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Lies of Heaven

from Ego Jingles by Gabriel Hart

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    Recorded long before the plague was just a twinkle in our eyes, "Ego Jingles" is the first proper solo album by Jail Weddings frontman/author Gabriel Hart. His quietest audio effort to date, "Ego Jingles" is an avant-folk art-damaged test of nuance, a challenge to our sensitivity — often tender, occasionally antagonistic, sometimes cringe, yet altogether difficult to ignore or dismiss. Equal parts internal Seppuku and exterior dread, "Ego Jingles" is not without moments of existential comedy, as punctuated by his album-closing cover of Weird Al Yankovic's "One More Minute" as a band-aid — but after that, you're on your own.

    Hart's guitar/vocals are accompanied by Julie Carpenter (Less Bells, Jail Weddings) on violin/viola/cello as well as Dain Luscombe (Less Bells) with additional instrumentation/production.

    Recorded/mixed/mastered by Pat Kearns (Exploding Hearts, Blue Skies for Black Hearts) at his solar powered Goat Mountain Studios in Landers, CA.

    Cover photography by Austin Arthur Hart/art design by Reuben Kaiban.

    CD comes with handmade/signed lyric book.

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Written by Gabriel Hart

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LIES OF HEAVEN (Hart)
I’m trying to be a normal guy
But something will not let me
To remove myself from the myth
Of success
That leaves me empty
Not striving for royalty
In this world of mediocrity
But the lies of Heaven
They just won’t let me be

Don’t it make you angry
When they say how blessed they are?
They’re crazy
Like a hotel posing as a mansion
Still boasting all its vacancy
You can cram every room with a crowd
Still, the outside looks lonely
All the lies of Heaven
Like the Easter Bunny
Whose mask is off
And chain-smoking

I was only given one costume of skin
I already feel my blood boiling within
Don’t tell me about your artistic passion
When all my organs are on fire
Yes, I tried to wave to you all through the flames
And you thought it was cause I wanted to be saved
But I just wanted to show you that I was brave
Since I lit my own self on fire

I’m trying to just enjoy the ride
But what is that beneath me?
I’m inclined to the fear of heights
The distance between you and me
But I’m so down to Earth now
That I have nearly lost my feet
All those lies of Heaven
Make you numb with defeat
And nothing left to believe in

Every philosophy is tailored to deceive
The way you can just grab any excuse you need
With all those fucking fickle articles you read
“The Ten Best Cities:”
Gone by your arrival
I’ll be the one-man welcoming committee
Talking to himself
And cursing at everything
Just in time for one fleeting warning
“Everybody has stopped listening!”

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from Ego Jingles, track released June 22, 2021
Gabriel Hart — vocals/guitar/tamborine
Julie Carpenter — strings

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Wilted Eden, the expansive third album by L.A.'s tarnished romantics Jail Weddings is one of those rare albums recorded in "real time" chronicling the intersection between the whirlwind birth and eventual death of new love, along with the sudden unforeseen deaths of many loved ones. Still standing in their 10th dizzying year, the Wall of Sound provocateurs return anew... ... more

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