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Remember Never Before

by July Talk

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1.
After This 04:00
after this who gets the rest of me what if i can't tell what's best for me? hearts will break at the thought of it go on i can't wait to get back on my feet compensate like there's still nothing wrong turns out we were trying all along we can't wait until it's too late to go on i can't wait to get back on my feet i can't give until there's no rest of me if i go down i'm not taking you with me after this i will be something else instead of me so say goodnight with grace say goodnight with grace some time say goodnight with grace i can't give until there's no rest of me if i go down i'm not taking you with me
2.
i could see it in her face a hit + run under an ocean sun she thought i knew “he was not the only one” but a purist's mind in judgement is a funny thing don't need to try when the ice gets thin i just sigh and hold it in said she wanted all of something (you can) overlooked, he feels forgotten (hear it) up the river, screaming profane, he says closer certain father feel the stillness dying river current lying screaming coward it was a hit + run can't take his place, he's a setting sun under the gun he'll try to prove he is not the lonely one father shows his teeth when he's on the run don't need to lie when you just pretend it was never yer intent sinking deeper, manic creature a hollow trope, an empty preacher squirming falling you can hear it whisper closer certain father feel the stillness dying river current lying screaming coward it was a hit + run as i try to compromise you can hear it crying naked, i begin to let the water win cause i can't hold you in closer certain father he's a setting sun and yer not the only one
3.
Human Side 03:54
there's a crack in the wall at the end of the hall yer combat boots have come untied if yer small like a child and you swallow yer pride humble yerself to the light there's a crack in the wall at the end of it all make me wrong, it won't make you right if yer small like a fly and you hover inside humble yourself to the light it gets so hard i can't see at all i can't see at all but i know the story i can tell it with my eyes closed i can't feel at all i can't feel at all you say yer never sorry i can see it where yer mind goes give in to somebody you can let those tired eyes close no need to bear resemblance to the ones that damaged you most turn if off voice of doubt twist + shout cause they can handle it climb out of yer comfort yer control bare your soul and bring out that human side there's a crack in the wall at the end of it all yer combat boots have come undone that makes a million and one reasons to run humble yerself to the light it gets so hard i can't see at all i can't see at all swallow heaven drink it up crawl out of yer kingdom you can handle it turn if off voice of doubt bleed it out bring out that human side oh no here it comes do you feel it? start to shake there's a hole in the sky up in the sky and we don't know what it means but i know that i'm terrified what are you so worried about? what's there not to worry about? what are you so worried about? baby don't worry to live is to live in fear baby life is sweet whenever death is near bring out that human side get free what you need too late to live in fear baby life is sweet whenever death is near put away that other side bring out that human side baby life's so sweet to live is to live in fear
4.
Hold 04:29
were you afraid you would set me off? you would call me out i would call you soft with that certain air of arrogance that i confuse with confidence love can be so critical you can call it hard you can call it soft semantic parasitical psychoanalytical you can hold me to the fire with a hand on the wheel you can hold me to the wall with a blade you can hold yer tongue and i'll still understand oh you can you can hold me yer a martyr baby yer overstrained help me out would you? could you explain? about the heretics + hateful pricks and what they've got to do with this i'm unclear will you rat me out? will you force me clean? i don't wanna make a scene the match above the gasoline the latch that holds in everything you can hold me to the fire with a hand on the wheel you can hold me to the wall with a blade you can hold yer tongue and i'll still understand oh you can you can hold me the streetcar + the wire the ember + the fire you can hold me to the word that i relay you can stick yer tongue at the queen and i'll stand by you you can you can hold me
5.
fallen from grace we're not what she thought we'd be she takes me around and shows it all to me and when she talks says it could be different somehow she wants to strike a match start all over again that's when she says burn what's stuck in yer way pillars ain't strong enough burn it down to the clay say with me say burn what's stuck in yer way yer out on the street and the winners all cheat show me you can say what you see burn what's stuck in yer way my mother comes in she always could see through me sees all the bullshit has had its way with me and then she talks says “no one signs up for this game and i want you to know you don't have to play anymore” that's when she says, “i'll what's stuck in yer way if words ain't strong enough we'll go get the kerosene say with me say burn what's stuck in yer way and all you believe is setting you free show me you can say what you see”
6.
you draw a sketch of yerself up in the sky hand it to me with a look of defeat in yer eye don't concern myself with how yer portrayed i gravitate to the ones where yer looking away so messed up on the feeling that you'll never change i don't hesitate but i don't want to say what you need when you stop you'll find out what yer running from can't keep up with keeping up with the time the loss of a light the trials of trying to survive and i know that the pain that you feel is yer own and there's nothing to say but i wish i could take it away when you stop you'll find out what yer running from you say you feel you don't believe in anything and it doesn't matter anyway you say you feel there's no one listening been hearing that a lot these days when you stop you'll find out what yer running from
