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Salem Trials - No Exit Strategy

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Fragile Tapes 02:38
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Dangerously close to disintegration 2000 main edits For repetition Bake the masters Save the archive Bake the masters We’re still alive Fragile tape Fragile tape Spool rewind spool rewind fragile tape Fragile tape spool rewind spool rewind I’ve been holding this pencil For what seems like hours And the tape passes round it For hours and hours All the effects You’ll probably miss Just one more mix Just one more kiss Fragile tape Fragile tape Spool rewind spool rewind fragile tape Fragile tape spool rewind spool rewind words by Russ music by Andy
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RED 02:08
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Sans Visages 02:16
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So brutal in an instance They took your face away Pain and fear were all you felt After that day Paint and plaster can hide The gaping hole But it’ll never change or make you Totally whole men without faces Given for the cause Your sacrifice but the choice Was never yours men without faces Given for the cause Your sacrifice but the choice Was never yours men without faces Given for the cause Your sacrifice but the choice Was never yours Your face is now hidden by a plate Forever silent as you become your fate Everything below the jaw taken by a shell words by Russ music by Andy
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This Is The Way 05:03
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This is me looking back On the life I once led And the creature I’ve become never knowingly overdone turns out I’m acing adulthood This is the way Never thought I could This is the way There’s plenty of people I miss and times I left behind but I can’t believe some of the crap I did it’s not like I was only a kid turns out I’m acing adulthood This is the way Never thought I could This is the way With age comes wisdom that’s something someone older once said I don’t really see it myself Maybe somethings better unsaid found out I’m faking adulthood This is the way Maybe I never should Maybe this isn’t the way words by Russ music by Andy
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Life In Real Life 04:36
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My life runs in monotone Day after day If there’s any colours It's a different shade of grey My dreams are so vivid Night every night Everything's so meaningful And my life is just right there’s something bothered me My whole adult life Why are my dreams better than my Life in real life there’s something bothered me My whole adult life Why are my dreams better than my Life in real life You might call them nightmares But I’m never afraid Whatever happens always happens In a landscape I made Parts I remember And parts I made up It’s getting so much harder To wake myself up there’s something bothered me My whole adult life Why are my dreams better than my Life in real life there’s something bothered me My whole adult life Why are my dreams better than my Life in real life They say it’s a condition That they’ll medicate away While I disappear into myself For more and more each day Maybe it’s oblivion Maybe it’s all fake But give me a decent alternative And I’ll try to stay awake there’s something bothered me My whole adult life Why are my dreams better than my Life in real life there’s something bothered me My whole adult life Why are my dreams better than my Life in real life words by Russ music by Andy
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Light From Long Ago 05:29
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Not That Guy 03:19
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I’ve been told that I’m a catch I’ve been told I’m a star If I message you you should know that’s how things are You're lucky to know me take my advice You should really responde when I’m being nice I’m not that guy this isn’t who I am Brought up to be polite and be a gentleman I’m not that guy just trying to be nice Better reply if you want my advice I’m not that guy Brought up to be polite I’m not that guy It's been way too long you should have replied to me by now I’m well within my rights to withdraw my vow Don't be so stuck up and snobbish like you seem to be And whatever you do don’t ignore me I’m not that guy this isn’t who I am Brought up to be polite and be a gentleman I’m not that guy just trying to be nice Better reply if you want my advice I’m not that guy I'm not that guy just trying to be nice I’m not that guy this isn’t who I am Brought up to be polite be a gentleman I walked past your house a dozen times until the light went out I threw a brick against your door I know you heard me shout You stupid crazy bitch I wish that you were dead This is what a nice guy does when you cut him dead I’m not that guy this isn’t who I am Brought up to be polite and be a gentleman I’m not that guy just trying to be nice Better reply if you want my advice words by Russ music by Andy
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It's Clearly Marked 02:38
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All the best jokes Concern sex and death If you’re gonna tell me something else You might as well save your breath All the best memes In life are free But you can give them To the birds and bees It’s clearly marked We’re all just playing parts Wait till the curtain lifts And the screaming starts All the dead sons Parade past my house No one see this and I Don’t know what it’s about It’s clearly marked We’re all just playing parts words by Russ music by Andy
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There Is No Marked Exit 04:33
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No Exit Strategy 03:00
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We come to the very end Never thought I'd lose a friend The fear and fighting done The harsah landscape back to square one No exit strategy No way out I can see No exit strategy No escape route left for me We've reached finality Only a verse left as far as I can see There's nothing left of us Here comes the last but one chorus No exit strategy No way out I can see No exit strategy No escape route left for me We come to the final track Strap on and sit right back We come to the final song So we can list where it all went wrong No exit strategy No way out I can see No exit strategy No escape route left for me words by Russ music by Andy

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The final chapter of a trilogy of Salem Trials albums from the last 12 months

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released June 21, 2023

2023 SALEM TRIALS
2023 METAL POSTCARD RECORDS


Russ: vocals / trumpet
Andy: guitars / bass
Boss: cheap drum machine

Recorded in York and Hipperholme
between July & August 2022
Mixed and Produced May 2023


a KEROSCENE production


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