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Salem Trials - Postcards From The Other Side Of The Sun

by metal postcard records

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Welcome aboard Follow my instructions at all times Keep your mouth shut and keep your head down You don't want to bump into someone that might remember you or be you This is an invitation to... somewhere else, which is different in a lot of ways but in many ways, quite the same You'll probably notice the slight differences rather than the huge differences but like I said, this is just a brief visit a bit of a warning an instruction but like I said, this is just a brief visit a bit of a warning You'll probably notice the slight differences rather than the huge differences an instruction we cried as a new world was brought into being
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An idiot babbling nonsense no one will hear mouthing words he doesn't understand all that wasted effort whispering nothings in your ear and nothing else matters to the matters at hand let them eat flags and choke on their sovereignty I'm not reconciled with reconciliation Rolling over did nothing for me Do you really expect me to believe you given your history of lies the truth's a foreign country to you and this is how the country dies let them eat flags and choke on their sovereignty I'm not reconciled with reconciliation Rolling over did nothing for me handing over the cash in a brown paper bag just a nod and a wink the only bribe you ever had the country and its people die democracy is atrophied weighed down with other lies let them eat flags (rpt)
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Black Flash 04:39
I first saw him in the corner of my eye And then I knew that I soon must die Someone I knew from comic books Made me realise I was out of luck black flash Waits for me black flash You can’t see black flash You don’t know black flash Is taking me If I can explain I must I ran down my knees into dust I haven’t run for many years But still he waits despite my fears I first saw him in the corner of my eye And then I knew that I soon must die Someone I knew from comic books Made me realise I was out of luck black flash Waits for me black flash You can’t see black flash You don’t know black flash Is taking me
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ESM 04:26
2022 in a Vancouver sports bar The playoffs on tv Blue Monday blaring out And I’m knocked back to 83 Safety dance on next and I’m dragged further down Them for great cities reminds me of the business part of town Go from bus to c train as far as I can go Only a few clubs open to us where we can go Early simple minds, I’m playing early simple minds Tell me you really like it or are you only being kind I forged my first id from my medical card I folded it across my date of birth so you couldn’t see the scars Drinking to forget what it was I forgot Thousands of miles away from getting the plot Thrown into school am I a punk or a fag Handfuls of contacts the fun that I had Some gut tried to take said he thought I was bent I had steel tipped toe cap boots so you know how that went Early simple minds, I’m playing early simple minds Tell me you really like it or are you only being kind Nostalgia is a bitch and I’m surviving while I can Just don’t get me started on the associates and Japan Early simple minds, I’m playing early simple minds Tell me you really like it or are you only being kind Early simple minds Dragged across a continent against my will I Left my home and friends and my chill I didn’t fit in at home this worse a thousand times worse It’s like I was unlucky or stricken with a curse I didn’t want to go then I didn’t want to leave That’s my truth regardless of what you believe I couldn’t be understood and I wouldn’t be believed I’m still surprised I made it out in one piece
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Your smile is not quite right The doubt leeches in when the air becomes thin It was fine the other night Am I looking at you or just looking straight through a difference in your eye is all I notice A difference in your stance is all I need A wink and a tip of the hat is all To make me doubt you’re who you claim to be Best not to get too attached Don’t ask too many questions I don’t know if the answers have changed Like the colour in your eye isn’t the same a difference in your eye is all I notice A difference in your stance is all I need A wink and a tip of the hat is all To make me doubt you’re who you claim to be Maybe it isn’t you and it’s really me Maybe I took the wrong turning Maybe I’m out of step somehow with this world And this change is all part of the learning a difference in your eye is all I notice A difference in your stance is all I need A wink and a tip of the hat is all To make me doubt you’re who you claim to be
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everyone I know punishes themselves more than anyone else ever could I'd reach out my arms to help them but my arms are made of wood I've got fish of my own to fry I've plans to get away If you want a perfect moment I'll give you a perfect day I've run out of rods for my own back I've got to stop beating myself I'm not looking for offers only ideas advantagous to my health I'm a blank page for you to write on I sometimes think I don't exist a life designed by committee a quick one off the wrist I'd lie if I said I'd suffered much it's mainly self inflicted usual boring teenage stuff but nearly twice as twisted I've run out of rods for my own back I've got to stop beating myself I'm not looking for offers only ideas advantagous to my health Like a pigeon always makes a home I always return to a theme all of this, all of this and nothing I wake up and it's all a dream turn the tv off, dim the lights tune in to a different scene do what your sordid little heart desires if you want to know what I mean It looks like the storm clouds are gathering the chickens have come home to roost the sad things you were always too scared to face are out there on the loose who cares if it's all done with mirrors it doesn't matter if you see the signs who cares if you live on a film set if you don't think of what lies behind It looks like the storm clouds are gathering the chickens have come home
