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Joshua

by Thank You Lantern

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  • Limited Edition Cassette in Handmade Box + Stickers and Baseball Cards
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    We went all out here: We made a heavyweight card box to hold the yellow cassette tape and 18 full-color 2-sided baseball cards w/ lyrics and photos and drawings. You also get the album art as a full color vinyl sticker and a band logo sticker shoved in the box. 6 tape-only bonus tracks including some of our favorite demos that will never be released digitally. Tapes have clear labels on both sides and are MONO and MUDDY and LO-FI, so don't expect The Strokes. But you get a digital download, so you can listen to that if you like stereo clean mixes (we don't!). Each box is sealed with a "Joshua" sticker and numbered out of 25. We are putting most of these in the record store, so bandcamp people better act quick!

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1.
We Love This House! 01:08
lyrics
forget that the floor is lava there's a crack in your voice ceiling it's lined with clovers gravity singled us out parallel lines your eyes weren't open no real reason that the mirror cracked think it's funny, came right back house plants dance in the corner now we can join them later as we touch the ground house plants dance in the corner now we can join them later as we touch the ground
2.
Ghost Runner On First 01:09
lyrics
our first hit this whole game ghost man on first base a real runner just invisible see thru man, can't him home the ghost man only advances when when you force him to, then he's forced to run ghost run, but nothing he can do when the pitcher throws outside o 0-2 he haunts the bases til the third out comes or he scores the run then blends into us the pitcher throws outside on 0-2 run ghost run you're one of us our pants just covered in a bit more dust concentration broken in between each pitch, fouled off again cursive my name into the dirt with a borrowed mitt pray for the hit ghost runner on first base ghost runner, stuck in his ways he can't escape
3.
Right Handed 01:15
lyrics
cross my heart over the fireplace blink twice to be and I'm someplace else
4.
Last Year's Notebooks 02:34
lyrics
disregarded vanity from last week scatter all the pages and notecards just to make it a contest for this year's lies I thought I told you always rushing caught in the headlights drowning somewhere without strip malls never overwhelming drowning somewhere it's nice that for this year's lies I thought I told you And you know it better than I do first time won't be the last time
5.
Paperbacks 01:39
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strangling the ink thru a spatula's forehead foregrounding the only satchel of mink or you're dead I had this one in paperback but now it's out of print I had to run a steeplechase but it turned into a sprint rip the page the copyright is wrong rip the page rip the page the copyright is wrong (dead wrong) the hardcover version is back in print I prayed to run a steeplechase god wants to see me sprint the ink is splashing on the floor burn the paperbacks to keep me warm strangling the ink scattered split open forehead foreground my failures with the misprint a misstep you're dead had to run a paperback but now it's out of print had to run a steeplechase but it turned into a sprint rip the page the copyright is wrong rip the page the copyright is wrong (dead wrong)
6.
Like Heaven 03:10
lyrics
moments sweeter than the dried mango mom gave me in the house surrounded by billboards my sister would hide out in the pillboxes orbiting the property line she'd stay out until tires screeched across the gravel road scraped knees scrambling back to the beach chairs lining the front porch mom would fish gnats out of her eyes and dad would sit us down. on may 8th in the family car I dozed off for the fourth and final time sleep with no gratitude falling in and out like some 50 ticket carnival ride. the propane truck was still in front my shirt time-stamped with sweat my ribs were sore from sitting still and my cheeks were pressed against the door just like heaven it was just like heaven like heaven. face is a candle blue flame and all tried to hold it but the words wouldn't fall blisters always sting and the cuts they never burn (ribbons around your thumbs) stoke the flames in two small hands now my palms have overturned
7.
Next Year's Notebooks 01:11
lyrics
head-splitting eyes break and fingers in the back of the couch cookie crumbs pick em out spinning laundry cycles in the dark fingers in the back of the couch cookie crumbs pick em out pick em out ...out of the sofa fortress write in the diary with a flashlight under/covers until/next year scatter all the notecards just to make memorizing it extra hard the first time you said you won't remember what you wrote down won't be the last time you find out what you found out the first time around (full circle, full circle, full circle, for the first time around)
8.
Delaware 02:58
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mark the names in every calendar water plants in the rain in the mudroom when we were kids take a good look I'm sure you did delaware's a rest stop on the way to your house all too much it's what you said couldn't stop it from coming down and the fire department crashed on your lawn nobody smiled they were already gone wave from your window to me delaware's a rest stop on the way to your house all too much it's what you said couldn't stop it from coming down x's over your eyes marked in passing lying in the shade metal just devours me lying in a field gardens fall eventually lying in my sleep you are very proud of me lying wide awake sunlight reigns it showers me