7.
Silent Type 03:40
started out wanted to be the same wanted to walk into the crowd wanted american name they said hey, don't be too quiet don't you talk too much they wanted me to mention tone it down a touch it's a must starting now i'm going to be myself even if myself is mouthing off to g-d herself can't you tell? every element of my own skin that i keep keeping in i just keep keeping in i'll just be the silent type i remember when i was the silent type i guess i'll just be the silent type i heard it loud that i could keep my place long as i just play nice long as i change my face any case not my fault that they fear for their lives cause i bleed but don't die let it bleed i don't try i survive you know Lilith i'm a bit like you i'd rather take the fall than be told what to do as for you i'll forgive but i'm not over it i know yer day of reckoning just hasn't happened yet til then i'll just be the silent type i remember when i was the silent type the silent type i remember when i was
8.
don't come after me don't make this hard on me it's time you let go of me instead of those thoughts? tell me patiently how it was meant to be say goodbye and go gracefully question the habitual all our little rituals and again and again and again and again and again when you know you shouldn't do it you're about to climb up to the second floor here's a fire that you beckoned for it's so easy not to talk it out to put on something easy when you know you're gonna do it again i never knew you at all never knew you at all i guess I never knew you at all never knew you at all and again and again and again and again and again i guess i never knew you at all never knew you at all and again and again and again and again and again after twenty four hours twenty four hours you said never again but then you climb up to the second floor here's a fire that you're beckoned for it's so easy not to talk it out to put on something easy when you know you're gonna do it again when you shouldn't do it you're about to do it again oh you know you shouldn't do it you're about to do it again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again after twenty four hours after twenty four hours and again and again and again and again and again
9.
Repeat 04:30
here lies a series of questionable decisions wine bleed pill repeat blame it on these points of contention within with me within me repeat how many hours until this is a memory? breathe in deep repeat how many times until the words lose all meaning? i'm sorry repeat but i got it easy i'm numb i'm a facet of mass destruction and it's my fault it's not my blood but take the gun before i do something stupid freeze take the train to midnight out of the spiral to keep you breathing forever denial take it on like you can make a difference push too hard retreat you say it took thirty years to find some meaning are you fucking kidding me? well i got it easy i'm numb i'm a facet of mass destruction well what if i like playing dumb it's so much more fun than finding distraction please take the train to midnight best of Chicago keep her breathing forever denial on the rooftop gotta keep you smiling better tomorrow even if yer lying i'm sorry repeat breathe in deep repeat sure is nice to do something good for once sure is good to do something nice
10.
Raw 02:50
i'm unchained i am raw let it go the tragic flaw energized by you and i freedom bells identify words that we don't have to say spelling secrets the one that got away now we float alberta sky we don't even have to try i lay my cards for you to see no poker face when you look at me i was sure i'd scare you with all my sin all that monster deep within but steady hands + holding close bruised and battered i love you most i never was just made of me the falling leaf can't forget the tree the rolling boil and that running steam the hickory hardwood underneath and all the lines in between if it's too sour gotta learn how to make it sweet
11.
I Am Water 04:09
late night it's dark and stormy you start to sparkle before me you talk, i am unable find you on my kitchen table you are water you are blood just like a moon you bring in the flood yes there are fires and there is death and there is dying where the fire is met but you are water and you are good and you are evil and misunderstood in the fire after death there is living where the fire is met she said the fire is red see through my eyes all the specks of dust collide did you know that this was all underwater? don't it make you feel you don't really matter? but we coincide we sit under the sun moon to think this will all be gone soon you ask me ‘how old is this sand?' making a dove with your left hand i am nothing nothingness not more important than anything else i am ready to accept and unable to begin to forget we are nothing nothingness never settle for anything less she said the water is red see through my eyes all the specks of dust align did you know that this was once underwater? don't it make you feel you don't really matter? but we coincide i know you know that there are things that i know you know that you can't know and i know you know that there are things that i know you know that you can't own you can't own the water you can't stop the flood you care for the water or run for your life you can't own the water you can't stop the fight you can't catch a fire so run for your life did you know that this was once underwater? don't it make you feel you don't really matter? don't it make you feel the ice start to shatter? does it really mean you don't really matter? or does it mean you feel you don't really matter? what would you rather? we don't decide

