In the next room I myself had to pass a test
Fill in the dots
A test of wildness
A deer had made perfect tracks
in a large tray of sand
dotted with hoof prints
Those notes
scattered stones
A voice told me make
your prints
make prints
I could feel on my back eyes of
bronze bionic
Elk gathered to represent
a much larger corporation
on the true meaning of things
The deer stood to the side
I leaned to the wet sand
did my best
Tire tracks and muffler scratches
Even with box corners
and knife pressing in
I couldn't do it
I couldn't make prints
Not even with my bare hands.
credits
from Torch Songs,
released February 3, 2023
Vox, Synths: Dane
Drums: Dahm Cipolla Majuri
Guitar: Evan Patterson
Recorded by Dane Waters and Warren Gray
Mixed by Warren Gray
Mastered by Carl Saff
Straddling the threshold between studio performance and digital technique; the NYC artist applies "fake jazz" principles to synthpop. Bandcamp New & Notable May 2, 2024