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Squid Ink Sky

by Goo

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1.
Moongloom 03:29
Gloom climbing through My window in the moonlight Warm warm warm He’s so warm warm warm Life’s going fine just working on my mind I’m bored bored bored Of getting born We’re riding on a wheel And all our fantasies are real Would you even heed The call of what you needed Would you run To or from? Cause they’re always on our heels And all our fantasies are real What’s so good about a sleeping herd? There I stood as the dream was blurred What’s so true about the waking world? Do I know you from the waking world? We see, we hear, we feel But only fantasy is real
2.
Outlaw 03:01
Bone and sage burned the day My honey turned away in their brain Home isn’t safe for everyone My honey’s on the run forever If they ever dare surrender To tenderness, fear, and splendor I’ll remember their name The softest lingerie is like a cage If it’s all that’s in the way of ruin Ash and other forms dry and warm Are bound to scatter in the storm we’re brewing But if they ever dare surrender To tenderness, fear, and splendor I’ll remember their name
3.
Knight 03:47
Oh what a ride The diamond is a knife I’m worshiping a maze of light and symmetry Entwined, my dragon and my knight Forever on the other side of victory I have seen the strangest things My love seems to vanish in the spring Because as the fields start to glow Oh no We overcome and undergo Sometimes I walk into a fight Just looking for the honest kind of animal That night, the chaos that I like Was singing and, my god, he hears it all Cause he’s the strangest of them all My love seems to flourish in the fall Because when all other warmth has flown Oh no We’re overcome and undergoing And it’s so easy to be bold My love seems so callus in the cold Because there’s a sickness in the snow Oh no We overcome and undergo
4.
Demon 03:33
I belong to them Those sandy midnight men Halls of open eyes All turn inside Leave me and my demon alive Healing, at the end of the night we begin Own your own mind I'll give another try Keep them all alive I’ll give another try Hold me in my freedom and fright Reaching to the ends of the night We begin again
5.
Realm 03:19
To a distant realm Loan me to a distant realm I’m lonely, leaning on the helm Sailing still To a distant realm Beyond the doom The icicles fell And we shattered too There’s nothing to do I just keep on the move There's nothing to be done I just keep on the run
6.
Green Ray 03:48
Green ray eyes flow Through the window Going again It’s going again Living in constant awe I couldn’t say what became of us In all the cosmic cruelty We had to say it was bound to be Green ray eyes close To the window Tell me it’s going to end
7.
Real Life 02:57
God, it’s so real When you crawl in the bed And imagine you’re dead Just to taste what you dread And God, it’s so real When you wake up instead With all the time wrapped around you Ice in the wind Kissing glass-blown skin Just enough to survive All the trouble we’re in On the real kind of high There you stand, terrified With all that life wrapped around you Would you rather it was a game?
8.
Other Side 03:20
Almost to the other side You were green and overgrown You were calling out alone To a memory I was in the bathroom sink Already raising up my horn Never dreaming to transform What you sent to me But oh how the iron breathes When my old lover’s in the street And if you claw your way inside You’ll feel my disease How i’m always on my knees For your remedy Wisdom like a crown of glass On a distant air of you Like a crystal ball of dew In your subtlety Buildings are falling down As my old lover comes to town And darling what is there to choose When old one’s the one for you Now fruit’s pouring from the trees With my old love is where i’ll be
9.
Gamblin’ die rolling awry Honey spilt on a squid ink sky Screw the tides, by midnight we’ll fly Lucky I come alive at night We can flee anywhere you please But no one goes anywhere alone I thanked the stars we were both headed south Only one with the eyes of an owl When lying love, at the end of the couch Drew us into its mouth Now I could try to leave your memory behind But no one goes anywhere alone anyhow The plan was fine but the company divine Left the dog and heat behind Said nevermind, with it all on the line To see my friends in the evening time The future’s bleak, as anyone can see But no one goes anywhere alone

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"Goo's music, while undeniably beautiful, has the ability to shake you to the core in composition alone. The band’s slow dripped brand of psychedelic folk and wide open expanses is void of the hustle and bustle of city life, the songs take their time to draw upon moonlight ambiance amid whispered croons, gentle acoustics, sweeping melodies, and subtle twang. Moving between the reverberation of sun peeled ballads and flourishes of dusty Americana-tinged psych, Zegans and company swoon and shimmer in slow motion throughout the always dreamy yet texturally dynamic record. Their music plays out understated, dreamy and rooted in hazy folk, but Beck Zegans’ songwriting and vocals are utterly gorgeous, equal parts delicate and compelling. Everything about Squid Ink Sky is stunning, a gorgeous tale of hope, longing, heartbreak, and resilience." - Dan Goldin (Post-Trash)

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released June 9, 2023

Art by Eleanor Green
Produced by Julian Fader & Beck Zegans
Mixed by Julian Fader
Mastered by Amar Lal
Written by Beck Zegans

Performed by:
Beck Zegans on Vocals & Guitar
Q Robinson on Bass
Leah Beck on Keys & Vocals
Anders Johnson on Drums
J.R. Bohannon on Pedal Steel
Sean Brennan on Cello
Julian Fader on Vibraphone

Recorded at Honey Jar in Brooklyn NY

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Goo New York, New York

As Goo, Beck Zegans and pals play sweet psychedelic folk in New York City. Tune in for a slow-burning nebula of lovesickness and hopeful/less crooning into the void.

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