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Satan Explains

by Red Mill

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1.
I listen close While Satan explains He tells me I've got decades to wait Until he stops haunting me But I keep my cool Beside the dark priest It's easier than you would think Well, he just wants to get down in your little town for as long as he can. So just try to ignore when your neighbors drop dead and you see his grin in the folds of your bed Well, he's where you'd like to be, atop that golden tree, drink the blood of the lamb. And forever more his lovers supply a witty retort to our ancient cry Well, he just wants to get down on your grave right now and for as long as he can - Keegan Farara, 2016
2.
Your Book 01:52
We met down by the dealership And she shot me full of holes. I guess that she detected That my feet got cold So, why should I get any mention in your book? Maybe that's the problem I don't blow enough smoke I never cared for feature films And almost any kind of joke So, why should I get any mention in your book? - Keegan Farara, 2016
3.
You feel me coming around the bend You're feeling nervous about your new best friend And now we're talking just like before no added value that you can't afford Why don't we get on quite like we used to? Say, what's the problem now anyway? It's just that pesky disease Accelerating you and me It's them old manipulation blues It's them old manipulation blues - Keegan Farara, 2016
4.
The Freak 02:52
After school The Freaks come home and they watch their phones, just like me Non-discreet and fumbling Oh, they go tumbling towards their sheets With no words exchanged They just play their game Oh, but look, the pot just called you black Absentees, come hear this song There's nothing new to what you want Vanity cuts through your plans You won't make friends with these demands With no words exchanged They just play their game Oh, but look, the pot just called you black - Keegan Farara, 2016
5.
Webcam 02:53
I wake up and roll over Put my feet on the ground And I try to turn this frown upside down Your face looks different But your form is the same and all of the facts start to blur now, anyway Your webcam is breaking up "Maybe the wires are unplugged" That's a great point, I should get mine checked out. It ain't a mystery I'm a shallow guy Hoping to make it big on my charming smile But you never correct me You just love to distract Available at all times for a weight of my back Your webcam is breaking up "Maybe the wires are unplugged" That's a great point, I should get mine checked out. Keegan Farara, 2016
6.
Sad Bastard 03:56
You're only good at music if you really can't play You've got the right t-shirt, but nothin' to say And in fifteen years, you'll be workin' late Hopin' Daddy covers all of your due dates Another boy genius, lost to the scene A prophet of convictions and reality The diluted came in droves to his dreams of fame And then back-peddled over to the penny arcade. You sad bastard. What are you gonna do? Just keep singing Like it's the only thing you know how to do. Convoluted logic and a Spotify account Looking for communion in hymnals of doubt Make your killings under cover of the dark, dark night And then flick through your corpses by red morning light A scrawl of innervisions on your conduit Little ego facing backwards, it's expertly lit Banal and withholding are your claims to fame And if you ask him politely, he'll gladly exclaim: "I'm a sad bastard. But what am I gonna do?" Just keeping singin' Like it's the thing you know how to do - Keegan Farara, 2017
7.
Play Rabbit 03:20
Begging for approval is just what I do So, tie me up and drag me to the dance. I shuffle to the sound of that familiar groove and roll my eyes and dig for cigarettes. A cat call out on the dance floor And we go play rabbit in the woods Like we should Like we were born to do Shelter from the strobe light is what I could use while everybody lines up for the slide. So cha-cha-cha, my darling. Show me the truth that I should keep on smiling all the time Forget old Dostoyevsky And forget the greater good Like we should Like we were born to do She gets closer To my plastered skin And we’re pressed up against the tree trunks Miles and miles from that old cliche of homecoming day like we were born to do. - Keegan Farara, 2016
8.
Speedboat 02:04
Picking up your lover in a speedboat That can't be cheap Tanqueray and caviar, port-side Basic human needs And the man wants blood But the lady is comfortable Isn't that the goal? Logically, we come upon them fucking Like a couple of teens Noisy and offensive to the adults In room 23 And the lass wants blood But the boy, he is comfortable Isn't that the goal? - Keegan Farara, 2016

about

I wrote this record during my junior year of college in Boston (Beantown, for you regionalists out there). In a woolly panic, these songs sputtered out between classes, shows, books, blackholes, and cozy intoxication with friends.

I spent the past year recording and collaborating with Nathaniel Peirce on this album. I am grateful for our mutually concerning infatuation with the word "records", and all that it entails.

credits

released November 9, 2018

Red Mill is/was:

Keegan Farara - Voice, Bass Guitar, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Rhodes, Vibraphone, Hand Percussion, Songs

Nathaniel Peirce - Drumset, Hand Percussion, Cymbal, Vibraphone, Speaking

Cabot Metz - Lap Steel, Synth Pad FX and Shaker on "Sad Bastard"

Jake Osborn - Rhodes, Organ, Synth, Voice

Adam Sapiro - Electric Guitar on "Your Book"

Michelle Schantz - Voice on "Webcam"

Engineered and Mastered by Nathaniel Peirce at Reel Room Recording Lab in Merrimac, MA, between September 2017 and June 2018

Drum kit and electric guitar on "Satan Explains" were recorded live to tape by Matt Cohen at The Record Company, Boston, MA

Mixed by Keegan Farara in Boston, MA, except "Your Book", mixed by Nathaniel Peirce

Arranged by Keegan Farara, Nathaniel Peirce, Cabot Metz, and Jake Osborn

Produced by Keegan Farara and Nathaniel Peirce

Cover Photo "Me, As Satan", taken by Joseph Farara

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Nat would like to thank his father and Michelle Schantz for their support. Keegan would like to thank his family, the Peirce family, and his close friends for their interest in whatever he's typically rambling about.

Keegan would like to dedicate this record to the life and music of Richard Swift. Rest in peace.

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