Surrender to the Tentacles

from Here in the Hurricane by Anton Sword

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Surrender to the Tentacles

I see the precious and the edible
The gold, the folding and the spreadable
The square, the circle and the pentacle
Now we surrender to the tentacles

We watch the clouds drift by the balcony
We talk about imaginary enemies

We study all the plans and strategies
To conquer everyone in history
The goth, the persian and the byzantine
The mongol, mandarin and philistine

Don’t stop to think or it will rain
Look in my eyes, it will feel fine

We’re taking photographs of water towers
And shopping for designer underwear
We’re theorizing about dinosaurs
And taking pills and writing diaries
We don our helmets and our uniforms
Our patches, armbands and our leotards
We take our advice from adolescents
We drive our vespa into the sunset
While fantasizing we’ll be president
Now we surrender to the tentacles

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from Here in the Hurricane, released May 1, 2012
'Surrender to the Tentacles' credits

Anton Sword: voices, keyboards, programming
Kristin Mueller: drum kit
Julian Maile: guitars
Gina Marie Rodriguez: bass

Recorded by Damon Whittemore at ValveTone, NYC, Pete Kohl at Beautyrock, NYC, and Anton Sword at Fugue State, NYC
Mixed by Carl Barc at the Distillery, NYC, Pete Kohl at Beautyrock, Anton Sword at Fugue State, and additional mixing by Matt Young and Grant Wheeler at Landau Audio, NYC
Written & Produced by Anton Sword
Mastered by Ingo Krauss at Candybomber, Berlin

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Anton Sword Brooklyn, New York

NYC-based songwriter Anton Sword leads an indie synth/ dance/ new wave project with a shifting band lineup. Sword has toured the Eastern USA twice and Europe 10 times, playing for a small but loyal following. One of his ambient compositions runs in a loop on permanent display in NYC's American Museum of Natural History, scoring the ‘Astro Bulletin’ in the lobby of the Rose Space Center. ... more

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