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The Early Years

by Black Light Smoke

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Deluxe 12" vinyl version of Black Light Smoke's latest album with commisioned artwork from Ole Solonko. Mastered by Taylor Deupree. Design by Jay Goitia.

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123456789 04:13
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Burn 03:41 video
Walking around town on a Sunday Everything’s closed down until Monday I guess I’ll close down too I’ll just keep walking around without you There are words but no meaning I rehearse them with no feeling I guess I’ll close down too I try to pretend that I’m going somewhere But I got nothing to do I’m falling apart in my old age Thinning the days with my bad ways I’m falling apart in my old age Watching the TV, seeing the world without me I see colors up ahead I see shadows around my bed Should have listened to what you said If I keep this up soon I’m sure I’ll be dead I’m falling apart in my old age Thinning the days with my bad ways I’m falling apart in my old age Watching the TV, seeing the world without me
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Can’t stop the feeling You’ll break the ceiling It has no meaning But it won’t stop bleeding Can’t stop the feeling You’ll break the ceiling It has no meaning But it won’t stop bleeding
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What you don’t say with your eyes You say to me with your hands As they strangle me While I watch you spin lies You only hope is love You only hope is love Our only hope is love Would it be so wrong if I sang out a song While your hands squeeze the air from me My final breath and last request Be that your only hope is love You only hope is love Love
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Celeste 03:07
I can’t say if I could learn to stay It’s just my way I need to find a way to fly away Forever and a day has become a world away Time goes nowhere While I stay right here

about

“The Early Years” is a retrospective of Black Light Smoke’s formative beginnings. Written mostly in 2010, before Black Light Smoke was a dance music name. These songs reflect a period of unfiltered creativity and adventure in the artist’s development. Not bound to any genre, this album begs for repeated listens to uncover the aural mysteries of disparate worlds.

The production of The Early Years involved trashy guitar amps, obscure pedals, unconventional recording techniques, and the warm hiss and warble from 4 track cassette recording. The tracks “123456789” and “Celeste” feature heavily overdubbed guitars and vocals, clearly My Bloody Valentine inspired. “The Figure” is an eerie piano and vocal ballad describing the last moments of someone’s life. The track that comes closest to dance music is “Black Light Smoke”, (which actually inspired the artist's name), featuring the wobbly synth line of a Juno106. Overall, this records is a dive into the artist's deep mind and emotions, expressed in beautiful noise and overlapping melodies.

Black Light Smoke first teamed up with Cut Mistake Music in 2012 to release his album “Thriller” under the alias John Hughes Daydream. Together again to release “The Early Years”, the artist and label owner Connor Whiriskey completed mixes for the album in Nashville during the 2017 solar eclipse. Having gathered dust for nearly 10 years, the songs on this album tell a story of the artist’s past, as well the story of coming full circle to completion.

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released March 26, 2021

All songs are written, recorded & produced by Black Light Smoke.
Produced and mixed during a total solar eclipse by Jordan Lieb & Connor Whiriskey.

Trumpet on “Celeste” by David Sneider.
Additional studio assistance by Brendan Golle.
Mastered by Taylor Deupree.
Art by Ole Solonko.
Design by Jay Goitia.

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