Full Size 12" of Vandiver's warm analog EP, "What May Rot", pressed on clear vinyl.
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about
Miracle was written on Kossuth Pl. looking out my bedroom window, under the Kosciusko St. train station in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Goodbye Blue Monday, nearby, was the first bar that ever gave me a chance to play my songs in front of people. Everyone got to play as a matter of fact. I met so many amazing friends and musicians there. It was a repurposed junk store with a stage, a tower for the sound guy and a tiny bar that only served beer and wine. The staff, including the bartender "Sunday", tried to keep it open, even paying the utility bills from their own tips. GBM closed in the Winter of 2014. Small creative spaces like this, give hopeless people like myself around that time, a way to express their anguish and gratitude to the world. I think Miracle is about that.
While on tour, Boston powerhouse singer Julie Rhodes, told me to finish writing this, so I did. Thanks Julz. Talkdemonic 's Kevin O'Connor heard this bassline bouncing around in his head and made it happen. Dang, Kevo.
lyrics
I’m sure I’ll find a reason for living my life in time
Til then I’m trying not to die inside or at all
I’m not here just to gentrify Bedstuy, no I
Just need these heavy rents to fall, that’s all
I just need a miracle
All the junkies on the street say Goodbye to Blue Monday
I aint seen Sunday in a week, I’m so lonely if only
A better feeling could compete, If I could feel a thing at all
I wouldn’t need the summers heat, or even autumns alcohol
so when I finally find my feet, I’ll take this body for a walk
Down to the dark end of the street once and for all
I just need a miracle
And I have proven many wrong in their love for me
They all just fodder for a song so long and cest la vie
So just how high am I to climb to put my name up on the wall
So they will love me when I die, believing I was ever-tall
and just how deep am I to go to take a peek under the wool
Cause wolf or sheep I gotta keep my belly full
I just need a miracle
I'm sure i’ll find a reason for living my life in time
Till then I'm trying not to die inside or at all
And i’m not here just to justify myself for having nothing
Cause if I do die to find my wealth at least I lived for something
and no one's coming
To save me now
Or show me how
To face the odds
That I may never have it all
At all
At all
At all
I just need a miracle
credits
from what may rot,
track released April 1, 2022
vocals, guitar: Andrew Hammond
drums, bass, percussion: Kevin O'Connor
slide guitar: alex p. wernquest
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