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Shrine

by Alaska

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finch They never answered and I never got my merch. 18$ lost. In return this eyesore shall blemish their page.
EDIT: Arrived more than half a year later, no note but extra stuff. Thanks :) Beach Houser has become a very favourite in the meantime. Favorite track: Beach Houser.
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Ashley Doughnuts The teasing build-ups throughout the album are so satisfying to listen to. The horns <3, the distant screams <3 perfection through and through. Close your eyes and ride the waves of Alaska. Favorite track: The Real Folk Blues Part 3.
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Travis Button I love this album because Joel is a mysterious man with pigtails and a fannypack that kept showing up at all the same shows as me over a 48 hr period in LA which sent me on a mission to find out more about him which then led me to Alaska. This album kicks ass, Joel kicks ass, Alaska kicks ass.
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1.
Game Day 03:40
It's game day for us, (Turn on and off the lights!) Show your smiles (Take another bite! Pick the wood up off the floor!) Welcome to a flame that understands you. (Feel it on your throat!) My arms they feel like they're eons above me. If you try to hold your hands up like me, you will see why you should reach and reach for me.
2.
Slowburner 04:58
Wake up, Everything is... find out. Evening breezes breathe in fine now. Flashlight fleeting forest of shadows Holding my hand. Backwards glancing at the ghost bodies, figure less and... a great warmth blankets me, icy. Maybe out of tree, I'll go lightly between blue and green in the darkness. Light black, I am lightly. Light black, I am lightly. Grey hands guide me from home you burn up (burn up, burn up, burn up) as you touch the sun days pass your past life you'll never find it. Grey hands guide me from home you burn up (burn up, burn up, burn up) as you touch the sun days pass your past life you'll never find it.
3.
Momming 03:44
Define finite glancing, Refine all time passing by Before 9-5 traffic C-4 tragic ending at the front of a bus. Rust-like Building sides, What waste am I? What space is mine? Erase my spine, dust might fill my void, but that shape is fine. Don't check your bags We've got two nights worth of sand in this one Four wheel trash can, trash can. Go outside into the night to greet The lunar casted shadows on your hand Recall a time when you had friends And take them with you in your mind, but you'll never see them again. And then I threw myself awake, from this haze it feels funny having dreams again. How long have I been down here in the pit? Feels like now I can finally trust myself. Feels like now I can die. In my bed, I'll be intertwined. Blanket wrapped and moonlit, without contact, or sleeping, and thinking of nothing, to feel life flowing through me Like a river between it's banks and outside a great silence, like a God who is sleeping, A God who is keeping me helplessly still.
4.
Kawaii 02:33
I have no sense of permanence, wrapping snakes around my wrist, I stole three bites of an apple just as quickly they bit me back. Everywhere we go it follows, Inhale my mind Exhale fine dust. My body is the size of the last carbon footprint. Everywhere we go it follows, Inhale my mind Exhale fine dust. My body is the size of the last carbon footprint. Permanence, Non-Death, Nonsense Movement. Permanence, Non-Death, Nonsense Movement. Permanence, Non-Death, Nonsense Movement.
5.
I could be the thing you need, but isn't that just self-deceit? My mouth is dry and even that could be a lie I tell myself As to why I won't go out at night. Sit down be slow, this is not apart from one of those.. ..Rigorous nights of thought repetition. The costume you wore is freaking me out. This bands really loud, and in my head. These rigorous nights are all that we have it keeps us together through to the day. We'll learn to go save with time, but then end up fading, separating on the way. I'm a pro, when I'm alone. Snap Me back to the rubble strips in the road after what I just told. Snap Me back and abandonment has never felt so good With all the native souls and the camping grounds of our siren towns where we, feast like animals on the self-esteemed young vegetables 'cuz they have feelings too. Everyone's a long shot, I forgot, I would really like to but I can't even with my Nikes on. They say it's something about my inhibitions to keep these conversations alive you know I would really like to, but I can't. So I'll leave this song to remind me how the good times have found their way in front of my ((((eyes)))) Bong rips with The King Of Heck It's a backpack, stones and shit It's a bay hat, compass stick Beer box, mountain kids Bellingham, Washington Bong rips with The King Of Heck, It's a bomb
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Beach Houser 03:57
I can't sit straight with this spine it shakes with something hunching over my back. I'm great but I can't hear great and I can't pick the shapes that fit right into my life I didn't see you running but it felt so funny I figured something had to be up. I don't know if this is coming up or going down I remember we kept the graves underneath the house. I'm alone the holy water drips. When I'm gone, then I'll sip. I can't dig graves with these hands they slave for something hunching over my back. I'm brave, but I don't feel brave and I can't kick this dirt so it skips all over the lake. I didn't see you praying, but it felt so holy I figured something had to be up. I'm not sure if this is coming up or going down. Kick the dirt all around the house. I'm alone the holy water drips. When I'm gone, then I'll sip. I'm alone the holy water drips. When I'm gone, then I'll sip. And now, to the scent of burning hair I'll do some thinking Yeah, I'll do the thinking for you In the sand. I can't sit straight with this spine it shakes with something hunching over my back. I'm great, but I don't hear great and I can't pick the shapes that fit right into my life. I didn't see you running but it felt so funny I figured something had to be up. I'm not sure if this is coming up or going down, I remember we kept the graves underneath the house.
8.
Helluv 03:44
Faces in the form of a silence Movements charted through tired eyelids Stasis in the warmth of a clean head, I've been throwing expired violet at the sunset. When I found home, there was no Hell, There I found him, casting dry spells. Drought for a stomach (aching) Head of fractals (passing) Hands of branches (moving into the mud) Molding a home for me (for me) I saw you already waiting for me, watching, warming my head. I saw you already waiting for me, watching, warming my head. Soon I was surrounded by talking, close my eyes, It sounded like my friends, leaving. I saw you already waiting.
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Boat Snake 02:02
Temple of skull Permeating soft red light (We are not warm enough to stay in touch) Kill myself, quite enough I thought I'd never leave. I won't ask, if you won't tell why this fence is in between, let's knock it down. Fading to the light sounded nice.
10.
Wondering what you gain when I trade Pieces of my brain for an hour Or half of the day. My brain stem will sleep with you Black jar of sleep, I'll see you later Black Jaws.
11.
Offer gender-less blood Take off all our skin Low lights, overcast mud of clouds, all our skin. Offer gender-less blood Take off all our skin Low lights, overcast mud of clouds, all our skin. Have you forgotten what was fact? We walked the world for you, and back. One more day until I descend to Hell. One more day for stories left to tell. Look how our honest children grow With every memory they know. Patience is my friend, sometimes he sits just like, a knife in the back, a knife in the back. Feels like heaven because I've been waiting for that. Patience is my friend, sometimes he sits just like, a knife in the back, a knife in the back. Feels like heaven because I've been waiting for that. waiting for that. waiting for that. waiting for that.
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credits

released October 2, 2015

Shrine
Written and performed by Alaska
Alaska is:
Tyler Kawada - Vocals, Bass, Trumpet
Joel Kirschenbaum - Vocals and Guitar
Cody Furin - Guitar
Nick Strader - Drums and Percussion

Engineered and Mixed by Sam Pura at The Panda Studios
Additional Vocals recorded by Macario Guiterrez at TK Studios
Additional Guitars and noise recorded by Nick Strader at The Bedroom
Mastered by Adam Cichocki

Album Art by Stefan Thompson

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