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SECOND

by Mute Swimmer

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    PRESSED ON BLACK 140-GRAM VINYL + WITH INLAYED LYRIC SHEET. EXCLUSIVELY COMMISSIONED SLEEVE ARTWORK BY TESS HURRELL. DESIGN BY HELEN ENTWISTLE

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    IN A DEFIANTLY RETRO JEWEL CASE WITH ARTWORK BY TESS HURRELL. DESIGN BY HELEN ENTWISTLE WITH ADDITIONAL ARTWORK AND LYRIC SHEET.

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1.
LANGUAGE 04:56
LANGUAGE HEAD CAUGHT MOUTH ADDRESSING PEERS FOR THE HEAD IS TRAPPED BETWEEN THE EARS THERE IS NO FORM OF LANGUAGE DEAR THAT COULD ELEVATE OUR CAUSE VOICE IT SHAKES AND INSTINCTS SINK AND WHAT WE FEEL AND WHAT WE THINK ARE CARVED UP BY THIS FOUNTAIN INK AND THROWN AIMLESSLY AROUND AND AS I START TO EMBRACE THIS IDEA I MIGHT TRIP AND CUT MY LIP AND THINK OF WHO THEY MIGHT HAVE KISSED WHILE I ENTERTAIN THIS CRAP SO I COULD POUR MYSELF A DRINK IN ORDER SO AS LESS TO THINK AND I COULD EMBRACE MY FELLOW MAN IN A WAY NOT USUALLY ALLOWED IN A WAY NOT USUALLY ALLOWED THERE’S THIS SPOKEN WORD OVER A REPEATED CODA EYES FIXED ON AN EYE OR SHOULDER THE SITUATION IS ABNORMAL BUT WE’RE ALL PRETENDING THAT IT’S NOT YOU CAN WATCH AND YOU CAN SEE ME FROM AN ANGLE I DON’T KNOW ME BUT IF I STOOP TO VANITY WILL YOU PLEASE REMIND ME DEAR BUT THEN I COULD DANCE WITH A SIX FOOT CUTIE ON A STAGE OR AROUND THE SEATING THE IDEA IS NOT SO UNAPPEALING WHAT’S THE POINT IN A SONG ANYWAY AND WHEN I’M SURE THAT SHE IS POISED MY INTENT CANNOT BE IGNORED I'D GENTLY OPEN UP HER BLOUSE KISS HER THERE AND ON THE MOUTH THIS LOUSY BLOUSY OPEN MOUTH THE BEGINNING IT WAS IN QUESTION AND THE ENDING IT WAS DEDUCED FROM A BEGINNING ITSELF IN QUESTION AN ENDING IS DEDUCED AND HE IS ACTING AS IF HE KNEW AND SHE IS ACTING AS IF SHE KNEW AND WE ARE ACTING AS IF WE KNEW SOMETHING FOR SURE AND YOU ARE ACTING AS IF YOU KNEW AND I AM ACTING AS IF I KNEW AND WE’RE ALL ACTING AS IF WE KNEW SOMETHING FOR SURE
2.
ORIENTATION 03:33
ORIENTATION HERE’S A REPETITION (NO, NO) HERE’S A REPETITION I THINK THAT YOU HEARD IT’S DOUBLE THE WORDS I STICK TO THE FACTS THE PHYSICAL ACT IS JUST A FRACTION BUT ITS AN ACTION AND ACTIONS THEY SAY SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS I COULD FACE THE WINDOW I COULD FACE THE WINDOW NOW FACE THE WALL WATCH YOU DON’T FALL YOU CAN FACE THE FACES YOU’RE MOVING IN SPACES THAT GOVERN THE TEXT AND THE LINE THAT COMES NEXT IS A POINT OF ORIENTATION WHERE THERE IS NO OTHER POINT AT ALL TAKE TAKE THIS AS A MODE OF ASSAULT TAKE TAKE THIS AS THE PERFECTION OF A FAULT I COULD JUST GIVE UP I COULD JUST GIVE UP GIVE THE CROWD THE BIRD AND NOT SPEAK A WORD JUST KEEP IT IT STUMM OR SPEAK IT IN TONGUES IT’S AN OVER REACTION IN A BIG PINK THOUGHT CAPTION IT SAYS I’M BEING HERE ONE MOMENT AT A TIME THE BEST WAY THAT I CAN PRAY TAKE THIS (MOMENT) AS AN INSTANCE OF GRACE PRAY, PRAY TAKE THIS AS A KICK IN YOUR SATISFIED FACE OH THE PLAIN SONG THE MOUTH AND THE TONGUE (IS IT A) C MINOR OR A G MINOR A LOUSY ONE LINER STILL THE MELODY IT FLOATS ON A SYSTEM OF NOTES ON A TIME LINE A CONVENTION OF RHYME THE ROOM THIS SONG THE MOUTH AND THE TONGUE IS IT A C MINOR G MINOR A LOUSY ONE LINER STILL THE MELODY FLOATS ON A SYSTEM OF NOTES WHOSE FORM I DOUBT BUT CANNOT CANCEL OUT THE PROUD SONG THE AMNESIAC TONGUE (IS IT AN) A MINOR A B MINOR A LOUSY ONE LINER IF I’M WILLING AND ABLE IN CULTURE AND LABOUR WITH A HEAVE-HO I FORGET WHAT I KNOW SO HEAVE-HO HEAVE-HO
