I am pleased to release another album – Mad Stars – a companion of sorts to Mad Flowers before it. Five songs for this one, including the multi-part Nights of Neptune. I’m very happy with how this one turned out. Take a listen if you please!
© 2022 All words, music and mistakes by P.S. Clinen
Track List:
- Nights of Neptune
- Bad Weather Blues
- Plainchant
- Forest for the Trees
- Despise
Nights of Neptune
Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitar, 12-String Guitar, Slide Guitar, Mandolin, Sitar, Bass, Hand Drum, Tambourine, Piano, Marimba, Oboe, Flute, Cello, Accordion, Percussion – Pinnacle Tricks
(instrumental)
I – Night Market 0:00-3:20
II – Tombaugh Regio 3:20-5:25
III – The Indigo Changeling 5:25-6:05
IV – Sednian Swell 6:05-7:10
V – Derecho 7:10-7:40
VI – Tierra del Fuego 7:40-8:45
VII – Ouroboros 8:45-9:20
VIII – Night Market [Reprise] 9:20-10:10
Bad Weather Blues
Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin, Tambourine, Vocals – Pinnacle Tricks
Going down an old road
Got a burden on my back
I got the black dog trailing after me
And he’s ready to attack
God damn these blues are killing me
And them demons won’t step back
When you’ve got it all babe
Well you’ve got so far to fall
What you gonna do my love
When them troubles bring the call?
You can count your blessings as they come
But I think it’s gonna rain
And are you counting up your days
That go the other way?
Plainchant
Electric Guitars, Mandolin, Bass, Tambourine, Vocals – Pinnacle Tricks
Spritely image in my mind
Two sides of the same coin
A sunny urn that showers
Its colours down on me
And the days are drifting by
Quiet and unmet
And aimlessly alone
I waste my precious time
Oh Chimera, a dream untold from whence
I stumble on my words, darling Juniper
A plainchant never heard
Starlight held at bay
Helices never crossing
Hope I find my way
Owed to a life
Where whim and dream
Are second to the needs
Of others and their deeds
May your relief
Etched in my mind’s eye
Guide this old fool
Through life’s treacherous shoals
Oh Chimera, a dream untold from whence
I stumble on my words, darling Juniper
A plainchant never heard
Starlight held at bay
Helices never crossing
Hope I find my way
Oh Chimera, a dream untold from whence
I stumble on my words, darling Juniper
A plainchant never heard
Starlight held at bay
Helices never crossing
Hope I find my way
Forest for the Trees
Drone, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, Mandolin, Bass, Cello, Violin – Pinnacle Tricks
(instrumental)
Despise
Electric Guitar, Vocals – Pinnacle Tricks
God damn your ugly eyes
Indulgent little cries
Thinking it ain’t fair
As if anyone could care
Should’ve known that you’d play your tricks
Should’ve known that I’d fall of it
A hollow heart’s surfeit
As empty as your threats
Think that I’d know better by now
How to manage a mind gone foul
But I’ll cut out my tongue
Before I say what I want to say
God damn my ugly eyes
That bury how I despise
The fool I see in the mirror
Back at me
Should’ve known that you’d play your tricks
Should’ve known that I’d fall of it
A hollow heart’s surfeit
As empty as your threats
P.S.Clinen 