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Late night he’s wounded but isn’t finished off Limping badly and dizzy from blood loss Some self inflicted but others wounded him today Maybe it’d be kinder before he limps away A wounded animal Is the most dangerous Because it doesn’t care About the rest of us Maybe it’s best to follow don’t give him time to think Plan retaliation of maybe just another drink Maybe it’s best not to give him the chance Keep the initiative leave him in a void A wounded animal Is the most dangerous Because it doesn’t care About the rest of us A wounded animal Is the most dangerous Because it doesn’t care About the rest of us Show him the same as he showed to others To those unable to mourn their mothers Finish him now before he strikes again Finish him now before he brings back the pain A wounded animal Is the most dangerous Because it doesn’t care About the rest of us A wounded animal Is the most dangerous Because it doesn’t care About the rest of us A wounded animal A wounded animal Is the most dangerous
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I thought we came as liberators I thought we came as friends But when we crossed the border That’s when my illusion ends Whole towns reduced to rubble Liberation doesn’t look like this We’re only liberating ruins We’re welcomed by the rats Are we the baddies Are we the enemy I thought we were on the right Side of history I thought I could make a difference I thought I could change lives I wanted to improve the lives of others But then they moved the lines They came fleeing torture We never listened to their pleas We stuck them on a plane To fly them away to be someone else’s disease Are we the baddies Are we the enemy I thought we were on the right Side of history
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He lay alone in the street Cordova near the Waterfront station He lay for hours as if asleep A party to your imagination There were scraps of food laid out But never touched it seemed to me Maybe it was an offering To feed his soul on it’s journey Maybe I don’t know the answers and my mind is too small But pretending it’s not there isn’t working at all You might be happy thinking there’s nothing you can do But you spend your life time hoping they don’t start on you For a while his mind lived on as his body died Too proud or afraid to let go but then it all came over When it’s down to who or what you know In the morning his body was hone Almost like he’d never been With tiny marks and indentations On the pavement like I’d never seen Maybe I don’t know the answers and my mind is too small But pretending it’s not there isn’t working at all You might be happy thinking there’s nothing you can do But you spend your life time hoping they don’t start on you
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Genie 02:29
Daddy put you in a box so many years ago Tried to protect you by never letting you grow Slapped your face every time you made a sound Became the God in his little girl's playground No clothes to speak of, no clothes to go out Whipped til you were raw if you ever tried to shout No time for your training, no time, to be clean thoughout the years, you suffered, unseen Mom was too blind to see and too dumb to care But she took you out, into the cold winter air The police came round and you were stuck in the news To avoid the cameras dad stuck his neck in a noose brought into reality, whether you liked it or not Guinea pigged out of existance your chances were shot Batted from one to another, you became a pawn No wonder you became more and more withdrawn Did you proove a theory or just blink an eye 3000 page theses were the only reply It ended when mom took you back to the womb Quiet and cold just like any old tomb
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In The Road 03:12
can you tell me where my father is you'll find him lying in the road in the road he was trying to leave town someone had to gun him down they left him lying in the road can you tell me where my brother is you'll find him lying in the road in the road taking food from door to door maybe he said this was a war they left him lying in the road they left him lying in the road can you tell me where my uncle is you'll find him lying in the road in the road they tied his hands behind his back and shot him, he might still attack they left him lying in the road they left him lying in the road there are more lying in mass graves there are more naked under rugs there are bodies partly burned surrounded by filth booze and drugs there are more bodies in the road mile by mile and hour by hour there are more bodies in the road lying for a month or even longer more bodies in the road they left them lying in the road I can't clear up what's lying in the road I don't have the strength and I don't have a shovel
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JC Calls 02:54
JC Calls but no one listens JC moves but no one sees Do you need to know the message Doesn’t look that way to me JC Calls JC Calls JC sells but no one’s buying JC waits but no ones there JC bleeds but no one helps JC cries but no one cares JC acts but no one is watching JC bows but no one applauds JC starts but no one ends JC looks at all the frauds JC sweats and no one tries to cool him JC freaks and no one turns away JC loses his shit with no one there to stop him JC dies and no one clears the body away
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New Mistakes 02:30
We thought we knew all the pitfalls We’d run all the simulations We’d noted all the early issues To inform our predications It’s not that people died Or that it happened again Or even how they died Alone in fear and pain We thought we were so smart We thought we knew the stakes But we still came to grief We made a whole load of new mistakes It’s like we never learned Although we wanted to At least some of us did The rest is up to you
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Grim - 79 02:45
