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Dinner Dates for the End of Days

by Scarves

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1.
Shelter 03:01
He was seven feet at least When we buried him like seeds It’s difficult for kids to grow up Under skies these gray So some just don’t And the ones who do tend to turn out Wild, desperate and strange So hold on to me I have already Lost too many Friends To wilderness and weather So when the big one hits And the waves crash across the coast Keep close To me And together we will find shelter I have already Lost too many friends To wilderness and weather
2.
Collapse 03:51
I wake up while the sun is still colluding With the moon in a southern sky And even the bus lines are still asleep But I don’t mind I like walking Yeah, I don’t care I like the fresh air There’s this guy at the site Who claims to have seen bigfoot And all the other guys Say he is lying But I don’t mind I like his stories And besides The demons I have seen were so much worse So pour the concrete Into perfect squares This is a new foundation She says I am looking “A little bit lived in, Like a building about to collapse” But this is the sturdiest I have felt In years -- I swear! I could be a good home For her So pour the concrete Into perfect squares This is a new foundation Something solid You can build upon Two years in I sit 40 stories up Broken bottles below -- below And a coin in my pocket That reminds me I got so much further to go -- to go
3.
Crushed Ice 03:38
Your sister heard whispers of the divine In florescence So she gathered every strobe light She could find And held a seance You were coming through (Obscured) Like light through broken glass You were coming through (Fractured) Like light through crushed Ice I just wish the speaker would stay broken It’s that cutting in and out That really gets to me And I swear I hear someone in the static It sounds just like she’s singing You were coming through (Obscured) Like light through broken glass You were coming through (Fractured) Like light through crushed Ice It’s just a trick of the light It’s just a trick of the light It’s just a trickle of light
4.
No Names 03:02
We were No names Pressing our palms Into wet cement We were Anonymous But we were Permanent Doo Wop We Were No Names Screaming at the stars From the back of the theater The couldn’t Hear us But we could’ve Saved them And time will zoom out Until we are all too Small to see And everything we have ever done Will be erased By city council or the rising sea There may never be statues of us But there will be warped wood Where we once stood And spilled our guts As it all fades it away I will remember you I will remember you I will remember you
5.
Arrow 02:29
We did some damage Cuz of course we did That’s how these stories Always start Someone gets a cracked rib Somebody gets a broken heart It will get more complicated Before it gets clear But the sound of it All coming together Is the sweetest song you will ever hear We did some damage Well, we had to No break is ever clean Everything gorgeous Begins as a mess It will get more complicated Before it gets clear But the sound of it All coming together Is the sweetest song you will ever hear Love was never a rescue mission It was more a war of attrition Everybody loses Faith, Heart, or at least a limb Time's arrow will sew all of our wounds closed In due time Time's arrow will sew all of our wounds closed In due time
6.
Sweet Tooth 03:36
I am becoming someone new With each phase of the moon Like a werewolf in slow motion A little more ruthless With each passing moment I will be relentless Like a tooth breaking skin for you No matter how tough it gets I will push through It’s a strange thing To feel yourself Be rearranged By the weight Of this decade A little less distinct With each day To feel powerless Against its pull. I will be relentless Like a tooth breaking skin for you No matter how tough it gets I will push through I was born in the first generation Where they don’t replace Your lost teeth With gold ones Hide your damage Let your smile blend in
7.
Muscles 02:52
I can’t turn calcium to shell But I can turn anxiety into muscle Just from lifting the heavy machines My coping mechanisms have become. I am so much stronger than I ever wanted to be But I still feel weak-kneed Under the weight of my own body I can’t turn sand to pearl But I can turn my dirty thoughts Into pretty words I can protect myself just as well As any other creature I am so much stronger than I ever thought I’d be But I still feel weak-willed Under the weight of my own mine And I will fall I will fall
8.
You say you are ugly But I disagree Besides beauty gets boring Like a drawbridge Or a cottonwood blooming It gets old quickly We were two nervous Wrecks trying not to crash On our friend's couches again Just trying to collect ourselves Enough to make rent It never snows here But last winter we White Knuckled Across black Ice And as we slid You held onto me out of real fear And said “Shit sucks but I am glad you are here” We were two nervous Wrecks trying not to crash On our friend's couches again Just trying to collect ourselves Enough to make rent I was domesticated young Then let loose like a house cat Into the world alone Until I met you Then I knew we would be family I don’t know, guess we can just Smell our own And now we are searching for shelter Together And I will be Tamed.
9.
Icarus 02:10
It wasn’t as romantic As those blue jean boys Made it seem In those songs they used to sing In the 70’s I didn’t have a classic car And you didn’t have a screen door But I had a bus pass And 250 in hard cash You used to say you would follow me anywhere Yeah you used to be my shadow You were the one who said We would ride into the sunset But now, you have fallen Out of touch I’m sorry, I had to leave But in my defense I asked you to come with me It’s not your fault You were afraid But I was feeling brave You used to say you would follow me anywhere Yeah you used to be my shadow You used to say We would ride into the sunset But now, you have fallen Out of touch
10.
Dinner Dates 05:31
We should have thrown out Your grandfather's stereo years ago Every channel is just static Except for this one coming through Crystal clear Just too bad it's the news I have got my reservations But I am still collecting Tin cans and paper plates Just in case it all goes sideways I will be your dinner date For the end of days. The broadcast Is spitting apocalyptic talk So we turned it off And started getting dressed We gotta look our best Cuz whether it be By bomb blast or camera flash We got a bright future Ahead of us. I have got my reservations But I am still collecting Tin cans and paper plates Just in case it all goes sideways I will be your dinner date For the end of days. So when the big one hits And the waves crash across the coast Keep close To me And together we will find shelter I have lost too many friends all ready As it all fades away, I will be your dinner date For the end of days.

about

“There’s always been an element of warped absurdity laying just below the surface of the band’s jangly, stuttering college-rock smarts.” ~ The AV Club

Over the past few years, and through a few different iterations, Seattle-based math-rock emo-punks Scarves has established themselves as, “One of the city’s top notch rising acts,” according to KEXP. In that same paragraph, the words “jarring” and “abrasive” also appear so that starts to paint a picture of the dichotomy that has been at play for the band and its frontperson/founder Niko Stathakopoulos.

Joined by Cael Watts (drums) and Nessa Grassing (guitars), Scarves recently shared a new LP, Dinner Dates for the End of Days, their first with Good Eye Records, released digitally and on vinyl, including a limited “Green/Blue” Smoke color run, on September 28th, 2018.

Stathakopoulos, Grasing, and Watts wrote and rehearsed Dinner Dates for the End of Days under a cloud of smoke and ash from British Columbia forest fires. If “apocalyptic emo math rock” doesn’t get you excited in 2018, nothing will. Each song is a portrait of an end times that’s positively inspiring and undeniably heart-warming. Even as we lurch toward something unpleasant, it’s hard to be too bummed out with Niko’s vocals and Watts’ driving drums.

The album was recorded at Destination Universe in Portland: a studio designed to blend in to a neighborhood realtors might call “character-filled.” Produced by Hutch Harris of Thermals sainthood, the album was recorded downright punkishly. No click. Mostly single takes. It’s a testament to the tightness of the band that the finished product sounds so lush. Rounding out the personnel was engineer Victor Nash of Point Juncture, WA and studio cat Oogi.

Let Dinner Dates for the End of Days be the last album you listen to before we all slip off into oblivion.

Dinner Dates for the End of Days is out now and is the ninth release from Good Eye Records.

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