Just in time for next xmas, genuine analog tape in "The People's Format", perfect for on-the-go with the vintage Walkperson of your choice or <2007 internal combustion vehicle, or at home on your Hi-Fi setup. Comes with download card to dispose of as you please (Your purchase on this platform gives you unlimited downloads, so the card is an extra download that can be gifted!) This recording is now officially ADA-compliant (Analog-to-Digital-to-Analog). VERY Limited edition.
Includes unlimited streaming of Failure to Illuminate
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 5 days
edition of 50
Purchasable with gift card
$10USDor more
Cassette + Digital Album
Featuring several minutes of bonus tape-infused "silence" at the end of Side A, this edition of "Failure to Illuminate" came with two of the songs out-of-sequence. The album plays and sounds perfect, but the end of Side A and beginning of Side B are not as intended. There are only a few dozen of these 'collectibles' available. Once I get down to 10, I will quadruple the asking price.
Includes unlimited streaming of Failure to Illuminate
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 5 days
edition of 30
Purchasable with gift card
$7.50USDor more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
By popular demand, and for those of you in less-than-latest-model cars, a limited-edition digital keepsake: Failure to Illuminate on Disc -- "perfect sound forever" we have been told. While I personally prefer the noise of analog tape, this thing sure is convenient! Stripped down and ready for action, this bad boy has no lyrics -- feel free to make up your own! -- and lacks the 'bonus' track available on the cassette, ADD all the way, it still has the thicc sound we know many CDs lack. Crank it up and enjoy!
Includes unlimited streaming of Failure to Illuminate
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 5 days
edition of 75
Purchasable with gift card
$10USDor more
about
When we put our creative work out into the world, we accept that people will receive it wherever they are in their journey. I do want to be clear: this song is an indictment of white supremacy, and of those who refuse to engage with its legacy and ongoing harm. Acknowledging this harm, and doing the work of repair is what we need to move forward.
lyrics
Woke
Won’t ever be woke, no turning round
Can’t unburden ourselves, it was left unsaid
The call’s coming from in the house
Won’t ever be woke, can’t hit rewind
Can’t unburden ourselves if it was left unspoke,
the dead leading the blind.
It’s in the water, under the skin
We’re breaking promises before we begin
Situational awareness, close to the vest
cards where we can see them, there’s a weight on our chest
Won’t ever be woke, no turning round
Can’t unburden ourselves, it was left unsaid
The call’s coming from in the house
Won’t ever be woke, can’t hit rewind
Can’t unburden ourselves if it was left unspoke,
the dead leading the blind.
Failure to illuminate, we didn’t want to try
We were busy spinning fables, Singing sweet lullabies
We’ve run the tables, we’ve been running in place
House always wins when one drop’s the race
Won’t ever be woke, no turning round
Can’t unburden ourselves, it was left unsaid
The call’s coming from in the house
Won’t ever be woke, can’t hit rewind
Can’t unburden ourselves if it was left unspoke,
the dead leading the blind.
credits
from Failure to Illuminate,
released January 11, 2022
MS: Vocals, Electric guitar, Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Moog Bass.
BY: Lap Steel
GT: Drums, Conga, Synths
"Now here is someone that doesn't want their music heard."
-- Billy
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