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West Coast Winter Blues

from Jut Pride by Matt Vend and the Tender Ten

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From Silverlake to East LA, riding on trains and buses just to get to the show, we’re going to play for the traveller kids and pretend everything’s ok. We’re going to play a show under the bridge and pretend that this city’s not on fire.

Julio and his friends they took me in. Unfortunately I was too heartbroken to care. Crossing train tracks, smoking blunts with gangsters. I was pretending to be an urban Tom Sawyer, just pastimes to avoid the fact, to avoid the plain fact, the fact that I’m alone and I miss her.

So I got on a bus and drove into the desert, I rode with The Rail Yard Ghosts and The Nomad Mountain Outlaws. Saw the loneliness in Skid Row and in Vegas was told by a pretty lady that Scientology was going to save us.

The bus that I was on was made roadworthy by The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test, Ken Kesey was watching over me as I stared into the desert. Winter took no prisoners; my African bones froze to the core. (Winter took no prisoners; my African bones froze to the core.)

I cried myself to sleep on cold floors; I had never felt so alone yet more alive. I cried myself to sleep on cold floors.

Gazed at San Francisco from the golden gate bridge, never thought I’d make it this far, did it all to debunk the myth. The only hero that you have is inside of you, when you find the strength to continue the fight and move on. Strong currents out at sea, there’s no angel watching over me and I couldn’t care.

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from Jut Pride, released December 26, 2015

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GroundSweep Records Durban, South Africa

A DIY, for the love recording label. Which serves as a platform to archive Matt Vend's creative process. This bandcamp page also includes a few artists whose music he happened to produce. And some of his old bands including Sibling Rivalry, The Accidentals and The Tubby Wilson's. Many of these releases are also available at We Did This Records. All music up for donation. X ... more

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