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AM Reruns

by AM Reruns

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1.
cashed-up boozehound ravers thug life on benefits next time they're looking for a victim it could be you drug-crazed mass murderers sleep rough mere feet away next time they're looking for a victim it could be you darling won't you come back to me the sun shines with a lonely heat and the news around shows rain in my heart I don't live in the common days anymore a handshake was our mistake they cover up don't assimilate and when they're looking for a victim it could be you I can't say what I want to life is changing without me and when they're looking for a victim it could be you so I break down the parasite
2.
Slow Learner 02:46
home repossessed sold the car phone line dead preservation weighs on me bugs in the flat why can't we have a house like that where does dad drive to when he's out all night shiver in the shouting match wonder when he's coming back he's so lonely a secret in waiting to be appreciated on a knife edge week to week but no one's dead I hope I never pick a side or am taken away but when a door slams shut I'm shaking up in the dead quiet he's so lonely a secret in waiting to be appreciated learn so slowly to hold your head up high don't masturbate it
3.
Thrill Me 02:56
strung along like an only child for a drive in the countryside night air mist and stars girl talk drifts through the dark thrills me with a sense of love I want to talk to them tonight I wouldn't bet that you'd be kind life can't get bigger than that in my dreams I don't hold back bleeding with a sense of love somebody has to meet you or you'll have your summer dream by yourself for them it seems so easy not full of hate or knocked down by what they wish they could be leave him there maturity paper up the cracks suppress your love hold it back change it for the dutiful grey haired robust type still you're bleeding for a sense of love
4.
rolling through the dial disappear detuned transmission unclear dissipate and become it hurts just a little when you open your legs thrill and regret you can't put to bed darkens every minute alone summertime park memories you'll have to get used to me to feel so much as a frequency static creation from last century no shame no human touch stretched out by the river repeating my name to distant laughter in conspiracy will it be her and me dial-in
5.
now we're heading for a new war the last breath of a dying era speaks says lifetimes aren't what they used to be to this old identity so bright in the photograph well times don't change so why must we? with your blood in the game vicky ruining your name from your white bed frame just try reasoning fed up in my own way put down in my own world dorothy connected me couldn't chill my excitement for my friends squat party till the police raid swept us into the street with out liberties we read the names of the dead
6.
Vicious 03:08
rip me out of your system feel the big sky on my side I'm a loser who loves you lets you penetrate takes your advice you keep faith in your old ways I have faith in me always you know this isn't the right time to be ashamed of what you feel eyes head charm offence seperate don't hesitate you keep faith in your old ways I have faith in me always shaky I'm used up worn out from your high breaking down in taste and style in a vicious lie drive by the misty sea under your eye your remedy thrill me you had me ready to die heart stuttering empty shook alive when you turn it on reprimand for nothing you should know you're the empty one
7.
when I hear you can't do that it only makes me feel trapped but I'm not mean I really don't think it through like an adult would it's early we'll play an LP catch a drive-in no where to be but I'm not aimless you see I wait for opportunities that maybe won't come tonight to a child to be straightened out before I turn into him you know I'm ready to begin to move away from your reach and live alone as I write my masterpiece one time all I needed were big plans time to dream them but that's not life it takes a while to get a grip when the shine wears off let's not forget to go out sometimes watch a band talk about that remind us of our other selves keep the chill from becoming real
8.
long days on my own but I'm talking with you it was almost true that I'll wake in your bed from a better dream this one put to rest don't get your mind filled my lovesick dream my favourite unholy ghost that heaven sent that I don't want to see come true my bad time child degenerate I can't live any less desperate and I don't wanna see ya come to night falls would you take me out do I have to ask do I have to buy when you look my way shivers up my spine but I don't believe ya I think you're looking behind
9.
Formal Night 01:54
didn't have a date for the formal dance liked her too much just couldn't ask wasn't built for the popular race but dragged it on for days in the rented car in silent fear like pressure on a Champagne seal I'm not here to be laughed at playing dead or guilty or ashamed and I want what they have late again to my worst class eight weeks behind in further maths in my world I feel like a gun but at my desk I'm just the chewing gum you grow deranged on your own when everyone's in love or popular I'm not here to be laughed at playing dead or guilty or ashamed and I want what they have I'm not here to be unknown walked past for generations waiting as I watch you holding him
10.
heavy is your invitation I decline lie to you I can't go through my fantasy where I'm maitre'd depends upon you rejecting me that's my fever come back self-denial gone wrong ask away I want to speak up say that's why spend Friday nights in love dreams every one impossible to reach I need them like you need your bed to keep me from freezing up closing down for good that's my fever come back self-denial gone wrong ask away I want to speak up voice my panic attack bring that boy back ask away I want to speak up say that's why I only dream my baby

about

Very, very occasionally a band makes it sound like a pop song could be something done by anyone with minimum effort. The arresting opening, the seamless slip from verse to chorus, the hook and the brevity that makes you want to play it again. AM Reruns, a band so few people have heard of it’s almost criminal, do this better than almost anyone.

An alchemical three-piece able to turn their favourite rock and roll into something new and vital, the band could have come from late sixties London, early eighties New York or mid-nineties Manchester. Unfortunately for AM Reruns, they exist in Melbourne in 2019 when competition for attention is fierce and the chances of them getting the audience they deserve are slim. Fortunately for you, you’ve picked up their debut album and are about to find out what makes them so remarkable.

The combination of Andy Campbell’s wry vocals and stinging guitar, Daniel Parsons-Jones surging bass and Pamela Zaharias’s brawny rhythms are so fresh they feel almost miraculous. Sounds may age, but a good song evolves, so whether you’re picking up this album in 2019, 2029 or 2039, AM Reruns will sound new. Occasionally you can come across a band who can do this. Very, very occasionally.

June 2019

credits

released August 9, 2019

Written by AM Reruns.
Produced by AM Reruns and Robert Muinos.
Recorded, engineered and mixed by Robert Muinos at The Curtin Hotel and his studio, winter 2017 - winter 2018.
Mastered by John Davis at Metropolis Studios, London, July 2018.

Andy Campbell: guitars and lead vocal
Daniel Parsons-Jones: bass guitar and harmony vocal
Pamela Zaharias: drums

Robert Muinos: synthesiser on Looking For A Victim, Slow Learner and Bad Time Child, harmony vocal on Dial-in-Static, handclaps, percussion
Samantha McLaine: keyboard on Bad Time Child
Rhea Caldwell: horror movie scream on Slow Learner
Siobhan McGinnity: Valley Girl laugh on Formal Night

Sleeve by Carl Breitkreuz
Cover photo by Naomi Lee Beveridge, band photo by Liz Campbell.

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