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Coast Is Clear

by Left Hand Does

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1.
Doctor What 03:32
Nantucket, shaking it up Paint it Parrish blue Alberta, shaking it up Paint it Parrish blue Monhegan, shaking it up Paint it Parrish blue Ogunquit, shaking it up Paint it Parrish blue Say, say Chicka chicka Wump, wump Chicka chicka Say, say Chicka chicka Wump, wump Chicka chicka Sad William, shaking it up Paint it Parrish blue Walt Whitman, shaking it up Paint it Parrish blue Saint Peter, shaking it up Paint it Parrish blue John Batten, shaking it up Paint it Parrish blue Say, say Chicka chicka Wump, wump Chicka chicka Say, say Chicka chicka Wump, wump Chicka chicka Follow the line, sun or shadow Your eyes, your mind, clear as your canvas Is that you, babe Is that you, babe Is that you, babe Is that you
2.
Faraday Cage 03:17
I love how this shift makes time stop The last couple people you see float away somewhere where most of the other people you know come from and return to You might be the only person in the universe who ever knew this existed Suspended in isolation in time and space There is a yellow ghost of pavement and rungs of an impossible ladder that no one has touched in twenty, thirty or more years Nothing moves If you want to hear something you can put on the radio Birds won't return until about an hour before dawn, when everything starts getting ready to go back to normal By seven o'clock it will be like it never happened Be still for the stopping of time Long after the daylight has died Hammerheads! Hammerheads! Hammerheads hold your every movement Hard safe from the darkness outside Nothing safe Nothing yet This was never your safety net Don’t you flinch Don’t you fret In your Faraday cage you set You sit there looking up at the sea windows You check on the greenish ship You check that the room outside the offices is still there You have to check that all the rooms are still there You begin to have a better understanding of boxes, and of objects left eternally in storage Presumably there was an initial feeling that a day of need could come Old printers could get fixed Memories of an austere third floor apartment on Block Island and an early morning walk you took with your brother to the grocery store You have all the time in the world to file them in their envelopes In the end they will go into boxes and be left eternally in storage Be still for the stopping of time Long after the daylight has died Hammerheads! Hammerheads! Hammerheads hold your every movement Hard safe from the darkness outside Nothing safe Nothing yet This was never your safety net Don’t you flinch Don’t you fret In your Faraday cage you set
3.
Rock Walker 03:27
Rock walker Rock walker Rock walker Rock walker So you want to be a rock walker Rock walker Why would you want to be a rock walker Well Are you ready for heat in your knees Dynamite under your feet Counting all the tileys on the slate roof of a Tudor estate Eating all the blackberries and beach plum buds your stomach can take Thinking 'bout the rocks at Newport, why their giant heads are so great Feel awash with love at limestone, Bay of Fundy rocks and red clay Rock walker Rock walker Rock walker Rock walker So you want to be a rock walker Rock walker Why would you want to be a rock walker Well Clomp stomp clomp stomp stomp stomp Drew data doodle data drew data doodle data Clomp stomp clomp stomp stomp stomp Drew data doodle data drew data doodle data
4.
Strateger 04:27
Serpens Cauda Ursa Major Capricornus Leo Minor Foolish humans want to go to bed Miss the burning daydream overhead Stars pack a little run-around Earth business tends to get me down Not saying you should stay away Just leave me with the sun today Eridanus Monoceros Crux Australe Horologium Foolish humans want to go to bed Miss the burning daydream overhead Stars pack a little run-around Earth business tends to get me down Not saying you should stay away Just leave me with the sun today Hey, hey, h'yeah I don't wanna go that way
5.
Dr Trousseau 03:32
No bread without my O. J. No walk without my bug spray No bed without my foot brush No drink without my fish mug I heard that you can help me Dr. Trousseau Dr. Trousseau Your reputation supreme Dr. Trousseau So many things I can't say Ask me I'll say I'm O.K. Can't stop the instant replay Can't cope without that copay I heard that you can help me Dr. Trousseau Dr. Trousseau Your reputation supreme Dr. Trousseau Whoah Whoah Whoah Whoah Dr. Trousseau Dr. Trousseau Dr. Trousseau Dr. Trousseau Something on your wall said you know Know a thing or two 'bout the door Something on your door said you know Know a thing or two 'bout the wall Something on your wall said you door Door a thing or two 'bout the know Something on your know said you wall Wall a thing or two 'bout the door
6.