There's no support now, for anyone up here in the north most of the shops are boarded up up here in the north and it's still grim up here There's no support now, for anyone up here in the north and the winter nights are coming in up here in the north it's still grim and bare it <break> Levelling up’s a sick joke Up here in the north Give with one hand take away with the other Up here in the north You don't care about anyone it's nineteen seventy nine again you don't care about anyone it's nineteen seventy nine again you don't care about anyone it's nineteen seventy nine again Up Here Up Here in The North
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Fried 04:26
there's no escape when the day is done there's no shape when the rays have gone there's no escape when the day is done there's no shape when the rays have gone There's no place to hide from the sun And you just get so fried by the sun You can’t run because the road’s too hot You can’t run because your tar is shot You can’t run because the road’s too hot You can’t run because your tar is shot There's no place to hide from the sun And you just get so fried by the sun You can’t think because your head’s so fried Something crawled into your mouth and died You can’t think because your head’s so fried Something crawled into your mouth and died There's no place to hide from the sun And you just get so fried by the sun No way out and you’re drenched in sweat No way out and you can’t forget No way out and you’re drenched in sweat No way out and you can’t forget There's no place to hide from the sun And you just get so fried by the sun And you just get so fried There's no place to hide You can feel it on any side of the sun
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Just Give Up 03:10
'we cried as a new world was brought into being' What worse could you have done to take away my future I've no longer any reason to fight Nothing left to take my anger out on Let's all join hands and join the living Let's take our place amongst the dumb let's take the path of least persistance let's all just give up I'm all worn out from useless struggle I'm too tired to relax I'm left in a rut of my own creation I'm alone but not on my own Let's form an army of socially excluded let's be in our own other class If we try we can all be apathetic or we could all give up You think your alone and misunderstood you think you're unique but you're not every other loner is the same as every other you're a legend in your own mind If we got together we could create some trouble we could kick up some dust we could make them sit up and take notice or we could just give up You're just as useless as I am you're all just as feeble as me I'm a half assed armchair revolutionary and it no longer matters to me We no longer have the decency to go gentle into the night but we're still determined to get in the way unless we give up
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Growing Up 02:41
In each and every way We seem to improve In the way we play In the way we move It’s in the way We work it out With no more questions No more doubt if you choose to look then you can see Improvement which gets us close to where we want to be All in the open there for all to see Growing up in public in private it’s the same to me Come on take a punt and see us Coming to your town So you can see how we at least Excel at getting down I’ll put my tongue back in my cheek Laugh at your surprise While you find out how much We’ve improved in your eyes if you choose to look then you can see Improvement which gets us close to where we want to be All in the open there for all to see Growing up in public in private it’s the same to me It's the same to me The range of improvement is clear for all to see
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The puppet show is over And we are coming for you And the rest of your kind No matter what you do Journey into night How far have we come? It’s time we cut the shit And weeded you people out We need to cleanse the line And in doing remove all doubt Journey into night How far have we come? It’s time to throw the red meat It’s time to appease the base It’s time to pander to the racists It’s time to show our true face Journey into night How far have we come? We can do this the hard way Or easier if you prefer We can take you out the back way Whatever that signifies Journey into night How far have we come? Journey into night What have we become?
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Mosquito 02:15
Once upon a time we were loco mosquitoes I had all my teeth so it must have been a long time ago We spent our time playing Iggy riffs Simplified down with none of the fiddly bits What’s buzzing round like a mosquito Follows us around wherever we go What’s buzzing round like a mosquito Follows us around wherever we go Follows us around like a mosquito Follows us around wherever we go What’s buzzing round like a mosquito Follows us around wherever we go I remember tests at school they came in thick and fast 100 word spelling test mosquito was the last The test it never changed four years it stayed the same I always got it right because I knew about the plane What’s buzzing round like a mosquito Follows us around wherever we go What’s buzzing round like a mosquito Follows us around wherever we go
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Even if I wanted to I couldn't change a thing All the mistakes I made led me here I might have waded through a river of shit to make it But at least I'm here Say what you see, see what you say I'm closing my eyes till the shit goes away Say what you mean, mean what you say Nothing's my fault I see it that way The motor whirrs and cuts out the tape slowly comes to an end the final part of the tale the final parting of friends Say what you see, see what you say I'm closing my eyes till the shit goes away Say what you mean, mean what you say Nothing's my fault I see it that way I can't remember all my mistakes They all merge into one but even if I wanted to I couldn't change a single one Say what you see, see what you say I'm closing my eyes till the shit goes away Say what you mean, mean what you say Nothing's my fault I see it that way Say what you see, see what you say I'm closing my eyes till the shit goes away Say what you mean, mean what you say Nothing's my fault I see it that way
