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Murder Murder Murder:
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The trees are still
The wind has died
Silence pervades us
Closing in
There is a foul air
Always being watched
The darkness at noon
Always being watched
Behind our backs
Always being watched
Across the land, rage
See the moonlight, red
An ocean of blood, dying
Keep the truth from lies
What is real in this fairytale
Events rewritten in real time
The hands of death reaching out
Reaching into our lives
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So how do you explain all the dead unicorns?
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I violently shake
my vicious mane
and waste my time
playing
games of love
read to me
the story of my life
Violently reeked havoc and
pulled under the lake
rearrange the humble visions of your lovers
and Im tenderly shaken awake
amidst destruction
and lovely broken glass
a stand alone word ..to
shake the depths of perception
or lying for the good of constant deception
the lord of all that is darkness
apologies for interrupting your back alley abortions
live on
live on
via touch love and distortion
and leave the unfortunate
chores
to the minds of the frantic
Free your hands
to complete your
wonderous eternal night
and visions yet so real
grab up your greatness
to ward off the darkness
my dear
theres life held in my hands
mixed down with fear
I saw shadows dancing in the streets
and there’s fire all around them
I saw flames rising from the heat
and embers lie inside them contained but burning oh so deep
As a strong wind blows
I know shadows have forgotten how to sleep
'6 tracks, 2 different bands and a contender for one of the best Split releases of the year. Both Into the Storm & Smooth Sailing do utterly fantastic jobs of selling themselves. Bravo.' - Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life
'this is musical murder with a verve fueled by wild-eyed lust for blood splatter and bone splinters, and perpetrated not with the sneaky sharpness of a stiletto but with the brutalism of crowbars and sledgehammers.' - Islander (No Clean Singing)
'It's the sort of brain shattering madness that fascinates the listener and draws us into darker unrealities.' - Matt Bacon (Two Guys Metal Review)
credits
released March 23, 2018
'Murder Murder Murder'
'So how do you explain all the dead unicorns?'
Written and Performed by INTO THE STORM
'Timmy's Phone Number'
'Stevie Ray Oiye'
'Ryler Tomo'
'Hey Girl Egg Roll Dave Grohl'
Written and Performed by Smooth Sailing
Art/Layout by: Matt Jahn
Produced, Engineered, & Mixed by: Derek Moree
-> Recorded @ Boiler Room
-> Drums Recorded @ Studio Litho
Mastered by: Brad Boatright @ AudioSiege
supported by 4 fans who also own “Smooth Sailing // Into the Storm”
If there was a more defining adjective rather than feral I could use that to describe this track. Something about the visceral imagery in the music gives me chills. reaper