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Hottest Summer Yet

by Stackhouse & The Garden

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    Stackhouse & The Garden's debut album Hottest Summer Yet.
    Album artwork painted by Erin Acker (erinackerart.com), hand lettered by Katy Mitchell (katy-mitchell.com), designed and printed by Portland OR's Atomic Disc (atomicdisc.com)

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1.
Three Tenuous Lines 04:27
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Three tenuous lines, reaching through your body and mine The future present and past, why don’t you try to make this moment last So wait, and see, it can’t be starting this early I would know, I would tell you if we see it start to go So hit, that nail, on the head we all will fail In time, at least, you will always know you’re mine You’re mine, you’re mine, you will always know you’re mine You’re mine, you’re mine, you will always know Two choices ahead, look at the light, it is green it is red And white yes lily whit eyes, Singing about, this trouble in mind Trouble in mind, and I’m blue, but I won’t be blue always Sun’s gonna shine on my back door someday One thing I’ve learned, assuming that I can only be burned A lifetime living in fear, yeah I have no time for that shit here So wait, and see, it can’t be starting this early I would know, I would tell you if we see it start to go You can’t, take back, all those way’s you’ve said I lack It’s fine, at least, you will always know you’re mine You’re mine, you’re mine, you will always know you’re mine You’re mine, you’re mine, you will always know you’re mine You’re mine, you’re mine, you will always know you’re mine You’re mine, you’re mine, you will always know Three tenuous lines, reaching through your body and mine
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Lockstep 05:40
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Will you walk with me down the streets of some new city Just lockstepping through the dark If you hold my hand would I ever really notice All those way’s you’re leaving a mark, oh In the place we met there’s whispered midnight singing And there’s bonfires on Tuesdays and the wedding bells are ringing For my friends, I guess I should listen to what you say About the gifts that I am bringing and the old ways and the new ways And the thing I bet is that you Never really notice that I’m only ever looking where you are Walking, lockstep with me in the dark just Walking, lockstep with me in the dark Walking, lockstep with me in the dark just Walking, lockstep with me in the dark Will you take me at more than face value If I show you what’s in my head How a Thursday morning feels like a vacation If we don’t have to leave this bed, oh In the place we met there’s whispered midnight singing And the flowers don’t stop blooming and it feels like I’m winging it I know you hear those doubting voices booming There’s this ringing in my ears with every phasing of the moon And the thing I bet is that you Never really notice that I’m only ever looking where you are Walking, lockstep with me in the dark just Walking, lockstep with me in the dark Walking, lockstep with me in the dark just Walking, lockstep with me in the dark Ah Will you lie with me when I’m sick to my stomach Will you put cold hands on my face M initial reaction was total bullshit Will you please move in to my place, oh There’s a place I bet, where there’s whispered midnight singing And my mother is your best friend and I treat you like a kind You know I know we could both find another so just Hold me through the night, and love me like a brother And the thing I bet is that you Never really notice that I’m only ever looking where you are Walking, lockstep with me in the dark just Walking, lockstep with me in the dark Walking, lockstep with me in the dark just Walking, lockstep with me in the dark Ah
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Shift 03:55
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Getting home at six AM you’ve worked another double shift, shift double shift One hour to yourself and then you wake the kids, kids wake the kids No your mother never let on she never gave a hint, hint gave a hint She was fucking tired but home is where the heart is, is heart is Shift Shift Shift Shift Shift Shift Shift Shift Shift Shift Shift Shift When you think about your habits do you get pissed, pissed get pissed There is PornHub, twitter, Netflix where do you get your fix, fix get your fix There are people on the street starving do you raise your fist, fist raise your fist No you drive to the show hope your friends got you on the list, list on the list Oh Shift Shift Shift Oh Shift Shift Shift Oh Shift Shift Shift Oh Shift Shift Shift When you think about your habits do you get pissed, pissed get pissed Do you ever get pissed? There is PornHub, twitter, Netflix where do you get your fix, fix get your fix Where do you get your fix? There are people on the street starving do you raise your fist, fist raise your fist When will you raise your fist? No you drive to the show hope your friends got you on the list, list on the list Are you even on the list? Oh Shift Shift Shift Oh Shift Shift Shift Oh Shift Shift Shift Oh Shift Shift Shift Do you ever get pissed? Where do you get your fix? When will you raise your fist? Are you even on the list?