3.
SOME EXAMPLES THAT'S THE HUM OF THE P.A. THAT'S THE BREATHE THAT I TAKE THAT'S THE HAND THAT STRIKES THIS CHORD THAT'S THE GESTURE THAT IT MAKES THAT'S THE SPEAKER AND THAT'S THE WIRE THAT'S THE SOUND AS IT IS FED THAT'S THE WAY MY MOUTH IS FORMED AROUND THE WORD THAT I JUST SAID THAT'S THE WAY YOU COCK YOUR HEAD THAT'S THE POSITION THAT YOU TOOK THAT'S THE WAY YOUR EYES ARE RAISED AND THE WAY YOU STEAL A LOOK THAT'S THE WAY YOU SPEAK OF THINGS WHEN YOU ARE WITH YOUR KIN THAT'S THE WAY YOU HOLD YOURSELF IN THE COMPANY OF MEN THAT'S THE WAY THE CODA SHIFTS THE CHORD IS STRUCK THE VOICE IT LIFTS INTO THE HOLLOW OF THIS ROOM AS IF ALL THIS WENT UNASSUMED I THINK ABOUT THIS TABLE IN THIS BAR I KNOW I THINK ABOUT THE FRIENDS I WILL MEET I THINK ABOUT WHAT I WILL SAY TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY WILL SAY TO ME BUT I'M NOT SPEAKING FROM THE TABLE IN THAT BAR AND I'M NOT TALKING TO MY FRIENDS I'M STANDING HERE IN A ROOM FULL OF EYES THINKING ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE SAID AND I HAVE TO TELL MYSELF: DON'T THINK YOURSELF OUT OF IT YOUR FIRST THOUGHT IS A GOOD ONE DON'T THINK YOURSELF OUT OF IT PRESENT TENSE IS A GOOD THING DON'T THINK YOURSELF OUT OF IT I OBSERVE WHAT IS IN FRONT OF ME DON'T THINK YOURSELF OUT OF IT YOU ARE JUST WHERE YOU'RE MEANT TO BE THAT'S THE WAY THE CODA SHIFTS THE TIME IS GOING THAT'S THE WAY THE CODA SHIFTS BUT YOU KNOW THE TIME IS GOING MY HANDS ARE MOVING MY MOUTH IS MOVING THE WORLD IS TURNING THIS GUITAR IS SOUNDING THAT'S THE WAY THE CODA SHIFTS BUT YOU'RE JUST WHERE YOU MEANT TO BE...FOR EXAMPLE
4.
THE IDEA OF ZERO AND WHAT WILL REMAIN IF I ACT ONLY TO ERASE? AND WHAT WILL REMAIN IF I ACT ONLY TO EFFACE? I ACT ONLY TO ERASE THE ACT WHICH I AM ENGAGED I ACT ONLY TO EFFACE THE SENSE THIS SENTENCE MAKES I ACT ONLY TO ERASE MY OWN SELF I DO EFFACE I SPEAK THIS TO FIND GRACE I SPEAK THIS TO FIND GRACE I SPEAK THIS TO CANCEL IT OUT CANEL IT OUT HOLD TO THE IDEA OF ZERO HOLD TO THE IDEA OF ZERO CANCEL IT OUT REMEMBER THE STATIC AS YOUR MOVING ALONG IT’S THE IDEA OF ZERO IT’S THE IDEA OF ZERO AUTHOR THE FLAW AUGMENT THE MISTAKE REMEMBER YOUR NOTHING AS SOMETHING ESCAPES REMEMBER WHAT’S STATIC IN THE MOVEMENT YOU MAKE BUT DON’T STOP AND DON’T HESITATE WHAT WILL REMAIN IF I ACT ONLY TO ERASE? AND WHAT WILL REMAIN IF I ACT ONLY TO EFFACE?
5.
A WORD, A CURSE TO KNOW NOTHING AND TO SAY IT LIKE AN CHILD SOME REPUDIATION OF STYLE AND TO TURN TO THE WALL TO OWN NOTHING AND TO HOLD IT IN YOUR PALM LIKE A GESTURE OF VICTORY OR A CHARM AND TO GIVE IT AWAY THIS MOMENT IS THE SUM OF WHAT IS DONE OF WHAT HAS PASSED OF WHAT’S TO COME OF WHAT HAS WITHERED AND WHAT HAS DIED OF WHAT HAS BLOOMED OR BEEN GIVEN FLIGHT I CAST THE REST OUT WITH A CURSE I CAST THE REST OUT WITH A CURSE I CAST THE REST OUT WITH A CURSE TILL MY VERY OWN NAME I DO DISPERSE TIL MY BODY IS A VESSEL FOR THIS WORD MY BODY IS A VESSEL OF THE WORD TIL MY BODY IS A VESSEL FOR THE WORD AND THE WORD IS UNERRING AND ABSURD THE BODY IS A VESSEL FOR THE WORD MY BODY IS A VESSEL FOR THE WORD TILL THE BODY IS A VESSEL
6.
SAME 04:57
SAME IT'S THE SAME FIVE NOTES AND THE WORDS TELL YOU THAT IT'S THE SAME FIVE NOTES AND THE WORDS TELL YOU VOICE GUITAR PAUSE VOICE GUITAR PAUSE (BEAT) THE THING ITSELF IS SUBJECT IT’S THE THING ITSELF IN MOTION THE THING ITSELF IS SUBJECT
7.
TIME SONG 03:58
