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Myths and Mold

by Chris Bartels

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1.
Blind 03:32
The salt of the morning light Steal into your eyes The drug you can't escape You said, "Wait and wait and wait and wait." The blind of the narrow glide Time and time again, you're on the silence With a fog, you'll fly away And your focus is all gone on me, take it all back, you're drunk on treason The salt of the morning light Flood into our minds Can't you stop for me, let's try With a fog, you'll fly away And your focus is all gone on me, take it all back, you're drunk on treason And you know you can't hide When I see you can't drive And you know you can't hide When I see you can't drive
2.
Missoula 03:40
Give it all away When you say you’ve got a cure Give it all away When you run the saints’ parade Until next time Until next time On Missoula’s fears Can’t live with racketeers Darling’s tidal eyes Don’t waste limpid lives
3.
Stay 03:23
To stay in, oh, to dance To stay in, romance To stay in, oh, to dance To stay in, romance
4.
Wading in the myths and mold Depart, to let it hold Falling, the myths and mold Wading in the myths and mold Depart, to let it hold My love Warmer together
5.
I hadn’t been back in years, but it felt right the scenic sights calling me Carrying on our luck, as I knew we could parting ways, dialed in Keeping on and on and on Until we start again With nevers on the lake, without we erase We’ll carry shelter with us With nevers on the lake, without we erase We’ll hold our patience longer With nevers on the lake, without we erase With nevers on the lake, without we erase We’ll know our hands are stronger Reminiscing without trial, and always, always vacant We’re on a fence, honest love, and onward, onward, counting hands Keeping on and on and on Until we start again This harmony we had started to fade With years gone by, years gone by And out on the lake in Cold Spring, all I could think about Was how I let you go, how I let you go

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City Pages interview: www.citypages.com/music/chris-bartels-escapes-the-everyday-with-his-new-myths-and-mold/420747543

Myths and Mold is the second official release under Chris Bartels' name. As a whole, the 5-song album delves into unique song structures previously unexplored by his former songs and projects. There was no initial direction Bartels had in mind when he first started writing what would become “Missoula,” and the starts of other songs. It was simply an escape from the task of songwriting the highly produced sound of a sophomore Bora York album. This was all about layers of drums and plenty of percussion, heavy emphasis on room microphones, different feels of guitar, and even more layers of vocals, including lower registers than before. Careful not to place boundaries, however, Bartels, along with the mixing finesse and co-songwriting of Taylor Lewin, would not shy away from things that felt right, whether that was a synth bass line or a rich mess of delay effects.

This is a collection of songs that go neither with nor against the grain. It’s not territory completely unfamiliar, and it’s not something identifiable. These songs are personal, albeit abstract, and were birthed during a season of life that merged gratitude and trial, solitude and struggle.

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released April 28, 2017

Written by Chris Bartels. 'Counting Hands' co-written by Taylor Lewin.
Mixed by Taylor Lewin.

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