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ASPHYXIA

by The Violets Australia

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1.
Sleeping Eyes 04:30
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Sleeping eyes When we met, your eyes were breathing Now your corneas are sleeping I’d seen you once before, in a photograph in a shopping mall & I’d lay awake for hours & hours, making your face out of the clouds Wake your sleeping eyes..... This century is cold; It leaves me nothing worth believing & I’ve heard it all before, yeah I read it on the bulletin board & I’d lay awake for hours & hours, trying to make truth out of the lies & I’d drive for miles & miles To try to wake your sleeping eyes Wake your sleeping eyes When we met, your eyes were breathing Now your iris’s are sleeping & I’ve felt this way before, like an old postcard on a dusty floor & I’d lay awake for hours & hours, making your face out of the stars & I’d drive for miles & miles To try to wake your sleeping eyes Wake your sleeping eyes
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Dead Letter 04:53
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Dead letter Have you ever wandered around here? Have you ever let yourself feel the fear? If I fall will you catch me, unaware? If I fall will you catch me, will you be there? Have you ever tortured a heart? You’re living on the upside of town, though you’re down on your luck... If you fall I’ll catch you, very unaware If I fall will you catch me, will you be there? will you be there? Better to beg, than to borrow..... Have you ever stumbled around here? Have you ever let yourself, eat the fear? If I fall will you catch me, unaware? If I fall will you catch me, will you be there? will you be there? I tell myself a million times or more Better to beg, than to borrow..... & as I push the table hard against the door Better to beg, than to borrow.....
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Pianohead 04:04
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Pianohead Strange hallucination happening to me A sickly sweet family, gathered around a Christmas tree & it’s the season to be jolly although I’m tired of all the dancing.... A thousand fingers inside my head, playing with my mind An elegance that I’ve never seen before though there’s trace elements of an unknown hatred A thousand fingers inside my head, playing with my mind There’s a thousand fingers inside my head, playing with my mind Like a piano Who are you to speak to me this way? I never liked you, let alone anything you say... There’s a thousand fingers inside my head, playing with my mind Like a piano playing with my mind
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E.L.Pinprick 06:07
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E.L.Pinprick You know I can twostep, as good as anyone & take it all to the limit, wherever that might be So throw your cards on the table & the salt over your shoulder you know I can’t hate it, I digest it all I’ll wait until you say it, my backs against the wall When are we leaving, my feet are aching I have all I need you have all you want & I think I can feel every little pinprick You know I can take this in my stride & I know where i think I left my pride I’ll wait til you say it, my backs against the wall You know I can two-step as good as anyone & take it all to the limit, wherever that might be So throw your cards on the table & the salt over your shoulder I have all I need you have all you want & I think I can feel every little pinprick I hear you screaming, more more more.... You know I have got it all & I know why I bear you my soul & that’s all....
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Salesman 05:22
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Salesman I don’t believe anymore until I hear it from you The possibilities opening & closing, but always obstructing the view I just can’t feel anymore until it punctures my skin Layer by layer, removing disguise to reveal that willing heir.... Don’t buy from me All that I have is damaged goods Don’t shy from me & my broken wares for the world to see... Don’t succumb to the tune, later comes soon Like the snake & the charmer, a most beguiled partner Capsized in the calm... There’s a knock at the door Its teeth tie & case With poisons & perfumes & watches & gadgets Well hey; it’s your lucky day... Don’t buy from me All that I have is damaged goods Don’t shy from me & my broken wares for the world to see... A minute of your time? I don’t believe anymore until I hear it from you The possibilities opening & closing, but always obstructing the view I just can’t feel anymore until it punctures my skin Layer by layer, removing disguise to reveal that willing heir.... Don’t buy from me All that I have is damaged goods Don’t shy from me & my broken wares for the world to see..
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Breathe in 05:33
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Breathe in Where’s it all going, what does it all mean? How many reasons do you need? You hear the sounds of laughter disappear as you wake from your dream An endless grey road lies just in front of me & I ache for the moon as the tar burns my feet I watch the world catch fire, as you laugh behind your sleeve... Won’t you please bring me the beginning? & I’ll find you the end... All that we knew here now is gone Paintings that hung on the walls for so long How many lives will grace these rooms without me? Where’s it all going, what does it all mean? How many reasons do you need? I hear the sound of laughter disappear as I wake from my dream.. Won’t you please bring me the beginning? & I’ll find you the end... All that life keeps telling you...breathe All that life keeps telling you All that life keeps shouting at you.... Breathe

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Interesting time for the band. First time working with an international producer. Chris Dickie, known for Depeche Mode, Morrisey & Sinead O'Connor.

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released November 17, 2018

from ASPHYXIA, track releases November 17, 2018
Written & performed by The Violets
(Guest Drummer Harvey Albinger)
Mixed by Brett Sody & Produced by Chris Dickie.
Recorded at Kong Studios Adelaide
Mastered by Steve Smart @ Studio 301 Sydney
Photography: Ash Starkey
Graphic design: John Kingsmill
Cover model: Hands by Adrienne

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From the day they first formed in Adelaide, Australia back in 1990, The Violets were an enigma. Created from a fusion of shimmering guitar lines, sonic abstraction and an almost cinematic vision, they smashed together light and dark, and made beautiful agony dance cheek-to-cheek with pretty mystery. It was pop, it was prog, it was flat out indie rock – but it was never quite like anything else. ... more

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