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'ENDURO'

by DEARLY BELOVED

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Tim Grady
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Tim Grady Saw these guys last night at Scala in London supporting Swervedriver and they were immense. So much energy. Very impressive indeed. Catch them live if you can. Had to download a couple of their albums today as a memory of a great evening. This record does not disappoint either. If you are into frenetic scuzzy rock you will love this! Favorite track: Olympics of No Regard.
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1.
Enduro 02:51
DON’T TURN DOWN THE LOVE LIKE THE SCARS ON YOUR CHEST DON’T GEAR DOWN FROM ABOVE OR UNDERSTATE THE REST I THINK YOU MIGHT, I THINK YOU MIGHT FIND YOU’RE GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY & YOU’RE NOT OUTTA YOUR MIND TWO LIPS TWO LUNGS TOO MANY TIMES I THINK YOU MIGHT, I THINK YOU MIGHT FIND YOU’RE GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY & YOU’RE NOT OUT OF YOUR MIND ENDURO DON’T LET NO WIDE STEPPING TOE SET YOUR MOOD AGAIN NO EXCEPTION TO THE RULE THEY’RE NO FUN, YOU’RE NO FOOL I THINK YOU MIGHT, I THINK YOU MIGHT FIND YOU’RE GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY & YOU’RE NOT OUTTA YOUR MIND I THINK YOU MIGHT, I THINK YOU MIGHT FIND TWO LIPS TWO LUNGS TOO MANY TIMES I THINK YOU MIGHT, I THINK YOU MIGHT FIND YOU’RE GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY & I KNOW THAT YOU WANNA RIDE ENDURO I THINK YOU MIGHT, I THINK YOU MIGHT FIND I THINK YOU MIGHT, I THINK YOU MIGHT FIND I THINK YOU MIGHT, I THINK YOU MIGHT FIND YOU’RE GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY AND YOU’RE NOT OUTTA YOUR MIND I THINK YOU MIGHT, I THINK YOU MIGHT FIND TWO MANY LIPS TOO MANY TIMES ENDURO CAN BURROW CAN SHAKE YOU DOWN
2.
OLYMPICS OF NO REGARD we took the train now we’re worse off, it’s plain to see WE’LL make it up as we go along and hope it sets us free reap what you sew x 4 BUY SOME TIME eighteen million tonnes, seven billion charred educated by the victors at the olympics of no regard reap what you sew x 4 BUY SOME TIME
3.
IT’S CALLING YOUR NAME, IT’S BLOWING YOUR MIND YOU FLICKER, LIKE A DEAD STAR’S CALLING YOUR NAME DISTRACTED, AT LEAST YOU GOT EACH OTHER TO BLAME AS WE TURN THE WORM, WE HOPE YOU STAY WELCOME TO THE FIRM OF ASTOR DUPONT PAYNE IT ALL ENDS x 2, YOU’RE ALL BITCH x 2 WHEN YOU SPEAK - IT’S PLASTER YOU’RE ALL BITCH NO MASTER AS WE TURN THE WORM, WE HOPE YOU STAY WELCOME TO THE FIRM OF ASTOR DUPONT PAYNE SO WHERE’S THE LOVE, WHERE’S THE ANSWER THAT TRANSCENDS THE DIVIDE AND DISASTER THERE’S ONLY NOW AND NOW’S THE MESS WHERE YOU’RE STILL BEAT DOWN AND WE STILL BEAT OUR CHEST YOU’RE OK AND IN FACT ABOVE AVERAGE DON’T FIGHT THE WAR OR MIND THE CADAVER FRIDGE YOU’RE LIKE A BUILDING STANDING EMPTY AND COLD ABANDONED YOU SHOULD HOPE WE DON’T LET YOU MOLD
4.
Not My Pig 03:24
28 HERTZ QUARTZ CRYSTAL, ULTRA SOUND - ANCIENT RIG A PARADIGM OUTDATED, WE SHARE THE FARM NOT THE PIG A CAT AMONG PIGEONS REGIFT THE AMMUNITION WELL THIS IS MOST EGREGIOUS, WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WE LOVED IT ALL TO PIECES You’re learning quick IT’S NOT YOUR DIRT, NO IT’S NOT YOUR DIRT NO NEED TO KNOW, NO NEED TO DIG IT’S NOT YOUR DIRT, YOU’RE NOT MY PIG COLD CIRCLES THE LAW OF SEVEN, THE ROSE AND FIG COME ASHORE, LORD BACON DON’T CALL FOR HELP, YOU’RE NOT MY PIG WELL THIS IS MOST EGREGIOUS, WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WE LOVED IT ALL TO PIECES You’re learning quick IT’S NOT YOUR DIRT, NO IT’S NOT YOUR DIRT YOU’RE NOT MY PIG NO NEED TO KNOW, NO NEED TO DIG, IT’S NOT YOUR DIRT, YOU’RE NOT MY PIG HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED, WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW I THINK YOU’RE LEARNING, I THINK YOU’RE LEARNING QUICK IT’S NOT YOUR DIRT, AND YOU’RE NOT MY PIG NO NEED TO KNOW, NO NEED TO DIG IT’S NOT YOUR DIRT, NO IT’S NOT YOUR DIRT YOU’RE NOT MY PIG NO NEED TO KNOW, NO NEED TO DIG IT’S NOT YOUR DIRT, YOU’RE NOT MY PIG
