The Citadel

by Aleutian Drift

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The Pentagon, in Levitation 04:07
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The war had spawned, an Aquarian dawn A euphoric group, to stand down the 82 The Pentagon, in levitation And it’s 54 years, and I hold back my tears As they climb a wall, to defend a cabal The Pentagon, in levitation When we were just an idea, you had a just cause, holding daffodils to cold iron You gave us wisdom to liberate, as our brothers were dying Then where to go? What was the plan? What was next for us? What could we have been? What did you start? Who were we to you? Then our time came, and we cut you loose And drew an edge to your circles If you had Dylan, and Nash and Young, we had The Clash, and The Pistols Hold your fire, hold your fire, hold your fire, hold on Hold your fire, hold your fire, hold your fire, hold on Hold your fire, hold your fire, hold your fire, hold on Hold your fire, hold your fire, hold your fire, hold on The war had spawned, an Aquarian dawn A euphoric group, to stand down the 82 The Pentagon, in levitation
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Chernobyl My Love 04:33
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Prometheus builds a golden land Where Stalingrad now Atomgrad A broken mule for a GAZ Chaika! A tangled hut for fine Pripyat! Oh Pripyat! On Pripyat! Oh Pripyat! Plethoretic to energetik Devotees to great Hercules and drop Romanov for Kurchatov and drop Romanov for Kurchatov! Oh Pripyat! On Pripyat! Oh Pripyat! Chernobyl my love For thirty years /it’s been our home, our simple life / in the radon Chernobyl my love We nestle in / the shadows of a stone Lenin / then Gorbachev Then you danced too close to Helios There spewed a fire from his great ire 30 gone and 4,000 burned 30 gone and 4,000 burned! At Pripyat! On Pripyat! Oh Pripyat! Carnivores and herbivores like barosaurs and stegosaurs Our geodyn with no hominine A paradise for your sacrifice! Of Pripyat! On Pripyat! Oh Pripyat Chernobyl my love For thirty years /it’s been our home our simple life / in the radon Chernobyl my love We nestle in / the shadows of a stone Lenin / then Gorbachev a stone Lenin / then Gorbachev
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Song in Sevenths 04:31
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I’ve turned every success into a coin that I will easily trade in for your affirmation And I’ve wrapped my arms so tightly around my house That all I own is my only consolation I’ve wished to see you suffer and succumb I’ve desired to see you writhe in humiliation And I’ve wanted everything you’ve ever had All your accolades given by persuasion I’ve dreamed of hot fingers and lavish tongues I’ve mainlined with Aphrodite And I’ve filled my drawers and chests with what I’ve pawned And dreamed of what my world might be Now I will not rise ‘til well past three My chamber’s so more to me than honest labor And if you give me help when I backslide I very much doubt that I will return the favor Seven days to excise, to reconcile Seven mirrors to look through, to you Seven years of war and strife Seven moments I can remember Seven crimes define my life Seven smiles to hide behind Seven years to a ceasefire Seven chances that I’ve lost
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Sudden Loss 03:55
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The Citadel 02:46
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André Breton! 02:37
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Hello, hello, hello André Breton! Present the case, for liberation, in each and every situation. Hello, hello, hello André Breton!
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You'll Get it all, and Give it all that it Wants 04:15
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In Your Breath, in Your Blood 06:39
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Josephine 03:22
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A raven lands and sinks its talons into the rusty hall of a partially submerged fishing vessel off the coast of Duluth. Seven painted elephants walk undisturbed through the Mall of America. And on the back of a 13-foot sturgeon arising from the depths of Wisconsin’s Black River comes Aleutian Drift’s second studio album, The Citadel. Forged within the sonic chaos left in the wake of vanishing 20th century utopian imaginings, The Citadel provides a colossal soundtrack to the social disorders, cultural ruptures, and abandonment of reason itself as our societies either propel or plummet themselves into the new millennium.

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released April 5, 2024

Recorded at Drum Farm Studio - Menomonie, WI
Produced by Aleutian Drift
Engineered by Steve Norwick
Mixed by John Richardson
Mastered by Jackson Dols
Released by Farm to Label Records

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Aleutian Drift Madison, Wisconsin

Aleutian Drift is a four-piece built on the foundations of late 70s to mid-eighties era punk, and expressed through post- punk sonic washes and melodic song arcs. Drawing influence from such seminal acts as Joy Division, Bauhaus, and Sonic Youth, as well as Radiohead and Interpol, AD finds its place in resonance as revolution, dissonance as dissidence, and seismic pulse as subaltern power. ... more

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