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Broken Distance

by Sutro

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1.
Afterglow 05:05
You get inside of my head Like memories that I never had So familiar yet The words are unspoken It isn’t like me to beg but my anticipation‘s tightly wound Slowly melting down It’s better than broken So don’t take Don’t take it away from me It’s like it was meant to be It’s all I could ever see So don’t take Don’t take it away from me I’ve been waiting so patiently Feels like an eternity You come and go as you please You play with my integrity In the afterglow You’re making me over It’s not that I don’t believe Cause everyday is shiny new Like a residue It covers me over So don’t take Don’t take it away from me It’s like it was meant to be It’s all I could ever see So don’t take Don’t take it away from me I’ve waited so patiently Feels like an eternity Fleeting moments Drifting in and out of place They shine and fade Future pleasures Seem so distant but so close They come and go They come and go Oh Don’t take Don’t take it away from me So don’t take Don’t take it away Hey Don’t take Don’t take it away from me So don’t take Don’t take it away from me
2.
Anxious 04:26
Bundle of nerves It’s so absurd Locked up inside Taking a ride through my deliberation It’s got me working overtime Put on the spot Ready or not Tail in a spin I can’t begin to know my expectation Waiting for a chance to win I’m staring at the world from underneath my skin And I twist and I turn And I crash and I burn Seems the more I give the less I know myself It’s like living everyday as someone else Caught in a dream It’s so obscene Playing the pawn Blaming it on my over saturation I’m stuck until the break of dawn Keeping the pace Running in place Hoping to find Where I can climb out of my desperation And try on something more sublime A breath of summer air in the wintertime And I twist and I turn And I crash and I burn Seems the more I give the less I know myself It’s like living everyday as someone else Bundle of nerves It’s so absurd Now I can see How there can be so many stipulations Embedded in the fantasy Just keep it close but Never quite within my reach
3.
Goldrush 04:21
Everyday I follow my pride I jump in and take it in stride I wanna’ go where the rich boys go Take me through the back door let me see the show You’ve got a silver spoon And a golden smile When you walk in the room Every head turns just to check out your style Oh, oh, oh you’re sweeter than gold Yeah I shouldn’t but ‘cha know Oh, oh, oh so gimme some more X2 I live my life on guilty pleasures My good looks and your treasures I’m the girl your mother warned you about It’s my dirty little secret and I’ll never let it out I want a silver spoon And a Gucci smile And you can fill the room With every little thing that a girl could desire Oh, oh, oh you’re sweeter than gold Yeah I shouldn’t but ‘cha know Oh, oh, oh so gimme some more X2 Oh oh, oh oh , etc
4.
Quiet nights of contemplation Growin’ weeds inside my mind Broken days of desparation Feelin’ like I’m left behind Sometimes it seems just like a photograph And I’ve been here all this time Tryin’ to figure out what’s mine You would think I would know It feels like yesterday, It feels like yesterday It feels like yesterday, all over again It feels like yesterday, It feels like yesterday It feels like yesterday, all over again Glory days that I remember Midnight sky lit up so bright Through the haze of mid September Falling star turned out the light Sometimes it seems just like a photograph And I’ve been this way before But I couldn’t say for sure You would think I would know It feels like yesterday, It feels like yesterday It feels like yesterday, all over again It feels like yesterday, It feels like yesterday It feels like yesterday, all over again Over and over and over and over again Over and over and over and over again Over and over and over and over again Over and over and over and over again It feels like yesterday, It feels like yesterday It feels like yesterday, all over again It feels like yesterday, It feels like yesterday It feels like yesterday, all over again
5.
