(logo whirs) (audio wave beeps) (gentle rock music) ♪ It comes closer ♪ ♪ Repeating over and over ♪ ♪ Quieter, then colder ♪ ♪ I think I want to leave ♪ ♪ Ellipses as it approaches ♪ ♪ Vibrating in slow motion ♪ ♪ Burned ♪ (gentle rock music continues) (gentle rock music continues) (gentle rock music continues) (gentle rock music continues) ♪ Burned, blank, and clenched under nattering ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ It muffles more as the sun swallows me ♪ ♪ And I melt into it ♪ ♪ And it comes closer ♪ ♪ Repeating over and over ♪ ♪ Quieter, then older ♪ ♪ I think I'm going to be ♪ ♪ Ellipses as it approaches ♪ ♪ Vibrating in slow motion ♪ (gentle rock music continues) ♪ Burned, blank, and clenched under nattering ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ It muffles more as the sun swallows me ♪ ♪ And I melt into it ♪ (guitar note drones) (solemn rock music) (solemn rock music continues) (audience cheers) (solemn rock music continues) ♪ No longer burdened by youth ♪ ♪ Not burning and open and raw like a wound ♪ ♪ And shopping is much easier now ♪ ♪ I can be quiet and private and protected ♪ ♪ In a compartment tucked away real tight ♪ (somber rock music) (somber rock music continues) ♪ I'll ride my bike 'til the sun goes down ♪ ♪ Singing songs of no reason while no one's around ♪ ♪ And when it gets dark ♪ ♪ I will continue to stay out ♪ ♪ With my gray hairs all on the ground ♪ ♪ With something new to romanticize ♪ ♪ They'll all leave without you ♪ ♪ They always will ♪ ♪ We can hold hands if we promise to go to the same place ♪ ♪ At the same exact time ♪ ♪ I will keep my grasp tight ♪ ♪ Until we part ways, then we can both disappear ♪ (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) ♪ If I avoid you, then you can't abandon me ♪ ♪ I can focus on my tasks so fervently ♪ ♪ Everything is much easier now ♪ ♪ My beliefs unchallenged, and thus calcified ♪ ♪ In a compartment tucked away real tight ♪ (solemn rock music) (solemn rock music continues) (solemn rock music continues) (solemn rock music continues) (somber rock music) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (audience applauds) - The early 2010s is when we started.

That's when we started playing house shows and that was very different, at least to what I was familiar with playing in Boston.

I'd played in a band before that, but it was mostly in clubs and there's a a ton of colleges in Boston, and so there's a transience there, but with that came just people just looking for something to do, and these houses existed, and people would just come through to hang, and it also was pretty fertile ground for touring bands as well.

Yeah, it was just a really exciting thing to be a part of, and it was cool to just be sort of felt.

You know, a pretty straight-ahead rock band compared to what we were seeing a lot of and be still be accepted and embraced for what we were doing.

(solemn rock music) (solemn rock music continues) ♪ Slowly claws at ♪ ♪ Walls of blue ♪ ♪ Sinking even though ♪ ♪ It's as fast as I can move ♪ ♪ Lights marble ♪ ♪ Bright above me ♪ ♪ The shapes get small ♪ ♪ And there's nowhere to land ♪ (somber rock music) (somber rock music continues) ♪ Watching a film through a pinhole ♪ ♪ And it imitates suspense ♪ ♪ Through disbelief ♪ ♪ And relief from consequence ♪ ♪ Does it now look different ♪ ♪ Or still like emptiness ♪ ♪ That's been lined with all you're inclined ♪ ♪ To protect ♪ (solemn rock music) ♪ The haul is long ♪ ♪ And I left my brain at home ♪ ♪ It's almost dawn ♪ ♪ And my feet still hang below ♪ (somber rock music) (somber rock music continues) I mean, I think that we were hungry to travel, and I think that that had a lot to do with it too.

So, we were playing a lot at home, and we were very much proud of where we were coming from because of the community that existed there.

I think that we tried to, yeah, we tried to put ourselves out there in the world as much as we could, and also tried to represent as best we could.

There were a lot of bands from the city that we admired and tried to tour with them and play as many shows with them as we could, and it did feel like just a lot of community building stuff.

Very grateful to be back in Birmingham.

(audience cheers) Thank y'all for being here.

Thanks for watching us play.

Very grateful.

Also very grateful to be at what just may be the best venue in the country.

(audience cheers) (gentle guitar notes play) (gentle rock music) (audience cheers) (gentle rock music continues) (gentle rock music continues) ♪ Whispered at your mom ♪ ♪ She wondered why you came ♪ ♪ Fold it up a couple times ♪ ♪ And then use it for shade ♪ ♪ I wish I didn't have to go ♪ ♪ And see through each day ♪ ♪ Ooh, too bad ♪ ♪ Looks like we'll have to stay ♪ (somber rock music) ♪ You're an upstanding man ♪ ♪ And I'm just a fish ♪ ♪ I wanna go swimming ♪ ♪ And it's making me itch ♪ ♪ Now that everyone's gone ♪ ♪ I locked 'em out of my home ♪ ♪ And they're making friends outside ♪ ♪ And I'm finally alone ♪ (solemn rock music) (solemn rock music continues) (solemn rock music continues) ♪ Now that everyone's gone ♪ ♪ I locked 'em out of my home ♪ ♪ And they're making friends outside ♪ ♪ And I'm finally alone ♪ (somber rock music) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (audience applauds) Thank you very much, everybody.

We've just got a couple more and then that's it, but thank you so much for watching us and being here.

(audience cheers) (instruments whirring) (lively rock music) ♪ He lives on a playground ♪ ♪ Where he can drink ♪ ♪ Grape juice all day if he wants ♪ ♪ It might be cute ♪ ♪ But not for a grown-up ♪ ♪ He washes his hands ♪ ♪ In a water bubbler ♪ ♪ He makes his camp under a slide ♪ ♪ He likes to hear the kids yell ♪ ♪ As they slide down ♪ ♪ It's how he gets his sleep ♪ (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) ♪ He waves his arms and cranks butts ♪ ♪ And tells all of those kids to never change ♪ ♪ Keeps it kinda clean ♪ ♪ If those baby teeth don't grow ♪ ♪ You could always pout and scream anyway ♪ ♪ If that pus don't squirt from your gums ♪ ♪ You could always out that teat you scathe ♪ (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) ♪ He wakes up and hits the hose and calls his folks ♪ ♪ Keeping it clean, woo ♪ (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) ♪ If those baby teeth won't grow ♪ ♪ You could always pout and scream anyway ♪ ♪ If that pus don't squirt from your gums ♪ ♪ You could always out that teat you scathe ♪ (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) (somber rock music) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (somber rock music continues) (lively rock music) (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) ♪ It sits only in places that it never should ♪ ♪ It tries hard but it wouldn't do much good ♪ (somber rock music) (audience cheers) (lively rock music) (lively rock music continues) ♪ It took off as graceful as a wounded bird ♪ ♪ It says and does ♪ ♪ Some of the dumbest things I've ever heard ♪ (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) (somber rock music) (lively rock music) ♪ It sells all its stories out ♪ ♪ Of a brown paper bag ♪ ♪ I traded one for bread, woo ♪ ♪ Got a story free instead, woo ♪ (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) (guitar note distorts) Thanks a lot, everybody.

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