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Let It Be Gone

by Lung

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ultradammie With hooks that linger long after listening, this ferocious album has clawed it's way to the top of my stack. Favorite track: Jump Ship.
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Morgan LaVigne Lung is just killing it every single release. This is my favorite this year. Favorite track: Miles Per Hour.
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Art Fin Fierce, driving riot grrrrrrl grunge. If you did not know that the lead instrument is a cello, you might think it is a low-tuned guitar. The sound is mind-blowing. I wonder if Kate ever windmills then smashes the cello at the end of a show? Favorite track: Miles Per Hour.
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pinkpastelpunk One of the best bands in the country right now. If you haven't seen Lung, there is simply no way to adequately prepare yourself for how good they are.
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1.
Jump Ship 03:18
In my mind of twisting ships you enter like salt water deepening through in a room of faces that I knew In the hollows of my skin I’m words within the walls that I have to choose I am made of places I can’t lose. Bind and fold It was just a waste of time But you don’t know How it goes It was just a waste of time You were always on my mind. In the sea of whispering saints you enter like cold water deepening through in a room of eyes I thought I knew In the silence of my skin you’re worlds within the walls that I had to choose are you made of secrets you can’t lose? Where does the good go when we collapse
2.
Nothing 01:54
You were a side car choking in the back seat My words were slippery and thin and you were listening in You said you could give more than I was asking If your words were thicker than air I would’ve liked to know. You’re a whole lotta nothing Can’t write home shit about it And you’re burning down quick. You do not stumble off the road so nicely I found you laughing in the street and you were there to go I cannot trust you far as I can throw you You are a character piece and you’re the last to know. You are a sea slug doping on a side street Your fingers snapping at the stars have got you very far I cannot take back all your toxic backwash When you are sicker from within I don’t wanna hear about it.
3.
Rag Doll 03:43
I am not your rag doll stuck in some sick scene I am not your mess to cover up. Kick her down the baby’s got a frown She is bowled and buckled down with all that scares her. Find her round she’s all locked up and just pretends She’s anything but just like them I see you. All at once you’re still a fool All at once you’re trapped inside of you You are blinded by the thoughts that you think you paid for All at once the joke is seen All at once I’m paper in between You are bold enough to be all the things you’re scared of. I am not your rag doll stuck in some sick scene There is just too much to cover up. Kick me down the baby found a crown She is ruling and we’re bound by all that ails her. Wring me up I saw the news you burned it up There’s nothing left to cover up your name now. All at once you’re still a fool All at once you’re trapped inside of you You are blinded by the thoughts that you think you paid for All at once the joke is seen All at once I am a laughing Queen You are bold enough to be all the things you’re scared of. And you swear you’re not like them. I am not your rag doll stuck in some sick scene There is just too much to call her out.
4.
Sick 03:10
It really makes me sick All the wanting It really makes me sick Oh the thought of something more It’s just a thought to be with you With nobody watching. High and alive Trapped in your eyes I’m paralyzed Nobody else could keep me here waiting. It really makes me shake All the wanting It really makes me ache Oh the thought of something more. All that you take All that you break The sweet escape Nobody else could keep me here shaking. This can’t amount to something But I am caught up here wasted with all I’m seeing Give me a heart that’s beating Give me your love just to taste it. Am I still breathing?
5.
They’ll build you up they’ll set you free They’ll buy you anything you need. They’ll blow you up and look your way Then you’ll do everything they say. Have they told you anything about it. Have they told you? They’ll make you think you thought it up You’ll be oblivious enough. And when both hands aren’t moving free You’ll be the prettiest machine. Have they told you anything about it. Have they told you? They’ll burn you up they’ll do it again. Forget it.
6.
Queen of syrup and swine She is drowning all her shadows in a line Cause she found the thing she’s not supposed to. Wrapped her words in your spine She is waiting for the world to lose her mind Cause she knows all of the ties that bind her I feel like nothing’s sinking in. I am screaming for a different kind of soul I am searching for the parts to make a whole it feels To be free is to give in to a life worth living in And to find the things you’re not supposed to. King of lemon and shell I keep searching for a face in something else I keep searching but I’m lost to trying. Wrapped words in your spine I am listening, hungry, waiting for what’s mine Cause I found all of the ties that bind me. I feel like nothing’s sinking in.
7.
Siren Song 03:26
Tired of the ending of the world I take a chance I run Found something warm to hold onto Stole your smoking gun. You better run run run from the water You better run run run from the fire too dear You better run run run run run from me too. Tell them you don’t know knowing everything must stop Tell them you’re sorry that he’s looking for something else Tell them you don’t know knowing everything must stop Tell them you’re sorry that he’s looking for something that you don’t got.
8.
And all could be lost Lost in the middle of the tangled branches trapped by the river sages. And her voice is caught Singing the riddles to the tortured dancers haunting the hollow. If I think real hard and get real small I can turn to nothing at all. And she was a sign Sign like a siren with her head on fire screaming through wired faces. And she moved like glass Shattering spaces like the heartless highway claiming the numbered. Her voice is what follows. Her voice is what follows me Or nothing at all.
9.
The Deep End 02:49
Please forgive me you’re not lost at sea I found your water but it’s choking me And we are locked in and you’re slow to see We’re sinking in hard ground. Everything’s the way it is and darling you’ll be just fine Just walk on egg shells till you’re dead in a coal mine Just walk on egg shells till you hear that both wheels have snapped And all this noise has been a laugh and you know that All we are is all we’ll ever be And we’ll do it again Minute hour season century. I live in pictures but they’re in my mind I crave remission but I’m paralyzed And I’m not running but I’m not last to find We’re sinking in hard ground. Everything’s the way it is and darling you’ll be just fine Your lungs will fill with salty water in no time You’ll only faintly be aware that the plane has crashed And all this noise has been a laugh and you know that. You’re in the airwaves now she’s all you know You’re in the basement needing every blow And when you’re sleeping she will let you go To shadow. Sinking into the deep end And you’ll do it again
10.
You are lost in the water You are breathing blue I will find you I will find you. Bones can’t keep us from breaking Blood won’t keep us true This can’t be all I know This can’t be all right Let it go This can’t be all I know This can’t be alright Let it be gone now. I will find you.
11.
Slip 03:10
I don’t know why you’re here I don’t know where it goes when your yes means no and all that measures up Sinks right to the bottom. Tie this brick to your legs and slip And it’s a bitter bet when all that’s right is wrong and what’s wrong can’t quit and all that measures up Won’t fight for survival. Tie this brick to your legs and slip I don’t know why you’re here you are the king of misery you love to be the actor in your movie who just cannot play the part
12.
Bones 04:53
Got the sinking feeling something’s missing. Snap your fingers on and then its gone again. Soundscapes paralyze the world you’re living You better burn it up, shut it down and press rewind again. And I feel it coming from my bones Yes this all it must amount to something Tell me this amounts to something Heaven help me. I am trying to rewind. And I swear that it’s just fine. Red bird covers up the mess your making Feelings are a lie you don’t know why again. And I feel it coming from my bones Yes this all it must amount to something Tell me this amounts to something Oh it must amount to something Heaven help me. Take a train to anywhere say you’re going west where the wind blows freely Steal a breath from any doll you imagined this to be far from easy Don’t tell me go back home. It all it must amount to something more. Frigid as a dying bird you were born for this you are wet from sailing Take me to an empty ship that is filled with ghosts who are drunk from sinking Don’t tell me go back home The world will bury everyone you know. It all it must amount to something.