I got a feeling that I need a modification And everybody says, you gotta’ take your time It isn’t like I haven’t looked in the mirror But everybody says, it’s gonna’ be just fine But my heart is miles away Over welcomed by the stay Got to find a better place for my affection And I gotta’ get out gotta’ get out get out of here And if you would come with me That would sweeten the deal And I gotta’ get out gotta’ get out get out of here And if you would come with me That would sweeten the deal Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh Chasing dreams, got off on the wrong track Chasing dreams, gonna’ have to pedal back Didn’t mean to ambush my direction And the world keeps moving at a rapid pace And I’m displaced, I’m displaced Have I fallen out of grace with my intention Chorus – ohs x2 And every day, I wonder, I wonder If it’s the place, I wonder, I wonder Every day, I wonder, I wonder Is it the place or is it me Chorus
6.
Heaven 05:20
They say in heaven we will find What we’ve been looking for And…they say we’ll open up our minds And let our spirits soar A place where time does not exist Our hearts are filled with happiness And everywhere I turn I see A little bit of you and me You and me Chorus ‘Cause you, you are, my heaven Right here next to me And you, you are, my heaven That’s where I want to be You are my heaven, you are my heaven, you are my heaven You are my heaven, you are my heaven, you are my heaven You’ve made what seemed to be a dream Become reality And, you’ve taken all the fear away And given love to me And standing here in front of you My eyes can only see the truth And everywhere I turn I see A little more of you and me You and me Chorus Now I know the way to love is through your heart Now I know the way to love is through your heart Now I know the way to love is through your heart Through your heart… Chorus
7.
Bookends 04:33
Bookends – holdin’ it together when I’m fallin’ apart Pretend - like I know the ending from the very start Baby don’t stop you just gotta’ believe x3 Again Bookends – holdin’ it together when I’m fallin’ apart Pretend - like I know the ending from the very start Baby don’t stop you just gotta’ believe x3 Again Copin’ feeling like it’s over when it’s just begun Hopin’ that I wasn’t loosin’ when I’d already won Baby don’t stop you just gotta’ believe x3 Again Baby don’t stop you just gotta’ believe x3 Again Falling I’m stalling I can’t stand my ground Inside I’m outside I’m lost and I’m found Holding on tight but I want to let go Deeper and out of control To the other side Bookends – holdin’ it together when it’s up in the air Pretend – like there’s something missing when it’s already there Baby don’t stop you just gotta’ believe x3 Again Baby don’t stop you just gotta’ believe x3 Again
8.
The Chase 04:17
I got to get back to the place I got to get back to the place I don’t know why I want to chase the butterfly I got to get back to the place I got to get back to the place I don’t know why I want to chase the butterfly Move so slowly It’s as though we can’t begin to try try to chase the butterfly I got to get back to the place I got to get back to the place I don’t know why I want to chase the butterfly I got to get back to the place I got to get back to the place I don’t know why I want to chase the butterfly I’ve been waiting Circulating In between my time Time to chase the butterfly Before I die, Got to chase the butterfly I don’t know why, Got to chase the butterfly It’s astounding, all around me Like a light, I begin to shine Got to chase the butterfly I don’t know why, got to chase the butterfly Before I die, got to chase the butterfly I don’t know why – chase the butterfly Before I die – chase the butterfly
9.
Surrender 04:53
I can make it through until tomorrow on my own Caught between the darkness and the sorrow ‘til it’s gone There’ll be no celebration not like yesterday ‘cause my imagination’s faded away Surrender Life is so much bigger than we know it It’s untold Kinda’ takes your breath away to see it unfold There’s no resolution There’ll be no guarantee That I’ll find restitution inside of me Surrender
10.
Killing Time 03:35
Killing time What’s yours is mine Draw the line It’s all justified Killing time Look for the sign Wait for sunrise To appear It’s over my head It’s over my head Are we better off dead than alive? Killing time No sign of life I know what I have to do It’s over my head It’s over my head Are we better off dead than alive? Break It’s over my head It’s over my head Are we better off dead than alive?