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Master of My Fate 03:55
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Why even bother your son and your daughter all agree your race is almost run If I’m the Master of My Fate, then I decide what road I take and I decide the day my journey’s done Come hell or high water your son and your daughter are waiting for your mind to be made If I’m the Master of My Fate, then I can still appreciate my own Choice to walk in either sun or shade Don’t tell me about your problems, just solve them Don’t tell me about your problems, just solve them It’s like we used to say, when things don’t go your way Don’t tell me about your problems, just solve them Like lambs to the slaughter your son and your daughter jumped through all the centers of those hoops If I’m the Master of My Fate I’d rather do anything else but wait to Spiral through the center of this loop Your argument needs fodder your son and your daughter have spent ten years holding their breath If I’m the Master of My Fate If I’m the Master of My Fate If I’m the Master of My Fate Though I might do it in a way you hate only I decide how I approach my death. Don’t tell me about your problems, just solve them Please Don’t tell me about your problems, just solve them It’s like we used to say, when things don’t go your way Don’t tell me about your problems, just solve them Please Don’t tell me about your problems, just solve them It’s like we used to say, when things don’t go your way Don’t tell me about your problems, just
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Rose 04:56
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Let there be silence Let the rain finally come down Let this be an answer if you want it Let there be light I think I’ll stay right here in the dark I haven’t been this still in so log and I like it Rose I don’t think that anybody knows Why the past is always colored rose Oh, I know there must have been highs and lows but Looking back, all I see is Rose The girls are gone The boys will be abck before too long This whole house is empty, it’s just me Yes I’m fine Is that ever more, than just a line I look out the window and I drink my tea Rose I don’t think that anybody knows Why the past is always colored rose Oh, I know there must have been highs and lows but Looking back, all I see is Rose And if you could touch her you might see Something beyond the formality Just thirty-three minutes lying next to me But what an impossible boundary Rose I don’t think that anybody knows Why the past is always colored rose Oh, I know there must have been highs and lows but Looking back, all I see is Rose
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Hottest Summer Yet 04:14
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Once again, I’m in bed alone Once again it is four AM and I’m staring at my phone Once again, I forgot to eat Between the double shifts and the double shots why can I get to sleep Once again, I’m feeling pretty rough Feeling pretty rough I better reexamine every choice I’ve ever made mmm that’s good stuff Once again, I’m looking pretty tired Looking pretty tired Fantasizing all night long about the ways I could finally get fired Once again, I’m in bed alone He’s in bed alone Swiping left and right and right right right right right right on my phone Once again, It’s the hottest summer yet I’m scared of a climate war so much more than my student debt Once again, I just hop right on the plane Hop right on the plane The same choice over over and over again it is just insane Oh, insane, oh, insane, oh, insane, oh You always burn the candle at both ends. You have to quit that nine to five my friend You always burn the candle at both ends You have to quit that nine to- Once again, I’m in bed alone Taking just a minute, just to think about, how much I have grown Once again, I’m feeling pretty blessed Hashtag blessed I don’t believe in God but if I did I bet she’d say “I do my best” Oh, do your best Oh, do your best Oh, do your best, oh And once again, it’s the hottest summer yet.
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Life (500 Birds) 06:20
