New Song “Poorhouse” Now Available for Free Download

October 28, 2009 1

Our new song started out sounding a little country, especially after Sahara added some twangy vocals. Then Rob put in every guitar rock cliché he could think of. We’re pretty happy with how this one turned out – we’re learning some new production tricks and starting to get this living-room recording down.

Poorhouse is about moving into an apartment that is basically falling apart, and how we’ve tried to make the best of it.

Here are the lyrics:

When it all comes down
I’ll still be around
Hand-in-hand we’ll stand
In the door of the poorhouse

Wish on a star
Slam that PBR
All the frills are out
When you’re living in the poorhouse

Why bother crying?
Just gotta laugh
No harm in trying
Zero plus zero, you do the math

Welcome baby to the poorhouse
What holds up these walls?
When the water gets in
We’ll bail it out
Still be holding you up
When it falls

Smiles don’t pay the bills
Tears don’t pay the rent
What to do for thrills
When the money’s been a long time spent

You’re stuck with me
Not worth a dime
We’ll have a hell of a time
While we’re living in the poorhouse

You’re working so hard
To take us to easy street
Maybe it’s not in the cards
But this thing we got
It sure is sweet

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Song details:

Written and recorded September/October 2009. Recorded with Logic Studio 8, Reason 4, Akai MPD24 drum pad, Les Paul Studio Guitar, Epiphone semi-hollow body bass, real live singer. 120 beats per minute.

Track released 28 October, 2009
Rob Boles (drums & percussion, guitar, vocals), Sahara Glasener-Boles (vocals, bass)

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

(That means remixing and messing around with it is ok as long as you give us credit for making the original song – so go ahead, we’d love to hear what you do with it)

Look for the source files and raw audio and MIDI tracks available for download soon!