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The Metro EP

by Led by Monsters

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Anokha These songs take me road tripping ! my toes and hair sticking out of the window getting some wind while I sprawl in the back seat and wrap my head with the multitude of feelings these songs put together.

I will individually dissect the brains of everybody involved in the making of this EP and kiss it !
love every song Favorite track: Cold Water.
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1.
The Metro 01:43
2.
Cold Water 04:04
Hey, do you remember that time Watching movies at your parent's house? We got so drunk we both fell asleep Right there on the basement couch Man, your parents hated me for that Hey, do you remember that time Breaking curfew, sneaking out in the dark? Hot summer nights away from worry Just talking on swing sets in the park No, of course you don't... But you always hit me like cold water Hey, do you remember that time You parted your hair on a different side? Makeup is only so good at hiding A black and bloodshot eye Man, I still hate your parents for that Hey, do you remember that time I heard from an old mutual friend? I hated you for so long But I never wanted this to be how it ends No, of course you don't... Every once and a while I'll stop and smile Remembering how it Used to be It's so strange Now that all that remains Of me and you Is me Then again you always hit me like cold water
3.
Banshees 02:59
Floating through the streetlights We would scream like banshees Under the warm orange glow Of the past Now we've got apartments And loans and heartache And yellowed photographs In the trash Just like it never happened At all Blurry in the starlight We would fall in love on rooftops We weren't afraid of heights Back then But now with bitter hearts and minds We burn down buildings To never see those stories Again Just like it never happened At all I wonder if it's alright That I've thrown away the memories And colored all the pages black And if you still hate me Well, I can't say that I blame you All the same, I am never coming back Just like it never happened At all
4.
I am 5th and Wacouta And no idea how long I have been here It seems October Is a whole lot colder Without the friends You had last year And I have no idea How to get where I'm supposed to go Man, Minnesota You're everything I'm scared of Even more as the days get colder All the kids and suits and faces And the same expected places And all the worries Of growing older So keep your dreams away from me Keep your dreams away from me Cause I don't wanna know Reminders of where I should have been by now I'm trying to get there but I'm not sure how And it gets harder and harder every day Everything is moving but I'm stuck in place

about

This EP was written almost entirely while riding public transportation.

Anyone who has ever relied on public transportation for their everyday travel knows it is largely an exercise in waiting. Wait at the bus stop. Wait in line to get on. Wait for the bus to move. Wait to get to your destination.

Those familiar with public transportation will also tell you there is an element of chance involved as well. Once in actual transit you really only have so much control over what happens along the way or where you’re actually going, save for the intention of reaching your original destination.

And if you’ve never been to where you’re trying to get to, there is always the chance that you’ll end up somewhere else instead.

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The Metro started off as something else entirely. More songs. More musicians. More instruments. I don’t want to say it was overwrought, but I probably should. So, it was overwrought. I had a vague idea of what I wanted, and that was about it. I asked my friend Ross to produce and help record it. To “get behind the wheel”, I guess, while I navigated from the back seat to a destination that, in all reality, I barely had a clear vision of in my head in the first place.

We originally planned to do the record over a few months; just a leisurely summer drive. Yet due to countless unforeseen detours, varying wildly in cause, length, and severity, it eventually turned into a full blown cross-country road trip that lasted over two years. During which, there was a lot of waiting. But much like with public transportation, waiting is just part of what’s needed to inevitably keep moving forward.

Somewhere along the way, the driver/passenger exclusivity disappeared as we both took turns figuring out where we were going. Toward the very end, it honestly felt more like a collaboration than just another Led by Monsters EP, just with somebody helping me record this time. I definitely would not have gotten here on my own, and I can’t fully express how grateful I am for Ross's friendship on this strange, wandering journey, as well as him ultimately getting us to this point. And while we never got where we were originally trying to go, we’ve arrived where we are now.

And this seems like a good place to stop.

credits

released March 22, 2017

All recordings for this record took place over the course of January 2015 and January 2017.

Vocals, guitar, slide guitar, and self-oscillating fuzz drone on ‘Banshees’ by Led by Monsters.
Rhodes piano on ‘Cold Water’, ‘Banshees’, and ‘5th & Wacouta’ by Ross McEwen.
Area recordings done by Led by Monsters and Ross McEwen.

Recorded, mixed, and produced by Ross McEwen.
All songs written by Led by Monsters.
Mastered by Apurv Agrawal.

A very special thanks to Inspirus Records.

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