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The Light Up Waltz

by Minor Moon

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Blue Timing 03:52
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My memory of the old world fades The parade is getting vague Desire in motion all day Concrete chocolate futures trade I recall the collapse OK We bailed, some stayed But before we crossed on I buried our gods In an empty old playground in the sandbox Where I could see it coming Now broken glass is poking the light Strange land, new life We’re picking out the prickly ash beside Some burned out factory They made neon signs and It’s always already ruin Forever unfolding ruin You’re glowing for a moment I’ve seen it, I know it This song is where I hold it Let it ride around Yes, I could see it coming Yeah, I could see it coming I wrestle with love everyday Deep breath, it’s OK I traveled here I want to stay I want to swim with you in all the things we make and It’s true it’s already ruin Forever unfolding ruin Oh but this is our river Ink spill, oil drill, salt pillar, cat litter, just turn around now You could see it coming Yeah, you could see it coming Oh, and I could see it coming
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Under Beyond 04:38
Under Beyond Under Beyond They write great songs And they play all night And way out here We wait all year For Under Beyond To come and play all night All of my favorite songs Are sad in this strange way that I like Under Beyond Well they found us We were fresh off the bridge With strange new lives Oh! and in strangers tongues They sang a new sound into our minds Oh! we cycle around Squinting at the treescape Poking at the ground When it sits right we can stay for awhile A little plot of new land Under Beyond Angel band vagabonds They write timeless songs In strange blue rhyme They travel all year While we wander out here We never settle down In the same place twice Oh! but Under Beyond Still finds us every time Oh! we cycle around Squinting at the treescape Poking at the ground When it sits right we can stay for awhile A little plot of new land Look now we’re carving it out Picking through the ruins layering the underground The band comes round and we’re singing about A little plot of new land Look we found it again
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On a blizzard night years ago A dollar beer show for a world that’s not with us anymore It’s a long way A long way out They were slinging the juice at the bar But I was brimming with fruit just to be there where you were Oh it‘s a long way A long way out And the last band played The Light up Waltz With all the glowing snow The Light Up Waltz And when the big noise came bearing down How we made our escape just like Two birds on a wire Oh it’s a long way A long way out Now we’re still singing our songs Way out here by the fire About how the fixed is a farce How we’re dog-blind how we howl How it’s a long way A long way out How the last band played The Light Up Waltz With all the glowing snow The Light Up Waltz
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Miriam, Miriam Miriam underwater Rippling, shimmering Miriam underwater I know you love me and you know I cannot follow There’s something nothing but the water can give Missing you, Miriam Miriam underwater Each time I visit you can sense me on the shoreline I dive down to you we swim for the day And as I leave I always think of when you told me how you’re Shifting your shape now Cause there must be a place where The call needs no answer From you Miriam, Miriam Miriam underwater Flippin, twistin Miriam underwater In your new form we cannot speak but I still know you I couldn’t tell you but your breaking my heart You’ve always rippled out It’s no different now You’re changing us and Those words on your lips were This is not what we asked for No it’s not what we asked for Still there must be a place where The call needs no answer From you Miriam, Miriam
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credits

released April 12, 2024

All songs written and produced by Sam Cantor.

Recorded by Dave Vettraino at Palisade Music Studio in Chicago, IL.

Additional production by Max Subar and V.V. Lightbody. Additional recording by Sam Cantor and Max Subar at their respective home studios, Jason Ashworth at The Pocket and Dorian Gehring at Foxhall Studio.

Mixed by Dave Vettraino and Sam Cantor at Public House / International Anthem Studio. Mastered by Greg Obis at Chicago Mastering Service.

Musicians:
Sam Cantor - vocals, electric guitar (all tracks except 1, 5), acoustic guitar (1, 5), 12-string acoustic guitar (4), piano (1, 2, 5, 8, 10), synthesizers (4, 5, 7, 9), percussion (7, 9)
Chet Zenor - guitar
Jason Ashworth - bass, vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9) percussion (7)
Max Subar - pedal steel, vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9), percussion (1, 2, 5, 7)
Sam Subar - drum kit, percussion (1, 2, 6, 7)

Additional Musicians:
V.V. Lightbody - vocals (5, 7, 8), flute (8)
Sima Cunningham - Hammond B3 organ (2, 3, 6, 8)
Macie Stewart - violin (2, 5, 9)
Lia Kohl - cello (9)
Dustin Laurenzi - tenor saxophone (2, 4, 7, 8 10)
Hunter Diamond - clarinet (2, 7, 8)
Elizabeth Moen - vocals (4, 6)
Andrew Sa - vocals (10)
Dave Vettraino - percussion (9)

Special thanks to:
Vivian McConnell, Dan Knishkowy, Andrew Stocker, Dave Vettraino, Sully Davis, Brendan Biesen, Robert Salazar, Lane Beckstrom, Tristan Hyugen, Jack Brereton, Jordan Martins, Kim Alpert, Hannah Sellers, Benedict Kupstas, Mike Bancroft, Maggie Famiglietti, Sam Zeitlin, Mary Williamson, Andrew Sa, Izzy Olive, Ben Astrachan, Jordan Reynolds, Jack Henry, Emma Hospelhorn, Dorian Gehring, Liam Kazar, Spencer Tweedy, Erik Rasmussen, Doug Malone and Dan Apodaca. To this beautiful band: Chet, Jason, Max and Sam. To the McConnells, the Zenors, the Subars and the Ashworths. To my family: Shari (Mom), Michael (Dad), Josh, Theresa, Ben, Jacob and Mara. To my students – you keep me honest. And to this big, deep music community in Chicago – you have given me more inspiration and comradery than I thought was possible. I could not have made this without you.
Love,
Sam

This project is partially supported by an Individual Artist Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, as well as a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, a state agency through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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