about

If the electronic indie-pop band SUTRO had one goal with the quartet’s new full-length album, it was to up the energy level — from downtempo to, well, midtempo. But the band had far more than one goal. It wanted to up the game overall, with more fully realized songs, richer melodies and production, and a bolder sound. And with the assistance of producer Joe Chiccarelli (Beck, Spoon, Morrissey, The White Stripes), SUTRO has made good on its plans.

The album inhabits a sonic territory, a genre-inclusive zone, where everything from electronic, to indie, to pop can hang out on the same street corner and harmonize — part live-band drive, part DJ sensibility — and the splendid tension of the music is listening to that hybrid, that graft, come to fruition. You can hear the digital sheen in all the songs — think Metric or Phantogram - with the deep, rhythmic pulse in the programming of lead singer TYLER STONE and the studio-as-instrument work of keyboardist JESSE GAY. KEENAN WAYNE's complex, melodic bass lines do more than just hold down the roots, while Guitarist PATRICK HINDS’ textural elements can often seem more like a synthesizer.

With Tyler as the siren in the machine, SUTRO makes music for and about relationships. And for all its emotionally dark underpinnings, the new release manages to stake out its own patch of sunlight. Part of that sunniness is the resilience of Tyler’s vocals — that as bad as things might get, there is always a new day, a new romance, a new song.

credits

released February 10, 2015

Produced by: Tyler Stone, Jesse Gay and Joe Chiccarelli
Recorded and engineered by: Jesse Gay, Tyler Stone
Additional recording by: Brad Kobylczak and Jim Paulos
Recorded at: PDXstudio, PDX, DECOY Studio, SF/PDX, Studio 880, Oakland, CA, Skull Island ,SF
Mixed by: Jesse Gay, Tyler Stone, Joe Chiccarelli
Mixed At: PDXstudio, Portland, OR
Mastering: Michael Romanowski, SF
Lyrics: T. Stone
Music written and composed by: T. Stone, P. Hinds, K. Williams, J. Gay

Vocals and programming: Tyler Stone
Keyboard, programming, lap steel guitar: Jesse Gay
Guitar: Patrick Hinds
Bass: Keenan Wayne

Additional musicians:
*Live Drums: Joe Mengis
†Trumpet: Nick Phillips

Cover Art:
Art Direction and layout: Patrick Hinds
Photography: Scott May
Photography assistant: Liz Morgan
Hair and Make-up: Kristi Hamlet
Hair and makeup assistant: Laura Brown
Wardrobe: Elizabeth Dye
Model: Jordyn Bateman

Special thanks:
Joe Chiccarelli, Michael Romanowski, Michael Cogliantry, Jen Cogliantry, Pander Brothers, Jordyn Bateman, Anna Bateman, Scott May, Liz Morgan, Elizabeth Dye, Kristi Hamlet, Nick Phillips, Joe Mengis, Marc Weidenbaum, Jackson Haring, Dawn Beachnau, Larry Gay, Robert Williams, José Cabaço, Dave Sanford, Ronnie Reynolds, Kristin Kurens, Marmoset Music, Veronica Rose, Adam Katz, Jillian Rabe, Jeff Straw, Jen Bontusa, Bruno Ybarra, Jason Marziotto, Robb McDaniels, OZ McGuire, INgrooves Team, Chris Horgan - Pandora, Gustav – 94.7 KNRK, Amber Sweeney – PRP fm, Tim Quigley - Groovera, Rusty - SOMA FM, Mike Jones - AtoZ Media, Brett Crockett, Karmacoda, Jim Paulos, Return to Mono, Paolo Salvagione, Jennifer Berry, CD Baby, Tom Stenerson - Tidepool Audio, West Coast Live, MusicianLink, PDX Spotlight, Ana Ammann - Oregon Music News, Annette Zuzio, Roman Wells, Rick Gasparini, Michel Delorme, Marciano Agabon, Rob Sample, Betsy Stark Miller, Beacon Sound, Doug Epstein, Catherine Haley Epstein, Collin Smith, Brent Casey - PMI Audio, The Recording Academy, and all of our families and friends who lent their unwavering support and ears to the creation of this album. xo

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Sutro is an indie electronic pop band that blends "...the perfect balance of beats, atmospheric electronic elements and accessible pop song writing.”, says producer Joe Chiccarelli, who helped shape the sound of their current album, Broken Distance. Tyler Stone's haunting vocals float effortlessly over a thick bed of programmed drums, fat analog synths, effected guitars and melodic baselines. ... more

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