Dear friends, after talking about it for approximately two years the whole “album thing” is getting a lot more serious now. While our engineer Jochen Stummbillig is busy mixing the songs at the moment we are pleased to present you a little teaser, namely a single with acoustic versions of two tracks off “I Started With The Best Intentions”. The single is available for free download in exchange for a “like” on Facebook. You can find it HERE. Please tell your friends about it and let us know what you think of the songs!”
These are the release notes and lyrics for our acostic album teaser:
RELEASE NOTES
MARCH OF THE RATS and BLAME IT ON THE LATENCY
were written and performed by Goodbye Fairground
recorded by Jan Filek and Goodbye Fairground
mixed by Jan Filek
Fotzhobel on #2 by Benjamin Bunzel
All lyrics written by Benjamin Bruns
Artwork and design by Jan Filek
Photo by Christoph Friedrich
Electric versions of both songs will appear on the “I STARTED WITH THE BEST INTENTIONS” LP
GOODBYE FAIRGROUND IS
Benjamin Bruns (Vocals)
Jan Filek (Guitar, Vocals)
Christoph Friedrich (Guitar)
Alex Pilz-Lansley (Guitar, Vocals)
Benjamin Bunzel (Bass, Vocals)
Julia Franzen (Drums)
MARCH OF THE RATS
Lean back, breathe in and taste the tar on your tongue. Safety is a dream we’ll probably never wake up from. Take my hand, the one I’ve clenched in my pocket. It takes a second to build this and a lifetime to wreck it. You want to believe in every word I say and believe me: I want it to be true! So I’ve decided to keep quiet but keeping quiet is just lying for saints and I’m not much of a saint. Sit back, look at this mess and still find some beauty in it. Then look at me in the same way, tell me it’s fine and maybe I will believe it. I’ve got some good ideas of what to say but it’s like someone has pasted up my jaws and broken our spines on our way to the top, burnt our tents, killed our horses and put us back on start.
BLAME IT ON THE LATENCY
Oh, how romantic, you’re dressed in your boxers sitting on your bed with your acoustic guitar. You could write the best song in the world but she wouldn’t hear it. She only listens to songs to dance to because she wants to dance with him. That’s what the movies are about. It’s the same old plot but still the premiere is sold out. The crowd applauds and the curtains go down. Good times pass that’s what makes them so good. Do you remember when you said “I only want her to be happy”? Well, now she is! And do you remember when you told her “I respect you and your decisions”? This decision is her’s and you only make it worse. And how romantic, you’re watching the sunset alone, laying on the grass you’re counting stars and planes. You could write the best poem in the world but she wouldn’t read it. She’d send it back. There is nothing you can do.”