5.
AT LEAST WE’VE REACHED THE NEW FRONTIER BUILT UNDER STARS WITH BRICKS OF FEAR WHAT HANGS INSIDE THE DRAPES OF NIGHT WILL OPEN UP HIS WINGS TO FLY WE’VE GOT AN ADDRESS IN OUR HAND LOST AND BURIED IN THE SAND DEPENDING ON WHAT’S SAID AND DONE WE MIGHT TURN OUR BACK ON EVERYONE IN THE SHADOW OF A ROCK YOU CAN HEAR THE BIRDS AND SNAKES TALK THEY’RE ALL WHISPERING TO YOU AND WHEN THE FIRE HITS THE EARTH IT’S YOU WHO’S GOING TO FEEL IT FIRST SEVEN PLAGUES AT NIGHT I HEARD A WILD DOG HOWL AND I PUT ON MY HEAVY BOOTS ROSE OUT OF THE GROUND LIKE A TOWER IT PULLED ME UP JUST LIKE A ROUTE MANIFEST OUR DESTINY to blame for why we’re even here THE SUN WILL RISE IN THE MORNING and dry us out of all our years IN THE SHADOW OF A ROCK YOU CAN HEAR THE BIRDS AND SNAKES TALK THEY’RE ALL WHISPERING TO YOU AND WHEN THE FIRE HITS THE EARTH IT’S YOU WHO’S GOING TO FEEL IT FIRST SEVEN PLAGUES
6.
IT’S A DEADLIER CRAFT, WHEN IT’S RUNNING FOR DAYS IT CAN CHEW UP THE ROAD, WHEN YOU GET OUTTA THE WAY YOU’RE A TRICK OF THE LIGHT, THERE’S NOTHING TO FIX WHEN YOU’RE DRIVEN BY ASTRAL LIGHT AND THE GUILE OF PRICKS THE GUILE OF PRICKS BEWARE THE HEAT, TUCKED IN BEHIND THE WIND LET THAT SEA OF RUSTED COPPERTONES, WASH YOU ASHORE AGAIN CAN YOU LIGHT IT UP, CAN YOU LET IT GO CAN YOU LET RUN, CAN YOU LET IT SHOW CAN YOU ANSWER THE CALL, WITH EACH & EVERY MISTAKE CAN YOU DO IT FOR LOVE, DO WHATEVER IT TAKES x 4 LET THAT SEA OF RUSTED COPPERTONES, WASH YOU ASHORE AGAIN
7.
pick another moon and we’ll meet again a trust in you and a hickory wind a top ten view and bottomless eyes you’re a short walk through the dark of night between the ones and zeros fingerprints of your heroes gate the hum, your heart is a drum and the ongoing battle two blue words can turn the dirt with two lips too beat up to hurt like two feet walking like two birds talking between the ones and zeros fingerprints of your heroes gate the hum, your heart is a drum and the ongoing battle between finger and thumb broken bones and broken ties x 3 terra cotta smile and a burning smell the big dipper is over a dome under a bell the distance is only hours but who devours without fighting the odd broken piece of shell gate the hum, your heart is a drum and the ongoing battle between finger and thumb
8.
NO KIND OF TREASURES WORTH FIGHTING FOR, BITING FOR ARE SPARED THE COST OF SURVIVING ONE’S OWN BATTLES IN THE COMFORT OF BEING LOST ALL SINS ARE FORGIVEN x 3 SEVEN YEARS AND FORTY POUNDS, SINCE WE WERE HERE PONY BIRDS, PONY CROWDS STILL PICKING AT MY EAR FOOTPRINT DIRT ON A LIMESTONE ROUND TINFOIL TIPS OF TWENTY FOOT PALMS LOOKING DOWN ALL SINS ARE FORGIVEN x 4 NOT FOREVER x 2 NOT FOREVER JUST AN ETERNITY x 3 NOT FOREVER ALL SINS ARE FORGIVEN x 4
9.
SWIMMING IN JOINTS, ROLLING THE PCH FUKUSHIMA BREEZE HAS ME COUNTING THE EIGHTS RULE OF SEVEN AWAITS, RULE OF SEVEN AWAITS REPEATING THE WORDS DO WHATEVER IT TAKES DO WHATEVER IT TAKES DIE FOR YOUR LOVER, GO UNDER THE KNIFE SING FOR YOUR SUPPER, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE THERE’S A FREEDOM ROAD OUTSIDE THE PRISON GATE MY UNDYING LOVE, YOU’RE CONDITIONED TO HATE CONVENTION IS AS EVICTION DOES PUTTING ME OUT, WHAT NEVER WAS NEVER WAS DIE FOR YOUR LOVER, GO UNDER THE KNIFE SING FOR YOUR SUPPER, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
10.
Ether Binge 01:52
under a spell drawn to the well don’t bother me as you can see its hold is cold as hell under a spell drawn to the well don’t bother me as you can see its hold is cold as hell

