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Puppets

by Hearing Trees

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    Cover art by Sophia Sengsuriya
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    Inside jacket photograph by William Ludwick

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1.
Today's Sun 04:09
I lay in the dark, with my eyes open It's one of those things, imagination It twists and it turns, to bizarre places It comes and it goes, whenever it pleases I'll take, I'll take Myself there at the speed of thought I know, I know One heartbeat at a time Sit here, Sit here And listen to the city hum And now, And now You're slippin' away from me I'm a square box to your New York loft I collect friendships like airport souvenirs Nothin' prepares you, years go by and years Dropping keychains absentmindedly in snow Don't wanna lose you, don't wanna lose you in the snow I'll take myself there at the speed of thought I know, one heartbeat at a time Sit here, and listen to the city hum And now, you're slippin' away from me I'm a square box to your New York loft It's never enough, how much I feel it It's fuckin' stupid, how much I feel it It's never enough, how much I feel it It's fuckin' stupid, how much I feel it It's never enough, it's never enough It's never enough enough enough enough
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Puppets 02:57
We're all friends here, all the time, aren't we? We're all smiles here, all the time, aren't we? We're all truth here, all the time, aren't we? We're transparency all the time, aren't we? We're public relations, here, aren't we? We're spin machine, here, aren't we? We're lies and deceit, here, aren't we? We're stage-managed theatrics here, aren't we? We're façades, here, all the time, aren't we? We're crumbling walls, all the time, aren't we? We're exactly what we appear to be, aren't we? We're all puppets, aren't we? We're all puppets We're all puppets Aren't we?
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I wonder if you’re pretty and strong-headed, if you’re caring and not just lip-serving, if you have ethics and morals and are militant about it? If you’re clumsy or careless or cautious or graceful? If you stress on the meaningless or strive for awareness? If I can teach you or you can teach me or if you know it all, already? I tried to say I need you like envelopes need letters I tried to say I need you like glue needs glitter I’ll tell you a secret You are magnetic And I’m starting to wonder if I’m more than just a moment I wonder if you take pressure and fold or stand your ground, if you know that conceding is compromising and every compromise chips you into dust? If you’re self-less or self-ish or narcissistically self-confident? If you demand perfection or if you see the beauty in error? If you think everything at all is the answer to iron-fisted religious terror? I tried to write That letter in invisible ink, I tried to say Honey, it doesn’t matter what you think I’ll tell you a secret You are magnetic And I’m starting to wonder if I’m more than just a moment

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We believe everyone should have access to our music, so it is free. But it did cost us a lot of time and resources to make it. If you'd like to give us something for it, we'd be SUPER grateful!
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"Puppets," was recorded live-off-the-floor one freezing -25C January morning at Albert St Cocktail Co bar in Winnipeg. The unconventional location was chosen as a place to make a quick'n dirty rock'n roll EP with all the rough edges and no studio polish, capturing the band in their energetic live-feel element.

"Puppets" tracklisting includes a version of "Magnetic Moment," recently featured on UK-based label Killing Moon's New Moons Vol VII compilation for 2017.

A video from the recording of Today's Sun is available on YouTube.

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released March 7, 2017

Recorded by Eric Roberts
Mixed by Eric Roberts

Mastered by Jamie Sitar

Cover art by Sophia Sengsuriya
Album design by Sophia Sengsuriya
"Hearing Trees" font by Sophia Sengsuriya

Inside jacket photograph by William Ludwick

Music by Hearing Trees
Words by Graham Hnatiuk

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Hearing Trees Winnipeg, Manitoba

Hearing Trees takes you on a poetic narrative journey riding a tightrope between uncertainty and love, anchored by Graham Hnatiuk’s warm baritone. Powerful chords and delicate guitar melodies float over highway-driving rhythms, carrying with it an anxious conviction of hopefulness. ... more

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