Funeral Suit (deluxe edition), by Tony Reed (solo works & projects)

Funeral Suit (deluxe edition)

by Tony Reed (solo works & projects)

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Crinklechips There’s two Tony’s as far as I’m concerned. Iommi and Reed. This is Tony at his most minimal and its all good. Relaxing, reflective and dark. Perfect. Favorite track: Moonlighting.

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1.	Waterbirth 03:07	lyrics	buy track
Waterbirth I had my fortune told by the rain it’s not my favorite sound, like war and pain Chorus: Water won’t save you again Crosses won’t keep you from sin There is no light Deep down inside Nothing can find you in the shadows you keep Chorus: I can take hold I feel your hand Is it all over? Where do we stand? Chorus:
2.	Moonlighting 05:03	lyrics	buy track
Moonlighting Wounded, the night tales form Shallows are gentle and warm Follow a moonbeam to how things they might seem and give yourself, all, to the cause Chorus: Turn and walk away I can hear you say “You’re lying.” Since I went away all that I can save is dying There’s Something you should know I will never go moonlighting Moonlighting Wounded, some love falls apart Never so strong as the start Never too late to find heart through the hatred Never too broken to start Chorus: Crossroads in the morning sun When will fortune ever come? Step high through the razor reeds Look low for the poison seed In style comes the belda-beast Never early for the feast A slip of the tongue before the secret keep A long road before the sword can sleep Hell-fed and waiting at the gate Night shade waits for an escape Whirlwinds from an angry tongue Armour can’t take the mother’s gun Chorus:
3.	Funeral Suit 03:58	lyrics	buy track
Funeral Suit How will I know that it’s real? How will it change how I feel for the rest of my days? get away, gotta get away, gotta make a way to get back home Disappear into my room What do we have in this life? We could be gone any time my love Will you just hold my hand? I don’t think I can stand in my funeral suit get away, gotta get away, gotta make a way to get back home Now that I’ve harvested earth Can I find worth in you and you and you? Time only slips away Memories only fade with every day get away, gotta get away, gotta make a way to get back home
4.	Along The Way 03:35	lyrics	buy track
Along The Way Have you ever seen the world through the eyes of another one? Have you ever seen the changes that you’ve made along the way? Along the way When your life it seems to fall apart Only time can heal they say Only time will never tell you how long Only life will ever sell you your song Along the way I died again last night before the fire I tried again last night after the shame Nothing I could do to crack the mirror I stand again tonight before the flames Can you make it alone? Questions live on their own Feelings fade in the end Is it all just pretend? Along the way Have you ever seen the world through the eyes of another one - lover one Along the way
5.	Lonely One 04:38	lyrics	buy track
Lonely One So much confusion I’ve got to take it down I’m on the edge of losin’ Everything I’ve ever found I walk through this lifetime My head deep in the sand I can tell you right now people I never do the best I can Destitute and losin’ I’m paralyzed by the haze I look at myself in the mirror And I know I’ve seen some better days I crawl through these deathtimes Because I’ve seen the light There’s just got to be something better Than living an eternal lie Lonely One So much confusion I’ve got to take it down I’m on the edge of losin’ Everything I’ve ever found Lonely One
6.	Wicked Willow 04:43	lyrics	buy track
Wicked Willow Weird scenes of lust follow the night time Visions of morals in decay Never satisfied in the shelter of a promise Seeking loveless and depraved Depraved When the weight becomes a burden And when lies become like chains In the shadow of the presence of the future The darkness shrouds the soul in shame Wicked willow so inviting Sing the song of siren’s slave Hide the rope until it’s too late to turn back Haunted hearts pay the toll for desire uncontrolled When the hardened tears you apart The mind gives back your soul When you stray too far you lose who you are And walk a lonely road When the hardened tears you apart You walk the earth alone
7.	Might Just... 03:30	lyrics	buy track
Might Just Well I might just dream on But I might move along got a mind to stay gone So I’ll roll along Got a fine wasted face But then time take it’s place And the years make their case While I’m rolling along Where were you the last time I stepped back here to find a home Vanished far from this place To an unknown empty space I cried you dry for good Just like you knew I would Well I might just dream on But I might move along from this place got a mind to stay gone So I’ll roll along Roll along
8.	Who Goes There? 05:37	lyrics	buy track
Who Goes There? I saw my reflection in the mirror Do I know who you are? I watch the procession slowly parading Got my mother’s eyes Who goes there? My refection is getting clearer My reflection is getting nearer Who goes there? Dedicated to the one I love - there you are now I see you every single day my love - there you are now You’ve shown me shown me something that I’ve always known - can you see how? A hundred faces that the mirror has shown - let it be now Who goes there? I saw my reflection Do I know who you are? Who goes there?
9.	Waterbirth (w/ accompaniment)* 03:06		buy track
10.	Moonlighting (w/ accompaniment)* 05:03		buy track
11.	Funeral Suit (w/ accompaniment)* 04:00		buy track
12.	Along The Way (w/ accompaniment)* 03:35		buy track

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All songs written and performed by Reed.
Published by Bremerton Grey Music (ASCAP)
Sonic Manipulations by Reed at HeavyHead Recording Co. between October 2015 and June 2020.
Instruments: steel and nylon string acoustic guitar, resonator, baritone guitar, m400 mellotron, eboe, acoustic and electric piano, electric guitar, vocals.
Bonus tracks*. Additional accompaniment (drums and bass guitar) performed and recorded by Reed. October 2020

layout by #3 Photos by: Audrey Jarrett/ front cover. All other photos by Chris Schanz

Over the years I’ve recorded many acoustic songs but never set out to make an acoustic album, and although I have been talking about doing this for some time now, I’ve never had a solid concept of how it would end up sounding in tone and feel. Early drafts of this record had more acoustic renditions of Mos Generator songs and had a heavier overall feel. That approach changed in the fall of 2019 when, in a very short time, I wrote all the songs that would become side one. I was given a nylon string acoustic guitar, a baritone guitar, and I borrowed a resonator that was in a tuning I had never played in. I used those new challenges to write in a way that was different than just playing straight acoustic by utilizing odd tunings and fingerpicking to expand on my style. In recent years my lyric writing has become more revealing of my personality and how I feel about decisions I have made throughout my life. I’ve penned these feelings in quite a few songs over the last four Mos Generator records, but I’ve found that it’s sometimes hard to convey those emotions inside of a heavy rock format. Playing songs in an acoustic environment allows for the meaning of the lyric to present itself clearly, at times being the full focus of a song, revealing complex levels of emotion that I had no idea were there until I was done writing the words and could take a step back to analyze the lines. Most of the time when I sit down to write lyrics for a song the music has already been arranged and recorded, then I sit in front of the recorder and write and record the vocals line by line or verse by verse. By doing it that way I am relying on the feel of the music to dictate the kind of words I put to it. A large percentage of the compositions on this album where the first or second takes of the music and vocals for songs that had been written and arranged only minutes earlier, giving them a very raw and unpolished feel. A lot of them were written on the couch that I’m sitting on in the back-cover photo.

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released November 6, 2020

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Tony Reed (solo works & projects) Port Orchard, Washington

Tony Reed: member of Mos Generator, Big Scenic Nowhere, Hot Spring Water, Twelve Thirty Dreamtime, Treepeople, Stone Axe and many other groups and projects over the last 35 years. He is a multi-instrumentalist and studio engineer. This is the Hub for his solo and project works outside of his main bands. ... more

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