Dark-winged grebe Just encountered a dark-winged grebe Dark-winged grebe Coasting seaward at breakneck speed Dark-winged grebe Outlook exceedingly bleak Dark-winged grebe Coasting, coasting, backwards ghosting, these five words will drive me home Coasting, coasting, backwards ghosting, these five words will drive me home Coasting, coasting, backwards ghosting, these five words will drive me home Most engrossed in my riposte while wild and desperate seas I roam Ha ha, yes Ha ha, yes Ha ha, yes Ha ha, yes Sell my books Tell my mother to sell my books Sell my fish Won't be needing them once this hits Dark-winged grebe No likelihood of reprieve Dire indeed Coasting, coasting, backwards ghosting, these five words will drive me home Coasting, coasting, backwards ghosting, these five words will drive me home Coasting, coasting, backwards ghosting, these five words will drive me home Most engrossed in my riposte while wild and desperate seas I roam Ha ha, yes Ha ha, yes Ha ha, yes Ha ha, yes
7.
Kahuna 01:52
I lay awake in bed, uselessly Don't know what I think I'm doing Your eyes and knowing hands, vapor rings The sounds you make when you're screwing Kahuna 'ana'ana Kahuna 'ana'ana I don't know if I should call the doctor Kahuna 'ana'ana Kahuna 'ana'ana I don't know if I should call the doctor
8.
Come on Mr. Sun, break it out again, I need some love Come on Mr. Sun, break it out again, I need some love What am I without you A dream A daydream A daydream Come on Mr. Sun, break it out again, I need some love Come on Mr. Sun, break it out again, I need some love What am I without you A dream A daydream A daydream Come on Mr. Sun, break it out again, I need some love Come on Mr. Sun, break it out again, I need some love Come on Mr. Sun, break it out again, I need some love Come on Mr. Sun, break it out again, I need some love I'm still holding out hope I'm still holding out hope I'm still holding out hope I'm still holding out hope Maybe it'll come back later Maybe it'll come back later Maybe it'll come back later Maybe it'll come back later Maybe it'll come back later Maybe it'll come back later
9.
Hearth 04:35
Walk from down that icy road View for real above Around you so close a veil of dark To fill my home View from corner straight to you Whisper feel it cool Around you so close a veil of fog Fills my holes It fills my hearth It fills my home It fills my soul complete the Energy My heart It fills my lungs It fills my soul completely Energy I'm sorry Had I had known that you was flying there Had love spoken in your eyes You knew of course Had a chance I didn't notice you was flying there H'eah Walk from down that icy road View for real above Around you so close a veil of dark To fill my home Reach your hand out in the walk On a hunch I'll steal of cloak Around you so close a veil of fog Cling to you It fills my hearth It fills my home It fills my soul complete the Energy My heart It fills my lungs It fills my soul completely Energy I'm sorry Had I had known that you was flying there Had love spoken in your eyes You knew of course Had a chance I didn't notice you was flying there H'eah Had I had known that you was flying there The sun melted in your eyes You knew of course Had this dance I didn't notice you was flying there (that's it) H'eah
10.
Ahh! Slept like a log! Ahh! Slept like a log! Like a log Like a log Like a log Like a log Like a log, like a log, turn it off or rock it (Like a log, like a log, turn it off or rock it) Like a log, like a log, turn it off or rock it (Like a log, like a log, turn it off or rock it) Coulda been ringing the doorbell Coulda been calling my phone To the landlord and the postman Basically I'm not at home Ahh! Slept like a log! Ahh! Slept like a log!
11.
They were holding back my chance To get my flame monster out in the dawn They would think there's something wrong And call the fire depart' They were holding back my chance To get my flame monster out in the dawn They'll be calling 9-1-1 As if the danger is ours You've got some time for the wait For the wait For the wait For the wait You've held the wheel, you can relate To his debate His crusade Send me my swan with a beat You know I can't sleep in the heat

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Released in the midst of the COVID pandemic, Left Hand Does' latest opus speaks with a voice of paranoia and anguish. Coast Is Clear marks the band's first album recorded in a studio facility, The Record Co. in Boston.

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released October 2, 2020

Jean Sullivan: Vocals, Bass, Sequencing
Luke Sullivan: Vocals, Guitars, Sequencing
Ryan Gildea: Guitars, Keyboards, Treatments
Andy Tamulynas: Drums, Percussion

Mike Broberg: Sax on 'Flame Monster'

Music written by Left Hand Does, lyrics by Jean and Luke

Recorded at The Record Co., Boston
August-November 2018
Engineered by Luke Sullivan
Assisted by Will Palmeri
Additional recording at Giant Turd, Norwood MA by the band
Mixed by Luke Sullivan and Ryan Gildea
Mastered by Scott Craggs (www.oldcolonymastering.com)

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Left Hand Does is a weekly food club who occasionally makes music.

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