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LIBERATUS

by HEAD BANNED

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    make sure to loop your album listen. the album is circular. so after the 9th song, the 1st song can start again seamlessly. should i have kept this to myself?
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1.
Nine Lives 02:08
first, your second person voice is the like the third time today i’ve been reminded of incisors falling out all teeth decayed wisdom drops from a web of others’ thoughts in my head, and a contraction is the only thing you think you’d ever wed (we’d) (we’d) (we’d) we’d get mean, right now we’re just getting clean from a buildup in the past, dark thoughts are (n)everlasting (((we’ve been mean mean mean)))) but we were lookin in a smudged screen, We got a new light And i got a new life Fourth time I sang this song Was the time I wrote this verse A fifth of gin having sex for seven hours bodies hurt Feelings 8 times as good as anything I’ve had before my nine lives are up I’ll try to love and stuff just to end back up on shore And he’d we’d he’d We’d get clean together we’ll be so lean We’d get cleaned by this ocean this ocean in my dream I am so free I am so free finally finally finally finally
2.
Changeless 00:55
“I do dimly perceive that whilst everything around me is ever changing, ever dying there is underlying all that change a living power that is changeless, that holds all together, that creates, dissolves and recreates.” “in the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists”
3.
Broke B 03:29
She was riding to her 9 to 5 Crashed my car trying to feel alive But I know She’ll never do it again Stopped smoking her cigarettes Traded it for some minty breath cause I know She might do it again Snapping at the back of her I’m Biting my tongue Buzzing all the time when I’m having no fun Cause I know, I gotta do it again I gotta work it again can’t stop til the end You are, you are, You are, you are Too heavy to hold in my arms but You are, you are, You are, you are Something I can deal with on me You are, you are, You are, you are Free to love and free to leave but You are you are, You are you are Mine, all mine! I was riding to my 5 to 1 AM I’m saying I’m having fun Cause I know, might never work it again half day, half paid, zippin off Trying make a tip but I’m tipping off but I know, might never work it again Money is the motive in this evil mind Spinning round the world of clock-in times cause i know, I gotta rock it again I gotta rock it again Can’t stop til the end You are you are, you are you are, Too heavy to hold in my arms You are you are, You are you are Something I can deal with on me You are you are , You are you are The reason I feel self sustained You are you are you are you FEEL Rich! But you’re a broke bitch yea broke bitch broke bitch broke bitch broke biiiiitch you are you are you are you are you areeee you are freeeeeeeeeee
4.
Fizz 01:35
eye-eee-eye-ee- I can’t see farther than my footsteps In the front and in back And eye-ee-eye-ee I will release the strain of yesterday and train into a better way, but I won’t betray Youuuuu I Won’t let you through I need it in my spine that marrow so divine And youuuuuuu you’re a bag of broken bottle caps, fizzing up and pouring out And youuuuu reduce my use, recycle me, Don’t throw away what you’ll later need And you’ll need me I hope that you’ll agree that fleshy rubber string Brings possibility of a sting STIIIIIING STIIIIIIING STIIIIIINGGGG STIIIING STIIIING I've been STUNG (Fun Bonus poem that didn’t make it on the song….Sting me just sting me, dig your pinchers in. 6 times and then again. Sting me and I’ll sing to you, my wings are falling out, your things are all about)
5.
Caught in a pain, a rainy day on shady lane, Pavement fills my brain Cracks and black, asthma attack Thinkin I’m insane Cause crazy does as crazy loves Just singing in the rain I’m gettin wet from our sweat (As it) Drips drop drips in the cuddle puddle fuck and snuggle slip slap slip when you’re done we can fall asleep fall deep into our hole with everyone you stole, (from their parents), it’s so scary getting old. I’m rotting in the sun, humidity drownin’ my lungs I’m biting on my tongue I’ve got hesitation bout meditation Moving across town Smooth my edges all around In and out routine Can’t pout about my drippin’ spout It drip drop drips In the cuddle puddle Fuck and snuggle Slip slap slip when we’re done we can fall asleep fall deep into our hole With everyone you stole It’s so scary getting old Get back in it Get back in it Slackin critic Routine is shit Get back in it You know what to do Get back in it Get back in it slackin critic Routine is shit Get back in it You know what to do (As it) Drips drop drips in the cuddle puddle fuck and snuggle slip slap slip when you’re done we can fall asleep fall deep into our hole with everyone you stole, (from their parents), it’s so scary getting old.
6.
You are sweet You are nice You are lice in my hair you are my vice You are nothing And I am nothing But we are everything I want yea You suffice And I stopped doing drugs And I vacuumed all my rugs But I still step around with muddy feet I cropped all my pictures And I melted all my scissors After I cut away those moments I had loved So I won’t cut again myself or any friend I’ll keep em close and keep you around Because I found a sound that sounds like me ///////// you are my sunshine you’re my moonshine you’re my wine and you are the drug that i’ve taken too many times my honey my bee stop buzzing round my mind why did you sting? it hurt me and killed you but you didnt feel a thing bury me in pollen, if these walls could talk they’d say your sadness is written in sidwalk chalk it’ll wash right off, oh you’ll wash right off, you’ll wash, right? /////// (your guess is as good as mine)
7.
Fall in, to a daydream Of a nighttime Shared by two Pinching, every minute To know they're in it A seed in soil grew From a shoot, to a sprout To a tea tree In a few weeks Dreams don't last forever But they never Fail to speak In my ear Like you do in your bed Whisper every night to get those voices out of my head I'll fall so deeply into sleep In your arms Dreaming dreams You're the tea my mind steeps Drinking daydreams for weeks You're the tea my mind steeps Drinking daydreams for weeks Loose leaf, in neck deep Hot water, You're lounging in Sipping on your silence and the violence We've both breathed in I’m Coming out of boxes, Out of bags, Straight from the branch I’m Grown for your pleasure And my pleasure Through the weathering Of a heart in a hurricane of pain Acidic pasts, this acid lasts and I'm sure that it will stain, so Cleanse my gut with your heat Beat all my demons, beat them out my seat Help me get on my feet So I can walk to our beat My loose leaf baby my loose leaf baby my loose leaf baby don’t lose me baby
8.
Zombie walking down the isle Blood is smearing the walls fresh squeezin’, flesh eatin’ Slaughter them all You are a cog in their game There’s some fog blocking the shame, mame and tame them so they never question the fact That a soul had to suffer, every pound that they packed, They lack an uncommon empathy, for the birds and the bees please Stop! Paying your super market hit man Cows arent crops! Mouths sucking to their tit and its a lot! of things you could eat Shrooms legumes, not souls from wombs, My body’s not any body’s tomb, grow your garden green and high, the supermarket don’t have no alibi no no! Trader Joe and all his friends are in every hood Throwing up their hands i think they’re up to no good it is a bloody machine Running smooth as can be, cause we Keep stuffing fluffing ruffing up every cart Filling them with dairy mixed with body parts Start to unwind, the gears that they don’t mind to grind, And stop! Paying your super market hit man, cows aren’t shops! Largest incarceration written, there’s a lot! Of things we have bitten, that don’t need canines, grindin teeth to the gears to the beat of the animals retreat oh no! I know, I know how it is! I grow i grow with the biz! You know, you know how it is You grow you’re growing the biz! so stop and go and stop i know and So stop! Paying your super market hit man and just drop! Those bones from your grip! Such a Lop! Sided battle, branding Ronald’s name on all these cattle, Stop! Paying your super market hit man Cows arent crops! Mouths glued to their tit and There’s a lot! That you could really eat man Shrooms legumes, and onions too, green beans, sweet potatoes you’ve got broccoli arugula spinach sprouts, you could even go the fruity route, mango berries watermelon, apples oranges, there is no tellin, just not souls from wombs, My body’s not any body’s tomb, grow your garden green and high, the super market don’t have no alibi no no!
9.
Caught in you Smyrna blue Waves wash away my sandy shoes My sole imprints on this beach Done with dunes I’m done with swoons All I do is croon to you My ovation, master bating my mind Watching me fall down Watching you’ve been watching me fall Watching me fall down And I can’t get back upppp I can get back up So help me get back up Help me get back watching me Paranoia convincing Get me out of this Play I read Exit stage right Liberatus, Liber, I am not what you are you are everything I thought You’d become Watching me falll down They’re watching me falll I’m watching me fall And I can’t get back up again No I can get back up, So help me get back No I gotta get it, and i gotta get back i gotta get back i gotta get back I GOTTA GET BACK UP!!!!!!! liberatus, liberate me i can, i can’t i can get back LIBERATE ME ! I CAN GET BACK UP! “we know that people do not know who rules or why and how He rules and yet they know that there is a power that certainly rules.” “God and His law will not liberate me from its operation.” “THE LAW OF TRUTH AND LOVE” 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 (loop album)

