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Tsar Czar

by Tsar Czar

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    12 digital tracks that include 4 panels of art and information documenting the complete recorded material of the band
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    One 90 Minute hand-crafted cassette featuring all Tsar Czar songs that can possibly fit plus three 8" X 8" color panels of album art suitable for framing or using as bookmarks in your favorite manifesto.

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1.
Shiver 03:48
Fell outside the roadhouse door Struck so blind of the hour Gaze met the rooftops up ahead Straining at ancient needs Hammered by men who might never see They all arrived at a certain demise Pushing past liquor, smoke and fire Courage cried a hole out in the sky but didn’t wait for desire Our idols marched on The real ones wouldn’t fall Sick with fever for faith and love Crawling around on the floor Oh a little mouse you’re lost in the hedge Tried to turn back but the forest was dead Now you sit and shiver, Shivers what you got left Now the kids are living rich Cause they forgot what the jungle and animals meant Forgot how to let a mind get wet Our idols marched on The real ones wouldn’t fall Sick with fever for faith and love Crawling around on the floor
2.
Lohan Youth 05:37
The sky - is a crush of blue In your hands I didn’t understand Everything was new We were so happy – tasted like candy Then I felt the past – going much too fast And it made me feel tired Try as hard as we know Threw something small broke down the wall must’ve been a fool You pulled my hands free Fell into the sea faced the heat melt down the street laughing like we weren’t scared Day of reason, day of shame Looked right through me Took my pain Elements of the burning light It’s all right Lifted from my bed at last – went outside to check the blast Torched – all the Christmas trees The heat made us laugh The race was too fat And we skinned our knees We were so happy – tasted like candy The past caught us up Never lost our luck Now we make a great team Now we make a great team Now we make a great team
3.
Morning Sun 05:51
Shifting some spots into space Covering wood all grained Millions of parts fall into place Overfill the cavity underground Instant of shocking clarity Gripping with air for resistance If you could climb out and into the sun If you could climb out and into the sun If you could climb out and into the sun If you could climb out and into the sun Hurry, hurry, hurry, in the hallway Something’s going to turn up Something always does now Filtering landslides and wondering where hides Your price, your highest bidder Open the window, make a signal When they see it they will come Pictures give color photos kill breath That’s the test, you’re the best, we have a winner If you could climb out and into the sun If you could climb out and into the sun If you could climb out and into the sun If you could climb out and into the sun Hurry, hurry, hurry, in the hallway Something’s going to turn up Something always does now You’re on fire tonight Why put it out
4.
Cursive 06:25
5.
Flying high over darkened seas Land of the broken skies Foreign affairs to consider Always averting their eyes Landing somewhere safe Lines must be poured Papers and process checks Dark fears in the dawn However long it takes A new beginning for us Burning up our pride What we do to survive This. Land. Last. Stand. Where we bury our past. Home. Lost. Never. Placed. Invaders are the natives at last. Bones of ancient songs Father hands in the land Marching in to be like them Cover them up so fast Tribes and natives done Sailors and nomads leave Counting the stones you throw Measuring what to believe However long it takes We adopt the pride Convert the savage ones An anger stirs inside However long it takes A new beginning for us Burning up our pride What we do to survive This. Land. Last. Stand. Where we bury our past. Home. Lost. Never. Placed. Invaders are the natives so fast.
6.
Lewiston 05:19
Your forest fires will ever burn Memories from a kiss Clouds and rain cross up ahead Nothing here to miss Push the break of dawn To where the light is warm, to where the light is warm Catching dreams hands collide Flesh is warm full of life Safe for now don’t forget Selling all those secrets, selling all those secrets Whose contract did you seal? Tied up in burning silk Shell and knot wood and steel Steps made each so pale One foot follows it down Ringing like a bell, like bell Catching dreams hands collide Flesh is warm full of life Safe for now don’t forget Selling all those secrets, selling all those secrets Your forest fires will ever burn Memories from a kiss Clouds and rain cross up ahead Nothing here to miss Push the break of dawn To where the light is warm, to where the light is warm Taste – Sweat – dreams are what you make of it Burn – Fly – a million other eyes go blind Sting – twitch – this feeling keeps you rich Scream – try – it makes all the sense you wish Push the break of dawn To where the light is warm, Push the break of dawn To where the light is warm, Push the break of dawn To where the light is warm, to where the light is warm
7.
7 Minutes 06:31
8.
Ten golden arrows, that’s what it took, ten golden arrows that’s what I took, Ran them all down, like a bandit on horseback, gathering witness, when the birds got still Laying in silence, sun getting dim, set tracks to my heart, as I rode up that hill, It left a deep mark, that suddenly filled, with a powerful wave, powerful wave, Turning thought into sound. A powerful wave, turning thought into sound, A powerful wave turning thought into sound. 1:50 Reach down my neck, felt all around, roughly the tide met, quiet and side, drink couldn't do it and thrashing around, it still was elusive, from sky to the ground, took all those moments, Felt like years, carefully laid, banishing fears, trying to revival, shock to my soul, I needed to travel to fill up that hole, suddenly filled, with a powerful wave turning thought into sound. 3:20 Powerful Wave, turning thought into sound, a powerful wave turning thought into sound. 3:40 Clean my thoughts from the inside to the out, shaken from the dreams trying to shout, powerful suspects all along the trail, felt they were likely, most couldn’t be there, my heart was still out there, lost in the mess, screaming waves my mind was wrecked, flattened for miles and soaking in the smell, it took deeper rides to let gravity tell the tail, left a deep mark, that suddenly filled, With a powerful wave, turning thought into sound, A powerful wave, turning thought into sound. 5:39 It was a powerful wave, turning thought into sound, a powerful wave turning thought into sound, it was a powerful wave turning thought into sound. 6:04 It was a powerful wave tearing everything down A powerful wave, reaching up from the ground It was a powerful wave, burning all of us down A powerful wave breaking up all around It was a powerful wave, making a terrible sound A powerful wave, leaving everything drowned It was a powerful wave, holding up all the proud A powerful wave, setting up like a crown
9.
Un Base Deux 10:53
10.
Warm Jets 06:00
11.
Clarkston 05:45
12.
Last One 04:42

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These 12 songs were created, captured and mixed by Tsar Czar over the course of hundreds of nights, through high winds and surreal seasons. Most of the arrangements were inspired by the powerful chemistry we felt by playing together, spontaneous, improvisational and chaotic.

Please try to listen to these songs on a hi-fidelity system using stereo reproduction speakers or headphones. Recorded in full-spectrum stereo.

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released June 13, 2023

Michelina Matarrese - Bass Guitar and Vocals
David Barrett - Guitar, Vocals, effects
Dave Pankenier - Drums, Vocals, Synth
Scott Thiessen - Guitar, Vocals

Thanks to Ego Sensation

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Tsar Czar San Francisco, California

Using physical space as an instrument, Tsar Czar have deployed the simplicity of spontaneous creation to capture a time and place, creating textures from the simple arrangement of guitar, bass, drums and keyboards.

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