Singer Songwrecker, by Cheval

Singer Songwrecker

by Cheval

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Friday "If the guitar's too loud, it's just fuckin' right. I wanna play some rock 'n roll tonight." Mmmm... words that speak to my soul. (Can you say fuck on Bandcamp?) Favorite track: Sleepless Nights.

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1.	5 Dog Oxxo Stop 02:51	lyrics	buy track
You lost your sunglasses I lost Blood Machete through the jungle For your love With a drink in your hand And the other on the rung The likes of us Could always use a place to run Where there’s a 5 dog Oxxo stop Near enough for a sunset walk To pick up the supplies you forgot For the party A Mariachi Sunset Serenade Of love songs sung in Strange uncertain ways With a guitar in your hands And a song to be sung You’ve got a back up plan For when the final drink is gone There’s a 5 dog Oxxo stop Near enough for a sunset walk To pick up the supplies you forgot For the party
2.	David Lee Roth 02:54	lyrics	buy track
Smoke come from the west coast Fog comes from the east Barristers and baristas Wearing jeans on the beach Sleeve tattoos and condos Somewhere south of floor Short term rent Toronto Isn’t what we came here for I wanted to be David Lee Roth I wanted to be Kelly LaBrock But goodboys make the sign of the cross And confess their sins when they get caught But I ain’t got caught Love comes from the brainstem Blood comes from the heart Dialogue machine guns Turning denial into art Confirmation research And faith in the unseen Secure there in the knowledge That their gates are closed to me I wanted to be David Lee Roth I wanted to be Suzanna Hoffs But boys don’t take direction when lost And say yes sir no sir to whoever's boss But I ain’t got no boss
3.	Golden Halo 02:01	lyrics	buy track
We could have a time And they could all drink anti-freeze We can wear the same clothes We wore all week We can talk Until 4:10 in the AM And by the morning’s light You’ll be feeling summer skin My love Is like a golden halo That won’t turn Your skin green We could be in bed While all the trust fund hippy kids Are rolling they tuition And trying to find a place to live My love Is like a golden halo That won’t turn Your skin green
4.	Gone 03:35	lyrics	buy track
I miss the ocean I miss the shore I miss the certainty Of always being poor I miss my oldest friend He knows who he is I miss the mess of cars In the driveway where he lives I miss the Olands I miss the bands Up on the Gus’ stage Outnumbering their fans I miss the late nights When the lights come on I miss the whole thing But i’m the one thats gone I’m the one thats gone Five years on and it still feels wrong I’m the one thats gone Everything’s changed and I don’t belong And i’m the one thats gone I miss the winter I miss the storms I miss the power out When the rain starts to pour I miss the lobster rigs And the flying swan I miss the whole thing But i’m the one thats gone
5.	Sleepless Nights 03:23	lyrics	buy track
Everyone's favourite goalie Drives the van He’s a bass right hand Delivery spiderman The yacht captain beaming behind the vibraphone With every jersey ever to call his very own Everyone's favourite drummers A family man Behind the scenes behind the kit In the band He’s a flat cap master classman if there has ever been The IRL Acadian King of Kensington Sleepless Nights Ain’t nothin’ to fight When the guitar’s too loud it’s just fuckin’ right I wanna play some rock n roll tonight Sleepless Nights Ain’t nothin’ to fight If you can smell the amps Then we’re doin’ it right D’’you wanna hear some rock’n’roll tonight Everyone’s favourite publicist understands When I ask him to scream like he’s from Truro and goddamn He spent a decade doin’ Halifax is Burnin’ It’s already missed hands down for certain
6.	Toni Says 03:08	lyrics	buy track
Toni says the internet’s down Let’s go for a drink Put your jacket on Don’t even try to think About clouds Or streams or any kind of green Matrix like Data dreams So there i’m sitting at the Jim with a J Drinking beer with a B Looking up at the TV When it occurs to me AA that’s so self referential D’you get the joke? D’you see the potential in Taking this opportunity To waste this opportunity Because failure’s Nothing new to me Toni says the brewery down the block Smells like vegetable soup Pack your bags that its she says It’s time we’re moving back home Where it smells Just like it does here With real fog and salty air So now we’re walking down the street With the dog and no place to be Looking down at the marquee When she says to me Hey Hey I know just who that is I did his hair He’s scared of dogs and you’re Taking this opportunity To waste this opportunity Because failure’s Nothing new to me
7.	You Do 01:42	lyrics	buy track
It’s not that it gets better It’s that you do Every day you run farther away From where you came And all that it did to you Their blues that you don’t play Daydreaming weirdo lazy bones Down on the shoreline skipping stones It shouldn’t take all that long To convince you Home’s just some place you used to stay Daydreaming weirdo lazy bones An original there in a sea of clones It’s not that it gets better It’s that you do Every day you run farther away
8.	Reruns 03:16	lyrics	buy track
When the season is over If I am asleep Please Turn off the TV When at last the final credits crawl All our closest friends are truly gone Until the reruns come on When the cast and the crew gather Behind the tired star Try to remember Them as they are When at last the final credits crawl All our closest friends are truly gone Until the reruns come on

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released March 11, 2022

All songs written by A.A. Wallace
Photography by Mat Dunlap
Layout by Jud Haynes
Mastered by Kristian Montano at Montano Mastering
Mixed by A.A. Wallace
All performances recorded remotely by the performers themselves.

Performers:
Loel Campbell - Drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Kyle Cunjak - Bass (1, 3, 4)
Greg Ryan - Pedal Steel (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Matthew MacDonald - Backup Vocals (1)
Nils Edenloff - Backup Vocals (2, 8)
Joel Plaskett - Acoustic Tenor Guitar (4)
Myles Deck - Mouth Harp & Chorus Vocals (5)
Steven Krecklo - Strings (6)
AA Wallace - All else