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Diving Bell

by Spelling Reform

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  • Cassette + Digital Album

    Limited edition of 100 hand-numbered cassettes. Exclusive to the cassette are the original demos of all four of the EP's songs recorded by lead singer/songwriter Dan Wisniewski. Released on Hope For The Tape Deck.

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    Get all 6 Spelling Reform releases available on Bandcamp and save 30%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Real Giving Up, Somewhere Back There [single], Stay Inside, Latitude, No One's Ever Changed, and Diving Bell. , and , .

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1.
They showered early and caught the 9 p.m. train We were late again We had no shadows left on the dock And sometimes the you is not the you you think It can be something else The lonely alternative to the unwritten rules and the wine on the floor You left it but I felt the need to clean it up Haven’t I had enough? ‘Cause you can be Together Apart ‘Cause you can be (you can be) Together Apart ‘Cause you can be Together Apart I drove home early with a bag full of rocks and some blue napkins I stole from the restaurant Everyone there was younger than me and I felt out of place but I’m not that old yet I don’t even own a pair of glasses But I put my napkin in my lap and I knew all the wine (I hid it well) but Did you think you knew which you wanted? Ah, did you think long and hard about it? ‘Cause you can be Together Apart ‘Cause you can be (you can be) Together Apart ‘Cause you can be Together Apart Now that I realize that there are no rules I can do whatever I want There’s nothing to think about ‘Cause if you stop to reflect then you’ll pause, and you’ve lose it As soon as you recognize you have to act ‘Cause you can be Together Apart ‘Cause you can be (you can be) Together Apart ‘Cause you can be Together Apart You don’t have to destroy yourself You can wait for somebody else to do it for you You just have to keep a straight face and realize that everyone’s breath is ruining everyone’s else’s otherwise perfect life And there’s nothing you can do
2.
I stopped listening to your songs some time ago It’s not because I didn’t like you But pretend you’re me in the Diving Bell you built for me You’ve got other things to say so why don’t you say them? Your body is haunted, your brain is broken I step outside everyday and rarely think of you Even when you’re falling asleep You should, too I can tell that the story that you tell yourself ended a long time ago with a perfect shrug But I was one of the few, wasn’t I, who could say that she really knew you? You’ve got other things to say so why don’t you say them? Your body is haunted, your brain is broken I step outside everyday and rarely think of you Even when you’re falling asleep The library is closed, the shuttle bus has left They wouldn’t let you on anyway I guess And I grant you the inalienable right to have as many Fake Conversations with me as you like But I won’t be there to hear them That’s the price
3.
My desire to be marked as a defeated man haunts me like only you know it can And the great stench of failure that springs from my breath is just too hard to keep down An overbearing scowl glued to my face A well-intentioned albatross that I shooed away Oh, and once again it’s you, the captain of the ship meant to obliterate just me The Boy Who Can’t Read
4.
Live Well 02:55
Oh, mama, you’ve got to hear where I’ve been and what great shape I believe that I’m in I may be a shadow but they can’t hurt me now, they can’t hurt me now Well, I’d be lying if i didn’t want the news of the war, a dispatch from the front ‘cause I was a plan, an experiment but I can’t hurt me now, I can’t hurt me now, no Sing loud of the ending hours Live Well in the coldest towns Remember your one love? She can’t hurt you now, she can’t hurt you now

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"Live Well" music video: youtu.be/aOQgUROTagg
"The Boy Who Can't Read" music video: youtu.be/0X1TklOx1cI

credits

released July 17, 2015

Spelling Reform:
Andrew Ciampa: lead guitar, backing vocals
Thomas Howley: bass, backing vocals
Mark Rybaltowski: drums, backing vocals
Dan Wisniewski: rhythm guitar, lead vocals

All songs written by Dan Wisniewski and arranged and performed by Spelling Reform.

Recorded at Sunnyside Studios and Ardmore Music Hall from June 2014 to January 2015. Mixed by Jesse Soifer of Galactic Cat Audio. Mastered by Jeffrey Hiat at Turtle Studios.

Cover photo taken by Dan Wisniewski.

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Spelling Reform Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nasal indie rock, stutter-stop power pop, pleasantly bent indie pop.

New LP "The Real Giving Up" out now.

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