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Seven Sisters

by Beta Radio

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1.
Either Way 02:15
Oh love of mine is this your design? Can we not just take our time? Turn the lights on but leave the lights low A second chance to take it slow Either way I want to go Sing the same as Solomon It's not mathematics when two means one Turn the lights on but leave them real low A second chance to take it slow Either way I want to go I'm so low Either way I want to go
2.
Darden Road 04:19
In new Princeton Place They have luxury homes And you could live in one Off of Darden Road Its built by the biggest field Where as a child, all my wounds were healed And all the buildings that I see, and the patterns they bring They're just patterns to me Oh, where do you go? Come back to me, I love you so If you're scared to be alone Then come love me and live in my home Have all the stars left your eyes Have they gone back into the skies I don't wanna clean my room Cause I might clean my memories of you And if you want we will build our home In Princeton Place, off of Darden Road Oh, where do you go? Come back to me, I love you so
3.
I've been wondering where I'm going A second time around With my pants around my ankles I'm feeling mighty down And if you're gonna go then go big But you might lose And if you lose then lose big And hang out where the losers do I rode with my friend from upstate In his truck from coast to coast We slept in the back in the desert And on the side of the road the most And oh when we went we went big And all that we did lose Won't compare to everything we got When we hung out where the losers do Do you remember when I wrote good morning To you in the snow? When I did not use my fingers Neither did I use my toes And you just said that the Glory of the land Was inside of you And then you came and you held onto my clean hand And we walked where the losers do
4.
Hello Lovely 02:00
I wrote a poem for you You didn't have to ask me to I wanted to because I feel Nothing else could be as real L-O-V-E Hello lovely I built a home for you By the garden that I knew You love more than anything I lay down my life again L-O-V-E Hello lovely
5.
Lost it seems, brother the days that we Could wrestle on the floor Of the living room, shedding our cocoons Oh the telescope, oh the crescent moon Open the drawer, sister by the door Where you hide your diary With the diagrams, all forsaken plans Read again the note, everything you wrote Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Grandfather, oh where have you gone? My best friend it feels to me Its so long, since we took our trip To the mountain, sleeping in our tent And when I fall I fall in you All stars in skies they shine on you In the chair, by the window there I write my will on the window sill And all I leave, its for my family With whom I share my blood, I share my name and love Jesus the lamb, the lion the I Am Remember me when you're in The promised land, no recompense Forsaking all i've earned, forsaking self defense Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh When time and space are finally parting ways The full eclipse of earth and my near 10,000 days The new trombone (neutron bomb), or is the kingdom come The stars outshine the moon and the moon points to the sun Oh, oh, oh, oh And when I fall I fall in you All stars in skies they shine on you And when I fall I fall in you All stars in skies they shine on you They only point to you Brother brother, sister sister Father mother, oh i've missed you Brother brother, sister sister Mother father, how I love you
6.
Khima 02:22
I thought that All the beauty Passing through me Would be something (Would really be so thin) Satisfying Underlying I was wrong I was wrong I was wrong
7.
Borderline 03:41
Borderline oh borderline, won't let me through Borderline oh borderline, the family knew Can't cross without a cause, won't leave without a clause Borderline oh borderline, will do the same to you too Messenger oh messenger, where is our news Messenger we've waited days, to hear from you You've brought us no report, you came alone before before Messenger oh messenger, we're alone too Borderline oh borderline, won't let me through Borderline oh borderline, the family knew Can't cross without a cause, won't leave without a clause Borderline oh borderline, will do the same to you too Borderline oh borderline, will do the same to you too
8.
I have seen the highlight on the hill And brother if you cannot feel the joy Then the whipper will Now I feel it I have seen the blood on the wooden plane And sister if you cannot hear the joy Hear the name Now I hear it Should the turbine blow away All the restlessness that for 10,000 days Has remained Oh the glory When I in joy will play my part Are you sewing up my scars Or putting arrows through my heart? Oh inside me Was it you that I saw through that Window outside, the day that I would hear the lie? At the new year The highlight through here Of all things that are true, the one I want the most is to be with you You in the garden by the shore Where the seven sisters shine on you And you pray for seven more Oh the yonder I have seen the headlight on the road By the place i've buried all the love The love that I proposed Now I feel it Now I feel it Was it you that I saw through that Window outside, the day that I would hear the lie? At the new year The highlight through here Of all things that are true, the one I want the most is to be with you
9.
Pleiades 02:54
Both the bears are in their chairs They're sitting in your upper room Each night they ascend the stairs And point to the north with dipping spoons I hear the seven sisters whisper they know the place from where they came Oh the hunter and the bull Are made full beneath the lion's mane Oh, all the stars align for the second time Oh, I drank the new design for the second time The brother twins each other lend A hand around the upper pole They drink the wine of the new design That makes the broken hearted whole The dragon came as he did before Tempting all into his door He wears stars as his disguise But a second time he will not rise Oh, all the stars align for the second time Oh, I drank the new design for the second time Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
10.
I lost my keys Finder of all lost things Are they in the worn out slacks? In the pocket in the back I lost the road Somewhere past where what I know Where is your divining rod? Is it inside my bones? And I saw it in the skies In the direction of the lonely eyes And I wanted it to be A place thats meant for me Rose of Sharon Come near i'll spit it out Its the muzzle for the mouth What do you say? I'm going my own way Oh it is such a curse When running in reverse And I saw it in the skies In the direction of the lonely eyes And I wanted it to be A place thats meant for me, oh my my my my And I wanted not to fight With my heart but i'll fight with my fists all night And I'm sure now the record shows Or maybe just the bruise underneath my clothes Ba, da, da, da And I know it Ba, da, da, da And I know it Ba, da, da, da And I know it Ba, da, da, da And I know it, and I know it, oh I know it now Oh its showing Ba, da, da, da Oh its showing Ba, da, da, da Oh its showing Ba, da, da, da Oh its showing, oh its showing, oh its showing now And I know it Ba, da, da, da And I know it Ba, da, da, da And I know it Ba, da, da, da Oh I know it, oh I know it, how I know it now
11.
In new Princeton Place They have luxury homes And you could live in one Off of Darden Road Its built by the biggest field Where as a child, all your wounds were healed And all the buildings that I see, and the patterns they bring They're just patterns to me Where do you go? Come back to me, I love you so If you're scared to be alone Then come love me and live in my home Have all the stars left your eyes Have they gone back into the skies I don't wanna clean my room Cause I might clean my memories of you And if you want we will build our home In Princeton Place, off of Darden Road Oh, where do you go? Come back to me, I love you so

