Live in the Land of the Dead, by Secret Boyfriend

Live in the Land of the Dead

by Secret Boyfriend

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1.	Found Fluid 01:43	lyrics	buy track
bitter strait cup it’s clay in your hands follow your vision and run don’t look back time is near found fluid in the lung I heard you were up in the air now that your vision has come they’re still here laying in the grass out of touch, divided by one power of none
2.	You've Always Known 03:39		buy track
3.	Counting the Centuries 04:12	lyrics	buy track
on the train to the sea a man sat next to me and said going underground’s fine when there’s nothing down the line except maybe sadness and hate a skin that’s translucent and gray she said we’re counting the centuries fast counting the centuries fast trying to find the feeling again moving against the wind she said wrap it around your hand don’t look too far ahead see yourself in the sun just like everyone she said we’re counting the centuries fast Mary’s photo fading last slow breath rebuilding the past she said you’ll see the sun again if you move far ahead past the sadness and hate a skin that’s translucent and vague he said we’re counting the centuries fast
4.	Never the Same 02:53	lyrics	buy track
the fog and excitation send Michael to me strangled for days with no loss of sensation send Michael to see just how we tear the body down lost because they can never changed reappointed straight today when they’re with you it’s never the same because they talk about tearing the body down like a tower fallen to the sea now hidden from the top down just relax stare into the sound then we’ll watch the whole room drown when they’re with you it’s never the same because they talk about tearing the body down
5.	Captivated by the Rot 02:15	lyrics	buy track
let the silence in oh well, all right push your matter through pain flower endless in light guided by a north star with angels behind let the fire in and wonder why captivated by the rot it’s silence that we seek push your body through pain throw it away then see where you are expand and crash into the stars oh well, all right the strength to keep us all safe flower endless in light captivated by the rot its silence that we seek push your body through pain throw it away and see where you are with angels behind let the body begin and wonder why
6.	Firefly 04:09		buy track
7.	Empty as the Flame 02:58	lyrics	buy track
rip it out of you suffer through the ascent til earth is well viewing through films of nephilim where angels learn to kill never thought I’d see it done so well Oliver in stark relief though his details start to fade I believe it will change day to day rip it out of you slowing the descent til earth is well drowning in angel tears disregarded by hell never thought I’d see him do so well Oliver in stark relief though he’s empty as the flame disbelief won’t change today Aglide in the corner of an eye Aglide Aglide rip it out of you suffer through the descent and you’ll be well viewing through films of nephilim where the angels learn to kill never thought I’d see it done so well Oliver in stark relief but his details start to fade I believe I can change day to day
8.	Consider it might be true 05:59	lyrics	buy track
should’ve come round tonight to watch it burn feeling so fine now that time has turned inside breaking their own hearts sharp, shattered thoughts consider it might be true what they do to you would’ve been nice to say always light, never day consider they might be just scared but you won’t shoulder strap on tight cold, in style now it’s my time to exist always in bed always a crushed note now it’s my time to exist breaking their own hearts sharp, shattered thoughts consider it might be true what they do to you
9.	In the Same Dream 04:07	lyrics	buy track
well I’ve been told shadows start to move when they grow bold but you’re not pushing your way out now finally with you finally without the sound sound sound well it’s not hard clutch your green dress let your mind go dark but you’re not pushing your way out now finally with you finally without the doubt all of them in the same dream all of them when you need them all of them insane well I’ve been told shadows start to move when the air grows cold but you’re not pushing your way out now finally with you finally without the sound sound sound
10.	Exterminating Prince 04:08	lyrics	buy track
I wish I could remember your name I wish I could see you wake up from a dream and you would be there but you’ll never know who you’ll find there exterminating prince falling up the stairs maybe it’s gone too far to be here is absolute and you won’t be the first in your disgust love you til it’s long gone arise come out tonight I wish I could remember your name I wish I could see you wake up from a dream and you’d be there but you’ll never know who you’ll find there exterminating prince falling up the stairs maybe it’s gone too far to be here is absolute and you won’t be the first in your disgust mollified flowers that won’t last the hour it’s the way I feel in the hold now maybe let’s pretend that there’s no end no wild powers in the soul 777 it’s got to be heaven it’s the way I feel in the hold now maybe let’s pretend that there’s no end love you til it’s long gone arrive come out tonight I wish I could remember your name I wish I could see you wake up from a dream and you’d be there but you’ll never know who you’ll find there exterminating prince falling up the stairs
11.	ODE2 08:17		buy track
12.	Always (alt. version) 01:05		buy track
13.	Jungle Tape 07:45		buy track
14.	20th Fragment 00:51		buy track
15.	Reaper's Kiss 05:59		buy track
16.	And Now The Truth 05:53	lyrics	buy track
waiting so long waiting so long and now the truth it’s already taken root there’s no abyss you’re thinking of it wrong and now the truth it starts with me and you so long forget to end life impermanent starts again and again so long waiting so long and now the truth it’s already taken root there’s no abyss there’s no abyss there’s no abyss so long
17.	Miniature ii 00:44		buy track
18.	95 South 2 03:31		buy track
19.	Live at the Aviary 9/29/19 03:36		buy track

