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Meridian

by A Piano In Every Home

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Loula This music is like chocolate on one of those days: it makes you feel better instantly. Calm and soft yet also powerful the songs combine great music with lyrics that make you think about what they mean for a long time after hearing them. Favorite track: Sleepyhead.
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1.
Lay my head beneath the sand If there’s something down there I could understand 'Cause I need something more than this old medicine To get where you are Put my temper down to rest I’ve sixty more years to be upset Is there a system or something you’ve written To get where you are Cross my hands and calm my chest I saw you walking to me in a bulletproof dress And you must have, at all times two kinds of alibis To get where you are Drop the sail and take us south There’s little left here to cry about Some say I’m just a bit too crazy To get where you are
2.
Bridges 03:08
In this breeze we’re leaning on dominos And all you need I’m taking it through the nose Over time I could learn to charm you child But the city fines little kids for running wild So baby head home If bridges burn the Rosmor down now The weatherman will let you know And breathing can’t come easy When you lay alone So what comes next, could we kill another cigarette With too much said, could you fit it on a letterhead? Over time I could learn to charm you child But the city fines little kids for running wild So baby head home If bridges burn the Rossmor down now The weatherman will let you know And breathing can’t come easy When you lay alone
3.
Sleepyhead 02:48
Sleepyhead, tell me that I look good in your bed Or you’re bound be lonely, love Sleepyhead, tell me that I talk like a senator and I make you Woozy when I move my mouth and curse you out This is why I love you now Sleepyhead, wear your thinnest dress You’re obviously lonely tonight Sleepyhead, wake up the mess we’ve made is filling up the streets And the camera men are crying out and want to know if This is why I love you now This how I love you now Sleepyhead, bring me my blue booze bottle I’m getting you loaded tonight Sleepyhead, just be my sweet amphetamine and stay Dark haired and crazy-eyed 'cause don't you know that This is why I love you now This is how I love you now
4.
Sweet Corina 03:37
5.
You asked me for a West Coast song Where the coastline looked like Oregon But could we rocket to the moon, just like we use to do? It’s out of line -but I love you Somewhere, I was beginning to think You were trying to keep me here Now we’re moving through a restless fog I thought it was the night but I could be wrong The summer left too soon, you look at me like I’m leaving too I’m out of time -but I love you
6.
Minnesota 04:00
7.
Tongue-tied, sad eyed gypsy Dance inside my lonesome mind Send word if you miss me Either way I’ll make you mine Here I am, there you are Sad-eyed lady don’t fall apart Cynical, cyclical lover Get your bed out of my mind If I call Boston in an hour Should I be looking for a wife Here I am, there you are Sad-eyed lady don’t fall apart Every time I’m looking for something reddish-rouge and bare, I’m in your hair Lonesome silos and bittersweet byroads, you were there taking my air Here I am, there you are Sad-eyed lady don’t fall apart Bitter silohs, long lonesome byroads you were there Taking my air, oh no. Here I am, there you are Sad-eyed lady don’t fall apart
8.
Blue Motel 03:13
Let me be your stupid hero Let me be your lost love split right down the middle I will not pretend to Care about those things that are bound to kill you now I thought I’d let you know about yourself Cause I’d sure like to know Hell, what are you thinking about, right now So let me buy you flowers Let me buy your time I could talk for hours You’re leaning on your coffee You’re talking so fast I think you love me, now I thought I’d let you know about yourself Cause I’d sure like to know Hell, what are you thinking about, right now Let me be your medication Let me be your piece of dramamine, lost conversation I've got to leave this city I've got too many girls who are out kill me, now I thought I’d let you know about yourself Cause I’d sure like to know Hell, what are you thinking about, right now
9.
Meridian 04:10
She said, I think I’ll be a senator I said, Ok don’t drive me wild She said, I’m so sick of all the shit you get me in You’re fucking crazy and the sailboats are coming in She said, why don't we both be astronauts I said, It's not that easy, babe She said, I'm so sick of St. Paul and I need a cigarette I said, I just can't seem to get you out of my head Honey you are my Meridian I look to you to count the stars Honey you are my Meridian Sailors, kings and ships are guided by your gentle hips Oh, Mama She said, I think I'll get my feet wet I said, One more bath before breakfast She said, I’m so sick of you're love and I need to go to bed I said, I just can't seem to shake you out of my head Honey you are my Meridian I look to you to count the stars Honey you are my Meridian Sailors, kings and ships are guided by your gentle hips Oh, Mama

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Meridian is decisively straight-forward. Erickson's well organized and often melancholic lyrics are biographical and flirtatious -cautiously confessional. He writes from a nostalgic, tongue-in-cheek vantage point about the weight of love and occupations with foreign places. Pavek holds an instrumental aptitude and proficiency in musical composition that shapes and illuminates the simple, sentimental structure of each song. Lyrically the album is a nod towards Dylan, musically it’s a touch of Philip Glass, and emotionally it’s a sixteen hour car-drive with Chris Isaak and Ryan Adams. This is an album you can lean against, drink alone to -a soundtrack for the relentless romantic in all of us.

credits

released November 26, 2013

All songs written and performed by:
Travis Erickson
Jake Pavek

Instrumental Credits:
Katherine S An- Cello
Michael McGarthwaite- Pedal Steal
Daniel Kowalke- Mandolin

Production Credits:
Engineered and Mixed by Daniel Kowalke at Reverb in the Morning Studios.
Mastered by Dustin Kiel.
Additional Engineering by Scotty Berger at Waltzetto Studio.

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A Piano In Every Home St Paul, Minnesota

Travis Erickson and Jake Pavek of A Piano In Every Home taught each other how to make music. Through their formative years they shared a common thread of musical training, messy affairs, and occupations in foreign places. Now, with over a decade of musical collaboration, the pair is set to release their debut album, Meridian on November 26, 2013. ... more

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