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February 22, 2019
Head Banned announces…
LIBERATUS: people liberate themselves ALBUM RELEASE

A highly self-anticipated release from Head Banned.
9 songs...Nine Lives
trying to create a way to (perceived) freedom,
encompassing the band’s deepest seated dreams, desires, and deaths.
stream time baby!



Parker Landers (The Good Wolf) helped me with some mixing and worked hard on the mastering process. I have so much gratitude for him smoothing out this project in both its most infant and final stages. Parker, you're a trusted friend and I can't thank you enough. Huge thanks to the band as well, who helped to craft these songs into their finished products (yet still constantly changing live).

Also big thanks to Mason for letting me use his bass/amp on a few songs (SMH, Lib). I'd also like to thank Chris R for letting me do the same thing but with Nine Lives and Broke B. Chris has been a huge help with band media recently too; he has put so much of his time into the Cuddle Puddle music video! Thanks to Ally S for all your help with artwork and media as well. Your fliers are beautiful, and the woman on the album cover is chilling. Thank you to Mila for letting me use the steel drum, it appears throughout the album. Huge thanks to my support systems and friends at THB, cove, as well as every other friend who has impacted my life in ways to get this project where it ended up.

Finally, gigantic thanks and love to Ally, who inspires me everyday and holds me every night. This album would be very different without you (and your pixellated cornmeal on the album cover).
Now, take 30 minutes from your day and try LIBERATUS!!!!!!!

credits

released February 22, 2019

ALBUM CREDITS / LINER:

All songs were recorded from Summer to Winter 2018 in Brett’s room.

1-Nine Lives (Rec, Mix by Brett Bissey, Master by Parker Landers)


2-Changeless (samples Ghandi's QUIT INDIA speech; Rec, Mix by BB, Master PL)


3-Broke B (Trumpet/Drums - Austin Palmer. Rec, Mix BB, Master PL)

4-Fizz (Steel Drum - Freddy Haug. Rec, Mix by BB/ Master PL)

5-Cuddle Puddle (vox - Austin Palmer, Cody Leonard; Rec, Mix by BB/PL, Master by PL)

6-Scissors / Sunshine / Honey (Steel Drum - Freddy Haug, Trumpet - Austin Palmer, sample is highly chopped up Terence Mckenna lecture; Rec, Mix by BB, Master by PL)

7-Loose Leaf Baby (Rec, Mix by BB/PL, Master by BB)
8-Supermarket Hitman (Additional vocals - Freddy Haug; Drums - AP, Rec, Mix by BB, Master by PL)

9-People Liberate Themselves (Ghandi speech sampled again; Drums - AP, Rec, Mix by BB, Mast by PL)

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