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Aliens - 30lbs of Air

by metal postcard records

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See You On The Other Side 02:06
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SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE By Tim May and Calum MacColl We’ll see you on the other side scared and young and beautiful Beneath a thunder sky see you on the other side Scared and young and beautiful beneath a thunder sky We’ll see you on the other side
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Got to Hold My Girl 03:00
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GOT TO HOLD MY GIRL By Tim May “No one ever gives you nothin’ ” my old man used to say Before I got to take it they ripped me away A face full of blood, a mouth full of sand I’ll never get to hold the world in the palm of my hand I’ve got to hold my girl I’ve got to hold my girl I’ve got to hold my girl I’ve got to hold her I was smoking with the boys on the back of the truck When the Sergeant spat and said “I guess we’re shit out of luck” At dawn we hit the water, Jimmy was drowned Ray got cut to pieces before he could turn around I’ve got to hold my girl I’ve got to hold my girl I’ve got to hold my girl I’ve got to hold her now And when those shells are raining down You’re gonna wish you were already six feet underground Got to hold my girl I’ve got to hold my girl Got to hold my girl I’ve just got to hold her now I’ve got to hold my girl and here she comes right now Look out, here she comes
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Liberation Road 03:56
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LIBERATION ROAD Words and music by Tim May and Calum MacColl Woodrow Speed put a bullet in his head flushing them out of the eagle’s nest Kept on shooting then he laughed and said “We’re going all the way like the wild, wild west” Took a jeep to the edge of town They were dug in by the road, they took him down He was crying for his mother as I watched him bleed Just a piece fallen off the big machine That rolls it rolls and rolls down Liberation Road It rolls and rolls down Liberation… Eddie wasn’t one for putting on a show A regular guy, an ordinary joe with a rifle and a 36 grenade lost count of the kills he’d made But man, you shoulda seen him run screaming like a banshee in the noon day sun For a gentle man he could be so mean Just another cog in the big machine That rolls, it rolls and rolls down Liberation Road It rolls and rolls down Liberation Road All along the line they were singing “Na na na na na” Sitting by the fire with both bars on Wondering where the years have gone No hero - you’ve got to understand the medals on my chest hide a haunted man But hey it’s a new world now, it don’t care why and it don’t care how Don’t want to hear about what I’ve seen Too busy looking at the shiny screen That rolls and rolls it rolls down Liberation Road It rolls and it rolls down Liberation… “Na na na na na”
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So Long My Love 03:43
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SO LONG MY LOVE By Tim May So long my love I want you to know that everything’s alright So long my love Please forgive yourself for giving up the fight Now you must travel on to a land no one returns from And we must try to find our own way home God speed my love The morning star lights the way ahead Just like that star You’ve shown us all a better way to live And as you travel on to the land no one returns from Well, we must dry our eyes and make our own way home So long my love So long my love When you reach the shore of the land no one returns from Spinning around the sun you will guide us home So long my love God speed my love So long my love
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Plague Dogs 05:40
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PLAGUE DOGS By Tim May The picture we are seeing is light from a long dead star The voices we are hearing are ghosts whispering in the dark The doctor at his window is pleading with the children to go home But I’ll be waiting for you and I won’t be waiting all alone I’ve got something on my conscience, got something on my mind It ain’t gonna stop me from taking what is mine The soldiers on the corner are screaming at those fools to get in line But I will take my chances, I will bide my time Like thunder in the night Like lightning on the hills Like thunder in the night I don’t believe in miracles, I do believe in pain I don’t believe a human heart can be washed clean by the rain When bodies wrapped in bin bags are rotting in the pits dug by the road God won’t turn the clock back and we are ready to explode So come on all you plague dogs You liars, cheats and thieves Taste the pleasures of the damned and get up off your knees
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I Love The Leader 03:43
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I LOVE THE LEADER By Tim May and Calum MacColl He brought me grey suede shoes from Paris He put flowers round my room Turned his gaze toward the ocean To meet a blood red moon I loved the leader and I love him still I loved the leader and I love him still And when the day was over When all hope had been lost He turned to face the future and knew what it would cost I loved the leader and I love him still I loved the leader and I love him still I brought him his leather coat His iron cross and chain He took his marshal’s baton And he bowed and said my name Come two generals in a dark green car Headlights in the rain I’d take that bitter pill my dear If it could ease my pain I loved the leader and I love him still I loved the leader and I love him still I loved the leader and I love him still I loved the leader and I love him still Love him still Love him still Love him still Still I love him
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I Am 07:40
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I AM By Tim May I am the rabid dog I am the rodent’s flea I am the mosquito that brings you to your knees Now I am the earthquake I am the tidal wave I am now the desert wind blowing sand over your grave I am like a wrecking ball The punch that knocks you cold I am now the heavyweight champion of the world I am the wild eyed prophet I am the mournful priest I am the grinning jailer and I have been released Tonight I’ll be your lover I’m your daughter and your son Your father and your mother I am everyone Now I am the water Now I am the air I am in the food you eat I am everywhere I will be your future Just as I was your past I am like the cockroach I was built to last Gonna fuck all of your daughters Gonna murder all of your sons Washing you down, washing you down Take the jeep ride it into town Take the jeep with a machine gun A machine gun
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Stupor 03:24
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WORLD IN STUPOR By Tim May and Calum MacColl I don’t know what you said But I won’t take it lying down Those people over there wanna tear me down They won’t take me down Eat, work, drink, sleep The world in stupor lies Me, you, strong weak Shut it, dry your eyes The world in stupor lies In stupor lies When I was a boy It was black and white, solid ground Now I don’t know where I stand I’m a stranger in a strange, strange land Lie, steal, cheat, creep. The world in stupor lies Snowflake, so weak Shut it, dry your eyes The world in stupor lies In stupor lies You can’t put me down You won’t talk me round and around Blade, punch, gun, kick Shut it, dry your eyes Boot, boy, run prick The world in stupor lies The world in stupor lies In stupor lies Lies I don’t know what you said But I won’t take it lying down
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The Rope 05:03
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THE ROPE By Tim May Choking back these feelings for which I have no use I watch them take my mobile, my wallet, belt and shoes Stone floor runs with water, moon spills through bars Still my mind is clinging to the sound of passing cars Clocks are running backwards, the room is upside down God’s a joke, a circle, pulled tight around a clown Bullets, blood and money, you see but it’s too late It’s time to hymn the virtues of the state Think you that you’ve got hope? Pull on the rope! Pull on the rope! When I was a child, all I saw was sky When I was a child, all I saw was sky All I saw was sky Think you still got hope? Pull on the rope! When I was a child, all I saw was sky When I was a child, all I saw was sky All I saw was sky, all I saw was sky All I saw was sky
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Good To Be Alive 03:13
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GOOD TO BE ALIVE By Tim May and Calum MacColl With your skin against my skin I forget the darkness Breathing out and breathing in See the spark glow brighter Never thought I’d make it through Never thought I’d live again and again Man, it’s good to be alive It’s good to be alive It’s good to be Man, it’s good to be alive It’s good to be alive It’s good to be With your mouth against my mouth You say “Take me higher” Back to where we all begin Where the light grows brighter I never thought I’d be with you Never thought I’d love again and again Man, it’s good to be alive It’s good to be alive It’s good to be Man, it’s good to be alive It’s good to be alive It’s good to be When all the guns had spoken I thought the world had broken down Now all the doors are open I can be Be Be alive Man, it’s good to be alive It’s good to be alive It’s good to be alive It’s good to feel your skin against my skin Taste the future on the wind So good to be alive
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30lbs Of Air 02:50
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Debut album by Aliens on Metal Postcard Records

