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Run Wild, Stay Alive
Rock · 2016 · 10 tracks · 33m

Run Wild, Stay Alive

Hotel Books

Intense spoken-word poetry layered over shimmering post-rock guitars. A raw, unvarnished document of heartbreak and the exhausting process of healing.

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It's like someone turned their most painful journal entries into a post-rock movie score.

A relentless and deeply honest exploration of emotional exhaustion and the search for hope.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 33m
01
Every Day, the Same
3:14
02
I Think You See Where This Is Headed
2:34
03
Where We Sleep Is Where We Dream
4:00
04
Constant Conflicts
3:49
05
Saltwater for Blood
3:26
06
Lesser
3:02
07
Friendly Crossfire
3:22
08
Can You Do Me a Kindness?
2:05
09
Alcoholocaust
3:36
10
Broke Love
4:15
Moments Worth Waiting For
The rhythmic acceleration of the speech on track 4 as the guitars transition from clean picking to a wall of distortion.
The sudden, jarring silence in track 8 that emphasizes a particularly devastating line of self-reflection.
The way the drums finally lock into a driving groove on the closing track, providing a sense of momentum to the lyrical resolution.
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