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Believing is Believing

by Not Blood Paint

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vinnycat
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vinnycat One of the best albums of all time by one of the best bands of all time. Choosing a favorite song from this album feels almost impossible. Favorite track: Imbalance.
Lute FP
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Lute FP $12 is punitive for a digital download.

OK- this album is impossible to assess on the first two spins. It has Mike Patton written all over it- discordant, unpredictable, and self-indulgent nearly to a fault- but is elevated far beyond by a masterful sense of melody and an instinct for ‘ear candy’ as I call it. Fantastic clean vocals as well.

This is one of those albums that must be heard enough to sate that bug in your ear; the big question is, will I still be going back to it in a year?

Regardless, there are copious amounts of brilliance evidenced here.
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muschiosauro An exciting and engaging work gifted with adventurous and eclectic songwriting which never sounds too self-indulgent or artificial. Stellar vocals, awesome musicianship and great gusto. These guys manage to show that eclecticism can be warm, heartfelt and deeply emotional. A great, innovative and addictive album. Favorite track: The French Song.
JPFly
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JPFly It reminds me so many feelings... cannot express themselves ! Let me live with that music and let me enjoy it !
Thanks ! Favorite track: I am an Angel.
Thomas V
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Thomas V The strangest and most interesting album I've heard in a long time. You never know which way a song will go, into what genre of music they'll tread next. Really tight musicianship and some really fantastic vocals. Some songs just stick with me and I have no idea why. Favorite track: I am an Angel.
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1.
I wanna take another chance on… I’ve been away and taken time now I don’t wanna play I wanna mean it I know we’re bursting at the seams and wanna make it out Nothing like a new belief And baby I believe it Oh yes I wanna take another chance on… I still recall the day when we looked around at all that’s left to save And thought we ought to do it I wanna see you I wanna know your voice I don’t want to say your name I wanna scream it I wanna take another chance on love Cuz there’s not enough You’ve been stoking the coals up where there were none You’re like acetylene without a helmet on A brighter light than you I’ve yet to see So keep it beaming When the darker days inevitably come to pass We’ll comfort one another through the haze Cuz this kind of stuff’s gotta be visionary I wanna take another chance on love There’s not enough You blindsided the opposite from above So keep flipping me over Alone we cannot hold each other up without a crutch So extend to me your hand Baby, brush off my knees We’ll walk through the mist and these insecurities Even if breathing it Burns in your chest It’s better than passing out Holding your breath --- I want to take a chance You want to, too I’m gonna take another chance on love And this is the right time for it So you keep raising the angels up And I’ll try keeping the devil down Baby, lets set it up and grow New side effects of true devotion Make room to bloom in heart and learn to tap the flow I know you want to, too
2.
Play Nice 05:39
While you've prayed to become who you want to be I have stayed exactly where you wanted me Spinning plates, staring into space to see if just by waiting you'd fulfill your destiny But now it's clear you've waited too long You blame me for everything that's gone wrong I can't move, I'm glued to my seat You can't do anything but berate me I'll sit tight, you figure out what you should do I'll remain obediently next to you though I can tell you're always planning your escape Now and then I think about the sacrifices I have made When I'm old I'll put my shame to rest, take pride that I supported you in sickness and in debt Hang me in your mobile, cauterize my wounds with lips who'll never taste the wine of gods this time around Contract singed, the wheels are in motion Fate's gone blind, the gates have blown open Feed me dirt, try to fill in the hole Take my name and engrave it in with a dull blade Play nice or don't play with me Feels good to be the bully Hard sell and harder kissin Can't tell the piece is missin Play nice As I live and breathe, moths swarm around me Can I pack and go, or am I now their king? You never know You never know with you What would I do if you were to die?
3.
I am an angel I got a halo I got a bag of tricks for trickin little people I got such speed You can't touch me I ain't afraid of God cuz baby, God loves me You don't know what I am capable of My agenda's above your comprehension I'm like no man with a wicked wingspan I kick the dust up from Uruguay to Iran I drink dove spit and I love it I make a king grovel for the hell of it You don't know what I am capable of My agenda's above your comprehension I am an angel See my fucking halo I'll wipe the galaxy to scrap Go write a fable You want a miracle, you want to see a spectacle I cure the blind, I straighten spines, make the numb feel I do some good when the feeling strikes I do what I like cuz heaven allows Bow down! Kowtow! I'm gonna make my trumpeting sound!
