Name: Year 18
Duration: P00H03M39S
Description: This is an old song that dates back to 2002. A rough hard song that used to be a Van Buren Bothers favourite. Inspired, as ever, by the loud efficiency of Bob Mould combined with my utter fear of losing my youth.

Year 18

from Pictures fade and fall by Elder State

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This is an old song that dates back to 2002. A rough hard song that used to be a Van Buren Bothers favourite. Inspired, as ever, by the loud efficiency of Bob Mould combined with my utter fear of losing my youth.

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Hey, I'm sitting off today. It hits me in the face that all that I've done is tame.
Hey, is that all there is to me? It's sweat and talk and nears. I'm stuck in cruising gears.

And I feel nothing on a Friday night except this twisted sense of right.
That I should be so more than me, it's like a return to Year 18.
And it feels good to run today.

Now hey! I see it all today. I'm feeling engines roar, my ears are proud and sore.

And I feel nothing on a Friday night except this twisted sense of right.
That I should be so more than me, it's like a return to Year 18.
And it feels good to run today.

Now go ahead and take me on, I'll bury you.
You're nothing more than messed up, dressed up stupid mess.
But what would I do if you went away?

And I feel nothing on a Friday night except this twisted sense of right.
That I should be so more than me, it's like a return to Year 18.
And it feels good to run today.

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from Pictures fade and fall, released January 26, 2014

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Elder State Liverpool, UK

Elder State started out as a solo project by Jonathan Copley a former member of 90s indie band Kill Laura. Over Christmas 2014, Jonathan and another former Kill Laura member Russ Taylor decided to meet up to make a racket for the first time in 20 years. They were joined by drummer John Jennings, another of the early 90s gen of musicians from Merseyside and Cheshire and the rest as they say.... ... more

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