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days of sleepwater

by Monarch Mtn

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Tim McLelland
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Tim McLelland As always, amazing. This is a little more mellow and electronic than previous discs ... but that is a good thing. Will always purchase what he puts out. Favorite track: bedlam goes quiet.
Jeremy / HI54LOFI
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Jeremy / HI54LOFI end of the night, loitering in the kitchen listening to music instead of going to sleep kinda vibes Favorite track: trick of the light.
Lost Tribe Sound
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Lost Tribe Sound Beautiful piece of work from Monarch Mtn. This guy has been on an upwards arch with his songcrafting over the last few years, with each album Monarch Mtn's sense of composition and storytelling improves. 'Days of Sleepwater' reaches the highest peak yet, gorgeous, assured and spacious. Can't wait to hear what comes next from this guy! Favorite track: iron sphere.
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1.
canyon blues 07:39
Highway 1 like a cancer in my mind Scattered ashes on the sheets I’m too nervous to be happy all the time I hope you're never scared of me Read my palm my friend and tell me who I’ll hurt That’s a luck I’ve never had Canyon blues again, a river carved through earth I hope you never meet my dad Where is the life I thought I had? *** Hotels all vacant The goddess of rage said I would bear the weight like no other But now as I write this The goddess of spite says All my life I’ve known you were a liar Blessed are the weak, the drunk, and the tired On a drive this afternoon… *** Highway 1 like a cancer in my mind One room church of painted glass I still lie awake convinced that I have died Why does heaven seem so sad? Read my palm again, the last time didn’t work Tell me how small I really am Canyon blues again, the kind that I deserve Tell me how to be your man I can’t afford to lose again *** On a drive this afternoon Police car in my rear view They followed close behind Til we crossed the county line And I swore as long as I live I would never hide again Behind certainty of thought I would become gentle water For all time For all time
2.
i thought it was a dream, watching you slip surrounded by the water, drinking all night since i didn't know the way backwards into nightfall i didn't know the way a trick of the light i thought it was a dream, watching you cope with me but since i was forgotten, well it feels alright see, I'm liking the way you move (i move quietly too) to cities of gold & iron a trick of the light
3.
no embrace 03:02
Fell asleep with headphones on To a fireworks display Apparently there’s nothing wrong today I wanna see you move away I wanna see you move away Whoever said that love was death should live alone I guess Fell asleep with headphones on as royal city burned Not for me, this other man’s concerns I wanna see you rule the world I wanna see you rule the world The old folks tell Of rifles held like little baby birds I could be a butcher Walk the roads till dawn There is a loss in every silhouette A betrayal in every thought Sit here by the window A bead for every man I used to find relief in every article I read Now I’m a portrait drawn By correspondents there Now I’m tree branch fallen Down the marble stairs
4.
the glow 04:52
Suffer quietly In the world you built There’s a pain in the morning Like you’ve never felt Suffer now Or you’ll shame us both There’s a word in the sentence You never wrote Down to the well you came It’s not what you sell you said I don’t want to lie to you this way It’s what you can build Through ironclad will It’s not what you own And yet there’s a glow Suffer quietly Says a stranger’s voice I left in the morning I had no choice Suffer here In the crowded dawn Real life survival Is to lie alone Down to the well you came It’s not what you sell you said I don’t want to lie to you this way It’s what you can build Through ironclad will There’s nothing you own And yet there’s a glow
5.
iron sphere 08:34
I guess I can’t forgive myself for all my crimes I’m forever grateful for these years I lay my body in the road and close my eyes Disappearing lightning in the field You know I am such a fraud There’s not a picture in my wallet of you dear But I am not a cheat I’d turn the soil beneath your feet To walk you here On and on Messengers of formless light come swarming in on every side They emptied me of dawn They left me all alone Once I was the single cell, they broke me open, no one dared To carry me from harm They left me all alone You watched me from the porch My fingers reaching helpless towards the iron sphere But you were not so cruel You stepped out in the morning dew And watched your heart get rearranged Til every thought I had was vague If clarity is fruit ripe upon a branch Mine was just a passing hunger, acceptance at last Til I watched it slip away
6.
Night train back of the car I came for wealth I stayed to take you on i’ll never find my way back I wish I told you then I’ll never find my way back again Sweet voice Everything is new when it's destroyed my choice is to be good Shadows on the stone I wish I knew you then Cast into the void: Everything is
7.
Bedlam goes quiet When they find her man Huddled in the theater They said he was unconscious It’s been a long night When they call her in Sweetgrass and ether A baggie in his wallet Rising from within Blinding neon red Climbs up the walls and draws her in There is no wrong that time forgives Bedlam goes quiet And she leaves the bed Beer in the shadows With a Texaco attendant She drives all night Just to clear her head Nearing Montana A wild dog’s spirit Rises from the earth Finds the traveller Carrying her load with tired limbs There is no wrong that time forgives There is no wrong that time forgives

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released November 2, 2018

Written & recorded at home in Fort Collins, Colorado
Spring/Summer 2018

“Darkness breeds darkness, and allowed to fester can become a self-perpetuating thing that metastasizes unto ubiquity. Here, Monarch Mtn do not pretend that suffering is abating, or can be dispelled by a mere shift in perspective, but rather choose to fight the phenomenon. 'days of sleepwater' exists to fight the creeping dark, and not embrace it.”
-Various Small Flames, Favourite Albums of 2018
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Additional instrumentation:
Naarah Strokosch || cello (tracks 1 & 4)
Sean Culliton || saxophone (track 2)

Mastered by Scott Orr

Cover photo taken by Ben Ward

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