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It's been nearly a decade since the last Count Your Lucky Stars 4-way split (the last one dropped 7/3/15), but it's hard to let a good thing die. For those of you new to the series (or those of you who need a refresher), each split features four bands with an exclusive song each. Previous splits featured emo-revival stables like Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate), Dikembe, Dowsing, Hightide Hotel, and Two Knights, among others.
The fifth and newest entry returns featuring the cornerstones of the new Count Your Lucky Stars stable- Camp Trash, Expert Timing, Mt. Oriander, and Thank You, I'm Sorry. Each entry carries the hallmarks of what that band is known best for. On Camp Trash's 'Friendship America', we have a rowdy poppy indie song that crushes and crashes and refuses to let up the entire tune. Expert Timing's 'Sudden Glow' shows why they are the greatest hidden-gem of indie/punk world, writing anthems that should be blaring out of every stereo as they support the next big thing before becoming the next big thing. Mt. Oriander slow things down with easily the most sobering song on the collection with soulful guitars and soulful vocals that morn the loss of life of a close loved one. Thank you, I'm Sorry close the split with a wistful tune 'Snow Window' that feels like the cherry on top with it's full-blown indie pop leanings and synths that wrap you up like a blanket and lull you to sleep.
No other bands could have revived the series as well as these. Four great songs that you won't find anywhere else.
Available on black vinyl. Buy at cylsrecords dot com or the CYLS Bandcamp.
lyrics
First wave, second wave
I’m inside almost every day
They played No Wave
In response to New Wave
And I got a new plague
And it looks like this one’s never going away
You want it, I got it
I’m taking probiotics
You’re looking for nothing
And I’m empty, so there’s something
I know you’re not
Taking Saturday off
I won’t have a
Satisfying response
My Late friends, cold friends
Up on the shady shores of Lake Michigan
They played Hyper Enough,
into Driveway to Driveway drunk
Please don’t wake me up until
It feels like summer in October
You want it, I got it
I’m taking probiotics
You’re looking for nothing
And I’m empty, so there’s something
That’s not how I’d do it
If I was making a world
I’d cut out all the brutal shit
Make everything more musical
You want it, I got it
I’m taking probiotics
You’re looking for nothing
And I’m empty, so there’s something
I’m empty, so there’s something
Go bills
credits
released November 22, 2024
Recorded and mixed by Kyle Hoffer in Orlando, FL.
Mastered by Marius Samdal at Slow Down Records Studio in Trondheim, Norway.
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