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August

by BB Gun

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1.
Take Care 01:22
Have you heard the siren music in the blackness of the night? Did you follow it to find a mermaid trembling with fright? Did you pluck her from the shore and try to make her breathe the air? My friend, if you've been tempted, listen! Heed my warning.... and take care....
2.
Well, my brain is kapounding and my heart is kapounding All I can taste is fear! My heart is a- pumping and my paranoids are jumping I cannot believe that we're here Well my logic is suspended My emotions are distended I’m thinking I can’t even think Our paths have intersected And it seems that we’ve connected I can’t think of a single thing! Are you thinking of me like I’m thinking of you? Are you thinking of the things that we just might do? Are you thinking of the future like I’m thinking of the future? 76% uncertain 24% sure Well it isn't my fault And it isn't your your fault Just a matter of circumstance Today might be another day Where I don’t fall in love But I’ll meet someone I like by chance Are you thinking of me like I’m thinking of you? Are you thinking of the things that we just might do? Are you thinking of the future like I’m thinking of the future? 76% uncertain 24% sure Somehow I knew Somehow I knew Somehow I knew that you’d like me, too Somehow I knew Somehow I knew Somehow I knew that you’d like me, too
3.
Warm Fuzzy 02:51
4.
I had a dream. A beautiful dream. A reasonable dream! A dream that would harm no one A dream that helped me through my days A dream to take on my travels A portable dream. There was nothing wrong with it. It was a good dream! The best dream ever. Sometimes it seemed so real... It was with me for a long time. Sometimes it was better than reality But unfortunately, I have to live in reality So I always kept my dream. The odds seemed totally impossible But one night my dream came true. Yep! It came true! A real living dream. It’s beautiful and it makes me feel reasonable. It makes me charge into my days. It comes with me on my travels. It’s a good dream! The best dream ever. Yes, my dream has come true. But how long can a dream last? I think it will last forever.
5.
Share 02:52
Me and my sister and the other mermaids were by the shore and we were singing. We didn't know if anyone was listening but we didn't care because, you know, we were just singing. We were always singing! Well anyway, my mom took a picture of us and when it was developed she took it home and put it in a frame This frame had all kinds of seashells and stuff all over it and sometimes I'd find myself staring at the frame and think I saw some jellyfish on it, too. But I'm glad there weren't any jellyfish on it because jellyfish are kind of scary, don't you think? Anyway, this was the happiest day of my mom's life and that’s why she likes to show the picture to people if they come over. Well, now it’s my turn and I made a copy of the picture and I want to show you the picture. Sometimes I think about my senior picture. I mean, I don’t have a senior picture because I was on the land and I couldn’t deal with it so they took me out of high school and instead they put me in heo drool school. But sometimes I picture myself staring into nowhere with this big smile on my face and I’m wearing a mortarboard and it looks totally queer and that’s why I’m glad I don’t have a senior picture But maybe if I had one I’d show it to you. I was looking in the mirror which is funny because I don’t like to do that. Not since I landed and I was in the air and everything was so different for me. But anyway, sometimes I have to do that and then I have to take a picture of myself looking into the mirror. Sometimes I take a lot of pictures of myself but I don’t like to do it, you know? I mean, I don’t like looking at them but I like taking the pictures. And well, now I'm thinking that since I took them all, now I have to show you the pictures. I’ll share with the outside when I become a recluse I’ll share with the watcher who suffers from the muse I’ll share with the world to the tune of 20 views I’ll share as much of me as I want to share with you I’ll never share enough for you
6.
If I had wings I would fly Lord, I would fly I would fly from the mountain I would fly from the sky Lord, I would fly I would fly from possession I would fly from obsession I would fly Lord, I would fly I would fly toward redemption I would fly toward perfection I would fly Fly... Lord, I would fly I would fly toward the ocean The great boundless ocean I would fly I would fly Lord, I would fly I would drop like a pebble I would sink like a stone
7.
Veil 01:46
Focus every brilliance Upon the closed veil Use the wish, the hope, and prayer Focus Brilliance On the veil Hope Wish Pray To no avail!
8.
She lives in a shell without the “s” How is she doing? She’ll give you a guess Haunted by spirits, hunted by bears Tired from reading, worried with care Building a wall, invaded by bats On the endless commute, she is needing a rest Warm by the hearth, not going out Baptized in water, she’s expressing a doubt Correcting her brother Scolding the cat Defending her daughters Evading the past She’s practicing doctor And learning to teach A bit overworked A bit over reached Her mind’s full of thoughts Nut none are of you Don’t figure her out She does what she do She’s very polite Ignoring the phone She don’t want to talk So just leave her alone!
9.
When I Fell 05:47
When I fell for you My dream came true It saw me through And I loved you Dream of peace And dream of happiness And dream of love And dream of you I will always dream of you.....
10.
So I heard the siren music in the blackness of the night I followed it to find a mermaid trembling with fright I plucked her from the shore and tried to make her breathe the air And I ignored the voice that tried to warn me to take care There were times when we would sit and talk until the end of night Laughter rang out through the air to measure our delight She even introduced me to another from her school Time with them was better than the final day of school Nature has a way of showing up the pride of man The animal takes over when he’s done the best he can It was a hard learned lesson but I finally understand Mermaids congregate deep in the sea, not on the land I sing this song to them from somewhere far above the waves I sing it with the air they cannot breath beneath the waves I sing it bathed in sunlight, then in moonlight clean and clear I sing it to the ocean dwellers who will never hear We are nowhere in their hearts as they look within themselves We are nowhere in their eyes as they look toward the sea We are nowhere in their arms as they turn away from us We are nowhere in their thoughts as they turn beneath the waves We travel not beneath the waves The waves The waves I am watching
11.
The way she walks The way she acts The way she looks The way she thinks The way she speaks The way she feels The way she moves The way she loves Everything about her is subject to change The way she thinks The way she likes The way she knows The way she does What she has to say How she spends her day What's wrong and right How she spends her night What you know about her is subject to change She does not lie She's subject to change Forever true She's subject to change She once was mine She changed her mind Her mind is subject to change
12.
Vexation 02:43
I stand by the sea. They come to me unbidden. I don’t want them here! I can wrestle them back into their hole; but oh, the effort it takes. I am spent after the struggle. How can I know the good things when they are afoot? They prick, prod, and poke. They disturb the better angels of my nature. I can get no satisfaction from them. They are useless to me, useless! Yet, I’ve been known to invite them back. Oh, yes. I conjure them of my own will sometimes. Is this part of the process? All agree that it is. But one can’t see the picture if one is in the frame, hmm? It's vexatious. I am steered to distraction. I, the captain of my own destiny, driven from the wheel in pursuit of phantoms! Vexations flit and dart before my mind’s eye. I devote all attention to them. My muse flies before them. My reason falters. When they appear, I clutch my head and groan with melancholy. They return again! Again to torment me and remind me of subjects best left unstudied. Yet every time they bid me open the book, I open the book. I turn every page. I read avidly. I study the photographs. I read the footnotes. They applaud. I wither!
13.
I was not looking for the bottom She showed the way and I went down I was not looking for the bottom She showed the way and I went down I got the D.B. Blues And I am learning my way around When she loved me I was up there Floating high upon a cloud When she loved me I was up there Floating high upon a cloud Now I am burdened by her fondness One more face down in the crowd Meet me in the bottom Bring your dancing shoes I said meet me in the bottom Bring your dancing shoes I'll pick up my starvation box Play you a chorus of the D. B. Blues The Desolate Bottom Blues Worst blues I ever had I got the Desolate Bottom Blues Worst blues I ever had The Desolate Bottom Blues Ain't nothing but a drowning man feelin' bad
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Once we had the spirit Now you have a ghost Say hello to the person Who loved you the most Once we had a vision Now the image fades There's no looking at picture books Not in this world we've made
16.
Information mis- gathered Intuitive data mis- decoded History's ignored I read too much and I'm sorry Information misfiled Intuition in control History repeats itself I read too much and I'm sorry Information in the database Intuition in check History is history I read too much And it won't happen again

