From the STCU performance space at KSPS PBS, Its Inland Sessions!

Neo soul band, The Red Books, performs a mix of original tunes.

I love the view of the mountainside drive real slow On a gravel road.

up and down the decline.

To sunrise over the hill The pines keep my mind still.

I got my music and my window down low listening.

real close to the Holy Ghost This is no artificial no analytical clone clear my mind through the smoke cause each day has its own clear it all, leave it all behind Im blessed that the pain dont stop Cause Ive got God on my side There's no need to wish me luck.

No, no, no, no Got my music and my window down low listening real close to the Holy Ghost.

Caught up in the moment got me frozen.

I am petrified cause one day I know Ill be coming back home.

I grew up in punk rock and metal, you know.

So I have a very specific thing I bring to the table when it comes to rhythms and melody and feeling.

And Frank comes from another side, you know, and it's so we both just jam things out.

You try to like, make something that you all love because when you really like love, a thing that you're working on or creating and in the moment and after, it doesn't hurt your ego, right?

You know what I mean?

If something needs to be adjusted or whatever, it's like it shouldn't matter who it comes from if it makes the final product better, you know, And we've all sort of and Stan and Anthony have that attitude, too.

And I think it comes from, you know, making videos together and making like trying to make these kind of ambitious recordings for what setups we have available to us currently.

And I think that's how you find those things is it's it comes from a place of like really deep enjoyment, you know.

So finding that is what, what is important.

Yeah, Oh, I guess I'm a bit of a hypocrite now that I still smoke Cigarettes I thought Id act older or be a bit bolder Least that's what I thought as a Well, I guess praise the Lord for this girl.

thats beautifed My world.

It's how I can tell.

Things have been well By how I don't pray anymore.

Well how sweeeeeet her sugar is its superflousness She bleeeeeeeds such ferventness I must hold her wrists Down.....down......down I didn't see you coming.

I never had to choose now were really something.

Now I've got something to lose.

this unrelenting stressor....oh youve helped me love my life This invisible pressure Youve made me scared to die and how sweeeeet her sugar is its superflousness and she bleeeeds such ferventness I must hold her wrists, down, down, down.

down, down, down.

Oh, I know that.

She pays attention.

It's how I disappoint her.

I always forget Things I regret.

Maybe just lower What you expect of me, Darling Im aware that its a holiday May I please escape the obligation I've heard you calling from downstairs.

Darling Im aware I don't have time to lay But does my will deserve consideration I've heard you calling from downstairs.

Oh, darling I wasn't compelled by my alarm.

Don't use company to twist my arm.

Come up here and let us sleep or at least leave me alone Darling, Don't compare me to your girlfriend's husband.

That poor sap has got the type of woman that castrates him because she can.

Darling, Im prepared to always give you lovin To give each inch of skin.

It's moment Please hear me whisper from upstairs.

And darling please.

pleaase may we skip The formalities and lay our heads at ease dont make me miss your body in the morning.

or at least leave me be.

I was pacing back and forth on nine stones in front of my Aunts house and looking at the sun past over the palm trees cause she lives in San Diego and I realized that time was slowing down and Id been there like 10 minutes but it felt like an hour.

and I was like OK So times not really what I thought it was.

And then I sort of came up with some song ideas from that but also got really deep into like different theories and stuff Yea, its about how time is relative basically and how summer slows everything down and speeds it up depending on whats going on emotionally.

No need for fear or worry I'm not convinced this is it are you really here?

It seems blurry When you focus you clearly see some tricks Ive been watching you closely I see your part in the mix The depth of emotion is lovely You love to laugh and do magic tricks Summertime, Sunny haze Behind the palms they play.

Give me time to unwind, before you go on with your story Free Floating In outer space Were all on a trip on the Milky Way Summertime Sunny Haze close your eyes and let your mind drift away.

