RENT STRIKE's groundbreaking folk-punk-rock-opera IX, presented and packaged with a fully illustrated lyric zine, featuring art from talented mid-Michigan artists
Includes unlimited streaming of IX
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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IX Cassette
Cassette + Digital Album
Limited edition (everything is limited, be real, this is DIY) cassette of RENT STRIKE's groundbreaking Lord of the Rings concept album IX. Remastered for cassette.
Includes unlimited streaming of IX
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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12" Vinyl - Black
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Finally on Bandcamp:
Black vinyl record of RENT STRIKE's 2018 Lord of the Rings concept album IX.
Art reimagined by Levi Coven (@2headedcoralsnake).
Haunted by ghostly images on the back cover.
Limited quantities remain. Unlikely to receive a second pressing soon.
Includes unlimited streaming of IX
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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about
Leaving home is hard.
Bring too many socks.
Lentils can be sprouted in a bottle of water for an easy, nutrient-dense snack.
Stay hydrated.
Call your parents sometimes. Or don't.
lyrics
II - The Road Giveth...
I could walk, I could walk for days
Across bridges and old highways.
Bare feet, achey bones, skin burnt by the sun.
No one around me but a few close friends.
No one to tell me how the world is gonna end.
Unconcerned with the wars and the bombs, we would run.
We’d find a place in history.
Carving our names in that old oak tree.
Whiskey ‘round the fire, now I lay me down to sleep, and
In the morning, I would feel so good.
Waking up in the middle of the woods.
Legs stretched, palms up, and greeting the dawn
With this song, it goes ~
Oh, I’ll always be angry. I’ll never be sober.
I’ll never grow old.
And I, I miss my home, sometimes.
But mostly, I don’t. Mostly, I don’t.
I could ride, I could ride this train
Across mountains, and sprawling plains.
Blowing smoke and spitting in the wind.
And I’d never care what lies ahead.
These things are easier done than said.
All it takes is a step.
Oh, I’ll always be angry. I’ll never be sober.
I’ll never grow old.
And I, I miss my home, sometimes.
But mostly, I don’t. Mostly, I don’t.
So this is it, at long, long last.
Beholden to nothing, but the shadow of the past.
Well, I’d just let the time pass.
Because - living good, living right
Is so much more complex than the black and the white,
And I’m not gonna waste my time.
I’m not gonna waste my life.
I’m gonna keep going. My liver’s just fine, thanks.
This will never get old.
And I, I miss my home, sometimes.
But mostly, I don’t. Mostly, I don’t ~ No,
I’ll always be angry. I’ll never be sober.
I’ll never grow old.
And I, I miss my home, except when I don’t.
And mostly, I don’t.
credits
from IX,
released January 11, 2018
John W - Guitar n banjo n vox
Nicole G - bass n harmonies
Dakota - percussion n harmonies
Will McP - accordion
Grey Matter is really doing something that no other band is doing. Ska (I know, stay with me) + Jazz + Hardcore and a little bit of something else entirely. Lansing MI based RENT STRIKE
The first time I saw Peter play, we had already been friends for a couple months. I cried listening to him, for everyone else I've met whose gifts I didn't know. RENT STRIKE