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The true story of a man who falls in love with a mermaid.

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released June 11, 2015

for the realization of this project, BB Gun were:
MALCOLM TENT: guitar, bass, drums, vocals, keyboards, percussion, sound effects
BEBE GUNN: vocals
BART McCLEARY: drums (tracks 2, 4, 7)
CHRIS MITCHELL: drums (track 8)

Conceived, written, arranged, engineered, recorded, produced, birthed, dropped, stepped on, fixed, mixed, remixed, almost ruined, salvaged, and finally abandoned by Malcolm Tent at Salon TPOS between the years 2007- 2015. Tom Scholz, eat your heart out.

Tracks 2 and 8 were mixed by Tom Boudreau at Bonehead Studios in 2014. Ms. Gunn contributed numerous ideas for musical arrangements and vocal parts. Bart and Chris killed it on the drums. Without them this album would not be as good as it is.

Cover art by Malcolm Tent.

Special thanks to the three Muses, without whom....

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Malcolm Tent Danbury, Connecticut

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I've been bashing away at music and noise since 1983. I'm a founding member of Broken Talent (known to punk record collectors the world over), Bunnybrains (globally recognized noisemongers), and Ultrabunny (a better version of Bunnybrains), I've been slinging my punk rock acoustic guitar full time since 2008. And I'm Antiseen's bass player. And guitar player for They Hate Us. ... more

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