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I’m coming down, one foot in front of the other 500 birds singing at the dawn *ah How can I ever repay my mother? *ah What would she do with a song? *ah Do I deserve life? *ah ah , Bum buda bum bum bum buda bum bum How do I serve this amazing life? Going north to visit the old homesite 48 hours staring down the sun Remember me to the one who’s heart still lives there I’ve got this complex I need to be reminded of Do I deserve life? How do I serve this amazing life? Keep me round let me draw strength make me brave and soft Let me guide all your hands let me not throw them off Keep me round let me draw strength make me brave and soft Let me guide all your hands let me not throw them off Going north, subdue my expectations There’s a city that doesn’t know which way to steer You shared everything you know without expectations But honestly we expected you to stay right here Do I deserve life? How do I serve this amazing life? Keep me round let me draw strength make me brave and soft Let me guide all your hands let me not throw them off Keep me round let me draw strength make me brave and soft Let me guide all your hands let me not throw them off
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Sarah 04:51
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Sarah I want you to hear me Sarah I want you to be still I know some days it get heavy If you can’t carry this I will I will I will There’s a war going on in your mind Every moment a battle, you get up to fight Where villains deceive you and friends don’t believe you You are on and against your own side Sarah we need you Don’t leave us behind Sarah I know that you’re angry Tired of this inclement weather How can I make you believe me Sarah it’s gonna get better Better Better There’s a war going on in your mind Every moment a battle, you get up to fight Where villains deceive you and friends don’t believe you You are on and against your own side Sarah we need you Don’t leave us behind Sarah I know this is unfair Sarah nobody deserves this I promise you I’ll always be there I just need you around to hear it There’s a war going on in your mind Every moment a battle, you get up to fight Where villains deceive you and friends don’t believe you You are on and against your own side Sarah we need you Don’t leave us behind
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Burn it Down (Snowdrop) 05:13
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Burn it down, burn it down Make me thing that I amount to So much more, than just a score From all these things, I should adore Change my mind, I change my mind It’s something I do all the time Somewhere between these wild oats And sitting back to watch my garden grow I cannot see the forest for the trees I cannot emote fearlessly I will become the things I choose not to fight They say I’ll know, they say I’ll know When it’s true love and when I should go but I don’t want to wait on a shelf While waiting just to find myself I cannot see the forest for the trees I cannot emote fearlessly I will become the things I choose not to fight So burn it down, burn it down I want to believe that we amount to More thank just, what I perceive Judging you while your judging me Bada bum, ba bada bum bum, bum bum bum bada bum bum. Bada bum, ba bada bum bum, bum bum bum bada bum bum. I cannot see the forest for the trees I cannot emote fearlessly I will become the things I choose not to fight I cannot see the forest for the trees I cannot emote fearlessly When will I be a man who’s worth the fight?
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Wedding Season 06:23
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Did you see the sky here, that one January night last year I remember growing, feeling light and sound and knowing no fear You’ve got the love, Oh You’ve got the love, Oh Do you remember walking, down some rainy street and talking for days Go to the Valley, Boston, Utah, Cali oh my god what a race You’ve got the love, Oh You’ve got the love, Oh Will you call me yours, in ten years or more? Will you feel any pause, as you knock on my door? Will I call you mine, in ten years time? Will it still feel like I know you from the inside? I bet you’re selling flowers, and counting down the hours till July Show me what you’ve built, and don’t feel any guilt about when I almost fell from so high You’ve got the love, Oh You’ve got the love, Oh You’ve seen how I grow, and you’re the only ones who know my reasons You only have to say where, still no plus one but I’ll be there, this wedding season You’ve got the love, Oh You’ve got the love, Oh Will you call me yours, in ten years or more Will you feel any pause, as you knock on my door Will I call you mine, in ten years time Will it still feel like I know you from the inside?

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released June 12, 2020

All songs written by Collin Stackhouse (ASCAP)
except for "Sarah" by Emily Anderson (ASCAP)

Featuring:
Collin Stackhouse
Emily Anderson
Julay Brooks
Erin Esses
Joe Pomianek
Steven Skolnik

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Stackhouse & The Garden Portland, Oregon

Acoustic, Orchestral, Folk-Pop, Americana.

Our debut album of strange pop songs was recorded live in studio over one weekend.

We think it's pretty darn good. "Hottest Summer Yet" touches on themes of humanity, swiping right, the horrors of climate change, and personal growth.


From Portland OR.
And Bellingham WA. And Los Angeles CA. And Fairbanks AK. ... more

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