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Higher Plans

by Shadyside

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1.
when the fear hits saddle up it’s what the energy’s for saddle up it’s a horse in the night all those wasted dreams that you ignore saddle up when the summer comes you still pray for rain now the seasons done you’re looking for something again i just want to get some sleep i pray the sandman comes i just want to get some sleep it’s all i ask savour the pain sharpen the blade so you want to feel something more well i’ll give you something you have everything you need what are you waiting for i just want to get some sleep i pray the sandman comes it’s all i ask anymore i cut my teeth on the devil ether so stake your claim on the ocean floor when the fear hits saddle up it’s what the energy’s for saddle up when the fear hits saddle up bet on the night saddle up it’s what the energy’s for forward through the pain that’s what the energy’s for
2.
or so we thought we believed the lie in tessellation we stay disguised then our heads explode like our alibi what’s done is done we collect what’s left with a loaded gun head out the door we’re the lucky ones because everything we need we got it there was a voice inside our heads never want to hear that shit again only want to hear common sense i don’t care about the end cut the chord and the phone stops ringing think of the kids don’t bring them up like that teach them to love teach them to live don’t be that voice inside their heads they don’t need no ordinary plan in the belly of the beast you think you’re blind, but you can see what sense of security got the people down on their knees raid the hive and the bees start stinging only want to hear common sense i don’t care about the end bite the hand so it stops feeding in the belly of the beast you think you’re blind but you can see get your knife or grab a key block the wound and you stop the bleeding these pieces of our lives don't hold together well when the floods rise don’t drink the water
3.
keeping it slow slower than it’s ever been before we know the roads no indecision anymore we’ve seen a lot and though there’s always more on second thought when in the wars we were always free as we wanted to be bring me back my love wait what’s that sound let it drown me out grow our roots back down turn it up real loud bring me back my love sway like the trees these memories together out there in your car sway like the trees these memories forever out under the stars
4.
Vacation 02:45
at the races we swore we wouldn’t fall we kept the paces for a little while do you vacation honestly or are you screaming i’m supposed to be higher plans death or glory ain’t sustainable oh you know we used to wait it out sick affections kept us from falling out fading out with no direction lost now suffering with no intention no good anyhow reparations we swore we wouldn’t fly we kept evasive for a little while do you vacation honestly or are you screaming i’m supposed to be loving me is like agony i got one time to your nineteen times before do you vacation honestly or are you screaming i’m supposed to be higher plans death or glory ain’t sustainable oh you know we used to wait it out sick affections kept us fading out we are who we are supposed to be
5.
i’m losing faith just before dark but when the fire’s gone cold i’m still catching sparks and this canyon is a clutter of old scars all of my ghosts they congregate here it’s like a seance of sorts the skeleton years these are the skeleton years and all these temporary days just melt the past away oh holy host of the morning tear apart my winnings and breathe some light into this cage oh lord how i’ve slandered you please forgive me if you’re still with me oh shining hand of the dayspring wake this guardian angel and breath some life into this cave temporary days fight with myself i fight with you but my story’s confused i might as well prove how any other man would be haunted just like me how any other man would be haunted just like me drones in the hive they dissipate but my storybook love incinerates all the yellow eyes and fangs encircling me don’t let the wolves smell my fear anymore temporary days melt the past away

about

What's that saying about loving something and setting it free and it coming back later? Well, in the mid '00s, Ohio's Shadyside set vocalist Michael Malarkey free to pursue studies at a prestigious London acting school. After two decades, and a wildly successful stage and television career (Vampire Diaries, Law and Order: Organized Crime, Westworl, Project Bluebook, etc.), he returned.

Formed in 1999, Shadyside cut a few demo tracks and some rough EPs while fleshing out their core lineup before adding Malarkey to the group in 2003. With their new vocalist secured, the band (rounded out by Vincent-Ryan Arceo on bass, Dave Brandenburg on drums, Adrian Grant on keys & guitar, Charles Heck on guitar & vocals, and Wendell Hensley on guitar & vocals) began to develop some momentum with a new EP that featured a more polished and refined sound. This trajectory took a pause when Malarkey shipped off to London, but the band stayed close. In 2017, a pact was made to make new music once more, and the pandemic provided the perfect platform to make good on that promise.

These new demos that were put to tape in 2020 became the foundation for Higher Plans, the EP before us. Recorded by Pat Himes at Reel Love Recording Studio and mixed/mastered by Grammy nominated producer Jack Shirley at Atomic Garden Studios, these new tracks remind us that the future is unwritten...but the band clearly has higher plans.

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released November 10, 2023

Shadyside is:
Vincent-Ryan Arceo - bass
Dave Brandenburg - drums
Adrian Grant - keys, guitar
Charles Heck - guitar, vocals
Wendell Hensley - guitar, vocals
Michael Malarkey - vocals

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