The Matisse Eye

from Something Wicked by North by North

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This is the 10 Year Anniversary Edition re-release of our 1st album, 'Something Wicked'. It is a double LP pressed on EXTRA-THICC 180gram vinyl in a beautiful Emerald Green color.

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All songs written & performed by North by North (ASCAP)
Copyright 2014, All Rights Reserved

Engineered and Mixed by Don Bates
Produced by Don Bates & North by North
Tracking at Minbal Studios, Chicago IL
Mastered at Boiler Room, Chicago IL
Front cover by Pedro Correa
Back cover and layout by Nate Girard

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lyrics

Met her at the gallery. I tried to buy a glass of wine.
She said you haven't got a yarn to spin worthy of my time.
I'm hunting for a man whose touch is forever cold.
I'll see you with fingers of gold.

Next day, I carried out my aesthetic chore.
Avian claws gilded with the finest ore.
Hacked off all the fingers that my mama gave to me
and quickly ascended the scene.

(CHORUS)
Darlin', I cry, amputation for art's sake left aside.
(ooh) See you walking away through my crystalline matisse eye.
(ooh) A modernist puzzle of man and design.

Ricocheted around the hearts of modern boys.
Deftly making my way through the jangled noise.
One look at my digits and her eyes grew very wide.
She managed to whisper, "Sublime!"

She's a girl, you know, who's gonna keep her word.
She'll be your wife, and you will be her world.
But lustrous, oh, and precious as your fingers have become,
Your gaze needs a piercing blue stone!
(CHORUS)

credits

from Something Wicked, released January 23, 2014
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Nate Girard - Vocals/Guitar
Kendra Blank - Bass/Keys
Dylan Andrews - Drums
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All songs written by Nate Girard & Kendra Blank.

Engineered and Mixed by Don Bates - www.donbatesaudio.com
Produced by Don Bates & North by North

Tracking at Minbal Studios, Chicago IL - www.minbal.com
& Strobe Studios, Chicago IL - www.stroberecording.com
Mastered at Boiler Room, Chicago IL - www.brmastering.com
Art design by Nate Girard - thereptilegarden.tumblr.com

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