The Bonds

Noisesmiths. Songsters. Ambients. 

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Coming soon to a venue near you, this fall. (Subject to change: More dates may be added.)

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The Bonds - Fall Jaunt 2016

*more dates to come soon*

7 Sept - PA’s Lounge - Somerville, MA

9 Sept - First Church - Somerville, MA

22 Sept - Rattlebox Studio - Concord, NH

23 Sept - Arts Block - Greenfield, MA

2 Oct - Out of the Blue - Cambridge, MA

4 Nov - TBD - Amherst, MA

5 Nov - 13th Floor Music Lounge - Florence, MA

10 Nov - TBD - Amherst, MA

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This one time I was a nurse on roller skates

But I could not serve the public

Because my feet were wheels pressing ice

My teeth were spooling into thread

My eyes were jamming iron shudders up and down, and little did they know they were carving out an opus

A Morse Manifesto

To animate the tangle of bones wincing the night away down the corridor

(uncertain if he could hop back into town

or if he was singing into the void

from his bed

waiting for a twin to swap places with him

as if it weren’t a matter of a pinion

he made

to bind himself / make his release one day

I know because I was called in to cater his release party)

He requested a vast hall with high ceilings

So he could act out every party guest

And the walls would throw voices back at him

Echoing company he never invited

Or knew.

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The patient faceplants

into a hospital. 

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Teaser

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Trailer

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As was previously announced, The Bonds are performing at the Arts Block in Greenfield, MA on Saturday, May 28th! Here’s the event page for said concert; also featuring a number of talented, fun local acts such as Spirit Ghost, Calico Blue, Petting Zoo and Where’s Walden! Tickets are available NOW on the Arts Block website for $5, or can be purchased at the door. 

Doors open at 7pm, music starts at 8pm. It’s going to be an amazing night. :)

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SHOW ALERT!!

I’ll be playing at the Arts Block in Greenfield, MA on May 28th at 8:00pm!! 

Tickets are about $5-10 for those 21+, and about $7-12 for those 18+

I’ll be sharing the stage with some great local bands as well, including Spirit Ghost, Calico Blue, Petting Zoo and Where’s Walden! Be sure to check them out if you have a chance, they’re each doing their own cool thing. Support local music!

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There is a sculpture of me deep in space. 

I did not make it. 

It is made out of dark matter and debris from the disintegrating planets. 

Every day, a piece of it is added until I look like a stranger. 

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Summit

Here She Comes (Slowdive cover)

Crimea

Shadows (Yo La Tengo cover)

Eastern Bloc

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Coming very, very soon. 

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It’s so lonely in this place

So cold I don’t believe. 

And as no one knows my name

It’s easy to pretend, 

It’s easy to believe

There’s a shadow on my wall. 

It dances like my soul

Dances like my soul

It’s so cold now

I swear it will be warm:

Here she come now. 

(1993)

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Ally forces force their will on this old stead;

Kick down the door, wipe down the walls, for their brethren.

Four eyes rebound what land I found,

What is left.

Native streets hold refugees, they’ve turned to catacombs.

And Three can’t agree, can’t make even trade

Even if they tried to share a home:

Invading towns to hold them down,

To play pretend you did not upend my hand is some foreign code.

Now, you come together, forge ahead.

Two tattered nations share a bed.

You need not worry where you tread,

Losers can’t make their stories spread.

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Scold me, that’s all you’ve got to say

Coldly hurt me and turn away.

You say I’m not sorry that 

I’m resolved to what is next, 

I head for the shadows. 

Hold me, taking it back in tears

You’ve told me, slowly confessed your fears

But I’ve got myself to protect. 

It’s too soon for me to forget,

I wait in the shadows. 

In the shadows, where I end up loved, 

They help me see I’m the only one.

We wait in your heart. 

So until I truly believe 

That your words convey what you mean

I wait in the shadows

I wait in the shadows

I don’t mind the shadows

(1997)

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West presides on new divides

Deeper in your side. 

Eastern Bloc, interlocks

My future with your pride.

Now all we want is played in this space, 

No roads lead to anyplace. 

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