Limited run of the album on compact disc. Comes in slimline gatefold card case, in a square design, reminiscent of an LP, and which will perfectly reflect the vinyl album when it is produced.
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Includes unlimited streaming of Playing With The Truth
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Musicians, anyone whose life is about creating art, and how they can be lured into signing on a moralistically questionable dotted line in order to be able to sell it. Attracted by the prospect of a fair and moral recompense, charmed by the record company or medium through which it's sold. Only to discover that they've signed away their rights, and their artistic endeavours and freedom have become strangled, restricted and exploited. This is particularly resonant in the current digital age where the streaming of music pays precious little to the artists who created it.
lyrics
Feel the air, watch them stare
Thieves, there, every one
Waiting for frost to thaw
Then move in and some
Biding time, faking lines
Feed you what you want
Give you all one last call
Steal your one last coin
Take it all, take it all, take it all and run
Easy to let them rule
Easy to lay back
Give away, trust and play
Servant to the facts
Sign the right dotted line
Resign the right to choose
So the split that was writ’
Favoured all but you
Take it all, take it all, take it all and run
Knot the rope, twist and choke
Tie you in for good
At the gate, dogs will play
Toy then chew you up
Take it all, take it all, take it all and run
Have it all, have it all, grab it all and run
credits
from Playing With The Truth,
released September 4, 2020
Darren Black (vocals/guitar)
Stewart Prosser (trumpet)
Words & music by Darren Black
Trumpet arrangement by Stewart Prosser
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