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Gumballs in the Meritocracy

by The Fur Coats

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1.
When Will You Die? I'm a beetle in a tall, tall tree Plum-iridescent as the oily sea Climbing higher up into the sky Composing sonnets for my friend the fly I pause on branches to admire the view Survey the houses of the chosen few They crowd the valley, crooked, brown and wrong These dragging husks will never make you strong When will you die? You know beetle's wings are made of gold Ebon-black along their pulsing folds Moist and pink, your skin is much too soft The winds would freeze you if you went aloft When will you die?
2.
Gorgeous, Just Gorgeous Sulfur black and death wish blue Nothing said, and nothing true Round and round and round and round Do it, do it, drooling hound Make a case for empty sky Phantom fears, extinction lies Virus is a man-spoke word Shared among the dwindling herd This static is gorgeous, just gorgeous Your absence is gorgeous, just gorgeous Fall to ash and fall to dust Many faces left in trust Spring is here, so breathe the air Hands, your hands, you'll find them there-- Sulfur black and death wish blue Sulfur black and death wish blue Sulfur black and death wish blue Sulfur black and death wish blue This static is gorgeous, just gorgeous Your absence is gorgeous, just gorgeous Can't breathe Can't speak
3.
That's a Great Question! Bark, bark, bark Bark out your answers Bark, bark, bark Bark out your answers Life won't go? Moves too slow? See this thing? It might sting That's a great question! That's a great question! That's a great question! That's a great question! Now go to sleep Feeling down? Hate your town? Does this hurt? I'm a flirt That's a great question! That's a great question! That's a great question! That's a great question! Now go to sleep
4.
Ha Ha 02:31
Ha Ha I can see you in your garden Fast asleep By the drowning well I will write this invitation Finished and flown By the dinner bell Ha ha ha Ha ha ha Mother calls out from her boudoir Warning you Of a lightning storm I watch you twitch and stir from slumber The falling rain Is soft and warm Ha ha ha Ha ha ha Make it real Make it really real Make me real Make me really real
5.
Guy De Maupassant, I Ain't When you take me in your arms And tell me that Your infowars are sanctioned by Silver ships orbiting the Sun Click-click-click Synchronize the great pacific Garbage patch to Astral flares of brain Memetic consequence and solitary spin We make our murders We make our murders Lies are lies are lies are lies And lies are lies are truth Messages we cannot read Embalmed from me to you Click-click-click Synchronize the great pacific Garbage patch to Astral flares of brain Memetic consequence and solitary spin? We make our murders We make our murders
6.
I Pretend That I Know What I'm Doing And so they tell me: try not to feel so sad One day they're babies, and the next day they are dads Whole lotta nothin', nothin' here to do I'll buy a steamship, and sail it home to you I pretend that I know what I'm doing And it's usually really enough Things get done and people go home happy We pretend that we know what we're doing And it's usually really enough Things get done and people go home happy I like to think on the secret lives of dogs They live so briefly, yet lay around like logs These things we're wantin', they slip right through our hands There's so much anger; we all have seven bands I pretend that I know what I'm doing And it's usually really enough Things get done and people go home happy We pretend that we know what we're doing And it's usually really enough Things get done and people go home happy
7.
Artificial Reef The buildings fall But I won't go There is a way To make them grow You are here And I am there A follicle Inside your hair Go Body go Go Body go Bones I can see their bones Bleached and blown In blood-red light Walk with me Through Anthro night Go Body go Go Body go Bones I can see their bones
8.
Courage Mariana Down, down, down, down, Down, down, down-- Down to the loam we go We can walk all night Ignoring all the things That are always gonna make us blue Fleeing from the light Another thousand miles On banking scrip and Elmer's glue Courage Mariana Courage Mariana Rebels in the hills Cigarettes and meth Polemics by the darkened moon Feel the sudden chill Conjured by a voice Singing a familiar tune Courage Mariana Courage Mariana Forward, forward, forward--hey Take a real swing on the garden gate Forward, forward, forward--hey History tells us go Down, down, down, down, Down, down, down-- Down to the loam we go
9.
Candy Hooks 01:51
Candy Hooks Is love a fleeting figment? Is pride a useless curse? Going downtown with Candy Hooks He's made of steam, he really cooks The city growls, the city moans The city offers up its bones Captain, where's your compass? A plague of grackles in the sky Don't speak a word, don't speak the lie A man of faith, his touch divine Turning Slurpees into wine Captain, where's your compass? Going downtown with Candy Hooks!
10.
The Echo Chamber Nothing ever changed It all just stayed the same The days went by Mothers eat their young Like bitters on the tongue It goes both ways Salesmen waiting in the foyer Sharpening the words that strike you dumb Kettledrums announce your party Cars arrive to whisk your pains away Passive panting shells That ride among the swells At night they pray Salesmen waiting in the foyer Sharpening the words that strike you dumb Science has made us blind Nothing ever changed It all just stayed the same The days went by Salesmen waiting in the foyer Sharpening the words that strike you dumb We bow our heads and say we're sorry

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"Insightful, sardonic, jumpy and funny...wish modern punk was always this evolved." --Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover

"Gumballs takes the quality of the band's first album and kicks on to outdo that long player in all aspects. This is a treat, which provides buckets of enjoyment in times of Brexit, Trump, and an arthritic knee. Some real humor and social awareness underpins these catchy, flighty songs." --Rich Cocksedge, Razorcake



Recorded December 2016 by Chico Jones at
MicroMega Studio, Austin, Texas
Mastered by Max Lorenzen
Art by Craig Nichols
Assembled by Richard Heaven
Lyrics by Marc Ruvolo
Music by The Fur Coats

Text quoted at the beginning of "Artificial Reef" is the final paragraph of the novel "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin.

The Fur Coats:
Marc Ruvolo--Guitars, Vocals
Jake Figallo--Bass, Backing Vocals, Keyboards
Craig Nichols--Drums, Percussion

Vinyl Released by Hovercraft Records
www.hovercraftpdx.com

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released June 6, 2017

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