The sky, a desert in bloom
A tapestry thread in a loom
Interweaving the stars
Kissing satellite scars
In a world full of plastic plants
You have to find a way to learn how to dance
Around security guards
In this house made of cards
Square after square after square
The endless rain falls into your hair
Then a circle and a line
And the stars realign
A beam inside of a wall
The children sit out in the hall
A roof collapses from rain
And the tears fall again
The planet becomes an eye
That looks like it’s going to cry
And the tears fall again
The roof collapses from rain
But a beam holds up the wall
And the children sit out in the hall
Taught to fear and doubt
And the night cries out
Let me explain this to you slowly
Social media will make you feel lonely
They cut us apart and they sold us
Now they’re passing the laws that will scold us
Just for living outside the lines
It feels like we’re losing our minds
Yeah we’re living outside of the lines
And it feels like we’re losing, losing, losing our minds
Well, my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I used to play
And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on
I'm just paying my rent every day in the Tower of Song
I said to Hank Williams, how lonely does it get?
Hank Williams hasn't answered yet
But I hear him coughing all night long
Oh, a hundred floors above me in the Tower of Song
I was born like this, I had no choice
I was born with the gift of a golden voice
And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond
They tied me to this table right here in the Tower of Song
So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll
I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all
I'm standing by the window where the light is strong
Ah, they don't let a woman kill you, not in the Tower of Song
Now, you can say that I've grown bitter but of this you may be sure
The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor
And there's a mighty judgment coming, but I may be wrong
You see, you hear these funny voices in the Tower of Song
Now I bid you farewell, I don't know when I'll be back
They're moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track
But you'll be hearing from me baby, long after I'm gone
I'll be speaking to you sweetly from a window in the Tower of Song
about
Ceiling Tiles is the new single from Portland, Oregon band Sun Atoms. Mixed by Jagz Kooner (Massive Attack, Primal Scream, Oasis, Garbage). The song, written around Peter Holmstrom’s compelling baseline, follows a group of characters that animate to life off of a deck of tarot cards. The song is an amalgamation of new colors in psychedelic, dark wave, and post-modern pop. The song explores a dreamy netherworld peeling away under the heartbeat like a synthesized glove. It is a cautionary tale of a possible dystopian future, some of which is already materializing- right now before our eyes. We follow the characters of the song into a mirror where they live outside of the lines under a faux sky, only to find the planet itself is an eye, crying rain. Do they make it through the maze of plastic plants and security guards and get the message out in order to light up the world? Listen and keep an eye out for this first single on beautiful 7” vinyl soon from Little Cloud Records. The full LP to follow later in Spring.
credits
released February 24, 2024
Ceiling Tiles
Written by the band: Peter G. Holmström, Jsun Atoms, June Kang, Derek Spencer Longoria-Gomez, Mars de Ponte, Eric Rubalcava
Produced and Engineered by Peter G. Holmström at Air Traffic Control
Additional Recording:
Drums - Gregg Williams at The Trench Studio
Lead Vocals - Tommy Dietrick at Joshua Tree Recording Studio
Initial tracking - Eric Crespo at Red Lantern Studios
Mixed by Jagz Kooner at Stone Circle Studios
Mastered by Keith Tenniswood at Curve Pusher
Album cover by James Coffman
Layout by Sean Gothman
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