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    Gold & Black marbled Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve. Including lavishly illustrated 8-page Booklet, 1 pair of fancy Brox Socks, magnificent vintage set of 1 paper tablecloth + 6 place mats (Original Greizer Papiertischdecken-Set) and magic Download Code.

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    Lovely Gatefold/Digisleeve Cover, 8-page Booklet with Lyrics and Original Artwork, Original Vintage Paper Table Cloth & Place Mats (Greizer Papiertischdecken-Set), 1 Signed Brockdorff-Postcard from the Signs & Sparks-Collection

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Ein auf den ersten Blick enigmatischer, rätselhafter Song, angefangen vom sperrigen Songtitel bis zu Zeilen wie: "Eliot said: I think / we go to Rats’ alley." Ohne alle Geheimnisse lüften zu wollen, ein paar kleine Tips: im Songtitel stecken ja ein gutes Dutzend anderer Worte und Begriffe. Zwei davon sind eng mit britischer Popmusik verbunden, und hatten von Anfang an großen Einfluß auf Sound und Songwriting des BKL. Billy Bragg und UK Garage werden direkt oder indirekt in Text und Musik zitiert. Der Song ist obendrein so eine Art Fortsetzung oder Gegenstück zu "Signs & Sparks". An einigen Stellen blitzen auch kurz das musikalische Thema und Textzeilen der Single-"A-Seite" auf.

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Sky / completely strewn with signs and sparks
your white scattered face
on your daily grind you pave with hearts
Your lead melts away
the iron man still tall by your side
mars, moon & sun / all fizzled out since he died.

Long for moon washed college halls
holding on until night falls
shall we play a game of cards
Play until the nymph departs

Letterhead said: „Dad, where are you going?"
Eliot said: „I think / we go to Rats’ alley"

They say / they can fix a broken heart
We try / not to cry when we depart
absolutely broken up / but Cohen‘s by my side
A heap of broken images / too much pathetic pride.

Your Face / crowned with pearls that were his eyes
your head in a whirl / your old gods unreal disguise.

I am sick of people fighting wars /
endless scripts without a cause.

And when the whole world is falling apart / some things stay in place
He takes off the Billy Bragg tape / and puts it in its case.

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from Signs & Sparks, released October 20, 2023

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Brockdorff Klang Labor Leipzig, Germany

Mit ihren tanzbaren und tiefsinnigen Songs machen Brockdorf Klang Labor Musik für die partyverliebten Träumer und Aktivistinnen. Ihre unwiderstehlichen Indie-Electro-Songs klingen wie die finale Quintessenz aus 40 Jahren Indie Pop und trotzdem in keiner Sekunde generisch. BKL leben, feiern, erforschen und variieren den klassischen Pop-Song als Medium für Protest, Party, Utopie und Experiment. ... more

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