and when we move it's just like waves
and when we move it's just like waves
and when we move it's just like waves
and I'm drifting out to sea
and I'm drifting out to sea

take me away just like the wind
take me away just like the wind
take me away just like the wind
and my mind is flying free

Jump drunk naked into the belt trench, where the crickets howl the axe routine. My wife, the asthmatic cheerleader, has left me again, this time for a tree stump who keeps shitting himself just when he's supposed to give the commencement speech at the firing school.

In my father's closet, somewhere between the mothballs and the oxygen mask, a calamity is taking place in the shoebox. And now, by the pool, a fat little buzz bee in a short white skirt whispers,

"Hit me with the axe routine...."

and when we move it's just like waves
and when we move it's just like waves
and when we move it's just like waves
and I'm drifting out to sea
and I'm drifting out to sea
and there will be no more of me
and there will be no more of me

take me away just like the wind
take me away just like the wind
take me away just like the wind
and my mind is flying free

Citizens

cover art by Murielle Ikizek Jorgensen
Biff Blumfumgagnge: violin
Lou Caldarola: drum kit
Tone Deaf: inappropriate tambourine
Jamie England: axe routine whispers
Andy Ewen: vocals, spoken word
Jay Frigoletto: acoustic guitar
Conrad St. Clair: keys, programming
Mike Stehr: bass

Have you seen the video Albano Ruela, has made for Shriveled Soul yet? No? Well, while you're downloading this week's song, go watch the video: http://youtu.be/qpP8r3XYD8Y (and while you're at it, give Albano a little love and check out his other videos HERE).

And, in case you were wondering, here's the full line-up... Yes, this is officially a fuckload of people, but if we're going to do a song without playback or the usual technical stuff we tour with, there are a LOT of parts to cover. ;-)

 

Biff Blumfumgagnge: guitar

Geoff Brady: percussion

Lou Caldarola: drum kit, djembe

Paddy Cassidy: djembe

Tone Deaf: spoken word, fireworks

Mamadou Diallo: percussion

Jamie England: vocals, egg shaker

Andy Ewen: vocals

Tim Gruber: djembe

Chris Huntington: guitar

Damien Jones: djembe

Buzz Kemper: Piggy

Mike Massey: keys

Georgina McKee: vocals

Beaker Parpovich: guitar, hobo kit

Conrad St. Clair: bass, vocals

Mike Stehr: keys, percussion

Djam Vivie: djembe

Sunday, June 23

7:00pm

Capitol Theater, Madison WI

$15 general admission / $10 students and teachers

Tickets are available now at the Overture Center box office or online HERE.

 

We're only playing one song (it is an awards show, after all), but the MAMA organization's purpose is to help support music programs in local schools. So If you're in the area, come on down - it's all for a really good cause.

For those of you new to Kicksville, here's how this whole "Season" thing works:

Think of it like a TV series. You can watch the episodes each week for free, and at the end of the season, you can buy a DVD with all the shows plus some bonus shite.

 

With our "Season" releases, you can download a new song each week for free (yes - free!), and at the end of the season, you can buy a DVD/CD with all the music plus videos, liner notes, each single's artwork, and so on.

Pretty simple, right? Right. So, catch up on any Seasons you've missed (the links are over there on the left), and stay tuned for more....