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Let It Be Gone
Romanus Records 2022
Lung is Kate Wakefield (vocals + cello) and Daisy Caplan (drums)

Let It Be Gone was written primarily on the road in 2018 and 2019 at a time when Lung was touring extensively across North America and Europe, averaging 200 shows per year. This lively pace led Audiofemme to name them the hardest working DIY touring band of 2019. “The album’s theme is a general movement away from the idea of home as a place, i.e. Cincinnati, OH or wherever, and more of the road itself as a home wherever you are (or aren't) at a given time. We were traveling a lot on tour, and in our absence our homes changed, people changed, times changed. Touring gives you a unique vantage point to places you don't live as well as places you do - by popping in at intervals, you see gradual changes happen in fast motion, while you remain in stasis” says drummer Daisy Caplan.

Singer/cellist Kate Wakefield elaborates: “I feel like this album is strangely more relevant now [than when it was written]. There is a line that is in one of our songs, Miles Per Hour, “to be free is to give in to a life worth living in”, with all of the changes in the last few years, that line really rings true to me. The need for music, connection and purpose are stronger now. The need to actively live, rather than just numb the senses with whatever vice is in the nearest reach, feels strong.”

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released September 30, 2022

Let it be gone was recorded and mixed by Mike Montgomery at Candyland in Dayton, KY
Album art is by Rachelle Caplan
All songs are written and performed by Lung (Kate Wakefield + Daisy Caplan)

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Powerhouse art-punk cello-rock duo Lung have a sound that is dark and commanding, evoking the driving sludge of early grunge with layered sinister undertones. The band is Kate Wakefield, a classically trained opera singer and cellist, and drummer Daisy Caplan, formerly of Foxy Shazam, Babe Rage, and Ayin. ... more

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