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Akrasia

by Apewards

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1.
Last Dance 03:52
I stray from my own way This feels like the end of times They say the rent I pay Makes living be a crime However I pretend This here may be the end Are you coming to me For a last dance tonight? Do you want me to be Your last dance tonight? Evil eyes from above I keep waking in their light Can never be enough Cause it all seems so right However I pretend This here may be the end Are you coming to me For a last dance tonight? Do you want me to be Your last dance tonight? Are you coming to me For a last dance tonight? I see you coming to me For a last dance tonight
2.
Anima 03:22
In neglect we create an illusion That starts with us biding our time A prospect that if not kept in check Will dissolve what is yours what is mine Take the story of Martin and Lewis Two decades of silence between Lewis said he wants to always forget And the stupidity was obscene Cause when you say I’m your true north That makes me stay in Expensive resorts And all that leads to Is camouflage You are ok - And I am ok We’re knuckle-sucking along in our cradle Hoping for them to provide Us with orientation For manifestations of social divides Sooner or later, we are at that moment Where seconds weigh more than a year Lewis said he wants to always forget So ask yourself, are you really here? Cause when you say I’m your true north That makes me stay in Expensive resorts And all that leads to Is camouflage You are ok - And I am ok Where do we go? Where do we go from here? Tell me again: Are you truly here? Cause when you say I’m your true north That makes me stay in Expensive resorts And all that leads to Is camouflage You are ok - And I am ok
3.
Stories 03:31
You look pretty at the seaside For a ball on a leach Never leave me alone here What would that do to my prestige? I would never talk to anybody else If that’s what you want me to do Would never think of sending signs for help Cause I don’t naeed more than you Endless discussions are now stories from our past Please just tell me that our story gonna last Patronized to the altar From the windy shore itself Baptized in the water Seagulls vouch for our help You would never go to any other place If that’s what I want you to do You will find no one better with me I will always care for you Endless discussions are now stories from our past Please just tell me that our story gonna last Endless discussions are now stories from our past Please just tell me that our story gonna last I get tangled in your hair As I try to get away Like a net holding us down Far beneath the waves
4.
A new journey starts tonight And I can‘t see the way But I don’t know where this will end As long as you with me I fall in love Will do it again No one can stop us Not here to pretend I only know You fill the void in my soul You make the broken a whole You take the lead I follow, wherever you go I walk in your guiding light Show me what it means To lose yourself between heaven and hell While you hold my hand I fall in love Will do it again No one can stop us Not here to pretend I only know You fill the void in my soul You make the broken a whole You take the lead I follow, wherever you go And I try not to think about Tomorrow or the time that will come Full speed ahead No time for dread As we’re sinking into the horizon Into the horizon You fill the void in my soul You make the broken a whole You take the lead I follow, wherever you go
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6.
What is sacred is a wing over your head All I want is everything that I can get Hold your horses but it's better if we run Whoever beats the drum The last hit of the drum To wake you up, cause you are sleepwalking this place Believing the charade Around us is the everlasting smell of burning thyme Where the ocean turned to brine The lesser evil, is the devil’s incarnation Step by step we succumb to infestation Imagination is billed in monthly fees Whoever killed the trees The last sting of the bees Feeling the instincts, that we never had We’re gods of building, that are tearing down instead Sit back and listen, it only takes a while To come down from denial The Death Cult of Denial To wake you up, cause you are sleepwalking this place Believing the charade Uprooted – and left in the sun Deluded – a life in the wrong
7.
Playful laughter fades so fast Did you really think it last – Or am I wrong and it is still somewhere? Your tears will end or never stop Can I catch one, when it drops – Or can’t my hands hold it, cause it’s that much? Joy unites the people of all times When they turn away you hear their sighs Together in the secrets of the night Ready for the thrill and the fright What holds us together is decay Lost in time we are doomed to remain in place To embrace the endless faith of our Feeling to stay Summer comes and then it’s gone Right when you thought, you’re having fun The ice is melting in your brittle hands There is an end to everything We take more than we can bring There’s no escaping from this sentiment Joy unites the people of all times When they turn away you hear their sighs Together in the secrets of the night Ready for the thrill and the fright What holds us together What holds us together What holds us together is decay
8.
Akrasia 04:52
Late glimmer of a dying star Brushing honey on the moon To disinfect the wound Time feels so close and yet so far Far across the blackened sea The place I want to be And I got no choice but to stay where I am To hold on to the last stalk here that still remains Oh my feet are floating far above my head Look where it has led I am trapped in my own mess Crawling on all fours When it rains, it pours Reality has lost its charm When trees and mountains start to fly And the sea says goodbye And I got no choice but to stay where I am To hold on to the last stalk here that still remains Oh my feet are floating far above my head Look where it has led And the answer to this all is to pretend That this is not the end Please, go down in the sunlight with me Before drowning in the moon, it will shine for you So faintly
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"Akrasia" was recorded on tape and mixed entirely on an analog console at the unique Studio Red Roof Loftsound. The direct-to-tape approach with Producer Matt Korr (Daily Thompson, Knights of the Realm) and the sparse use of overdubs allowed Apewards to fully focus on their live sound, bringing the core of the band to the center.

When recording to tape, there is no shuffling, cutting or touching up later. And whether it's amps, guitars or compressors: Everything was selected to complement each song long before the recording. Even the reverb on the album comes entirely from the special recording room of the studio itself. All of this results in "Akrasia" having a natural, raw energy to it, feeling alive and having a heartbeat - something that many digital productions lack.

credits

released May 5, 2023

Nico Gehle - guitar, vocals
Lukas Plümpe - bass
Frank Eckerle - drums, rhodes

Producer - Matt Korr
Co-Producer - Jennifer Geitz
Cover - Manuel Lambertz (VonBertz)

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Apewards Marburg, Germany

APEWARDS is the creative metropolis of Desert Rock, the freshly washed jeans of Blues Rock, the unmistakable Alternative and the sunrise in the Psychedelic universe. The power trio from Marburg starts songwriting where others stop. Instead of turning back time, they destroy time itself and let the best happen at once: Pounding rhythms and tons of riffs provide the canvas for catchy vocal melodies. ... more

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