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Colony Collapse

by Duncan Barlow

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1.
There is no one else I'd rather wake next to in the morning sun you outshine the sun. There is no one else who can tame my moods the way you do. How they shift and they sway, you lift me right up I understand that the world is a funny place. We've got to find a way to keep it together. If we're ever going to make it to spring. I've seen the world split down the seams and pour out stars. How they dance around your head a perfect halo in bloom I see the world through the things you do and it's full of love. You light me right up. I understand that the world is a funny place we've got to find a way to keep it together if we're ever going to make it to spring There ain't no problem so big we can't solve it. And I know we're going to make it to spring.
2.
There are days where my heart feels broken and dogs wander streets chewing on their sagging skin. There ain’t nothing, what can love me like you do. Words we once spoke lay crooked now a bone in our throats and there’s no time to feed these dogs, to feed them all and stroke their coats. There ain’t nothing, what can love me like you do. And when it’s done, will I still have a friend in you? And when I’m lost, will you still come and rescue me? Because all of these puppies, will die in the sparkling dew. So, if you leave, please feed them like I do. Because there is nothing, what can love me you like I do.
3.
There's a woman who's pacing in the spaces in my walls. And though I've never seen her, I hear her muted calls. I wonder what she looks like a soft or hardened face. In abstenia forever, her world is half erased. I don't know what I'm doing here. I just want to disappear. There's a world out my window in the whiteness of the day, a nervous robin nest building with some scraps along the way. A predator comes so swiftly. I watch the nest, it falls. With the mother now missing, her babies' chirps and calls such tiny fragile calls I don't know what I'm doing here. I just want to disappear It's happening again. I know it's just my luck.
4.
She sits in the sun on the good end of town. She sits in her nook she's reading a book about bad, bad men She's out with her friends they drink and they laugh. When she's out with her friends, the good times don't end, they just go on and on Oh, isn't it tragic when love loses magic? Life goes on. She finds a new man and they're out for the night, but in the end, disappointment sets in and she goes home alone. When she's in her bed and she's with her dog, when she's in her bed, bad thoughts fill her head that she might die alone Oh, isn't it tragic when love loses magic? Life goes on.
5.
No one is speaking or making a sound. No one is fighting when you're not around. Please stay clear of me stay miles away Always, I wait for you. Quietly, I wait for you. The cat is not sleeping she's crawling around. The floorboards are creaking such a lonely sound. Please stay clear of me stay miles away Always, I wait for you. Quietly, I wait for you.
6.
He's caught up in work now, one thousand miles away. When he's depressed, he's a touchless lover and all but falls away, In these times, he does complain his mind is in a foggy tangled mess. She's bought a new house there, in her old home town. Midcentury decorator, she has no plans to move out. She calls him up to complain the contractors want more than they'd agreed. But they're both in love and they'll make it work, Not much longer now, he'll find himself a new job. The promises he makes to her are the only things that keep her holding on. With all the miles between them, the years that come and go. They're dedicated to their idea, the stress it starts to show. Their friends all think they're insane, and so it is her heart begins to stray. Her mind is filling with darkness, as her cat dies in her arms. She needs someone who's closer to her to hold her when times are hard. She finds herself another plan, a new disaster not so far away. He keeps waiting around though like some kind of jerk. Operational misconception, he thinks he'll make it work She's found herself another one and wonders why he doesn't do the same. What is the point in loving anything When it all just fades away?
7.
And if the sun should rise again, I hope it stays For a long, long time. Because it's been such a very long time, since I felt such warmth on me. And it's so cold. I could really use the sun right now. And if I should wake up, deaf, dumb, and blind, I hope the last thing I see is the color of your eyes. Because it's been such a very long time, since I've seen you smile at me. And it's so goddamned cold. I could really use a friend right now.

about

Although recorded in 2017 and originally slated for release in 2019, duncan barlow’s new full-length, Colony Collapse, is the most fitting record to be the soundtrack for 2021. Mostly known for heavier music in bands like Endpoint, By The Grace Of God, and Guilt, duncan’s new solo release explores a softer and more emotionally driven sound that he’s developed during his days in d.biddle.

Colony Collapse is a record that continues to showcase barlow’s ability and emotion as a singer-songwriter who straddles a fine line between dream-like indie pop, Americana, and Folk courtesy of his jangly guitar work. What sets apart barlow’s music from anyone else’s is his ability to find inspiration from his tumultuous experiences and relationships. His technique of exploring an inward journey into depression and grief, which may be dark subjects, while still offering a glimmer of hope is truly unique.

Barlow self-produced and engineered Colony Collapse in his South Dakota home in the middle of a likely brutal & harsh winter. This atmosphere and ambience comes through in the music and adds an impactful feel to the words in each song. With the help from friends like Joe Plummer (Modest Mouse, Black Heart Procession, Cold War Kids), Jason Lowenstein (SeBADoh), and others, barlow pieced together the final LP through remote recording sessions that he mixed with Colin Bricker (Devotchka, Ron Miles, The Czars) in Denver, Colorado. While this record may fall under the “sad bastard” music category, and may leave you with a sense that life is absurd and heart-breaking, you still walk away with the belief that things will get better...much like how all of us feel going into this new year.

credits

released April 9, 2021

Recording Credits:
Vocals recorded in August of 2017 at Mighty Fine Audio in Denver, Colorado.

Drums on tracks 1-6 recorded by Joe Plummer.

Bass on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 recorded by Jason Lowenstein.

All other tracking recorded by duncan barlow in his house in Vermillion, South Dakota, between July of 2016 and December of 2017.

Group vocals on “What’s the Point” provided by: Keith A. Curts, Skye Savage, Vincent Compretto, Jules Laurita, Jamie Smith, Jeremy Jackson, Jojo Sampson, and ‘lil Deenie Rousseau.

Backup vocals on “What’s the Point” and “Le Seul Amour”
by David Posthumus and Skip Willman.

Guitar lead on “She Came to Leave” by John Dudley.
Bass on “She Came to Leave”
by Skip Willman.
Slide guitar on “Again, Light and Spectre” by Jamie Smith.
Delay guitar on “Again, Light and Spectre”
by Skip Willman.

All ambient noises and extra percussion by duncan barlow.

Mixed at Mighty Fine Audio by Colin Bricker in 2017 Mastered at Decibel Mastering by Brian Lueken in 2018

All songs written by duncan barlow Copyrighted and protected 2021 Hungerfeast at SESAC

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