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REVIVE OLD WONDER

by Advrb

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1.
Busy Bee 02:30
it's 8:30 in the morning can you hear that, can you hear that? it's my heart drumming it's time to be up practicing drawing, singing, acting i've got to get into the groove of this routine the pattern, the grind, of this bizarre scene first thing: brew that black benevolent bean! then carefully dress make sure to keep the hair a mess ears protected from the cold attacking as i hop over the railroad crossing new mud, the snowbanks melting minute by minute, hour by hour, i'm a busy bee circling around this tree
2.
this november, i'll remember all the letters in my mailbox with your name above the return address in the corner of the handmade envelopes that used to be recycled paper grocery bags and you, you should remember all the letters in your mailbox with my name above the return address in the corner of the handmade envelopes that used to be fancy watercolor paper you should call me and tell me when you have enough to fill a shoe box and i will call you and tell you when i have enough to fill a shoe box i don't want to be friends who remember one another only in november when opening up a shoe box
3.
someday we're going to live in belgium drink wine out of wicker bottom bottles then ride our bicycles down hills full throttle we'll hang our clothes out on the line over the courtyard between our rooms above the cherry trees in full bloom yeah, someday we're going to live in belgium wake up to the smell of bread baking and coffee on the stove percolating we'll work for a florist and a book-binder buy our food at the local market with euros from our shared woven basket yeah, someday we're going to live in belgium dress as ridiculously as we want herringbone coats and canvas totes we'll flaunt we'll wheat paste posters with drawings of rabbits to crumbling brick buildings we'll stay up late nights, making up songs & singing they won't have to break new ground but they will be pure and honest sound and when are living in belgium we'll tell all those dumb fucks, those who ever doubted us they said "that's a silly fantasy!" we said "it's going to become reality!" yeah, not just trappist ales and fancy chocolates no we carry our dreams around with us in our pockets
4.
out by the radio towers, in the latest latest hours, we've done this drive for years and years for 5 minutes outside the city limits the sky greyish purple form the distant smog up here there's only thick and real fog surrounding the jagged tree-line leaning in like creatures in where the wild things are this car stereo can't get much louder quiet, chilled out album blasted loud! my best friend used to live out here on the way to see him you'd almost always almost hit deer but we never, never did... and in his garage we'd play ear splittingly loud improvised post-rock where there was a booth from the amazing burrito place that we all grew up with obtained off the street when it went bourgeoisie, shortly before it was replaced we banged out songs everyone but me would hit the bong now, all of us have to do this drive every time that we are home to revive fox hollow! willamette! this is south, south eugene, this is where spent our teens this is where cars become one with evergreens eventually light explodes, we return to churches and scary SUVS and 70s housing developments and our memories break back into fragments
5.
shoegazing, a sparkle stopped my sidewalk treading then right down i bent– it was a pewter elephant she'll hand it back to me just like a movie in the near future for now i'll keep it safe until it gets around her neck secure well, i play and listen to boombox folk rock y'know, songs with clever references and revealing humorous sentences to document each quarter of the year as true adulthood gets really fucking near the afternoon sun in berkeley california instantly cures my brief nausea
6.
step, put hands in pockets zip up your jacket drink coffee purchased where there's a chalkboard in the window displaying a scrawled, beautiful manifesto you didn't know how close you've got to get to strangers' faces when you're a special guest of the municipal transportation agency yeah you've paid a dollar fifty and you see blemishes you see the detail in bad haircuts you see people eating from small bags of peanuts you see new things everywhere well, you're somewhere new! aclimation into action! sifting through the shelves, the cds tell stories... yeah i need more, more, more obscure 10'' vinyl yeah more, more, more from this record store... i can only justify it by reminding myself that i'm positively affecting future generations every day at work yeah i'm tutoring K through 12s and it's amazing except when i don't know how to do the problems on their math homework at the cole street pattiserie i watch the sun set gracefully trendsetters in alligator skin loafers are trying to look cool while eating bread & butter and it's not working well here i am out in san francisco and you might be wondering what i'm doing well i'm doing my thing which is quietly buzzing which is quietly buzzing which is quietly buzzing.
7.
S.A.D. 04:00
S.A.D. i am ready for the end of this fucking humidity i am ready for sweater weather come every september i think i have seasonal effective disorder well the rust is spreading up and around and more and more are falling to the ground they're getting more and more done just like the summer sun well as the grey comes, so so the rain comes and on that first day i sit on the porch as it pours and i see our neighbors scary pumpkins and the only thing we have to compete are some soggy orange jack-o-lantern marshmallow peeps well who knew that shit even existed? mmm? i am ready to end this fucking humidity i am ready for sweater weather come every september i think that i have seasonal effective disorder i start drinking nothing but hot spiced cider i start wearing all brown i start shaking trees' branches i start thinking things are gunna be different this fall and i listen to a band from olympia washington called kickball now i'm sitting in the upstairs bay window after the clouds have swallowed all thats leftover of the summer sun yeah, september is finally done.
8.
Mixtape 02:55
the kitchen looks empty though its cluttered beyond belief there is nighttime quiet but some sounds don't sleep hums and ticks and trickling water creaking floors and the radiator these things snore around me descriptive words and selfish wishes late night snacks and dirty dishes won't make the morning come any sooner i am spinning with anticipation i am tingling with determination i am going on a bright new mission! it's that feeling that can only come after getting a mixtape from someone and after listening in your room on a quiet evening you conclude that every song takes you in, offers to be your friend, creates a soundspace where you belong where you belong and you try to stay there
9.
i open my eyes to northwest winter morning brightness and fresh cold color the moss on the fences the waking up neighborhood noises the rightness, the beauty of this place is clear i really missed being here

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'Revive Old Wonder' consists of drum machine and guitar songs inspired by early 90s cassette albums and was recorded mostly in San Francisco!

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released April 3, 2009

Andrew is responsible for every sound you hear except a beat and a contribution to a beat provided by long-time Advrb drummer Taylor Kaplan.

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Advrb Portland, Oregon

Andrew Barton plays, sings, and records as Advrb.

Kellen Hopfner sings with him.

Josh Bay plays cello and electric piano.

Elisabeth Ryan plays drums.

Joshua James Amberson plays bass.

The band sounds both quiet and loud.
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