about

DEARLY BELOVED is a monster of a band. Echoing through the snowy valleys and the jagged edges of the Great White North come the rapid, urgent bass lines of Rob Higgins and the confrontational wails of co-vocalist Niva Chow. The pair drive their music forward like an apocalyptic oil tanker from some Mad Max-ian dystopic future. Bred for the road like a rabid beast, Dearly Beloved tours non-stop, opting for frequent jumps across the pond to the UK and Europe when their home base of Canada simply becomes too small for their ferocity.

Although fully-fledged progenitors of the stoner rock tradition, their influence has as much to do with Fear and Black Flag as it does Kyuss and Black Sabbath, mixing the speed and primal energy of hardcore punk with the brooding and psychedelic atmosphere of those in the stoner camp. All you need to know about Dearly Beloved is that they create a gigantic rumble, resonating somewhere deep within the earth below you: it shakes the foundations of your soul, and it might be one of the loudest sounds you’ve ever heard.

Their latest album “ENDURO”, available on LP worldwide via Aporia Records, was recorded in ten maniacal days at Joshua Tree’s Rancho de la Luna, overseen by Dave Catching (Eagles of Death Metal, ex-Queens of the Stone Age) with Higgins himself at the controls. The band spent another ten at Phoebe St., their own studio in Toronto, to finish tracking before the album was given a pristine mix down in Seattle by Grammy Award-winning producer, Adam Kasper (Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam). Enlisting an A-grade lineup of contributors such as Chris Goss (Masters of Reality) for some trebly and frantic guitar duties and Los Angeles-area drum guru Dave Elitch (Killer Be Killed, Antemasque, ex-Mars Volta) as well as Canadian indie rock lone wolf, Eamon McGrath, the record is a document of the ballistic energy laid to wax when four Canadians leave their winter climate for a psychedelic and drug-fuelled experience deep within the heart of the High Desert.

Like the band itself, "ENDURO" is road tested: Higgins broke the record in at full volume, blasting through the Mojave at top-speed to make sure the message was being accurately sent, right before returning home to Toronto to begin his rigid touring schedule. It’s a record built for breaking boundaries, both physical—volume, speed, strength—and musical, in the way it effortlessly mixes countless genres that all have one thing in common: that they’re as loud as fuck.

PR Contacts : Ellie Clarke at Prescription PR (UK), Ben Mirtschin at Fleet Union (Germany), Eric Alper at eOne Music (Canada)
Label Contacts : Nate Quinn at eOne Music (Canada), Gord Dimitrieff at Aporia Records (UK / Europe)

credits

released May 13, 2014

Produced by Rob Higgins
Recorded by Rob Higgins and Dave Catching
Mixed by Adam Kasper
Mastered by Andy Van Dette
Assisted by Rob Sanzo and Matthew Glover
Artwork by Sandy McIntosh
Photos by Joanne Klimaszewski

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The erosion of the immigrant dream. The genius of Stanley Kubrick. The entrenched evil of the global banking establishment. Suspicious mountains and high-desert military bases. Sinister Ukrainian crime bosses and the irradiated ruins of Chernobyl. The Dublin Occult Grid. Nazi human experiments. Robert Bigelow. A baby sparrow named Bruce Lee. A professional pachinko player from Tokyo named Al ... ... more

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