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Seven Sisters, the debut album from Beta Radio, is haunting and heart aching. The songs on Seven Sisters take you to a place where love is essential and simple, the landscapes are familiar and ghostly and the stars hold the promise of your future once you learn how to read them. When you leave the album, the minimalistic arrangements and the sincerity of the lyrics stay with you and call you back for another listen.
-Jason Fry / Deckfight / 2010

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released April 21, 2010

BETA RADIO is BENJAMIN MABRY (Vocals, Guitar, Glockenspiel and Harmonium) and BRENT HOLLOMAN (Guitar, Banjo, Piano, Glockenspiel, Bass and Background Vocals). All music, lyrics and arrangements written and performed by BETA RADIO. Additional vocals by AMANDA HOLLOMAN (Tracks 1, 2, 5, 8, 11), and LEE HESTER (Track 3). Upright bass by ED SUMPTER (Tracks 3, 5). Drums by THEO MILOJEVICH (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8), and DANIEL FOLGADO (Track 10). Violins by MAURA KROPKE (Tracks 5, 7). Trumpet by BY BRIAN MOORE (Tracks 2, 5), and ANNA GRIFFITH (Track 10). Trombone by MARK WHITFIELD (Track 10). Additional sounds by LEE HESTER (Tracks 7, 11). Various stomps, claps and whoops by BEN, BRENT and LEE.

Recorded and mixed by LEE HESTER at Logan Manor Studio (Wilmington, NC) (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11), and by BEN and BRENT in Brent's home (Wilmington, NC) (Tracks 6, 8, 9, 10). Drums on Track 10 were recorded by DANIEL FOLGADO in his basement studio (Linden, NJ).

All songs Produced by BETA RADIO. Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11 Produced by BETA RADIO, and LEE HESTER.

Mastered By NICK PETERSON at Track and Field (Chapel Hill, NC).

Album art by BRENT HOLLOMAN at Brent Holloman Design. Art direction by BETA RADIO.

Photography by MILLIE HOLLOMAN and AMANDA HOLLOMAN at Millie Holloman Photography.

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Beta Radio’s Americana-folk sound is the result of a decade-long collaboration between Ben Mabry and Brent Holloman. Their sound is rooted in vocal harmonies, with guitar, banjo and an eclectic range of additional instrumentation and soulful arrangements. ... more

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