Stay What You Are

caleblionheart:

In the next month or so we should be announcing details for our upcoming Split 7” (who we’re sharing the wax with, what label it will be out on, pressing info, etc.). It will feature two songs from us, and two songs from another great band, and honestly, I can’t wait for you to hear them.

The thing is, we recorded another song from that session that won’t make it on the record. The songs that will be featured on the 7” are two of the fastest and most abrasive, as well as the slowest and most melodic songs we’ve ever written. This third song, featured above, is an acoustic song called “We’re Rooted Here and You Can’t Pull Us Up.” I wrote it over a series of weeks in 2009, and our old guitarist Kris Wildermuth added a second guitar part over the bridge while recording last February.

It references a trip I made to Austin, TX for New Years two years ago, “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac, an Anthology of Essays on Antebellum Slave History, a Flag used during the War for Texas Independence, and a patch of grey hair that has appeared in the temple next to my right eye. Check it out, tell your friends, keep an ear to the ground for details on our split.   

This song sounds fantastic. Love this band so much. Support them!