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After the Gold Rush Party

by Husbands

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    180 gram black audiophile vinyl. Pressing of 200. Includes digital download card and poster/lyric sheet insert. Includes singles “Mexico”, “3AM”, and more.

    Album released January 14, 2020, on Cowboy 2.0, an imprint of Clerestory AV.

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1.
Cherries 01:35
home's temporary picking cherries to rot to go is to not come back the same all in your hands, b to be happy or not tell the heathens "see you again" every friday night signs. early warnings something warming up to done passing over like a vision on a dreamless night but it won't anymore you can love me, or don't and i won't poke the ever silent watching eyes always love you sometimes i forget to tell you
2.
Manhorse 03:04
when I'm alone I think about you all the time magnet your photo to the fridge as I crush ice I can't recall a single thing you said too busy trying to guess what's in your head oh baby, I'll buy lemons and limes she said I won't ever say no, never why can't you hear me why can't I hear you too? headless horse dragging my bones through the minefield do not interrupt, it's a process do not interrupt, it's a process do not interrupt, it's a process do not interrupt, it's a process do not interrupt while it's processing oh baby, I'll buy lemons and limes she said I won't ever say no, never why can't you hear me why can't I hear you too? headless horse dragging my bones through the minefield
3.
Culebra 03:40
on your deathbed, it's blondie singing riding high on true blue light, searching for meaning the glowing sandbed and salt is stinging bummer to know i won't see you like this again now you do me one solid, never speak that name in this house speak that name in this house speak that name in this house got a good thing going never speak that name in this house speak that name in this house again the minutes turn to hours, still my ever-loving heart burns got enough for maybe one more go I'll scrape the skin off my knuckles for you I'll call it worth it if you count this one for me now you do me one solid, never speak that name in this house speak that name in this house speak that name in this house got a good thing going never speak that name in this house speak that name in this house again I don't know much about Puerto Rico but I know where all the good expats go I felt the breeze come through the window while she's taking a nap in the backseat I don't know much about Isabella but I know something about the sunshine I know my baby makes me feel fine when she's rubbing my back with sunscreen now you do me one solid, never speak that name in this house speak that name in this house speak that name in this house got a good thing going never speak that name in this house speak that name in this house again
4.
Mexico 03:32
we're keepin' in to keep 'em out do it again? she said "without any doubt," you know I want you you took the words right out my mouth do it again? I said "without any doubt," you know I want you, too and i'll be where you'll be she said, "I can't see through it but we could find ourselves a beach house in Mexico" I'm so down I could run around and never give you the time How come every time we do this I lose my mind?
5.
Tijuana 01:22
6.
3AM 03:18
hand over hand over hand for the win she's closer she knows her way around it I don't want to ever see you want to see you go I don't ever have to tell you you already know was it meant to be? try again, we'll see nothing left to see here, divvy up the numbers, no one's making sense at all it's like I told you it doesn't hold up if you know how it ends so much older it was over before it began I don't want to ever see you want to see you go I don't ever have to tell you you already know was it meant to be? try again, we'll see nothing left to see here, divvy up the numbers, no one's making sense at all
7.
static faces blinking off and on she's always sleeping with the TV on drinks are cheap, sun is free what else you need? ain't my girl a Betty? do you believe in love after life? lend your friends a surfboard for a time rotating cast of losers trade 'em all for one: my girl, the Betty
8.
Danny Davis - vocals, guitars, bass Wil Norton - vocals, guitar Brent Hodge - percussion
9.
Speed Racer 03:54
where have the punks gone ayo, it's been too long can't rightly I say I'm one but we can't do it without you where did the freaks go? sure as hell ain't no freak show but every freak in the world should know we can't do it without you buddy holly is talking to me "take my close to the washing machine" baking a pie for you, buddy what have we become here without you? running out of things to say riding the old wave away
10.
Mr. Downtown 02:12
always bracing for a wipeout couple gallons in the dome now that's why they call me Mr. Downtown Betty, you can call me Al grubbers waiting on a speed run steady beating of the big drum hard enough to keep in motion weighted by the golden ones I don't wanna die before you die and I don't wanna die alone with you little devil scans the entrees gotta say, she looks in good shape burn the next one on your mixtape made for one, save for none thought you might've reached nirvana brushing up on old Madonna even if you didn't wanna finder's fee is finders keep I don't wanna die before you die and I don't wanna die alone with you
11.
Ms. Universe 02:25
she'll do right by all your mates a form of love to imitate I'm catching on to it, I don't even know what check the corpse' pulse anyways still deader now than yesterday you don't know what you're missing you don't even know what the universe is telling you something you don't even know what the universe is giving you something there's always enough to go around cast a spell on all your mates make em think she levitates please don't let me down, down doggy good to the fam and all your mates granddad's clock says "always late" so we wait around for it cuz she's a heck of a guy the universe is telling you something you don't even know what the universe is giving you something it's called a big cosmic runaround
12.
Piggy 02:16
day old struggle pretend your nights are so long you're soft, you know it sure it occurs to you that everybody's feeling down, everybody's feeling fine all the time (nothing left to talk about) think about it (nothing more to figure out) all the time (do you want it, too?) think about it (do you want it, too?) all the time (what you going on about?) think about it (trying hard to sort it out) soft you know it (do you want it, too?) soft you know it (do you want it, too?) they don't trouble with protocol anymore it's lost they know it despite the careful words you say it's never gonna be the same swap it for another name all the time (nothing left to talk about) think about it (nothing more to figure out) all the time (do you want it, too?) think about it (do you want it, too?) all the time (what you going on about?) think about it (trying hard to sort it out) soft you know it (do you want it, too?) soft you know it (do you want it, too?)
13.
peeking through the fence, boy they're having some fun all laying out, baking out in the summer sun I cherish the experience, but what does it mean? and why will these bikini bodies cease to be? please bury my skeleton in the wood I don't ever feel rebellious, only misunderstood fret too much and once again I find myself thinking about a master plan suppose that we could try harder considering, it's only offered once fill the blanks where we started see it in her eyes picking it up so the motion stands have you ever seen known someone who talks so much with their hands? it's a delicate to-do, trying to gauge the mood when you're feeling seven thousand different shades of blues will you bury the skeleton in the wood I don't ever feel rebellious, only misunderstood said too much and once again I find myself thinking I lost a friend said too much and once again I find myself thinking of you

