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Canyons

by Chris Pickering

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lisa torrence May end up as my No. 1 album of 2016. From start to finish, it is flawless. Catchy hooks, especially on the dazzling "Canyons" with lush alt/country nuances recalling a beatle-esque troubadour kind of feeling. Favorite track: Canyons.
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1.
Canyons 06:27
You have no need to be afraid of me I am not vicious like they say I was just a boy then, I have done as Anyone might do in my place I was the second son, my father's gone, I know there is no farmer's life for me When the creek ran dry, the gang and I Did what we could to feed our families To the Canyons we shall ride But we can't hide forever With a price upon our heads, we moved out further west Towards the sandy sea If the troopers ever track us down They'll see how brave a farmer's boy can be To the Canyons we shall ride But we can't hide forever In the Canyons we are safe But we can't run forever
2.
Circles 04:36
I don't want to talk anymore It hasn't achieved a thing It's just words going 'round in circles And waiting for the other to blink You'll never get to understand me You're better trying to raise the dead You've ground the life out of the party And it's messing up your pretty head We've gone a little far for excuses The fiction's too rich for denial So maybe we should ease up on each other, If just for a while Please don't make me suffer Any more than I really have to It's hard enough being in love With one who doesn't love you I wrote it all down on paper Then tore it up and threw it away The message was a little uncertain The message was just shades of grey It's not so hard to see through the numbers Breaking the unbreakable code There's a bomb in the lonely briefcase Step back, because it's gonna blow We've gone a little far for excuses The fiction's too rich for denial So maybe we should ease up on each other, If just for a while Please don't make me suffer Any more than I really have to It's hard enough being in love With one who doesn't love you
3.
Andalusia 04:07
Andalusia Too far away you are A destination Tacked on a shooting star Cold you be my preciosa? We just need a song we can sing along to Andalusia Your nylon string guitars Play a dance, a flamenco dance Wherever we are Could you be my preciosa? We just need a song we can sing along to So you played with your parchment moon We said farewell too soon Did Federico notice? And you are my preciosa, We found us a song we can sing along to
4.
Snowflake 03:25
Are you someone who likes to catch a falling snowflake on your tongue? Do you take a few together or catch them one by one? It's the greatest puzzle faced by humankind And in Berlin, does inspiration come without or from within? Does it happen when each snowflake melts upon your skin? That's how I like to see it in my mind Delicate in every way As different as can be Stand so still, let them kiss your face and Imagine that it's me
5.
Oh Miss Price, I know that we've met But I can't pick the place or time Never mind, Both of us are gonna get along just fine I might be wrong, It's never as simple as just getting along It's so much more, And once you give in completely It's nothing at all We're so fond of Love and other weakness, Love and other weaknesses We're so fond of Love and other weakness, Love and other weaknesses On any side There are those who work hard And those just along for the ride I can't decide if some of us fit Or some of us get left behind We're so fond of Love and other weakness, Love and other weaknesses We're so fond of Love and other weakness, Love and other weaknesses Oh Miss Price, Bandits and heroes embody our hopes and desires Don't be surprised You can be anything, You can be anything you like We're so fond of Love and other weakness, Love and other weaknesses We're so fond of Love and other weakness, Love and other weaknesses
6.
Trivia 03:39
Pop quiz, Question number one What unravels and comes undone? It's probable, but no certainty that Trivia has got a hold on me Trivia Pop quiz, Question number two Are you happy, false or true? The greatest minds of the century all thought that Trivia is an inconstancy Trivia I must be so naive To think that trivia Trivia Trivia Actual, not factual Actual, not factual Actual, not factual Actual, not factual Pop quiz, Question number three You must answer honestly We're so in love when we want to be But Trivia will get the best, you'll see Trivia I must be so naive To think that Trivia Trivia Trivia was something to believe
7.
Your eyes are a window, I gaze at my risk I try not to look but temptation insists So put on your red shirt and pretty white dress Let's try to find some way out of this mess We're so helpless for our part For choosing romances so doomed from the start Falling for you I broke my own heart I hate that I love you, I hate that you know I hate that we have to go on with the show I hate that I'm never going to forget These feelings we've had since the day that we met We're so helpless for our part When all these stray bullets somehow found their mark Falling for you I broke my own heart I'd paint you a picture if only I could Of two little children alone in the woods I'd make sure that girl looked a little like you But that little boy's face would be hidden from view To hide his tears in the dark For he knows at the edge of the woods they must part Falling for you He broke his own heart Falling for you I broke my own heart
8.
Oscillate 03:20
Any kind of road our thoughts can take Gravity can hold, or give and take Mix up the elements, give them a shake Turn science into art Particles and waves where stars collide Matter in the dark, no place to hide Between the time and space Between the time and space You oscillate You oscillate my heart You oscillate You oscillate my heart What do you say when the light goes out? When the air runs out? You oscillate You oscillate my heart You oscillate You oscillate my heart
9.
The Wash 12:40
It's no secret that your devotion Can break my already fragile emotions After all After all It all comes out in the wash It all comes out... Heavy hearts and sunken features The hand to save us might just reach us After all After all It all comes out in the wash It all comes out in the wash It all comes out in the wash It all comes out...

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released August 23, 2016

Produced by Chris Pickering, Adrian Mauro, and Andrija Tokic.

Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, and 9 produced by Chris Pickering and Adrian Mauro and recorded at Hicksville, Joshua Tree, CA.

Tracks 2, 6, 7, and 8 produced by Chris Pickering and Andrija Tokic, and recorded at Bomb Shelter, Nashville TN.

Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, and 9 mixed by Ben Tolliday.
Tracks 2, 6, 7, and 8 mixed by Andrija Tokic.

Mastered by John Baldwin.

All Instruments and Vocals by Chris Pickering except for:

Backing Vocals on 6: Caitlin Rose
Backing Vocals on 2 and 8: Mark Fredson
Backing Vocals on 2 and 9: Chloe Turner

Pedal Steel Guitar on 2 and 6: Grant Johnson
Pedal Steel Guitar on 1, 3, 4, and 9: Michael Flanders

String Arrangement on 3 by Savannah Jo Lack
Strings: Savannah Jo Lack
Cello on 5: Ben Tolliday

Synthesizers and effects: Adrian Mauro

Original artwork by Tracy Ellerton
Design and Layout by Paul Underwood

"We just need a song we can sing along to...."

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