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Instincts

by Antiskeptic

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Woodlouse My favourite album by this band.

”Splinters" and "Not A Breath Is Wasted" are also particular favourites. Favorite track: Lie In Arms.
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1.
Young Hearts 03:30
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LISTEN UP AND LISTEN IN IT’S US AGAIN WITH WORDS AND SOUNDS BEFORE WE’RE DONE AGAIN AND GONE AND GONE AGAIN THIS SHIP THAT WE’RE SINKING IN IS ON THE EDGE AND SORROW IS NOT FLOODING IN WE’RE OFF COURSE AND ADRIFT SO TAKE YOUR TIME CLEANSE YOUR MIND CLAIM YOUR SPACE OR LOSE YOURSELF FOREVER YOUNG HEARTS WITHER AND THE VIGOUR OF OUR YOUTH ARE WE PROUD OF WHO WE’VE BECOME SO COME VISIT THE MAN WITH THE PROMISES AND THE WISHING WELL THAT YOU CAN CRY INTO
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Head Afire 03:32
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AND MY HEAD AFIRE THOUGHTS POUR RIGHT OUT OF ME VEINS WILL BURST BLOOD POUR RIGHT OUT OF ME WORDS SOUNDS ILL THOUGHT AND TOO SOON PEOPLE SOLD AN ACT OF BETRAYAL IF YOU STAND AGAINST THE WIND YOU’LL WEAR THEM ON YOUR SKIN YOUR WORDS ARE BARBED BUT YOUR MIND IS FOR SALE YOU FORCE YOUR FOOT ON MY MEMORIES AND SPEAK TO GHOSTS IN MELODIES IF YOU STAND AGAINST THE WIND YOU’LL WEAR THEM ON YOUR SKIN YOUR WORDS ARE BARBED BUT YOUR MIND IS FOR SALE NOT A THOUGHT OR CARE FOR HEART OR MIND. JUST THE FRAME YOU’RE RAISED IN AND ALL THAT YOU’VE BEEN TOLD. AND IN THE MORNING I TURN MY FACE AWAY RED FLAGS FLY UP IN MY HEAD SHOULD I CALL IT OUT OR SAY NOTHING INSTEAD SHOOT MY MOUTH OFF LAY MY CARDS OUT SPELL IT ALL OUT FOR YOU. BUT THE CONTENT BLOCKERS MAKE YOU DEAF AND NOTHING’S GETTING THROUGH SO I SAY PULL THE BLINDS BACK, TAKE A BITE OUT WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE?
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Lie In Arms 03:31
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WE SURE HAD OUR TIME SOAKED IN THE SUN CANDLELIGHT, LAPPING WAVES, ZINC FACES BUT THE LIVES THAT WE LEAD THE BOTH OF US PUT A MATCH TO THE MEMORIES ON PAGES WE BOTH HAD HANDS TO HOLD EVEN THOUGH WE’D SOMEHOW KNOW WE WOULD LIE IN ARMS AGAIN YEAH AND WE WERE YOUNG ENOUGH TO START AGAIN YEAH AND WE HELD ROSES WRAPPED IN CELLOPHANE RIGHT ON TIME TEN YEARS TOO LATE ON WHIM AND A PRAYER I PENNED A NOTE AND WITH A PULSE IN MY MOUTH I MAILED IT IT READ OF FUTURES AND STORIES UNFORETOLD MY NERVOUS HAND WONDERED IF YOU WOULD TAKE IT
4.
Lost And Found 01:57
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I FOUND MY HEART IN THE LOST AND FOUND COS THERE’S A LIE I FIGURED OUT FIND THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN SLEEVE YOU’LL FIND YOUR PLACE IN HISTORY STRAIN MY VOICE STRUM IN TIME MAYBE THERE’LL BE PRESENTS FOR THE LONELY
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Fire At The Priest 04:20
