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WAR Logo T-shirt Designed By Matt Needle
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T-Shirt/Shirt
WAR Logo T-shirt Designed By Matt Needle. These are made to order, please allow a few weeks to receive.
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Double 12"Red Vinyl Pop-Up Center Gatefold 180G
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Deluxe double vinyl version of our latest album "WAR". Pressed on 180 gram red vinyl with a gatefold jacket - Tara's pointy crown pops up in the center!
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Square, clear, lathe cut vinyl, very limited edition that was intended for tour. But now you can order em. Grab all four for a complete set! Of course. : )
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edition of 80
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Limited stock of UK ONLY WAR 8-Panel CDS
Includes unlimited streaming of WAR
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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$15USDor more
WAR Double Gatefold Vinyl (UK ONLY)
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Double Red Vinyl with pop up gatefold (UK ONLY)
Includes unlimited streaming of WAR
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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about
Around 2017, I became obsessed with Judy Garland’s 1964 performance of “By Myself” from her CBS television series. In this, I am astonished and stunned by her performance- despite her demons ..totally overwhelming & powerful. So, with "Santa Monica", it was thanks to Judy that this song finally fell into place - I hoped to portray a “character” that could have been me in another life - a troubled, Garland-esque star that felt deep despair despite how loved she really was, and she couldn't overcome the pain in the end. Everything became blurred and demented, addiction and delusion being a better place to exist than reality. All taking place in her mind - on the beaches of Santa Monica, full of beautiful people, shiny, numb and smiling, slightly melting - “the dolls with broken feet” and most definitely imaginary. I’m not sure, but I think she tragically gives up & walks into the ocean at the end - perhaps that can be left up to the listener…not to mention - my additional obsession with Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard. The video reflects this as well. Another musing for another time.
It was also in this song that i brought in the superpowers of Kendra Frost’s vocals & vocal arrangement skills - we wanted a sort of “angel on your shoulder”/ “voice of reason” approach to contrast all the delirium .
lyrics
I could be a drunk in Santa Monica
Roll me down forever to the sea I know
All of the days I’d waste
turning forever faceless
Back into my love
my Santa Monica
I am just a star (in Santa Monica)
I can see the beach
the dolls with broken feet
I tried my best
the ice too heavy in my chest (sing now)
Into the acid rain
onto my face erase me
Back into the cunt of Santa Monica
I am just a star (in Santa Monica)
O my little love
Don't let it hurt anymore
O my little dove
Don’t let it hurt anymore
I am just a star (in Santa Monica)
(don’t wanna take my love to Santa Monica)
credits
from WAR,
track released April 1, 2022
Written By Tara Busch
Produced by Tara Busch & Dean Honer
Guest vocal and additional vocal arrangement by Kendra Frost
Fun, bright post-punk that emulates the bands I grew up with so well that I honestly had to check and make sure the album wasn't a re-release from 1984. So glad this came up in my recommended feed. modestwriggles
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