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Beautiful things have followed me for years beautiful things have haunted my dreams dreams in which I'm buried alive and nowhere is what it seems dreams of underground caverns lit by flickering flame no matter how many paths I travel they all end up the same Beautiful things
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First off we thought it was dust What was there before could not be seen When they looked closer There were no stars on any screen No stars in the sky Like the universe is rating us No star review for you Not even an audience member berating us Every horoscope will now be wrong A whole load of songs will have to change Now it’s when you wish upon a blank And the star spangled banner will never be the same No stars in the sky Like the universe is rating us No stars in the sky Like the universe is rating us
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ToadHawks 23 02:23
it was hard the night the lights went down an uneasy calm came over the town no one was there no one was there the star came out as I was coming down I heard your name all over the town somebody said you were sleeping around nobody would say nobody would say people kept quiet i felt like a clown what fantasies do you hide behind you're like a tree deaf dumb and blind wont you wake up wont you wake up i thought it was love an you only think you're kind i never saw what was going on before my eyes i wanted to believe so much i just ignored the lies no one can help no one can help now i spend my days looking up through repentant eyes in my ignorance i never saw what was going on i swallowed blindly and lies that you'd string me along nothing to do nothing to do nothing to do nothing to do
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I was only thnking out loud I knew I was in the wrong I only said what we all were thinking all along I couldn't help but move my lips you didn't have to smile you shouldn't have to put up with treatment like that anywhile someone told me yesterday that everything is real but you could get in trouble for doing what you feel for doing what you feel Many a true word's said in jest but a lot of that's not true you start by meaning what you say and finish by saying what you'd do the road to hell is paved in good intents you don't say what you mean you spend your life not really living your conscience nearly clean someone told me yesterday that everything is real but you could get in trouble for doing what you feel for doing what you feel I can't get my head around these modern things like false security your friends seem so sympathetic and say the same thing happened to me the instant when your back is turned the whispering begins and your lovelife's had more speculation than the shroud of turin someone told me yesterday that everything is real but you could get in trouble for doing what you feel everything is real for doing what you feel I could turf the money lenders out of the temple but that could turn out rash I don't get paid 'til the end of the month so what would I do for cash? You can fight hypocrisy all your life but you've got to stop for breath and it springs up again like clumps of weeds and it stays until the death someone told me yesterday that everything is real but you could get in trouble for doing what you feel I could turf the money lenders out of the temple but what more could I do for cash? primary colours are fighting for space everything is real technicolour's fucked my head I can't think or move or feel I can't help but think fluffy bunnies my mind is shot to hell or maybe fucked to fairyland or disneyland as well
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This land is not for you We won’t even let you roam These paths have been blocked off You can just run off home Can we discuss The earth you walk on There’s plenty to discuss The people you walk on This city is not for you You can work here but can’t afford Your betters want you nowhere near Your betters want you to run off home Can we discuss The earth you walk on There’s plenty to discuss The people you walk on This land is not for you No matter where you’re from Regardless of what you’ve fled We won’t let you call this home Can we discuss The earth you walk on There’s plenty to discuss The people you walk on
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Here's a Postcard From the Far Side of The Sun At the point another glorious year's begun Took a different strategy a long time ago and we're doing better now just wanted you to know The differences are many but subtle, take a look That guy you voted for here we hung him as a crook Here's a postcard from the far side of the sun at the point where another glorious years have begun Here's a postcard from the far side of the sun at the point where another glorious years have begun On the whole, things are pretty much the same It's a welcome hole if you need to hide Take care you don't get to complacent and my heart beats on the other side Here's a postcard from the far side of the sun at the point where another glorious year's begun Here's a postcard from the far side of the sun at the point where another glorious year's begun The day she shut up, the galaxy runs down as we enter night forever and the worlds start coming round and when our two worlds collide and the sun as burnt its last then we're all bound together in one singularity if all differences pass Here's a postcard from the far side of the sun at the point where another glorious year's begun Here's a postcard from the far side of the sun at the point where another glorious day's begun day's begun day's begun Here's a postcard from the far side of the sun
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So this is us this is, what it looks like from the other half of the world far side of the sun Everything is more the less the same apart from subtle little differences but in the same way that you can see us now we can see you and we are not the slightest bit happy it's about time we took control we can, because we've had more success on this planet than you ever have on yours due to your short sighted humans so, we're coming we're coming to deal with the corruption we're coming to deal with the pollution we're coming to deal with all the violence You can't make an omlette without breaking a few eggs I'm afraid... like I said.. don't wait up... we're coming

