This is the Sound
by Ian McGlynn
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Play Dead
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Peninsula
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Northern Lights
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Set the Secrets Free
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Small Town, Big Hearts
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Memorial Day Parade
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This is the Sound
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Night Driving
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We Could Be Planets
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Lemonade and Dreams
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about
Ian’s album title is certainly a bold declaration, and one listen to the delicate swoon of the lullaby-like track that bears its name will convince listeners that its also an invitation. Ian’s latest studio album is full of warmth, waltz, and his patented soaring chorus.
Ian has fashioned an album of 11 distinct sounding songs that somehow seem like they were always destined to exist on the same slab of plastic together. From the hyper-nostalgic pop hooks of “Memorial Day Parade” to the quiet hush of “Small Town, Big Hearts,” “This Is The Sound” indeed sounds like little else out there.
It’s full of Ian’s signature piano sounds, not to mention lush organs, quirky synths, chiming guitars, and glockenspiel.
It also marks Ian’s first time producing. Alongside John Mosloskie of Holler, Wild Rose! Fame (who not only co-produces but plays, sings and presumably dances on the record), Ian was determined to create something organic, cinematic and, well, catchy. That was the vision behind “This Is The Sound” when it was being written by Ian and his songwriting partner, Chris Newkirk.
Ian’s songs have appeared in the indie film “Off The Black” starring Nick Nolte, the Meg Ryan/Antonio Banderas feature “My Mom’s New Boyfriend,” the extreme ski flick “One – A Lucid Experience” as well as on an internationally released compilation that included Duncan Sheik among others and a Posies tribute album.
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Ian has fashioned an album of 11 distinct sounding songs that somehow seem like they were always destined to exist on the same slab of plastic together. From the hyper-nostalgic pop hooks of “Memorial Day Parade” to the quiet hush of “Small Town, Big Hearts,” “This Is The Sound” indeed sounds like little else out there.
It’s full of Ian’s signature piano sounds, not to mention lush organs, quirky synths, chiming guitars, and glockenspiel.
It also marks Ian’s first time producing. Alongside John Mosloskie of Holler, Wild Rose! Fame (who not only co-produces but plays, sings and presumably dances on the record), Ian was determined to create something organic, cinematic and, well, catchy. That was the vision behind “This Is The Sound” when it was being written by Ian and his songwriting partner, Chris Newkirk.
Ian’s songs have appeared in the indie film “Off The Black” starring Nick Nolte, the Meg Ryan/Antonio Banderas feature “My Mom’s New Boyfriend,” the extreme ski flick “One – A Lucid Experience” as well as on an internationally released compilation that included Duncan Sheik among others and a Posies tribute album.
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released 21 October 2008
All songs written by Ian McGlynn & Chris Newkirk.
(P) 2008 Bailey Park Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Produced by Ian McGlynn & John Mosloskie.
Recorded by John Mosloskie at the Westervelt Loft.
Mixed and Mastered by Dave Macarone.
Original Painting by Allison Moore.
Art Direction/Design by Sarah Fuchsia.
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All songs written by Ian McGlynn & Chris Newkirk.
(P) 2008 Bailey Park Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Produced by Ian McGlynn & John Mosloskie.
Recorded by John Mosloskie at the Westervelt Loft.
Mixed and Mastered by Dave Macarone.
Original Painting by Allison Moore.
Art Direction/Design by Sarah Fuchsia.
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For most of the past decade, the quietly famous Ian McGlynn has been churning out heartbreakers and soul stirrers. Songs
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- Track Name: Play Dead
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LYRICS:
I never was alive
I never even tried
So used to playing dead
I’d just empty out my head
Forget that you were here
I just want to make things clear
I never even cared
I was just always unaware
So used to playing dead
I’d just empty out my head
Forget that you were here
I just want to make things clear
I never even died
I just have a spotless mind
So used to playing dead
I’d just empty out my head
Forget that you were here
I just want to make things clear
I never was alive
I never even tried
------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Track Name: Peninsula
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LYRICS:
Don’t hang your head like sundown
On the edge of your world
Don’t drift away from me
Don’t sink into the sea, girl
Don’t wait to be discovered
You’re not so far away
There will always be another
Another wave, another day
You’re not an island
As long as I am
Holding onto your hand
Holding you
We’ll navigate by the stars
A map to get away
Florida, it’s not so far
Maybe someday
You’re not an island
As long as I am
Holding onto your hand
Holding you
Don’t drift away from me
Don’t sink into the sea
------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Track Name: Northern Lights
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LYRICS:
He kind of lies
Sort of sighs
Says he sees the northern lights shine in your eyes
You fall for it every time
You fall for him every night
And everything that might
Tell yourself it’s airtight
And everything that might
Tell yourself tonight
I could believe in you
If you don’t believe
I could believe in you
If you don’t believe in me
------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Track Name: Set the Secrets Free
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LYRICS:
I belong
Beginning and end
I can’t die for myself
But I can lose myself again
So take my life
Now and then
To the sea
To the sea
Drown and dissolve and live inside of me
I can set the secrets free
------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Track Name: Small Town, Big Hearts
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LYRICS:
Suddenly it’s Sunday night
and every house is shhhh!
