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    At long last TGOOL has partnered with Godless America Records for this ghoulish and powerful 10-minute cassette. As an official International Cassette Store Day release, this limited run includes a bonus track entitled "I'm New Here" which features string and whistle accompaniment by Sean Moore (Viernes, Pardon My Carbon). Comes with beautiful full color 4-panel fold-out with lyrics, liner notes and additional artwork and an aquamarine jewel case.

    Pro-dubbed high-fidelity cassette duplicated with the utmost care to preserve the final mastering perfection of Alex Wharton (The Pixies, Animal Collective, Scott Walker) at Abbey Road Studios.

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    Incredible lathe cut vinyl limited to 50 copies, hand-pressed at Rabbit Foot Records. Own this ghoulish classic on the medium it was meant to be heard! Produced, recorded and mixed by Tele and The Ghost of Our Lord at The Borelandome Stratosphere and mastered at Abbey Road by Alex Wharton (The Pixies, Animal Collective, Scott Walker.) Depression never sounded so good!

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lyrics

The day my father died, I played a show
My sister told me after my previous project had gotten off stage
She told me in a crying whisper while hugging me tightly
"Dad died" she said and I wept into her arms
It was all she said and we wept together on the dance floor
Later in the greenroom she told me that he'd passed after a prayer
The few people he had left in his life were surrounding him
They all prayed that he go peacefully and off he went
So off I went like a baby into a dream
I saw the black balloons waft around the greenroom as my sister and I parted ways

Black balloons are taking us there

My grandfather died four years later
I went to rehearsal that night to try to dance out some demons and pay my respects
My grief sang from my Gretsch and my whammy bar made me sob
The band was there as I wailed upon the hardwood floor
You see, we had just pulled the plug two days prior as per his wishes
His whiskey habit had gotten the best of him and old age and sorrow, of course
My aunts, my wife, Christina, my mother, her husband, Steve, my sister, my brother, his children and Ma
Uncle Johnny and Kari and Tim gathered around the geurney as we wept upon the 7th floor
And we sang songs together to soothe the passing of life
I took a phonecall - it was business - The Young Psychedelics
It was Mike, owns a studio up in Sanford - nice guy
I've been thinkin' about buying property up there
Preferably something turn of the century with enough space to build my own studio one day -
And a big backyard for your son, Jude

Black balloons are taking us there

credits

from Dwell B​/​W Black Balloons, track released October 13, 2017
Written, recorded and performed (mostly) by Tele

Matt Kamm - Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Kyle Harms - Drums
Terry O'Brien - Percussion
Sean Moore - Violins

Mixed by Matt Kamm in the Borelandome Stratosphere
Drums at Kyle Studios

Mastered by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios

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