-All copies include individually hand stamped covers and center labels
-Manufactured in Los Angeles, CA
-Assembled at Deathwish Inc. in Beverly, MA
“Tribulation Worksongs” is a series of releases from Modern Life Is War, recorded by Luke Tweedy at Flat Black Studios and mixed by Kurt Ballou at God City Studios. Aiming to be as hand built as possible, the lyrics/credits of each song were typed by vocalist/lyricist Jeff Eaton on his 1950's Royal “Quiet De Luxe” typewriter. These were later hand stamped on the front and back covers by artist Jacob Bannon, making each cover totally unique. The labels of the vinyl were also hand stamped before final assembly by the people at Deathwish.
Track Listing:
01. Feels Like End Times
02. Lonesome Valley Ammunitions
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lyrics
You know you have been deeper than this
You know you have been begging for this
For the rats to wake you from peaceful sleep
For enslave instincts to roam free
Tonight your heart is fearful of a cruel twist
Tonight on your knees begging abyss
No one has you number since you disappeared last November
Lights are flooding into the cracks of you shack
The rats will walk you free
Light is flooding in through the cracks and you rush to seal cold
Steal someone else’s dreams to satisfy your own
Unfulfilled
Dear foreign city 3 am keep her safe
I have lost my way again
If I sleep I will dream of shimmering smashed broken glass threaded into fresh black top and sprinkled onto cracked concrete
If I should wake up choking on brake dust
Give me water
Give me relief
If I sleep I will dream of women and money of freedom & honey and wake up in this city a slave to my desires a slave to my design
Unable to resist peeling back the drain
Removing this respectable stitch
So Cold
No one can stop this
Unable to resist
Embracing the cruel twist drowning in this abyss
supported by 57 fans who also own “Lonesome Valley Ammunitions”
a perfect showcase for extreme technical mastery, but unlike almost every other band at this level, the complexity and skill is not the point at all, everything is so focused on expression, emotion, energy... Converge is untouchable Giles
supported by 45 fans who also own “Lonesome Valley Ammunitions”
This entire album rips. I've had this on repeated play several times since it came out. I wish I had heard it a week earlier when they played in Boston. One of my fav albums in this genre period. slimes
The Minneapolis band add a horn section, a running surrealist allegory about walls, and an occasional nod to the elegiac to their electroshocked post-punk. Bandcamp Album of the Day Mar 4, 2024
supported by 44 fans who also own “Lonesome Valley Ammunitions”
The guitar work is perfect, the bass and drums hold it down and seriously bring it, while the vocal range is absolutely brilliant...OH YEAH, and it's HEAVY! Cidimon Arustavi