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Ceremony of Leaving

by Former Lives

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    A collection of five songs packaged in a die cut, single-sided, 12" album with unique, interchangeable artwork for each song. Pressed on 180gram black vinyl.

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1.
Simulate our needs for the runtime but always leave something out Too slow to find new features and fixes the past is keeping us down I think we need a code review We’re lost inside this reference loop Experience reveals all the old bugs but there’s no time go back to reassess a sequence for success Can we just throw it all out? It’s overwhelming my mind is failing I think we need a code review We’re lost inside this reference loop Now it’s too late It’s much too late —
2.
I don’t know why I’ve always been this way I’ll bite my nails ‘till the end of days And when I bleed, you’ll be so unimpressed Let’s stay inside today and pretend we’re ok Just watch these clouds hanging over our heads Let’s not go out tonight and pretend we’re alright Just watch tv ‘till we go back to bed These shadow dreams recurring every day Where my teeth start crumbling from the decay And when I smile, you are so unimpressed Let’s stay inside today and pretend we’re ok Just watch these clouds hanging over our heads Let’s not go out tonight and pretend we’re alright Just watch tv ‘till we go back to bed Moving on I’m moving on?
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Overwhelmed, you’re staring at the ceiling A contest—a confrontation you always lose and your eyes look tired of waiting It’s like waking up from a vivid nightmare with details decomposing way too soon and all that is left is a feeling ba ba ba ba ba ba Every time you try to say the right thing it’s a frozen, frantic fight to find the words and their eyes look tired of waiting ba ba ba ba ba ba
5.
Migraines and meds for bed tonight Feigned friendships act as sheep disguised Just count the claims of ten empty eyes and their secrets safe in contracts signed Fight for flight to say goodnight Anything till this is over If this is reality can we just live in our dreams? We’ll forget this whole mess cuz we’ll have all we need

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Hi. Welcome to our band.

For the first half of the year, we will be releasing one song a month that culminates in a limited edition vinyl release in May with unique, interchangeable artwork based on each song.

We're very grateful to have had this outlet to pour our energy into these past few years. It’s been quite a journey.

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released May 17, 2022

The music on this EP was written, performed, and produced by Sean Klassen, Madison Fenton, and Sabrina Valezquez Summers in Sean’s basement in SE Portland, OR, mostly. Charls Ava and Sarah Royal helped with additional background vocals. The artwork for each song was made by Sheri Smith, Dan Schechter, Darcie Klassen, Nishat Akhtar, and Todd Quakenbush.

Mixed by Jeff Stuart Saltzman
Mastered by Dave Mcnair

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Former Lives Burlington, Vermont

Driven by a love for analog synthesizers, overdriven guitars, and bittersweet melodies, Former Lives is a collaborative, new wave-influenced project started by Sean Joseph Klassen and his dog, Bruce Beagle.

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