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by Ellery Twining

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they arrived, with pitchforks at the ready, to alter the vote. the corporals and captains had an attack sorted out. the floorplan of congress was in the public domain, security forces had become one and the same- a single moment defining the state of the nation. evidenced by a display of tribalism amongst a misappropriation of the flag, draped over the Capitol steps- A Confederacy in Process. the rally preceding insurrection would expose this selfish process, as if there were no other method to counteract an actual vote. the assembled crowd who volunteered to be in The District could flag their inherent abhorrence toward an hidden agenda that they would spell out, as if this call to arms could create a new nation of their own making, utilizing their most vicious forces. citizens of our Televised reality experienced society in absolute time, the forces of this tribe gathered and had stormed the steps, their process exhorted over bullhorns to a crowd expecting a re-born nation. multitudes of volunteers worked to secure the vote, people who poured over information, and disinformation to out an heist of objective political reality, were threatened by the brandished flag. it was an aggrieved display, and desecration of the flag will be remembered as treasonous sedition. the boat parade that forces the vessels upon our river to be evacuated; instructed to stay out. a distinct attempt at security while the process of their gathering threatened to call in to question the actual vote. each citizen would need to declare their confirmation of our nation. confrontation within the myth of the American nation has always existed, in some form. when people flag grievances, the irregularity of equality; we are told to vote despite the evidence of corruption, which forces a re-examination of the entire process, wherein actualization of the point of completion leaves no one out. as initial momentum, stunted by Capitol Police faded out, the assassination plot never materialized in the Nations Capitol. The Peoples House; a building that affords the process of the improbable to be occasionally attainable, where intruders would flag the building with propaganda, and untruth, in an attempt to force A Cancellation of America, as if all citizens might forget the power of the vote. surrounded by symbols of a nation- the staffed flag and the wooden gavel, congressional members would return that night, to force a delineation- one person, one vote.
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the local hook & ladder company sat at the junction of Ocean View Avenue and the old Post Road at the top of my neighborhood I always thought If there was a fire, I was protected. we would be protected. our house was on the Ocean View Avenue there was a backyard gathering, I wasn’t interested. neither was my brother. our parents were preoccupied when the fire broke out I heard my mother’s muffled voice “have you seen Jeremy?” they found him standing, under the tire hub of a firetruck. on Overlook Avenue. I’ll never forget the older kids pointing in laughter.
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a pop star simply getting on with it sells her record collection I was there to catalog it all circle color decals imprinted with a sharpie D a capital letter the collection evaporated over time Liz Phair wrote about an estate sale that defined a life I was also a witness. what did I do with that reflection? would it be an affirmation? I know one thing it may have saved the store but the vinyl revival started right there
4.
ROUGE 02:38
I remember being fascinated with my mother’s limited CASH of makeup, hidden from my father. In the utility bathroom on the second floor where I slept. the rouge- what was it for? I had seen Dolly Parton wear it on TV but my mother was no star…. she told us about sitting at the bar I swirled my finger into the tiny glass jar, and smeared it on my face. looking into the mirror was a revelation as was the knock on the door “what are you doing?!??!?!?” the clink of the glass jar on the porcelain would shape me.
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DEAFENING 03:55
we moved into the new neighborhood and my best friend’s parents were both deaf they met at the Oral School a repository for the children of a lesser God I understood. I understood their language the teletype phone. the electronic calls they could respond to she chastised me for reading the family mail but I never opened an envelope she asked me why “it’s the words, it’s all I have” I replied, when asked “you seem to value them?” she noticed “don’t you?” Their oldest arrived home in a late 70’s haze One night during a sleepover I had never heard someone scolded By a parent Quite like that Quite like that It was deafening
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S. B. BUTLER 02:36
it was a village not yet suburbia but there was always an element of danger we were expected to pay attention on our own the jungle gym was leaving blisters on our fingers if july was my friend. Jimmy Donch broke his elbow playing touch football and we never saw him again we learned curse words from our parents but we knew how to use them by listening at the school playground I witnessed friends fight over street hockey etiquette. the weakest among us ran home heaving heavy breaths. but, when the older kids fought, you could feel the ground shake : after a body was slammed into home plate
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I have lived here my entire life the highway was a definition my parents would traverse exit 89 to exit 90 for a trip to the fast food joint I placed my bicycle into the bed of my pickup truck and parked it In a distant neighborhood feet on pedals and made my way to the bridge, spray paint in a satchel the steel girders were vertical supports, placed every four feet I had to grab the next one with my left hand the tractor trailers created a vacuum that threatened to pull me under onto the highway after making my way to the opposite side I time my script with the rhythm of the road a life saving course correction what’s gonna set you free? It was a message I thought should be seen beyond the LP beyond what it meant to me “What’s Gonna Set You Free?”
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it was our last conversation I was in Pennsylvania and you were in hospice care at my childhood home “hey man, we made it in good time!” “that’s great. when is the show?” “tomorrow at 4, a spring gig” “i know you know…. but, stay back. on the beat. don’t push the pace.” he was a musician. I could barely make out the words or their inclusion grown men weeping the same men who I told you about before filling the bars at lunch they were shaken to the core and knowingly realized they could be next in defense of the nation
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CELLAR DOOR 04:19
I heard you knocking at our cellar door shakey made a run to New York and he had scored and you were desperate how did you know? acceptance proceeds at its own pace perception is constantly a step behind a step behind the bottle, empty. friday evening. the needle, empty. thursday night. it was a secret until it wasn’t the neighborhood kids didn’t hear our warnings they were simply kids tired of warnings tired of fighting tired of trying some survived some were revived and some of you died

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Ellery follows up his critically acclaimed solo debut REVENGE with an exploration into the soundscapes of Post Pop.

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released June 1, 2023

all noises by Ellery Twining

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David Bentley / The Bass Guitar
Elias Slocum / violins on ELECTRIC BOAT

violin arrangement on EB by Elias Slocum

mixed by Eric Lichter for Dirt Floor Recording Production

recorded at The Dirt Floor Studio
Chester CT

cover photo by Michelle Gemma
art design by Mat Tarbox

recorded between December 2022 and April 2023

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the second solo LP from the 17 Relics, Low-Beam, and Slander drummer
Ellery Twining.

photography by Michelle Gemma

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cover design by Mat Tarbox

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