The single from our upcoming album, Matches, which will be released September 21, 2018!
lyrics
One smoke left and it’s scaring me,
It’s staring at where my match should be
A match for you, a match for me,
We just don’t match together
Any more, it seems.
We blew the fuse, we frayed the seams,
Dug up the hatchet and buried our dreams
But hope springs eternal and we’ve found a stream,
So we’re crossing our fingers while we pack to leave.
And I want it,
But it’s the last thing I need right now.
Kidding ourselves to buy some time,
When we both know we’re far from alright
We fought so hard to have more fights
When my cat killed your canary,
Shoulda seen the sign.
And I want it,
But it’s the last thing I need right now.
We had one straw left and I think it sucks
If I wasn’t too much, I was never enough
It’s as crazy with as it is without
So I guess that we’ll accept
This is what love’s about.
And I want it,
But it’s the last thing I need right now.
credits
released August 3, 2018
Braden Phelan: acoustic
guitar, vocal, electric guitar,
Nashville acoustics
Liv Cazzola: vocal, piano,
accordion
Peter Klaassen: upright bass
Sam Boer: tambourines,
shakes
Laura Spink: glockenspiel
TRAGEDY ANN IS:
Liv Cazzola & Braden Phelan
James Paul: production, engineering, mastering
Darren McGill: assistant engineer (Union Sound)
RECORDED AT:
Rogue Slaughterhouse (Toronto)
Union Sound (Toronto)
MIXED AT:
Rogue Tractor Shop (Mono)
MASTERED AT:
Lacquer Channel (Toronto)
Album artwork and layout: Anita Cazzola
Cover Photography: Jen Squires
We would like to acknowledge funding support
from the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the
Government of Ontario. We also acknowledge
the financial support of FACTOR and Canada’s
private radio broadcasters.
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