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The Backbone of Night

by The Philistines

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Nathan Kilen
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Nathan Kilen This record’s timeless vibe is seamlessly excellent cover to cover. Every tune has a riff, a note or a line that tickles a synapse or an emotion that takes me to familiar, comfortable places. Favorite track: Stygia.
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dwayne martin A sonic walk back to the Psychedelic 60's & 70's. Great instrumentation and vocal harmonies. A real treat to listen to. Favorite track: 1971.
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1.
Steep 04:29
I sold the throne and had nothing left to show Just another day alone among the thieves I stole the heart from a den of dealer’s art While Penny Dreadful played the part for Mr. Grieves I sold the moon and came running home to you With the take in the pocket of my pants I cursed the day that the innocent were stained And more easily directed to the dance Chorus I pulled the beard of a tyrant I kissed the devil in his sleep I felt the desire of a preacher man The view is beautiful but steep I rode the wind to the gilded palace of sin And I’d do it all again if given leave I rode the surf to the molten core of earth To test my _____ and my worth beyond belief
2.
1971 02:31
Dream baby, don’t ya wanna want one Sweet baby, waiting for the next one Don’t tell me that ya didn’t want one Don’t sweat it, gonna pull a fast one It’s comin on like it’s 1971 Cool kitty, preying on the lonesome A hot city traded for the kingdom Sitting pretty on the fucking transom It’s 50/50 and time to pay the ransom It’s goin down like it’s 1971.
3.
I wanna go for a ride, on Radiation Drive I never felt so alive, on Radiation Drive My Electra Glide, on Radiation Drive I never felt so alive, on Radiation Drive
4.
How does it feel baby, feel baby, do you or don’t you? Now that it’s real baby, real baby, will you or won’t you? You keep a clean nose, you’re always getting dirty You watch the plainclothes, it’s 25 to 30 How does it feel baby, feel baby, do you or don’t you? Where does it go baby, go baby? Over the mountain Where does it flow from? It flows baby out of the fountain You take another trip, I see you getting ready Well here’s another tip, you gotta hold it steady How does it feel baby, feel baby, do you or don’t you?
5.
There’s a line, where your memory pulls On your mind, the singularity culls Flashing by, falling out of control As it winds, ‘round the spiral it rolls Get around, my querida you go To the sound, azucar corazon Kick around, you kick a big enough hole Dance around, in the gathering soul Where’s the line when you’re slipping away? Where’s your mind when there’s nothing to say? Why is time getting further away? Cuz it rhymes, and it’s easy to play Gettin down, can you feel in your heart Breaking out, beating 8 to the bar Coming round, how you like it so far Crashing down, in the wake of a star. Get around, my querida you go To the sound, azucar corazon Kick around, kick a big enough hole Dance around, in the gathering soul
6.
Arecibo 03:46
I read the tomes and hold the station A broadcast to another nation A blast of signal from the cold As Arecibo waits on hold I scan the dial and close my eyes The frequency begins to rise At last a blinding flash of light As Arecibo splits the night In cryptic clicks from somewhere higher A wavelength broken and deciphered The paradigm communique And Arecibo rides the wave.
7.
These concrete walls These swirling blades These monsters crawl Sun eats the shade But you’ve got a heart like candy Rock ready and blue Spun sugar string Brings everything Will always be true This terminal line This cruel affair Slick bargain of time Quick Hail Mary prayer But you’ve got a heart like candy Rock ready and blue Spun sugar string Brings everything Will always be true Once more, for the cheap seats Dead first with a heartbeat These tawdry streets These lonesome souls This honey sweet This overflow But you’ve got a heart like candy Rock ready and blue Spun sugar string Brings everything Will always be true
8.
Stygia 03:57
Strung out on fevers I’m running if I’m so scared of the door How can I feel next to nothing as I’m slipping through the floor Past the water’s edge, into the blue below I know better, yet further still I go Her eyes were staring as wildly as the tiger on her hip A warning whispered to lightly there was something that I missed There was something else, sketched upon her lips And I’m reaching out into the blue abyss The architect in the water burned away by alchemy And in the park it’s a slaughter but it’s hidden in the trees As the curtains catch and the flames rush out to the sea Lift another latch, yet never to be free.
9.
Get Inside 04:32
I turn around to face me but the circles sting my eyes I feel the water displacing all my thoughts on the shifting tides Don’t let the colors phase me I can kick back if I can dig the ride Some kinda souped up spaceman is telling me to get inside I’m floating down through the ether and I kiss the dirt when I alight I’m gonna snap where my teeth are gonna find more purchase in the bite But there’s a black cloud coming, it’s already blotting out the sky And then the hole world opens and they’re telling me to get inside Won’t you get inside boy So now the road is open there’s a line that goes a thousand miles Just the thunder burnin, I’ll be twisting down the turning dial And with a full head steaming if you really wanna take that ride This is the last plane leaving and they’re telling me to get inside Won’t you get inside boy?

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released May 27, 2016

The Philistines are:
Kimmie Queen - vocals
Cody Wyoming - vocals, guitar
Michelle Bacon - bass, vocals
Steve Gardels - drums
Rod Peal - guitar
Josh Mobley - keys

The Backbone of Night was recorded and mixed by Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound Studios (Shawnee, KS).
"A Heart Like Candy" was recorded by Dedric Moore at Monta HQ (Kansas City, KS).
Produced by Paul Malinowski and Cody Wyoming.
Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering (Portland, OR).

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The Philistines Kansas City, Missouri

Taking vintage ideas and forming them into modern sonic movements, The Philistines provide a high caliber of moody, provocative, psychedelic sounds. Led by Kimmie Queen's ferocious vocals and unbridled stage presence, the band is backed by a barrage of spaced-out guitars and a rhythmic onslaught tied together by melodic keyboard tapestries. ... more

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