4.
While awaking feeling tired In a modern, simple dwelling And the day is full of missions And the feeling’s overwhelming We call to the rays of the sun Cuz sleeping was fun but it’s done Now open the shades and get up Staring out into the jungle From a window in the kitchen As the floor begins to crumble Under the weight of my ambition To weed out the strays from the funders Cuz we want the names, not the numbers Look me in the eye All you makers and breakers, mistakers and lovers Who grab on the ground and up under the covers For sisters and brothers, believers and others Who grab all around for the reason We dig inside this future fossil And use our knowledge as a mirror To be honest with ourselves about How it really makes us feel But all the pressure pushing down makes it almost impossible To keep a pyre built and burning Living with a sense of purpose Giving out, in turn receiving This is the force of all the forces And these are the traits of the yearning We may make mistakes, but we’re learning To stay on the horse All you makers and breakers, mistakers and lovers Who grab on the ground and up under the covers For sisters and brothers, believers and others Who grab all around for the reason We look around for reason We look around for reasons Hold fast, we are fracturing, planet’s calling Either we’re falling apart, or it isn’t coming together But I’m waiting for your records, give ‘em up And whether we fall apart, or end up coming together I will be shaking and making the best of the remnants you’ve buried in me.
5.
We’ve got a situation Believe us It’s at the seventh station Let’s do this Lord how you move me You knock me to the ground and you lift me back up, boy (Got me where you want me) Tie me to the radiator And I will stay because… I want you so bad I’m gonna sleep with your enemy To make it easier for you to get me on my knees And when my body breaks you can take what is left of me And suck me up to heaven where you’re saving me a seat It’s not a guilty conscience It’s prudence But this new religion It’s useless What a way to torture me Sticking needles in my spine and spear in my ribcage (Such a clever machination) Lock me in the water tower Now, that’s erotic loving mercy I want you so bad I’m gonna sleep with your enemy To make it easier for you to get me on my knees And when my body breaks you can take what is left of me And suck me up to heaven where you’re saving me a seat Oh, holy mother of mine I have been evil, evil And I’m in need of a punishing Jesus, my man He’s so tan Gold nails in his hands
6.
One by One 05:49
Breathe smoke, breathe dust There is hope, but not for us Lie down, give up No use in love One by one I want their voices shut off, history whitewashed A world where no one cares who lives or who dies, which rights are denied Nice and easy they squeeze into line Theirs is not to reason why Individual discs in the spine of a polycephalic snake Doublespeak keeps meaning eclipsed as we coil into a pyramid Nice slave, together we pave the way for all these mouths to feed Fair as it gets Want more for less The rapture's rejects breathing down your neck Breathe smoke, breathe dust There is hope, but not for us Lie down, give up No use in love One by one I want their voices shut off, history whitewashed A world where no one cares which rights are denied, who lives or who dies.
7.
Borderline 05:14
Greater than you think, the divide between what you want and what you need. Force the two to meet and see what they breed. A ruinous union You may believe it's good enough without being reminded of the love you may have lost But holding out for brighter sheen the list of possibilities recedes and shrinks to one Call me in your sleep Swallow the secrets you keep Know the end is a breath away Pull me from the brink, from the edge of the dream where I've lingered too late You may believe it's good enough without being reminded of the cost of breaking oaths But I cannot deny the plea my body makes imploring me to stop and give it up Seeping into the bone maiden, mother, and crone Better leave it alone Let her live in the song You may believe it's good enough without being reminded of the blood we've given up Take my life. I'm breaking down, the soul decays All reason is obliterated, pray the Furies come.
8.
I met a girl in France Who said she’d never had to be romantic with a man Before taking off her glasses, singing, ‘OOooooooooOoOoOooOooooooo’ And one day after having sex inside a sauna She was speaking quite discretely that she’d like to do a job with me I looked down at her feet and walked back over to the bar She’d said, “My only weakness is electric guitar” So I said, “__________________________________” Several years ago, I found myself without a home And set off on the road to find some bread I met a man who told me he could help make a sale If I meet him after dark at his hotel He introduced me to his girlfriend, who he said was blind But I could see she had a camera up her sleeve She raised her hand and asked the room who’d like to do a line And then she smiled and sweetly sidled up to me, singing, ‘OOooooooooOoOoOooOooooooo’ I know I’m never to trust anyone offering 50% But I’m a sucker for an even split down the middle Tunnel vision dissolved my apprehension And it’s harder to lose when you got a pretty face They’re rooting for you Well, come