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Charge Group

by Charge Group

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Double gatefold matt-finish album with full-colour Jack Warren poster insert, download card, PLUS bonus 45-rpm 12" version of the 'Run' club remix by KIM (The Presets).

    Includes unlimited streaming of Charge Group via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • T-Shirt/Apparel + Digital Album

    Design - Kirrily Anderson www.kirrilyanderson.com
    High-quality heavy cotton Gildan navy tee

    Includes unlimited streaming of Charge Group via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • T-Shirt/Apparel + Digital Album

    Design - Jack Warren
    High-quality heavy cotton black Gildan tee

    Includes unlimited streaming of Charge Group via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      $30 AUD

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Beautiful matte-finish folded card package featuring stunning original art by New York painter Jack Warren. Enjoy the full high-fidelity compact discyness, as mastered by Sterling Sound's Greg Calbi!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Charge Group via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 3 Charge Group releases available on Bandcamp and save 25%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Charge Group, Run/The Gold is Gone (EP), and Escaping Mankind. , and , .

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1.
The gold is gone, darling Reason is losing her throne, and this I know The gold is gone, darling The prophet has never been wrong, and this I know I must believe in someone We raised the chalice gracefully And gave ourselves unto the street that weaves its way beneath the feet of the new king I must believe in something I nursed you back from skin and bone and made this deathly orchid grow Now we're witnessing the fall of Rome from the living room You wouldn't believe the view You said this wall's gonna hold and the human race is OK It was the beast of the sea that confessed to me Yeah, you said this wall's gonna hold and the human race is OK We took a stitch from the royal tapestry Keep clipping your wings you won't fly away Keep on clipping your wings until the gold is gone The gold is gone You'd best believe in someone
2.
This game ain't playing out the way it used to be / I'll be the banker, you can sweep the floor / No prize for guessing we have reached capacity / In this rowboat ride through our tidy town / Hope that we survive / Broken sunlight / Nothing looks right with broken sunlight / Broken sunlight, eternal twilight / This grain ain't growing quite the way it used to be / You be the baker, I will own the store / You know I'm looking out for your security / When the air raid strikes on this tidy town / When we all start running don't forget to be polite / Broken sunlight / Nothing looks right with broken sunlight / Broken sunlight, eternal twilight / We'll be dancing all night, dancing till the police arrive / Ah, where's my community? / Broken sunlight, broken sunlight / Nothing looks right
3.
Volcano 03:09
Now I understand, with this show of hands, there are no lifeboats below to save you / Pass the hat around, faces facing down / We can't raise you or raise a sweet penny now / Now I've drawn the blinds on these turbulent times / We'll rest easy on our pillows of apathy / But I'll stand by the burning mountainside with an open mind and a bow tie / Miles and miles from land, now I understand the ghosts capsized your boat, made you a sunken man / This was not the plan, but now I understand the seams had split before the dream even began / But I'll stand by the burning mountainside with an open mind and a soaking bucket of pride
4.
Resistencia 04:32
Long must we wait, taking neither side / Lying awake
5.
Run 04:16
Castro, Gandhi, Plato, 19 / Headstone, meltdown, we know, heave-ho / I ran the opposite way / Run
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7.
Dominoes 03:10
Soon you will see that underneath the scattered lights, the satellites and dreams / The world ain't what it seems / It's only rows of dominoes / This one century that man and beast mythologised with butterflies and pain / It got left in the rain / How could a million stars just rust away? Stand when you're strong enough, then summon the albatross over the snow / And be not afraid of the great city gate that defeats and releases your soul / But hey, you must believe / That underneath the undertow we never understood / Most people are good / And you know they would show if they could / Not line up in a row like dominoes / We arrive and then we go
8.
Hunting for a safe trail, sleeping where we stand / Somehow we have gone and starved ourselves of sentinels again / But who says where the dream ends and day starts? We've nothing in common but this broken compass / I'll sleep where I stand / I saw the leaves falling back to their branches / All of the leaves falling back to their branches / Under the house, end of the street / The roots they run deep where the secrets stay / Under the house, end of the street / The roots they run deep where we once played / Hey, where we once played / And the leaves float away / They float away, hey
9.
Search Party 04:23
Hey, etc
10.
Outrun the coming evening and piggyback the sun, before it's swallowed / Drag it gently, or kicking or screaming, into the hearth of your home
11.
Janet's Song 02:58

about

a kaleidescopic tapestry of existential desperation, hopeful wide-eyed dreams and post-apocalyptic warning

credits

released March 16, 2012

Matt Blackman - voice/guitar
Adam Jesson - bass
Jason Tampake - violin/voice
Matt Rossetti - drums

Marie Fox - flutes on 'The Gold is Gone' and 'Dominoes'
Willa Roberts - singing on 'Dominoes'

Recorded and produced by Matt Blackman in a church in Newcastle
Mixed (and additional recording) by Wayne Connolly at Alberts, Sydney
Additional 'Dominoes' recording by Bobby Lurie at Mavericks, New York
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC
Vinyl master cut by LUPO at Dubplates, Berlin

Original paintings - Jack Warren
Band photos - Victoria Zschommler

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Charge Group Australia

a rock band from a southern land, est 2007

"A mastery of craft." The Vine

"Fresh and unapologetically ambitious." Polaroids of Androids

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