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AND SHE WAS SPITTING FIRE AT THE PRIEST AT THE TOP OF THE HILL THERE’S A MAN BURNED ALIVE AS THE CROWD STOOD STILL ALL SHE WANTED WAS TO GO HOME OH, ALL SHE WANTED WAS TO GO HOME HEAVY STEPS AS THE CHURCH BELLS RING WOULD IT TAKE BETTER MAN THAN HIM AS THE CROWS CIRCLE HIGHER AND CLOUDS GROWING DARKER GLOVES IN PLACE SHE STEPS INTO THE RING NO REFEREE TO CALL OFF THE BLUDGEONING WITH THE BLOWS LANDING HARDER AND THE CROWD GROWING LOUDER A LIFETIME WAITING HOLDING HOPE AGAINST THE WIND HOW COULD SHE EVER LIVE AND LOVE AGAIN? PROWLING EYES BUT THE BEASTS FALL LEFT AND RIGHT A BREATH OF LIFE THOUGH AND THEY WILL SURELY RISE COUNTING DOWN NOW FOR THE BETTER DAYS TO COME FOR THE PREACHERS AND LOVERS TO COLLIDE AS ONE THERE’S A GIRL SPITTING FIRE FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL THERE’S A MAN BURNED ALIVE AS THE CROWD STOOD STILL THERE’S A CHILD ON THE STREET, COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL BUT A BLIND MANS AIM ENDS HIS LIFE TOO SOON
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New Medicine 03:41
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AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING ELSE ARE YOU ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND ME OUT IT’S THE TALK AND TALK AND LAUGHTER THE JACKALS ARE ALIVE AND WELL WE’VE GOT TO FIND A WAY WE’RE GOING TO MAKE THEM PAY ARE YOU SCARED I’LL FIND YOU OUT YOU’RE LIVING SOMETHING ELSE NOW YOU’RE LIVING SOMETHING ELSE TAKE HEART MEDICINE’S ON THE WAY DON’T YOU SAY THE WORDS SURRENDER KNOW THAT HELP IS ON THE WAY TAKE HEART MEDICINE’S ON THE WAY EMPTY ONE’S SET FIRE TO SOMETHING ELSE FEAR SPREADS THE FLAME AND THE TEAR, TEARS ON THE STRIKE THE HIDE THEN THE RUN AWAY COINS IN HAND FOR HELL TO PAY I’VE GOT A KNIFE WITH JUST ONE SINGLE SLICE I COULD CUT THAT CANCER FROM YOUR MIND THE STRIKE THE HIDE THEN THE RUN AWAY, THE RUNAWAY WE NEED A DOCTOR WE NEED A MEDIC AND WE NEED IT QUICK WE’RE UNDER FIRE AND WE’RE TAKING AIM WITH THE C-C-C-CAPS LOCK ON WAVE A WHITE FLAG LEAD THE WAY
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Splinters 02:54
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I HAVE A SPLINTER IN MY EYE AS WELL LIKE A MARCHING BAND THROUGH THE GATES OF HELL EVERY NIGHT I LIE AWAKE WITH A SCENE FROM A PLAY THAT I CANNOT CHANGE WELL I HATE TO DISAPPOINT YOU LEAD YOU ON OR CURB YOUR CHASE BUT I GOT THESE HORRID ICE COLD MEMORIES TWISTING KNIVES INSIDE MY CHEST IN MY HAND A SHARPENED AXE TO SMASH THE CHAINS BUT MY MEMORY IS A GONG, SWINGING MALLETS TAKING AIM DROWNING IN THE WORDS AND THOUGHTS MY GOD I WISH I COULD FORGET I’LL LET BYGONES BE BYGONES BUT CAN I LEARN TO FORGIVE MYSELF SPLINTER IN MY EYE AS WELL SPLINTER IN MY EYE AS WELL SPLINTER IN MY EYE AS WELL WOAH I HAVE A SPLINTER IN MY EYE I’LL FORCE IT OUT OR SO I’LL TRY
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End User 03:55
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BULLETS FLY WHEREVER WITH THE PRESS AND HOLD CAPTIVE MIND FORSAKEN THE CLAWS COME OUT AND TIGHTEN THEIR HOLD WHEN YOU SEE THE WAVE CONSUMING IMAGINATION SOLD YOUNG DREAMS LAID OUT FOR PROFIT IN VIRTUAL CONTROL THE HORROR AS THEIR STORIES ARE TURNED TO ASH AND STONE YOU KNOW YOU’VE GOT JUST THE ONE LIFE YOU KNOW YOU’VE GOT JUST THE ONE LIFE YOU KNOW? RESPAWN AND TETHER IDENTITY IN CODE ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED AND FAILED 360 NO SCOPE LIMBO YOU’RE LOGGING IN AGAIN AND THE DAYS TICK BY AND YOU’VE LOST YOUR FIRE BUT YOU JUSTIFY THE DAY TURNS TO NIGHT YOUR YOUTH ROLLS BY WHO’S TO BLAME? YOU BOUGHT THE LIE PLUG IN AND PLAY WE’LL TAKE OVER DON’T LET GO OF THE CONTROLLER OR IS THAT CONTROLLER HOLDING YOU?
