summer was over
when the water
in my leaky radiator
froze over
the coolant lines in my car
i’m stranded
in the cold, post show
in november
but only if my phone wasn’t dead,
I could see if my band
was featured in someone’s
Instagram story
I could bide my time
’til the morning
reliving my thirty seconds of glory
& i’m thinking how
friends treat friends differently
if i’m an engine to you,
i have no use if i overheat.
wound up in rubber bands,
insurance coverages,
online presences,
you can drop from any ceiling
and not feel any feeling.
egg drop
supported by 21 fans who also own “Engine / It's Time”
Up there with Joe's best -- it feels like it pulls from every record he's done before while still being completely distinct from any Cymbals record in the way it combines the psychedelia and accessibility with some of the lushest, most ornately arranged music I've heard. Plus the guitars still rock, the solos fucking slap, and the ballads somehow slap just as hard. The narrative based lyrics also hit a sweet spot in Joe's lyricism -- direct but inventive, descriptive and endlessly compelling. Emmanuel Castillo
William Ryan Fritch's enthralling, doomy new CD comes housed in a gorgeous, panoramic gatefold sleeve with bewitching original artwork. Bandcamp New & Notable May 16, 2016