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Salem Trials Meisterwork For 2022. If it were the 70's this would be a triple album. 29 wonderfully fierce and exploratory songs... enjoy

I apologise to any members of other alternative guitar bands in the UK, but I’m afraid you are just going to have to up your game to reach these heights.
MONOLITH COCKTAIL

Parts of this album were recorded during the Fall of 2020
and abandoned after Andy fractured his wrist in two places, January 2021.

Overdubs, lyrics and vocals recorded June 2022.
Home recorded, remotely... the only way we know.



REVIEW

A triple album by the Salem Trials: well it would be a triple LP if it were released on vinyl. There are 29 tracks and each and everyone is filled with the whip snap guitar madness that the Salem Trials deal in.

Songs that echo the world we live in full of dark humour, nostalgia, darkness and T Rex riffs. ‘Black Flash’, which imagine instead of David Bowie guesting on the Marc Bolan Show you had Mark E Smith, and instead of it being in a TV studio it was on a small boat that was slowly sinking below the waves, slowly lapping around Marc and Mark E's knees; a song of pure and beautiful magic and maybe my fave ever Salem Trials song. Pure brilliance. But there are so many. Andy and Russ are quite incapable of not doing anything that is not at least very good; they have their own sound; they have their own feel; they have their own magic.

The Salem Trials are one offs. They take their influences of post-punk, psych, seventies glam, no wave, indie pop and merge into what can only be described as a unique and rewarding listening experience.

MONOLITH COCKTAIL

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released August 12, 2022

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