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ELECTROMEO (previously unavailable)

by Bill Mallonee & Vigilantes of Love

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HAT IN HAND 03:47
Hat in Hand Run Time: 3:47 Written by Bill Mallonee for CyBrenJoJosh (BMI) pen the lament and shadow your eyes there's a vapor trail stretching across a kansas sky dirt lot kids making dirt lot plans shuffle forward your hat in hand could be the hangman could be the noose could be the engine could be the caboose it pays to know on which side you stand shuffle forward your hat in hand yeah gold in this house there's gold in my band there's gold in your blouse honey gold in my hand it's a rhythm and mystery you don't quite understand shuffle forward your hat in hand bridge: run fast after everything and that's just what you'll miss live your life opened armed or with a clenched fist dirt lot kids doing dirt lot deeds way too much living in the minor key burn all these sins in a Love so grand shuffle forward your hat in hand
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Life I Never Lived by bill mallonee Look at al the goodwill i retracted Look at that deck of cards and how i stacked it Look at all that fear and how i masked it look at the life i never lived look at the life i never lived Look at all once mistook for wealth Look at all those gifts i put back on the shelf Look at all the slack i cut myself look at that life i never lived look at that life i never lived Playback all the harsh words i spoke Take note on how i squashed some hope look at all those tender hearts i broke look at the life i never lived look at the life i never lived Look at all the houses i tore down Look at all the smiles i turned to frowns Look at all the roads that just went round & round look at the life i never lived look at the life i never lived Look at all the good i failed to see Look at all i failed to do for Thee look at what i might one day have been look at the life i never lived look at the life i never lived look at the life, look at the life look at the life i never lived
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Half-Mast 04:54
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Weight of Glory Written by Bill Mallonee for CyBrenJoJosh (BMI) ©2000 no discouragement we know scrape the unbelief out of these weary bones shoulder grace and glory's weight in whatever form she takes no saints to be found in here only debtors bankrupt screw-ups broken bested dearly beloved we are gathered near and far and wishing hard upon a star you appear and i shine it's coming hard from somewhere else when the past is all in shadows oh to finally be yourself guard your heart never let her fade mark the changing winds and trace the lines upon the face of age used to be we knew what for i hardly feel it anymore

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"After 10 years and 15 albums of giving it all we had as a band, the world had become one cesspool of fools and their betrayals. Sometimes we included ourselves in that characterization..."
"Electromeo" was a sinner's swan song, a prophet's lament, garnished with drone and feedback. A lump in the throat moment for all of us."
Hat in Hand, the lead off, is one of my all-time fav VoL tracks. Lyrically & musically. One of the best rock things i've ever written. It's mid-tempo, raw and desperate...a lament. We saw it coming. Jake and Kevin? Simply stunning here...as they always were.

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released July 28, 2011

Bill Mallonee: guitars, vocals, harp
Jake Bradley: bass
Kevin Heuer: drums
Ian Archer: guitar, dobro

mixed & mastered by: Tom Lewis

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Bill Mallonee

Bill Mallonee is an Americana artist w/ 80 plus albums over a 30 year career. Voted by Paste Music Magazine #65 in their "Top 100 Living Songwriters" poll. He was the
founding member of Vigilantes of Love. He has worked with Mark Heard, Buddy Miller, Emmylou Harris, & Peter Buck from REM.
His most recent work, "Lead On, Kindly Light" is a 23song double Cd released Feb 2020.
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