9.
State Lines/Time Zones 02:15
lyrics
fragments line the street airflow under quilted flowers outlast me state lines server signal hoarse and out of tune hoarse and out of tune hoarse and out of tune wasted stamp on congratulations don't be a stranger please don't be a stranger a station wagon through the glass door always the favorite you were always the favorite misguided narration and musings taking all your problems trace them back with ease cooperation in regards to you and I not you and me time zones a faded passport a great ship lock the water isn't rising
10.
Underneath The Water, In The Tunnel 01:23
lyrics
new year's eve and paper crowns you can't save them now fireworks fall to the ground we just chase them down rain drips and falls from your eyelashes hands held to my face daylight savings never came another four months (another reminder) another four months (there's nothing behind us) the summer won't break me like it used to but my new year's resolutions never come true the summer won't break me like it used to but my new year's resolutions never come true the summer won't break me underneath the water, in the tunnel I saw you stand against the wall
11.
9-Man Roster 03:04
lyrics
it's just a game it's just a baseball game I know what you would say you can't win unless you play our pitcher got replaced deserted first and third base taking all the way forgetting to protect the plate can't bunt a homerun what are we scared of taking the unwritten wisdom can't bunt a homerun sit out the anthem 9 prodigal sons I'm one can't bunt a homerun on deck circle silent hit and run signs up I'm up I'm up spitballs chewed gum, untied lace outfield's minefield, costly mistakes extra innings pennant race the box score misprint, late game dropped ten straight can't bunt a homerun can't bunt a homerun I'm up I'm up can't bunt a homerun what are we scared of taking the unwritten wisdom can't bunt a homerun sit out the anthem 9 prodigal sons I'm one I'm one
12.
Sacrifice Fly 01:02
lyrics
pop fly collide on the infield dead fly annihilated windshield I try but can't complete the simple tasks in my life sacrifice fly and it is taking all my focus just to get the easy outs I pitch around my doubts I pitch around my doubts run me down an easy ground ball out I feel forced at first give up before my legs give out let's go home now (if that's even allowed) slaughter rule home team forfeits we're ten runs down pop fly collide on the infield dead fly annihilated windshield I pitch around my doubts I pitch around my doubts I try but can't complete the simple tasks in my life sacrifice fly (and it is taking all my focus just to get the easy outs)
13.
Blinds, Pt. 1 01:56
lyrics
you’re a concrete pillar stand tall like a column resounding disapproval over my prerogative resounding disapproval trapdoor trapdoor trapdoor restraint trapdoor trapdoor trapdoor restraint with no punchline nightmare sphere walking all over walking around walking around walking all over walking around walking around restraint restraint restraint trapdoor restraint restraint restraint restraint can silence break the glass
14.
Joshua 02:43
lyrics
your pillow smelled like death laugh until we can't see joshua make the sound just breathe blacker than your pupils could ever be remember splinters and bee stings when the minutes drag longer wait for me blacker than your pupils could ever be thought I saw you there were three the hearse, the bicycle, and your cleats never a mistake till one of us leaves
15.
Thank You Lantern 01:30
lyrics
my buddy he's trying to be healthy get fit, ripped, and go gluten-free so he gave me a big box of pasta that he was never going to eat thanks for the rotini it was good with some parmesan cheese my friend's trying to give up on drinking so much and get his head clear for a while he gave me a bottle of ten-dollar bottle of wine that he was just going to pour out thanks for the wine we don’t usually have something that fine around here my coworkers trying to downsize so he's selling off his cds he let me take a look before pawning them off and you know I grabbed 2 or 3 I needed that kate bush remaster and I never had heard that mudhoney before and I know it’s all digital now but you sure you don’t need this kinks best of I love you and I'll fill my belly my cup and my shelves and I'll say thank you for advice that you tell but a hundred times more a hundred thousand times more I'll get and I'll get and I'll get and I'll get but I'll forget to say thank you for it I got so I've got to say thanks a lot

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Thank You Lantern 2: the reckoning of HELL subtitled: the only thing stronger than the power of death is nostalgia!

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credits

released September 23, 2021

Songs by Jack, Math, and Deirdre

with

Miles - trumpet and bass
Trip - guitar
Monica - vocals
Nica - vocals and keys
Joe - sax
Ethan - violin
Arista - violin
Danielle - vocals
Matthewos - production
Big Jack - art
Ghostlings - vocals
Will - drums

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