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Threshold EP

by The Mutineers

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    Along with the new EP, we also have a brand new video for the song "Drug For That". We are offering that song as a bonus track when you pre-order the new EP, Threshold. Offered exclusively on Bandcamp. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/LdI53wBasws
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1.
Hard Sell 04:57
Love is a prison, when it’s forbidden I got ten years of probation Love is a sweater that smells of her hair She knows the law to the letter It’s a hard sell Love is a treacherous climb And I go marching up blindly Love is standing naked in front of a mirror And if you’re cruel I can take it It’s a hard sell I play my cards, you keep me guessing You hear the words, you don’t get the message I cast a line, but I’m coming up empty You’re still trying, but you keeping on missing Love is handing over the keys You changed the lock on your door Love is as frail as a baby bird Love can drive a man to kill It’s a hard sell Love is an evolution Can’t put my finger on it Love is a sweet tea and bourbon Love is a terrible condition It’s a hard sell I play my cards, you keep me guessing You hear the words, you don’t get the message I cast a line, but I’m coming up empty You’re still trying, but you keeping on missing
2.
I love you and I hate you, that’s just the way it is Can’t believe that we made it this far I got 10,000 reasons to think that these demons Are tearing us apart I couldn’t get over you if I tried I couldn’t get over you if I tried Shadow hangs over my room I’m lying awake in the moonlight Wondering if your just the wrong one And I’m better off alone I couldn’t get over you if I tried (x3) And I’m not gonna try, very hard Then late one Saturday night I saw you downtown with your arms all around her You wouldn’t believe how that made me feel Free at last, free at last I thought I got over you that night Yes I got over you that night I got over you that night Now I’m gonna smile wide Cold and alone later on Just when I thought you were gone You come calling with excuses and stories to tell Try to be strong and look the other way Can’t think of the words that I practiced to say So I open the door and let you in And here we go again I couldn’t get over you if I tried (x3) And I’m not gonna try anymore
3.
Afterthought 04:27
We’ve had our bellies full, we’ve built a nest, our home The mountain climb’s behind us, now we’re down in the valley You were brave in the beginning, you were strong, you hadn’t a care We were dangerously living, and we had no plans But lack of planning cannot stop the march of time And our love won’t keep burning, unless we keep that fire alive If you take my heart for granted x 3 It might not be there when you call It might not know your voice at all If you ignore me, if you ignore me When I looked at you before, I saw a mystery Now your life is an open book, that I don’t want to read Can love survive a look into our deeper selves? I let my demons out and you’ve seen my inner hell You’re not the only one, I’ve got my own disease The drugs that once worked well enough are now too weak Chorus I know you love me but then you forgot That you can’t treat me like an afterthought.
4.
I’m gonna burn my mind out With a night of heavy drinking I’ll push away the banshees That been breaking out my windows There’s a shotgun full of bourbon I’ve been aiming at my demons But they always dodge the bullets And come calling in the morning Chorus: I’ve been called a bitter man But I don’t deserve the label I was bitten on the hand Feeding horses at the stable If you wanna take a dive into That murky pool of mine I’ve got the bottle If you’ve got the time I climbed onto the wagon And I held onto the side And then it started raining When I wanted to get dry I took a look around me Felt I made a big mistake Then that road got rough, I fell off I jumped into the lake Chorus I tried to pray to Jesus But the line got crossed with Hell And Satan’s secretary Said I had an unpaid bill I could afford to pay it If I signed away my soul But you can’t pull any water From this whiskey filled well Chorus (x2)
5.
Hourglass 03:04
Picture all your memories Like tiny grains of sand One by one they’re funneling Through the choke point of an hourglass You feel yourself diminishing The vessel’s almost empty The light is getting dim It must be so frustrating To be so near and so lost We keep falling into others We keep falling into everybody else And some have seen it coming And some have seen it pass With it goes a person To be sand in your hourglass And on and on so it goes One mind dies and one mind grows You fill me up and then you flip the glass Oh god it goes too fast We keep falling into others We keep falling into everybody else
6.
We are the majesty, the grace We are a light to all the world We are deliverance, we are the fix We chew up pessimists and shit out yellow bricks Over-confident and so damn insecure We’ve been chasing after monsters but we’re rotting at the core Over-confident, Superficial We’ve got damn impressive teeth We’ve got eyes that never blink We’ve got confidence in cosmetic surgery We’re only once removed from a celebrity CHORUS You feeling down and disrespected by the world? (We got a drug for that) You got a flatter chest than all the other girls You got retirement investment insecurity You got entrenched political positions You got back pain You got neck pain And you’re so damn tired And you’re so damn tired Chorus

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The Mutineers fifth official release, but their 2nd since becoming a two-piece in 2016. With this latest effort, Mathusek and Young have begun a new chapter, collaborating more in their songwriting process. Their latest songs feature characters who are flawed, stubborn and struggling with their demons. They wander confused, obsessed, addicted and envious, through the microcosms of Threshold in search of happiness, understanding and love.

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released September 14, 2018

Produced by The Mutineers and Raymond Richards at B-side Studios in Portland, OR. Mastered by Kevin Hahn at Opal Studios in Portland.
All songs written by Brian Mathusek and Merry Young
Brian Mathusek - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, organ, vocals
Merry Young - percussion, vocals
Additional instrumentation by Raymond Richards:
Bass, electric guitar, baritone guitar, pedal steel, and percussion

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The Mutineers Portland, Oregon

The Mutineers are a rock duo that blends the twangy influences of Johnny and June with the punk vibe of John Doe and Exene, and the dark sounds of Nick Cave and PJ Harvey. Husband and wife Brian Mathusek and Merry Young have been living mostly on the road since 2017, completing 5 national tours in 3 years. ... more

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