about

The best I can tell, we thought we'd get this album done in 2016. Roughly (not exaggerating) 60-70 songs later, we've whittled and worked and reworked the songs into 'After the Gold Rush Party.'

Danny and I started this album while we lived in different cities (I was in DC and Danny was in OKC), then wrote some of them in the same city (OKC), and then the rest of them in different cities (I was in OKC and Danny was in Costa Rica and then Seattle). And weirdly, some of our most generative times happened when we weren't living in the same city.

We've both grown up quite a bit and have real life jobs and families. In these songs we were grappling with trying to be punk rock (which we've never really been) while putting on a suit for work (hence, the Mr. Downtown character). But at the same time, punk rock has all but disappeared as a thing that exists - where are the punks, anyway? (See: Speed Racer).

The songs read a bit like a travel guide. Part of the growing up process is coming to terms with one's own escapist tendencies - or embracing them, as you'd hear in a track like "Mexico" or "Culebra". Other times, the escapist themes come out musically, not lyrically, like in "She's a Betty" or "Tijuanarevor" maybe. Other times, we play around with just the idea that people are entitled to anything at all (Ms. Universe).

And while Danny mixed most of the album, we have much to thank Chad Copelin for - he mixed four of these tracks, and we learned a ton from getting to spend time working with the man who recorded and mixed BRONCHO, Sufjan, Sports, and others. The time last summer we spent honing those four tracks were kind of the catapult for finishing up the rest of the tracks.

So, to conclude, After the Gold Rush Party kind of represents us at this phase of the creative process. Big dreams, absurdly ambitious timelines, put into contradiction with the realities of family life, the challenges of the everyday, the mundanity of the workweek. "After the Gold Rush Party" is a nonsensical phrase, but it's exactly what we wanted to name the album. A frenzy of ambition, and then, the lull that lingers afterward.

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released January 14, 2020

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