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There's No Place Like Home

by Backslashes

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Pick up a physical copy of our debut release on Harbor Records "There's No Place Like Home".

    Produced, engineered, and mixed by Joe Dell'Aquila at Exeter Recordings \ Freehold, NJ
    Mastered by Bill Henderson at Azimuth Mastering \ New Jersey
    Music composed and performed by Backslashes and Bad Ideas
    Lyrics written by Nick DePalo
    Guest vocals on “Defend Josh’s Life Choices” performed by Fred Mascherino
    Guest vocals on “Conditions” performed by Samantha Pietrunti
    Additional vocals performed by Joe Dell'Aquila \ Katiemay Trabisco
    Design and Photography by Nick DePalo \ Empirical Graphic Design \ Staten Island, NY

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We studied the Kill Van Kull We labeled distance and trajectory Set our compass by side with the turnpike Now we packed our bags up to leave I'm not Lewis or Clark, but I can start a life out west We may not leave blood in California but we'll try our best to keep it all inside our heads Last night I slept like I had something worth waking up for With our eyes wide, we've all realized that home is where the heart is No matter what the distance, but I digress I left postcards in the bathroom of the venue in Tennessee Waiting for someone to pick me up And remind me that everything has a meaning When everything here is all so different, it magnifies the distance When everything here is heartless, you lose your sense of where your home is I can't keep my heart from wandering I can't keep myself intact
3.
There's no sense in subscribing to only bitterness I'd hate to see gall in beauty such as this There's no treaty, accord, or pact That demands their undivided attention Between each chorus, refrain, or act So I let every verse go I let every single verse that left my lips go exactly how I intended When you said that everyone left they'd all come running back, begging for forgiveness So where are they now? I'd hate to see you sweat I'd hate to see you tremble Cause I'd hate to see you sweat And I'd hate to see you trailing off again
4.
Knew not a mother's love I was a title fighter's son Grew up on dissonance Held on with Elmer's glue and handshakes I fought every inch back to bed Tooth and nail and tears I had wept I was brought into this world for something More than creating conflict This is something that I've always known Give up, give up, like it's all you ever knew Like it's everything you wanted Like it's everything you needed to embody, always You've impeded your own way You say that love is blind and requires no conditions But every dial tone and callus voice build and insurmountable argument This is how we all lay This is how we all decay This is how we sleep nightly, safe and warm Without a stir, without a fucking sound Give up, give up like it's the only thing you're here for Settle down and dig your grave
5.
Southern Tea 02:09
Place your self doubt on the shelf In the back of your walk-in closet There's empty space askew It's sick of feeling alone You could tell stories of your past transgressions Of regretting your actions or avoiding questions How you're tired of being transient How you're ready for some consistence If you'd only meet me half way Take your big plans and let them all out Of your glove compartment There's not enough time for guilt When your sins have all been absolved You could tell everyone that you meet What you left back home I could brag to kids on the road You're the first something that meant anything And you're absolutely stunning
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Wearing Thin 04:05
I felt the floorboards shake and tremble From the stench of paint and thinner I watched the leaves pick up and walk away From the very thought of winter I watched the ocean's floor retreat At the notion of being seen You see it's not that I hate change It's just that I doubt I have it in me I saw your ghost on the cross street Of Huguenot and Drumgoole East And I haven't come to terms yet You set your sights across the pond Now you're never coming back I left everything I ever swore I just could never part with We took the bookmarks out of place and rearranged the pages back accordingly I swore the context is wearing thin The space between the pages Starts to blur like the lines within them

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released November 12, 2013

Produced, engineered, and mixed by Joe Dell'Aquila at Exeter Recordings | Freehold, NJ
Mastered by Bill Henderson at Azimuth Mastering | New Jersey
Music composed and performed by Backslashes and Bad Ideas
Lyrics written by Nick DePalo
Guest vocals on “Defend Josh’s Life Choices” performed by Fred Mascherino
Guest vocals on “Conditions” performed by Samantha Pietrunti
Additional vocals performed by Joe Dell'Aquila | Katiemay Trabisco
Artwork designed by Nick DePalo at Empirical Designs | www.empiricaldesigns.net

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Backslashes New York

Founded in 2010 between friends in other prominent bands in the local scene they self-released their debut EP “Nothing Left To Give" in October 2012. After DIY touring the group followed up with their sophomore effort “There’s No Place Like Home” in November 2013. Recently the band announced their signing with Imminence Records and their upcoming 7" 'Sad Is The New Black', available Sep, 9th 2014. ... more

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