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Old Strathcona - Single

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Couldn’t have written it any better,
the first time since skipping town
that we hung out the old hotel burnt down.
While the headlines couldn’t capture
what that lobby once meant to us;
a snapshot of our recklessness
now buried in a mountain of sut.

Nostalgia is nothing but a trap.
I get tangled up in it, I’m well aware of that.
Everytime, I think that I have moved passed,
I ruminate on events until I relapse.

I can’t help but wonder, do you ever think of the evenings when
I’d show up at your front porch with draft glasses and a crooked grin? You’d kick me out in the morning, steam rising from your coffee cup, saying, “next time you go scheming, won’t you consider growing up.”

I'm still working on it despite getting old,
bordering on bitter and cynical.
I'm partially in denial that neighbourhoods will change,
that favourite venues will close and best friends will move away.

It's a juvenile act, nothing short of weak
comparing a place to what it used to be.
Turn the dial when you’ve heard enough.
That window won’t open, it's painted shut.
Nostalgia is nothing but a trap.
I get tangled up in it, I’m well aware of that.
Turn the dial when you've heard enough.
That window won't open, it's painted shut.

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released May 9, 2023
Produced by Jesse Gander and Audio/Rocketry
Recorded by Jesse Gander at OCL Studios, March 2022
Mixed by Jesse Gander at Rain City Recorders, June 2022
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, July 2022
Artwork and Layout by Exxswave

Joe Vickers: Vocals and Guitar
Matthew Murphy: Bass and Vocals
Blair Drover: Guitar, Vocals, Brass and Samples
Jerome Tovillo: Drums, Vocals and Piano
Jesse Gander: Organ and Percussion
Riley Maggs: Party Engineer

Audio/Rocketry would like to thank Jesse Gander, Josh Gwilliam and Dan Owen at OCL Studios, Alan Douches at West West Side Music, Alberta Foundation For The Arts, Locke Vincent, Lee Klippenstein, John Kennedy, Craig Martell, Jenna Priester, Marcia Hanson, The Buckingham, Lane Cherkwick and every artist we have had the pleasure of sharing a stage with.

Special thank you to our family, friends and anyone who has supported us over the years. We wouldn’t be who we are without your love. Your support means more to us than we could ever express. We love you and hope to continue to share these special moments and create lasting memories together.

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audio/rocketry Edmonton, Alberta

Friendship has been a pillar of audio/rocketry’s blistering rally cry from the start, with the core duo of Joe Vickers and Matthew Murphy expanding to accommodate a rotating crew of some of Edmonton’s hardest working musicians. After a decade of touring the continent, the band finds itself distilled to its strongest bonds and purest sound with the addition of Blair Drover and Jerome Tovillo. ... more

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