Hey, hey, hey.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Ohhhhhh hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Ohhhhhhh No time, no mind and no hurry See I'm not convinced this is it Trust your gut and be trustworthy.

I love who you are and you ain't Oh no words cant express how ho but you can feel the love connect us to it The depth of emotion is lovely You love to laugh and do magic tricks Summertime Sunnyhaze Behind the palms they play Give me time to unwind.

Before you go on with your story Free floating in outer space they say were all on a trip in the Milky Way.

Summertime Sunny haze.

Close your eyes and let your mind drift away.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Ohhhhhhhhh Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Ohhhhhhhhhh Please spare the advice on how to achieve that simple life.

I know what's required of any old man, that I dont admire Oh no here we go again Explaining my gift as a carnal sin Thank God that he has you to speak for Him Otherwise, howd I know I was wrong?

Leave darling alone She only has me and Im on my own.

Why ask me my thoughts?

when both of us know you want a lie?

Oh, no.

Now you figured it out.

Thank you for telling me how I shall act But the lessons youre selling can be taken back for Im more than just my fathers son at the end of the day What can You take?

What can you say.

At the end of the day what can you take What can you say At the end of the day What can you take What can you say At the end of the day What can you take What can you say That I havent heard too many times I just wanted to actually meet You How's it going, my friend?

It's been a while since we last talked How's your fam?

And how have you been these days have been a shock It's not as simple as back then.

No, We've ruled the world when we walked.

Can you tell me what's happening.

How are you holding up?

Whered all the time go I watch it burn up like paper.

How do we break this cycle?

I watch it burn in a pattern Whered all the time go does any of it matter Ive watched it slip down like oil like water down the river.

How's it going, my friend?

Is there anything I can do.

I know how much you've been trying, but are you finally breaking through?

How's your weak been what was that story you told the one with you winning You had more than you could hold Whered all the time go I watch it burn up like paper.

How do we break this cycle?

I watch it burn in a pattern.

Where ‘d all the time go does any of it matter Ive watched it slip down like oil Like water down the river Whered all the time go I watch it burn up like paper.

How do we break this cycle?

I watch it burn in a pattern.

Where ‘d all the time go does any of it matter Ive watched it slip down like oil Like water down the river Weighed Down is one of the first songs that we had written together as opposed to writing separately before we were a group or writing while being a group but still separately, and were just hanging out after a gig Were just playing music together you know.

And then you start to find certain things where you go, I wouldnt have made that decisi but it is interesting, and then once you go with that decision, you find something you would not have found by yourself.

Because you wouldnt have even looked at or had that idea in the first place.

so its actually very useful It might be different with other forms of writing but with music there is sort of a naturally collaborativ element to a lot of it.

I woke up reeling from something.

My shoulders slumped over again First I use up all the new mercies Completing the drink on the nightstand Its not that I'm useless, I'm not brokenhearted I feel entropy breathe through the walls of this apartment.

At least I'm going out these days.

And now I'm on my way weighed down.

And I'm on my way weighed down And I'm on my way weighed down And I'm on my way weighed down Believe me I merit my suffering It softens the blow to my worldview Ive Integrated the dysfunction To heal feels like leaving religion Im not left bereft By unanswered wishes.

I just hate when my life feels like doing the dishes The pile will tip over someday And I'm on my way weighed down And I'm on my way weighed down And I'm on my way weighed down And I'm on my way weighed down I keep trudging up this hill For this cross wont walk itself Better this than a millstone as a necklace.

The water is heavy as hell And I'm on my way weighed down And I'm on my way weighed down And I'm on my way weighed down And I'm on my way weighed down And I'm on my way weighed down And I'm on my way weighed down And I'm on my way weighed down And I'm on my way weighed down I love every song, its great music and I hope that other people do to.

I guess I would want people to know that if you listen to it and you think its worth your time, then please just give it your time.

Yea, listen to our music!

If you think I deserve it or we deserve it then please give it your mind.

Little bits at a time every now and again.