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Almost Sober

by Almost Sober

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1.
No Need 02:29
Whatever makes you happy Whatever helps you sleep These lies make you the victim Hurry and break on through, oh-oh oh woah Woah, woah, woah, woah-oh Ooh, ooh-ooh ooh Ooh, ooh-ooh ooh All is forgiven Preemptively Isn't it nice? No need to worry No need to wait! (No need to wait) No need to wait (No need to wait) No need to wait! (No need to wait) Oh! These lies shackle the mind The illusion feels real Wake up, go back to the start Before this kills you In the end, you will find out Those actions were for naught If only to be born new To submit yourself again To submit yourself again To submit yourself again! No need to wait (No need to wait) No need to wait! (No need to wait) No need to wait No need to wait No need to wait
2.
New Start 03:10
A road up to Up to the city, so bright, so gritty I'm here now, don't know what to do I'm out, taking to the sidewalks Tryin' to find a new start As we dance around, our hindsight seems so clear With each passing year, memories so loud, so clear I know, I know, I've asked a lot of you So glad you saw me through Oh! I lashed out, it's all I knew to do How'd you take it? I can't get a read on you This summer, the sun's beating harder than ever Hope your heart is too You know I love you, I always will It's just sometimes, I can't sit still It's always been there, it's something to fill I've gotta take the chance, yeah Wha-oh, wha-oh Wha-oh oh oh ohhh Through these lenses we see the colors we could be Through these lenses we see the people we could be Through these lenses we see the colors we could be Tell me that you see it too I know you do Oh, tell me that you know it's true I know you do Oh, tell me that you see it too I know you know Tell me that you see it too I know it's true
3.
Coyote 04:24
Searchin' for the peace I'd lost some time ago Been out here so long that I don't even know What it was that I had come out here to find I wonder if I'd finally lost my mind Don't know where I'm going I only know where I have been How is it everybody knows But I'm still out here on my own? Seconds turn to years before long Does anything ever change when you're trapped inside? You know, the queen, she only blooms one time I wonder if I'll ever find a way Don't know where I'm going I only know where I have been How is it everybody knows And I'm still out here on my own? Don't know where I'm going! I only know where I have been! How is it everybody knows But I'm still out here on my own?
4.
Hours Past 04:50
Hours past, can’t stop looking back The dust on the window reminds me it's too late Swept under the tide, time rushing by Drowning beneath a sea of memories Hours passed, stuck in the past Can’t recreate the "good old days" If I relived those moments again Maybe then, I could put them away Backwards, forwards Forever Backwards, forwards A Precog's vision, blurred and blistered Beautifully minted That's a picture of us smiling, That’s the last time I saw them That’s an old forgotten home That's the feeling as it comes and goes Oh...ohh oh... Oh, ohh… Everything must go! On with the show! I sit alone, a cinema of my own The projector whirs and whirs and whirs But I can't get to the booth, won't you Take me, lead me through the lobby Guide me on this journey slowly, surely That’s another opportunity missed Hiding from life, thinking of all of this That’s an old forgotten home That's the feeling as it comes and goes So, please remind me (Please remind me) Show me the way back (Please remind me) Please remind me! (Please remind me) I just want to go back To how things were Oh...
5.
Block the light Shadow of hope Dance ‘way the night Try to get a taste of what it's like to scrape the skies From far below Know deep inside A quarter isn’t worth it’s weight in Time flies when you leave your life behind (Woah oh-oh oh ohh) Traded for something more streamlined (Woah oh-oh oh ohh) Sign yourself blind and get back in the line (Woah oh-oh oh ohh) Wonder when it starts to feel right (Woah oh-oh oh ohh) Unsustainable, unattainable, unrelatable, just inflatable! (It’s right now! Don’t ask how!) Unsustainable, unattainable, unrelatable, not debatable (Can’t believe I’m...can’t believe I’m...can’t believe I’m…can't believe I'm...) (It’s right now! Don’t ask how!) Unsustainable, unattainable, dog and pony show, nowhere else to go! (It’s right now! Don’t ask how!) Fight or flight? Just want to float The safer side For some strange reason feels like such a sacrifice Minimal growth Fall behind Circle square one, like the hands of Time flies when you leave your life behind (Woah oh-oh oh ohh) Traded for something more streamlined (Woah oh-oh oh ohh) Sign yourself blind and get back in the line! (Woah oh-oh oh ohh) Wonder when it starts to feel right (Woah oh-oh oh ohh) Worked so hard to get here Just to wish that I were there It takes a lifetime to succeed And just one night to fall apart It makes sense, but don't ask about it 'Cuz what is it worth?
6.
King City 03:18
So it begins So it begins Check it! An outsider outside the outskirts I never woulda guessed I’d get burned Minding my own business, doin’ bidness in the alleyway A couple grams ‘all I need before I get away That’s when the dope became a joke with a gun to my throat Big Eddy pulled a contract out 'his coat “Newcomer, I got somethin’ for ya, your new employah” And with that began a life of paranoia Nah! Sign your name to the Devil’s favorite game There’s nowhere to run! You better play the game right when you bet your life Late at night when the city lights come alive I’ve spun this roulette I’ve turned a profit I’ve survived to see the other man dead In this town it’s serve or get served Only the worst are ever neither Welcome to King City Welcome to King City Welcome to King City! I’ll tell you what’s up: Cops about, smacked around; it’s the battlegrounds If I don’t get out, I’m goin’ down The ‘scrapers pierce the sky; Bars to my jail scaling high I need to slip through the divide, but I’m Stuck Watching the tumbling, twirling, swirling Green, baby, green is churning Raining from the heavens I’ll never hunger again King City’s slowly burying me in the depths Oh... Oh well, boy Money’s in the laundry and you’re fumbling Maybe if you break these gold chains you’ll be Free! Ooh... Where will you run? Where will you run? Where will you run? Where will you run? Welcome to the King City! What - whatcha gonna do now? Whatcha gonna do now? No, no, no, no! Ends With You Woke up this morning with an aching head So I rolled out of bed Another day spent in the same old places Familiar faces I'm running out of things to try and do To keep you off my mind I need to tackle these things head on Something I could never do… Whenever it came to you Here we are with the same old lies As we wipe the tears from our eyes I could have told you that this wouldn't work Oh, but that's the price we pay You should have said the same But who's really to blame? I need to tackle these things head on Something I could never do… Whenever it came from you I need you now, please hear me out I know that we don't see things eye to eye I know I've asked, but time moves fast Maybe we can work things out tonight Show me a sign, show me a sign You know that anything will do You know that anything will do… As long as it's coming from you As long as it ends with you As long as it ends with you (Let it end, let it end, let it end) As long as it ends with you! (Let it end, let it end, let it end) As long as it ends with you (Let it end, let it end, let it end)
7.
Woke up this morning with an aching head So I rolled out of bed Another day spent in the same old places Familiar faces I'm running out of things to try and do To keep you off my mind I need to tackle these things head on Something I could never do… Whenever it came to you Here we are with the same old lies As we wipe the tears from our eyes I could have told you that this wouldn't work Oh, but that's the price we pay You should have said the same But who's really to blame? I need to tackle these things head on Something I could never do… Whenever it came from you I need you now, please hear me out I know that we don't see things eye to eye I know I've asked, but time moves fast Maybe we can work things out tonight Show me a sign, show me a sign You know that anything will do You know that anything will do… As long as it's coming from you As long as it ends with you As long as it ends with you As long as it ends with you! As long as it ends with you