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"Another sui-generis telegram from Ryan Martin's haunted shack, sounding like it's being slipped to its recipient in a scuffed velvet envelope. A ham radio broadcast searching through a forest of bare trees and into the starry skies, hunting for someone else out there to confirm this overwhelming feeling. Secret Boyfriend's has long been the loneliest corpus in contemporary music, and the most embracing: a paean to the eternal—the undead—dreams of youth that linger like a squishy tumor (possibly benign) long after the body itself has begun its inevitable disintegration, growing older and withering around a tender blue flame. On side A, shivery, whispery new-wave folk songs lure you close for warmth—power-pop hooks cast in shades of open-hearted embarrassment and humility—only for side B to excavate the oozing dripscapes, dusty torture chambers, rusted shards of noise, and spectral remnants of past dramas that all lurk deeper inside the house, locating and exorcising the aggression within the melancholy. At every stage, there are melodies and rhythms that threaten never to resolve, minimalist chord changes and looping, crumbling thuds that push you forward toward the emotional infinite. Maybe you'll find someone to sway alongside you as you head for that cosmic light in the distance. But “there’s no abyss, you’re thinking of it wrong”: acceptance that the end is also always a possibility, and that dreams always exist. This tape might emanate from the land of the dead, but it's evidence that it's still possible to be alive within that world." - Jonathan Woollen

"Live in the Land of the Dead" is a collection of innerworld psychotopographical pieces originally formulated in the rockbottom / positively transformational year 2019, evenly split between guitar (oh no) -centric songwriting in a raw, underground 'indie' vein and various 'instrumentals' of warped tape loop ambient ("ODE2"). no-input rhythmic destruction ("95S2", "Jungle Tape"), and imaginary soundtracks ("Reaper's Kiss", "You've Always Known"). This unusually limited (for me anyway) timeframe of writing and recording lends a more cohesive quality in terms of lyrics, concerns of which are: surviving hurricanes and general self-preservation, acceptance of the ephemeral physical, alternately erotic and threatening dreams, self-fulfilling prophecy, reframing the void, renewal. Trying to find the feeling again, moving against the wind past the sadness and hate in the midst of cosmic die-offs and transition.

recorded 2019 at Cathedral ii falling down and crawling up by RM on cassette 8-track except 2, 3, 11, 15, 17 = computer, & 19 by Victoria Shen with a phone in Boston. Originally released in sketchier form as a tour tape for a September 2019 east coast / midwest "Together Alone" tour with Housefire. Revised / remixed 2022.

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released December 12, 2022

voice, tape loops, casio, guitars, synth, percussion, no-input mixer by RM.

mastered by Glyn Maier

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