to! My little lady made available a wager To which he couldn’t help but acquiesce, despite his righteousness I wished him luck She softly kisses him, slipped a pistol in his pocket As a trolley rattled through the night on Chatelet le Halles They led me to an alley where the light was hard to find The smell of danger too familiar to deny She said, “Now hurry up! The door’s unlocked. Don’t worry, there aren’t any cops around here Who won’t gladly take a bribe” Behind the opera house, a shot rang out Search lights in a moonlit night My Mata Hari made salacious love to me She said, “He’s either dead or in a jail cell somewhere, singing, ‘OOoooOOooOOoooooooo’” I know I’m never to trust anyone offering 50% But I’m a sucker for an even split down the middle Tunnel vision waylaid my better judgement And it’s harder to gauge an opportunities weight When desperation’s pulling your chain By the hook in your nose Now the pretty face turns cold --- Wait! Don’t leave me holding the smoking gun! Don’t leave me alone. Don’t leave me… What’s the matter? We can get out of the trap society’s set, together Wait! Don’t leave me alone... Ah, Ah, Ah Ah, Ah, Ah Ah, Ah, Ah Ah, Ah, Ah
9.
Neighbor 04:28
There’s water in the room The power’s cutting, too It’s all over the news But I don’t wanna move They say they gotta close the schools They say there’s nothing we can do But grab the bags and ladders Cuz maybe there’s a neighbor there who needs me How can I just stay home And leave ‘em out in the cold? There’s water bleeding in the streets There’s people dying over heat Poseidon’s not the problem So, what if I could save a life? Or maybe take a step outside Cuz I don’t wanna live a lie It’s impossible to justify because I’m always Saying that I would be there If ever there was a neighbor There who needed me How could I just stay home And leave ‘em out in the cold? Say you wanna help out Say you wanna go down to ocean side Where the pumps are failing Say you wanna break out Say you wanna break down Dark was the night when the lights stayed faded Say you want more time Say you want another try to put it on the line When it ain’t your chips in Say you wanna give up Say you wanna start over Well now’s not the time The flood is at your doorstep
10.
Imbalance 06:36
Find me the man with his hand on the gun Paint him in colors of hottest maroon Round up the feverish crowd in the street Wrapped in the smoke of an honest belief And enraged by a body turned cold Next time they willingly foster the lie Cut loose the guillotine, sever the spine Bring me the head of the chief of police You set the stage up and I’ll write the speech On coming of age in the fire Raise up your hand to the height of your eye Hold in your fist what your foes would deny Reject the sounds of the tyrants who teach That only through war can they promise you peace Imbalance, you know, is a product of malice Faith is unbreakable, honest and cherished Crooks in the suits are polluted and cold What is a man if he cannot break out of the mold? Pour in the hearts of American homes What people in Palestine already know Beat on the heads of the soviet drums The third world war has already begun Imbalance, you know, is a product of malice Faith is unbreakable, honest and cherished Crooks in the suits are polluted and cold What is a man if he cannot break out of it? Financing violence They’re financing violence With routine cruelty, financing violence Twin image-buildings Spew plumes of thick chaos The paranoia darkens enemy lungs --- Building a pen, locking you in The fruit of resistance rots on the limb While avarice gains hold of the reigns They’re sealing your fate by Financing violence They re-load guns And all the prisons overrun When the drones hit homes Big business booms by Financing violence Fear not, The Ides are marching! Hold the line The road, despite all the stones, requires us walking In balance to lay low the agents of madness Aiming to make us complacent and calloused Minds of the future imprisoned and cold What is a man if he cannot break out of the mold? Play another solo, Joe… Feast your eyes Upon the undulating tides of time That wash the blood away As empires dissolve Humanity’s remains

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released June 17, 2016

All songs by Not Blood Paint
Joe Stratton/ George Frye/ Mark Jaynes/ Seth Miller
Produced and Mixed by Kahan James
Engineered by Jim Bertini
Recorded at Galaxy Smith Studios, Brooklyn NY
Mastered by Kevin Blackler
Album Artwork/ Design by John Burton McGarity
Photography by Tiffany Walling McGarity and John Burton McGarity
Styling by Audrey Selles-Czuk
Additional Percussion on "Play Nice" and "Imbalance" by Jim Bertini

Copyright 2016 Lou's Tooth Unlimited
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This album is dedicated to the members of The Goldsmith Society, without whom it would not have been possible.

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Not Blood Paint Brooklyn, New York

Not Blood Paint is a theatrically vivid—and sonically intense—four-piece from Bushwick, formed in 2008 by guitarists George Frye and Joe Stratton, bassist Mark Jaynes and drummer Seth Miller.

Musically, it’s a group impossible to pigeonhole, far removed from traditional verse-chorus-verse structures. The songs manifest as detailed stories that worm into the minds of always-shifting narrators.
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