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Almost Sober's first album!

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released March 10, 2022

Track Listing
All songs written by Almost Sober.
1. No Need
2. New Start
3. Coyote
4. Hours Past
5. Spanish Punk
6. King City
7. Ends With You

Personnel

Almost Sober
Andie Burke - Vocals, Backing Vocals
Dan Minkler - Guitar, Backing Vocals, Piano, Slide Guitar
Jon Drucker - Bass, Backing Vocals
Nate Haselden - Drums, Backing Vocals, Tambourine

Additional musicians
Cliff Swanson - Lap steel on "Coyote"

Production
Almost Sober - recording, engineering, production
Rob Cosh - mixing, mastering, life coach
Ryan Masecar - mixing

Design
Julie Nadeau - cover art
Almost Sober - art direction

Special Thanks
Madison Savage
Caroline Haselden
Logan “Ferret” DuMond
Roch and Julie Nadeau
Anthony Bilotta
Neighbors who didn’t call the cops
Another Jon for his bass amp
Local Raleigh bars that let us rock out
Old Farm Road <3

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Almost Sober Raleigh, North Carolina

Born on Old Farm Rd in Raleigh, NC with two musicians playing for fun has blossomed into a unique rock inspired four-piece. The similar tastes in music have helped shape our alternative/indie rock sound while our dissimilar tastes bring our uniqueness to each instrument. You will be hard-pressed not to move when the music hits your ears.

Vox-Andie
Guitar-Dan
Bass-Jon
Drums-Nate
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