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Aliens is one of those bands that rise above such nonsense as genres and labels, something that more bands should do. It allows them to explore sonic landscapes unhindered by demarcations and expectations, both the listener’s and their own.

As always, Aliens delivers the sonic goods, and then some

DANCING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE


Be assured that this album is a lot more than just songs in the key of war. Yes, there is the occasional distant bugle and military-sounding snare drum beat that hints at the theme, but the result is slick alt-rock from a band that can put together infectious harmonies and catchy choruses.

The stand-out tracks for me are the rockier numbers – the earworm of first single ‘Liberation Road’ and the guitar-driven groove of ‘Plague Dogs’ being the highlights.

That said, the ballad ‘So Long My Love’ is a beautifully tender moment that shares the perspective of the loved ones left behind. Appropriately, this will be released as a single on Remembrance Day/Veterans Day on the 11th of November and the proceeds will go to Cruse Bereavement Care.

As you can tell, Aliens are not a band to take on a theme lightly and this album demonstrates the impact they can have when they get stuck in.

BACKSEAT MAFIA

This is quite a lovely album; an album of old-fashioned song writing with tunes and hooks and melodies and well played instruments, and is indeed a very warm sounding album of almost eighties like pop rock.

MONOLITH COCKTAIL

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released October 17, 2021

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