Tomorrow morning will explode
with kisses before work
She had a scare, she had a dream,
she woke up next to me
The dreaming inside her
This is love
The shrieking at spiders
This is love
We pull the covers to our chins,
I listen to her pray
Her A-men, it drifts and falls,
it sounds just like the rain
She falls asleep, I fall in love,
I don’t set the alarm
The dreaming inside her
This is love
The shrieking at spiders
This is love
The sun is reaching through the blinds,
it tricks me out of sleep
I roll over to kiss her cheek,
the pillow waits for me
I rub my eyes, she does her hair,
our lives begin again...again...again
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LYRICS:
A stab of light
Bright and blind
When the memory attacks
A glimpse into
Someone’s future
Won’t stop a blast from the past
No last words
No long goodbye
You just slipped into eternity
I never knew
Who’ll ever know?
All that messy mystery
We all go on and we all go on...
And it’s true
I’m just like you
Destined to disappear too soon
Yes it’s true
I’m just like you
Destined to disappear
We all go on and we all go on...
Oh my God, where are you?
And where did he and she go to?
Oh my God, tell me true
Where did he and she go to?
We all go on and we all go on...
And we’re all so small
------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Track Name: The Dirty Treasure of Truth
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LYRICS:
I found courage and fear in a pint of beer
In a pint of beer found courage and fear
She killed plans and cut deals with a bottle of pills
With a bottle of pills killed plans and cut deals
Hope comes and goes...but nobody knows
She won friends and lost bets with a pack of cigarettes
With a pack of cigarettes won friends and lost bets
He broke hearts and split lips with a flurry of fists
With a flurry of fists broke hearts and split lips
Hope comes and goes...but nobody knows
The dirty treasure of truth
All our perverted proof
You’ll never see...lost at sea
Our drowning secrets
Until they’re dragged to shore
We’ve turned ourselves into wrecks
for love and for sex
For love and for sex
we’ve all turned ourselves into wrecks
Hope comes and goes...but nobody knows
The dirty treasure of truth
All our perverted proof
You’ll never see...lost at sea
Our drowning secrets
Until they’re dragged to shore
You’ll never see...Lost at sea
Our drowning secrets
Until they’re dragged to shore
------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Track Name: This is the Sound
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LYRICS:
Postcards and mysteries
Midnight and tangerines
This is the sound of me thinking out loud
Old hymns and comedies
My girl waiting for me
This is the sound of me thinking out loud
I’m wondering
Wondering...
------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Track Name: Night Driving
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LYRICS:
It’s late
And we have a date
To fall asleep
Side by side
Night driving home to you
Night driving home
It’s you
The thought that gets me through
To be there
At your side
Night driving home to you
Night driving home
Night driving home to you
Night driving home
Night driving home to you
Night driving home
Night driving home to you
Night driving home
It’s late
And we have a date
To fall asleep
Side by side
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LYRICS:
I’ve had my doubts
I’ve flickered out
You look so dark
Don’t hide your heart
We could be planets
Stars with purpose
Tonight
They’ll wonder how
Light years from now
We could be planets
Stars with purpose
Shine
Shine
Shine
------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Track Name: Lemonade and Dreams
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LYRICS:
Everyone is selling
Lemonade and dreams
For kiss-me coins
And self-esteem
On a day just like tomorrow
A perfect day for sorrow
For lemonade or tea
Something hot or something cold
Someone young or someone old
Everyone is drinking lemonade
And some are buying dreams
They’re all talking in circles
It’s not as easy as it seems
Diving into deep conversation
I ended up all wet
Someone shallow offered me a towel
And said something I forget
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