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Landmines

from Hurry Up and Wait by Soul Asylum

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    This one-year anniversary limited edition Soul Asylum cassette features a standard J-card and gold metallic cassette shell, and is limited to only 500 copies. All orders will include a Soul Asylum pencil as an added bonus. Shout out to those who remember why a pencil comes in handy with your cassette collection.

    Soul Asylum vocalist and guitarist Dave Pirner, says that making their twelfth studio full-length, Hurry Up And Wait, was a completely seamless, enjoyable, and productive experience. The album was co-produced with John Fields—and recorded at Minneapolis’ Nicollet Studios, the same place where the celebrated rock band recorded seminal early albums released on Twin/Tone Records—the album reflects Soul Asylum’s usual eclectic approach.

    Lyrically, songs dive into topics such as grappling with emotional and geographic disconnection, navigating romantic ebbs and flows, and the power of embracing optimism despite it all. Sonically, Hurry Up And Wait features thrashing songs indebted to punk (“Hopped Up Feelin’”) and classic rock (“Got It Pretty Good”), folk-influenced pop-rock (“Silly Things”), and gorgeous jangle-pop (lead single “If I Told You.”)

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lyrics

Well call me on my landline
I ain’t gonna answer
I can’t talk to robots
I can’t take those chances
A landline’s better than a landmine
I guess I’ll take my chances

You’ll find the bodies buried
Right on down the road
Right between the landmines
Ready to explode
Landlords and lawyers on the front line
Stompin’ on those landmines

So, watch where you walk
Tread light
You better watch your step
One step at a time
You’re walkin’ through that field of landmines

Your papa was a preacher
Your mama was a dancer
You never know
They’re pretty old
They might have the answer
Left a slice out last night
Might be right where the ants were

Eggshells and earthquakes
Crackin’ under foot
You never know
When she might blow
The devil’s on the loose
The telephone is ringin’
I don’t need bad news

So, watch where you walk
Tread light
You better watch your step
One step at a time
When you’re walkin’ through a field of landmines

Well a landline’s better than a landmine
This much I know
So, call me on my landline
I don’t have a phone
A landline’s better than a landmine
That’s one thing fosho

So, watch where you walk
Tread light
Watch your step
One step at a time
You’re walkin’ through a field of landmines (landmines)

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from Hurry Up and Wait, released April 17, 2020

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Soul Asylum Los Angeles, California

Soul Asylum is vocalist/guitarist Dave Pirner, drummer Michael Bland, lead guitarist Ryan Smith and bassist Winston Roye. In 2020, the quartet released Hurry Up And Wait, landing the band their highest Billboard Chart positional since 1995. HUAW reflects Soul Asylum's usual eclectic approach: thrashing songs indebted to punk and classic rock, folk-influenced pop-rock, and gorgeous jangle-pop. ... more

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