about

July Talk marks the release of Remember Never Before with a lyric video for “When You Stop,” hand-drawn and animated by band co-leads Leah and Peter. “When You Stop,” a swirling cyclone of a song, is about courage. A chase scene, a jump cut, a monster in the room: “When You Stop” plunges straight into the pit of your stomach.

With “When You Stop” and the album as a whole, July Talk asks some tough questions: What did you miss? What did you face? Who are you now? Remember Never Before is an album about not taking for granted the opportunity to bring people together and be with your community. It’s an album of matter over mind. Instincts. Guts. Radical acceptance of who we are; giant hopefulness for who we can be.

Remember Never Before thrashes against the conditions (conditioning) and goes harder and heavier than ever before, with relentless riffs and driving percussion whipping up a frenzy around Peter and Leah’s ecstatic, elastic voices. This is what happens when you say what you feel. This is also what happens when you add a second drummer.

On Remember Never Before you’ll hear songs like “Human Side,” which begins as a line drawing and becomes a full blown portrait of human fallibility with its contrast of light and shadow. “Human Side” rails against that need to be right. Why can't all of life’s lessons be disco dance parties?

“G-d Mother Fire" rips into the air with a triumphant hook. The viewpoint of this track is inherently punk, anti-establishment: learn what’s stuck in your way and then burn it all to start again. Especially here, we feel the album’s main messages of hope and persistence. Don’t give up. Mull that over as that hook melts itself into your mind.

As it rolls in on motoric drums, "Silent Type” moves towards the edge of what’s known. It’s the soundtrack to an arrival, there’s no turning back. Direct and responsible, the song knows what’s at stake: “I’d rather take the fall than be told what to do.”

Hidden in the background of “Twenty Four Hours” is the mantric chant of the album title, “Remember never before,” magic words to cast, or break, the spell.

There’s no hiding behind anything on “Raw.” Part Sartre, part Iggy Pop, “Raw” showcases Peter’s voice as he gently puts his heart on his sleeve. "The song was a lot harder to live than it was to write."

Cathartic in its observance of change, Remember Never Before is July Talk, now.

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released January 20, 2023

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July Talk Toronto, Ontario

July Talk continues to rise with purpose and poise. Their churning and fiercely physical performances make spaces hiss and hum, spit and seethe in glorious, artful abandon. The band has also grown in their roles as advocates of an urgent and fundamental music industry recalibration, through curatorial partnerships with festivals and by defining their own parameters for safer spaces at rock shows. ... more

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