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No Ghosts on the Dancefloor

by Andy Latham

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1.
There's a lot of beautiful sound Among the tapes that you buried deep underground That's a look I see all the time Gotta think of a number, think of a crime Save a secret for yourself You are such an alien light You are such an alien light You are such an alien light Covering Chicago at night I love to see that fire inside of your eyes But the color can't be described Like the way you light up the room With a flick of your wrist the flower's in bloom I can feel myself fall in You are such an alien light You are such an alien light You are such an alien light Covering Chicago at night You are such an alien light You are such an alien light You are such an alien light Covering Chicago at night
2.
The Void 03:17
I was born into the void Another boys club with a view Right into nothing Into the black I was looking left and right Another flight before the rise Into the sunlight into the sun I don't wanna rearrange the ending Nervous notes always descending I know that my wife can keep the backbeat Don't worry I'm discrete You had a halfway crooked smile 18 miles outside the loop Smashing the headlight Scatter the glass In response to your request Second best night on the town Spinning a record Scratching it back I don't wanna rearrange the ending Nervous notes always descending I know that my wife can keep the backbeat Don't worry I'm discrete We were twisted like a bulb Catapult across the room Closing the shutter Closing it tight There were paintings on the wall Lay it all out for the plot Loving the sinner Loving the sin
3.
Breathe in you beautiful sketchbook Strike a pose in the frame You're frozen on the film in the camera Hands keep steady.. aim I'm not gonna forget the lace you Wore across your face As deep as the drum machine reaches We're adrift in space I'm just kind enough to rewind it Dressing down to the lace You looked back and you laughed with open eyes On a slow sunrise As long as her tiny feet trample The kid's gonna get on your back I thought you were yesterday's gambler Walking home from the track I'm not gonna forget the lace you wore across your face
4.
I see the people work a puzzle that they just can't finish I know I'm losing patience, I can't wait for just one minute We thought that we could keep the poison in the ocean's outskirts Out of the rain and into the dirt Over the landscape bring yer heartache while we jump the planet We're falling backwards with the birds that caught the rocket granite I'd like to burn up in the atmosphere in just a t-shirt Out of the rain and into the dirt Break through the wall of static post traumatic endless silence With voices raised to counterpoint the sound of sponsored violence We harmonize to realize the chorus ends the concert Out of the rain and into the dirt
5.
Nevermind, Never Mine
6.
Radio Blue 05:01
Dreaming of the flood in the morning Turn the radio down I woke up with a start, in the watery blue No one around I was all caught up on yer ego I kinda let in a light I leaned back in a dream with yer ginger and gin Stunned by the sight Lit up while I carry a torch Gotta set up a scene You've got the radio blue You got yer color and your hue Drinking ginger and gin Held together with a safety pin All these thinkin' machines Keep me honest, keep me clean Pull the bricks from the wall You've got yer fist like a cannonball All the working drones on your payroll Punch the card on the spike All the honest thieves in your circle tonight Take whatever they like Lit up while I carry a torch Gotta set up a scene
7.
With a heart of fool's gold Leaping at the chance to strike out rich Oversold on getting old Trading treasure for some kind of kitch It's a good thing that she's not a ghost You don't wanna disappear There's a lot of work to make it right (I can't imagine) lying down and dying here I'm in your corner go get up and fight It's a good thing that she's not a ghost That always goes undiagnosed On another weekend trip Dodging traffic, you amnesiac (With the taste of) salt water on your lips You've been laughing since you got pulled back It's a good thing that she's not a ghost That always goes undiagnosed It's hard to see a set of fangs up close
8.
Strange Lines crossing my face In waves, make it all wash away Strange light, edge of my sight Surprise at the look in your eyes Surprise when I heard your reply Get under my skin I don't wanna wear thin Lift off, the skies are all clear No eyes watching you disappear The tea leaves say nothing's in stone No ghosts hanging out with yer bones No ghosts bass or baritone Get under my skin I don't wanna wear thin
9.
When my fever broke I slipped outside Distant rising smoke, a new place to hide In the checkout line with my next best friend Shiver down my spine upon your echo's end She screams down the wires on the telephone The last landline on the city's scope Where's the open air between our minds If it's in our care, we can cut the twine Another bounce of the bass I think we're running outta space Silver tape out of time Yer made of gold, nevermind No-one's whispering, but the body speaks There is silence from the lost antique All my friends were there, at the final show What a slow affair, you had me at hello Another bounce of the bass I think we're running outta space Silver tape out of time Yer made of gold, nevermind Another bounce of the bass I think we're running outta space Silver tape out of time Yer made of gold, nevermind

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Produced between November 2019 and February 2021 largely in a strange state of existence.

This record of love letters and birdsong was inspired by the sounds of Chicago and the rambling of good friends.

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released April 8, 2021

Andy Latham - Voice, guitars, bass, drums, keys, feedback + engineering and mixing.
Matt Engstrom - Mastering
Olga Kopczynska - Cover photo

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Andy Latham Chicago, Illinois

Andy Latham works for a world class microphone company and also has a side gig selling guitar electronics under the name Blue Dinosaur Electronics.

He enjoys blowing minds, making a racket, and playing games.

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