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Scared Eyes 04:35
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THEY SAY HE WAS A CHILD IN A MAN’S BODY ONLY JUST AND BARELY IN CONTROL LIVING OUT HIS CHILDHOOD WHERE THE LOUDEST VOICE WOULD TAKE THE THRONE HE HAD THE RAGE AND THE FEAR AND THE THREAT ABOUT HIM AND A BODY WHERE THE DRINK BEGAN TO SHOW THERE WAS FIRE IN HIS EYES AS HIS FISTS REIGNED DOWN THE EMBERS GLOWED YOU DON’T WANT TO BE I I DON’T WANT TO SEE YOU YOU DON’T WANT TO BE I, I SO GIVE ME THE COLD AIR GIVE ME THE STREET LIGHTS GIVE ME THE BRUISE ON THE SIDE OF YOUR LEG GIVE ME THE GREY COLD GIVE ME YOUR SCARED EYES GIVE ME YOUR HOPE WHEN YOU THINK YOU FORGET AND YOU ONCE WERE MAD IN LOVE I CAN SEE IT ON YOUR FACE SO GIVE ME THE COLD RUSH GIVE ME THE SHUTDOWN GIVE ME YOUR HOPE WHEN YOU THINK YOU’LL FORGET HAD ANOTHER FLAIR UP LEFT YOU GASPING FOR LIFE SAID THAT HE WOULD CHANGE HIS WAYS BUT THE TRUTH SLIPPED OUT THROUGH SERPENT EYES YOU WILL FIND A WAY WORDS WASH AWAY SCARES THEY WILL FADE AS YOU HOLD ME AS YOU LAYER ON YOUR MAKEUP ALL OF THE LIES THAT HE MADE UP
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Not A Breath Is Wasted 04:17
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LET IT GO NOT A BREATH IS WASTED FORGET ABOUT THE CLOCK AND IT’S TICKING THERE IS NOT A DAY IN THIS LIFE WORTH FORGETTING WE ALL RUN A RACE, IN ALL KINDS OF WAYS WE’RE STUCK IN THE PAST REPLAYING YESTERDAYS ON AND ON, WE’LL STAY HERE FOREVER GLUED TO OUR SCREENS NO REAL ENDEAVOUR AND ALL OF THE TIME OUR KIDS FALL IN LINE AND FOLLOW OUR LEAD, CONSUMERS EATING BLIND LIVE YOUR LIFE WITH YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN NO GUARANTEES WHEN IT’S OVER AND I HAVE SEEN THE COLOURS OF THE NIGHT SKY DAYS ARE LONG EVERY SECOND LIKE A LIFETIME FILLING LUNGS WITH THE AIR THEY TAKE IN LET IT GO NOT A BREATH IS WASTED AND I HAVE DREAMED THE COLOURS OF TOMORROW RADIANT, BELIEVE ME I KNOW FILLING LUNGS WITH THE AIR THEY TAKE IN LET IT GO NOT A BREATH IS WASTED WE WALK STARING DOWN FORGETTING THE CANVAS ABOVE THE BEAUTY WE LIVE IN THE WONDER OF SPACE THE COLOUR OF FLAMES TO FEEL AND TO KNOW THE POWER OF CRASHING WAVES LIVE YOUR LIFE WITH YOUR MIND WIDE OPEN NO GUARANTEES WHEN IT’S OVER

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released February 16, 2024

Produced by David Carr & Andrew Kitchen
Drums recorded by David Carr @ Rangemaster
All else recorded by Andrew Kitchen @ The Workshop.
Mixed & Mastered by David Carr @ Rangemaster
Artwork concept by Nick Coppin via Midjourney
Layout and design by Sean Daly and Nick Coppin

Andrew Kitchen – VOCALS/GUITAR/KEYS
Nick Coppin – DRUMS
Sean Daly – BASS/VOCALS

Additional Musicians
Mark & Andie Stewart – vocals on 'Not a Breath Is Wasted'
Josh Dobson – Viola/Violin/Cello on 'Lie In Arms', 'Fire At The Priest', ‘Scared Eyes' & 'Not A Breath Is Wasted'
Morgan Douglas – Percussion, Josh Dolan – Trumpet, Noah Symons – Accordion on 'Splinters'
Ant Blake, Joe & Noah Symons, Carl Jackson, Morgan & Levi Douglas - gang vocals on 'Splinters'

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Antiskeptic Melbourne, Australia

Power rock trio formed in 1999 in the back of a record store. Reformed as the original lineup in 2019. New album 'Instincts' out now!

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