TIME SONG THIS SECOND PASSES NOW AND STOPS. THIS SECOND WILL NOT BE REPEATED THE SENTENCE PASSES NOW AND STOPS BUT TIME IS NOT IMPEDED YOU WANT A LINE THAT’S NOT BEEN SPOKEN THAT ISN’T LOST OR SOMEHOW BROKEN IN SOME FUNDAMENTAL WAY YOU WANT A LINE THAT STAYS INTACT OF ALL THE CLICHES IT ATTRACTS AND ALL THE FICTION IN THE SYNTAX YOU WANT A WORD FOR HOW YOU FEEL THAT NEITHER AFFIRMS OR CONCEALS THAT THAT SAME FEELING MAY COLLAPSE YOU WANT A WORD FOR SOMETHING MINDLESS, KIND OF DUMB AND KIND OF TIMELESS BUT TIME IS AN IMPASSE AND NOW THAT MOMENT IS IN THE PAST THAT MOMENT IT’S THE PAST THAT MOMENT’S IN THE PASTTHAT SENTENCE IT’S IN THE PAST THE BEAT IT PASSES NOW AND STOPS THE BEAT WILL BE REPEATED THE BEAT IT PASSES NOW AND STOPS AND ENERGY IS CONCEDED YOU WANT A MOVE JUST LIKE YOU BREATHE THAT NEITHER LIMITS OR EXCEEDS AN ORDINARY ACT YOU WANT A MOVEMENT WHEN IT’S PAUSED AS IN A CINEMATIC FLAW WITH NO SENSE OF WHERE IT’S AT YOU WANT THE SOUND OF SOMETHING BREAKING THAT CANCELS OUT THE ACT OF MAKING THOUGH YOU KNOW THE IDEA IS ABSURD YOU WANT THE SOUND OF SOMETHING STOPPED LIKE A PISTOL THAT’S BEEN SHOT INTO THE CENTER OF THE HEART OF THE BODY OF THE WORDS IT’S A BODY OF WORDS THIS IS A BODY OF WORDS AND THE BODY IS A HOUSE AND IF THE BODY IS A HOUSE THEN GET ME OUT OF MY HOUSE AND KISS ME ON THE MOUTH IF THE BEAT YOUR HEART MAKES WAS TO STOP WHAT WOULD BE COMPLETED? IF THE BEAT YOUR HEART MAKES WAS TO STOP WHAT WOULD BE DELETED?
8.
A MELODY (STRANDS 1 - 3) THIS IS…THIS IS WHAT? THIS IS WHAT IS DONE AND THIS IS WHAT’S TO COME TO DO…TO DO SOMETHING… TO DO SOMETHING OF USE IN THE RAG OF A MELODY TO USE TO USE THE AIR ANEW EACH BREATH IS A MELODY EACH BREATH A MELODY THE SKY THE SHORE THE ROOF THE FLOOR THE BODY BETWEEN A WITNESS A FACT AN UNTRUTH AN ACT BUT WHAT’S IN A SONG? A SENTENCE A STOP THE SWING THE BOP THE HIP THE HOP BUT THESE STRANDS STRANDS OF IMAGE HANG AROUND STRANDS TRAPPED IN THE SOUND A SHOT OF WHERE YOU WERE IN SOME GELATINIAN BLUR YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU WERE I KNIT STRANDS INTO A CAVITY THE ACTION IS INVOLUNTARY A PLUME OF SMOKE IN A SUNLIT ROOM OF LAUGHTER IN SUBURBAN GLOOM A STRAND OF LACE MADE TAUT THEN TIED THE SCENT OF ROOMS YOU OCCUPIED SENSELESS STRANDS OF TEXT OF MINDLESS SELF REFERENCE THIS MINDLESS SELF REFERENCE LESSNESSLESSNESS BODIES FUSE RELEASE UNKNOT AS BLOOD THROUGH VEIN DOES FLOW AND CLOT THE SPITTLE ON THE TIP STRANDS OF SEMEN ON HER LIPS NOW YOUR CANDOR WON’T CUT SHORT THE CEASELESS PISTONS OF YOUR THOUGHT COME IN TRACTS AND TRACKS INTRACTABLE STRANDS A SYNAPSE IN THE BRAIN RECALLS A LOVER'S NAME THE SIMPLE WAYS YOU WORE IT OUT THE SIMPLE WAY SHE WORE THE RAGS OF A MELODY HERE’S ONE FOR THE MEMORIES THE CADENCE OF YOUR BREATH THESE TINY LITTLE DEATHS EACH ONE A MELODY FOR NOW AND THE REVERIE BUT WHAT’S IN A SONG?
9.
I MARK TIME 04:56
I MARK TIME I MARK TIME IN THE USUAL WAYS BY A BEAT OR A PULSE OR A CASIO DISPLAY I MARK TIME AS IF ITS FACT WERE ASSURED AS IF THIS BAR TO THE NEXT WERE A MATTER OF COURSE I MARK TIME UNTIL I FORGET THAT IT'S THERE LIKE THE LASH ON YOUR EYES THE CLIP IN YOUR HAIR (I KNOW THIS AND THIS THING ONLY) THIS IS THE RISE AND THE FALL OF YOUR BREAST AS I SING THIS IS THE POINT AND THE GAZE AND WHAT IS HAPPENING THIS IS THE WAY UNCHANGED EVEN AS IT FLASHES BEFORE YOUR EYES THIS IS THE WAY OF THE BLUE GREY BLUE SKY THIS IS THE RISE AND THE FALL OF YOUR BREAT AS I SING THIS IS THE RISE AND THE FALL AND YOU KNOW NOT WHEN IT WILL END

