Cruel Dream: Music From & Inspired By 'The Past is Never Dead'

by Lincoln Barr

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1.	Polite Cruelty #1 02:21	info	buy track
2.	Pieta 03:28	info	buy track
3.	Tango Solitaire 01:37	info	buy track
4.	Root Beer Float 02:39	info	buy track
5.	Nothing But a Tail #1 02:01	info	buy track
6.	The Bottoms 04:11	info	buy track
7.	Swallowing Live Frogs 04:34	info	buy track
8.	The Sunset Addition 03:49	lyrics	buy track
They say, “Keep to your own On the right side of town And don’t stand up too tall Lest you wanna be cut down” They tried making a gift Of my own humanity Tell me, when does an addition cease to be? When you steal from a man His capacity to change What you mete in control Will come back to you in rage When you predicate guilt But deny complexity Tell me, when does an addition cease to be? Accepting the blame for a fate prescribed to me Tell me, when does an addition cease to be? Your insistence on progress Doesn’t jive with what I’ve seen You say we’ll all be great again But I don’t know what you mean Just a few blocks of bottomland That you gave begrudgingly Tell me, when does an addition cease to be?
9.	Tradewinds 01:13	info	buy track
10.	Phaedrus 02:52	info	buy track
11.	Polite Cruelty #2 01:15	info	buy track
12.	Ketman Returning 03:29	info	buy track
13.	Nothing But a Tail #2 03:15	info	buy track
14.	Algoa 02:34	info	buy track
15.	Miner Lament 02:05	info	buy track
16.	Cruel Dream 03:17	info	buy track
17.	Chimera 03:21	info	buy track
18.	Polite Cruelty #3 00:34	info	buy track
19.	Via Dolorosa 03:45	info	buy track
20.	Darkness at Noon 06:01	info	buy track

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a collection of songs composed & improvised for filmmaker Steve E. Turner's feature documentary, The Past is Never Dead. Watch the film now on Amazon Prime.

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released May 17, 2019

The cast:

Lincoln Barr - vocals, guitars
John Convertino - drums, percussion, marimba, vibraphone
Aaron Harmonson - acoustic bass ("Cruel Dream," "Polite Cruelty," "Swallowing Live Frogs," "Darkness at Noon")
Levon Henry - reeds & woodwinds, FX
Paul Hiraga - keys ("Cruel Dream," "Polite Cruelty," "Swallowing Live Frogs," "Darkness at Noon")
Patrick Porter - pedal steel guitar
Jim Sangster - acoustic & electric bass, marimba
Johnny Sangster - guitars, keys, pocket piano, vibraphone, marimba
Daniel Walker - keys, accordion

All compositions © 2017 Lincoln Barr/Swallow Swords Music (ASCAP), except:
"Algoa" - Lincoln Barr/Swallow Swords Music (ASCAP), Patrick R. Porter (BMI), Johnny Steele Sangster (BMI)
"Tango Solitaire" - Lincoln Barr/Swallow Swords Music (ASCAP), John G. Convertino/Good Clean Dirt (BMI), Daniel E. Walker/Everyday Tunes (ASCAP)
"The Bottoms" - Lincoln Barr/Swallow Swords Music (ASCAP), Levon Ray Henry (BMI), Johnny Steele Sangster (BMI)
"Tradewinds" - Lincoln Barr/Swallow Swords Music (ASCAP), Johnny Steele Sangster (BMI)

All recordings co-produced & ℗ 2017 Lincoln Barr. All rights reserved.

Co-produced, engineered, and mixed by Johnny Sangster (sangstermania.com) at Studio Litho and Crackle & Pop!, Seattle, WA
Engineering & mixing on "Cruel Dream," "Polite Cruelty," "Swallowing Live Frogs," and "Darkness at Noon" by Don Farwell at Earwig Studio, Seattle, WA
Additional recording by Levon Henry, Brooklyn, NY
Additional editing by Addison Schulberg at Zimmsound Studio, Pendleton, OR
Mastered by Rachel Field at Resonant Mastering, Seattle, WA

Cover photo by Steve E. Turner
Cover design by Shawn Wolfe (shawnwolfe.com)
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Thank you:
Christian Barr, Steve & Sheri Turner, David Lee Robinson & family, Bonnie Whiting, Brian Saunders, Daniel Walker & Elaine Fite, and all of the brilliant contributors to this album.

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