, keep my feelings out of reach, but then In a flash, she’ll breach the peak of my weakness… Have you proved your point yet? Rung out every last little drop of regret… Next month finding some small foundation A kind of comfort in crude creation Little degrees of discipline Allow yourself a lopsided grin. Have you proved your point yet? Rung out every last little drop of regret Do you wish you’d never met? Better for the fall and break of it all.

about

Recorded and Mixed by Fiachra McCarthy (HEFTTRAX).

Recorded in the Pop Inn on October 10th & 11th 2014.

Danny Carroll is culpable for the lyrics, vocals, guitars and bontempi.
Josh Donnelly hits dem drums.
Keith Broni is big on bass.

The e-bow and tambourine on track 3 is courtesy of The Run Ons maverick Fiachra McCarthy.

The Grand Stretch was mastered by Stephen Quinn (Analog Heart).

Artwork by Andrew Smyth.

Released by Popical Island.

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released July 25, 2015

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Shrug Life is the questionable, protective moniker of Danny, Keith, Josh and Laura. Together they make music and fight first world problems. This is their story...

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