credits

released September 1, 2014

BERNHARD BAUCH: DRUMS
GUY DALE: ELECTRIC GUITAR, VOICE
FELIX KOCH: TRUMPET
NICOLAI SCHORR: BASS

VINCENZ KOKOT: ADDITIONAL ELECTRIC GUITAR ON 'A MELODY (STRANDS 1-3)'
BRASS SECTION: ALISTAIR DUNCAN, FRIEDA GAWENDA, ASKIN KIRIM, SEBASTIAN PISKORZ.

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY GUY DALE
ALL ARRANGEMENTS BY MUTE SWIMMER (EXCEPT 'LANGUAGE' BY MUTE SWIMMER AND TOM MARSH)
RECORDED BY NIKOLA JEREMIC @ RUE BUNTE.
MIXED BY ANTONIO PASSACANTILLI AND GUY DALE @ WOLFINSOUND WWW.WOLFINSOUND.NET
ENGINEERING AND ADDITIONAL RECORDING BY ANTONIO PASSACANTILLI
ADDITIONAL RECORDING BY NICOLAI SCHORR & GUY DALE
MASTERED BY JÖRG MILLING @ MINYON MASTERING WWW.MINYONMASTERING.COM
PHOTOGRAPHY BY TESS HURRELL WWW.TESSHURRELL.COM
PHOTO CONCEPT BY TESS HURRELL & GUY DALE
DESIGN AND LAYOUT BY HELEN ENTWISTLE HELENENTWISTLE.WORDPRESS.COM
COPYRIGHT 2014

THANK YOU: HELEN, FOR SEEMINGLY INFINITE PATIENCE AND SUPPORT, ANTONIO FOR WORK WELL BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, VINCENZ FOR THE INTRODUCTIONS. NIKO, ANGELINA, BARBEL, RUE BUNTE, FRIEDA, ASKIN, SEBASTIAN, DANIELLA, EVA, TOM FOR THE STOMP/TIMING IN THE BRIDGE OF 'LANGUAGE', SALON REMISE, TROELS, ALL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS & THE MANY PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED THIS RECORDING, MORALLY AND FINANCIALLY. SPECIAL THANKS TO RITA INTILI, 'CUDDLY CREATURES' & CLEMENS ZUCH FOR THEIR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION TO THE PRODUCTION OF THIS RECORD. EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS TO THE BAND - NICOLAI, BERNI & FELIX - WITHOUT WHOM, NONE OF THIS.

THIS RECORD IS DEDICATED TO MY FATHER, PETER DALE.


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Mute Swimmer is the music project of interdisciplinary artist Guy Dale. Through numerous releases and a changing cast of collaborators he has been shooting his fascination with the lyrical song through ambient folk, conceptual art, performance, post rock, drone and spoken word. ... more

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