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Salvage the Ghost EP

by CUSIQUE

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1.
1100 AM 05:46
Drop the top on the highway Tune into a creature thought Does it read a little sideways When you know the oblique is knocking? Take a chance on the byway Tantalize your sureness of mind Like a drag, blowing smoke Lost in schismatic tote Of flesh and it's kind And find the words in the car The radio in tune with questions of man and not And find these things to be real Paragon frights and thoughts in stereo reveal Cut the knot running my way A nature flange is breaking the lock Open gates surely flooding Flush with types that we never sought Louder thoughts bring the turning Of grotesque men in alter rooms Broken axe; caterwauls Ghoulish masks in tattered stalls Of flesh we assume And find these words underground Nucleic voices spreading the sound And find the words in your head Steering the chair and vessel nestled in green and red
2.
Ox 05:14
One day, colder hearts will smolder in their own hate Charred black, remnant of a father's face Hands like mountain rills wander beyond the dam One night, the ox went behind the tiger and bled his brew Stark contrast; absent of a brother's place Hands like mountain rills stifle before the lake Standing in the north, facing wind to the west; I fall Stranded, sifting culled belated epithets; twin and all Stand beside the flood, swim beneath the grass Sacrifice the trust, cut the line that's cast Bleeding on the phone, clot before the wound Say your piece and leave, let her leave the room; let her leave the room Pain is null and void, gain is all that lasts Sitting lone and sure, share a glimpse that passed Truly lower you are dead to middle me See the face that's ripe; washed, effaced; and breathe
3.
slowdrive 03:12
I've been saving up my money For this tank of gasoline The roads are feeling slick And I'm feeling mean I been tipping bottles, spilling drinks Feeling mink coats I don't have the money that I want I've got to float down I've been driving while I'm tired Swerving when I feel your ghost You tickle my ribs and you grab me by the throat My words are getting leery And I'm starting to sweat through my skin I've got to get on the interstate now I've been spending time writing words on the bathroom stalls I've got nothing to say, I've got nothing at all I've been spending time saying words on the telephone I've got nowhere to go, you know I have no home
4.
The Ghost 01:57
5.
I should have known better To see what I could see My black shroud Holding down my feelings A pillar for my enemies I should have wrote a letter And grieve what I happen to grieve My black shroud I never trust my feelings I waited for the remedy When I was three, three maybe four She left us at that video store Be my rest, be my fantasy I’m light as a feather I’m bright as the Oregon breeze My black shroud Frightened by my feelings I only wanna be a relief No, I’m not a go-getter The demon had a spell on me My black shroud Captain of my feelings The only thing I wanna believe When I was three, and free to explore I saw her face on the back of the door Be my rest, be my fantasy I should have known better Nothing can be changed The past is still the past The bridge to nowhere I should have wrote a letter Explaining what I feel, that empty feeling Don’t back down, concentrate on seeing The breakers in the bar, the neighbor’s greeting My brother had a daughter The beauty that she brings, illumination Don’t back down, there is nothing left The breakers in the bar, no reason to live I’m a fool in the fetter Rose of Aaron’s beard, where you can reach me Don’t back down: nothing can be changed Cantilever bridge, the drunken sailor My brother had a daughter The beauty that she brings, illumination

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"Salvage the Ghost" sees West Virginia musician Patrick McKay take his first foray into new wave and electronic music.

The album begins with "1100 AM," a pulsating electro-pop groove inspired by Coast to Coast AM. Tracks like "Ox" and "The Ghost' accentuate influences from artists like Sufjan Stevens, Yes, and Pink Floyd. "slowdrive" explores McKay's dreamy and introspective ideas of self-worth and escape, and the closing piece "Should Have Known Better" is a full re-imagining of the Sufjan Stevens song of the same name, taking it down a more electronic avenue.

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released January 29, 2016

All songs written by Patrick McKay, with the exception of track 5
"Should Have Known Better" written by Sufjan Stevens (music.sufjan.com)

Patrick McKay - vox, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums (acoustic and electronic), piano, synthesizers, sampling
Linsey McCollam - vox on tracks 1, 2, and 5
Aaron New - vox and guitar on track 2
Patrick McKay, Sr. - acoustic drums on track 2

Mixing by Aaron New and Patrick McKay
Mastered by Aaron New

Artwork by Michael Mussi and Patrick McKay

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CUSIQUE is the solo project of producer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Patrick McKay.

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